Jordan clan shows a corridor of Carolina leaders
Holt McPherson notes in Behind the Front Page a long profile of Rev. H H Jordan's family, six siblings and spouses with roles in industry education law medicine and church across Gaston Duke and Winnsboro. The piece highlights how Jordan’s public schooling shaped their paths and the family’s influence in North Carolina society.
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Holt McPherson
Shelby Star
H. H. Jordan
Gazette
H.h.jordan
Gastonia
Main Street Methodist Church
Shelby
Jordan
College Ister
Ttng Niao
McPherson
Durham
Frank Jordan
Max Gardner Jr
Charles E. Jordans
North Carolina
Frank
Everett
Sellars Manufacturing Company
Saxapahaw
Democratic Executive Committee
Scott
North Carollina
North Carolina Symphony Society
Central Church
Western North Carolina Conference
Henry C. Sprinkle Jr
World Outlook
New York
North Carolina Christian Advocate
South Carolina
George K. Way
Winnsboro
Carolina
Just
Jordans
Slert
Sanders Warns Those Failing To Pay Fines
Municipal Judge Julius Sanders, back from vacation, warned defendants who fail to pay fines after court leniency. He signaled a get tough policy as five defendants missed appearances, with capiases ordered. Included were Alice Dowell, Nelson Benfield, Charlie Grant, Albert Rainey, and Broadus Montgomery. Liquor cases were disposed of, with Alexander Fender given 12 months on the public roads suspended on condition. James Lindsay and Bell Martin paid costs for possession of white liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Sanders
Alice Dowell
South Rhyne Street
Nelson Benfield
Charlotte
Charlie Grant
Flint Mill No. 2
Albert Rainey
Bessemer City
Broadus Melvin Montgomery
North Rhyne Street
Alexander Fender
North Boyce Street
Fender
James Lindsay
North Falls Street
Bell Martin
North Pryor Street
Rotarians View Cancer Education Film at Gastonia Meeting
Gastonia Rotary Club members viewed a film on cancer dangers in a story form at the Armington Hotel. Dr. Percy Freeman outlined the American Cancer Society produced film to be used next year in the new cancer detection center education program. Joseph Lepark led the induction of three new members: A. Elam, George Trakas, and H. Gilbert Blue.
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Gastonia
Wife of Prisoner of Reds Appeals
Mrs. Kate Field, wife of Hermann H. Field, an American architect who disappeared while traveling in Communist Eastern Europe last August, said he is being held incommunicado behind the Iron Curtain. She urged stronger U.S. efforts to learn his fate, noting four months pass with no news for her and their two young children.
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London
Europe
U. S
Hermann H. Field
Kate Field
Blast damages Polish Embassy in Paris injures watchman
A violent explosion at dawn damaged the Polish embassy chancellery in Paris and slightly injured a watchman, with no other casualties. The 18th century embassy mansion across the courtyard remained undamaged and Ambassador Jerry Putrament was unhurt.
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Paris
Jerry Putrament
County Tax Prepayment Total Reaches 834696 in Gaston County
Gaston county prepayments on 1949 taxes total 834,696.98 as County Clerk E Dent reports. The overall 1949 levy stands at 1,317,295 with remaining amounts due in January. February brings a 1 percent penalty, rising monthly. Refunds ranged from six cents to 305.69, averaging 1 or 2 dollars, with some double payments and overpayments from rate errors. All property owners must list 1950 real estate and personal property in January. penalties apply for failure to list or poll tax lapses, with blanks available at the courthouse.
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Gaston County
E. Dent
Clerk of Commissioners
King of Arabia Incorporates Jordan Occupied Palestine
King Abdullah formalizes incorporation of Jordan occupied Palestine into Hashemite Jordan. Jordanian Official Gazette to publish decree on Jan 1. parliament to be dissolved and new elections held with seats for former Palestinian areas. Abdullah’s forces occupy Jerusalem’s old city. UN plan for international rule faces opposition from Israel and Jordan.
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Cairo
Egypt
Abdullah
Palestine
Jordan
Amman
Gaza
Old City
Jerusalem
Israel
United Nations Assembly
Chinese Reds Attacks Beaten at Two Islands
Hong Kong reports say Communist attempts to land on Matsu and Hainan were smashed. Nationalists claim heavy losses and note initial reports of infiltration toward Formosa. The Central News Agency detailed the two island landings and the setbacks.
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Hong Kong
Matsu Island
China
Formosa
Central
Hainan
Big Island
Black Panther Snared In Trap Near Greenville NC
Donald Stokes of Portsmouth and his uncle Bill Ennis, a tobacco farmer, trapped a live big black panther in Phonson Swamp near Greenville North Carolina. The animal was killed and turned over to a taxidermist for mounting after the unusual Christmas gift capture near the Tar River. Panthers had been sighted in the swamp for some time, marking the first alive catch in several years.
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Portsmouth
Donald Stokes
Bill Ennis
Ennis
Phonson Swamp
Greenville
N. C
Tar River
Hope Is Winner At Box Office
Crosby loses market top after five years as Hope rises to number one in the 1949 Motion Picture Herald survey. Bob Hope dethrones Bing Crosby as the nation’s leading box office star, ending Crosby’s multi year reign.
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Hope
Hollywood
Bing
Crosby
Bob Hope
Motion Picture Herald
Toys For Europe Mounting High
Delaware river pier backs a growing stack of picture books dolls blocks and cowboy suits bound for Europe children. The drive, dubbed Junior Marshall Plan, aims to aid children born during or after World War II and to counter Communist propaganda.
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Philadelphia
Delaware River
Europe
American Legion
World’s finest liar award goes to Honest John Goerlich
Burlington Wisconsin December 30 The Burlington liar’s club named Honest John Goerlich of Toledo as world’s champion liar by unanimous vote He recounted a Colorado trout tale where he landed a fish with a cane pole then stabbed it to death with a knife after climbing the pole His honorable mentions were Bob Elberman of Louisville Kentucky and G E Berry of Maumee Ohio Elberman claimed a boat towing fish story that left him hospitalized Berry described a thermometer dropping below zero to three bricks high
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Burlington
Wis
Colorado
Burlington Liar’s Club
John" Goerlich
Toledo
Goerlich
Tate
Bob Elberman
Louisville
G. E. Berry
Maumee
Ohio
Elverman
Berry
Tentative decision blocks Lincolnton radio station bid
The Communications Commission proposed denying Carolina-Piedmont Broadcasters Inc. a new Lincolnton North Carolina radio station at 1050 kilocycles 1000 watts daytime only. Hearing examiner Basil P. Cooper found insufficient evidence the station would meet engineering standards for the locality.
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Washington
the Communications Commission
Carolina - Piedmont Broadcasters, Inc
Lincolnton
N. C
Basil P. Cooper
Slavs Claim Russia Sends Terrorists
Belgrade dispatch reports Yugoslav officials accuse Russia led Cominform countries of deploying terrorist gangs to sabotage Tito's independent government. Information minister Vladimir Dedifer dismissed the threat, saying the people will capture them within 24 hours.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Mar Shel ‘Tito
Vladimir Dedifer
Hoey Urges Action to Check John L. Lewis
Senator Clyde R. Hoey told the Shelby Rotary club that Congress must curb John L. Lewis to relieve the coal shortage. He urged applying anti trust law to the UMW chieftain and others who wield autocratic power harming the nation.
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Shelby
Clyde R. Hoey
Congress
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Chieftain
Shelby Rotary Club
North Carolina Democrat
Lewis
PolioCases Rise in Week as Public Health Reports
The Public Health Service reports 154 new polio cases in the week ending December 24. New York City's Bronx Zoo runs the largest earthworm breeding operation, credited by the National Geographic Society. The zoo hosts two duck billed platypuses needing 25,000 earthworms monthly plus night crawlers.
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Washington
Public Health Service
New York City
Bronx Zoo
National Geographic Society
First Baby Derby Promises Prizes From Local Firms
The Gazette teams with seven Gastonia stores to crown Gaston county's first baby of 1950. Hospitals will report births on January 1. winners require birth certificates and one-year residency. Prizes include a tire tread service, milk, layette items, baby goods, Pet milk, a Bendix washer discount, and a GE iron.
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Mr. Stork
Gaston County
Gastonia
Roosevelt Tire Service
Baby
Dad
Mom
Sunrise Dairy
Leon Schneider
Smith
Jackson’s
Rawlings-Todd Company
Bendix
Sterchi's
General Electric
The
Gazette
Tte
Alleged Jewel Thief Wanted In This City
Sheriff H T Efird has a local arrest warrant for Mrs Roy Hicks issued after her arrest in Winston Salem for jewel thefts across several states. Roy D Hicks and Bobby Ann Hicks are linked to thefts totaling 41000 with a December 1948 bad check charge. Hicks address listed as 29 Club Kings Mountain highway at warrant issue.
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H. T. Efird
Roy Hicks
winston-Salem
Rivel
Roy D. Hicks
Bobby Ann
Hicks
Gainesville
Bristol
Dick Mauney
Efird
Kings Mountain Highway
Currie Named New Tax Research Head in North Carolina
Raleigh dispatch reports 30 year old Chapel Hill attorney James B Currie named head of the North Carolina State Department of Tax Research by Governor Scott. Currie will take office January 3 succeeding W P Sutter who has led the department for three years.
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Raleigh
Chapel Hill
State Department of Tax Research
James 8. Currie
Scott
W. P. Sutter
lTax
Star 27 Times Hotter Than Sun
Dr. Thornton Page of Yerkes Observatory announced at the 82nd annual American Astronomical Society meeting that a star in Lyra has a surface temperature of 270000 degrees Fahrenheit, 27 times hotter than the Sun, with a ring nebula and is two to three times hotter than any previously reported.
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Tucson
Ariz
Thornton Page
Yerkes Observatory
Chicago
American Astronomical Society
Page
Constellation
Lyra
Indian inquiry faults pilot error in Mumbai crash
An Indian government enquiry committee concluded the KL M Constellation crash near Bombay on July 12 was caused directly by a pilot's error of judgment, resulting in the deaths of 13 American news correspondents.
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New Delhi
Bombay
Sunday Services At First Presbyterian Church
The sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be observed at the First Presbyterian Church both morning and night. The night service is being held again for a shake who were unable to attend the 11 o'clock hour.
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First Presbyterian Church
County school alterations to cost over 275000
Three county school projects at South Gastonia North Belmont and Lowell will have contracts awarded after January 5 with total bids over 275 000 General heating plumbing and electrical work will be let separately Gastonia firms lead the low bid list and final completion is expected by June 1 1950 with some work delayed until summer break Analyst Supt Huss notes these changes address crowded conditions and reconfigure offices libraries and classrooms R L Clemmer of Hickory is the architect
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Hunter Huss
North Carolina Board of Education
Raleigh
South Gastonia
North Belmont
Lowell
Gastonia
Supt
Huss
Kings Mountain
Belmont
E. L. Quinn Construction Company
Sceoton
C. T. Bennett Construction Company
Lowell General
W. H. Hand and Son
Plumbing
Miller and Smyre
Hickory
Gastonia Plumbing and Heating Company
L. A. Hoke
Hickory Plumbing and Heating Company
Yarborough and
Elrod
Electrical, Mill and Marine Electric Inc
R. L. Clemmer
Red Shield Club Registration Set For Monday
Gastonia Red Shield Club opens registration on Monday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the club house on South Broad Street. Executive director Charles Collins says about 480 current members are expected to sign up for new cards. Several typists will issue cards and collect a small fee. The club plans new equipment including a loaned plane and a Red Shield chair, aiming to grow membership beyond 500 in 1950.
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Gastonia Red Shield
South Broad Street
Charles Collins
Collins
Oxygen Supply Company Opens in Gaston County
Oxygen Supply Company Opens Gaston Oxygen Supply Company will operate in Banlo, dealing in hospital supplies and gases. Earl Duckett of Concord to manage the firm, which filed a Raleigh certificate of incorporation with $100,000 authorized and $300 subscribed stock by H. T. Efird, L. B. Hollowell, and Earl Duckett.
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Gaston Oxygen Supply Company
Banlo
Earl Duckett
Concord
Raleigh
H. T. Efird
L. B. Hollowell
Gastonia
Mt. Holly Break-In At Globe Rail Office Unsuccessful
Intruders pried open a screen and entered the Globe rail office near Mt. Holly through a window Wednesday night but were unable to steal anything. Detective E H Groves led the investigation and the entry was discovered as a break in. Premier Georges Bidault secured a confidence vote from the national assembly in Paris with an unofficial tally of 302 to 295.
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MT. Holly
Globe Rail
E. H. Groves
Paris
Georges Bidault
National Assembly
Piedmont Stays in Gas Battle
Washington dispatch reports the Virginia Virginia Carolina natural gas case. The Virginia commission denied Piedmont Natural Gas Corporation’s motion to dismiss and rejected a request to separate Piedmont’s application from the consolidated hearing. Commonwealth Natural Gas Corporation and Virginia Gas Transmission Corporation argued Piedmont failed to show a gas supply plan for service in Virginia North and South Carolina. Governor Thomas S. Tucker urged dropping Piedmont, backing Commonwealth and Virginia Gas as the chosen suppliers for Virginia cities.
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Washington
the Power Commission
Piedmont Natural Gas Corporation
Piedmont
Commonwealth Natural Gas Corporation
Virginia Gas Transmission Corporation
Commonwealth
Virginia
Richmond
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Newport News
Petersburg
Virginia Gas
Paces
Carolia
Tuck
The
Power Commission
Gastonia Woman's Brother Succumbs
Mrs. Grady Kennington of Hanna street traveled to LaGrange Georgia after being summoned by the death of her brother Lee Rutledge. Funeral services were scheduled for Friday at 4 o clock. He had been in ill health for some time but died suddenly Thursday afternoon.
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Grady Kennington
Hanna Street
Lagrange
Lee Rutledge
Mr. Rutledge
Morning demand lifts autos as market stalls overall
A brisk morning rush for automobile stocks pushed Little Wave higher while the broader market moved little. General Motors Chrysler and Studebaker rose about a half point each in above average volume, with leaders including U S Steel Goodyear Sears Roebuck Caterpillar Southern Railway and Johns Manville among gainers and many others in firmer prices.
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New York
General Motors
Chrysler
Studebaker
U. S. Steel
Goodyear
Sears Roebuck
Caterpillar Tractor
New York Cotton Prices Rise Amid Trade Buying
New York December cotton futures stayed steady on persistent trade buying and short covering before year end, lifting prices to season highs. A leading spot firm sold near term March, while late afternoon quotes showed gains of 4 to 5.5 cents a bale with March at 12.0, May around 30.64, and July near 29.05.
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New York
New Orleans
Hog markets steady prices in NC with top 15.75
Hog markets in Raleigh area report mostly steady prices. Tops reach 15.75 at Rich Square and Richmond with 15.50 at Dunn and other North Carolina towns including Siler City Tarboro Warsaw Kinston Rocky Mount Lumberton Fayetteville Clinton Beulaville Scotland Neck Washington Jacksonville Mt. Olive Wilson Goldsboro Smithfield and more.
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Raleigh
NCDA
Rich Square
Dunn
Siler City
Tarboro
Warsaw
Kinston
Rocky Mount
Lumberton
Fayetteville
Clinton
Beulaville
Scotland Neck
Washington
Jacksonville
Mt. Olive
Wilson
Goldsboro
Smithfield
Richmond
Hong Kong Gained War Powers To Curb Disorder
The British crown colony of Hong Kong designated its governor with near war powers to counter potential general strikes and internal disorder. Emergency regulations authorize requisition of manpower and property, bar strikes in essential services, and use of extraordinary police powers to place the colony on a war footing.
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Hong Kong
Will Refuse Tips Prague In Nationalized Hotels
Tips are described as a degrading remnant of the obsolete capitalist era as waiters in Czechoslovakia's nationalized hotels and restaurants are instructed to refuse them, per the Communist organ Rude Pravo. Separate notices include executrix appointment in North Carolina and a public sale of real estate in Gastonia with parcel details and bid rights reserved by the city.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Rude Pravo
North Carolina
Court House
Gastonis
N. C
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Woodland Drive
Tome
Barbara Meltzer
Great Neck
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Prisoner of Reds
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Old City of
Black Panther
Russia
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Gaston
Currie New Tax Research Head
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Mount Vernon
N. Y
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Red Shield
Oxygen Supply Company
Federal Power Commission
Wall Street
Dec
Chivago
Kenneth Todd
Fan D. Todd
Julius T. Banderas
Cherry Street
Rankin Avenue
City of
A. W. Hoffman
H. Parker
Office of the Register of Deeds
Gaston County Bistry
L. 8
Rankin
Ernest RB. Warren
W. Jack Dixon
Cae Smith’s
Public Service CO. OF
N. C. Inc
W. Franklin Ave
Walker Auto Finance Co
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