Salute to Edgar Snider and High Point Jaycees drive
Edgar Snider is praised for leading High Point Jaycees in raising about fifty thousand dollars for a polio hospital. The piece highlights his drive and credits him and the community for the success, noting future honors may follow and suggesting a parking discrimination case at Wachovia Bank is being addressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Snider
Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Polio Hospital
High Point
Bucky” Snider
Wachovia mechanical tellers test sparks parking debate
City council approves front street parking meter suspension for Wachovia Bank curbside mechanical tellers. Critics call it unfair but supporters say it is an experiment in a growing parking crisis caused by motor traffic. Wider shifts may force condemnations and outlying lots as streets struggle to adapt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wachovia Bank
The
Wachovia
Washington Street
North Main Street
North Main
Taft-Hartley at One Year Affects Labor Relations
A year after Taft-Hartley the union movement appears strong with rising membership and earnings, though workers face higher prices. The law restored injunction power, ended the closed shop yet kept the union shop in many plants, and required officials to swear against Communism. Overall, it reduced extreme labor disruption and aims to harmonize labor and management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Vorkers
John L. Lewis
National Labor Relations Board
Commerce
Managemnt
Luxury tax bites hard on alarm clock purchases
The piece argues that a twenty percent "luxury" tax adds to the price of items like alarm clocks, turning a simple purchase into an extra financial burden and disrupting comfort.
Tobin the Secretary of Labor Speculation and Portrait
Washington gossip portrays Maurice Tobin as a smooth speaker set for a brief cabinet post. The piece notes his housing hunt, Boston roots and Irish immigrant parents, and hints at his Taft Hartley views while predicting Truman’s reelection and a Boston world series outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maurice J. Tobin
Massachuetts
Tobin
Truman
South
Boston
Vernor
Massachusetts
Philadelphia
John Herling
Labor
Mme
Frances Perkins
Maurice Tobin
Morris
Massachusettes
Commonwealth Avenue
Bravesfield
Fenway Park
Horace
War warnings and racketeering clash over export licenses
Eisenhower warns that ongoing wars threaten grandchildren with an unhappy world unless wars are eliminated. The quote contrasts his view with a Senate critique by Sen. Kenneth Wherry accusing racketeering in export licenses as a multi million fraud that could ruin ERP if unchecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S.A
Kenneth Wherry
Nebraska
Capitol Square Notes on Campaign HQ Move and Court Cases
The article reports on a likely move of state Democratic headquarters from the Sir Walter to the Carolina Hotel in Raleigh, following tradition of governor campaigns. It also covers a Wake County mandamus case on the State’s Rights Democrats ballot, hearings, and potential Supreme Court review, plus local education consolidation clashes in Gates County and related figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic
Rolina
Raleigh
Captis Waynick
Carolina
Sir Walter
Kerr Scott
Capus Waynick
Scott
Oscar Barker
Durham
New Carolina
al Smith
Capitol Square
W. C. Harris
Wake Superior Court
Board of Elections
Harris
Alma Corbitt
Margaret Hooke
Cherry
Cameron Morrison
Gregg Cherry
Chawterbaccer
Gates
Gates County
County Board of Education
Guy Phillips
University of North Carolina
A. H. Proctor
Duke University School of Education
W. E. Rosenthal
R. A. Tomberlin
J. T. Hatcher
W. G. Harrell
Kenyon Wilson
Eliaberth
Broadway and Elsewhere by Jack Last
Broadside column notes romantic “Hollywood” chatter and industry moves. It covers Doris Duke Ruth Birosas rumors, Diana Manners and John Clark, Betty Sherr and Bill Callahan, John Payne and Gloria De Haven, Elizabeth Taylor and Peter Lawford, and Ed Luckenbach with Sherry Britton. It also cites 1947 Puerto Rico to United States travel in a Civil Aeronautics Bureau report, airline fare disputes on the New York San Juan route, and multiple carriers seeking routes and second class fares. The piece then shifts to personal reminiscences of Chicago life, Harry Hershfield’s humor, and plans for a Chicago book, interspersed with social notes about entertainers and marriages in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Duke
Diana Manners
John Clark
Betty Sherr
Bill Callahan
Mike Todd
John Payne
Gloria de Haven
Elizabeth Taylor
Peter Lawford
Gazelle
Oceanliner
Ed Luckenbach
Sherry Britton
Trans Caribbean Air Cargo Lines
Civil Aeronautics Bureau
Puerto Rico
United States
New York-San Juan
Aviation Week
CAB
Pa.-Ny
World Airwreys
Teeterboro
American Air Transport and Flight School
Peninsular Air Transport
Modern Air Transport
Willis Air Service
Riddle Aviatis, Co
East Harlem
Contention Over School Consolidation Spurs Borderline North Carolina Debate
In Gates county and surrounding areas opponents cite history and sentiment to resist consolidation. Hu bb s and Harrell from Eure and Hooksville argue property ownership outweighs population counts. Western Polk and Union counties push mergers while eastern counties retain rural schools amid shifting demographics and progress. President Truman faces a hopeful outlook on world peace amid the Berlin crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. H. Harrell
Eure
D. Hobbs
Hooksville
Gates County
North Carolina
Polk County
Tryon
Columbus
Mill Springs
Union County
Wesley Chapel
Polk
Union
East
Fragmented Clues Run Across A Puzzle Themed Movie Inquiry
A jumbled list of crossword like clues and abbreviations appears, referencing motion picture terms, locations in Ireland, Lincoln nicknames, and various small phrases. The page mixes word lengths, abbreviations, and partial definitions, suggesting a playful puzzle or quiz within a film or media context.
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Bank
Council
Luxury
George Dixon
Dipink
Mo.atov
Lyon Nisbet
Broadway
Jack Last
Harry Hershfield
Harry
Ford
Joe Laurie, Jr
Mike
Hershfield
Jack
Chicago
Chi
New York
Philip Coidge
Judy Evans
Rory Horn
Isabellita
Scott Brady
Lawrence Tierney
Cathy Downs
Art Ford
Skye Patrick
Powers
Day Gould
Goulds
Mary Ains Ce
Wallace Beery
the Waldorf
Holywood
Berlin
President Truman
Ansswer
Ireland
Lincoln
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