Republicans Step Up Drive Leads to Piedmont Rally
Section reports Republicans push campaign toward the state election with Senator Owen Brewster set to address a Greensboro rally next Tuesday. Democratic leaders plan a heavy day with Kerr Scott touring Elkin and Dobson, Umstead and Doughton at Statesville, Hoey in Asheville, and other officials including Bryant, Ballentine, Eure, and Hodges across Lumberton Glen Alpine Newland.
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Owen Brewster
Maine
Greensboro
Kerr Scott
Elkin
Dobson
William B. Umstead
R. L. Doughton
Statesville
Clyde R. Hoey
Tryon
Asheville
Victor Bryant
Democratic Executive Committee
Lumberton
L. Y. Ballentine
Wilson
Thad Eure
Glen Alpine
Brandon Hodges
Newland
Mastering Self or Letting Others Lead
A pithy motto reflecting on discipline and self control attributed to George W. Donaghey. It frames self mastery as essential and implies reliance on external guidance when personal restraint fails. The quote emphasizes temperance, responsibility, and leadership.
Piedmont Baptist Officers Elected In Reidsville Meeting
Grover H. Jones was named moderator for the 14th year. Rev. Ray W. Hartington as clerk and Rev. T. L. Sasser as association missionary were re elected. Morning sessions included Rev. H. O. Miller. Afternoon programs featured Claude F. Gaddy and Dr. L. L. Carpenter with evangelism talks.
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Reidsville
Piedmont Baptist Association
Grover H. Jones
High Point
Ray W. Hartington
T. L. Sasser
Association
H. O. Miller
Claude F. Gaddy
Raleigh
Christian Education
L. L. Carpenter
The
Biblical Recorder
Neil Armstrong
North Main Street
Albert S. Hale
Boy Killed After Fall Through School Bus Door
In Columbus County a 10 year old Hallsboro area student Carl Fowler died from injuries after reportedly falling through an emergency bus door. Police identify him as son of Mr and Mrs Isaac Lee Fowler of Hall Road between Whiteville and Hallsboro.
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Whiteville
Hallsboro
Columbus County Hospital
James Milligan
Carl Fowler
Isaac Lee Fowler Hall
Major Parties Clash Over Labor Policy in Virginia
President accuses Republicans of weaponizing the Wagner Act to bust unions by enacting Taft-Hartley over his veto. Barkley denounces GOP stance on labor at a CIO-PAC rally. Wallace argues for planned economic gains with a focus on workers earning $100 weekly and farmers similar pay, urging coordinated planning akin to wartime effort.
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Alben W. Barkley
Truman
Cio-Pac
New York
GOP
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
America
Washington
Albany
Polio Deaths and Cases Reported Across Several Counties
The State Board of Health logged three polio deaths in Catawba Forsyth and New Hanover counties and 25 new cases over a two day window. Yearly totals rose to 136 deaths and 2,366 cases with Buncombe seven cases and several counties recording single cases.
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State Board of Health
Catawba
Forsyth
New Hanover
Buncombe County
Cleveland
Guilford
Alamance
Durham
Graham
Macon
Pitt
Stokes
Wayne
Allies Accept Compromise on Berlin Currency and Blockade
The Soviet Union and Argentina signaled openness to a settlement while Andrei Vishinsky urged Kremlin guidance. The plan aims to raise Berlin restrictions, unify currency under the Soviet mark by Nov 20, and reopen talks among the Big Four within ten days.
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Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Juan A. Bramuglia
Kremlin
Vishinsky
Berlin
Russia
Bramuglia
Bern
Germany
Council of Foreign Ministers
Council
Palais de Chaillot
Phillip C. Jessup
United States
Alexander Cadogan
Britain
Alexandre Parodi
France
Moscow
Stalin
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Security Council
Teachers Open Convention In High Point
Dr. Powell urged North Carolina teachers to awaken public conscience about better pay and the true value of teaching. He argued the state is indebted to teachers and that teaching yields eternal rewards rather than temporal ones. He noted teachers shape youth during their most receptive years and compared public school influence to church education.
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Dr. Powell
North Carolina
Christ
Powell
Church
Sister In Law Of Mrs Pickens Dies In New York
Mrs Lena McLaury Munyan 39 sister in law of Mrs Rupert Pickens High Point died at 8 30 this morning at her Voorheesville New York home after a two month illness. She is survived by her husband three children and her mother. Burial planned in High Point with rites from the Pickens home early in the week.
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Lena McLaury Munyan
Rupert Pickens
Florham Avenue
High Point
Pickens
Munyan
Voorheesville
N. Y
Mungan
Peggy
Sally
Johnny
Margaret McLaury
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