More Land Allowed for Flue Cured Tobacco 1949 Program
Secretary Brannan announced a 5 percent rise in planting allotments for flue cured tobacco for 1949 with a national marketing quota of 1 030 000 000 pounds. The plan limits sales to land within allotted acreage and allows penalties on excess harvests. 908 000 acres were allotted this year. Flue cured crops span Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida and Alabama. A new quota review could raise totals by up to 20 percent by next March if conditions warrant.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Charles F. Brannan
Brannan
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Floria
Alabama
Guilford County Housed Mentally Ill In Jails And Home
Greensboro August 10 County Health Officer Dr. R M Buie invites 1949 general assembly hopefuls to inspect crowded jail and county home conditions. Six mental patients in jail cells atop the courthouse and a congested new ward at the county home reflect lack of proper facilities. No room at Morganton Goldsboro Raleigh or Lenoir County and Camp Butner expansion not yet felt.
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Greensboro
R. M. Buie
Guilford County
General Assembly
Bule
Buie
Morganton
Goldsboro
Raleigh
Lenoir County
Camp Butner
North Carolina cotton output seen up 48 percent
The federal state crop reporters project NC cotton production at about 670000 bales for 1948 based on Aug 1 conditions, up 48 percent from 1947 and second only to the 1944 record. Yield is forecast at 446 pounds per acre with 721000 acres to harvest after abandonment allowances.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Ray B. Converse
State Department of Agriculture
Further Increase In Retail Milk Prices Predicted
North Carolina Dairy Products Association warns that continued economic strain on Tar Heel dairymen will push home delivered milk prices higher. L L Ray notes distributors running in the red need price hikes to cover months of rising costs, following small increases in four cities last month. A note on a visible fourth-magnitude comet in Andromeda is also included.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Dairy Products Association
L. L. Ray
North Carolina
Ray
Andromeda
Scott's Majority Boosted To 34 936 In Raleigh Gubernatorial Margin
In Raleigh on August 10 the final certified totals show Kerr Scott's gubernatorial run beating Charles M. Johnson by 34 936 votes after a clerical error reversed totals in Person County where Scott led 1 956 to 720. The corrected statewide tally is 217 620 for Scott and 182 684 for Johnson, raising the margin from 32 464 to 34 936.
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Raleigh
Kerr Scott
Person County Board of Elections
Scott
Charles M. Johnson
Corien D. Long
Person
Johnson
Executor's Notice for Lucy K. Sheffield Estate
The executor Charlie P Sheffield of Guilford County notifies all creditors to present claims by July 3, 1949 and all debtors to pay immediately. This notice dated July 3, 1948 from 806 Meredith Street High Point NC. Attorney Walter E Crissman filed for letters testamentary.
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North Carolina
Guilford County
Lucy K. Sheffield
Charlie P Sheffield
Meredith Street
High Point
N. C
Walter E. Crissman
Leaf Tobacco Prices Rise Across Carolina Border Belt Markets
Most leaf grades gained from $1 to $8 per hundred as the second week of sales opened across the Carolinas border belt flue cured markets. Curers logs primings and other grades rose. common orange leaf and the poorest thin nondescript fell. Ellerbe market closed with 17 centers active. Horton cites lack of buyers, grading service, and price support.
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Raleigh
Carolinas
Border Belt
U. S
N. C
Jack Horton
Ellerbe Tobacco Board of Trade
Greeks Convene In Gastonia Next Week
Thousands of Greeks from the United States and Canada will gather for the Adelphous Arahovitan Karyae convention at Karyae park near Crowders Mountain, five miles west of Gastonia. Greek ambassador to the United States Vasilelos Dendramis will open the event as principal speaker.
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Gastonia
United States
Canada
Karyae
Arahova
Greece
Karyae Park
Crowders Mountain
Vasilelos Dendramis
Rheumatic Pain Relief Story Promotes TRU-AID
A local man credits TRU-AID with ending eight hours of rheumatic pain after years of muscle stiffness in the shoulders legs and ankles. The testimonial claims the liquid formula treats the cause of rheumatic and neuritic aches and urges readers to buy TRU-AID at High Point drug stores.
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High Point
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Charles Darwin
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