Six Persons Killed On Weekend Across North Carolina
The first post labor day weekend in North Carolina saw six deaths. Robert Mitchell 21 of Walnut Cove died when his car overturned Sunday. Lilla B Cooke 69 of Pilot Mountain fell 60 feet to a well bottom Friday. Grace McLamb 22 of Smithfield died in hospital Sunday from taxi crash injuries. Gattis Cannady 35 of Lillington was found dead Saturday at the Lillington Ice and Coal plant. Baron Lee Brown 40 near Coats died Saturday night after being struck by a car. Martha Elizabeth Langston 20 of Mount Pleasant died Sunday from injuries in a Concord Mount Pleasant highway crash.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Robert Mitchell
Walnut Cove
Lilla B. Cooke
Pilot Mountain
Grace McLamb
Smithfield
Gattis Cannady
Lillington
Umstead Calls Tobacco Prices Too Low Across Belts
U S Senator William B Umstead told the harvest jubilee in Reidsville that farmers on the Carolina border belt and eastern North Carolina belt receive an average 435 cents a pound for tobacco this season down from 525 last year. He urged tobacco prices be substantially raised and held through the marketing period.
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Reidsville
U. S
William B. Umstead
Umstead
Carolinas
North Carolina Belt
South Carolina ballet teacher lands long term film contract
Abigail Adams, 23, a former South Carolina ballet teacher, signs a long term movie contract with Columbia Pictures. She claims direct descent from John Adams and John Quincy Adams and lives in Bartanburg, South Carolina. Her father, J. A. Adams, serves in the state legislature. The piece mentions fiddler crabs and Hawaii sugar money as tangential facts.
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Hollywood
South Carolina
Columbia Pictures
Abigail Adams
John Adams
John Quin- Adams
Miss Adams
Bartanburg
S. C
J. A. Adams
Flood Waters Recede From E. Carolina Streets and Roads
Flood waters receded in eastern North Carolina after a cloudburst caused record rainfall of 9.74 inches in Greenville and heavy flooding along highways including 264. Damage totaled 30 000 to 35 000 dollars with power and telephony cut. tobacco warehouses flooded and a truck driver narrowly escaped drowning. Police and fire crews used a boat to rescue a three person family. Highway 264 washouts disrupted Greenville Washington traffic with closures and rerouted routes.
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Greenville
North Carolina
Washington
Weather Bureau
Wilson
Rocky Mount
Raleigh
Raleigh-Durham
Jim Tanner
Dewey Page
Alice Page
Gold Leaf
Dixie Warehouse
Little Creek
Here
Chico Creek
Grimesland
Conterttea Creek
Farmville
W. Vance Baise
Vanceboro
Baise
Greenville-Washington
Hodgin-Spencer Reunion Set for September 14
The Hodgin Spencer reunion will be held at the home of J. E. Spencer one mile east of Glenola on September 14.
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Hodgin-Spencer
J. E. Spencer
Glenola
State Crop Income Up In Half Year
North Carolina farm crops paid off 32.5 percent ahead of last year in the first six months. Farmers received 175,938,000 dollars for crops and livestock versus 132,824,000 dollars in the same period last year, according to the federal state crop reporting service.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Winston WCTU Anti-Booze Campaign in Forsyth
The Women's Christian Temperance Union in Winston-Salem circulates petitions opposing liquor legalization in Forsyth county. County Commissioner D C Speas announced plans for a near term vote on ABC stores. WCTU spokesmen say petitions urge opposition to legalization and to encourage others to vote accordingly.
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Winston-Salem
Women’s Ristian Temperance Union
Forsyth County
D. C. Speas
ABC
WCTU
Gate City Man Heads Jewish Organization
Adolph Gayes of Greensboro was elected president of B N a i B r i t h of North Carolina as the group closed its 11th annual state convention in Durham. Delegates memorialized more than 20 members who died in the past year with Henry Monsky and Sidney J Stern Jr participating. Officers named include A Gitlin Charlotte first vice president Maurice Reinstein Charlotte second vice president Jacob Shrage Goldsboro third vice president Joseph Manchrov Ocky Mount treasurer and Chester A Brown Goldsboro secretary. Capt Harry N Sperber of New York, Nazi trials interpreter, spoke on the Nazi leader's character.
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Durham
Adolph Gayes
Greensboro
B'Nai B'rith
North Carolina
Henry Monsky
New York
Sidney J. Stern, Jr
A. Gitlin
Charlotte
Maurice Reinstein
Jacob Shrage
Goldsboro
Joseph Manchrov
Ocky Mount
Chester A. Brown
Harry N. Sperber
Nuernberg
Bishop Daddy Grace Leads Massive Carolina Parade
In Charlotte on September 8, thousands of Grace followers marked the 21st convocation by a parade. Bishop Daddy Grace rode an amphibious jeep in red white and blue, seated on a throne. observers came from Wilmington Rocky Mount Statesville Dallas Durham Lancaster and other Carolinas. About 25 000 people watched.
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Charlotte
Daddy Grace
Grace
America
Portugal
Wilmington
Rocky Mount
Statesville
Dallas
Durham
Lancaster
S. C
Carolinas
Former State Hospital Head Is Stricken
Dr. Frank L. Whelply died at 70 in his room at the masonic home Goldsboro apparently of a heart attack. A St Louis native, he moved to Goldsboro in 1918 and served as doctor at the State Hospital for the Insane and its superintendent for eight years.
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Goldsboro
Frank L. Whelply
State Hospital For the Insane
Masonic Home
St. Louis
State Hospital
Kennel's Beach
Pamlico County
Sudan
Shrine
New Bern
Manteo
Spartanburg Wins Tri State Pennant Playoff Opener
Spartanburg clinched the Tri-State league pennant by four games after a late surge over Anderson and hosts Charlotte in the first playoff round. Knoxville visits Anderson for two games in the other series as sites shift Wednesday night. Spartanburg secured the title with Thursday and Friday victories over Anderson.
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Charlotte
Spartanburg
Peaches
Anderson
Charlottes
Hornets
Knoxville
Synod Opens Meeting At Red Springs
The Presbyterian Synod of North Carolina begins its 10th annual home missions conference at Flora MacDonald College Red Springs. Speakers include Dr. James L. Fowle of Chattanooga and Rev. A I Batchelor of Atlanta with a session to select a moderator and discuss a $50000 plan to rebuild the William Black hotel in Montreal.
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Red Springs
Presbyterian Synod of North Carolina
Flora MacDonald College
O. C. Williamson
Charlotte
William Black
Montreal
Southern Presbyterian Church
P. C. Patrick
Kings Mountain
Committee On Home Missions
Air, Batchelor
Atlanta
James
Revival Underway At Pisgah Baptist Church
Rev. R. J. Barber conducts a revival at Pisgah Baptist Church on Worth Street and will preach tonight on The Unpardonable Sin.
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Pisgah Baptist
R. J. Barber
Pisgah Baptist Church
Worth Street
Traffic Club To Meet Wednesday At Blair Park
The High Point Traffic and Transportation club will hold its monthly meeting at Blair Park golf course Wednesday evening. Brunswick stew and barbecue will be served.
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High Point Traffic and Transportation Club
Blair Park
Brunswick
Doctor Lands Marshall Islands Described By Expert
Dr J Alexander Spoehr of Chicago's Natural History Museum explains the Marshall Islands as paradise with no taxes or housing issues. He notes atolls each have one or more kings and a set of nobles. navy later installed an elective system. He highlights coconut breadfruit pandanus fish as staple foods and praises Marshallese generosity and civility.
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Chicago
INS
Paradise
J. Alexander Spoehr
Natural History Museum
Marshall Islands
Speeh
Islands
Court awards Hiatt $165.62 after five year delay
In Thomasville Raymond Hiatt received 165.62 by court order from Albert Freeman Matthews of High Point after a delayed 1942 case. Matthews faced drunken driving and prohibition charges, skipped bond, and returned to High Point. A 25 January 1943 payment was deemed interest by Judge Carl C. Wilson, who set September 26 to inspect a missing receipt and ordered $80 held by the clerk until then.
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Thomasville
Raymond Hiatt
Albert Freeman Matthews
High Point
Recorder’s Court
Matthews
Goin
Tennessee
Hiatt
Carl C. Wilson
Howard Steed
Wilson
Joe Don Clinard
Clinard
Eastern States Stock Car Championship at North Wilkesboro
The 100 mile Eastern States Stock Car racing championships run at North Wilkesboro speedway next Sunday with time trials scheduled Wednesday to Friday.
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North Wilkesboro
N. C
North Wilkesboro Speedway
Honeycutt Completes Training at Fort Jackson
Private Weldon F. Honeycutt son of Mr and Mrs Gentry Honeycutt of 6 B Clara Cox apartments completed basic training at the replacement training center Fort Jackson South Carolina.
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Weldon F. Honeycutt
Gentry Honeycutt
Clara Cox
Replacement Training Center
Fort Jackson
S. C
Beauty Contestant Wins Quiz Prize
Miss Margaret Jean Griffin of Spartanburg won the grand prize in an ABC network quiz program in Atlantic City earning 140 dollars in cash and a set of automobile tires. The 19 year old Miss South Carolina finished strong though not Miss America.
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New York
South Carolina
Atlantic City
Margaret Jean Griffin
Forest St
Spartanburg
ABC
Legless Lizards Found to Have Hidden Hind Limbs
A careful eye reveals rudimentary hind legs in many legless lizards, showing a surprising vestige of their ancestry. The discovery highlights how such minor features can persist in evolution and may affect how scientists classify these reptiles.
Australia Hosts Over Sixty Frog and Toad Species
A report highlights that Australia supports more than 60 distinct kinds of toads and frogs, showcasing rich amphibian diversity across varied habitats. Researchers note ongoing studies to monitor species health and distribution.
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Australia
Auman Promoted To Sergeant In Sapporo Mission
Sergeant William H. Auman, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Auman of 800 Lindsay Street, has been promoted from corporal to sergeant in Company EB, 1st Parawing Infantry Regiment, 11th Airborne Division, stationed in Sapporo Japan.
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Sapporo
Japan
William H. Auman
C. L. Auman
Lindsay Street
Para-Glider Infantry Regiment
Llth Airborne Division
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