Political Axe To Full State Officers On Anxious Seat
In Raleigh on June 28, a mood of fear and anticipation hung over North Carolina state officers awaiting W. Kerr Scott’s inauguration as governor. Scott, who is expected to win the November general election, secured a decisive victory over State Treasurer Charles M. Johnson in Saturday’s Democratic primary runoff and will assume office in January.
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Raleigh
W. Kerr Scott
Scott
North Carolina
Charles M. Johnson
Governor Scott Sees Move to End Political Favoritism
In a charged campaign, Governor Kerr Scott vows to purge appointive department heads who favor elected allies over public service. The piece memorializes long running disputes about job security and political influence in state offices as Scott contends with Johnson supporters and a sweeping housecleaning promise. Two WWII veterans James Boyce Garland and Carl Howard win Democratic runoffs for the North Carolina House, defeating incumbents in Gaston County and setting up likely seats in Raleigh next January.
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Scott
Johnson
Haw River
James Boyce Garland
Carl Howard
Bessemer City
General Assembly
Garland
Howard
House of Representatives
Raleigh
House
David P. Dellinger
Cherryville
O. M. Vernon
Mount Holly
Dellinger
Vernon
Gaston
Gastonia
Gas Garrison
Toy Wall
Crowders Mt. Township
James R. Craig
G. S. Guffey
Cherryville Township
R. E. Guffey
D. M. Black
Kerr Scott
Charlie Johnson
Heat on Main Avenue Sparks Nude Climate Talk
Citizens in Gastonia share heat coping ideas in the hot weather. Residents including Gene Parker Ruth Mason Williams Howard Heffner Doris Astor and C S Bell express views on minimal clothing sunbathing and staying indoors to beat the heat. The report notes none of the interviewees belong to Group 32A nudist colony and highlights personal comfort strategies amid oppressive temperatures.
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Main Avenue
Gaston—trounty
Ruth Mason Williams
Peggy Hopkins
Joyce
Parker
Gastonia
C. S. Bell
South Broad Street
Mr. Bell
Local Weather Brief Underscores June Rain Totals
June rainfall to date is 1.06 inches with a quota of 4.22 inches. A deficiency of 3.26 inches remains. Low last night and today’s rainfall measured 0.8 inches.
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Hich
U S Rushes Cargo Planes to Germany to Break Berlin Blockade
The United States ordered about 39 C-54 flying boxcars to Germany to deliver food and urgently needed supplies into the American sector of Berlin as the Russian blockade of ground transport worsened. Britain and France supported the stand to keep Berlin access open, with diplomats predicting a direct approach to Moscow to seek relief from Stalin.
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United States
Germany
Berlin
Britain
France
London
Moscow
Stalin
Nine men beat a state trooper in Wise County
In Wise Virginia on June 28 five men were accused of beating Trooper J. W. Williams Jr. and shooting at him with his own gun after a disturbance at a small truck mine near Coeburn and St. Paul. The trooper was left at the bottom of a 40 foot ravine. suspects fled, later arrested by state and county police a day later.
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Wise
J. W. Williams Jr
Carfax
Wise County
Tuck
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Buchanan County
Here
Williams
Coeburn
St. Paul
Hagan Tieche
Great quakes devastate Fukui in Honshu area
Tokyo reports a powerful earthquake and fires that wrecked Fukui, Ishikawa, and Toyama prefectures. Up to thousands killed, tens of thousands homeless, with 60 injured at Daishoji and 90 percent of Fukui buildings collapsed per Asahi. US relief trains dispatched, tidal warnings issued.
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Honshu
Fukui
U. S. Army
Sea of Japan
Daishoji
Waishoji
Kanazawa
Toyo
Ishikawa
Toyama
Nagoya
Mobe
Osaka
Kyoto
Honolulu
U. S Army
Asahi
Ishiwawa
U. S. Eighth Army
The
Meteorological Service
Kuzuryu River
Fukui City
Banker Raymond B. Cox Dies at 64 in Boston Home
Raymond Benjamin Cox, 64, president of Webster and Atlas National Bank and the Algonquin Club of Boston, died yesterday at his home. He was a past national president of the American Institute of Banking.
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Boston
Raymond Benjamin Cox
Webster and Atlas National Bank
Algonquin Club of
American Institute of Banking
Dewey and Warren Plan Early Run mate Conference
Governor Thomas E. Dewey and his running mate Earl Warren of California moved to hold an early conference to counter Republican beliefs about the presidential election. The plan aims to quell overconfidence and unify the party.
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Pawling
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Earl Warren
California
Sean Eee
Cerns
Dewey
Warren
New York City
New York
Will Cane Pass
Grandma Wins 20000 Prize In Radio Quiz
New York June 2 7 a 42 year old grandmother Mrs Mary Farber won 20000 for correctly naming the mystery melody Get Out of The Wilderness on the ABC program Stop The Music. Prizes include a 1000 dollar savings bond a 38 day cruise to South America a 1000 fur coat an automobile and a 1000 diamond ring. She and her husband a taxi driver plan to use part of the prize to build a home and gasoline station in West Palm Beach See JACKPOT. P-8
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New York
Mary Farber
ABC
U. S
South America
Proposals for Palestine Peace Presented by UN Mediator
Count Folke Bernadotte offered a basis for further discussion on Palestine peace to Jews and Arabs today. Syria’s Premier Mardambey rejected partition and a Jewish state. Jewish and Arab experts travel to Tel Aviv and Cairo to review the plan with UN staff assisting.
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Rhodes
Folke Bernadotte
Palestine
Bernadotte
United Nations
Jamil Mardambey
Syria
Damascus
Israel
Tel Aviv
Cairo
Paul Mohn
Sweden
Constantine Stavropoulos
Greece
U.N
John Reedman
South Africa
Showers Expected Relieve Heat in Carolinas
Scattered thundershowers were forecast for this afternoon or tonight to ease a prolonged heat wave in the Carolinas. June recorded extreme heat with Charlotte at 96 plus temperatures around 100 in Warrenton, Rocky Mount, Raleigh, and Columbia, while rainfall remains well below normal.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
Charlotte
Columbia
D. C
Warrenton
Rocky Mount
Raleigh
Charelotte
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