State Tourists Trade Sets New Record
North Carolina’s tourist industry reached a record 175 million dollars in 1946, with an expected 200 million dollar figure for the next year. The division notes early winter travel is starting sooner and cites high prices as the main driver of growth. Plans include longer seasons, directing visitors to less congested areas, and promoting coastal sport fishing.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Cied
Agri
Indus
Tar Heel
Tar Heel Girl In Maid Race
The National Cotton Council announced 26 southern girls will compete for the 1947 Maid of Cotton title. Selection of the maid and two alternates will be held January 13 in Memphis. Named contestants include Lucille Greene of Greer South Carolina Joy Gilbert of Hartsville South Carolina Adelene Carter of Greenville South Carolina Doris Jane Moore of Huntersville North Carolina and Margaret Fountain of Rocky Mount North Carolina.
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Memphis
Tenn
National Cotton Council
Lucille Greene
Greer
S. C
Joy Gilbert
Hartsville
Adelene Carter
Greenville
Doris Jane Moore
Huntersville
N. C
Margaret ——_ Fountain
Rocky Mount
Watch Night Service at Hayworth Memorial Church
Hayworth Memorial Wesleyan Methodist church holds a watch night service tonight from 9 p.m. to 12 05 a.m. Former pastor Rev. R H Phaup will speak and all attendees will take part in a candle light service. The public is invited.
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Hayworth Memorial Wesleyan Methodist Church
R. H. Phaup
South Carolina Senator Starts Safety Campaign
Senator Johnson of South Carolina vows to push a safety bill in the 80th Congress providing 5 million dollars yearly for industrial safety. He cites rising injuries and deaths from 1939 to 1945 and proposes a national commission appointed by the secretary of labor to oversee safety efforts.
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South Carolina
Washington
Johnson
D-Sc
Congress
Johnston
Secretary of Labor
Industrial Safety Commission
Carolinian Arrested In Connecticut
Detective Sergeant Walter Auger said Wiley E. Jackson 23 of Gastonia North Carolina a sailor on the U S S Purvis at Newport Rhode Island has been arrested and turned over to Rhode Island state police as a fugitive. He is charged with armed robbery in a Christmas Eve taxi holdup in Portsmouth Rhode Island where about $50 was taken at gunpoint. Jackson was nabbed when visiting a girlfriend in Bridgeport Connecticut.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Walter Auger
Wiley E. Jackson
Gastonia
N. C
U. S&s
Purvis
Newport
R. I
Rhode Island
Auger
Jackson
Portsmouth, R. I
Southern Cities Plan Record Expansion Programs in 1947
Atlanta reports 26 southern cities budget over 60 million dollars for 1947 public works. Projects include Miami sewer system and highways, Jacksonville electric light upgrades, Charlotte school and sewer expansions, Nashville street paving, with Tennessee and North Carolina towns planning water, fire, and boulevard projects.
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Southern Cities Plan
Atlanta
Miami
Jacksonville
Imee
Electric Light
Knoxville
Charlotte
Nashville
Tennessee
North Carolina
High Point
Raleigh
Rich Mineral Find In Siberia
A Soviet expedition from the USSR Academy of Science reported by Moscow radio has discovered rich mineral wealth in Tuva Siberia including gold silver copper iron ore cobalt and coal seams 26 feet deep deep coal seams confirmed by the survey and expanding Soviet natural resources news.
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London
Russia
Siberian
Tuva
U.S.S.R. Academy of Science
Moscow Radio
Crossword by Eugene Sheffer Puzzle
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Italy
Great Lake
Fireworks Building Blown Up Near Raleigh
A small, unoccupied fireworks stand on the southern edge of Raleigh was blown sky high by an explosion last night. No one was injured though firefighters battled a following blaze as ambulances and police rushed to the scene. The wooden stand, moved to the site for holiday sales, was three miles from the city center and sale of fireworks within Raleigh is illegal.
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Raleigh
Bose
Army Air Forces
Mill Stocks End Year Steady Near Highs in 1946
The Charlotte News reports southern textile mill stocks closed near the bull market high as 1946 ends. The 60 common stocks averaged 60 at year end, down from a high of 90.76 on August 1, with a low of 87.35 on November 1 as the industry adjusted after OPA price controls removal.
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Charlotte
Charlotte News
Browning Home To Be Memorial Shrine Planned At Hope End
Ledbury official Stephen Ballard buys Hope End near Ledbury for 126000 dollars to rebuild the Browning home and honor Elizabeth Barrett Browning. He says he has not read any of her works.
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Ledbury
Gloucestershire
England
Stephen Ballard
Ledbury Company
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Hope End
Elizabeth
Industry and Labor Clash Over Economic Remedies
Washington dispatch reports NAM rejects CIO wage push and favors price cuts to restore balance. Ralph Robey says profits high and living costs heavy, while Robert R Nathan argues wage rises may be the only current fix, with prices likely to stay high.
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Washington
Labor
Indus
National Association of Manufacturers
CIO
NAM
Ralph Robey
Robey
Robert R. Nathan
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U. S
Department of Agriculture
East South Central
Pacific States
Bureau of Labor Statistics
He Cae TN
Guilford County
Rush
High Point Township
South Main Street
Troy
R. Short
Connecticut
Siberia
Eugene Sheffer
Morocco
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Iti
Browning
Florida
Ropey
Rege Alf Hn
Nathan
ICE Prlivery Company
West Gread Street
Pheme
Pe Ey
Wagger
Wachovia
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
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