Scratching of Pens Big Noise In the World Today
Washington April 4 The North Atlantic pact is signed by 12 western nations as a bold show of unity against Russia and communism. The piece notes UN failures since San Francisco and warns the pact hinges on U S Senate approval and funding. The article questions long term peace and speculative outcomes.
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James Marlow
Washington
Russia
New York
General Assembly of
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General Assembly
New York Times
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Britain
France
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Netherlands
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Seven Die On North Carolina Highways In Weekend Toll
A weekend of deadly crashes across North Carolina left seven people dead and a drowned rescue victim. Victims include James Bill Clayton of Roxboro and Fort Bragg soldiers, plus a 17 year old from Bessemer City. A man drowned at High Rock Lake while trying to save his grandson.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Gary Long
Thomasville
Gary Hudson
Roxboro
Fort Bragg
Southern Pines
W. B. Murphy
Charlotte
Floyd J. Lewis
Raleigh
B. S. Flynn, Jr
Currie
Atkinson
Robert Poteat
Bessemer City
Wilmington
Marshall Declines UNC Presidency Offer
Pinehurst April 4. General George C. Marshall says he cannot accept the UNC presidency. Former Senator Cameron Morrison proposed Marshall for the post amid student petitions and UNC officials remaining silent as the presidency remains vacant after Dr. Frank P. Graham’s U. S. Senate appointment.
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Pinehurst
George C. Marshall
University of North Carolina
Cameron Morrison
U. S
Marshall
UNC
Chapel Hill
Frank P. Graham
Auto Industry Eyes Chrysler for Price Trim
Detroit reports traders watch Chrysler as GM Ford Kaiser-Frazer Willys-Overland slash prices. Ford cuts range 12 to 120 on cars Mercury Lincoln lines with truck reductions up to 40. GM reductions earlier 10 to 40 and 150 on trucks. Chrysler had no immediate plan.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
General Motors
Ford
Ford Motor Co
Mercury
Lincoln
Kaiser-Frazer
Willys- Overland
Kaiser-Frazer Corp
K-F
Willys-Overland
General Motors Corp
Chrysler
Kernersville Parsonage Move Under Way
The Main Street Methodist Church parsonage in Kernersville is being moved to a lot on Tanyard Lane and Cherry Street donated by the heirs of M. Vance Fulp. Work began about 10 days ago and the minister's family relocated recently. The move should finish in two weeks with plans for a new parsonage at the current site. Building committee members include G. E. Coltrane Harmon Linville and Dr.
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Kernersville
Main Street
Tanyard Lane
Cherry Street
M. Vance Fulp
Roy Bell
S. G. Ring
Russian Composer Leaves For Home With Others
Dmitri Shostakovich and six other Soviet delegates departed New York for Russia by plane from LaGuardia after attending a World Peace conference. Newsmen got little from the group while some delegates offered brief remarks about America, press relations, and Moscow hotels.
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New York
Dmitri Shostakovich
Russia
la Guardia Field
Alexander A. Fadeyev
Union of Soviet Writers
Piotr Pavlenko
America
Sergei Gerasimov
Masked Ku Klux Klan flog seven Black people in Georgia
In a Saturday night raid near Dade county Georgia seven Black residents captured during a police raid on a Black woman's house were whipped by masked Ku Klux Klan members. Sheriff John Lynch said the group forced the victims to run and fled into nearby woods after being beaten with leather straps and switches.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
West
House Ahead on Legislation As Senate Trails in Raleigh
RALEIGH April 4 With three score and 16 days behind the 1949 General Assembly, adjournment rumors swirl. The House shows clear progress while the Senate lags. On the 75th day in 1949 the Senate had 397 public and local bills. in 1947 that figure was 478. The House proposed 1,189 bills. in 1947 the comparable total was 1,124. Ratification in late sessions rises. leaders expect similar pushes this final week.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Capitol
House
Senate
House of Representatives
Picketing Ordered in New York Taxi Strike
A mediator reports progress in the city taxi strike as 1,374 cabs operated by 6 pm and 48 arrests occur in violence incidents. The union seeks 100 percent participation with picketing at 435 garages while 5,000 cabs are expected to run Sunday.
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New York
Empnnese
Joseph E. O'Grady
North Carolina sales tax revenue rises in March
Revenue from sales tax for March reached 2,762,037 dollars, up 97,563 from March last year. General fund collections totaled 46,068,597 dollars, 4,608,828 higher than March 1948, an 11.2 percent rise, with highway and income taxes also showing gains.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Department of Revenue
Raleigh Jefferson Jackson dinner largest yet for NC Democrats
North Carolina Democrats hailed the 1949 Jefferson-Jackson dinner as the biggest staged here with over 550 attendees and raising more than 25000 for the party. Speaker Sam Rayburn criticized Republicans as out of power and ineffective while a Truman message urged continued Democratic progress and economic optimism.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Truman
Washington
Democratic Party
Economy Advocates Revise Plan For Marshall Aid Cuts
Washington April 4 UPI economy advocates shifted plans for reducing the 5.58 billion Marshall plan funding to a later date as Congress debates the authorization bill. Senate leaders and administration officials foresee minimal cuts, while Knowland proposes a new section allowing 54 million China funds for non Communist relief areas.
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UPI
Congress
Senate
Wherry
Nebraska
GOP
Economic Cooperation Administration
Appropriations Administration
George
D-Ga
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Byrd
D-Va
Knowland
Calif
China
Truman
House
Corn Cobs Proposed as Substitute for Corn Meal in Soap Abrasion
The United States Department of Agriculture says corn cobs ground and sieved to a corn meal fineness can substitute for corn meal in making abrasive soaps. This finding offers a practical reuse for agricultural byproducts and could impact soap manufacturing.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Pilgrim Holiness Church to Hold Ministerial Convention
The Pilgrim Holiness church in Kernersville hosts its annual ministerial convention April 5 to 7 with Dr. Wilbur Kirby of Martinsville as guest speaker. Services are at 10:00 am, 2:30 pm, and 7:30 pm featuring Pilgrim Bible College music. Public invited.
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Pilgrim Holiness Church
Wilbur Kirby
Friends
Bible Conference
Martinsville
War
Pilgrim Bible College
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