Last Day For Balloting Puts Puett Ahead In Contest
Record vote total 1 348 in one day highlights the Mother of the Year contest as Mrs. John F Puett of Dallas rises from third to first. Mrs C P Robinson of Olney is second and Mrs J R Titman of Lowell third. Whisenant Furniture reports crowding and delays at vote counting while Dallas students over 12 cast en masse for Puett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaston County Merchants Association
John F. Puett
Dallas
C. P. Robinson
Olney Community
J. R. Titman
Lowell
Whisenant Furniture Store
Puett
Robinson
Titman
Truman Leads Rail Confab as Air Force Plans Giant Airmada
President Truman set to authorize a 70 group peacetime air force as Senate approves a large airpower fund. Air Force officials plan 2,727 new warplanes by 1953 with 243 bombers and 1,575 jet fighters. Lawmakers debate draft and universal military training while stressing air power as defense.
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Truman
Air Force
Giant
Senate
Senate House
House
White House
Secretary of
Defense Forrestal
Rep
Leo Allen
R-Tii
House Rules Committee
Allen
UMT
Air Policy Commission
Johnson Urges Immediate 25 Million for School Buildings
In Raleigh on May 7 candidate Charles M Johnson called for an immediate state appropriation of 25 million dollars to aid school building construction, arguing current costs fall on local units. Oscar Barker urged state aid without figures and R Mayne Albright proposed reorganizing agencies for economy. A Wilmington radio address echoed a needed construction program estimated at 100 to 150 million, noting local funding covers current schoolhouse costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Gubermieas
Charles M. Jonson Au
Oscar Barker
R. Mayne Albright
Wilmington
Johnson
Local May Rainfall Deficit Report
Yesterday’s high and today’s noon temperature in PST show 67 degrees. Rainfall for May totals 1.39 inches so far with a May quota of 3.57 inches and a deficiency of 2.18 inches.
Official standings list for Mrs Puett and others
Official standings show a list headed by Mrs John F Puett of Dallas at number one followed by 12 other participants across Gastonia Olney Community Lowell and surrounding towns. Names include Mrs C P Robinson Mrs J R Titman Mrs Fred W Spurrier Mrs J W Bury Mrs E V Hudson Mrs L Edwin Rudisill Mrs O F Mason Sr Mrs George A Jenkins Sr Mrs T J Brawley Mrs D E McConnell Mrs Andy Thornburg and Mrs R H Stowe with locations Mt Holly Gastonia Bessemer City and Cherryville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Robinson
Olney Community
J. R. Titman
Lowell
Fred W. Spurrier
Gastonia
J. W. Bury
Bessemer City
George A. Jenkins Sr
T. J. Brawley
D. E. McConnell
Andy Thornburg
R. H. Stowe
Mt. Holly
Final voting update temas contest See CONTEST sketch P-7
Over two days 3764 votes reported with yesterday’s tally nearly double Wednesday’s total. Election observers anticipate a larger return from today’s voting as the contest nears closing.
Nightly activity calendar highlights local events
Tonight Moose Lodge hosts a fish fry at Rankin Lake at 6 30 p m. A twelve piano recital fills Gastonia High School auditorium at 8 p m Tonight. Saturday features Sunset Carson at 3 15 p m and again at 8 p m at Gastonia High School auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rankin Lake
Gastonia High School
Tobacco seed bill linked to oleo battle in Congress
Washington May 1 2 a new move to outlaw the ban on export of tobacco seed was linked today with the oleo butter feud. Chairman August H. Andresen and Rep Murray denied the tie as they prepared hearings and debated an embargo repeal. Cooley called the move retaliatory while Murray argued it would not succeed and delayed action to avoid entanglement with the margarine measure. all three are on the House Agriculture Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
August H. Andresen
R-Minn
House Agriculture
Rep
Murray
R-Wis
Andresen
House
Senate
Finance Committee
Cooley
House Agriculture Committee
Churchill Urges European Assembly Free Of Rivalry
Churchill urged immediate formation of a European assembly as the first step toward a united Europe within a world organization. He proposed three regional councils including the Soviet Union and Britain with empire, and called for an emergency council for economic recovery and defense. He noted exiles from Czechoslovakia and eastern nations attend and welcomed any country aligned with free democracy.
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the Hague
Winston Churchill
European Assembly
Council of Europe
Churchill
Europe
World Organization
World Organization of the Future
Soviet Union
Great Britain
Commonwealth
Western Hemisphere
Britain
West
Czechoslovakia
Spain
Boy Slays Two to Steal Car for Dance
In Bryan Ohio a 14 year old junior high athlete Ervin Arthur Ingle confessed to killing John Gabriel a railway mail clerk and his wife Pearl Gabriel to steal their automobile for a dance. He described luring them to the country, shooting the husband, forcing the wife to drive, and hiding the pistol at home. The boy was jailed without charge as sheriff Norman Barnes detailed the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan, O
Norman A. Barnes
Ervin Arthur Ingle
Byron
Williams County
Barnes
Ervin
John Gabriel
Pearl
Gabriels
Gabriel
Bryan
Funeral for Pfc Charles W Reep Held Saturday
Funeral services for Pfc Charles W Reep killed in action at St Lo France will be held Saturday at 4 PM at the home of Mr and Mrs John L Reep 708 West Airline avenue Gaston Post 23 American Legion will conduct full military services Rev George Riddle chaplain with Reep s company will officiate Interment in Gaston Memorial Park Carothers Funeral Home in charge Reep 25 formerly worked at Grocers Baking Company born February 10 1918 native of Gaston county trained at Camp Claiborne and Fort Bragg served in Sicily Italy and France killed July 5 1944 while with the 82nd Airborne Division Co A 325th Glider Infantry survived by his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Reep
West Airline Avenue
Charles W. Reep
St. Lo
France
82Nd Airborne Division
Gaston Post 23
American Legion
George Riddle
First Presbyterian Church
Cherryville
Pfc
Reep
Gaston Memorial Park
Carothers Funeral Home
Phc. Reep
Grocers Baking Company
Gaston County
Camp Claiborne
Fort Bragg
England
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
325Th
John L -Lee Reep
Confederate Memorial Day Service at Gastonia Courthouse
Gastonia Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy holds a Confederate Memorial Day service May 10 at 11 45 am around the Confederate monument on the courthouse lawn. Gastonia High School Band directed by L O McCollum will perform. wreaths placed by C of C and Children of the Confederacy. drums by American Legion. taps by four corpsmen. firing squad from National Guard. color guard from American Legion. Paul Monroe presides. Public urged to attend this brief dedication to Confederate soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stars and Stripes
Gastonia
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Court House
L. O. McCollum
T. H. McDill
First Arp
Charles Hamilton Jr
Children of the Confederacy
Fannie Sue Falls
C. of C
American Legion
National Guard
United States
Paul Monroe
Chrysler Union Plans Walkout In Detroit
The CIO United Auto Workers quit negotiations with Chrysler Corp and announced an inevitable strike. Mediators from state and federal levels moved to restart talks before the strike deadline, May 1, as the union called wage talks hopelessly deadlocked and condemned Chrysler's attitude as an insult to human decency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Chrysler Corp
UAW
Chrysler
Letter To McGrath Palmettos Won't Support Truman
Senator Olin D. Johnston blasts the Democratic National Committee leader J. Howard McGrath saying South Carolina Democrats cannot raise funds for Truman and will not support him. Johnston declares no South Carolina delegate will back Truman, calling the idea delusions of grandeur and warning it will be a no go.
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Washington
Olin D. Johnston
South Carolina
Truman
Johnston
J. Howard McGrath
Democratic National Committee
National Democratic Party
McGrath
South
Party High Command
X & Xt
Philadelphia
Power To Take Over Carriers Is Held Ample
President Truman and his cabinet discussed the railroad crisis in an hour long meeting. John R. Steelman met with the three Brotherhoods poised to strike next Tuesday as Clark noted the 1916 law grants ample power to seize railroads if needed. Top advisers say seizure is a last resort while hoping for a negotiated agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
John R. Steelman
Three Brotherhoods
Steelman
Clark
Brotherhoods
W. T. Lee
Two Tax-Dodging Doctors Fined in Raleigh Case
Dr. Albert G. Woodard of Goldsboro and Dr. George R. Benton of Fremont were fined 5000 dollars each after pleading nolo contendere to one of five counts in indictments. Judge Don Gilliam spared prison due to age but criticized the pattern of wealthy professionals evading taxes. Government witnesses cited Woodard’s net worth over 300,000 dollars and Benton facing over 90,000 dollars in back taxes, penalties, and interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Albert G. Woodard
Goldsboro
George R. Benton
Fremont
Wayne County
Federal District Court
Don Gilliam
Woodard
Gilliam
Dr. Benton
Gary Cooper Rise From Humble Beginnings
Gary Cooper born May 7 1901 in Helena Montana rose to top film fame after early rejections at Grinnell College where a dramatics club refused him for stage fright. He failed as a cartoonist and artist before moving to Los Angeles to work as a cowboy extra and climb to stardom.
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Gary Cooper
Helena, Mont
Grinnell College
Iowa
Dramatics Club
Los
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William Jones Gordon Jr
Spray
Protestant Episcopal Church
Church of the Good Shepherd
Missionary District of
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NEA
Folsom
James E. Folsom
Alabama
Jamelle Moore
Rockford
Ala
Albright
Wadesboro
Uncle Bud
Bill Baldwin
Red Cross
E. V. Hudson
Cramer
L. Edwin Rudisill
O. F. Mason Sr
Gas
Tonia
PRC
NEA Telephoto
Chrysler Union
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