Playmaker Hoped to Write Play Finds Self Acting
Estelle Ritchie stars as Mrs Candor in the Carolina Playmakers production of School for Scandal at 8 p.m. Thursday at the junior high auditorium. She pursued playwriting at UNC between acting roles and has a Rockefeller assistantship while directing and helping with costumes. Tickets available at Ingrams Pharmacy Manns Drug Ring Harris Pharmacy or from local American Legion members.
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Mrs. Candor
Carolina Playmakers
School For Scandal
University of North
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School For
Mrs. Candour
Miss Ritchie
Irene Smart
Boston
Mass
Chapel Hill
Peg O' My Heart
The
Joan of Lorraine
University At Chapel Hill
Rockefeller
Samuel Selden
Ingram’s Pharmacy
Mann's Drug No. 2
Ring- Harris Pharmacy
American Legion
Shadwell
Tax policy prospects amid prosperity and wartime controls
The article discusses the need for higher taxes to cut the national debt during prosperous times. It points to corporation rates and upper bracket incomes as primary sources for revenue. It notes a likely request by Mr. Truman for mandatory allocation powers over scarce materials to ensure industry cooperation, with an extension sought beyond the Feb. 28 expiration.
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Truman
Death Toll Report by State Scores in Draft List
A list shows death counts and game scores by state including Pennsylvania 15-6 Rhode Island 1-0 South Carolina 2-3 South Dakota 0-0 Tennessee 2-0 Texas 15-12 Utah 0-2 Vermont 1-0 Virginia 5-0 Washington 3-16 West Virginia 3-0 Wisconsin 4-3 Wyoming 3-0 and District of Columbia 0-0.
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Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
District of Columbia
Randolph Man Murdered as Three Held in Connection
Asheboro January 3 a Randolph county farmer Edgar Melvin Cain 37 was found dead with shotgun wounds after an overnight search. Autey Lee Brown 27 is in jail along with Marvin Staley 25 and Wade Morgan held for investigation. Cain had planned a Friday meeting about a call and left home with his pickup truck.
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Randolph County
Ben Morgan
Autey Lee Brown
Edgar Melvin Cain
Morgan
Cain
Holly Springs Friends Church
Marvin Staley
Wade Brady
Brown
Sheriff's Department
Robot Plane Surpasses Sound Barrier In British Tests
British scientists at Farnborough unveil an $80,000 robot flying lab 11 feet long weighing 900 pounds that achieved speeds above sound in level flight. The craft, a month 3 to 4 report, relayed back detailed data on wing behavior during sonic passage as tests continue.
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London
Flying Laboratory
Royal Aircraft Establishment
Farnborough
United States Army Air Force
George M Barnard Dies in Capital At 67
Washington January 3 A heart attack killed George M Barnard 67 of New Castle Indiana a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission for over four years He was named by President Roosevelt May 31 1944 to fill the unexpired term of Joseph Eastman ending December 31 1950 He served as ICC chairman in 1946 during the rotation system
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Washington
VPI
George M. Barnard
New Castle
Ind
Interstate Commerce Commission
Barnard
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Joseph B. Eastman
1CC
Post-War South Building Contracts Hit 1948 High
Building contracts in 16 southern states reached a post war high of 2 830 038 000 dollars in 1948, with public construction totaling 1 508 867 000 and private 1 321 171 000. Public building rose 80 percent from 1947, including 354 499 000 for schools and 274 850 000 for hospitals. Dwight W Winkelman predicted 1949 would mirror 1948, though industrial and public utility declines might offset gains.
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Baltimore
South
Manufacturers Record
Record
Dwight W. Winkelman
Associated General Contractors
North Carolina legislature readies for new session
Nominations at caucuses are viewed as elections with Democrats holding large majorities. The assembly meets at noon Wednesday with Ramsay expected to win the House speaker post and contests in several clerk and reading clerk races. In the Senate J C Pittman and Julian Allsbrook vie for president pro tem while Lt Governor Ballentine presides over sessions. Major business includes $80 million surplus disposal and a potential $200 million road bond plan or five cent gas tax increase as the state outlines Scott road program.
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Annie Cooper
Raleigh
Walter Lee Horton
Jefferson Wilson
Biscoe
Ray Byerly
Sanford
Robert P. Rasberry
Kinston
Herman W. Scott
Chatham
L. Y. Ballentine
Senate
Taylor
Thad Eure
Assembly
Scott
Capital Square
Weather Outlook for North Carolina Turned Warmer
Mostly cloudy and warmer conditions with showers in the mountains today and in the west tonight. Tuesday will be cloudy with winds and rain then turning colder by Wednesday after a milder Tuesday. Sun calendar notes January 4, 1949 with sunrise at 7:31 and sunset at 5:19.
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North Carolina
Farmer loses $1000 prize on technicality
Tobaccoville farmer Robert M. Doub failed to enter the North Carolina corn growing contest and thus did not win the $1000 prize. F. L. Albritton of Lagrange took first with 148.26 bushels on one acre. Doub produced 180.6 bushels but was disqualified by not entering. He vows to enter next year.
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Robert M. Doub
Tobaccoville
Doub
North Carolina
F. L. Albritton
Lagrange
S. R. Mitchiner
Forsyth
G O P Old Guard Wins Rebellion Over Taft Policy Leader
In Washington on January 3 the Republican old guard crushed a liberal GOP revolt, clearing Taft of Ohio for re election as party policy leader. The vote was 29 to 13 to change the rules allowing Taft to continue beyond four years in the post.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Tobey
Plane crash in hangar injures none. survivors aided
Inside a hangar a crash sparked by a slick runway left flames as workers pulled out survivors. Inspector Fred H. Godfrey reported he was telephoning when the crash occurred and recalled a loud explosion. Pilot William Chavers and second officer Kenny Love, both Seattle, were aboard as engines appeared to function before the craft dipped and swerved.
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Fred H. Godfrey
Brown
William Chavers
Seattle
I Kenny Love
Professors Demand Barefoot Walk by Education Commissioner
In Canton on January 3, professors at National Sun Yat Sen University urged Education Commissioner Chun Siu-chieh to walk barefoot through the city in protest over his alleged insult to the school. Chun refused, saying he voiced public opinion and did not apologize.
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National Sun Yat Sen University
Chun Siuchieh
Chu
Red Police Army in Germany Reported at 42000 Strength
Western intelligence estimates place the eastern German communist police army at 42 000 troops with potential to reach 100 000 in 1949. They warn against overestimates of current or future fighting power and note the force would mainly enforce communist will during civil disorder.
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Red Police Army
Germany
Berlin
Elbe
Commounist
Police-Army
Peoples Army
Couple Is Married By Young Minister In Long Beach
A sailor Raymond Miller 23 and Alma Brown 21 of Long Beach were wed by five year old minister Marpoe Gortner who was ordained last October by the Old Time Faith church. The wedding occurred yesterday with his two year old brother Pat assisting. The couple are honeymooning today aboard their ship the USS St. Paul.
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Calif
Marpoe Gortner
Old Time Faith Church
Pat
Raymond Miller
St. Paul
Alma Brown
Opening lead puzzle in 1949 bridge hand
The column presents a bridge problem where the declarer wins with a safety play. West holds a singleton diamond, and the correct line is to cash the ace of diamonds then lead a small diamond, ensuring two trumps in dummy to ruff the remaining diamonds. If you go down, simply reshuffle and try another hand.
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Declarer
West
East
Alabama Has No 1 Baby For This Year
Leonard Blake Gunnells of Prattville Ala is America's No 1 baby under a new nationwide registration system. Born New Year’s Day he weighs nine pounds and carries serial number 101-49-000001. State director Ralph W Robert explains Alabama’s alphabetical lead Autauga county Prattville as first town. The system assigns state year and state order digits. Also noted are estimates of one million Americans disabled by rheumatic diseases and that trucks carry 57 percent of livestock shipped to stockyards.
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Ala
America
Leonard Blake Gunnells
Prattville
Oliver Gunnells
Ralph W. Robert
Vital Statistics
Alabama
Autauga County
Autauga
National Association of Registration Officials
Rankin May Lose Place On Committee
Washington January 3 The House Un American Activities Committee nears losing its co founder Rep John E Rankin D Miss as Ways and Means Democrats move to bypass him for a committee seat The plan hinges on a rule that a chairman cannot hold another committee membership Rankin aims to chair the Veterans Affairs panel but vows to resist giving it up, claiming the move is to kill the committee.
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John E. Rankin
D-Miss
House
Rankin
Ways and Means Committee
Democratic Committee
Un-American Activities Committee
Veterans Affairs Committee
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