School Bus Driver Restrictions Fail in Senate Station
Law to bar public school bus drivers from transporting pupils across district lines dies in Senate. Despite board approval with prejudice few committee members favored making violations a minor offense. The bill aimed to keep drivers and buses within district boundaries and prevent cross district pupil seating.
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Gil Billings Taleigh
Legisla- 4
Senate
State Board of Scation
Paul Weeks
Board of Edition
Teemen
State Board of Education
Board of Education
Ra&leigh
Automatic Billing System Promises Dispute Free Phone Bills
A new automatic accounting system records sending and receiving numbers and conversation length to ensure accurate billing. It is expected to eliminate disputes over telephone charges once in general use.
Federal Aid Elusive In State Road and Welfare Talk
Raleigh April 13 Officials say federal aid for roads education health remains uncertain though prospects grow for possible congressional action. State leaders urge reliance on state funds while awaiting possible federal support as the backbone of programs in roads schooling and welfare.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
E. A. West
Ncea Federal Aid Committee
Congress
NCEA
Tar
National Treasury
U S Teachers In Japan May Not Be Paid For Teaching English
Tokyo reports that occupation personnel and dependents may offer free oral English lessons in Japanese schools but must obtain military government approval to speak to parent teacher associations or other educational groups. Payment for teaching is forbidden and gifts, even small ones, are advised against.
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Tokyo
Barkley Warns Democrats Against Party Split
Vice President Alben W. Barkley told Alabama Democrats that a permanent party split would have tragic results and warned against minority parties playing into the hands of those who would destroy the nation. He spoke at a $15-a-plate Jefferson-Jackson day dinner in Birmingham with Sen. Lister Hill and Sen. John Sparkman joining by loudspeaker from Washington. Governor James E. Folsom attended amid other state political figures.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alben W. Barkley
Alabama
Barkley
National Democratic Treasury
Lister Hill
Washington
John Sparkman
D-Ala
James E. Folsom
Absent Leaders Highlight Alabama Democrats in State Rights Move
Top Democrats skipped a meeting by choice, including Gessner T. McCorvey the state Democratic chairman and Col. Marion T. Rushton the Democratic national committeeman from Alabama. Both had been prominent in the states rights movement last year.
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Gessner T. McCorvey
Col
Marion T. Rushton
Alabama
Emigration to Australia Aids German Displaced Persons
The international refugee organization said about 1,000 people monthly from the British zone of Germany are being accepted for emigration to Australia. Timber thinning and management demonstrations have occurred in nearly every county of the state during the past winter.
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Lemgo
Germany
Australia
International Refugee Organization
North Carolina Sheep Herd Shrinks Since 1880s
The state's sheep population has fallen from 580,000 in the 1880s to 35,000 as of January 1 this year. The decline reflects changing agricultural practices and market conditions over generations.
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North Carolina
Gaining Weight With Dr Pierce’s Discovery Advert
If you are underweight this notice advertises Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy to increase appetite and improve digestion. It claims quick tonic action and added flesh from food, available as tablets for 60 cents or liquid for $1 at local outlets.
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Nater
Dr. Pierce
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