North Central States Move To Repopulate Farms With Displaced Persons
A U S movement to repopulate fertile farm lands in the north central states with up to 100000 displaced Europeans gains momentum. North Dakota Minnesota and Iowa plan surveys of jobs housing and relocation with support from churches and state agencies. Edwin R Armstrong says refugees would be invited by kinship and screened for health and fit for farm labor amid rural depopulation.
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Chicago
North Dakota
Minnesota
Iowa
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Montana
U. S. Department
Citizens Committee On Displaced Persons
Armstrong
Woman Kills Her Husband Then Herself
In Daly City California Mrs Adby shot her husband Harold Udby 3 am after a quarrel. She then killed herself beside his body about 16 hours later after writing notes and a will. The Udbys were 40 and the incident followed a note to Walter Udby. A separate line notes meteors entering Earth's atmosphere daily.
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Daly City
Calif
iPi
Walter Udby
Glen Ellen
Harold J
Edna Udby
Harold
William Sunderland
Man of wealth funds shelter for evictees and jobless
Ralph Kahn, wealthy manufacturer, proposes a temporary hotel shelter for up to 150 families in distress. A committee will locate a building with doctor staffed facilities, free meals, and employment services. He plans a February dinner to raise operating funds and storage for belongings.
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New York
Ins
Ralph Kahn
Iowank Waldorf Astoria
Bowery
Kahn
Egg
Teachers Pay Hike Backed by Raleigh Senator
State Senator R N Simms of Raleigh urged Governor Cherry to call a special session to boost teacher salaries. He noted past lawmakers would have approved more funds if revenues had been estimated more generously. Simms also supported higher pay for lower grade state workers. Governor Cherry said no special session plan is in place and he would decide after March income tax returns.
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Raleigh
Cherry
General Assembly
R. N. Simms
Simms
Man Held Without Bond In Axe Killing
Earl Humphrey 36 is held in Craven county jail without bond for grand jury action in the axe slaying of William Norris 25 a war veteran. A coroner's jury after hearing last night ordered Humphrey held. Norris body was found in a grave near Humphrey's home on Christmas Eve. Andrew Fornes testified that Humphrey said he knocked Norris in the head with an axe and buried him.
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New Bern
Earl Humphrey
Craven County
William FE. Norv’s
Heiring
Humphrey
Norris
Andrew Fornes
Oil Coordinator Predicts North Carolina Relief
State Oil Coordinator W. Z. Betts said major oil companies assured him the state's shortage would ease early in January. He expects the state to be over the hump within a month to six weeks and notes improvement when January quotas arrive.
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Raleigh
W. Z. Betts
North Carolina
Betts
Lineberger Dies in Belmont After Textile Empire Built
Belmont leader Lineberger dies at 89 after a long illness. A pioneer in the southeast cotton textile industry he built a regional network of mills around Belmont including spinning plants with more than a quarter million spindles. Survived by four sons three daughters and two sisters.
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N. C. Mentile
Lineberger
Belmont
Caleb Lineberger
McAdenville
Woodlawn
Catawba River
Baltimore
Tuckaseege
Mt. Holly
Chronicle Mills
R. Stowe
S. P. Stowe
Dan E. ‘Rhyne
Lincolntown
Lenoir-Rhyne College
Lineberger‘Stone Interest
Cherry Studying Record of Negro Black faces execution in January
Governor Cherry studied the record in the case of Frank Black a 20 year old Negro from Lenoir county who is scheduled to die January 2 for murder Black was convicted last October of killing William Lester Corey a Kinston cab driver who was slugged with a lead pipe near Kinston last October 4 and robbed
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Raleigh
Cherry
Frank Black
Lenoir County
Black
William Lester ‘Corey
Kinston
Palestine Faces New Year of Turmoil After UN Partition
The UN voted to split Palestine into Jewish and Arab states, prompting riots and violence across the region and spillover into neighboring Arab lands. Britain will relinquish the mandate in May 1948 with troop withdrawal by August, as Arab and Jewish militias brace for a delicate lead up to statehood.
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U. S
Judea
Israel
Holy Land
Palestine
Britain
League of Nations
UN Commission
Holyad
Arab League
Cairo
London
Maylem
Acre
United Nations
UN Assembly
United States
Russia
Prominent Doctor Dies In New Bern
Dr Joseph Roscoe Latham longtime physician and chief doctor at St Luke's hospital died yesterday after a lengthy illness. He served as county coroner for six years and was public health officer for a period. A Belhaven native, he studied at the University of North Carolina and Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. During World War I he was a first lieutenant in the army medical corps. Funeral services were held in the afternoon.
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New Bern
Joseph Roscoe Latham
St. Luke's Hospital
J. Latham
Belhaven
University of North Carolina
Jefferson Medical Celle
Philadelphia
Army Medical Corps
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Jack Lotto
International News Service
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Houston
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Tire Service
N. Main ST
Kelly Tires
Expert Tire Service
Winston-Salem
Jerusalem
Haifa
Tel-Aviv
Wachovia
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
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