Eighth Army Hits Tops In Morale And Strength
United Press reports that in Korea morale runs high as combat troops fulfill duties while rotations prepare for possible Europe duty. Officers say the 8th Army is an experienced force, augmented by fresh troops, and capable of continuing the war as long as rotations function smoothly.
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Eighth Army
Earnest Hobbrecht
United Press
New York
Korea
Asia
Free Nations
Europe
Kaesong
8Th Army
U.S
British Plan To Buy Oil In Romania
London reports Britain, cut off from Iran, agreed to buy 200000 tons of oil from Communist Romania. The government owned Anglo Iranian Oil Co. arranged the deal likely at 1,000,000 pounds. Negotiations began a month ago as Abadan refinery faced nationalization effects. The purchase is a partial remedy, with Britain seeking oil from various sources.
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London
Great Britain
Iran
Romania
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co
United States
Petrolexport
Government Petroleum Organization
Abadan
Britain
Judge Burgwyn Surrenders Driver's License in Dizzy Spells Case
RALEIGH The State Highway Patrol said today that Superior Court Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn, 65, has voluntarily surrendered his driver's license. He was tried on drunken driving charges in Franklin, Va., Tuesday and acquitted after doctors testified he suffered dizzy spells mimicking intoxication.
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Raleigh
Llp
Hiyway Patrol
Superior Court
W. H. S. Burgwyn
Burgwyn
Franklin
Highway Meet Opens in Greensboro at Sedgefield
A dinner tonight at Sedgefield precedes the North Carolina Highway Users Conference opening session in Greensboro. The 9 20 a.m. business session features P D McLean of Washington as principal speaker. R Flake Shaw of Greensboro is state chairman with participants including David L Kelly of Winston-Salem.
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Greensboro
N. C
Sedgefield
North Carolina Highway Users Conference
P. D. McLean
Washington
National Highway Users Conerence
R. Flake Shaw
David L. Kelly
Winston-Salem
Inland waterways eyed as NC Next big job by Scott
Governor Kerr Scott told a Democratic women rally in Washington that Inland Waterways for recreation and irrigation should be North Carolina's next major project. He praised progress on Go Forward road programs, urged more school buildings, and forecast 25 to 30 million dollars in savings this year through economies.
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Washington, N.C
North Carolina
Kerr Scott
Scott
Commissions Now Obtainable In High Point
Local women may receive direct commissions in the Army or Air Force without Raleigh exams. Pfc Gaylia Reed, WAC WAF recruiter, announced that college graduates with qualifying specialties can become Second Lieutenants. Applications for Officer Candidate School and direct commissions in Army Air Force and Nurse Corps are being taken, with nurses needing three years training. The recruiting office will be open Saturdays 8 12 a.m. for applications and enlistments.
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Army
Air Force
Raleigh
Pfc
Gaylia Reed
Wac-Waf
Reed
Nurse Corps
Twenty Mayors Will Appear on TV Program
Greensboro's WEMY TV marks its second birthday with a special anniversary program on Saturday September 22 at 8 o clock. The station will sign on test pattern with 5000 watts at 9 30 a m. About twenty Piedmont mayors were invited to participate along with station officials C O Jeffress and Robert Irwin.
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Greensboro
Wemytv
Piedmont
Gaines Kelley
Wemy-Tv
Kelley
Mr. Kelley
C. O. Jeffress
Greensboro News Company
Robert Irwin
Wfmy-Tv
Washington
Judge Rejects Klan Invitation from Leesville Leader
Superior Court Judge Henry A. Grady of New Bern said he declined an invitation to rejoin the Ku Klux Klan and refused a money offer to speak at a rally near Whiteville. Grady, a former Tar Heel Klan grand dragon from 1919 to 1925, called the present Klan misguided.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Ku Klux Klan
Superior Court
Henry A. Grady
New Bern
Thomas L. Hamilton
Leesville
S. C
Gredy
Whiteville
Grady
Oxygen Tent Blast Kills 57-Year-Old Patient
A hospital oxygen tent exploded at City Hospital killing Arthur Pelter, a 57-year-old man. Deputy Fire Chief James Kane said the victim apparently tried to smoke inside the tent, prompting an investigation into the blast and ensuing fire.
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Boston
City Hospital
James Kane
Vicim
Arthur Pelter
Customs Agents Seize $7000 in Narcotics at Seattle
Customs agents said narcotics worth 7000 dollars were smuggled into the United States through Seattle on Tuesday. The haul included 321 caps of cocaine and 13 packages of heroin found inside cigarette packages brought ashore by a 33 year old sailor.
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Seattle
U.S
Newsprint Mill Plan Filed for Tennessee Plant
NEWSPRINT MILL NEW YORK UP The Bowa iter Paper Corp Ltd of London has filed with the National Production Authority for aCertificate of necessity to establish a 50,000,000 newsprint and sulphate pulp mill in the Charleston Calhoun area in Tennessee announced here today NEW FIRE FIGHTER MEMPHIS Tenn UP Mary Koch says the dog rolled on a tight red cigarette on the pavement until it was out.
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New York
Bowaiter Paper Corp., Ltd
London
National Production Authority
Charleston-Calhoun
Tennessee
Memphis, Tenn
Mary Koch
Durham Strike Negotiators Can Meet
Durham North Carolina workers and contractors prepared for another mediation session to end a two week walkout that has halted major building in the Durham Chapel Hill area. AFL Carpenters Union local rep J B Mills Jr said mediator Seth Brewer would likely convene a union contractor meeting after Mills presented a new proposal based on a compromise offered by federal and state mediators. The carpenters had asked 35 cents an hour more to reach 2 dollars, calling the contractors nickel offer an insult.
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Durham
N. C
Carpenters Union
Durham-Chapel Hill
J.B. Mills Jr
AFL Carpenters Union
U. S
Seth Brewer
Mills
Brewer
Carpenters
Tobacco Prices Fall Across Belts But Steady East
Prices weakened on the Old and Middle flue-cured tobacco belts yesterday with most Old Belt averages down 1 to 2 per hundred pounds and Middle Belt grades off 1 to 2, while Eastern and Border belts held fairly steady. Full sales continued at most markets with total volume near 3.5 million pounds. quality remained similar to Tuesday. Clarkton and Fair Bluff in North Carolina and Pamplico in South Carolina planned final sales tomorrow.
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United Press
Federal
South Carolina
Clarkton
Fair Bluff
N.C
Pamplico
S. C
Government Set For Indictment Of Slaughterers
Washington reports the Office of Price Stabilization will soon file court actions against slaughterhouse operators in New York Cleveland and Chicago on charges of overcharging customers for beef and other price violations. Special OPS agents have been dispatched to nine Western cities to probe slaughterhouse operations as part of a broader crackdown on over ceiling prices for cattle and tracking beef flow and payments.
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Washington
New York
Cleveland
Chicago
Office of Price Stabilization
Barroom Ballad Defense From Composer Evans
London based composer Toichard Evans argues barroom ballads must be preserved against Tin Pan Alley influence. He warns the tradition risks being erased and appeals to writers to unite for future male listeners and cultural heritage.
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London
Tin Pan Alley
Toichard Evans
New York Showbiz Jumbles And Music News Tidbits
Winchell N Y Mirror employees donate 303.35 to The Runyon Fund in memory of W R Hearst. A European conductor and orchestra chase fame of Andre Kastelanetz, calling himself Andrei Castellano. The sleeper ballad Oh How I Love You sold for 50 dollars and already moved 90 000 platters for Sharp Records. Broadway notes include a moth lamp trick, a Times Square Eagle plug, and Kenny Katz dialect parody. Midtown barbers threaten 60 weekly minimum. cabs, cagers, and waitresses figure in theater chatter. The Stork Club chef owns a vast autograph collection and signatures of stars. A film dialog cites Plunder World and His Kind of Woman. Sumner A Long writes a new play titled Blessed Event with familiar reuse. George Jean Nathan and Granny Oliphant appear in Lace on Her Petticoat. Sugar is praised as pound for pound fighter, noted for heart.
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N. Y. Mirror
Runyon
W. R. Hearst
Andre Kastelanetz
Andrei Castellano
Jerry Farrer
Sharp Records
Harry Delmar
Times Square
Bklyn J Eagle
Mickey Katz
Denk
Cafe de France
Italy
Stork Club
the Times
Sumner
Mr. Long
George Jean Nathan
Granny Oliphant
Sugar
Theater blaze damages Yadkinville venue and nearby stores
Fire at Sears Theater in Yadkinville caused about 25000 dollars in damage to the theater and smoke damage to two adjacent stores. Equipment valued between 7000 and 38000 dollars was destroyed. Assistant Fire Chief F P B Harding said the fire likely started from a short circuit at the rear of the theater.
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Yadkinville
N. C
Sears
F. P. B. Harding
Seed trade seeded Britain with California trees
Seed from California including redwood and Sequoia trees was sent to England in the last century and is responsible for the many such trees now growing in Great Britain.
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California
England
Great Britain
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Ada M. Harrison
Arthur H. Harrison
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Schoch
Adam
Star Brand
Lee Union
Msi
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General Electric
Gaa
Cee
Heating CO
Coe Aescand
Winchell
Yadkinville Theater
Cecil’s Drug Store
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Moskins
N. Main ST
Lewis Motor CO
Wrenn St
Rees
Geener
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West End
Darlington
Charles Edwards Jr
Johnny Stokes
Edwards
Stokes
Piedmont Lodge
J.C. Roberts
Woodrow F, Haywood
Dale Carnegie
Morrows
Simmons
CUT Rate Furniture CO
Advance Stores
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Stevens
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H&r
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