McKENNEY ON BRIDGE Christine Arden shines in San Francisco event
In Pacific Bridge Week in San Francisco Christine Arden and Jack Ehrlenbach of Los Angeles dominated the mixed pair and mixed team events. They also placed second in the open pair, with Arden delivering a sharp defensive hand that thwarted a strong club run and helped clinch the victory amid top-tier bridge play.
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Waldemar von Zedhwitz
Mrs. McKenney
Christine Arden
Jack Ehrlenbach
Los Angeles
Marian Kaiser
Lou Mathe
Katte
Miss Arden
Eichrlenbach
East
South
Declarer
West
Ehrtenbach
Dummy
Queen of Hearts
Fle
North Carolina Food Dealers Convene in Charlotte
Nearly 300 grocers were expected today for the annual convention of the North Carolina Food Dealers Association in Charlotte. Speakers included State Labor Commissioner Forrest H. Shuford, A. J. Campbell of Charlotte, president of the National Food Brokers Association, Vander Tooning of Washington, O. P. M. staff member, State Revenue Commissioner A. J. Maxwell, Leroy Allen of Raleigh, and D. Swaringen of Concord.
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Charlotte
North Carolina Food Dealers Association
Forrest H. Shuford
A. J. Campbell
National Food Brokers Association
Vander Tooning
Washington
T'The O. P. M
Revene
A. J. Maxwell
Leroy Allen
Raleigh
D. Swaringen
Concord
Farm and Home Week in Raleigh opens with officials
About 2000 North Carolina farm men and women will be welcomed tonight for the annual Farm and Home Week convention in Raleigh. Col. J. W. Harrison and State Agriculture Commissioner W. Kerr Scott will greet the attendees. The program features addresses tomorrow by Col. Charles L. Bushee of Fort Bragg and Edward Scheidt, head of the Charlotte FBL office.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
J. W. Harcison
State College
Adinistration
W. Kerr Scott
Charles L. Bushee
Fort Bragg
Edward Scheidt
Charlotte
FBL
Lumpkin Former Federal Judge R Alva Lumpkin Funeral
Aug 4 memorial rites were held for Alva M. Lumpkin former federal district judge who died in Washington after serving 14 days in the Senate Lumpkin had been appointed to fill the unexpired Byrnes term and was 54. In New Bern residents saw a large scale air maneuvers by Marine Corps parachutists foreshadowing a military show for local towns.
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Columbia
S.C
Alva M. Lumpkin
Washington
United States
Lumpkin
James F. Byrnes
New Bern
Roosevelt Seeks Price Controls and Economic Defense Board
President Roosevelt asked Congress for authority to set price and rent ceilings and to buy commodities to stabilize prices. He warned of another inflation surge and cited a 60 day rise in wholesale prices. He created an Economic Defense Board to coordinate postwar policy and defense economic activity.
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Congress
Europe
Bureau of Labor Statistics
S&s
Henderson
Far East
Sheriff's Meeting Planned with Manteo August 14
The North Carolina Sheriffs Association will meet here August 14 after a August 13 business session in Elizabeth City. The Manteo program includes a fish fry a bathing beauty contest and attendance at the Lost Colony pageant. Sam Williams of North Carolina State College notes breeding cow herds and lack of controlled breeding slow feeder calf progress in western North Carolina.
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Sheriffs
North Carolina Sheriffs’ Association
Elizabeth City
Lost Colony
North Carolina
Sam Williams
N. C. State College
Tax notes and wartime orders amid unsettled global conditions
The article reports on Treasury notes offering tax anticipation cash planning, Morgenthau urging taxpayers to set aside funds for next year’s high taxes, and military developments including air defense upgrades, large scale maneuvers in Beauregard and the Carolinas, and a plan to close gasoline stations in eastern states with a call for voluntary cuts. It also notes Stettinius freezing raw silk stocks due to Far East instability and a new priorities plan.
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New York
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Virginia
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Government measures expand defense manufacturing and labor efforts
Blanket preference ratings limit to 40 mining machinery suppliers and 75 crane producers to speed projects. OPM collaborates with agriculture to ease farm equipment shortages. Grain harvest storage space grows with more steel and zinc for bins. Pulp and paper industry defense demand rising with 2 million tons more this year and next. Scrapping of worn cars to fuel armor production rises by 1.06 million tons. OPA plans a 27 percent June production set aside for August emergency pool and triples aircraft alloy steel supply by year end. Labor data show non agricultural employment up 484,000 in June to 38,799,000, WPA 77,000 and NYA 96,000. efforts to train women in defense jobs without wage cuts. Proposals seek delayed birth certificates for native-born Americans lacking proof.
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Knudsen
Agriculture
Wickard
OPM
Office of Price Administration
Pulp and Paper Products Industry
OPA
Zing
Labor and Employment
Perkins
WPA
NYA
OPAL
Hillman
Navy, War and Commerce Departments
Bureaus of Vital Statistics
Five Die Violent Deaths In State
Charlotte North Carolina August 4 Ay live North Carolinians died violent deaths over the week end two by drowning two from automobile accidents and another by a train Vural Alexander Stilwell Jr 16 of Mooresville drowned while swimming in Cateavba River Grover Alton Pryor 10 of High Point fell into a lake near Greensboro The bodies were recovered Injuries received near Charlotte Saturday in an automobile accident took the life of Adrian Eugene Evans 36 of South Gastonia and Mrs Buford Boyles of near Charlotte was killed in a traffic accident near Loris South Carolina just across the state line Paul Coleman about 25 at Gastonia was fatally injured on railroad tracks about two miles from Salisbury Coroner W G Mock said he apparently fell from
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Charlotte
N.C
Vural Alexander Stilwell, Jr
Mooresville
Grover Alton Pryor
High Point
Greensboro
Adrian Eugene Evans
Mother's Death and Four Injured in Two Motorcycle Wrecks
Liberty South Carolina Aug 4 Two motorcycles crashed killing Mrs Ruth Johnson 41 of Spartanburg and injuring her daughter Abrs Nell Parham of Woodruff Jimmy Sanders of Spartanburg and Charles IL Bonsner of Chester The crash occurred when one bike struck a dog.
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S. C
Ruth Johnson
Spartanburg
Nell Parham
Woodruff
Jimmy Sanders
Charles IL Bonsner
Chester
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