Crackdown on goof balls and yellow jackets bill urged
The House Judiciary Committee approved a bill to ban delivery and refilling of barbiturates without prescription, and to process these drugs only by doctor order. First offense carries up to a thousand dollar fine or two years in prison. Second offense would be a felony with prison up to 10 years and a hefty fine. The state needs teeth to shut down peddlers and save schoolchildren.
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House Judiciary Committee
Charlotte News
High Point
North Carolina
Proxy battles loom in Montgomery Ward fight for control
A Senate Banking Committee inquiry may examine proxy clashes between Montgomery Ward chair Sewell Avery and challenger Louis Wolfson. A recent union stock purchase altered alliances, signaling unions as potential power brokers. The piece warns such proxy warfare harms stockholders and risks legal raiding and corporate instability.
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Senate Banking Committee
Sewell Avery
Louis Wolfson
Montgomery-Ward
Teamsters Union
Avery
Wolfson
Kurile Islands Occupied by Russia Cited by AP Report
The 1946 AP dispatch cited a Big Three accord allowing Russian occupation of the Kurile Islands. State Dept officials disputed permanent possession, calling it temporary police power. The item links wartime diplomacy with later historical debate.
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Tacitus
Yalta
Associated Press
Kurile Islands
Russia
Alex Singletary
State Department
The
Belgrade
Dean Acheson
Kuriles
Lowell
Why NC ranks low in per capita income despite growth
Duke economist Dr. Frank A. Hanna finds North Carolina’s low per capita income stems from a smaller share of workers aged 20 to 64, a high birth rate, and a rural, low‑paying economy. He notes 38 states have more workers in prime ages and 29 more in the labor force. diversification toward higher paying industries could help retain young workers. Between 1940 and 1950, 261,000 more people left NC than arrived.
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Frank A. Hanna
Duke University
North Carolina
N. C
Graduated Income Tax Seen as Threat to Capitalism
The writer attacks the graduated income tax, arguing it destroys the capitalist system by shrinking the middle class and driving take‑home pay down. It criticizes Commissioner T Coleman Andrews for tougher collection and questions the tax’s fairness and impact on savings, salaries, and public services.
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T. Coleman Andrews
Internal Revenue
Congress
Andrews
United States
Europe
Dave Beck
Karl Marx
North Carolina Budget Feud Involves Governor Auditor Rift
The Governor Luther Hodges supports reforms affecting the State Auditor Henry Bridges and the Budget Director amid a long running feud. The Senate debates bills tied to reorganizing state government service duties after House passage, with historical echoes from Gardner Fountain and Kerr Scott eras.
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North Carolina
Senate
Commission On Reorganization of
House
Luther Hodges
Henry Bridges
Max Gardner
Dick” Fountain
Baxter Durham
Henry Burke
Kerr Scott
Dave Coltrane
Hodges
Sandy Graham
Budget Bureau
Capitol Square Reform Debate Splits North Carolina Officials
The article outlines a battle over transferring duties from the State Auditor to the Director of the Budget and the potential creation of a Comptroller. It notes constitutional limits, concerns about centralized power, and how personal loyalties influence support for or against reform as lawmakers seek to reduce duplication and improve checks and balances.
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Council of State
Comptroller
Budget Bureau
Hodges
Reorganization Commission
Bridges-Hodges
Highway and Public Works Commission
Capitol Square
Easter Parade and Reflections on Colds and Folly
A columnist muses on a lingering Easter cold with vivid, humorous health imagery. The piece shifts to observations of the Easter parade, reflections on folly and wisdom, and brief notes on democracy and self control. It ends with a joke about a lecturer and a blunt audience remark.
In God We Trust Drug Firm Cited for Untruthful Claims
Washington reports that the drug manufacturing firm In God We Trust of Truth or Consequences New Mexico has been cited by the Food and Drug Administration for making untrue medical claims about its sterilizer. The agency has obtained an injunction to stop continuing statements that its product cures virus sinus dysentery asthma and pimples.
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Washington
Truth Or Consequences
New Mexico
God We Trust
Food and Drug Administration
Oveta Culp Hobby
Elfate
Continui
of Truth Or Re
Lygt
Fragmentary quotes reflect diverse views on crime and policy
The passage captures varied statements from government figures and public figures on criticism toward officials, responses to crime and international policy. It mentions William Tompkins, Lou Henderson, Sam Dente, Walter F. White, and General Alfred Gruenther in contexts of justice, defense, and equality.
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William Tompkins
Eisenhower
Walter F. White
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