Oil Men Debate Voluntary Cutbacks on Imports
American oil leaders discuss ways to curb foreign oil inflows to avoid Congress action while others push to sell more from overseas wells. The Bureau of Mines predicts 1950 imports rise, domestic consumption steadies, and tonnage shifts amid a British bloc and Marshall plan tensions.
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New York
Congress
U. S. Bureau of Mines
U.S
American Southwest
Texas
Middle East
Bureau of Mines
United States
Washington
Chicago
Standard Oil Co
Indiana
Socony-Vacuum
Carrier of the Week Hobert Peace Named Top Distributor
Hobert Peace, son of R. A. and Mrs Peace of Route 5 High Point, is named Carrier of the Week for Trinity High School area. A ninth grader, he has two years of paper routes, owns an A Model Ford bought from route profits, and works on his own car with skilled precision. The award highlights his dependable service and community involvement.
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Hubert Peace
Hobert
He Is
R. A. Peace
Route 5, High Point
Trinity High School
Young Peace
Dean's List Honors 278 UNC Students Across NC Campuses
Two hundred seventy eight UNC juniors and seniors earned Dean's List in Arts and Sciences this quarter, requiring 15 hours and B grade or better. Notable locals include Charlotte's Joe Luther Bookout and Winston-Salem's Jessie Calvin Brown Jr with many other North Carolina residents named.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
College of Arts and Sciences
William Wells
North Carolina
Charlotte
Joe Luther Bookout
Julius Richard Cooley
Robert Howard Fowler
Morris Lee Gamble
David Franklin Holmes
Hugh Boyd Johnson
Phillip H. Kennedy
Eurid Reid McAuley, Jr
Louise M. Moore
Annie Lee Sawyer
Jean B. Sloan
Louise H. Walker
Anne J. Zeman
Greensboro
Daisy Belle Anderson
Robert D. Barbour
Earl Ray Betts, Jr
Jack R. Brantley
Charles S. Chapin
Norris Grady Grubbs
William David Huffines
Richard H. Johns
Thomas Bayard Winston
Winston-Salem
Jessie Calvin Brown, Jr
William Francis Patterson
John McN. Pulliam
Robert Calvin Snow
Frances Alma Swain
Elizabeth Ellen Taylor
Howard S. Warner
Robert M. Watson, Jr
Thomas D. Wharton
Thomas Lerner Wood
William Francis Adcox
Raeford
John Edward Ailgood
David Maurice Anderson
Lexington
William F. Heitman
Salisbury
William G. Hooks
Fremont
Robert J. Hooper
Reidsville
Charles Hopkins
Albemarle
Martha Elizabeth Hughes
Cedar Grove
Theodore L. Huguelet
Hamlet
Henry L. Ingram, Jr
China Grove
Samuel G. Jenkins
Tarboro
Dorton Heads Agricultural Fair Association in NC
Dr J S Dorton of Shelby is reelected as president of the North Carolina Association of Agricultural Fairs at the 17th annual meeting in Raleigh. J H Corey of Greenville and Jack Jackson of Cherokee are reelected vice presidents, with Mrs Clyde Kendall of Greensboro as secretary treasurer. Agriculture commissioner L Y Bellentine says local fair rules will start the fall season under state supervision. The U S Public Health investigated five epidemics thought to be sleeping sickness in 1949.
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Raleigh
J S. Dorton
Shelby
North Carolina Association of Agricultural Fairs
Dorton
J. H. Corey
Greenville
Jack Jackson
Cherokee
Clyde Kendall
Greensboro
L. Y Bellentine
Frozen Custard Business Opportunity Ad Prospectus
An Electro Freeze distributor offers a frozen custard ice cream business with six models dispensing 10 to 30 gal per hour directly into cones or cabinets. Provides literature, plans, flavor help, operator training, and local setup assistance. No franchise or royalties. Grand opening planned in early spring at 1921 Commonwealth Ave Charlotte NC.
Welfare Head Blasts State Over Cancer Aid Funds
Wilmington report says the state board of health has delayed a $50,000 cancer aid appropriation from 1949, with New Hanover County welfare chief J R Hollis noting no county has received any money. He cites reliance on charities and the local cancer society as the only support and urges action from state officials.
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Wilmington
State Board of Health
J. R. Hollis
New Hanover
Hollis
Elen Winston
Winston
New Hanover County
Associated Charities
New
United front against Communism eyed by American Legion
The American Legion launches a two day session in New York January 28 to fuse goals and tactics of national groups across industry religion farm and patriot circles in a bid to coordinate anti Communist activity. Legion leaders expect 2 3 leaders from 100 organizations and a total of over 50 million US citizens represented by invited groups. The gathering aims to create a permanent coordinating body to unify efforts and bolster support for American ideals and institutions.
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New York
Craig
American Federation of Labor
American Heritage Foundation
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Kiwanis
National Association of Broadcasters
National Education Association
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Commie
X Rays Then And Now Highlight Roentgen Discovery
X rays are produced today by high speed electrons in a glass tube similar to 1895. Wilhelm Roentgen exposed his wife's hand for an hour to obtain the first X ray photograph. Modern Westinghouse tubes enable millionth of a second exposures.
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Bloomfield
N. J
INS
Wilhelm Roentgen
Westinghouse
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