Spindle Expansion Plan Aims To Bolster Japan Trade
Federal study proposes Japan add 3,500,000 spindles across 10 textile plants to raise exports and domestic living standards. Lt. Col. H S Tate notes the goal is self sufficiency, with output projections of 258 million pounds of cotton products for export and 427 560 funds for domestic use annually. The report also references global distribution of the olive tree.
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Fed
Japan
H. S. Tate
Clemson, C
Texile Division
Funeral Rites for Mrs H V Hendrix Held at West End
Funeral services for Mrs. Hendrix of 327 Ennis Street were conducted at the West End Baptist Church with Rev. Guth and Rev. Conner officiating. Interment was in Floral Garden Park cemetery. Pallbearers included Coy Crawford Roy Carter Lonnie Howard Elliott and Glenn Kiarle. Floral tributes were sent from Picket Cotton mill. A sextet sang during the service with Mrs. W C Guth at the piano.
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Hendrix
Ennis Street
West End
Aptist
W. ©. Guth
M. C. Conor
Opposition argues on industry bargaining and closed shop ban
Beirne warns congress that an industry wide bargaining prohibition would cause chaos and servitude. NFTW leaders oppose outlawing the closed shop arguing unions must survive as militant, responsible bodies amid debate over labor rules. The Spanish monarchy historically took one fifth of New World treasure.
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Beirne
Congress
NFTW
New World
Senate Backing $4.5 Billion Tax Cut Plan Emerges
The Senate, delaying resumption of its debate, appeared likely to back a $4.5 billion tax cut proposal from Finance Committee Chairman Millikin of Colorado. Before the House met, Republicans Engel and Curtis released speeches urging a full $6 billion reduction.
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Senate
Nick
Millikin
Rcolo
House
Engel
Mick
Curtis
Ned
Republicans Pass Rule Blocking Amendments to Economy Bill
House Republicans won the first test in cutting 6 billion from President Truman’s budget by approving a rule barring amendments to their economy resolution. Democrats cried gag and Czarist rule as GOP ranks stood firm, 289 to 178 on party lines. Rayburn warned the slash could push millions abroad toward communism.
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Washington
House
Truman
Rayburn
Texas
Taft Curtis Byrd demand deep cuts in war and navy budgets
Taft and Curtis push for a five billion dollar reduction in war and navy appropriations arguing a 15 percent cut could save 2.55 billion while maintaining national defense. They challenge Eisenhower Patterson Forrestal and Nimitz to accept smaller outlays and criticize waste in chauffeurs and luxury items. Byrd backs the broader cut but rejects harming defense.
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Engel
Army
War and Navy Departments
Nning
Eisenhower
Patterson
Navy
Forrestal
Air Corps
General Eisenhower
Nimitz
Curtis
Congress
Nebraskan
War Department
America
Byrd
D-Va
Senate
Taft
Ex convict shoots Pierce in street ambush near elevated station
Andrew Aitken deputy chief of detectives warned officers to be ready. Pierce alighted from the elevated train and walked into the street where McCabe and Schuster opened fire. Pierce fell mortally wounded and was found with a revolver and wire on him. The ambush followed a call Pierce made to Wheaton. Pierce had previously shot his niece Virginia Szeremet, injuring two others.
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Andrew Aitken
Pierce
McCabe
Darrell E. Schuster
Wheaton
Aitken
Pittsboro Couple Seeks Divorce Here
Divorce action filed in municipal court by Pittsboro attorney for Eva Revels seeking separation from J. B. Revels with alleged separation dating to 1941. Includes a note on United States life insurance in force totaling 155,778,000,000 in 1945.
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Pittsboro
Hield
Eva Revels
J. B. Revels
United States
Duncan's Ensemble Captures New Generation in New York
Raymond Duncan, 72, famed for bare legs and home made wardrobe, tours New York in his first U.S. visit in decades. He espouses a "new theater" lifestyle, runs the Akademia in Paris, and shaped crafts, lectures, and free performances while recounting wartime trials and refugee work.
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New York
NEA
China
Duncan
Isadora
Prince of Wales
Bob
Hubbard
Europe
United States
Paris
Greece
Acropolis
Epirus
Albania
Akademia
Raymond Duncan
Gestapo
Venizelos
Asia Minor
California
Vermont
Freezing Rain Squalls Hit Spartanburg and Nearby Areas
Freezing ice covered the region with .27 inches of freezing rain reported in the area. Spartanburg recorded a low of 27 degrees and .41 inches of freezing rain while Greenville found a thin ice coating. Florence endured a low of 34 with a trace of rain.
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Spartanburg
Greenville
Florence
J A Ridge 76 Former Merchant Dies In Hospital
James Alson Ridge aged 76, longtime city merchant, died at a local hospital Wednesday after noon. Born October 2, 1870 in Randolph County, he married Ora Jane Lackey in 1892 and leaves four sons, five daughters, 19 grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, a brother and a sister. Funeral services set for Friday at 2 pm at Hoover's Grove Methodist church with interment in the church cemetery.
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James Alson Ridge
Randolph County
Alson A
Lucinda Hoover Ridge
Ora Jane Lackey
C. W. Ridge
Hoover's Grove Methodist Church
O. L. Easter
Liberty
Chas. McDowell
Hoover's Grove Church
Welborn Street
Co Operative Club Discusses Events and Wake Forest Expansion
The Co-Operative club met at the Sheraton with President F E R Anderson presiding. Plans were set for a ladies night March 25 at the country club and a new Co-Operative club to open in Winston Salem March 4 as the fifth in North Carolina. Dr Sankey Blandon spoke on Wake Forest College noting its 102 year charter and current enrollment over 2 000, citing space constraints and expansion plans to Winston Salem. L Garner Jr attended as a visitor.
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Co-Operative Club
Sheraton Hotel
F E. R. Anderson
Winston- Salem
North Carolina
R. L. Freeman
Sankey Blandon
Wake Forest College
First Baptist Church
United States
Blandon
Caroling
South
Theer
Wake Forest
Wilmington
L. Garner, Jr
License Law Overhaul Caps Punishments and Fees
The proposed bill tightens motorist penalties with misdemeanor charges for violations and a $200 minimum fine for driving after suspension. It authorizes a $300,000 highway fund loan repaid by $1 fees per nation and requires examiner renewals every four years. Drivers would face stricter suspensions and potential revocations, with reinstatement after time served.
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Highway Fund
Auffeurs
Senate bill seeks highway safety improvements
Raleigh report notes a senate introduction of a highway safety bill while the House passes a broad measure to split the division of game and Inland fisheries from the Department of Conservation and Development. Only a few votes against the separation bill were recorded as it moves to the senate.
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Raleigh
Senate
House
Department of Conservation and Development
Speed limits and penalties outlined in state bill
The proposal sets 20 mph in business districts 25 mph in residential areas and 50 mph on other highways with local authority to raise limits but not exceed 50 mph. Violations carry jail up to six months or fines to $500 or both. Drunk driving penalties start at 100 to 1000 dollars or 30 days to one year, escalating on further convictions. Additional speeding and reckless driving penalties apply with escalating fines and jail terms. The bill also frames a safety program and rights to use streets without danger.
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General Assembly
Joint Finance Committee
Joint Appropriations Committee
House
Appropriations
Edwin Gill
Rep. Worthington
Pitt
Sen. Weathers
Cleveland
State Agriculture Department
Comte 1
Child Reaches Out Arms For Its Abductor
In Toledo Ohio on February 20 a fourteen month old Donnie Waltman cried and stretched toward a woman in the back of a police car while the baby's captors, Mr and Mrs Robert Hambarger, face kidnapping charges in Neosho Missouri. Mrs Virginia M Waltman arrived in Toledo with Neosho police chief Rod Ratliff for the reunion. The mother says she handed over Donnie with the understanding she and her other children would join later. She says she has heard nothing since.
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Toledo
Donnie Waltman
Ees
Robert Hambarger
Virginia M. Waltman
Neosho
Hambargers
Ms. Waltman
Estate of Duella Bradshaw Awarded Damages
The estate of Duella Bradshaw, a Black woman, won a $6,000 damages verdict against Guy Grimes Jr. of High Point in a Lexington superior court civil case. Jurors found the Bradshaw death resulted from a collision between the passenger car she rode in and Grimes's car near Jamestown. The administrator, Wilbur C. Thomas of Lexington, had filed for $10,000.
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Duella Bradshaw
Guy Grimes, Jr
High Point
Lexington
Bradshaw
Jamestown
Grimes
Wilbur C. Thomas
War Surplus Inquiry Planned for 150000 Joint Probe
Senate and house investigators outlined a $150,000 joint inquiry into disposal of war surpluses cost in the billions. Senator Ferguson of Michigan said the probe will not be a dead horse investigation and will address future billions in surplus property to be sold. Ferguson will lead the Senate expenditures subcommittee with a House counterpart in the hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Ferguson
R-Mich
Bridges names 10 potential AEC chair nominees
Senator Bridges lists ten alternatives including Ernest Hopkins and George Meany for the AEC chair. He singles out David Lilienthal as unacceptable, labeling him an extreme left winger and Russia appeaser. Other named figures include Baruch La Follette Forrestal Whittemore Sullivan Brown and Winston, all praised as outstanding Americans fit for the post.
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Bridges
Byrnes
AFL
George Meany
Atomic Energy Commission
David E. Lilienthal
Truman
New Hampshire
Lilienthal
Russia
Ernest Martin Hopkins
Darmouth College
Hanover
N. H
Bernard M. Baruch
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
James Forrestal
Lawrence F. Whittemore
Boston Federal Reserve Bank
John L. Sullivan
Navy
S H. Brown
Johns Manville Corp
Henry M. Winston
University At
Providence
Reds Press Veto Clash on Atomic Matters at Security Council
Reds demand veto cannot apply to atomic matters especially punishment of offenders in atomic control. Russia insists veto stays as is and wants atomic controls within the Security Council. US seeks a single treaty packaging controls safeguards and all atomic development while Russia calls for immediate non use convention and a separate controls framework.
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Security Council
Russia
United States
Devel T
Atomic Energy For Peace
Fragmented note on revenue bill and meeting agenda
A fragmented text indicates discussion of a revenue bill at upcoming meetings this week and next week. It mentions active floor consideration and rent implications but lacks clear names, dates, or places.
Markets Drift Higher With Few Stocks Leading
New York February 20 A handful of issues edged toward recovery while many leaders lag due to weak bids. Du Pont John Manville U S Gypsum Woolworth Public Service of N J and Great Northern showed resilience while Standard Oil NJ Southern Pacific Chesapeake and Ohio Allied Chemical Westinghouse Bethlehem Western Union A and General Electric underperformed. Cotton futures opened steady to up with Mar May and Dec contracts showing minor gains amid mixed quotes.
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New York
du Pont
Johnn- Manville
U.S. Gypsum
Woolworth
Public Service of N. J
Great Northern
Standard Oil
Southern Pacific
Chesapeake & Ohio
Allied Chemical
Westinghouse
Bethlehem
Western Union
General Electric
Britain weighs complete withdrawal from India amid cabinet crisis
Britain prepares for possible full evacuation of the Indian subcontinent within a year as disputes between the Moslem League and the Hindu led Congress deepen. New Delhi reports indicate officers and ranks plan to return home next month with military priorities delaying departures until at least June. Nehru presses Wavell to oust the five Moslem cabinet members.
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Congress Party
Moslem League
Attlee
Britain
all-India Congress Party
India
New Delhi
England
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Wavell
Radio Stolen From Home by Impostor Repairman
Mrs. F. J. Turner of Barker Street reported to High Point police the larceny of her radio valued at 37 dollars by an 18 year old boy posing as a City Radio shop messenger. He collected the radio Tuesday and promised return by 6 p.m, but it had not been recovered.
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F. J. Turner
Barker Street
High Point
Building permits issued for store, service station and repairs
City building inspector issued permits totaling 7777 for three projects. R G Garland 215 Woodrow St $3500 one story store on North Wrenn St. J A Walden Rt 5 High Point $3077 fire repairs at 2211 English St. J O Whittington 406 Carter St $1200 service station on East Green St.
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R. G. Garland
Woodrow Street
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Don Ameche
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Rial
Andy Clyde
H. V. Hendrix
Ted Donaldson
Margaret Linsay
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Gene Tierney
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