Gaston County Beer and Wine Trial Headlines Election Night
The Gazette will report results by telephone after the first box is counted as the beer and wine sale trial mounts in Gaston County. Polling spans 34 precincts from 6 30 a m to 6 30 p m with a predicted record turnout. Four telephone lines will handle calls after 7 p m and precinct scores plus running totals will be posted from the Gazette building and the courthouse headquarters.
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Gaston County
Gazette
Court House
Election Call In Results From Gaston County
Election Chairman James Moon Mullen instructs registrars at Gaston County to telephone results to the courthouse tomorrow night once the count is completed. Mullen provides the headquarters number 53171 to be called immediately after verification.
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James (Moon) Mullen
Gaston County
Court House
Mullen
North Carolina county to vote on beer and wine referendum
A state supreme court ruling may influence a dry outcome as Allied Church League leads anti beer and wine efforts. Vote on beer and wine is on separate ballots with potential for wine to fail while beer passes. An injunction previously delayed action, and petitions were challenged as insufficient.
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Supreme Court
Thecal Control Committee
Wilson Warlick
Toto
Allied Church League
North Carolina
Gastonia Gazette Want Ad offers swap service
The Gastonia Gazette Classified Ad Dept invites readers to swap goods regardless of cash constraints. Advertises two way exchanges for gloom to joy, asking customers to provide lists of what they have and want, with a simple quick process and a contact phone number 3130.
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Gastonia Gazette
Rich Asheville Witness Hunt Shocks City
A widespread search was launched for Vaughn Cannon a wealthy missing witness in Asheville alleged gambling enterprises Bench warrants were issued for Vaughn his brother Fred and two associates E R Chick Rosenberg and John Thrash Jr Judge Zeb V Nettles ordered warrants after a John Doe hearing to obtain evidence from over twenty witnesses The order also impounded safes and records from Cannon connected offices including receipts for gambling tickets money totals and ledgers in North and South Carolina and Tennessee Indicted persons likely face grand jury action September 20 while Vaughn Cannon remains at large with reports of sightings near Highlands Georgia border and a Rosenberg call from Atlanta surfaced
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Asheville
Vaughn Cannon
Vaughn
Fred
E. R
Chick” Rosenberg
John Thrash Jr
Zeb V. Nettles
John Doe
Nettles
Cannon
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Fred Cannon
David F. Morris
W. K. McLean
Grand Jury
Grand
Criminal Court
Highlands
Georgia
Harold F. Brownlee
Rosenberg
Atlanta
Republicans sharpen red peril theme in campaign
Washington reports Republicans plan a strong push on the communists in government issue. Senator Revercomb of West Virginia cites federal service as proof, arguing the administration fails to root out communists. Rankin’s Mississippi primary win boosts talk of aggressive anti Soviet campaigning. Truman contends inquiries find little new outside FBI and DOJ findings.
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Revercomb
R-Wva
Matthew M. Neely
AFL
Rankin
Senate
Joe Stalin
Stalin
Martin Brooks Widely Hunted in Murder Case
Police intensified the search for financier Henry Martin Brooks 61 wanted on a murder charge in the shooting of his business partner Joseph R. Watkins in Princeton. Investigators checked two other suspects while tracing the suspect to Greenwich Conn and Reading Pa where he visited frequently. Brooks wife and daughter Elizabeth cut short a Maine vacation after being questioned by Greenwich police. A $50 000 attachment was filed against Mrs Brooks by Carreau and Company stock brokers in New York.
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Princeton
N. J
New York
Henry Martin Brooks
Joseph R. Watkins
Mercer County Prosecutor's Office
Watkins
Princeton Inn
Greenwich
North
Reading
Brooks
Elizabeth
Maine
John M. Gleason
Carreau and Company
Wall Street
Youth to have voice in world church affairs
Amsterdam August 27 Youth will shape pronouncements of the World Council of Churches and have a larger say than ever before in the Assembly discussions. Charles P Taft American Protestant Episcopal delegate says youth views will be incorporated into church pronouncements and considered seriously by accredited delegates. Youth from missionary countries contribute ideas shaping the ecumenical movement as observers call youth the flying squadron of world church unity.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
World Council of Churches
World Council Assembly
Council
Charles P. Taft
Assembly
Taft
World Council
Ecumenical
Polio Epidemic Spreads in Bavaria Hof Hit Hardest
Frankfurter Rundschau reports an infantile paralysis outbreak expanding across Bavaria with Hof near the Czech border bearing the worst impact at about 90 cases. The city of 60,000 faces the strongest surge as authorities monitor the spread.
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Bavaria
Frankfurt
Germany
Frankfurter Rundschau
Hof
Czech
Paper Drive Aids Gastonia Cleanup Campaign
Gastonia junior chamber of commerce will canvass the city next Sunday afternoon to collect scrap paper from homes. Housewives should bundle magazines newspapers and other scrap paper and place the bundles in visible spots in yards for Jaycees to spot from the street.
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Gastonia
Chamber of Commerce
Gaston County Beer and Wine Election Ballot Notice
Official Gaston County ballot outlines instructions for voting on the legal sale of wine and beer on Saturday August 28 1948. Voters mark X in the square or squares to indicate their preference.
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Gaston County
Legal Sale Debate Faces Vote On Beer and Wine
A contested ballot item presents two positions, supporting wine sales and opposing beer sales. The proceeding centers on regulatory clarity, licensing prerequisites, and public safety considerations. Community groups urge clear rules to govern alcohol availability and commerce.
Charlotte Chief's Views Disputed in Beer Referendum
The Gazette published a signed statement from Rev. T. L. Cashwell chairman of Gaston county police forces denying a claim by Charlotte police chief Frank N. Littlejohn that voting out beer and wine would double roadhouses and speakeasies in Gaston county. The chief later said he was correctly quoted about roadhouses.
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Gazette Today
T. L. Cashwell
Gaston County
Charlotte
Frank N. Littlejohn
Gaston
Edwards
Littlejohn
ABC
Char
Aber
the Gazette
Hurricane near Miami heads NW at 15 mph
A Navy hurricane hunter entered the 100 mph storm about 900 miles east of Miami and lost radio contact. Weather officials said it was continuing northwest toward the Florida-Georgia coast but remained distant and likely to change course.
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Florida-Georgia
Raleigh theft of pencils from truck prompt police report
In Raleigh on August 27 police reported the theft of 7 200 pencils from a truck unloading at a downtown building. The incident involved a total of 50 gross pencils taken before dawn and prompted local investigators to search for suspects.
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Raleigh
Rights Of Atheists Time On Radio Topic For Hearing
Washington lawmakers open a hearing to define radio rights for atheists to reply to religious broadcasts. Chairman Harness said the inquiry focuses on 1946 FCC statements and whether stations may grant time for atheistic viewpoints without endangering licenses. The case involves Robert Harold Scott seeking airtime from KWQ San Jose KFRC San Francisco and KPO.
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Harness
R-Ind
Special House
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Commission
Robert Harold
Scott
Palo Alto
Calif
KWQ
San Jose
KPO
KFRC
San Francisco
DOESN'T RENEG E Chief of Police Holds Byline to Interview
Chief F N Littlejohn of Charlotte says he did not reneg, stating the Gazette quoted him accurately except for the claim the interview was with Abernethy. He asserts the interview was with City Editor Lyle Edwards and backs legal control of alcoholic beverages for Gaston County.
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F. N. Littlejohn
Charlotte
The
Gazette
J. W. Atkins
Abernethy
Lyle Edwards
Cashwell
the Gazette
Gaston County
Gaston County dry forces chairman responds to front page interview claim
Rev. Mr. Cashwell as chairman of the Gaston county dry forces says he was greatly interested in yesterday's front page article carrying an alleged exclusive interview between Charlotte Police and others. The Gazette presents his statement as part of fairness to both sides.
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Gazette Today
Mr. Cashwell
Gaston County Dry Forces
Gazette
Charlotte
Berlin City Hall Seized Again by Communist Protests
Communists storm Berlin city hall disrupting the elected anti Communist council as Russian backed police look on. They demand replacement by labor union members and threaten to return again and again. ENvoys in Moscow seek talks to resolve the Berlin impasse and future of Germany.
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Czechoslovakia
Republic
Ferdinand Friedensburg
Ernst Reuter
Russia
Alexis Yelisarov
Frank Howley
U. S
Howley
Moscow
Kremlin
Germany
Sunday Service Preacher in Dallas Presbyterian Church
Rev Judson Shannon of Gastonia will preach Sunday morning at 11 o clock at the Dallas Presbyterian Church continuing the observance with a morning service and sermon.
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Judson Shannon
Gastonia
Dallas Presbyterian Church
Sizzling election talk and a boastful forecast
The article notes Aloysius avoiding commitment on Saturday’s candidate choice while claiming to have hired a famous taxidermist to stuff ballot boxes. He predicts continued heat with clear to partly cloudy skies and teases a cold drink in the heat.
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Weather Data Brief from Local Station
Yesterday’s high and last night’s low are noted with noon today. August readings show a quota of 1.63 and an excess of 2.59, totaling 5.04 units for the period.
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