Construction In State Falls Off Sharply
North Carolina building permits in 77 municipalities totaled 6,605,628 in October, less than half September’s total. New housing reached 3,721,048 with 486 single family homes. nonresidential permits were 1,555,355. additions and repairs totaled 1,332,225. Charlotte led with 1,166,085.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Department of Labor
Labor Department
C. H. Pritchard
Pritchard
Public Works
Charlotte
Eastern Europe's Jews Shut Off From Israel
London reports about 450000 Jews in eastern Europe awaiting permission to emigrate to Israel. Romania's 306000 face growing government hurdles. Hungary's fate uncertain with no prospects for Hungarian-Israeli agreement. Exit permits are tightly timed or restricted, lowering emigration via the luxury liner Transylvania, which now sails three times monthly.
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London
Europe
Israel
Romania
Hungary
Haifa
Transylvania
Springfield man fined for delaying car registration over cash
Francis Campbell, 62, was fined $125 after telling a judge that despite earning $175 weekly as a steamsitter he postponed registering his automobile because he was short of cash. The Springfield, Massachusetts case reflects a minor offense tied to annual vehicle registration.
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Springfield
Mass
Francis
Campbell
Strong Electron Microscope Aids State College Research
Raleigh December 1. An electron microscope at North Carolina State College's School of Engineering demonstrates magnifications surpassing 100000x, enabling studies of materials, pigments, sizing in paper, and synthetic compounds. It supports industrial research contracts and shows the device's potential to advance state industry and resources.
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William T. Withers
School of Engineering
North Carolina State College
College
Raleigh
Washington Monument
State College School of Engineering
Department of Engineering Research
State College
Arthur C. Menius, Jr
RCA
State ‘College
One Room School Disappearing Fast
DES MOINES, Int. There is a direct relationship between increased farm mechanization and a decline in the number of one room rural school houses. Modern farm machinery is enabling individuals to farm larger acreages, so that larger farms are becoming the rule. This means fewer farm families and children in any rural area.
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Des Moines
Int
Wild, Wild Port Going Soft
An American shipping lines representative reports that looting in Jakarta's Tanjong Priok port has virtually ceased. T. J. Cokely of American President Lines calls Tanjong Priok the best operated port in Indonesia today.
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Singapore
American Shipping Lines
Indonesia
Jakarta
Tanjong Priok
T. J. Cokely
American President Lines
Tanjong’ Priok
Tomato vine grows ten feet three inches at Brown farm
Bolivar Tennessee reports S R Brown needed a stepladder to harvest tomatoes after planting a tomato vine that soared to ten feet three inches in height on his farm.
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Bolivar, Tenn
S. R. Brown
Brown
Miss Skinner to Appear at Davidson College
Cornelia Otis Skinner will present a program of dramatic monologues Monday at 8 15 pm in Chambers Auditorium on the Davidson College campus. Tickets go on sale in the lobby starting 7 30 pm. Skinner rose from supporting roles to fame as a leading solo performer and author of Family Circle and Our Hearts Were Young and Gay.
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Davidson
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Chambers Auditorium
Davidson College
Miss Skinner
Chambers Building
Henry VIII
Charles I
Eugenie
England
America
Canada
London
Between Japan and Korea a shallow sea could allow dryshod crossing
A historical note asserts that a shallow sea between Japan and Korea would permit an army to walk across dryshod with only a slight upheaval of the seabed, enabling rapid land passage despite ocean distance.
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Japan
Korea
Levittown Plan To Build 16000 Homes For Defense
Levittown Pennsylvania defense project aims to complete 15000 homes in three years on the Delaware River between Trenton and Philadelphia. Builders will erect 5000 houses during 1952 in the model community for industrial workers in Bucks County. Last year the firm set construction records by delivering 4943 homes at Levittown New York. First Pennsylvania homes expected to be ready next spring with a pace of 35 daily as assembly lines reach full speed.
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Levittown
Delaware River
Trenton
Philadelphia
Bucks County
William J. Levitt
N. Y
Levitt
Native Son Gordon Grant Named Regina Mayor
Gordon Grant becomes Regina’s 50th mayor and the first native of the provincial capital to hold the city’s chief magistrate post. He is set to lead the city in upcoming terms amid historic significance for Regina.
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Regina
Gordon Grant
Saskatchewan
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