20 Jun 1950
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Newspaper
The Gastonia Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1950
Page
1
The long serving Miss Minnie Lee Peedin leaves Gastonia schools after 38 years beginning in 1912 with Loray and Central schools. She recalls vast changes in buildings and teaching methods, emphasizing love for children and growth over pure facts. The anniversary marks a career shaping generations.
Hal Boyle offers tongue in cheek marriage advice for men. He suggests switching from domination to affectionate subservience, doing chores, welcoming in-laws, and provoking emotional displays to keep the wife compliant and supportive. The piece reads as satirical guidance from a humorous columnist.
In Eureka California on a Saturday night a 28 year old bakery driver Henry Red Baird was found dead on Lovers Beach with a bullet wound to the head his clothing arranged near by Barbara Kelly his companion missing only her shoes and stockings Investigators recovered a 22 caliber pistol and thirty four dollars from Bairds possessions Raab says the man was shot likely with a .22 and the case involves the disappearance of the 17 year old waitress Barbara Kelly who had been dating Baird for two months
A weather note records last night’s low and an observed rainfall total of 2.81 inches with a preceding 1.22 inches, yielding a calculated deficiency of 1.51 inches. No further details on location or time are provided.
Senatorial contenders Frank Graham and Willis Smith spent a long campaign day across the state. Smith headed west to Buncombe and nearby counties with a Buncombe rally at Asheville planned tonight. Graham remained in the east touring Cumberland Bladen and possibly Pender, with similar itinerary for tomorrow. Major Smith rallies were led by Lee Gravely and W. Tom Allen in New Bern and Creedmoor, and J C B Ehringhaus Jr. spoke at Clinton in Sampson County.
Miss Helen T Strickland formerly of Great Neck New York is named coordinator of instruction for Gastonia Public Schools She replaces retired Minnie Lee Peedin She will oversee curriculum across six elementary schools and two junior highs and move to Gastonia around August 21
The British freighter Indian Enterprise exploded and sank in the Red Sea about 200 miles south of Suez. Seventy two crewmen were reported missing with only one injured survivor among three aboard. The 7,100-ton ship carried 5.9 tons of explosives consigned to the Indian government.
The Gaston County Bar Association unanimously endorses Charles E. Hamilton for the United States Congress. The resolution cites honesty integrity legal ability and commitment to bar ideals. Hamilton already holds the Democratic Party endorsement and faces Woodrow Jones in a key Saturday run-off with hundreds of volunteers coordinating a county wide phone campaign.
Judge Julies Sanders denounces Woodrow Jones urging a public debate with Congressional candidate Charlie Hamilton. Sanders says Jones seeks publicity and a staged audience to air his voting record, while Hamilton's backers reject the tactic before the Saturday primary in Cleveland County.
A Stockholm inspired petition seeks 5 million signatures by mid September to outlaw the atomic bomb, call for strict international control, and label first use by leaders as war criminals. Campaign directed from Moscow with widespread circulation in the Soviet Union and Western Europe.
Six western European nations Paris June 20 discuss pooling coal and steel plus an international authority to regulate key industries. France Belgium Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Germany participate Britain cautious. Schuman proposals aim to surrender some sovereignty for economic unity under a treaty draft by Jean Monnet.
Two distinct stories share the page: a fatal scout truck crash near Lumberton leaves two youths dead and nineteen injured while returning from a jamboree. and Patrick Hurley, former U S ambassador to China, being invited by Senate investigators to expand on charges that State Department officials sold or gave top secret documents to pro Communist groups amid the Amerasia case.
Fifteen Americans missing since June 9 after a DC-3 disappeared near Venezuela coast. Coast Guard launched air sea rescue and sought help from Caracas authorities. The New Tribes Mission plane carried three crew, three missionaries, five children, and mission staff.
W Arthur Lazenby a Gastonia barber of 46 years died suddenly Monday at his home 410 South Chestnut street from an apparent heart attack He had attended a family reunion at Rankin Lake Sunday then went to work Monday morning Funeral will be held Wednesday at East Baptist Church with Rev TL Cashwell officiating Interment in Gaston Memorial Cemetery He was son of the late J P and Mary Ann Grove Lazenby of Iredell County and moved to Gastonia about 55 years ago P-3-
Secretary of State Acheson urged governors to back President Truman’s Point Four aid plan for underdeveloped regions. He framed aid as a step to combat food, health, and education gaps and to build peace while urging Congress to approve the $35 million funding.
Miss Fannie Falls of Gastonia, 19, was crowned Miss North Carolina Lions Queen at the Lions convention in Charlotte. She won among 14 contestants based on beauty, poise, personality, and charm, earning $250 in wardrobe and a trip to Chicago for the international Lions convention.
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