Courage and caution mark plan for state school aid
Raleigh lawmakers approved a policy to fund local school buildings with state aid, trimming the appropriation from 25 million to 11 million for the state equalization building fund. The measure seeks to equalize opportunities, guided by need, attendance, and property values while addressing local initiative concerns and potential oversight.
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Raleigh
House Education Committee
Appropriations Committee
Edwards
Greene
Gunn
Caswell
Ins
Jackson
Board of Education
Bribe Case Ties Three to 1946 Giants Bears Plot
Alvin J. Paris testified before a grand jury as authorities indicted three men for trying to fix the Dec 15 Giants Bears game. The defendants Krakauer Stemmer and Zarowitz were named alongside Paris, with Stemmer an ex inmate of Rikers Island and Krakauer linked to mob boss Louis Buchalter, who vanished from a relative’s home amid the case.
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Alvin J. Paris
New York Giants
Chicago Bears
Giants
Paris
Krakauer
Harvey Stemmer
Riker's Island
Jerome Zarowitz
Louis
Lepke) Buchalter
Murder, Inc
Labor Bill Sparks Testimony On Foremen Loyalty
Industry witnesses support Ball Taft Smith plan to weaken foremen bargaining rights under Wagner act. Proponents say foremen’s loyalty lies with management, while unions would not be outlawed. Bleicher argues unions undermine loyalty to the job. Supreme Court review requested on employer obligations to bargain with foremen unions.
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NLRB
Supreme Court
Bleicher
Governor invites Eisenhour to speak at veterans event
Governor Cherry agreed to invite General Dwight Eisenhour to headline the veterans celebration in High Point May 1 2 3. Promoter W H Jones said James Hayes of Winston Salem and Louis Starr endorsed the plan. If Autry rodeo unavailable the promoter would seek Billy Veach rodeo. Ground improvements cancel Albion Milfis stadium use. other High Point sites are considered. Ten percent of net profits go to the North Carolina Good Health association.
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R. Gregg Cherry
Dwight Eisenhour
High Point
Thomasville
W. H. Jones
Jones
James H. Hayes
Winston-Salem
VFW
Eisenhour
Raleigh
Hayes
Louis E. Starr
Portland
Ore
Houston
Tex
Gene Autry
Autry
Trenton
Billy Veach
North Carolina Good Health Association
Cuddihy Joins AFL Staff in High Point
F N Cuddihy, longtime organizer for the North Carolina State Federation of Labor, is reassigned to High Point and will work from the AFL labor hall at 112 East Wepenece Street. He plans an AFL drive to organize workers in Thomasville and High Point industrial plants and says he has 35 years in union work, coming here from Salisbury.
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F. N. Cuddihy
North Carolina
Judge MacRae Hurt Shoulder in Fall At Home
Judge D. C. MacRae dislocated his right shoulder after stepping wrong and falling in front of his home last night. He will be allowed to return home later today or tomorrow and municipal court sessions planned for today were postponed to a later date.
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D. C. MacRae
Increase Forecast In 1947 Tax Listings
All indications are that 1947 tax listings will surpass the 1946 list. At the close of business last night local listings totaled 12 028 as compared to 11 305 on January 30 1946. Local tax office personnel expect a large increase over 12 330 when the office closes tonight at 9 p m. Any listings after today will be taxed with a 10 percent late listing penalty.
Three Local Unions Meet Tonight on Wage Increase Talk
Three local unions from Myrtle Desk Alma Desk and Hayworth Roll and Pane companies of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners AFL will meet in joint session at 7 30 p m at the central union labor hall 112 East Washington Street. Union organizer E L Ketchie urged all members to attend as a wage increase is to be discussed.
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Myrtle Desk
Alma Desk
Hayworth Roll and Pane! Companies
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
AFL
Central Union Labor Hall
East Washington Street
E. L. Ketchie
Evacuation of Palestine Initiated by British
Palestine government announced all British women and children will be evacuated by next Tuesday. Up to 3000 civilian families may be involved as authorities seek to restore peace after recent terroristic acts. Wives and children of officials will be compelled to leave, other evacuees may stay with no safety assurances from the government. American diplomats planned talks with Britain regarding US nationals. No London conference decision on Palestine is noted in the order.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
United States
State considers tax on salary class with regular business enterprises
A Buncombe legislator discussed a bill taxing salary class cooperatives and regular business firms, with Revenue Commissioner estimating three to four million dollars in annual state revenue. Proposals also include an alcoholic beverage control store referendum in Hickory and a push by veterans for expanded tax relief and employment preference.
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Page
Buncombe
Departments of Revenue
Edwin Gill
Fisher
Farmers Cooperative Exchange
Harry Vanderlinden
Catawba
Hickory
Allied Church League For
First Baptist Church
Capitol Square
League
Odus M. Mull
Cleveland
General Assembly
Rep
Mull
Vanderlinden
ABC
Soldier Fatally Stabbed on Highway Near Fayetteville
Army Private Laurence Simmons 19 of Ashville Alabama was stabbed to death early today on the Lum berton Fayetteville highway. Lennard Hair 29 is held pending an inquest with Mrs Augusta Pearl Ha nickels a material witness. Hair previously jailed for slaying a Fayetteville policeman and paroled. Coroner Pinkston identifies Mrs Nickels 26 of Fayetteville employed by a laundry.
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Fayetteville
Laurence Simmons
Ashville
Ala
Lumberton-Fayetteville
Lennard Hair
Augusta Pearl Ha Nickels
Earl McLelland
Simmons
Hair
Randleman
Pinkston
Nickels
Navy Commander W L Farrow Dies In Tower Crash
U S Navy Commander W L Farrow and partner Blackwell died from multiple injuries after a tower construction accident in High Point North Carolina. Farrow, 21, served three years and lived in Hopewell with Blackburn. He leaves a sister Thelma Farrow and half-brother Harry Taylor. Funeral planned in Richmond. The pair were subcontractors for Hoke Vertical Radiator of Petersburg. Station WHPE opening delayed about 90 days.
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U. S. Navy
W. L. Farrow
Dora Taylor Farrow
Queen's Village
N. Y
Navy
Hopewell
Blackburn
Thelma Farrow
Rocky Mount
Harry Taylor
Richmond
Farrow
Blackwell
High Point Memorial Hospital
Hoke Vertical
Petersburg
High Point Enterprise
R. B. Terry
Enterprise
WHPE
Community Sympathy Club Meets at Mrs Mary Hill Home
The Community Sympathy Club will hold a meeting at Mrs Mary Hill 1306 Vernon Street on Monday February 3 at 8 p m Members urged to attend Rev E McCants pastor Church of God Beamon Street will preach at Mars Hill Holiness Church Sunday at 3 p m with church choir and congregation.
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Community Sympathy Club
Mary Hill
Vernon Street
Mars Hill
E. McCants
Church of God
Beamon Street
Holiness Church
Gospel Singers to Perform at Oak Grove and Mars Hill
Calvary Gospel singers perform at Oak Grove Church Sunday at 5 p m and at Mars Hill Sunday at 8 p m. Public invited.
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Calvary Gospel Singers
Oak Grove Church
Mars Hill Sun
News-Argus Executive Albert Fell Resigns
Albert W. Fell resigns as business manager of the Goldsboro News-Argus after five years. He joined in 1941 to survey the Goldsboro field and continued through World War II, with the resignation effective February 1. Fell has held multiple newspaper management roles in Worcester and Rochester and guided industry associations.
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Goldsboro
Albert W. Fell
Fell
Patrick
Worcester
Mass
Elegram Gazette
New England Daily Newspaper Association
Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Rochester
N. Y
Democrat and Chronicle
News-Argus N
Venezuela Asks U S For Loan of Thomasville Man
Paul M. Snell of Thomasville, chief of the construction division Wilmington district corps of engineers, has been loaned by the federal government to Venezuela to study dredging for the Lake Maracaibo harbor expansion. He will serve as a consulting dredging expert for up to six months after being flown from New York by Venezuelan plane.
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Thomasville
Paul M. Snell
Venezuela
Lake Maracaibo
Snell
Wilmington District Corps, of Engineers
Wilmington
New York
United States
United Sates
Infant Dies of Pneumonia in Thomasville
Michael Stephen Varner seven month old son of Mrs Tarmolea Grubb Varner Rt. 2 Lexington died last night at 10 30 in City Memorial hospital from pneumonia. Funeral Saturday at 3 p m Pleasant Grove Methodist church Randoloph county on the Kingston Asheboro highway Rev C Whitehead will officiate Burial in the church cemetery Surviving include the mother a sister Donna Werona Grubb and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Will Grubb Rt 3 Lexington
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Thomasville
Michael Stephen Varner
Tarmolea Grubb Varner
Rt. 2
Lexington
City Memorial Hospital
Pleasant Grove Methodist Church
Randolph County
Kington-Asheboro
C. Whitehead
Church Cemetery
Donna Werona Grubb
Will Grubb
Rt. 3
Jurist Orders Rehearing In Portal To Portal Case
Detroit Jan. 31 A U S district judge Judge Frank A Picard plans added testimony to retrace conflicting statements in the Mt Clemens Pottery Co portal to portal pay suit which could reach four billion dollars in claims The judge warned about setting walking time and left open a stipulation by sides to avoid longer hearings The packed courtroom heard arguments on de minimis and whether to dismiss claims prior to the June 10 Supreme Court Mt Clemens decision and whether to apply the fair labor standards act as understood before that date.
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Detroit
United States
Mt. Clemens Pottery Co
Ederal
Frank A. Picard
Picard
Portal
National Association of Manufacturers
Mr. Clemens Pottery Co
John F. Sennett
NAM
Supreme Court
Mt. Clemens
Harvey M. Crow
Rev Charles Derrick, longtime minister, dies at 69
The Rev Charles Caughman Derrick, 69, a retired Methodist minister, died at his Salters area home after a brief illness. He served 35 years in the South Carolina conference before retiring five years ago. Educated at the Citadel, he is survived by his widow, three sons, and two daughters.
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Kingstree
S. C
Charles Caughman Derrick
Salters
South Carolina
Citadel
Funeral services set for Clarence Corwin in Wilmington
Clarence Eugene Corwin aged 66 died after a brief illness in James Walker Memorial hospital. The Charlotte resident will have funeral services at 1 30 p m in Wilmington then service Sunday in Birmingham Alabama. Survived by widow Zadie two daughters and one grandson. He worked 13 years for City Optical and lived at the Cape Fear hotel. He was born in Dexter Iowa in 1881 and was a member of the Episcopal church.
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Wilmington
Clarence Eugene Corwin
Charelotte
James Walker Memorial Hospital
Birmingham
Ala
Ridout Funeral Home
Corwin
City Optical Company
Cape Fear
Dexter
Iowa
Zadie Corwin
R. L. Benson
Charlotte
G. M. Norwood
Raleigh
Allen Norwood
Episcopal Church
Football Rules To Be Revised At National Meeting
Kerrville Tex Jan 31 The rules of football will be recodified within the next year. W J Bingham chairman of the National Rules committee said today as his group entered its first business session. Harvard athletic director said there has been no recodification since 1929 and it was time to improve sequence and understanding.
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Kerrville
Tex
W. J. Bingham
National Rules Committee
Harvard
Fleming to testify on rent question after congress leave
Major General Philip B. Fleming, director of the office of temporary controls, was out of town during the rent mix up but has since contacted his deputy James W. Follin. Fleming said from Iowa he would return in time to testify this afternoon. Initial witnesses were landlord representatives.
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Congress
Philip B. Fleming
Office of Temporary Controls
James W. Follin
Fleming
Iowa
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