State General Fund Ends Year With Record Surplus
North Carolina's general fund closed the fiscal year with a surplus of about 44.66 million dollars as Revenue Commissioner Ed Gill announced. Gross general fund receipts were 135.86 million, with net after city county refunds about 128.62 million. The year began with a 12 million surplus. appropriations totaled 96 million. Highway fund net collections reached about 57.48 million. June general fund receipts rose 151,644 over last June to 8.16 million driven by higher sales and license taxes while income and beverage taxes dipped slightly.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
General Fund
Ed Gill
Gill
General
Truman Signs Bill For Juliette Gordon Low Stamp
President Truman signed a bill authorizing a special issue stamp honoring Juliette Gordon Low founder and organizer of Girl Scouts in the United States.
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Washington
Truman
Juliette
United States
Weather summary for North Carolina and major cities on July 3 1948
Fair today and tonight with a warmer trend and continued heat on Sunday. Official observations show temperatures from 61 to 89 degrees across cities including Charleston 86 Raleigh 86 Charlotte 65 New York 82 and Miami 87 with rainfall mostly trace amounts and no significant precipitation reported.
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North Caoolina
Weath
Charleston
Charlotte
Chicago
Columbia
Denver SB
Detroit
Pvansville
Galveston
Jacksonville
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Meimotis
Meridian
Miami
Mobile
Mt. Mitchell
Orleans
New York
Raleigh
Antonio
Freisco
Bparta'burg
Weather promises sun for July 4 holiday
Carolinians traveling for the long July 4 holiday are told to expect fair and warm conditions through Monday with showers likely at sundown Monday and continuing Tuesday. Independence Day falls on Sunday, so celebrations move to Monday, extending the break for vacationers. Textile mills schedule paid summer vacations, and railroads, bus lines, and airlines report very heavy bookings.
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Carolina
Airaaa
Dagmar Salon Abandoned After shipfire Off Delaware Coast
A 5000 ton Swedish steamship Dagmar Salon burned 10 miles east of the Delaware coast. All 38 crew members were saved after abandoning ship at 3:49 am. A Coast Guard PBY air crew evacuated a injured sailor to hospital while Gentian and other cutters battled the blaze. The vessel was en route from Shanghai to New York via the Panama Canal.
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New York
Delaware
Coast Guard
Floyd Bennett Field
Cape May
N. J
Delaware Coast
Shanghai
West Coast
Panama Canal
May Seize Mines Under Draft Act in National Crisis
Government attorneys scrutinize the draft law to see if it grants President Truman power to seize captive steel and coal mines if a threatened strike by John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers escalates. The action could halt steel production and affect defense orders.
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Washington
Truman
Steel Company
John L. Lewis
National Labor Relations Board
Auto Indus
Senator Russell
Dga
Lewis
U. S. Steel Corporation
NLRB
Robert N. Denham
Harry M. Moses
CIO Tobacco Union Asks 15-Cent Boost
The CIO United Tobacco Workers union seeking new contracts with three Winston Salem leaf tobacco companies asked for a 15 cent an hour raise and was rejected by the Winston leaf company at a first conference. Company attorney W P Sandridge said the firm could not pay more wages. A second meeting is set for next Tuesday.
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Winston-Salem
CIO
United Tobacco Workers Union
Winston-Salem Leaf Tobacco
Winston Leaf Company
W. P., Sandridge
Waynick May Be Named State Democratic Chair
Governor Kerr Scott indicated that Capus Waynick should receive consideration for the post of chairman of the state Democratic executive committee. Scott, vacationing near West Jefferson, said he has not discussed the matter with Waynick. Horton currently heads the committee, with Umstead having been appointed to the Senate in 1946. The committee’s meeting date depends on the upcoming Democratic national convention.
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Raleigh
Kerr Scott
Capus Waynick
Democratic Executive Committee
Itol Hill
Waynick
Scott
West Jefferson
Raleigh News and Observer
Che
Umstead
U. S. Senate
Horton
State Committee
Philadelphia
Beard Given 18 Months In Assault Case
Fayetteville reports Norman Beard, 44, held a 16 year old farm girl in a woods for a month. He received 18 months on a road gang plus 12 months for fornication and adultery, with six months for assault not concurrent. Eula Mae Mason also sentenced to 90 days, suspended on probation.
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Fayetteville
Norman Beard
James MacRae
Cumberland County Recorder
Eula Mae Mason
Beard
Kannapolis Husband Kills Wife Then Takes Own Life
In Kannapolis a 23 year old husband Garison Whiten killed his wife Pearl Hooper Whiten with chok e slashes and gunfire after her parents barred him from visiting. He then shot himself. Coroner N J Mitchell called it murder and suicide. Hooper family member A H Hooper was wounded earlier in a confrontation and treated at a local hospital.
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Kannapolis
N. J. Mitchell
Mitchell
Garison Whiten
Pearl Hooper Whiten
Hooper
Democrats Ready to Act on Eisenhower Nomination
South Carolina Governor Strom Thurmond said he would release the state’s Democratic delegates from pledges to back Truman in favor of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Senator Sparkman of Alabama warned only a clear no from Eisenhower can stop the nomination push. The report notes Truman allies fear a Eisenhower bid could reshape the July 12 convention opening in Philadelphia.
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Columbia
S. C
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Eisenhower
Senatoor Sparkman
Alabama
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sparkman
Congress
Washington
Truman
Philadelphia
Kansas
George Allen
Laughing Boy
Four-Power Talks to Discuss Berlin Blockade Lift
Berlin reports say a four-power conference will meet tonight to discuss ending the Soviet blockade. Western military governors with Marshal Vassily Sokolovsky will gather at his residence to address currency issues and restore western access. General Lucius Clay will represent the United States with either General Koenig or General Noiret for France.
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Berlin
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Sokolovsky
Brian Robertson
Robertson
Lucius D. Clay
Pierre Koenig
Roger Noiret
Arabs Present Full Reply to Bernadotte on Palestine Plan
In Cairo on July 3 the Arabs handed Count Folke Bernadotte their reply to his settlement proposals for the Palestine warfare. The reply was not made public. Bernadotte arrived from Rhodes and may receive the Jewish answer next week as the four week truce nears expiration.
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Cairo
Egypt
Folke Bernadotte
Palestine
Seven Nations
Israel
Bernadotte
United Nations
Rhodes
Tel Aviv
U. N
Lake Success
Sim
Rise of Living Costs in 1946 Shapes 1944 Campaign View
Washington July 3 44 James Marlow notes that rising living costs will dominate political debate in November. He explains OPA's collapse in mid 1946 after Truman vetoed a renewal bill and subsequent price spikes, urging voters to weigh blame between Democrats and Republicans.
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James Marlow
Washington
Tors Taft
Ohio
Wherry
Nebraska
Rep. Crawford
Michigan
OPA
Congress
Truman
Vacationers Unworried By North Carolina Polio Outbreak
Raleigh officials stated Fourth of July travelers face little risk from polio as the outbreak remains largely confined to the Piedmont. Western and coastal counties show normal to low incidence with only a few cases in the Blue Ridge, and health leaders see no need for new travel restrictions.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Piedmont
Blue Ridge
Crest
Bill Sharpe
J. W. Roy Norton
State Board of Health
Norton
Minnesota
Dakota
Colorado
South Dakota
Voters in McDowell County to decide on beer wine sale
McDowell County voters will decide August 31 in an election on the continuation of beer and wine sales. The board of elections set the date after local groups submitted petitions.
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Marion
McDowell County
Board of Elections
Dty
Tito Sends Stiff Note Of Protest
Tito condemns Albania for expelling Yugoslav missions and military experts, accusing Tirana of brutal insults. Belgrade warned Albania of consequences as 48 hour deadline to move posed regional tension amid Yugoslav quarrel with Albania.
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Tito
London
Nia
Yuoslavia
Belgrade
Marshal Tito
Foreign Office
Albania
Yugoslavia
Corrinform
Balkan
Communist International Information Bureau
Russia
Bitolj
Yugos
Greece
Kozane
Italy
Palmiro Togliatti
Rome
Unita
Cominform
Smart Leads in 14th Ballot for Methodist Bishop Election
In the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference, Rev. Dr. William A. Smart of Emory University led the 14th ballot with 138 votes while Rev. Dr. John W. Branscomb had 98 and Rev. Dr. H. Short had unknown tally. A total of 197 votes were needed for election. Earlier on the 13th ballot, Smart led 120 to 92 and 81 for Short with 199 required. Marvin A. Franklin was elected bishop on the sixth ballot yesterday with 233 votes. He will join the two new bishops and serve with assignments announced soon. Franklin was educated at Emory and Birmingham Southern, born January 19, 1894 in White County, Georgia, married with four children. Bernard L. Mock, 62, founder of Modu Hosiery Co., died in Beverly Hills.
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Columbia
D. C
Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference of the Methodist Church
William A. Smart
Emory University
Atlanta
John W. Branscomb
Orlando
Fla
Me H. Short
Nashville
Tenn
Smart
Branscomb
Short
Marvin A. Franklin
Highland Church
Birmingham
Ala
J. Lloyd Decelt
Jackson
Miss
Franklin
Birmingham Southern College
White County
Park Street
Riverside Park Jchurch
Jacksonville
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Bobbie Berger
Denver
Colo
James M. Noland
John J. Berger, Jr
Bobbie
Noland
State General Fund
Associated Press
CIO Tobacco Union
Self
Fukui
Japan
Charles Gerry
Jack Bell
Columbia University
Allen
Charles G. Ross
Manded
Germany
Kremlin
By Alex Singleton
Tanjug
Methodists
Bernard Mock
Beverly Hills
Calif
Bernard L. Mock
Mojud Hosiery Co
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