Forrestal warns small nations against totalitarian push
Cleveland September 5 James Forrestal newly named secretary of defense warned veterans of foreign wars that totalitarian governments seek to extend iron control to smaller nations. He cited veto use stalling UN efforts and outlined U S aid and the Marshall plan as moves to recreate a normal world while noting a 30 000 crowd along Euclid Avenue.
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Cleveland
James Forrestal
Defense
United Nations
U. S
Europe
Couple Sues Ex Landlord Over Excessive Home Sale Price
Eldon and Frances Painter sue former landlord Robert Crnek and Vera Crnek for 5000 dollars claiming they were forced to buy a home at an excessive price after eviction. The Painters moved, bought a bungalow for 9750 dollars, alleging the duplex was sold for 4000 dollars more than fair value.
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Chicago
Eldon
Frances Painter
Robert
Vera Crnek
Craeks
South Side
Richmond County Farmers To Help Beat Grain Shortage
Richmond county farmers will seed a winter grazing mix to extend feed during a grain shortage. N L Hendrix says last year’s mix of barley oats rye and rye grass will likely be reseeded in September with fertilizer and a grain drill. The pasture will be top dressed in December and March to sustain grazing from 30 days after establishment.
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Richmond County
College Station
Raleigh
N. L. Hendrix
State College Extension Service
Piedmont
Annual Boy Scout Roundup Planned by Uwharrie Council
The Uwharrie Council announces its annual Fall round up for Cub, Scout, and senior units to recruit five new members from each pack troop and senior unit. The drive aims to add 600 more boys to the scouting program this September as part of a national push to recruit 500000 youth nationwide.
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Boy Scouts of America
Uwharrie Council
Amery
Whites Urged to Return to Emerson School Amid Desegregation Protest
Gary Indiana September 5. Nine hundred white pupils at Emerson school stayed away to protest a ruling allowing Negro students in Gary schools. Superintendent Charles D. Lutz warned truancy charges for those missing by noon and suspended anyone over 16 while barring athletes for the year. Froebel High saw similar strikes in 1945-46.
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Gary
Ind
Emerson School
Charles D. Lutz
Lutz
Froebel High School
Froebel
Empire Shirt Shop Theft Reported at Main Street Store
Police investigate a breaking and entering at 106 Main Street Empire Shirt Shop last night. Manager Munroe Clayton said the thief forced a back door exit and $6 was missing from the cash registrar while an inventory is conducted.
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Empire Shirt
Main Street
Munroe Clayton
Clayton
Missing 1946 International truck and trailer reported
D. W. Miller of Miller's Trucking reports his 1946 International truck and trailer valued at 4500 missing. He says driver J. W. Toney left the city with a load of potatoes for Atlanta on August 24 and has not been heard from since.
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D. W. Miller
Miller's Trucking Company
Burton Street Extension
Miller
J. W. Toney
Atlanta
Steam locomotives number on Class One rails stands high
About 37,000 steam locomotives remained in service on United States Class One railroads, reflecting a sizable legacy fleet as steam era presence persists in modern railroading.
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United States
Illness Fatal to Mrs John Carter In Yadkinville
Mrs Julia Zachery Carter 81 widow of John Carter died at her daughter’s home in Yadkinville after a two month illness. She was born May 21 1866 in Yadkin county and lived in High Point 15 years. Surviving daughters are Mrs W R Hobson and Mrs Luther Fleming, plus siblings and grandchildren. Funeral services planned in High Point and Deep Creek Friends church with interment at the church cemetery.
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Thomasville
Julia Zachery Carter
High Point
Luther Fleming
Yadkinville
Carter
Yadkin County
Robert
Elizabeth Zachary
John Carter
W. R. Hobson
Johnson Street
Deep Creek Friends Church
Walker Funeral Home
Young Passenger Taken To His Home
Three year old David Earl Holloman slept in the back seat of his family's car on a street in Selma. A man apparently mistook the vehicle for his own and drove off striking a tree. Startled by the child’s crying, the driver returned the boy to his home.
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Selma
David Earl Holloman
State Highway Patrol
Luther Burbank's Shasta Daisy Achieved in Eight Years
Luther Burbank produced the Shasta daisy after eight years of cross pollinating three varieties two English and one Japanese.
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Luther Burbank
Ohio Lawyer Scoffs At Local Justice
Judge D C MacRae in High Point municipal court mocked a Ohio attorney's Southern court view while sentencing James F Nunn of Columbus to revoke NC licenses and a 100 dollar fine plus costs. The defendant repaid bondsman 145 dollars for returning him to High Point.
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D. C. MacRae
Ohio
High Point Court
James F. Nunn
Columbus
Nunn
High Point
South
Gaston Johnson
MacRae
North Carolina
Funeral Rites for William Scott West Held
Funeral services for William Scott West, 63, were held yesterday afternoon at Sechrest Funeral chapel. Rev. Paul Tudor Jones and Elder W. W. Williard conducted the rites. Burial followed at Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery. Pallbearers from Snow Lumber Company included T. M. Pugh, Sanford Teague, Paul Lassiter, Clyde Briggs, Preston Sechrest and Billy Teague.
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William
West
William Scott West
Lindsay Street
Sechrest
Paul Tudor Jones
First Presbyterian Church
W. W. Williard
Primitive Baptist Church
Oakwood Memorial Park
Snow Lumber Company
T. M. Pugh
Sanford Teague
Paul Lassiter
Clyde Briggs
Preston Sechrest
Billy Teague
Funeral for Mrs Emma Jeanette Amick held at Mt Pleasant
Funeral services for Mrs Emma Jeanette Isley Amick 71 were conducted at Mt Pleasant church Kimesville with Rev C W Bates and Rev R A Taylor officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery with pallbearers named from family friends. Sinkiang province in China is also known as Chinese Turkestan. Prince Edward Island in Canada is the smallest province in the Gulf of St Lawrence.
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Emma Jeanette Isley Amick
Mt. Pleasant Church
Kimesville
C. W. Bates
Lebanon Methodist Church
R. A. Taylor
Sinkiang Province
China
Chinese Turkestan
Chinese Tartary
Kashgaria
Prince Edward Island
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Province
Canada
Sports Roundup by Hugh Fullerton Jr
Davis cup talk and next generation of players loom as Ted Schroeder notes limited California juniors may soon join the Davis Cup team. A grandfather grandson baseball battery in South Carolina is highlighted as a notable discovery. Ohio State football plans double running back usage with Ollie Cline and Joe Whisler, while Eddie Blind recalls training Whirlaway.
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New York
Ted
Barefoot
Bob Falkenburg
California
Herbie Flam
Brown
Gary Mulloy
Falkenburg
Eddie Moylan
Vic Seixas
Jim Brink
Buddy Behrens
Hugh Stewart
Dick Mouledous
al Hetzek
Tony Trabert
Gil Bagley
Jerry de Witts
Pancho Gonzales
Schroeder
Discovery
Latimer
Greenville, S. C
Sage
Addison Bostain
Tyler Robinson, Jr
Chapin
8. C
Grandad Bostain
Scoop
Ohio State
Wes Fesler
Ollie Cline
Doc Blanchard
Joe Whisler
Eddie Blind
Laurel
Whirlaway
WAC Officer Freed in Hesse Jewel Theft Case
Former WAC Captain Kathleen Nash Durant, 43, nears freedom after U S District Judge Ben Moore voids her court martial ruling. The judge found she was civilian when arrested and that the army court lacked jurisdiction in sentencing her to five years for the Kronberg Castle theft of 1500 dollars worth of Hesse crown jewels. The release hinges on a final order to be prepared and approved.
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Charleston
W. Va
WAC
Kathleen Nash Durant
Oye
U. S
Ben Moore
Jack W. Durant
Moore
Valuable Oil Locked In Colorado Mountains
In Rifle Colorado the U S Bureau of Mines outlines a shale oil reserve of about 92 billion barrels promising 60 years of independence from foreign crude. The Rifle demonstration plant tests 29 gallons per ton, guiding private industry and supporting a 30 million dollar synthetic fuels program. Brown Instrument leads precise control systems to study commercial shale oil production.
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Department of Interior
Brown
Colorado River
Executor notice for Mary Bennett's estate Guilford NC
Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Mary Bennett of Guilford County North Carolina this notice calls all claimants to exhibit items duly verified within one year from first publication or be barred. Indebted parties should settle promptly. Dated August 7 1947 L B Hatzlip Administrator 612 East Washington Street High Point J P Shore Clerk Guilford County Superior Court 8/8 15 22 29 9/5 12
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Mary Bennett
Guilford County
North Carolina
L. B. Hatzlip
East
Washington Street
High Point
J. P. Shore
Superior Court
Fort Knox gold pile under Bevin proposal draws questions
Bevin’s remark on redistributing the Fort Knox gold stirs mystery about how the plan would work and its effect on the world’s 38 billion dollars in monetary gold. Treasury officials note Fort Knox holds about 12.5 billion of the total, with other reserves in Denver New York and San Francisco.
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Max Hall
James Marlow
Washington
Ernest Bevin
United Ae
Fort Knox
Bevin
Southport
England
Associated Press
Treasury
Kentucky
Louisville
America
U. S
U.S
Bureau of the Mint
Denver
New York
San Francisco
Greensboro High Point Airport bid invited for improvements
Proposals will be publicly opened at 10:00 A M on September 1 1947 in Guilford County Courthouse Greensboro North Carolina for lighting and other improvements at Greensboro High Point Airport. 5 percent bid deposit required with proposals and 30 day acceptance period after award.
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Greensboro-High Point
General Contracting
North Carolina
Greensboro-High Point Airport Authority
J. T. Martin
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