Glad To Escape With Lives From Bogota Riot
A Gastonia born woman and her Abilene Texas husband recount surviving three days of April riot in downtown Bogota Colombia. They fled Bogota by Nicaragua and Panama and returned to Abilene vowing never to return.
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Jack Brightman
Charlotte Stewart
Gastonia
Bogota
Colombia
Lyle Edwards
Gazette City
Abilene
Texas
United States
Nicaragua
Panama
Charlotte Elks Club Destroyed in Big Fire
Charlotte records a dramatic blaze destroying the three story Elks clubhouse at South Tryon and Stonewall. Exalted Ruler James B. Rowe says the lodge will rebuild on the site. Fire Chief Hendrix Palmer notes it raced from top floor to basement within minutes.
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Charlotte
James B. Rowe
Charlotte Elks Lodge
Elks
Hendrix Palmer
South Tryon
Stonewall Streets
Rowe
Mother Of Year Nominee 5 Mrs James W Eury in Bessemer City
In Bessemer City Mrs James W Eury mother of six and longtime community worker leads the Gaston county Mother of the Year contest with 85 vote edge over Dallas rival. She chaired Civilian Defense Red Cross classes and war bond drives earning a Treasury citation while guiding church and welfare efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer City
James W. Eury
Eury
Red Cross
Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Bury
Lona Dee Douglas
Margaret Miller Douglas
Gastonia
B. F. Douglas
Iredell County
J. W. Bury
Adam and
Loretta Holfhouser Eury
Rowan County
William Leonard
Duke University
Peabody College
Appalachian State Teachers College
Boone
Evelyn
Busic
Armed Forces
Camp Kilmer
New Jersey
Miriam
Tryon
Gaston County
Louise
Kathryn
Margaret
Robert Agle
Army Air Corps
Highacre
Whetstone Mountain
Woman's Club
Woman's Society of Christian Service
J. M. Odell Memorial Methodist Church
the Gazette
John F. Puett
Dallas
Coatsworth Pinkney Robinson
Olney
Merchants Association
Robinson
Puett
O. F. Mason Sr
George A. Jenkins Sr
Local Temperature and Rainfall Update
Yesterday high reached 75 with a low overnight. Today’s noon temperature is expected near unspecified. April rainfall totaled 1.28 inches, leaving a deficiency of 2.09 inches toward a 3.37 inch quota. May rainfall quota stands at 3.57 inches.
Americans Targeted as Indians Attack Ecuador Camp
Government troops head toward Chunchi Ecuador where the Jones Construction Company camp is under attack by hundreds of Indians. A worker is said dead and 32 Americans run the project with families in the area. Gilbert McAdams travels from Deer River to assess the situation.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Chunchi
Quito
Jones Construction Company
Charlotte
N. C
J. A. Jones
Hope To Block Stampede GOP Chiefs Fight To Stymie Stassen
Washington May 1 Some Republicans plan new strategy to block an early Stassen stampede at the Philadelphia nominating convention. Delegates from seven key states would keep 300 votes lined behind favorite sons until rivals are tested to stall early Stassen switches. Targeted actions hinge on evaluating Dewey Taft and other leaders before the May 21 Oregon primary and Ohio delegate votes.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Stassen
Philadelphia
Harold E. Stassen
Wendell Willkie
Robert Taft
Ohio
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Oregon
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Edward Martin
Dwight Green
Dewey
Taft
Vandenberg
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Leverett Saltonstall
Indiana
Charles Halleck
New Jersey
Alfred E. Driscoll
California
Earl Warren
Connecticut
Raymond Baldwin
Clemmer family funeral for four year old Donald Vereen
Funeral services were held in Wilmington on Thursday for Donald Vereen four year old son of Mr and Mrs J H Vereen Mrs Vereen is the former Virginia Clemmer of this city Attendees included R L Clemmer and his son Kelly Clemmer of Dallas donations may be made to charity in lieu of flowers
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R. L. Clemmer
Kelly Clemmer
Dallas
Wilmington
Donald Vereen
J. H. Vereen
Vereen
Virginia Clemmer
Reynolds Union Lacks Contract in Winston-Salem
In Winston-Salem on May 1, about 12,000 Reynolds Tobacco workers faced a contract lapse with Local 22 CIO. Unionists demonstrated briefly at the employment office while Reynolds officials disputed union representation. The union seeks a 12 and a half cent raise, with a mass meeting planned for 4:30 p.m. the next day chaired by Robert Black and J Henry Minor.
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Winston-Salem
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
United Food, Tobacco and Agriculture Workers
CIO
Reynolds
John C. Whitaker
Robert C. Black
J. Henry Minor
Edwin K. McCrea
Dallas Voting Place For Mother Of The Year Event
In Dallas the voting location for the Mother of the Year event is identified as the Whistnant Furniture Company. The notice notes the venue as the polling site with no additional details on dates or times.
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Dallas
Whistnant Furniture Company
Taxpayers Get Take Home Cash As Tax Cut Begins
Washington May 1 The $4.8 billion annual tax cut takes effect today with millions seeing higher paychecks as withholding falls. About 50 million taxpayers gain, including 7.4 million freed from income tax, though refunds await final 1948 returns in 1949. Government costs estimated at 600 million for May and June.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Treasury
May Head Off Rail Walkout
Chicago May 1 A federal mediation chief says a crippling nationwide railroad strike set for May 11 might be headed off.National Mediation Board Chairman Frank P Douglass notes possibility of recommendations beyond the emergency board report to bridge carrier and union divides. Carriers insist on the emergency report framework as unions seek changes and conciliators plan separate talks today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Frank P. Douglass
Douglass
Tanks And Armored Cars Advancing In Terrific Offensive
Arab nations massed forces around Palestine in simultaneous pincers while Tel Aviv and Jerusalem see fierce fighting. Haganah reports Jewish outposts engaged by invaders using tanks and armored cars as Trans-Jordan and Iraqi air support loom. Abdullah pledges Arab unity but sets no date for a cross Palestine push.
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Jaffa Road
Palestine
Jerusalem
Zion Hill
NEA
David Boyer
Carter L. Davidson
Holy Land
Tel Aviv
Haganah
Cairo
Ibn Saud
Damascus
Syria
Abdullah
Trans-Jordan
Iraq
Katamon
Jaffa
Iirgun
Jericho
Daniel de Luce
Amman
Army
Lebanon
Hafiz Bey Bakry
May Day Observances Mark Global Labor Strife
Thousands celebrate May Day amid Communist West tensions. In Berlin over 300000 filled rubble streets with pro and anti Communist demonstrations. In Moscow Stalin reviewed a massive Red Square parade as Bulganin promised Russia military will fulfill tasks.
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Berlin
Moscow
Stalin
Red Square
Nikolai Bulganin
U. S
Walter B. Smith
Russia
Registration Books Opened For Primary Voters In Raleigh
On May 11 registrars opened voting books at about 1,950 polling places from 9 a.m. to sundown for the next two Saturdays as voters prepare for primaries. Candidates remained active with Umstead and Broughton debating costs of living and tobacco recovery, Kerr Scott touring the western region, while others pushed aid to the aged, housing, and schooling for children.
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William B. Umstead
Red Springs
Lions Clubs
J. Melville Broughton
North Carolina Finishing Company
Kerr Scott
Charles M. Johnson
Raleigh
Oscar Barker
Lowe's Grove Pta
Mayne ‘Albright
American Legion
Nashville
Birthday of Gen Mare. W. Clark Highlights Allied Rome Victory
Gen Marel W. Clark born May 1896 in Madison Bar N.Y. led the World War II Fifth Army that captured Rome, first enemy capital to fall to the Allies. He headed an undercover tour of French North Africa to secure critical information before the American invasion. After the war he served as Commander in Chief of occupation forces in Austria.
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Mare. W. Clark
Madison Barn Y
Rome
Africa
Austria
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Tervor
Brightman
T. J. Stewart
School Street
Arlington School
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Escolta
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Carrera Septima
Uncle Bud
Bill Baldwin
Little Gem Cafe
Construction Company
GOP
Federal Mediation
Abdullah Confident
Associated Press
Athens
Christos Ladas
Trieste
Henry Rutz
American Federation of Labor
Broughton
Salisbury
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