North Carolina’s Forty Year Economic Rise Noted in Maxwell Survey
A study by A. J. Maxwell shows North Carolina advancing from near the bottom of southeastern wealth to leading regional metrics in total wealth, population, agriculture, industry and government service from 1899 to 1937. The report highlights gains in manufacturing, tobacco, textiles, and livestock, with per capita income lagging behind.
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Bloys Britt Raleigh
North Carolina
A. J. Maxwell
State Department of Tax Research
Maxwell
Florida
Mississippi
South Carolina
Kentucky
Virginia
Axwell
California
Iowa
Texas
Pat
Carolina
Veterans' Service Officers Ease Return to Civil Life
In a Florida town, the local United States Employment Service reports veterans find work easily after service, with many returning to school or jobs in small businesses. A service officer coordinates veterans services, aids with claim forms, and runs welfare efforts quietly to prevent push‑around feelings.
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United States Employment Service Office
Veterans
Armed Services
Sree
Florida
North Carolina to Redistribute 1600 Deer Statewide
The North Carolina Division of Game and Inland Fisheries plans to redistribute 1600 deer over four years, with 175 traps set at Mt. Mitchell and national preserves by April. The program relies on Pittman Robertson federal funds covering 75 percent, with 25 percent from state appropriations.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
John D. Findly
Board of Conservation and Development
Upper
Piedmont
Findlay
Reynolds
Uwharrie Mountain
Stanly
Montgomery
Camp Butner
Raynolds
Holly Shelter
Pender County
B. W. Wells
North Carolina State College
North Carolina Textile Growth Leads Nation in 1939 State Output
North Carolina ranked high nationally in 1939 textile production with strong gains in woolens oilcloth carpets linoleum and all goods. It led in employment value of production and value added by manufacture while total state output reached about 545 million dollars.
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California
Iowa
Minnesota
Kentucky
North Carolina
Maxwell
New York
Illinois
Theorth
Carolina
British Troops Continue Strike In Foreign Posts
In Calcutta twelve hundred RAF personnel walked out at Lumbadum for another homeward push. A parallel stoppage at Colombo’s Katunayake airport entered its third day. About seven hundred RAF men in Lydda Palestine and another seven hundred at Almaza near Cairo returned to work, averting disruption to troop withdrawals from India.
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Calcutta
Lumbadum
Katanayke
Colombo
Ceylon
Lydda
Palestine
Almaza
Cairo
CAR LICENSE PLATE SALES EASED IN EARLY 1946
Raleigh reports sale of 1946 automobile license plates reached 420587 on Wednesday compared with 444226 a year earlier. 1945 plates became invalid at midnight January 31. Britannica notes carrots rare before 1920 but popular by 1941 with 18 million bushels produced, led by California Texas New York New Jersey.
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Raleigh
United States
Encyclopaedia Britannica
California
Texas
New York
New Jersey
Wind Snowball Phenomenon Hits Saratoga County
In Saratoga Spring New York on January 26 a rare wind driven snow roller display covered about 150 square miles. Federal weather chief James Cassidy called the event almost unheard of and noted he has not seen such rollers in 28 years of weather watching. The wind started at midnight and ceased at dawn leaving thousands of snowballs from golf ball to washtub size around McGregor golf course and nearby fields.
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Saratoga Spring
N. Y
Saratoga County
Annals of Meteorology
McGregor Golf Course
James J. Cassidy
Federal Weather Station
Albany
Cassidy
Saratoga
Night Courses to Be Given at N. C. State
A series of night courses will be offered at N. C. State College beginning February 4. Director Edward W. Ruggles of the extension division announced today. Veterans will be eligible to attend under the GI bill. Subjects include public speaking Spanish mathematics industrial arts for adults pencil sketching basic electricity elements of diesel practice applied psychology accounting industrial electronics engineering drawing and English.
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Raleigh
N. C. State College
Edward W. Ruggles
Extension Division
G. I
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