House panel eyes plan to curb portal pay windfalls
Washington report says Senator O Daniel proposes taxing portal pay and enacting limits to stop windfalls to workers while arguing the treasury would shoulder most costs. Subcommittee hears estimates of potential federal expense and talks to outlaw portal suits via Wiley and Capehart bills.
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Washington
O'Daniel
D-Tex
Treasury
Thes
Fewan
Wiley
R-Wiss
Capehart
R-Ifd
O’daniel
Henying
Snyder
Treasury Ae Eee
Army
Armed Service
Safe and Sane Fireworks Bill Advances in Senate Committee
The senate committee on propositions and grievances agreed on a safe and sane fireworks bill and appointed a subcommittee to draft it. Members named include Weathers Cleveland Roper Lincoln Penny Guilford Lennon New Hanover and Chaffin Harnett with attendees Leon Brassfield C C Braswell R R Brown A P Fabrizi and George Downing.
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Senate
Weathers
Cleveland
Roper
Lincoln
Penny
Guilford
Lennon
New Hanover
Chaffin
Harnett
Leon Brassfield
Raleigh
R. Brown
Charlotte
A. P. Fabrizi
George ©. Downing
Kidnapping Suspect Detained After Lodi Case Unfolds
Police describe a 42 year old man using the name Giles and posing as an agent for a publishing house who abducted Alice Deans in Lodi. He held her at a motel near Sacramento since January 20 before she freed herself and alerted authorities. The cast included a Ford sedan, a ransom note for 10 000 dollars, and a planned Sacramento bar meeting that never occurred.
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E. W. Stiles
Sacramento
Lodi
Giles
Millard L. Fore
Alice Deans
Johnard Devine
Louis Dudley
Alice
Dudley
Devine
Devines
Alice Dean
West
New York Farmer Sets Exploding Scarecrow Defense
A New York corn farmer built a carbide gas powered scarecrow system that detonates every three minutes to protect crops. The device creates a crow proof blast within a ten acre radius.
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New York
Stream Gives Up Bodies Of 2 More Lads
Rock Mount area reports two more teen boys recovered from a flood accident that killed five youths when their car plunged into a flooded stream near Gold Rock. Omega Baker, 17, and Ben B. Harris, 16, were identified by Nash County Sheriff C V Faulkner. Elwood and Ray Boswell and Billy Freeman Dozier were honored in services held today.
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Rocky Mount
Gold Rock
Nash
C. V. Faulkner
Omega Baker
Ben B. Harris
Whitakers
Elwood
Ray Boswell
Billy Freeman Dozier
Senate Labor Reform Proposals Narrowly Split on Morality of Unions
Senate considers five main labor bills amid sharp partisan rift. Ball-Taft-Smith seeks a federal mediation board with strike delay powers and union reporting. Morse proposes a broad labor-field commission. Morse also backs replacing the conciliation service. Ball seeks abolition of the closed shop and union shop limits. Ball pushes industrywide bargaining to preserve local autonomy.
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Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate Committee
Senate
Ball-Taft-Smith
Federal Mediation Board
Murray
Senate Democrats
Wayne Morse
R-Ore
U. S. Conciliation Service
Labor Department
Department
Aan
Ill
Ball
Georgia in white man’s state claim fuels partisan clash
A Georgia rally speaker accused the opposition of planning chaos to hinder government functions and urged voters to confront issues at the polls. He asserted Georgia would remain a white man's state and challenged opponents to face him.
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Georgia
Georgia money and roads tied up by governorship dispute
State Treasurer George B. Hamilton said all Georgia revenue collections and highway department operations are blocked by the feud over the governorship. Rival appointees named by Herman Talmadge and acting governor M. F. Thompson complicate bonding and recognition of officials, delaying warrants and federal funds.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Highway Department
George B. Hamilton
Hamilton
The
Revenue Department
Georgia Highway Department
Herman Talmadge
State Revenue Commission
State Highway Department
Talmadge
M. F. Thompson
Ellis Arnall
Small Nations Seek Seats in Peace Talks Warned by Russia Deputy
The article reports Greece and other small nations pressing for representation in drafting peace plans while Deputy Foreign Minister Feodor Gousev of Russia urges they bow out after speaking. The United States France and Britain favor broader input as eighteen nations prepare preliminary drafts for postwar treaties ahead of the Moscow meeting of the Big Four.
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Brazil
Canada
Feodor T. Gousev
Russia
United States
France
Britain
Deputies Council
Gousev
Moscow
Oil drilling since 1918 yields 163000 nonproductive holes
Since 1918 the U S oil industry has drilled 163000 holes that did not produce oil. This reflects the high exploratory cost and the large number of dry wells in early drilling campaigns.
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U. S
Key to City Unlocks City Hall Door In Prank
Greensboro officials closed the city hall after a council session when Mayor C. M. Vanstory Jr used a key to the city to unlock the door freeing the city fathers. The incident occurred as the building was secured for the night.
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Greensboro
C. M. Vanstory
Longest naval engagement veteran Lt Harrison returns home
Lt Harrison, after the longest naval engagement in history, was placed on the inactive list in October 1945 and returned home to resume law practice. Admitted to the bar in 1932, he married Kalopia Antonakos. They have a five year old daughter Edith and are in Florida for the child’s health. His parents reside on Wiltshire boulevard and his sister Edith Perry lives nearby. another sister, Mrs. Charlies Suppler, is in Norfolk, Virginia.
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Harrison
Kalopia Antonakos
Edith
Florida
Lt. Harrison
A. R. Harrison
Wiltshire Boulevard
Edith Perry
Charlies Suppler
Norfolk
State employment bonus plan and age voting bills debated
Officials discussed a measure for monthly salary checks through June and pro rata bonus portions for new state hires. The conferees caution it not set a pattern for future biennial salaries. Bonus brackets mix with proposed age related bills and youth offender segregation moves.
Press Session Opens North Carolina Institute At UNC
The 22nd annual North Carolina Press Association institute kicked off at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill with a luncheon at the Carolina Inn. Distinguished speakers from journalism and academia attended, including Bascom N. Timmons and Gov. R. Gregg Cherry, with awards to be presented later.
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North Carolina Press Association
University of North Carolina
Associated Press Club
Brodie Griffith
Charlotte News
Carolina Inn
Newsaper Association
Curtiss Uss
Waynesville Mountaineer
Bascom N. Timmons
Washington
Institute
Herbert Peele
Elizabeth City Advance
State Press Association
Robert T. House
Paul Green
Noel Houston
Jas. Street
McBee to Attend NC Society of Engineers Meeting
Silas McBee High Point city engineer will attend the North Carolina Society of Engineers 29th annual meeting set for January 23 to 25 in Raleigh at the Sir Walter Raleigh hotel.
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Silas McBee
High Point City
North Carolina Society of Engineers
Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh
Realty Transfers Guilford County
Realty transfers in Guilford County list multiple transactions in High Point and surrounding areas. Parties include E D Steele, P B Cavarnos, McRae, Finch, Otis Maynes, Rankin, Vail, Yokley, Evans, Haworth, Davis, Reavis, Hobes, Yakley, Moran, Meredith, Coltrain, Kennedy, Norman, Brinson and Rodden. Properties span College Park Floral Garden Memorial Park Welfborn lands J W Hedgecock Subdivision Fat Park and nearby Springfield Road.
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High Point Township
E. D. Steele
P. B. Cavarnos
College Park
McRae
EB. D. Steele
City of
High Point
D. Cc. McRae
C. D. Finch
Otis Lee Maynes
A. M. Rankin, Jr
W. C. Vail
A. M. Rankin
W. H. Yokley
Bert Evans
J. W. Hedgecock
William Howard Nelson
J. Thomas Moran
Forest Avenue
T. L. Meredith
Mack D. Coltrain
Welborn
Alexander Kennedy
William Austin Norman
Farlow Insurance and Reality Company
Pilot
R. L. Brinson
P. Rodden
Fat Park
Elks to Hear High Officials at State Convention
High national officials of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks will address the state organization’s annual convention in Charlotte on June 6. Ed Davis, state secretary, said speakers include Charles F. E. Broughton of Sheboygan Wisconsin grand exalted ruler, John S. McClelland of Atlanta Georgia and former Governor David Sholtz of Florida, both past grand exalted rulers.
Teacher's Father Dies In Hospital
News arrives of H. Fields Young of Shelby father of Miss Kathleen Young a local junior school faculty member. Young had been a patient at Baptist hospital in Winston Salem. Funeral arrangements were not announced.
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H. Fields Young
Shelby
Kathleen Young
Young
Baptist Hospital
Winston- Salem
First German Plane Shot Down by RAF in World War I
A Focke Wulf Kurier became the first German aircraft downed by the RAF in World War I. The event occurred as a P 38E engaged the target near Iceland shortly after the United States declared war.
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RAF
Iceland
U. S
Thompson Backers See Waning Talmadge Hold In Legislature
The House resisted immediate action on a white primary bill as Thompson backers claimed momentum. The Senate tied vote blocked expunging its journal of Thompson’s oath as chief executive. Attorney General Cook urged Talmadge to seek quick Supreme Court resolution by ousting Arnall rival claim.
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Thompson
Talmadge
House
Senate
Fleming defends OPA amid lawmaker criticism
Philip B. Fleming head of the Office of Temporary Controls says criticism of OPA is unfair. He notes OTC was created to absorb expiring war agencies and that OPA still has a job, including veterans housing controls and sugar rationing.
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Philip B. Fleming
Office of Temporary Controls
OPA
Fleming
OTC
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