Six Arrested Two Missing in Bank Robbery Incident
Six men were arrested and two others disappeared after a bank robbery. A blind man, Phillip L. Spruill, was directed to lie on the floor while others looted the vault and cash drawers. Lawmen from county, state patrol, SBS, and FBI, with civilians, closed in, aided by a Coast Guard helicopter.
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Milver Davis
Vet's Orphan Receives Help in Pension Case
A service member’s daughter, Bertha Mae Womack, finally claimed her inheritance after a long search. The VA confirmed she is the beneficiary of insurance funds linked to Birtis Womack, with monthly payments of $33.60 and eligibility for pension until age 21 if she remains in school.
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Birtis Womack
Salisbury
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Britain backs Bernadotte plan for Palestine solution
London pledges support to Count Folke Bernadotte’s recommendations as the United Kingdom urges the United Nations to act. Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin tells the House of Commons the assassination aimed to derail his mission and calls for the plan to be implemented in full without recognizing Israel. The government says no polemics and stresses UN authority.
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Folke Bernadotte
Palestine
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
United Nations
Jerusalem
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Strike Picture Is Clearing Up In U S Labor Turmoil
The union threatened strike last June was averted by a Truman fact finding board. In Ottumwa Iowa five departments of John Morrell packing were closed with 550 idle after failed talks. A mediator failed to reconcile firm CIO packers. Longshoremen move army cargoes on the Pacific coast under contracts with two stevedoring firms not in the Waterfront Employers group. Pickets to be pulled from Oakland as cargo on docks is cleared, not the loading or unloading of struck ships.
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John Morrell and Company
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Officers Cleared in Charlotte Bus Terminal Shooting
A coroner's jury cleared two Charlotte police officers of blame in the fatal shooting of a Buffalo man who attacked a bus driver and a woman with a shovel at the Union Bus terminal on September 9.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Union
Russia may pull back but Korea could stay in turmoil
The piece argues Russia may retreat into Manchuria while a strong Korean force remains in the north. It warns of a Bolshevik led invasion of the south to unify the peninsula under communism, and notes the United States plans to keep troops in Korea pending a UN assembly decision.
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Poland
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Orient
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Reds Battle To Retain Power
The big five must approve applications for membership as the day-old assembly session faces swags. Bulgaria and Yugoslavia protested placing the Balkans commission report on the Greek civil war agenda. Arab delegates rejected an independent Jewish state in Palestine as Bernadotte recommended. The U.S. and Britain backed the report. Western powers gave the Soviet Union a week to accept Berlin outlines before a UN move. High U.N. sources welcomed Russia and Poland on the steering committee. Evatt reportedly pursues moves to freeze Russia out. China, France, Britain, Mexico, and the United States were named to vice presidencies on the general steering committee.
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Freedom Nears SCHEDULED 10 release from Havana prison
Patricia Sauira Schmidt tests outfits after eight months jailed in Cuba amid coverage of Satira a Toledo native convicted in the yacht death of Chicago attorney John Lester Mee in Havana harbor during an argument aboard Mee’s yacht.
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Ohio
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City Registers 4 322 Draft-Age Men in Three-Week Period
Draft board No 42 reports 4 322 men registered as draft age during the three week period. Of these 690 will receive questionnaires now, limited to single non veterans. About 350 are 18 year olds and 2 932 are veterans. The remainder are married non veterans. The total includes transients sent to home counties and registrations from Colfax Jamestown and the Colored Boys Commissioner.
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Colfax
Jamestown Points
Colored Boys’ Commissioner
Beach Bridge At Morehead City Struck By Barge
The bridge linking Atlantic Beach and Morehead City was struck by a barge today. The center section and four other spans were severely damaged, with no injuries reported. Traffic is prohibited and small boats will ferry people until repairs are known.
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Atlantic Beach
State Highway Commission
No atmosphere would end twilight and dawn
Britannica notes if Earth lacked air there would be instant nightfall and instant daybreak. It also cites Wyoming as the first state to grant woman suffrage and claims beef ranks first in American preferences with perk second.
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Wyoming
Union
Okeechobee Area Hit by Storm Strikes Miami Regions
Miami suffers widespread disruption as a storm hits the Okeechobee area and surrounding towns. Eight thousand to nine thousand telephones out of service and power cuts affect greater Miami while 8 300 people stay in 53 shelters and 75 families evacuate from low areas near the city.
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Republicans And Democrats Tout Past Performances
Senator-Elect Margaret Chase Smith warned Republicans at a Boston rally that a Maine style result could translate into a national vote of 45.6 percent for Republicans and 54.4 percent for Democrats. She said a Democratic victory in the White House and Congress would hinge on Wallaceite and States Rights votes.
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Mr. Truman
United States
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Dewey
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Summer Ends Tonight As Clocks Go Back One Hour
New York announces summer ends tonight at 10 22 p m standard time across time zones with daylight saving time ending at 2 00 a m Sunday when clocks revert to standard time.
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Ox Cart Special Storm Slows To A Halt
Chief Forecaster Grady Norton named the slow moving storm the ox cart special as it was cancelled at least until this afternoon.
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Ox Cart
Weather forecast for North Carolina with varying cloudiness
Partly cloudy today and tonight with increasing cloudiness in the southeast. Slightly cooler conditions in the northeast. Forecast for Thursday September 24 notes sunset at 6 16 and other calendar details.
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North Carolina
19 New Polio Cases Reported Today
Raleigh report shows 19 new polio cases today all with September onset raising North Carolina total to 2121. No deaths. Alamance county leads with five cases followed by Macon Madison Rowan with two each and single cases in Alexander Gaston Haywood Johnston Mitchell Pender Sampson and Union.
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State Board of Health
North Carolina
Alamance County
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Madison
Rowan
Alexander
Gaston
Haywood
Johnston
Mitchell
Pender
Sampson
Union
Market steady as oils rails and steels lead activity
In New York on September 22 prices held steady amid quiet trading. Oil stocks led the session with rails and steels following, keeping the market on an even keel.
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New York
Black-Draught Laxative Marketed For Sleep Aid
Advertises Black-Draught as a friendly laxative that helps sleeplessness caused by constipation. Claims prompt, thorough relief when used as directed and costs a penny or less per dose. Notes four generations of popularity and urges readers to get a package today.
Lumberton Businessman Dies After Car Truck Collision
Guy Alton Plott aged 56, a Lumberton businessman, died from injuries after his car was hit by a truck in Lumberton city limits on Monday, dying yesterday.
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Guy Alton Plott
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