Classroom Teachers Mapping Plans for Salary Increase
A Raleigh meeting of about 130 teachers formed a group calling itself a committee of the North Carolina Education association to press for a 40 percent salary rise. Miss Margery Alexander of Charlotte was elected permanent chair, with 2,266 signatures backing the South Piedmont plan.
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Raleigh
Margery Alexander
North Carolina Education Association
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R. L. Fitz, Jr
Hudson
Caldwell County
General Assembly
South Piedmont
Alexander
Lucille Allen
Hendersonville
Natalie Green
Durham
Companton Sear Mines and Population Figures
Readable text notes an area of about 800,000 square miles with sparse settlement. It mentions an indigenous population near 12,000,000 and a separate Arizona population around 453,000.
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Arizona
American ship’s visit meets Soviet military refusals
The American consul general said Moscow must authorize such entries as Soviet military authorities held the matter. The latest refusal marked the third rebuff during the ship’s brief visit by American authorities.
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Moscow
Tragic Deaths Reported Across Several North Carolina Areas
A sequence of fatal accidents and deaths is reported across the region. Victims include nine year old Nine hit by a train near Salisbury, 12 year old Charles Reardon accidentally shot by a playmate, 22 year old Logan R Church killed when a car overturned near North Wilkesboro, 33 year old Clyde T Williams found dead of exposure near Charlotte, 58 year old William Sidney Loggins injured then died in Winston Salem, 11 year old Leon Ray Walston killed in Greenville auto crash, 12 year old Mary Brown dies from injuries in an Robersonville Stokes highway crash, a 51 year old Columbus county man Seymour Frank killed by throat slashing, and 18 year old David Bellamy case linked to Sheriff H D Stanley.
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Charles Reardon
Dunn
Logan R Church
Stony Fork
North Wilkesboro
Clyde T. Williams
Rock Hill
S. C
Charlotte
William Sidney Loggins
Stokes County
Seymour Frank
Columbus County
H. D. Stanley
David Bellamy
Honey Hill
Senate weighs Bilbo probe as hearings move forward
Senate war investigating committee may hold further hearings next week while the campaign group completes its inquiry. Senator Elmer Thomas predicts a vote exonerating Bilbo, faulting the Mississippi election system for suppressing Black voters. Ellender also foresees a unanimous exoneration, while Bridges and Hickenlooper decline to comment. Maybank could not be reached for comment.
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Bridges
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Maybank
D-Sc
Samurai Salaries Paid in Rice in Feudal Japan
In historic Japan the Samurai class received yearly wages in rice. A high ranking Samurai could earn up to 250 tons of rice annually, reflecting the feudal system's pay scale and reliance on agricultural output.
Chamber seeks amendments to fair labor standards act
The chamber of commerce and National Association of Manufacturers push changes to the fair labor standards act to limit retroactive liability, define covered occupations, and validate union settlements. They cite Mt Clemens rulings and note unions have filed claims near 450 million dollars with potential totals up to six billion. Dow Chemical settled 4.056 million with district 50 AFL UMU over port-to-portal pay.
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Chamber
National Association of Manufacturers
Supreme Court
Mt. Clemens
Dow Chemical Company
Midland
Mich
Lewis’ District 50
Afl-United Mine Workers
Lewis
Jewel Ridge Coal Company
Funeral for Georgia politician resumes in state capitol
Thousands of Georgians file by the flag draped casket as funeral rites for Talmadge move from the state capitol to Forsyth. Gov. Ellis Arnall and former governors attend while floral tributes come from diverse groups including the Women’s Republican club and the Ku Klux Klan.
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Talmadge
Women's Republican Club of Georgia
Ku Klux Klan
Ellis Arnall
Little Baptist Church
Hollywood Stars Spark London Premiere Scene
Hollywood personalities crowd London for a major premiere causing Scotland Yard to seek a full outline of crowd control methods. Notables include Spencer Tracy Greer Garson Gregory Peck and Maria Montes siblings.
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London
Scotland Yard
Whitey Hendry
M-G-M
Yard
Martha Scott
Britain
Spencer Tracy
Greer Garson
Gregory Peck
Peck
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Montes
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Edward Small
Santo Domingo
Las Vegas
Betty Grable
Harry James
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Duchess of Kent
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Tommy Wunder
la Hollywood
Driscoll
Life span extended for California giant sequoias
Protection measures may extend Sequoia trees in California to an age up to 10 000 years. The effort aims to prolong life of these ancient giants through safeguarding and conservation strategies.
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California
Dixie Song Origins By Daniel Emmett
The song Dixie was written by Daniel Emmett born in the north and composed as a minstrel show number. Emmett's northern birth contrasts with the song's later association with the south and minstrel performance context.
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Dixie
Daniel Emmett
North
Macau once a popular Portuguese resort on South China Sea
Macau a Portuguese settlement on the South China Sea coast drew visitors as a leisure destination before World War II. The narrative highlights its status as a favored resort area in that era.
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Macau
South China Sea
Employers To Share Profits In North Carolina Papers
Wilmington News Wilmington Morning Star and Jacksonville NC Record will share 10 percent of gross earnings among paper employees starting Jan 1 1947. Owner Rinaldo B Page announces at Christmas party. Page Jr to become publisher with his father on Jan 1. Departments will receive liberal budgets and 10 percent of savings to employees.
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Joe Pasternak
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Santa Monica
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Seattle
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Janet Shaw
Willard Trefelet
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Richard Vernon
Ida Lupino
Frank Sinatra
Erskine Johnson
Dennis O'Keefe
Stork
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Vera Vague
Joan
University of California In Berkeley
Stures Syndicate, Inc
Wilmington
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Wilmington Morning Star
Jacksonville
N. C
Rinaldo B. Page
Rinaldo Page, Jr
Trade Winds Outlook for 1947 Farm Prices and Surplus
The column argues farm earnings peaked in wartime and warns of a 1947 price dip for farm products and land values. It cites lower postwar demand, large surpluses, and parity loan considerations while predicting a three-month delay before retail prices begin easing into 1948.
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Anderson
Americas
Agricultural Department
Quake Relief Efforts Reach Shikoku and Honshu Regions
Army and British forces report air drops of food and water to isolated garrisons. Landslides blocked rail lines on Shikoku and Okayama, with routes to Tokyo expected to resume this afternoon. Relief distribution by American and Japanese authorities proceeds, though Red Cross has not yet begun.
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Shikoku
Kochi
Wakayama Peninsula
Honshu
Shikoku Island
Kure
Okayama
Tokyo
Associated Press
Tom Lambert
Japan
Wakayama
Home Ministry
Red Cross
Brush
Fire deaths in the United States stay steady over 30 years
The annual toll from fires in the United States has remained relatively constant for three decades, showing little fluctuation in recorded fatalities.
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United States
Wilmington Considers Truck Lane Plan For City
Wilmington officials plan a discussion on a new truck laneacceptable to the public roads administration and residents. City Manager James Benson and Commission Chairman A H Graham anticipate a meeting next month to resolve the controversial route issue.
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Wilmington
Public Roads Administration
James Benson
Commission
A. H. Graham
Theodore Roosevelt Becomes U S President at Age 42
The future president Theodore Roosevelt ascended to the U S presidency at the age of 42, marking a swift rise to the nation’s highest office.
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Theodore Roosevelt
United States
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