Amazon Case Ruling Due December 12
A restraining order against mass picketing at the Amazon Cotton mill in Thomasville remains in force as Judge Wilson Warlick considers legality. U S District Judge Johnson J Hayes is expected to rule on December 12. The strike began March 3 and the order was sought after the company charged imported workers on one shift daily were terrorized by illegal picketing.
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Greensboro
Amazon
Thomasville
Guilford Superior Court
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
U. S. District Court
Wilson Warlick
U. S
Johnson J. Hayes
Peach Growers Seek Hearing on 1949 Sales Plan
North and South Carolina peach interests ask the Department of Agriculture to hold a public hearing on a proposed 1949 marketing agreement to regulate grade size and maturity for shipments to insure prices. Hearing likely January. referendum to follow with a 16 member administration committee. Georgia peers have approved a similar plan.
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Charlotte
North and
South Carolina
Department of Agriculture
Carolinas
R. E. Heffernan
Peach Growers Association of
Farm Bureau Peach Committees
Heffernan
Agriculture Department
North
Sparta
S. C
Georgia
Anglo Saxon wedding shoe gift custom recounted
The text notes an old Anglo Saxon wedding custom where the bride’s father presents one of her shoes to the bridegroom. It also mentions a snack idea where shredded carrots may be served with lemon juice honey and a light salt seasoning.
Public Auction Notice of High Point Property Sale
I will offer in sale at public auction for cash in front of the County Building at West Green and South Main in High Point on December 29, 1947 at 11:00 A M. The sale, by W H Slate through Trustee Owen Reese, covers two tracts in High Point Township Guilford NC including Coltrane Street Highland Cotton Mill lines and Silman Street boundaries. Purchaser to deposit 5 percent. sale subject to unpaid taxes.
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W. H. Slate
Owen Reese
Register of Deeds
Guilford County
North Carolina
West Green
South Main Streets
High Point
North Caro
High Point Township
Coltrane Street
City of
N. C
Highland Cotton Mill
S. E
Highland Ave
Jessie O. Vincannon
Jessie O. Vuncannon
Jessie O Vuncannon
Vinecannon
Silman Street
Lackey
Lackey’s
Sanders Dennis
Ernest Jones
Mary Dennis
Coltranes
Beck
Ridge
Office of Register of Deeds
Roberson
Haworth
Reese
Police Probe Death of Girl in Pickup Truck Near Galax
In Mount Airy on December 2 police investigated the death of 20 year old Mary Ruth Wilson of Galax Virginia. James B. Patton also of Galax is held in connection with the death after the pair were found in a pickup truck between state highway 18 and the scenic highway in Franklin township. Coroner John J. Woltz ruled death from acute alcoholism and exposure. Patton was hospitalized for exposure and a formal inquest was postponed until his condition improves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Airy
Galax
Surry County
Rex I. Tilley
James B. Patton
Mary Ruth Wilson
John J. Woltz
Tilley
R. C. Greer
Alcohol Tax Unit
Theil
Patton J
Franklin Township
Patton
Mount Airy Hospital
Everett Wilson
Waltz
East Carolina Suffers Power Shortage
Washington December 2. An eastern North Carolina city of 12 000 faced a near blackout as a boiler rupture flooded the main switchboard of the power and water plant. Water service was restored, but Washington Park still lacked water and electric lights. Nearby rural areas also affected. Filling stations and theaters closed as power failed.
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Washington
North Carolina
Washington Park
Ific
Mrs Albert Cody Dies Suddenly At Denton Rt 2
Mrs Albert Cody 58 died suddenly at home on Denton Route 1 Monday morning. Funeral Wednesday at 2 pm at Jerusalem church with burial in the church cemetery. Survived by husband three sons Archie William Roy Cody of Lexington Route 2 three daughters Mrs Matthew Grubb Mrs Paul Bodenheimer and Miss Ida Cody five brothers and five sisters.
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Denton
Albert Cody
Jerusalem Church
Cody
Archie
William
Roy Cody
Lexington
Matthew Grubb
Paul Bodenheimer
Hanes
Ida Cody
William Beanblossom
West Virginia
Marvin Beanblossom
Emery Beanblossom
Leesburg
Gene Smith
Doyle
Troy Beanblossom
Rt. 6
Baxter Tussiel
Clifford Hedrick
Charlotte booster group selects new officers
R. D. Coleman of Charlotte is named president of the North Carolina Boosters Association at the state meeting in Raleigh linked to the North Carolina Bottlers convention. Sam Edwards of Charlotte becomes vice president and Stuart Reed of Raleigh is reelected secretary-treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
R. D. Coleman
Charlotte
N. C. Boosters Association
N. C. Bottlers Association
Sam Edwards
Stuart Reed
Boosters
Snake Charge Trial In Forsyth Court Continues
In Winston Salem on December 2 the trial of three religious leaders for handling uncaged snakes was postponed until next Monday in Forsyth superior court. The defendants are Rev. J. H. Hampton of Harlan County Kentucky Rev. Oscar Hutton of St. Charles Virginia and Rev. C White of Lee County Virginia, charged with violating the city county snake handling ordinance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
Forsyth Superior Court
Walter Johnston
J. H. Hampton
Harlan County
Oscar Hutton
St. Charles
C. ©. White
Lee County
Weed Averages Fluctuate On State Marts
Raleigh reports show average prices for flue cured tobacco higher on old belt while middle belt yields fell slightly. Asheville opened with 315000 pounds sold for 49.96 per hundredweight, market steady and above last year’s 43.29. Old belt leaf and smoking leaf rose to 4.50 per hundredweight. lugs and cutters up 1 to 2. declines noted in smoking leaf and lugs on middle belt.
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Raleigh
Old Belt
Middle Belt
Asheville
Burley tobacco opens season with high Kentucky average
Opening day for burley tobacco sales in Kentucky posted a near record statewide average of 48.59 per hundredweight. Seventeen markets sold 11,555,315 pounds for 5,614,643.96 dollars while Paducah and Winchester did not report. Mt Sterling led six markets over 50 per cwt at 52.79 with farmers generally pleased.
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Louisville
Burley Tobacco
Kentucky
Paducah
Winchester
Mt. Sterling
Strike Halts Hudson Plant as Welders Walk Out
Hudson Motor Co. halted automobile production at its Detroit plant, idling 12,000 workers after welders demanded wage increases in a dispute over a May contract. Local 154 CIO UAW called the shutdown a lockout affecting assembly lines and other departments.
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Detroit
Dec
Hudson Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Lever Brothers raises Spry wholesale price by two cents
New York reports Lever Brothers announced a two cent rise in the wholesale price of Spry shortening effective immediately. Procter & Gamble denied any Crisco price increase. Both firms had already pushed shortenings up two cents per pound wholesale about a month earlier.
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New York
Levler Brothers
Proctor & Gamble Co
Crisco
Geese Find Refuge In North Carolina Coast Refuges
North Carolina hosts one of the Atlantic coast’s largest Canada goose groups along with thousands more waterfowl. Mattamuskeet, Pea Island, and Swanquarter refuges provide winter shelter for over 100 000 waterfowl with marshland management boosting natural foods and feeding patterns.
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Margaret Kernodle
Washington
North Carolina
Atlantic Seaboard
Carolina
Mattamuskeet
Pea Island
Swanquarter
Fish and Wildlife Service
Rachel L. Carson
Mattamusket
Hyde Country
Greenland
Alaska
Miss Carson
Oregon Inlet
Rodanthe
Symphony Bodies Gather For Raleigh Sessions This Week
The North Carolina Symphony Society executive committee will meet in Raleigh tonight as seven state cultural societies hold sessions there this week. The Literary and Historical Society will announce the Mayflower Cup winner at a Friday banquet, while the Art Society will award $1,000 in purchase awards to state artists.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Symphony Society
State Literary and Historical Society
State Art Society
State Folk Lore Society
State Archaelogical Society
State Society For the Preservation of Antiquities
State Society of County Historians
Literary and Historical Society
North Carolina
Art Society
Norfolk Southern seeks end to passenger trains
The Norfolk Southern railroad petitioned the North Carolina Utilities Commission to discontinue passenger service on Sundays and run trains weekdays only for mail and express. The shift would save about 131 thousand dollars annually. A hearing date is pending and a Virginia filing is planned. Cows were imported into Jamestown in 1611 and Plymouth in 1624.
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Raleigh
Norfolk Southern Railroad
Norfol
Charlotte
Norfolk
State Utilities Commission
The
Utilities Commission
Virginia_ state corporation commission
Jamestown Colony
America
Plymouth Colony
Hearing on North State Telephone rates in High Point and Thomasville
The North Carolina Utilities Commission schedules a hearing at 10 30 a m in Raleigh on Monday December 8 1947 to consider revising local exchange telephone rates. Proposals include a 50 cent monthly increase for business lines and 25 cent for residence lines to cover higher wages and operating costs. Rural line mileage extension and other charges are not included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina Utilities Commission
Raleigh
North State Telephone Company
High Point
Thomasville
N. C
Bradley Finds Army Changed In Two Years
Gen. Omar Bradley returns to the U S Army as chief of staff to lead postwar reorganization. He will tour camps and schools to learn the service again and plan for future warfare while Eisenhower prepares to leave as chief of staff to head Columbia University.
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Washington
Ollar Bradley
Army
12Th Army Group
Europe
Veterans Administration
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ealy
Columbia University
Department of the A
Bradley
United States
Pacific
Fort Shafter
Hawaii
College President Rejects Horatio Alger Dream
Dr. J Paul Leonard president of San Francisco State College argues against the idea that all youths can become presidents. He advocates personalized vocational guidance after surveying 200 students, finding high rates of maladjustment and limited access to professional careers. He aims to tailor courses and advisory panels to help students select suitable occupations and achieve balanced, practical lives.
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San Francisco
Horatio Alger
California
J. Paul Leonard
San Francisco State College
Leonard
Stanford University
Dr. Leonard
Suggest Incognito Tour For Hirohito
The Asahi newspaper proposed that Emperor Hirohito tour Japan incognito to see the country unfiltered. It argued such a trip would reveal harsh realities while noting officials limit his uncurated view and question whether the emperor is granted true personal freedom.
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Tokyo
Asahi
Hirohito
Japan
Cigars Prove To Be Bit On Strong Side
First Sgt LaRue Crain distributed cigars to new recruits of the 123rd infantry Illinois national guard at the state armory. Clouds of smoke filled the room before inspection and close order drill. Three recruits collapsed prompting Crain to remark the cigars were a bit on the strong side. He planned to distribute them after the drill next time. Molasses may be used to sweeter rice pudding.
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Springfield
LaRue Crain
123Rd Infantry
Illinois Nation
Ia Cours
State Armory
Crain
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East Carolina
Denton Rt
Charlotte Man Heads Booster Association
Burley
Hudson Company
Lever Brothers
Diaire Pongracz
Akron
Ohio
Cathy Ann Conway
N. Carolina
Symphony Body
Road
Alger
Ciety
Lincoln
Mercury
Mercury Motor Cars
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