Capitol Square And Political Turbulence In N C
The piece surveys North Carolina politics with notes on congressional district changes in Cleveland and Gaston counties, potential retirements and factional fights around Governor Scott, Senate alignments, and a looming 1950 filing window. It also recalls the Ehringhaus funeral and a four-man hotel hallway meeting amid public figures.
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Major Bullwinkle
Cleveland
Gaston
Rutherford
McDowell
Gastonian
Battle for Nominations Continues After Early Ballot Wins
Campaign echoes from Charlottesville highlight support for Edwards and Arnold as Battle rallies workers for victory. Miller trails with few concessions while organization backed slates prevail in Attorney General and Lieutenant Governor races. In the coastal district Miller ally Victor Wilson defeats G. Alvin Massenburg for House of Delegates renomination. Republican Lt Governor hopeful E. Thomas McGuire leads Berkeley Williams in an early count.
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Charlottesville
Edwards
Arnold
Miller
J Lindsay Almond Jr
Moss Pl
House of Delegates
Victor P. Wilson
Ares
Massenarg
E. Thomas McGuire
Petersburg
Berkeley Williams
Richmond
Hoey to Speak at Roanoke Island
Senator Hoey of North Carolina will headline the Virginia Care day event on Roanoke Island. The Roanoke Island Historical Association sponsors the annual Lost Colony plan at the Waterside near Manteo.
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Hoey
Roanoke Island
Washington
Sen
Virginia
Jonathan Daniels
Raleigh News and Observer
Roanoke Island Historical Association
Manteo
Isand
Road Machinery Bids Set for North Carolina Highway Agency
The state highway commission plans to buy road machinery totaling about 2.4 million dollars as part of a 10 million rural road program. Low bids were announced, and a second, smaller package worth about 1 million will be opened tomorrow with a related purchase and contract division.
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Raleigh
Raleigh appoints John Findlay director of Tennessee game and fish
John Findlay of Raleigh is named director of the Tennessee game and fish division. He previously served as director of the Carolinas game and fish division.
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Raleigh
John Findlay
Tennessee Game and Fish Division
He Carolime Game and Fish Division
Weather Outlook for Carolina with Showers Ahead
Considerable cloudiness and warm conditions across Carolina with scattered showers or thunderstorms today tonight and Thursday. Sun rises at 5 99 and sets at 7 82 as the calendar notes Thursday August 4 1049.
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NRDM
Carolina
Early Colonial Families Made Nails By Hand
The note describes how early colonial households supplemented income by forging nails themselves. Families used simple tools and basic iron foundries, turning metal scraps into household nails for sale or barter.
Spuds, Spreading Dictatorship Fear in Public Comment
Senator Kenneth S. Wherry warns that potato lore masks a creeping tyranny as master planners push for an all powerful bureaucracy in the county. He contrasts historic initials with modern overreach and urges vigilance against a government taking control.
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Kenneth S. Wherry
Nebraska
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