Negro Bites Policeman During Arrest Stand-off
James Edward Davis a 30 year old Black man from 1315 Furlough Street refused arrest at the Ritz Theatre on East Washington Street Saturday night. He fought five officers until two squads subdued him and he faces charges of drunkenness disorderly conduct resisting arrest and assaulting an officer with bonds set at 450. Capt. W G Friddle and Officers Steele Bright Dawkins Smoot aided in the arrest as patrons looked on. Davis is to be tried Monday morning in Municipal Court.
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Ritz Theatre
East Washington Stree
Davis
Dawkins
W. G. Friddle
B. A. Steele
Frank Bright
W. L. Dawkins
W. C. Smoot
Captain Friddle
Taxes and laws affecting North Carolina petroleum industry
S Gilmer Sparger of Raleigh, executive secretary of the North Carolina Petroleum Industry Committee, spoke on taxes and laws at the closing session of the North Carolina Jobbers Association fall convention held at Mayview Manor in Blowing Rock. He called the auto and petroleum industries and modern highways the triple bonds holding 20th century America together.
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Blowing Rock
America
S. Gilmer Sparger
Raleigh
N. C. Petroleum Industry Committee
Sparger
N. C. Jobbers Association
Mayview Manor
Broadway Hurricane and Political Gossip Across Press
A stray collage of headlines and notes references rain delaying mail car rides, political satire around Truman and Adlai, Broadway scenes, TV impacts on crowds, celebrity gossip, divorce filings in Dallas, and Jim Norris gaining control of Madison Square Garden amid a flurry of pre election Red accusations.
Funeral services for Arthur James Brown Sr
Funeral services for Arthur James Brown Sr were held in the Chapel of Yows Funeral Home yesterday at 11 with Rev F A Dail of Pentecostal Holiness Church officiating. The body was transported to Baltimore for graveside rites at Baltimore Cemetery tomorrow morning at 11. Brown died Wednesday night after a heart attack at 1401 English Street.
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Arthur James Brown
Yow
F. A. Dail
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Baltimore
Maryland
Mr. Brown
English Street
Tanker Splits In Atlantic Aboard Coast Guard Recon Flight
Coast Guard crew on a PBY plane over the Atlantic sighted a broken tanker split in the middle with water washing over the deck. Lt. J. P. Flessas of Hollywood Florida described the wreck as bent and spilling water while lifeboats showed figures aboard. Lt. R. L. Huxtable piloted the plane which limped back to Jacksonville after one engine failed.
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J. P. Flessas
Hollywood, Fla
Coast Guard
PBY
Flessas Plan
R. L. Huxtable
Joliet, Til
Jacksonville
Georgia Girl Wins Miss America Title
Griffin of Florence wins Miss America after preliminary talent and swimsuit rounds. Langley from Lakeland entered via Wesleyan Conservatory in Macon where she studied piano, performing Toccata by Khachaturian. Judges highlight top talent winner Margaret Winnifred Aandahl, daughter of Rep. Fred G. Aandahl.
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Griffin
Florence
Miss Langley
Lakeland
Fla
Georgia
Wesleyan Conservatory
Macon
Aram Khatachaturian
California
Chicago
Stevenson Addresses Farm Audience on Acreage Controls
Governor Stevenson warns farmers about the need for reserve controls on staple crops while opposing unnecessary quotas. He cites practical farming realities and the complexity of markets, urging cautious policy amid a growing population and expanding markets. The speech references agricultural policy without endorsing blanket controls.
Glacier National Park Glacier Count Declared
The note records 60 small glaciers in Glacier National Park Montana. It cites the first U S decennial census taken in 1790 and mentions the earliest timekeeping by shadow markings on trees.
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Glacier National Park
Montana
United States
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VOGUE
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Lexington & Centennial
Terminix
Terminix CO
Winchell
MacArthur Bird
Mrs. Thurman Brown
Ussmare
Truman
White House
Tke
Adlai
Broadway
N. Y
Henry Wallace
Stevenson
Pat Marand
Sam Champman
Chums
Vice
Ace Big
John Mulrooney
Dorothy Darrell
Aetuciead
Joe Pasternak
Didden B. Baruch
Lorraine McMurrey
Dallas
James McKinley Bryant
Jim Norris
Mad. Sq. Garden
Repubs
Tyr
Efird
Milliken” Novelty
Milliken
Franklin
Sokee
Starcraft
McCall
Atlantic
Ike
Bea
Aluminum
Kfarns Tent & Awning CO
Asheboro RD
High Point Merchants
Lee W. Boswell
Acousticon
Acousticon OF
Winston-Salem
Nissen
N. J
RS Gery
Aawu Fa
Nest
Buick
N. Main ST
W. F. Mauldin, Inc
Jaycees
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