North Carolina House Debates Pay Boosts for Teachers
Bills to raise salaries for class A teachers and graduate teachers were introduced in Raleigh. A barber laws investigation bill seeks examiners' review of licenses and veteran discrimination. A cooperative tax bill would subject co ops to income and franchise taxes. Kenneth C. Royall spoke on Camp Butner hospital use as a state mental hospital.
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State Board of Barber Examiners
Kenneth C. Royall
Washington
Camp Butner Hospital
Rep. Wilson
Caldwell
Moseley
Rep. Fisher
Buncombe
North Carolina
Firms Seek to Bar Foremen Unions from Workplaces
Washington January 31. An auto maker and a steel firm urged Congress to exempt foremen from union affiliation arguing loyalty and efficiency suffer when a foreman joins a union. Clarence Bleicher of DeSoto Motor Corp said the Foremen's Association of America masks demands as independence. H Parker Sharp of Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp accused a district 50 foremen union of the United Mine Workers of undermining management.
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Congress
Senate Labor Committee
Clarence Bleicher
DeSoto Motor Corporation
Detroit
Foremen’s Association of America
H. Parker Sharp
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Pittsburgh
District 50
United Mine Workers
UFL
J. and
National Labor Relations Board
Western Pennsylvania
Weed Quality Declines on Old Belt Flue-Cllored Markets
In Raleigh on January 31 reports show light sales and falling quality across old belt flue cured tobacco markets. Prices dropped $1 to $2 for lemon and orange leaf while green and red leaf fluctuated up to $1.50. Lugs fell $1.50 to $4 with nondescript grades down. only cutters orange smoking leaf and red smoking leaf held or rose slightly. Gross sales reached 1,153,696 pounds at $32.08 per hundred, the season’s lowest.
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Raleigh
Weather forecast for Carolinas with colder weekend trend
North Carolina and South Carolina expect clear to partly cloudy skies and a drop in temperatures Friday and Friday night with freezing or slightly lower lows west and central. Saturday turns warmer then a colder Sunday, with a gradual rise back next Tuesday. Precipitation light. overall near normal to 2-4 degrees below average. Raleigh and Charlotte show notable daily highs and lows in the 70s and 40s respectively.
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Carolinas
Cateider
Two teens face execution after murder of hitchhiker
Nashville youth James D. Sanducky Sr. and John T. Kelly were sentenced to death for first degree murder in Centerville Tenn. They killed J Edward Sprouse after tying him to a tree and taking his car in January. Kelly wept when a Lewiston Minn. woman named Ramona Coy said she would marry him.
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James D. Sanducky, Sr
John T. Kelly
Marion
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Lewiston
Minn
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Tommy
Hickman
Centerville
J. Edward Sprouse
Clarksville, Tenn
German Plan Opposed By Russians
Moscow radio denounces British American proposals to create a unified German economy and political system while four power deputies press ahead with peace talks. A Yugoslav charge against Austrian Carinthia governor Hans Piesch prompts denial of Nazi ties. no action taken, but Russia regards such claims seriously.
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United States
Britain
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Leopold Fig
Idom
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Feodor T. Gousev
Russia
Austria
Piesch
Moscow
Lemin
Teacher Row Cleared Up In Bunn
Sheriff John P. Moore said a misunderstanding behind the walkout of 19 Bunn teachers has been cleared. Classes will resume Monday after reports of threats were dismissed and Miss Lucy Wiggs was moved from her classroom.
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John P. Moore
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Moore
Miss Wiggs
Thompson
Franklin County
West and East Winners Share Health Essay Scholarships
A girl from the west and a boy from the east won 8500 college scholarships in the health association statewide high school oratorical contest. Governor Cherry presented the awards to There sa Alley of Waynesville and Al ton Hill of Kinston in the house of representatives. Runners-up were Dorothy Raynor of Ahoskie and Harvey Adams of Farmer, each receiving radio phonographs.
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The
Health Association
Cherry
Theresa Alley
Waynesville
Alton Hill
Kinston
House of Representatives
Dorothy Raynor
Ahoskie
Harvey Adams
Farmer
North Carolina Road System Called Obsolete by Official
CHAPEL HILL NC January 31 The state's chief highway engineer W Vance Baise Raleigh and A H Sandy Graham chairman of the state highway and public works commission told the traffic engineering institute that North Carolina now has one of the most obsolete and inadequate highway systems in the nation They urged modernization of highways and county roads noting the state ranked first in the 1920s but now lags behind as traffic problems grow demanding immediate modernization within available funds.
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Chapel Hill
North Carolina
W. Vance Baise
Raleigh
A. H. (Sandy) Graham
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Traffic Engineering Institute
University
Institute of Government
Baise
Man Held For Negro's Death
Wilmington report states J. B. Brown, 23, held on murder charge in connection with the death of Paul Bostic, who was found in the Cape Fear river after being knocked from a ferry boat deck. Coroner Asa W. Allen cites testimony from the coroner's jury.
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J. B. Brown
Paul Bostic
Asa W. Allen
Bostic
Cape Fear River
Dixie Tornado Toll Rises Across Several States
Tornadic winds struck Alabama Georgia and Tennessee causing eight deaths two missing and 70 injured. Missouri and Arkansas suffered seven deaths and widespread damage. Kent Bethel Haywood Crockett counties and areas near Macon Tifton and Valdosta in Georgia reported casualties and destruction as Red Cross crews moved in. No total damage estimate yet.
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Montgomery
Bethel
Haywood
Crockett
Herbert Smart
Macon
Tifton
Valdosta
Red Cross
Draft Appears Doomed as Draft Expires After March 31
Washington reports growing likelihood that the armed services must rely on volunteers beyond March 31 as congressional opposition to universal training persists. Officials say the advisory commission plan to report its recommendations will be delayed to April.
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Armed Services
White House
Truman
Advisory Commission On
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MacArthur Halts Japanese General Strike With Order
Gen MacArthur ended the planned Japanese general strike by declaring I will not permit the use of so deadly a weapon. Five hours later the Tokyo strike committee announced it had decided to call off the walkout set to begin at midnight.
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MacArthur
Preparations Made to Bury Crash Victims
Bodies of two WWII veterans William L Farrow Jr and Albert Blackburn die when the WHPE radio tower collapses in a high wind. Blackburn to Dillon South Carolina for funeral arrangements tonight. Farrow to Richmond Virginia. Services planned for Sunday with burials at home communities.
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Albert Blackburn
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Blackburn
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Richmond
Not Even In His Precinct Not Even In His Precinct
A Raleigh teacher writes to Governor Cherry in anger over the teacher salary raise. She declares she would not vote for him, even if he were the Angel Gabriel. The governor responds that she could not vote for him even if he were Gabriel and would not be in his precinct.
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Cherry
Angel Gabriel
Churchill urges surrender of Palestine mandate to UN
London January 31 Winston Churchill urged Britain to surrender its Palestine mandate to the United Nations unless the United States joins Britain on a fifty fifty plan for the Holy Land. The Palestine government ordered evacuation of British women and children to the United Kingdom amid actions against terrorism. Churchill said in the commons that pledges to the Jews were broken and Britain had no right to stay there for honor.
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Winston Chugcehill
Palestine
United Nations
United States
Britain
United Kingdom
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House of Commons
Bribe Figure Surrenders in National Football Investigation
David Krakauer, wanted on an indictment charging bribery and conspiracy in a national football fixing probe, surrendered today at the district attorney's office in New York. He was accompanied by his attorney Harold Cooper.
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David Krakauer
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Krakauer
Harold Cooper
District Attorney's
Democrats Attack GOP Tax Plan Amid 20 Percent Debate
Senate Democrats launched a new push against the GOP tax plan as Republicans hint at a mix of cuts. Senator Lucas urged the public to protect the little man while Republicans mangle the idea of a uniform 20 percent cut. House and Senate leaders clash over how to apply the cut with Knutson proposing a $300,000 income ceiling for a one fifth reduction and larger sav ings for higher earners.
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Lucas
Illinois
Democratic Policy Committee
House Republican Steering Committee
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R-Cole
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Taft
Ohio
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Knutson (Rminn
Ways and Means Committee
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Firm Policy By Marshall Is Urged
Senator Bridges urges Secretary of State Marshall to stand firm at the Moscow conference amid Russia's aims to turn Germany into a satellite. He warns that Moscow's success could end democratic civilization and notes the March 10 conference as Marshall's decisive test.
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Marshall
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New Hampshire Republican
Henry Wallace
Truman
Wallace
Byrnes
Vandenburg
Connally
Tobey Blames High Official For Rent Row
Senator Tobey alleges a high administration figure approved a near issuance to raise rent ceilings by 10 percent. He expects testimony from government witnesses before the Senate Banking Committee as hearings on OPA rent control changes begin. White House denies a flat 10 percent order and says no immediate increase is planned.
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