Justices Split as Vinson Leads Court in Hatch Act Rulings
The Supreme Court divided on three Hatch Act cases with nine opinions. Chief Justice Vinson faced a hard day as four justices offered mixed views while Jackson faulted the ruling allowing tax money for transporting children to Catholic schools, urging clearer church state separation.
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Washington
Ican
Fred M. Vinson
Supreme Court
Hatch
Vinson
Jackson
Tas Julia
Philanthropies Get Tax Money
D. Hidden, general manager of the Citizen-Times, said in Charlotte that about 94 percent of state taxes excluding highway income, totaling 67 million dollars, funded philanthropic uses such as education health services and care of the aged mentally deficient and delinquent, while roughly six percent supported government machinery like courts and the legislature.
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Charlotte
People Citizen- Times
Second Presbyterian Church
Fossils Show Tars Ter Mites Existed 55 Million Years Ago
Fossil evidence indicates ter mites were present in their modern form about 55 million years ago, well before the emergence of humans.
Edison Legacy and Inventions Highlight a 100th Birthday Tribute
The piece traces Thomas A. Edison born February 11, 1847 in Milan Ohio to October 18, 1931 in Orange New Jersey. It notes more than 1 200 patents and numerous improvements and highlights key inventions from telegraphy to the phonograph and electric light.
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Edison
Thomas Alva Edison
Milan
Ohio
Orange
N. J
Buffon
George Westinghouse
Menlo Park
West Orange
British Girl Plans to Wed West Virginia Veteran
Eileen Edwards, an English girl, plans to marry West Virginia coal miner William Theodore Crabtree after her parents in England consented via cable. She had previously refused to marry Arnold Buesing of Nebraska and left him in North Carolina. Consul Tryvell says the visa issue must be addressed by immigration authorities.
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Eileen Edwards
West Virginia
England
William
Theodore Crabtree
Superior
Eileen
Arnold Buesing
Neb
Yadkinville
N. C
Crabtree
Buesing
C. F. Tryvell
Cincinnati
One Minute Test Answers and Etiquette Hints
This item presents a short quiz on Abraham Lincoln ancestry and early career, plus etiquette guidance for addressing governors. It notes Lincoln’s forbears nationality, his 1834 appointment as Postmaster of New Salem, and his Illinois state legislature election in 1834.
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Illinois
New Salem
Nine Radio Station Applications Filed Before Freeze
The communications commission reports nine applications for new radio stations from North Carolina before the Friday deadline of the station freeze. Entities include Ashoskie Roanoke-Chowan Broadcasting Co. and several Greensboro groups applying for 1 KW daytime or unlimited power at 790 to 1400 KC with 250 W to 1 KW.
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Washington
the Communications Commission
North Carolina
Ashoskie
Roanoke - Chowan Broadcasting Co., Inc
Charlotte
T. Julian Skinner, Jr
Elizabeth City
the Advance, Inc
Gastonia
Gastonia Broadcasting Service Inc
Greensboro
Paul H. Chapman
Greensboro News Company
Gilbert M. Hutchison
Guilford Broadcasting Company
Newton
Earl Holder
Newton Broadcasting Co
Pasadena incident report sparks police inquiry
An excited man notified police about a nearly nude body found on a roof near Oates Street, prompting a disturbance response and an investigation by officers in Pasadena California.
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Pasadena
Calif
Kether
Nickel Candy Sign and Glassblowing Milestone
A Times Square drug store may display nickel candy at five cents while a history note recalls glassblowing emerging in the third century B C, transforming ancient production methods.
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New York
Times Square
B. C
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Rey
Alexander Graham Bell
W. A. Bivins
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Mademoiselle
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