Key Man in Greensboro Liquor Referendum Decision
The piece centers on State Senator George Penny as the pivotal figure who will decide whether Greensboro gains a local liquor referendum. It notes local support and opposition, the roles of Rep. Shelley Caveness and other figures, and questions Penny’s stance while predicting outcomes depend on his choice. It frames the issue as premature without Penny’s clear position.
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Greensboro
R. Murphy Williams
George Penny
Penny
Shelley Caveness
House
Caveness
Senate
ABC
Greensburgher
Roy Morgan
Morgan
Big 3 Rise as 1949 Legislature Looms
Lieutenant Governor and Speaker Kerr Craige Ramsey hold power to appoint committees and direct bill referrals. They stand as the potential kingmakers alongside Governor Kerr Scott, with party dynamics and cooperation shaping whether the 1949 session moves smoothly or stalls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. Taylor
Senate
Kerr Craige Ramsey
State Assembly
Kerr Scott
Supreme court decision sways state anti closed shop efforts
Capitol Square reacts to a unanimous Supreme Court decision in the closed shop cases affecting Arizona Nebraska and New Mexico laws. Attorney General Harry McMullan and staff celebrate the victory after arguing the case last fall with Ralph Moody assisting. The ruling is seen as a major influence on possible repeal efforts of North Carolina’s right to work law.
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United States Supreme Court
Arizona
Nebraska
New Mexico
Capitol Square
North Carolina
Harry McMullan
McMullan
Ralph Moody
Local officials push for more state funding and autonomy
North Carolina local leaders, during a Raleigh meeting with municipal and press groups, demand greater share of gasoline money and more control over road funds and local programs. They expect limited gains in the upcoming legislature but seek increased consideration from state authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Legislative Committee
The
League of Municipalities
Raleigh
Effect of decision on 1949 general assembly debate
At offices around the square discussions centered on how a recent decision would influence 1949 state legislation. Some saw it complicating the hot issue while others believed it would cool the debate and ease lawmaking. Most expected efforts to repeal or soften the state law by amendments, with a general view that the U S court has reduced the problem and repeal is unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
United States Court
Truman
Secret Service
Casual Comment By W. A. Bivins on Mayor Phillips
The columnist explains he avoids snap judgments about public figures from his windowed corner in High Point. A reader defends Mayor Earl Phillips, calling him square and above board, noting personal sacrifices and loyalty to the city.
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Phillips
Earl Phillips
High Point
Weather forecasts meet old and new methods in 1948 outlook
The piece contrasts The Old Farmer’s Almanac claims with the U S Weather Bureau, noting recent vagaries in weather. It cites a March 1909 misprediction at Taft’s inauguration and reports a Carolina forecast of wind and rain by Greensboro High Point airport. It ends with a reminder not to blame forecasters for the weather.
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Old Farmer's Almanac
Yankee, Inc
Dublin
N. H
United States Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Washington
D. C
William Howard Taft
America
Caribbean
Carolinas
Greensboro High Point
Ohio River
Lamb Chops Lesson from a Groaning Memory
A narrator recalls buying three lamb chops with excess fat and mocks the taste for lamb. The reflection on meat choices ends with a vow to avoid lamb-chops in future meals, preferring them only if on the hoof.
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Lew Doestader
Cookie
Stray Lamb Teaches Lesson From Wolf Story
A young school teacher finishes a tale about a lamb that strays and is eaten by a wolf. A boy acknowledges the lamb would have been eaten if it had not wandered, underscoring a grim moral in a simple classroom moment.
Red-headed pigment and postwar displaced in Europe
The article notes that red headed people have iron in their hair pigment. It states about one million displaced persons remained in Europe by end of 1946. It adds that the Big Dipper can function as a clock and calendar with some study.
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Europe
Summersby recounts Eisenhower Berlin surrender scene
Kay Summersby describes the Berlin surrender with Eisenhower, Zhukov, and Tedder in a chaotic champagne fueled ceremony. The AP report and Summersby offer a critical view of wartime communications and press secrecy amid a drunken celebration at 5 am.
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Kay Summersby
Eisenhower
Berlin
Vienna
Moscow
Beetle
Smith
Marshal Zhukov
Inaugural Work For Government By 20000 Female Hand Ties
Washington reports that the government printing office will hire a crew of women to hand tie the bows on 20000 inaugural programs. Senator Hayden notes the move as a practical duty for government staffers amid preparations for Truman's presidency. A retiree lighthouse keeper in Maine tops the lobbyist registry for 1948, serving as secretary to the Retired Lighthouse Service Employees Association and pledging no pay for lobbying.
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Washington
Carl Hayden
Arizona
Government Printing Office
Thomas A. Lee
South Portland
Lighthouse Service Employes Association
Winchell In New York Gossip and Key Suppositions
Lin Yutang furious at daughter's Paris merger and orders return to U S. Pamela Churchill wants conversion to Catholicism reported in London. Marlene Dietrich storms off Parisian Fifth Avenue. Graziano defeated in spirit possibly ending career. Anna May Wong ill and broke. Duke of Leeds and Mrs Young riveted. Prince Regent Charles estranged from Queen. Churchill reduces cigars to fifteen daily. Time Life chief Luce loyalty checks. Schlamm a noted Austrian communist in youth. Best Dressed List grievance. Schmeling in trouble with German authorities. Virginia Hill’s bodyguard towers over Mexico City. Park Avenue serenade ends in banjo wreck. Benny Goodman at Stork Club Jan 7. Gretchen Merrill’s bad weeks. Economist optimism forecast for 1949. Steel price drop costs big trader millions. Major Wall Street law firm in scandal over executor. Muses to celebrate 25th anniversary. Windsor inheritance drama. Judy Parrish’s son sings Chanukah at school. Pet cemetery bars dogs for color. Eli Casses welcome Christmas birth. New Republic careers questioned. John Kieran ponders train choices on 59th Street Station.
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Lin Yutang
U. S
Paris
Pamela Churchill
Marlene Dietrich
5Th Avenue
I. S. Patcevitch
Winthrop Gardiners
Roney
Rocky Graziano
Anna May Wong
Duke of Leeds
A. Young
Belgium
Charles
Brussels
W. Churchill
Byron Foy
Max Schmeling
Germany
J. Louis
Virginia Hill
Mexico City
Amazon
Park Avenue
Keddidge
S. Billingsley
Benny Goodman
Bop
Gretchen Merrill
Wm. Gebhard
Nice
John Harveys
Judy Parrish
Jody
Harveys
United Press
Washington, D. C
Eli Casses
Phyllis Kraus
Ann’y
Park East Hosp
New Republic
John Kieran
59Th St
Uptown
Actress Corine Griffith Spars With Hotel Over Dog
Mrs Corine Griffith formerly of the movies taunts manager Blanck after her poodle Demi is kept in a hotel against rules. She notes the Bluncks now own a dog and suggests sharing the freight elevator for airing both pets.
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Blanck
George Marshall
Golden Bird Across Puzzle Clues
A word puzzle cloze lists many clues for horizontal and vertical entries. Reads like a crossword with terms ranging from colors and gods to chemical symbols and measurements. The grid connects Greek letters, obstructions, and place abbreviations across a mixed themed set.
Runyon Committee Funds Boost At Miami Beach Benefit
The Runyon Committee praised talent and staff from the Fund in Miami Beach, including Jr. Chamber of Commerce and Copa City club. The Copa City event canceled outdoors due to rain but raised $150,000 for the American Cancer Society to support medical education for doctors.
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Runyon
Miami Beach
Roney Plaza
Jr. Chamber of Commerce
Copa City
Roney
Treas
American Cancer Society
Behind the Scenes Bid to End Un American Activities Probe
The President reportedly advocates abolishing the House Committee on Un American Activities and moving probes to the Justice Department. Meanwhile a Federal Loyalty Board investigates Post Office workers in Manhattan as entertainment and high society figures cue up for a summer Blessed Event and a million dollar trust launches a new era for the Astor heir.
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House Committee On UN
Carol York
H. Leonard
The
Wall Street Jillions
Congress
Broadway
Miscellaneous 1940s Media and Society Notes Chronicle
A collage of 1940s media items and public figures with brief notes on television vaudeville lineage actors designers and editors. Mentions Morton Downey Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Kath leen Winsor Beulah MacFadden John Garfield Downey era politics and North Carolina State basketball. Also cites composite US crop yield gains since 1923 1932 era.
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Victor Herbert
Zhukov
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de Tassigny
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United States Secret Service
John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
Forrest C. Donnell
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Donnell
Judiciary Committee
Cooper
Somerset
James O. Eastland
Mississippi
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Statler Hotel
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Master Blanck
P. S
Blunck
Winchell
New York
Henry Luce
Time-Life
William S. Schlamm
Luce
Fortune
Austria
Schlamm
VU. S
Time
Life and Fortune
Nation
Saturday Review of Literature
N. Y
Wall Street
Clarence Muses
Georgette Windsor
H. Cushing
Titan
Georgia
United
Ireland
Perry Como
Morton Downey
Club Boheme
Dean Martin
Jerry Lewis
Gallagher & Shean
Raymond Loewy
Viola Uzzell
Thornton
Greenwich
John Garfield
Runyon Fund
Amber
Kathleen Winsor
Hooper
Jack Benny
Radio Theatre
W.W
W. Somerset Maugham
Lisa
London
John Hope
Lord Linphgow
India
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James McDonald
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Dewey
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