Standard Oil Replies To The Governor
In Raleigh on April 23 the Esso Standard Oil Co answered Governor Scott’s questions about a gasoline price rise. M J Rathbone said price declines in other fuels over five months have eliminated profit margins in crude to products, and that postwar price gaps show gasoline up 46 percent versus 69 percent for the cost of living.
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Esso Standard Oil Company
Scott
M. J. Rathbone
Fiso Standard
Opera singer tied to NC parolee in murder probe
Detective Pack cites suspect Pulley with new burglary tools and alibi around Atlanta. Dr. Jones notes ammunition matches a confiscated gun but tests pending. Police pursue two burglar alarms near railroad tracks as detectives chase leads in the Garris case with no solid conclusion yet.
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North Carolina
J. M. Pack
Atlanta
Garris
Dr. Jones
Pack
J. W. Ellington
Met
Navy's unrealized giant carrier would dwarf all others
The article describes a proposed enormous aircraft carrier had keel pieces been completed. Its flush deck would measure 1090 feet by 190 feet with no island superstructure to block aircraft. It would require wide locks, carry 120 fighters and 24 bombers, and cost about 189 million dollars for ship and armament plus 30 to 35 million for planes.
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Panama Canal
Navy
Records Set By 1949 General Assembly Battles and Bucks
The 1949 General Assembly enacted major programs and reforms across state finance, infrastructure, and governance. It approved a $200 million rural roads bond proposal, a $25 million school aid bond, and further school and state building investments totaling tens of millions. It created a state personnel department, moved toward self insurance for school buildings, and passed laws on truck weights and alcohol control while shifting capital punishment in mercy-capital cases to life imprisonment.
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University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
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House
Public sale of personal property for estate of B F Nance
Notice of public sale by order of court to sell at 9 30 A M on Saturday May 14 personal property belonging to B F Nance at 508 Jones Street including household and kitchen furniture farming tools a one horse wagon and a Ford car plus other articles The sale remains open ten days for advance bids dated April 23 1949 signed W W Hughes Guardian For Estate of B F Nance
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B. France
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W.W. W. Hughes
B. FP. Nance
Hail and Rain Trail Destruction Across Lower Rio Grande Valley
A severe hailstorm and heavy rain carved a 15 mile wide damage path in the lower Rio Grande valley. Western Starr county crops were destroyed while 22 people were injured in Mier Mexico and two drowned. Telephone lines were cut as the Rio Grande rose rapidly. Zapata saw 6.2 inches of rain with a 24 foot crest forecast for Rio Grande City area.
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J. B. Talcott
Legislative actions reshape wine sales control and farm census
The legislature, with leaders from the secretary of state to the insurance commissioner, amended and passed measures. One tightens wine sale controls, applying to counties with ABC stores and granting revocation power to ABC boards. A farm census bill faced debate, with several counties exempted temporarily and restored later. The insurance rates on tobacco storage warehouses were revived. A veteran service officer aid bill was amended in the senate to set the biennial state appropriation at 50,000 dollars per year instead of 100,000.
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Dunn
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Clinton
Salisbury
Spencer
East Spencer
Newton
Greensboro
George Penny
Guilford
ABC Board
Veterans Service
Robbery Staged In Downtown Greensboro
In Greensboro today a bold armed robbery occurred in the Banner building core business district. A gunman stole $357 from two cash drawers at Advance Loan and Finance Company after an employee, Miss Frances Herring, described a shabby man entering the office and demanding money.
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Greensboro
Advance Loan and Finance Company
Frances Herring
Banner Building
Daylight Residents Choose to Stay on Standard Time
Daylight Indiana residents decide to remain on Standard Time this summer amid Vanderburgh County towns keeping standard time. Evansville nearby also stays on Standard Time, ten miles southwest of Daylight.
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Vanderburgh County
Evansville
AFL warning day aims to map strategy for Taft Hartley repeal
Advance indications say the GOP will back the Wood bill with support from southern Democrats. If enacted it would repeal the Taft Hartley act and reenact most of it. The Senate has not yet considered either measure though the labor committee approved the administration’s Taft Hartley repeal.
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Senate
Senate Labor Committee
House
Estimated 3 Million Coin-Operated Welders in Nation
Reliable estimates place the number of coin operating welding machines in the United States at about three million, excluding coin telephones and parcel lockers. The figure reflects widespread industrial use and varied machine deployments across sectors.
Daylight Saving Time In Effect In North East
Residents in daylight saving areas will gain an extra hour of evening sun tomorrow with clocks set forward at 2 a m. The change affects nearly all big cities and industrial regions while some rail and air schedules adjust to summer time. The New Haven railroad and several commuting lines will shift operations to summer time.
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New York
New Haven
New England
Children Rescued As Blaze Kills Mother
Statesville scene at 8 a m when neighbors rescued two children and found Mrs O J Blumstein 34 dead in the bathroom after a kerosene stove toppled and fire spread. Firemen kept the blaze from spreading outside the bathroom. Five year old son's screams drew bystanders who forced entry and alerted authorities.
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Blaze
Statesville
O. J. Blumenstein
Weather Summary From Washington Report
Weather bureau reports temperature data for 24 hours ending in the principal cotton growing areas and surrounding regions.
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Washington
Wweather
Annuity Contracts Grow to Over Three Million End 1947
By year end 1947 more than three million annuity contracts were in force with United States life insurance companies. This milestone highlights growing popularity of retirement and savings products issued by major insurers.
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United States
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