Ewing Backs Public Health At AFL Convention
The article notes Ewing supports public health funding for armed forces. It covers five cities inviting the 1951 AFL convention Detroit Atlantic City Boston Miami and San Francisco. Delegates asked the executive council to choose. Barkley planned to speak but may not attend today, hoping to arrive Saturday. Green was re elected president at 23 000 yearly and predicts Taft's defeat with other anti labor senators in play.
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Detroit
Atlantic City
Boston
Miami
San Francisco
AFL
Executive Council
Barkley
Green
Taft
Ohio
Donnell
R-Mo
Wiley
Congress to Override Veto on Veterans Medical Aid
The Congress plans to override President Truman on several bills, including a general tax cut and the Taft-Hartley act, set against the Republican-controlled 80th Congress. Earlier in the week, lawmakers enacted over a veto a measure expanding free medical treatment for Spanish-American War veterans by a two-thirds vote in both chambers.
Greensboro Senior High Charlotte Game Postponed
The Greensboro Senior High Charlotte football game set for tonight was postponed due to heavy rains and rescheduled for Monday night at 8 p.m. Coach Bob Jamieson announced the change.
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Greensboro
Greensboro Senior High-Charlotte
Bob Jamieson
Tax Bill Raises Withholding And New Excise Taxes
The looming bill raises income tax withholdings starting October 1 for wages and salaries and adds a 10 percent excise on television sets. It also retroactively increases normal corporate tax rates to apply to half of 1950 corporate income, affecting businesses and households.
Emergency Bill Pending halts on trade with adversaries
The National Security Council led by Mr. Truman could halt trade with any nation trading with Russia deemed contrary to United States security. The key House vote blocked a Republican substitute, tallying 167 to 149 in favor of the administration.
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Nates
National Security Council
Municipal League And Realtors Back Urban Redevelopment Bill
North Carolina groups in Charlotte agree on an urban redevelopment enabling act to help cities clear slums and redevelop for industry business or housing. George Franklin and J. E. Barrentine push a plan for separate redevelopment agencies with public hearings on each phase. final bill likely for 1951 session.
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Charlotte
North Carolina League of Municipalities
North Carolina Association of Real Estate Boards
George Franklin
League
J. E. Barrentine
Realtors’ Group
General Assembly
North Carolina
Barrentine
Franklin
Seoul Battle Grows Tough as US Forces Press
A 10th corps intelligence report says a mystery Red force moving from Manchuria is heading south toward Seoul. US First Cavalry Division led a 20 mile northward push near Taegu, Sangju, and Kumchon, while British and South Korean units exploit gains around the Naktong River and Pohang.
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10Th Corps
Manchuria
Seoul
Yongdongpo
U. S. First Cavalry Division
Eighth Army
Tabu
Taegu
Nakton
Hobart R. Gay
First Cavalry
Gay
Jack MacBeth
Sangju
Kumchon
U. S
Waegwan
Taejon
Suwon
U. S. Air Force
Naktong River
Sonsan
MacBeth
Naktong
Chogye
Chinju
Masan
Pusan
United Nations
Kigye
Deaths and Funerals in Thomasville Area
Funeral service for Roland Tate Holton was held at his home with Rev. Arthur Kale officiating. Interment followed at Oakwood cemetery. Mrs. Irena Angeline Lechriest Crouse Kearns, 95, died at her niece’s home after an extended illness in Thomasville. Funeral services are set for Mount Zion Pilgrim church with burial in Mount Zion cemetery.
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Thomasville
Irena Angeline Lechriest Crouse Kearns
Edward Crouse
Holly Grove
Davidson County
Jesse
Mary Sechriest
Jacob Crouse
Clay Kearns
Curtis Garner Dies in Oakland at 42
Curtis Robert Garner 42 died last night at 10 45 in Oakland California. He was vice president of California Steel Products Corp at Richmond and married to Catherine Marsden. Survived by widow four children four brothers and two sisters. Funeral services will be held from the home in Oakland tomorrow morning.
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Curtis Robert Garner
Oakland
Calif
Pearl Garner
J. Roger Dixon
George Foster .Garner
Randolph County
Garner
California
California Steel Products Corporation
Richmond
Calf
Catherine Marsden
Linda
Cathey
Barbara
Curtis Robert, Jr
Walter C
Winston-Salem
Grady R
Alvah E
Eldon C
Asheboro
Rosemont Road
Last rites for Miss Mildred Arrettia Morris
Miss Mildred Arrettia Morris 20 lifelong Thomasville resident died after a brief illness at her parents home in Silver Valley. Services were held Thursday at Clarksburg Methodist Church with Rev. T. R. York officiating. Pallbearers were Everett Pierce Red Gold Buddy Clodfelter Howard Leonard Roscoe Rockett and Wilson Hunt. Floral tributes were arranged by Mrs. J. E. Kelly and Mrs. Flora Hughes. A duet by Mrs. Ruth Eddinger and Mrs. Arvin Bryant and piano by Miss Nellie Jo Eddinger accompanied the service. Interment was in the family plot at the church cemetery.
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Mildred Arrettia Morris
Thomasville
Clarksburg Methodist Church
T. R. York
Mt. Zion
Ruth Eddinger
Arvin Bryant
Nellie Jo Eddinger
Morris
Silver Valley
Death of David A Britt at 1325 Potts Street
David A Britt 56 died suddenly at home. Born April 17 1894 in Biscoe he lived in High Point four years after moving from Thomasville where he worked at Amazon Cotton Mills. He married Sally Bean August 20 1520. Survived by widow two daughters Grady Miller Thomasville and Jose Myers High Point two sons David Allen Jr Fort Bragg and Robert Allen Britt High Point five grandchildren father Allen Britt Mt. Gilead two brothers John Britt Albemarle and Willie Britt Winston Salem two sisters Nettle Wallace Lexington and Ella Bean Thomasville. Funeral Saturday 2 pm at Grady Miller home Roosevelt Ave Thomasville burial Holly Hill Thomasville. Body to be moved from Sechrest's to Britt residence at 4 pm.
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David A. Britt
Potts Street
Mr. Britt
Biscoe
Alien
Mary Britt
High Point
Thomasville
Amazon Cotton Mills
Sally Bean
Widdédw
Sally B. Britt
Grady Miller
Roosevelt Avenue
Holly Hill Cemetery
Sechrest’s
Britt
Red Forces Fight House to House Battle for Seoul
U S Marines and South Korean troops press a stubborn defense around Seoul with Reds entrenched on hill 105 and in trenches east of the city. Air power, including Corsair bombers and napalm, pounds enemy positions as the battle narrows toward Seoul.
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Seoul
Han River
South Mountain
Marine Corsairs
Hill 105
Yongdongpo
Hill 104
GE Wage Increase Contract Signed With CIO Union
The General Electric Co. signed a one year contract with the CIO International Union of Electrical Workers covering 65 000 employees. Signed after a week of negotiation the agreement provides wage increases from 10 to 15 percent an hour plus other benefits.
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New York
General Electric Co
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
Mrs. Esther Irby Long Dies After Illness
Mrs. Esther Irby Long, 62, widow of Dr. E I Long, died Thursday evening in a local hospital after several weeks illness. Born January 2 1888 near South Boston Virginia she served as nurse and educator at institutions including High Point Memorial City Hospital and Lawrence hospital Mooresville. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 4 pm Sechrest chapel with burial in Oakwood cemetery. Surviving brothers are Mead Norfolk Bass Thornton Detroit Charles Oscar and Macon Foster Irby Richmond.
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Esther Irby Long
E. I. Long
Long
South
Boston
Charles P
Ella Mimm Irby
Everett Fletcher Long
Burrus Clinic
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
High Point College
Lawrence Hospital
Mooresville
Montheu Avenue
Sechrest Chapel
E. A. Avett
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Brothers Mead
Norfolk
Bass Thornton
Detroit, Mich
Charles Oscar
Macon Foster Irby
Notice Change in Passenger Train Schedules
Effective Sunday September 234 Southern Railway changes train departures from High Point for multiple routes. Train 20 The Peach Queen leaves at 10 34 p m to Greensboro Washington New York and intermediate points instead of 10 42 p m. Train 31 Aiken Augusta Special leaves High Point at 2 47 a m instead of 2 12 a m for Charlotte Columbia Augusta and intermediate points. Train 37 The Crescent leaves at 1 56 a m instead of 1 23 a m for Atlanta Montgomery Mobile New Orleans and intermediate points. Train 136 leaves at 10 25 a m instead of 4 00 a m for Washington and intermediate points.
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Southern Railway
High Point
Greensboro
Washington
New York
Aiken
The
Crescent
Atlanta
Montgomery
Mobile
New Orleans
Southern Railway System
Purchasing Agents Meet Opens at Sedgefield
The Carolinas-Virginia Purchasing Agents Association opens its fall meeting at Sedgefield today with President J. M. Berry presiding over a two day convention. Sydney Clark, New England writer and traveller, will speak at tonight's banquet.
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Greensboro
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