YDC Session Attracts Attention in Raleigh Convention
The state convention of Young Democratic Clubs will meet at the Sir Walter Hotel in Raleigh next weekend drawing interest from political circles. Senators and many candidates will attend as the east group holds the presidency this year with Clifton Blue and Ralph Monger among likely contenders. The gathering may challenge long-standing east west rotation and seek a three-way alternation.
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Raleigh
Sir Walter Hotel
United States
YDC
Idas Hux
Halifax
Moore County
Monger
House
No-Man’s Land
Jacksonville Record Sold to Onslow County News and Views
The Jacksonville Record and its commercial printing operation were acquired by the Onslow County News and Views. Announcement came jointly from Billy Arthur publisher of the News and Views and R B Page of Wilmington owner and publisher of the Record. Page publishes the Wilmington Morning Star and Wilmington News. In normal times England burns 40 million tons of coal yearly in domestic grates.
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Jacksonville
Jacksonville Record
Onslow County News and Views
Billy Arthur
News and Views
R. B. Page
Wilmington
The
Record
Page
Wilmington Morning Star
Wilmington News
England
Notables to Make Addresses At Celebration In Goldsboro
Goldsboro plans a week long centennial celebration October five to eleven with daily features. Governor Cherry will speak, a war secretary talk is scheduled, a monster parade and the city pageant Century On Review are listed among events.
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Goldsboro
Goldboro
Union
Municipal Stadium
Hermany
Cherry
Kenneth C. Royall
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Knotts Island Seeks Union With North Carolina
Knotts Island residents in Currituck County NC want to join North Carolina rather than remain tied to Virginia. They cite a ferry to Curri tuck and the need to send children to a Creeds Virginia high school as reasons for change. State Sen Lorimer W Midgett of Elizabeth City urged that Knotts Island be adopted by Virginia through an outward road, noting it would not be legal.
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Knotts Island
North Carolina
Virginia
North Carolina Highway Department
Currituck
Currituck Sound
Creeds
Lorimer W. Midgett
Elizabeth City
Californian Would Drop Lincoln's Name
Abraham Lincoln Harris, 1899, of Santa Cruz asks a superior court to change his name to Al Harris. He says the famous Lincoln caused constant nicknames like Rail Splitter Emancipator and President since his birth in Ozark Arkansas 29 years ago.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
Abraham Lincoln Harris
Superior Court
al Harris
Lincoln
Harris
Ozark
Ark
Surry Youth To Get Help
Surry county school maintenance man J. S. Ring faces medical bills after his nine year old son Ted suffers a rare anemia. A committee led by Sam Gentry seeks blood donors and funds to provide Ted with daily transfusion care at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem.
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Mountairy
Surry County
J. S. Ring
Surry
Ted
Ring
Teddy
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Sam Gentry
Dobson School
Recreation Board in Charlotte resigns as council seizes armory
The Charlotte park and recreation commission resigned collectively amid a fight with the city council over armory use. Chair Charles H. Stone led the seven member board in citing March 1947 action allowing the National Guard to use the armory floors, withholding public access to recreation facilities. Members listed include James H. Carson Thomas W. Church Cy Campbell Bob Allen Gordon M. Lupo and John R. Pender.
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Charlotte
Park and Recreation Commission
Armory
Charles H. Stone
H. H. Baxter
Park Board
National Guard
Mr. Stone
James H. Carson
Thomas W. Church
Cy Campbell
Bob Allen
Gordon M. Lupo
John R. Pender
Four Negroes Die In Dismal Swamp Canal Tragedy
In Pasquotank county near Elizabeth City four men drowned when a small rowboat overturned on the Dismal Swamp canal. A survivor said the group asked for passage, one man rocked the boat, and the others grabbed to save each other before drowning.
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Elizabeth City
Newland
Pasquotank County
Here
M. D. Stevens
Camden County
George Koch
Shelton Lowry
William K. Barnard
John W. Adams
Milford Moore
Koch
Linton Burnham
Burnham
Water Meet In Winston Tonight
Winston-Salem faces a rapidly depleting water supply with 95 000 residents at risk of exhaustion by mid November. The meeting includes R J Olds Tobacco Hanes Hosiery and Western Electric to discuss partial weekly shutdowns voluntary conservation and emergency measures while appeals seek federal aid and wartime water assets.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina
R. A. Thomas
R. J. Olds Tobacco Company
Hanes Hosiery Mill
Western Electric Company
Mand Pitas
Lentz
Washington
Onc E State Health Department
War Assets Administration
The
War Department
Oreover
Southeastern Underwriters Association
Bulwinkle Warns US Must Expand Occupation Duties
Gastonia congressman Major A. L. Bulwinkle predicts Britain will withdraw troops from Germany with Russia rising in control unless the United States enlarges its occupation role. He criticizes Russia gaining any greater German influence and urges aid to England and other European nations while noting manpower shortages in the US armed forces.
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Charlotte
Britain
Germany
Russia
United States
A. L. Bulwinkle
Gastonia
Bulwinkle
England
George C. Marshall
Funeral Rites for Two Local Women Held
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Sarah Grimes Myers 95 at Burlington First Presbyterian Church with burial in Oakwood cemetery. Pallbearers included D W Griffith and H C Bowden. Also honored was Mrs Margaret Carlin Lowry McCain 39 with services at Sechrest Funeral Home and burial at Oakwood Memorial Park cemetery. Eastern Star members carried flowers.
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Sarah G. Myers
Sarah Grimes Myers
Durham
Burlington First Presbyterian Church
Chester Alexandra
Dwight M. Chalmers
Trinity Presbyterian Church
Paul T. Jones
First Presbyterian Church
High Point
Oakwood Cemetery
D. W. Griffith
R. G. Griffith
J. J. Griffith
T. P. Messick
S. L. Bowden
H. C. Bowden
Margaret McCain
Margaret Carlin Lowry McCain
Sechrest
E.Z. Wiley
Presbyterian Church
Waxhaw, N. CC
Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
T. D. Tyson
Woodrow W. Tyson
Wm. H. Flythe
J. E. Slate
Glenn G. Perry
Philip B. Davis
S. S. Saunders
Karl Shard
The
Eastern Star
Mrs. McCain
Five NC college freshmen winners of tobacco expo scholarships
Three boys and two girls each received 250 dollars and enrolled as freshmen at five North Carolina colleges. Keith Glover of Bailey attends Duke. Mary Evelyn Glover of Bailey attends Woman's College Greensboro. Lamar Smith of Elm City goes to North Carolina State. Marie Aycock of Black Creek to East Carolina Teachers at Greenville. Bill Price of Elm City to Atlantic Christian at Wilson.
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Wilson
North Carolina
Keith Glover
Bailey
Duke
Mary Evelyn Glover
Woman’s College
Greensboro
Lamar Smith
Elm City
North Carolina State
Marie Aycock
Black Creek
East Carolina
Greenville
Bill Price
Atlantic Christian
Broughton Praises Education Amid Demobilization Plans
Former Governor J. Melville Broughton spoke at Wake Forest College marking the fall term. He praised America's wartime education and training achievements and urged focus on education and training for demobilized veterans as essential to democracy and citizenship.
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Wake Forest
J. Melville Broughton
Wake Forest College
Neill Motors Plans New Building Near Main Street
Neill Motors owner David S. Neill says a modern automobile building will be built next spring at 737 North Main Street beside Lyles Chevrolet. The current lot at 737 North Main fronts 275 feet and is 150 feet deep. it was bought from Atlantic Insurance and Realty for 27 500 dollars and will be used as a used car lot in the interim. Neill is negotiating to buy the rear lot from Willie London, which would extend depth to 240 feet.
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Neill Motors
Wrenn Street
North Main Street
Lyles Chevrolet Company
David S. Neill
The
Motor Company
Neill
Atlantic Insurance and Reality Company
Willie London
Laughlin Reunion Set for Sunday at New Market School
The Laughlin families hold their annual reunion at New Market school near Sophia next Sunday September 14 opening at 11 a m The morning session features speaker Robert Brown of Albany Ga Two quartettes from Greensboro and Gibsonville provide music An afternoon business meeting will elect new officers
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Laughlin
New Market School
Sophia
Robert Brown
Albany
Greensboro
Gibsonville
Live Y'ers Hear Mrs Dorsett at supper meeting
The Live Y'ers group met at the YWCA on Thursday evening at 6:30 with Mrs Harold Dorsett as guest speaker. She discussed skin care and makeup, and sixteen members attended. Maj Gen William J Donovan is quoted on Western Europe as a defense bastion.
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Y’ers
YWCA
Harold Dorsett
Western
Europe
William J. Donovan
Office of Strategic Services
Saturday Radio Schedule Highlights and Musical Guests
A detailed broadcast listing shows a full day of programs on WHPE from 12:15 pm to 5:45 pm. Highlights include Fashions in Music, Rainbow Rendezvous, Matinee Melodies, The Variety Show, Eddy Howard Orchestra, Pan-Americana, Silver Star Quartette, Five After Five Jive, and Sports Parade with Bill Currie.
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WHPE
Eddy Howard
Bill Currie
Phil Moore
Cbe
United Nations Report
Cbs
Lowell Thomas
Nbo World News & Commentary
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Nhe
Dack Smith
Cbs Dance Music
Bob Crosby
Henry J. Taylor
Mbe Coney
Nbe
Dbe Sports
Paul Lavalle
Fannie
Abe Lyman
Meet the Press
Bill Stern
Eileen Farrell
Ebs
News
Variety
Radio Station Schedule Fragment From 1940s Far East Daylight Time
The fragment lists a dense radio programming schedule with shows across networks and time slots. It includes News Re port, United Nations reports, sports, drama, variety, and musical programs with numerous hosts and titles.
Diphtheria Exceeded Bomb Deaths in England in One Year
A historical report notes that deaths from diphtheria in England in a single year surpassed those caused by German bombing, highlighting disease impact over wartime destruction in that period.
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England
Homecoming Sunday at Mt. Zion Church
The Mt. Zion Pilgrim church south of Thomasville hosts its annual homecoming and singing this Sunday. Services run from 10 a.m. to noon with the Stamps-Baxter Ambassadors, formerly of Greensboro, providing the singing. Pastor Rev. T. R. York will deliver the homecoming sermon.
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Mt. Zion Pilgrim Church
Thomasville
Stamps-Baxter Ambassadors
Greensboro
T. R. York
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