Duke to Host 22nd North Carolina Press Institute
Duke University will host the 22nd annual North Carolina Press Association Institute on Friday January 24 at a dinner meeting. Principal speaker Sidney E Alderman of Washington DC is a Duke alumnus and former chief counsel for the Southern Railway. He served on the staff of Supreme Court Justice Robert H Jackson during the Nuremberg war crimes trials.
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Durham
Duke University
Institute of the North Carolina Press Association
Sidney E. Alderman
Washington, D. C
Alderman
Greensboro
Duke
The
Southern Railway
Washington
Nurenberg
Germany
Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
Trinity College
Bynum, Hobgood and Alderman
Near Blind He Covers 20 Mile Paper Route
Nearly blind John Luther Hart of Bridgeport delivers newspapers along a 20 mile route in a cart for 22 years missing only 11 days. Each day he starts at 3 am with his pony Dot and completes deliveries in about 10 hours through rural northeast Alabama.
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Bridgeport
Ala
John Luther Hart
John
Dot
Alabama
Atlantic Building and Loan Association Asset and Liability Statement
The statement outlines cash on hand and in banks, U S government bonds, stock in the Federal Home Loan Bank, mortgage loans, and loans to shareholders with first mortgages on real estate. It shows liabilities to shareholders, notes payable, and money borrowed for loan making, with a sworn affirmation by secretary-treasurer E C Cridlebaugh on January 17.
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North Carolina
U. S
Puros
Ave Board of Directors
E. C. Cridlebaugh
North Carolina Delegation Visits Washington on Way to Chicago
Eight NC General Assembly members stopped in Washington to meet Senators Hoey and Umstead and to visit representatives from their districts. They noted Umstead’s swift adaptation, observed Governor Caldwell presiding, heard War Secretary Patterson discuss national defense, and heard Warren Austin discuss the atomic bomb. Weathers quoted John Temple Graves praising the GOP victory as a win for free enterprise.
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Raleigh
North Carolina General Assembly
Genera Assembly of States
Washington
Chicago
Hoey and
Umstead
Bailey
North Carolina
Lee
B. Weathers
Cleveland
Charles H. Jenkins
Bertie
R. A. Whitaker
Lenoir
R. P. Bender
Jones
Walter E. Crissman
Guilford
W. H. McDonald
Polk
Dan Tomkins
Jackson
F. W Hancock
Granville
Caldwell
Florida
Patterson
Warren R. Austin
United States
United Nations
Weathers
John Temple Graves
Raleigh Architect Group Elects 1947 President
North Carolina chapter of the American Institute of Architects elected William Enley Dietrick of Raleigh as president for 1947 at a Raleigh meeting. Luther Lashmit of Winston-Salem was named vice president F Carter Williams of Raleigh secretary treasurer Ross Shumaker of Raleigh retired president was elected to the board of trustees. The group opposed additions to the state capitol and urged creation of a fine arts commission to advise on statutes monuments foundations and building alterations on state property.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
American Institute of Architects
Sheay
William Enley Dietrick
Luther Lashmit
Winston-Salem
F. Carter Williams
Ross Shumaker
Coast to coast sleeping car service first started in 1946
Regularly scheduled sleeping car service spanning the United States was established on March 31 1946 marking a milestone in national rail travel with unified schedules and passenger routes.
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United States
France’s Present Republic Number and Canal Control
The questions ask for the current republic’s ordinal number in France. They query which country controls the Suez Canal politically. They also seek the name of a former German luxury liner torn from moorings and driven across Havre harbor by a gale.
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France
Suez Canal
Havre
Moderation and Wisdom: Colton on Genius
A concise reflection notes that moderation accompanies wisdom and that genius often lacks restraint. Colton emphasizes balance between sharp intellect and prudent judgment in thought and action.
Etiquette Hints for Daily Conduct and Courtesy
Advice on overlooking minor rude behavior to stay happy and maintain good breeding. It warns that returning rudeness just places you on the other person's level, encouraging calm, polite responses in everyday life.
Birthday Horoscope Adapts To Travel and Luck
If this is your birthday you are adaptable fond of good times and travel. Selfishness may cause later unhappiness unless curb it. The year promises many fortunes and warnings to attend delayed matters. Elders friends relatives changes and travel are ill indicated and health should be watched. Property law and military matters are well signified.
Higher Prices For Tobacco Market Gains Across Belts
In Raleigh on January 21 the middle and old belt markets showed higher prices for tobacco. Fair to fine lemon leaf and lugs rose $1 to $3 with select grades up to $6, while nondescript fell as much as $3.25 per 100 pounds. Low grades mostly held or slipped slightly.
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Raleigh
Federal-State Marketing News Service
No Secondary Roads Closed Despite Rains in North Carolina
Raleigh January 21 reports say no secondary roads closed yet due to swollen streams. Highway engineer Vance Baise expects possible impassable routes if rains continue, especially in Piedmont and western counties, while school bus director C C Brown notes no current travel disruption but warns it could occur with 46 000 miles of routes and 11 000 miles of paved highways. Hydrogen is the lightest of the 92 elements.
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Raleigh
Vance Baise
Mr. Baise
Piedmont
C. C. Brown
Brown
Highway Commission
Baise
Raritan Plans Installation
DURHAM Jan 21 Howard Zigler of Timberville Virginia will be installed tonight as the new president of the Raritan national. He succeeds Swindell Lowery of Elizabeth City. About 500 from Virginia North and South Carolina attended the convention opening session and new officers were elected C E Myers Studley Va vice president Tom Downing Ivor Va secretary and L P Waldo Jr Holland Va treasurer. All officers to be installed at a banquet tonight.
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Durham
Howard Zigler
Timberville
Raritan National
Swindell Lowery
Elizabeth City
Poe
Virginia
South
North Carolina
Service Club
C. E. Myers
Studley
Tom Downing
Ivor
L. P. Waldo
New Hanover County Considers College and Hospital Election
In Wilmington on January 21 the New Hanover board of commissioners adopted two resolutions. One calls for establishing a junior college in the county and the other seeks a legal opinion on holding a tuberculosis hospital election concurrently. County Attorney Marsden Bellamy will seek permission for the double election to save taxpayers.
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Wilmington
Board of Commissioners of
New Hanover County
Superior Court
Marsden Bellamy
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Ecole de Droit
Sorbonne University
Paris
H. G. Hedrick
Blind
Condition Atlantic Building and Loan Ass’n
High Point
N. C
Insurance
County of Guilford
Tolows
Ruth G. Spurgeon
Architects
Eunice Kluttz
Salisbury
Scotty
Colton
English Motor CO
Washington St
Egypt
Europa
Wachovia
Wachovia's
Time Payment Department
Wachovia Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
Raritan
New Hanover
Stanley Distributing CO
Orkin
Hington
Rohe
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