Progressive group seeks delay to meet election bill demands
The Progressive faction presses to postpone hearings as they demand more time to meet election bill requirements. Committee sessions hint at public hearings later with ex-Progressives and others allowed to argue provisions while observers say obstruction harms their cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kesman
Raymond Maxwell
State Board of Elections
John Hunt
Durham
Senate
William Marshall
Shortages Persist Amid Mixed Springlike Weather Report
The report notes acute shortages amid variable springlike readings with light rain. Warm conditions linger in the far southeast while California stays above normal. North and South Carolina expect cooler days ahead with near freezing mountain temperatures and setbacks from recent highs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Associated Press
North Carolina
South Carolina
Winston-Salem
Hickory
Asheville
Elizabeth City
Rocky Mount
Cherry Point
New Bern
Wilmington
Greensboro
Charlotte
Cape Hatteras
Mt. Mitchell
Raleigh
Florence
Anderson
Myrtle Beach
Spartanburg
Charleston
Columbia
Greenville
Weizmann Israel President Sworn In At Jerusalem Ceremony
Dr. Weizmann was formally inaugurated in Jerusalem at the Jewish Agency building as Arab forces hold the old city. The 120 member assembly elected him on the first ballot after adopting a new constitution. He named David Ben-Gurion to form a new government. Ben-Gurion leads Mapai with 44 seats. Klausner received 15 votes. Beigin-linked Herut backed Klausner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sian
Jewish Agency
Arab Legion
Dr. Weizmann
Israel
Rehobot
Jerusalem
David Ben-Gurion
Ben-Gurion
Mapai Labor Party
Yosef Klausner
Klausner
Herut (Freedom) Party
Menachem Beigin
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Weather notes and stray figures for North Carolina
Fragmentary weather item for North Carolina with scattered garbled phrases. Mentions cool conditions and low temperatures, plus a stray line about prices or values such as 1.00. Content is unclear and partially unreadable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Walt
California Power Project Still High-Voltage Battle
California moves toward delivering power from the Center Valley Project as irrigation lags. Shasta Dam nears completion and Keswick power plant advances with a 1950 goal. Transmission disputes persist with the Reclamation Bureau seeking independent lines and PG&E proposing a paid interconnection, while Congress may fund public lines. Big canals Friant Kern and Delta Mendota race to complete the irrigation network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Vernon
San Francisco
NEA
California
Center Valley
Sacramento
San Joaquin Valley
Congress
80Th Congress
Richard L. Boke
Federal 2
Boke
Shasta
Macemia
Keswick
Reclamation Bureau
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Bureau
New List Congress
Friant-Kern
Friant Dam
Bakersfield
Mendota Pool
Engineers' Ball Sponsors Named At State College
Pictured sponsors for the Engineers' Ball at North Carolina State College are listed with their escorts. The event, in Raleigh Memorial Auditorium, runs Friday and Saturday nights 8 30 to 12, with a Saturday tea dance 3 to 5. Hal McIntyre orchestra provides music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of Engineering
N.C. State College
Raleigh
Memorial Auditorium
Hal McIntyre
Charlotte Bowman
Boone Mill, Va
W. C. (Bull) English
Winston-Salem
Modified Rent Law Expands and Restores Controls
Housing expeditor Tighe Woods urged tighter authority to curb a growing rental black market as supporters and landlords debated extending rent controls. Landlords called controls confiscation, while two major groups opposed mass evictions and favored selective continuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tighe Woods
National Apartment Owners Association
Metropolitan Fair Rent Committee of
New York City
Venezuela Iron Ore Boom Drives World Scale Projects
The report notes rapid progress on lining operations and a pivotal Tracy Pumping Station nearing completion at 12 percent as part of a vast system. It highlights Venezuela’s estimated over a billion tons of high grade iron ore, with American firms conducting early exploration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raine All Charlay
Geial Weathe Bureau
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
Charleston
Charlotte
Mitchel
Tin
Orleans
Chicago
New York
Columbia - Re
Raleigh
Antonie
Galveston
Sparta
Burg High
Washington
Jac Ville
Wilmington
Tracy
Columbia River
Grand Coulee Reservoir
Venezuela
Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial Foundation Emerges
In Franklin County Virginia a replica slave cabin and support buildings form a living memorial to Booker T. Washington. The foundation runs vocational classes for Negro youths in Franklin County and a Roanoke trade school for 174 students. President S. J. Phillips envisions an industrial community with on site skilled labor training and cooperative efforts with white partners. The idea originated with Portia Washington Pitts, and funding financed the purchase of the birth site and master’s home for 7,800 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booker T. Washington
Washington
Virginia
Franklin County
Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial Foundation
Roanoke
Sim Foundation
S. J. Phillips
Tascemnstitute
Alabama
Phillips
Foundation
Ton
Chile
Portia Washington Pitts
Tuskegee
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Lynn Nisbet
Joint Finance Committee
Scott
General Assembly
Legislative
Scotts
Ehringhaus
Assembly
Keping
Widway Drive-In
Tora
Hagan Girl
Ronald Reagan
Shirley Temple
Tyrone Power
Gene Tierney
Durango
Smiley Burnette
Paramount
Louis Hayward
Dennis O'Keefe
Rial
Don Red Barry
Madonna OF the Desert
Johnny Mack Brown
Warner News
Woody Woodpecker
Bucs Bunny Fepeye the Sailor
DIAL
Spike Jones
Beethoven
KIT Theatre
High Point
G. T. Ball
J. R. Pierce
A. C. Ward
Shasta Reservoir
Central Valley
VMA Ganeert Testers, HC
Mt Yorke
Maiss Marty Hinkle Winston Setem
Gineers Council
Olivia Garrett
Roxboro
Lewis Allen
James M. Yorke, Jr
Washington, D. C
Martha Rascoe
Windsor
Hugh Horne
Roanoke Rapids
Jackie Murray
Zeb Jones
Monroe
Marty Hinkle
Fred W. Butner
Peggy Corrider
Newton
Duard C. Linn
Landis
Antss
S$. Main Street
Cecile
Booker T. Washington's
Ideas Spark Foundation
Gewest
N. Main
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