Mayor and Council Endorse Census Tract Plan
A letter from the mayor and city council endorses a Guilford County census tract proposal to break down data by neighborhoods for the 1950 census. The plan would aid health, education, housing, planning, and business entities with localized statistics and services. Local leaders T. E. Hinson, A. Kirkman, Frank Sizemore, and Paul Owen back the effort.
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Guilford County Tract Committee
Councils
Chambers of Commerce
Insurance
Obn
Guilford County Committee
F. Stuart Chapin, Jr
T. E. Hinson
Bureau of Census
High Point
A. Kirkman
Chamber of Commerce
Frank Sizemore
Paul Owen
Lawman Receivesreuse Auto Plates With Note
Deputy Sheriff Steve Warrick of Scottsbluff County got his 1948 Nebraska auto license plates No. 21 3333 yesterday along with a note from a prisoner at the state penitentiary. The inmate, jailed for breaking and entering and sentenced last June, claimed responsibility for the plates.
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Gering
Nebr
Steve Warrick
Scottsbluff County
Nebraska
Steve
Nebraska State Penitentiary
Warrick
Tree Grows Through Bardwell Restaurant Roof Landmark
In Bardwell Kentucky a hackberry tree threads through the floor and rises from the roof of a local restaurant turning the site into a landmark. 74 year old Francis W Turk narrates the tale to curious visitors as the tree thrives within the building.
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Bardwell
Francis W. Turk
Turk
Absolute Divorce Sought in High Point Case
Guilford County court action Burney versus Lula McCurry seeks an absolute divorce after two years of separation. Defendant must appear at High Point Clerk’s office within 20 days after January 7, 1948 to answer or demur. case dated December 18, 1947.
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North Caroline Guilford County
City of
High Point
Burney
Lula McCurry
Guilford County
North Carolina
Municipal Court of
N. C
M. W. Nash
J. W. Clonta
Lula G
Pennsylvania
D. P. Whitley, Jr
Hearings Open On Potato Crop Marketing Plan
The first of four public hearings on a wide potato marketing agreement will be held Monday in Elizabeth City. The plan, prepared by leading growers, would regulate Irish potato grade size and quality at key points in the season, aiming to avoid a market glut like 1947. If growers approve, the proposal goes to the secretary for referendum.
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Elizabeth City
Middle Atlantic
Carolinas
Virginia
Maryland
Ture
Cirminello Quads Move to Arlington
The Cirminello quadruplets Michael Kathleen Eileen and Maureen depart Philadelphia to live in Arlington with father Joseph Cirminello continuing as a corporate analyst with the Securities and Exchange Commission now relocating to the capital for peacetime duties. The family will reside in the two bedroom home left years ago while Papa searches for larger quarters.
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Philadelphia
Cirminello
Arlington
Joseph Cirminello
Securities and Exchange Commission
Cirminellos
Papa Ci
Piedmont Area Reports 139 Killed In 1947
Greensbo ro, January 7 The state highway patrol Troop command covering 20 Piedmont counties reports 1947 toll 139 killed and 1,298 injured in 1,885 accidents. December was the deadliest month with 18 killed and 142 injured in 272 accidents.
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Greensboro
N. C
State Highway Patrol
Piedmont Area
Governor Cher and wife arrive in Washington for meetings
North Carolina Governor R Gregg Cher and Mrs Cher arrived in Washington to attend council of state governments and the national governors conference. He will be joined by State Attorney General Harry McMullan for a National Association of Attorneys General meeting on tidewater lands ownership.
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Washington
R. Gregg Cher
North Carolina
Erry
Council of State Governments
National Governors Conference
Harry McMullan
National Association of Attorneys General
Tidewater
Raleigh Publisher Josephus Daniels Seriously Ill
Josephus Daniels 85 publisher of the News and Observer and former ambassador to Mexico and secretary of the navy is seriously ill at his Raleigh home with bronchitis Dr Hubert Haywood says Daniels is a pretty sick man his family reports he was in good spirits and reading his newspaper.
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Raleigh
Josephus Daniels
The
News and Observer
Mexico
Navy
Hubert Haywood
Daniels
Truman outlines postwar aid and budget cuts in address
President Truman speaks on preserving national integrity amid foreign pressures and outlines budget reductions from 63.0 to 38.0 billion dollars. He reiterates support for Europe's recovery, a China relief program, and aims to fund the European program at 6.8 billion as initial outlay, with broader aims through 1952.
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Russia
Europe
China
United States
Germany
Austria
Japan
Korea
Vandenburg
R-Mich
Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Congress
Arraignment Set for Slayer of Parents
Tommy Lee Phillips 16 who confessed to killing his parents on New Years Eve was scheduled for arraignment at 9 a.m. Thursday in municipal court in Winston-Salem. He faces charges in the shooting at the Phillips home on Robin Hood road.
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Winston-Salem
Tommy Lee Phillips
Municipal Court
T. E. Phillips
Robin’ Hood Road
Suit Filed Against Reynolds Tobacco Firm
The R. J. Reynolds Tobacco company of Winston-Salem is named as defendant in a $100,000 suit filed in United States district court here yesterday by the Food, Tobacco, Agricultural and Allied Workers Union of America. The union charges a lockout of 56 employees violates a union company contract and seeks judgment for wages allegedly lost by those workers.
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Greensboro
N. C
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem
United States District Court
Food, Tobacco, Agricultural and Allied Workers Union of America
CTO
Tobacco Company
Congress May Look In On Oil Industry
Senator Johnston from South Carolina reports a surge of messages urging an immediate investigation of the oil industry to determine if antitrust laws are violated in regard to fuel oil. He said he plans to ask Congress for the inquiry.
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Congress
Washington
Johnston
D-Sc
South Carolina
Monday
Uel
Truck Kill Claims Raleigh Man Walking Rural Road
John Stephens aged 70 of near Raleigh was struck by a truck and killed instantly while walking on a rural road four miles from Raleigh last night.
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Raleigh
John Stephens
Reds Readying Drive In Manchuria
Nanking reports that government forces have reversed the balance against the Communists on all fronts in China. Lt. Gen. Teng Wen Yi says major victories stretch from Manchuria to the Yangtze and more than 40,000 Communist casualties occurred in Manchuria before they withdrew from Mukden. He adds Mukden is secure for one or two months but will face a new siege once Reds regroup.
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Nanking
China
Teng Wen-Yi
Manchuria
Yangtze
Mukden
Teng
Dinah Shore Welcomes Infant Daughter Melissa Ann
Dinah Shore and husband actor George Montgomery welcome Melissa Ann Montgomery born by Caesarean section Sunday. The Cedars of Lebanon hospital reports both mother and baby are just fine. Melissa weighed 7 pounds at birth in Hollywood.
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Hollywood
Melissa Ann Montgomery
Dinah Shore
George Montgomery
Melissa Ann
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Miss Shore
Anne Brown Compliments Danish Actor Over Negro Makeup
American singer Anne Brown visited a Copenhagen theatre staging Sartre's La Putain Respectueuse. She shook hands with Danish actor Peter Malberg who plays a Negro and asked about his makeup remarking you have the color I have sought for on stage.
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Copenhagen
Anne Brown
Jean Paul Sartre
Peter Malberg
Dane
Poland's 1948 Reconstruction Budget Set at 2.506 Billion Zlotys
Warsaw reports Poland will spend 2.506 billion zlotys for reconstruction in 1948, a 45 percent rise from 1947. The figure converts to about 25.06 million dollars, reflecting expanded postwar rebuilding efforts.
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Warsaw
Poland
Ministry of National Reconstruction
Queen Salote of Tonga Arrives in Auckland for Five Month Visit
Queen Salote, 47, ruler of Tonga, arrives in Auckland for a five months stay. She is a 21st generation descendant of the founder of the Tui Kanokubele dynasty, established about 1610.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Salote
Tonga
State Revenue Upbeat Yet Mixed Six Month Report
A Raleigh report shows a 224.14 percent six month revenue rise in late 1946 and a 31.19 percent December gain over last year. Analysts caution appropriations differ by biennium, with 1946-47 general fund at about 77 million and 1947-48 at 95 million. Net receipts, allocation to counties and cities, and changes in commitments temper the view of a solid upward trend.
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Raleigh, Jan. T
Revenue Department
Bickett
British Peace Advocate To Be At Rotary Meet
The Hon. Rhys Davies MP will speak at the Rotary club’s regular Thursday meeting at 12 15 PM at the Sheraton hotel. Davies, long-serving Labour MP, tours promoting world peace.
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Rotary Meet
Rhys Davies
Rotary Club
Sheraton Hotel
Davies
British Labor Party
House Commons
Utilities Commission Grants Norfolk Southern Passenger Discontinuance
The North Carolina utilities commission approved Norfolk Southern to discontinue passenger service on the Norfolk Raleigh run. The order becomes effective within days. freight express and mail service continue, except on Sundays. Chairman Stanley Winborne announced the decision yesterday in Raleigh.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Utilities Commission
Norfolk- Southern Railroad
Stanley Winborne
Dont Turn Your Back to Argue Leads to Train Crash
Aberdeen Maryland January 7 A southbound express car stalled after a dispute between two motorists on a Pennsylvania railroad track block. Corporal John Lanbeck said Frank Strangelo 35 left his vehicle to argue with the other driver, heard a crash and turned to see his car dragged a mile along the tracks by a passing train.
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Aberdeen
John Lanbeck
State Police
Frank Strangelo
Liquor Tied to Most License Forfeitures in December
Raleigh dispatch reports 1,324 driver permits canceled in December with liquor linked to 1,164 of them. For all of 1947 liquor caused 11,646 of 12,686 revocations and suspensions, led by drunken driving with 9,059 yearly and 913 in December. Excess speed and revoked licenses followed. many moving violations were cited as minor causes.
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Raleigh
Jan
Department of Motor Vehicles
Ous
Designer Tells Furniture Men To Forget Myth
New York designer T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings told the fourth annual furniture show here that the idea of a typical American housewife is a myth. He warned against regimentation in home furnishings and said experts have reduced women to a known unit. He urged designers to treat consumers as individuals and to edit furniture publications and products for personal choice.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
New York
T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbing
Robsjohn Gibbings
Madam X
Berry Re elected Mayor in Soth Carolina Town
L C Berry was elected mayor of the town eight miles north of Chester for the sixth consecutive term. He defeated O W Smith in the election, and all four incumbent councilmen were reelected.
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Lowrys
S. C
L. C. Berry
Chester
O. W. Smith
Waterways Capacity Highlighted for Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale Florida boasts 263 miles of waterways with about half navigable by light craft, illustrating the city’s rich boating access and potential for small-boat recreation and commerce.
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Ft. Lauderdale, Fla
Waits For Plumber No More Fixtures Stolen
In Baltimore on January 7 Mrs Mildred McQuaid finally stops waiting for a plumber. After buying a new sink two months earlier she failed to hire a craftsman to install it. She discovered the 100 pound fixture was stolen the night before, ending her fruitless quest.
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Baltimore
Mildred McQuaid
Heating source share in households by fuel and region
The text states 14.3 million centrally heated dwellings, with 10.9 thousand heated by coal and 373 thousand by wood. It notes many gas and oil heated homes are in California and the oil and natural gas areas of the Southwest.
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California
Southwest
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