Nurses to gain higher pay at Memorial Hospital Charlotte
Memorial Hospital in Charlotte approved a new pay schedule for general duty nurses from 140 to 170 dollars per month including maintenance with immediate effect. Assistant head nurses will earn 155 to 185 dollars and head nurses 170 to 200 dollars monthly, with annual raises of five to ten dollars for three years.
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R. Z. Thomas
Aries
North Carolina Nurses Association
Memorial
Pigs Face Influenza Warnings In Cold Weather
Raleigh reports the North Carolina Extension Service warns pigs are susceptible to influenza in cold weather. With high feed costs, farmers should consult a veterinarian at first swine flu symptoms such as jerky breathing coughing loss of appetite and fever. Prevention includes clean draft-free quarters ample bedding and fresh water plus parasite monitoring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
Charlotte Man Dies Crossing Street in Charlotte
Loo Kee, a Chinese laundry operator of Charlotte, was struck and killed last night while crossing Trade Street between two moving vehicles. Police said he stepped back and was hit by a truck, then by an intercity bus. Kee is survived by a son, Leo Sheaford, a Fayetteville laundry operator.
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Charlotte
Loo Kee
Kee
Trade Street
Leo Sheaford
Fayetteville
Paroles Commissioner Cross Defends No Apologies
Raleigh reports Commissioner Hathaway Cross defended the parole action approving Edgar Ivey, convicts in Dunn for liquor violations, paroled after six hours. Mayor Aldredge and Dunn officials criticized the parole board, demanding an explanation and investigation into officer Sturgill's role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Hathaway Cross
Edgar Ivey
Dunn
Blalock
Paroles Commission
Ivey
B. E. Sturgill
Aldredge
Sturgill
Cross
North Carolina
Paroled Men Freed by Governor Cherry in Raleigh
Governor Cherry released three inmates on parole Monday in Raleigh. Daniel Marsh Jr was jailed in Greensboro in March for non support with a 12 month term. John Homer Lawrence was convicted in Guilford in 1937 of second degree murder and sentenced to 20 years. M. Shere, convicted in Cleveland last March of breaking entering larceny and receiving, was sentenced to two years. Lawrence and Shere are Negroes.
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Raleigh
Cherry
Daniel Marsh, Jr
Greensboro
John
Homer) Lawrence
Guilford
M. Shere
Cleveland
Lawrence
Shere
Horse Trader Lands In Jail
An 18-year-old horse trader, Hugh Powell alias George Dale of Smithfield, was sentenced in Charlotte to one to three years for forgery by Superior Court Judge George B. Patton. He was also ordered turned over to Shelby authorities for action on related charges arising from livestock transactions there.
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Charlotte
Superior Court
George B. Patton
Hugh Powell
Alais George Dale
Smithfield
Powell
Shelby
Institutions Of State Show Improvement
Governor Gregg Cherry said about 250 patients can soon be moved from Caswell Training School in Kinston to Camp Butner in Durham as mental hospital renovations progress. He noted improvements at Dix Hill Morganton Butner and Caswell under a $50 million permanent building fund and stressed expanded college dormitories to handle returning veterans.
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Charlotte
Gregg Cherry
North Carolina
Caswell Training School
Kinston
Camp Butner
Durham
Cherry
Mecklenburg County Boy Scout Council
Dix Hill
Raleigh
Morganton
Butner
Caswell
General Assembly
State College
University of North Carolina At
New York Man Under Bond In Auto Case
A New York man identified as William S Banks was jailed on 10000 bond for violating the national motor vehicle theft act. Banks admitted stealing about 16 autos in Philadelphia and selling most in North Carolina while using aliases George Norton Robert E King and R E Langley. He waived hearing and was arrested at an airport as he boarded a New York plane according to U S agent J E Thornton and Sheriff Ernie Shore.
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Winston-Salem
New York
North Carolina
J. E. Thornton
Charlotte I
William S. Banks
Philadelphia
Banks
U. S
Thornton
George Norton
Robert E. King
R. E. Langley
Ernie Shore
Governor Refuses Firework Fun for North Carolina Kids
Three Shelby youths Verner Harris Jack Kee and Bobby Jolly wrote Governor appealing to display fireworks. He replied that children should have fun but fireworks are not allowed. 1947 legislature had a strict rule banning their use.
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Raleigh
Shelby
Cherry
Verner Harris
Jack Kee
Bobby Jolly
North Carolina
Wilson Voters Ballot Bond Issue For Utilities
Wilson voters balloted in their second bond election of the past three days on a proposed 1 756 000 dollar utility system improvement. A 1 212 000 dollar school bond was approved across the county Saturday.
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Wilson
Wilso
Eviction Notice Served on State Highway Department
Mecklenburg county commissioners order the North Carolina highway department to move licensing operations from the courthouse basement to a new site for the compulsory motor vehicle inspection program. Samuel L. Gaynor reports added staff to speed lines, with 12 inspectors and patrolmen. A deadline of January 15 is set for relocation, as mechanics begin inspections in January.
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Charlotte
Mecklenburg County Commission
North Carolina Highway Department
Court House
Samuel L. Gaynor
Highway Department
Safety Division
Gaynor
Wei
Jin
Utes
S. D. Moore
Highway Patrol
Morris Field
S. Y. McAden
Col. L. C. Rosser
Britain Surrenders Palestine Mandate Plan for May Fifteenth
London reports Britain will relinquish the Palestine mandate on May 15 and create independent Arab and Jewish states by June 1 after a two week transition. Arab and Jewish civic guards to guard key Holy Land areas as troops withdraw from Tel Aviv Petah Tiva and Ramat Gan this month. Diplomatic talks with Trans-Jordan aim to supply Arab regional police units for strategic oil areas.
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London
Britain
United Nations
Palestine
Holy Land
Haifa
Tel Aviv
Petah Tiva
Ramat Gan
trans-Jordan
Arab Palestine
Anti-Inflation Plan Faces Legislative Setbacks
Washington report shows Congress entering its third week of debate over President Truman's 10 point anti-inflation plan with limited progress. Committees hear proposals for and against the administration plan while Republicans push a separate cost of living program likely lacking price controls and rationing authority. A Democratic aide cited unforeseen difficulties delaying bill introductions for several days.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
House
Senate
Administrator's Notice for Charlies P Ellington Estate
J J Ellington administrator of Charlies P Ellington deceased Guilford County North Carolina requires all creditors to present verified claims to his High Point Office by December 5 1948. Creditors must settle now and avoid loss of recovery. Notice dated December 5 1947 at 68 Sunset Drive.
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Gale
W. H. Slate
Owen Reese
Register of Deeds
Guilford County
North Carolina
West Green and
Main Streets
High Point
High Point Township
Coltrane Street
City of
N. C
Highland Cotton Mill
Highland Ave
Jeasie O. Vincannon
Jessie O. Vuncannon
Jessie Oo. Vuncannon
Lackey's
Sanders Dennis
Ernest Jones
Mary Dennis
Coltranes
Beck
Ridge
Silman Street
Grantors
Office of Register of Deeds
Roberson Sawerth & Monop
Charlies P. Ellington
J. J. Ellington
Sunset Drive
Newspaper Woman Dies In Charlotte
Mrs. Ned Brunson Harris first woman assistant treasurer of the Democratic national committee and first woman to head a Washington metropolitan news bureau died in Charlotte after a long illness. She was a Orangeburg, South Carolina native who later led the Washington bureaus for the Minneapolis Star and Minneapolis Journal and had earlier worked for Senator McKellar. Funeral services were planned for Orangeburg. Survived by two sisters and two brothers.
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Charlotte
Ned Brunson Harris
Democratic National Committee
Washington
Harris
Orangeburg
S. C
Chattanooga
Tenn
Senator McKellar
D-Tenn
Woman's National Press Club
Minneapolis Star
Minneapolis Journal
Richard Fulp
B. S. Gerety
San Antonio
Tex
W. W. Brunson
H. H. Brunson
Mayesville, S. C
Peace College Launches $150,000 Recreation Building Drive
Peace College in Raleigh begins a drive to raise 150000 for a new recreation building. The week is named Peace loyalty week. Alumnae across Raleigh and the state will organize district efforts and discuss the building program led by Mrs. C Todd of Rocky Mount, head of the Peace College Alumnae Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Peace College
C. Todd
Rocky Mount
Nae Association
Highway officials gather in Miami for Southeastern meeting
Seven members of the state highway and public works commission attend the sixth annual Southeastern Association of State Highway Officials convention in Miami led by Chairman A. H. Graham and Chief Engineer W. Vance Baise. Bananas heat up after being placed in transit.
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Florida
Raleigh
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Miami
Fla
Southeastern Association of State Highway Officials
A. H. Graham
W. H. Rogers
W. Vance Baise
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Richmond
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Macon
Bill Ailer
Tampa
Vetville News
Charles McCann
Tom Power
Fred Whitfield
Vetville
North Carolina State College
James A. Reece
Cramerton
H. H. Hutchinson
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Norfolk
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Wilmington
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State Highway Department
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