Morehead gifts UNC a landmark million dollar planetarium
The late John Motley Morehead provides a million dollar gift to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for a state run planetarium. Harvard’s Harlow Shapley notes national astronomical gaps while the project aims to educate North Carolina’s public and students statewide and may draw more visitors than the football team.
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University of North Carolina At
Chapel Hill
South
John Motley Morehead
North Carolina
Harlow Shapley
Harvard Astronomical Observatory
Union
Commonwealth
Carolina
Morehead
State
Woman's Colleges
Big Brother
General Assembly
UNC
United Nations column doubts ducky UNO patchwork
Margarette Smethurst indicts the UN as a weakened forum after Bevin and Vishinsky shake hands in London. She argues for a full public vote or veto on Greece and warns of imperial powers and subjugated peoples. Her critique favors stronger action over cosmetic settlements amid Cold War tensions.
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United Nations
Margarette Smethurst
Raleigh News and Observer
Russia
Greece
UNO Council
London
Mutual Admiration Society
John A. Parris
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
United States
Bevin
General Assembly
Ducky
Java
Palestine
India
South Africa
UNO
World Organization and Cooperation For Peace
Debating Society
England
Vishinsky
Call For Removing Governor Appointed Local Judges
A Greensboro and High Point movement urges the legislature to end governor appointments of local municipal court judges. The piece argues the system places political pressure on the governor and deprives citizens of control, urging lawmakers to transfer judge selection to the people or their representatives.
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High Point
Greensboro
Don MacRae
McDonald
Gregg Cherry
MacRae
Postwar Washington and World War II Leaders Renamed
A column notes postwar humor in Britain with Aneurin Bevan as a sharp tack in the Labour Party. It observes half a million U S Marines discharged postwar and lacking complaints about service. Canada renames Castle Mountain Mt Eisenhower, honoring WWII leaders.
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Washington
Aneurin Bevan
Labor Party
Winston Churchill
Blackpool
Neurin
Ernie
Bevan
Ernest Bevin
Army
Navy
Canada
Castle Mountain
Banff
Lake Louise
Mt. Eisenhower
Roosevelt Names Dominate State Place Names Across U S
Jack Stinnett notes Colorado leads in naming peaks after Franklin D Roosevelt with Mt Frank lin D Roosevelt replacing Mt Wilson. Across the country Roosevelts appear from Minnesota to Texas while many towns bear Truman and Truman-related names. Germany has 13 Berlins listed in the new postal guide.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Colorado
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Truman, Ark
Minn
Trumansburg
N. Y
West Virginia
MacArthur
Minnesota
Texas
Germany
Debating UNO plans and Soviet style measures in the United States
The writer questions Mr. Benton's es bureau aims and accuses UNO official Gavrilovich of viewing the US as totalitarian. He asserts property owners can challenge dispossession in U S courts and predicts a congressional probe into real estate deals and UNO options. He warns against UNO retail outlets under extraterritoriality in Greenwich Stamford or New York.
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Benton
Vastes
Gavrilovich
UNO
United States
Greenwich-Stamford
Greenwich
Stamford
New York
UNO land and tax free stores debated in Sokolsky column
By George Sokolsky discusses ideas of tax free stores in UNO and the legality of ceding U S land to a supranational body. He argues sovereignty remains American, cites Oklahoma’s state formation and eminent domain limits. He questions legal authority and suggests offshore locations to avoid such issues.
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UNO
Congress
United States
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Supreme Court
Bahamas
Jamaica
Captiol Square Brains at North Carolina University Trustees Meeting
An observer notes a high power gathering of trustees and pageantry as the Greater University of North Carolina trustees meet in the house hall. The group includes many women and prominent leaders discussing expansion, faculty salaries, housing, and curriculum growth as enrollments rise.
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University of North Carolina
House of Representatives
House
Fees and standards threaten competent medical care in industry
Lynn Nisbet argues that while the commission may regulate legal and medical fees to aid injured workers, excessive limits risk driving highly capable professionals from the field. He notes resignations from the medical advisory board and a medical society pledge to intervene only in emergencies, warning that too strict supervision could undermine the act protecting industrial workers.
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Industrial Commission
N. C. Medical Society
Cherry
Medical Advisory Board
Medical Society
Commission
The Soviet Election and Its Political System Explored
The piece explains the February Soviet elections, showing how candidates are nominated by mass meetings and local groups, with the Communist Party guiding policy. It notes one party rule, the two chamber Supreme Soviet, and the dominance of party lines over civil liberties.
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John Fisher
Stalin
Zhdanov
Molotov
United States
Hitler
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Spain
Portugal
Russia
Supreme Soviet
Marshal Zhukov
Paul Korobov
Academy of Sciences
Council of People's Commissars
America
Central Committee
Generalissim
Lincoln
Chernyshevsky
Caucasus
Lenin
Sion
Siberian
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High Point Enterprise
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R. B. Terry
H. A. Cecil
Mgr
D. A. Rawley
Robert L. Thompson
Associated Press
Ted
N. C
National Ntative
Lexington Ave
N. T. City
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
United States of America
Jack Stinnett
George Sokolsky
Capitol Square
United
Victor S. Bryant
G. I
State College
Woman's College
Mark Lassiter
Snow Hill
Raleigh
By Lynn Nisbet
Soviet of the Union
Soviet of Nationalities
Mister Breger
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