Referendum urged on sale of wine and liquor in state
Senator Penny of Guilford introduced a bill calling for a statewide referendum on wine and liquor sales with allied church league backing. The measure, likely for November 4, would exempt domestically produced light wines. Penny's bill went to the finance committee.Senate action followed debates on liquor limits and other bills as lawmakers push reform.
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Raleigh
Penny
Guilford
Allied Church League
Mull
Cleveland
League
Greensboro
North Carolina
House
Finance Committee
Gray
Forsyth
Senate
Cadogan Pushes Gromyko For Clear Scope Of Arms Panel
Sir Alexander Cadogan pressed Andrei Gromyko for a definite answer on whether the proposed arms reduction commission would encroach on the atomic energy commission. Britain France and Colombia backed a clear scope limiting the panel to conventional weaponry, while Russia resisted a specific statement in the resolution.
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N. Y
Alexander Cadogan
United Nations Security Council
Andrei A. Gromyko
Russia
Cadogan
United Nations
Arms Commission
Atomic Commission
Gromkyo
Great Britain
France
Columbia
U. S
Austin
Balbones
Associated Press
Gromyko
Speflt
Arms Reduction Commission
Atomic Energy Commission
United States
U. N
Il Nation
Unnec
Bequests of Gardner Total 587000
Bequests of 587000 to education and charity groups and to friends are in the will of O Max Gardner filed in Cleveland county probate. Remainder goes to widow Fay Webb Gardner and three children. Executors include Wachovia Bank and Trust. A 250000 Gardner foundation trust funds beneficiaries and a 100000 life policy to that foundation. Details name Ralph and O Max Gardner Jr and others. A 165000 trust for James W Gardner's two children is noted.
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Shelby
North Carolina
O. Max Gardner
Cleveland County
Great Britain
New York
London
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company of
Charlotte
Gardner Foundation
Fay Webb Gardner
Ralph
O. Max Gardner, Jr
Short Hills
N. J
Margaret Love Gardner
Lilienthal Case Arises as TVA Employee Testifies
James L. Smith of Knoxville testifies before the Senate Atomic Committee that the Tennessee Valley Authority fired him for opposing communism in TVA. He says he has no proof Lilienthal approved or promoted communism. TVA cited unsatisfactory service. Lincoln’s birthday slows work as committees press on with major developments.
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Washington
James L. Smith
Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Smith
Senate Atomic Committee
Truman
David E. Lilienthal
TVA
American Atomic Energy Developments
Lilienthal
Senate
House
Lincoln
Milton W. Arnold
Air Transport Asso
Planning Of Family Urged By Methodist Bishop Oxnam
Detroit February 12. Methodist Bishop G Bromley Oxnam urged planned parenthood saying it is better to rear a family of four or five healthy children than to breed 20. He linked planning to sacred patriotic obligation and opposed views that restrict marriage to procreation only, labeling other intercourse as lust.
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Detroit
G. Bromley Oxnam
New York
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Electricity Further Cut In England
The Ministry of Fuel and Power announced extended domestic electricity restrictions for all England tomorrow with five hour daily cuts from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. In the southwest hours are 9 to noon and 2 to 4 p.m. Night street lighting will blackout. Gas users urged economy to protect essential industries.
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London
Ministry of Fuel and Power
Board of Trade
Dole
Britain
Attlee
England
Fuel Ministry
Scotland
Midlands
Advance New Army Set Up At Meeting
The House Armed Services Committee disclosed plans to cut the regular army by nearly 200000 and set up an M day force of 1750000 trained troops within a year. Expansion to 5500000 is linked to universal training and reserve mobilization, depending on international events. President Truman's July budget forecasts a 1070000 strong standing army for the fiscal year ahead. The three point program includes universal training merger of forces and coordinated R and D. The briefing followed a Pentagon meeting with Secretary of War Patterson General Eisenhower and other officials.
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Washington
War Department
House Armed Services Committee
Truman
Congress
Pentagon
Patterson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Labor Board Under Fire Over Weirton Strike Fight
Earl F. Reed attorney for the Wierton steel plant accuses the National Labor Relations Board of trying to wipe out the independent union at Weirton. Forney Johnston of the National Coal Association says a new mine strike is inevitable by July 1 unless royalty or legal changes prevent strikes. Reed claims NLRB planted its own reps in CIO circles to coach organizers and that board officials attended secret meetings where bribes were paid to induce betrayals. He urges Wagner Act revisions to recognize independent unions and restore faith in the legal system.
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Washington
Earl F. Reed
Wierton Steel Company
National Labor Relations Board
West Virginia
Reed
Senate Labor Committee
Forney Johnston
National Coal Association
John L. Lewis
Johnston
Congress
NLRB
Wierton
CIO
Weirton
Government Resumes Land Purchases to Expand Forests
The national forest reservation commission resumes private land purchases after wartime pause, approving 114,444 acres in 22 states for 536,582 dollars. Most land is timber and watershed protection oriented, averaging 4.88 dollars per acre. largest tract 24,588 acres at 122,940 dollars near Maysville North Carolina for Croatan forest.
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Washington
National Forest System
National Forest Reservation Commission
Maysville
N. C
Croatan National Forest
North Carolina
South Carolina
Europe’s Cold Wave Deepens Offensives and Hardship
Emergency food drops by air reach English villages isolated by a month of winter storms. Britain faces its worst cold in 50 years, with large parts ice bound. Germany, the low countries and Scandinavia endure bitter weather as Finland contends with coal and grain shortages amid looting and supply fears.
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London
Britain
England
Germany
Low Countries
Scandinavia
France
Finland
Helsinki
Congressional Library Receives Lincoln Manuscript
The 1859 Lincoln autobiography draft, used to boost his reputation, was presented to the Library of Congress on Lincoln's 138th birth anniversary. Rev. Robert Dale Richardson accepted the manuscript. Jesse Fell and others helped publicize Lincoln’s background to aid his 1860 election.
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Niversary
Lincoln
Library of Congress
Robert Dale Richardson
Medford
Mass
Richardson
Jesse W. Fell
Fell
Bloomington
Pantograph
East
Stephen A. Douglas
Douglas
Congress
Jospeh L. Lewis
Westchester
Pennsylvania
Chester County Times
Folger Seeks 7.2 Million for N C Flood Control
Representative Folger plans to ask Congress to appropriate 7.2 million dollars for North Carolina flood control, saying four dams along the Reddies and Wilkesboro areas could be completed within three years if full funding is provided. No funds have yet been appropriated for the program.
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Washington
Folger
D-Nc
Congress
North Carolina
Army
Wilkesboro
Upper Wilkesboro
Ferguson
Reddies River
North Wilkesboro
Mulberry
Doctor Harrison Donates 27500 for College Endowment
Dr. N M Harrison vice president of High Point College confirmed a $27 500 trust fund to be used for building or endowment at a later date. He said the gift was not intended for publicity and was arranged before the college advance program began.
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N. M. Harrison
High Point College
Jurist Rules In His Favor: Talmadge Governor Of Georgia
Superior Judge Walter Hendrix ruled Herman Tal madge is the legal governor of Georgia, upholding the legislature’s right to elect and install a governor after the death of Eugene Talmadge. Lieut. Gov. Thompson plans an appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court. The decision followed a dispute with Judge Porter’s earlier ruling and supporters debate the gubernatorial succession.
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General Assembly
Hendrix
Henry County
Rome
Ude Porter
Talmadge
Thompson
Georgia Supreme Court
High Court
Porter
Eme Court
Atlanta
Associated Press
Georgia
Father Signs Robbery Paper Against Son
Detroit February report says Horace Kendrick 24 is held on an armed robbery warrant signed by his father Ira Kendrick 53 who accuses him of entering a $480 family home. The father’s words, I’ve done anything I could for you, reflect strained family ties as police note the son’s six prior arrests since 1939.
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Detroit
Horace Kendrick
Ira Kendrick
Rastot
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