Graham pleads for federal aid to education bill
Senator Graham of North Carolina urged Congress to pass a federal aid to education bill during a speech at the Watauga county centennial celebration in Boone. He praised Dr. R B Dougherty and cited national support, Senate passage margins, and House bill objections including funding restrictions for parochial schools.
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Boone
Graham
Elementa
Senate
House
Rep
Barden
D-Nc
Cardinal Spellman
New York
Presbyterian Unity Held Undesirable in Doctrinal Split
The Southern Presbyterian Church reactivates its continuing committee to oppose union with northern Presbyterians on doctrinal grounds. Led by Dr. L Neson Bell, 70 leaders from 12 synods met in Atlanta, targeting the Auburn affirmation as insufficiently challenged by the Northern church. The group calls evangelical Christians to defend doctrinal integrity and warns that avoiding these issues could yield an organic union without unity.
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Asheville
Continuing Church
Southern Presbyterian Church
L. Neson Bell
Atlanta
Auburn
Northern Presbyterian Church
Scott Visits With Truman After White House Talk
North Carolina Governor Kerr Scott met with President Truman in Washington for a political discussion after attending a governors conference. Scott said they talked about campaigns they won and that Truman offered no specific advice, though he saved the president's suggestions for later.
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Washington
Kerr Scott
North Carolina
White House
Truman
Truman bullish on economy amid stock rally and proposed program
President Truman said he feels bullish about the economic situation during a news conference. He teased an upcoming economic message to Congress, noting a stock market rally since mid June with prices at a six week high. Officials expect the plan to include loans to industry, public works, farm living standards, social security and unemployment pay expansions, forming the framework of a new program.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
North Carolina State In Press Awards Runner Up
Iowa State College won sweepstakes at the 34th annual meeting of agricultural college editors in Ithaca New York. North Carolina State took second place, with Indiana Minnesota Illinois South Carolina Texas also in the top 10. Michigan and Oregon tied for eighth.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Iowa State College
American Association of Agricultural College Editors
North Carolina State
Indiana
Minnesota
Illinois
South Carolina
Texas
Michigan
Oregon
Dewey Names Dulles to Replace Senator Wagner
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey appoints John Foster Dulles to succeed Senator Robert F. Wagner. Dulles will hold an interim term to Dec 1 with a special election to fill Wagner's term from Dec 1, 1949 to Dec 31, 1950. Dewey said Dulles is unlikely to run in the Nov 8 election.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
John Foster Dulles
United States Senate
Robert F. Wagner
Dulles
Wagner
Dewey
Duke Power seeks bus fare increases in eight cities
At a Raleigh hearing the Duke Power company sought rate increases for its bus systems in eight cities. C. S. Reed testified the company lost 459 559 54 on bus operations last year. John Shaw objected to expense details but was overruled by Utilities Commission Chair Stanley Winborne.
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Raleigh
Duke Power Company
Utilities Commission
Cc. S. Reed
Charlotte
The
Power Company
John Shaw
Reed
Utilities
North Carolina Beer Laws Tighten as ABC Board Takes Charge
Guest column by C A Upchurch Jr praises major shifts in North Carolina beer regulation. Since the Malt Beverage Division began, about 500 retail outlets were denied permits and nearly 1,000 did not apply to qualify under 1949 amendments. Cleanups and facility upgrades span hundreds of outlets as 5,600 permits have been issued, 1,800 fewer than the prior peak. Inspectors worked tirelessly to meet a July 1 enforcement deadline, with future focus on strict enforcement to protect legal outlets.
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C. A. Upchurch, Jr
State
ABC Board
North Carolina
He Division
General Assembly
Vast Housing Measure Reaches Truman Tonight
A vast housing measure is expected to reach President Truman by tonight as postwar policy and Cold War strains shape East Asia. The article notes Japan's state of agency in the widening East Asian security pattern and discusses stalled peace talks and a Marshall Plan style aid proposal for South Korea amid cross-border skirmishes.
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Truman
James D. White
Japan
Paris
Europe
East Asia
Vishinsky
China
U.S
U.S.S.R
Britain
Korea
Ongjin Peninsula
Housing Bill Advances to Final Approval in Congress
Washington July 7 administration leaders expected final House and Senate approval of a sweeping housing bill. The plan includes a five year slum clearance program with federal loans grants and local cost sharing. It also creates farm housing loans to assist self supporting farms with low interest terms.
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Washington
Congress
Trune
House Senate
Truman
Senate
House
Raymond Foley
British stand shocks tobacco markets in Washington
In Washington on July 7, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Cooley of North Carolina called Britain's dollar purchase cut a blow to American tobacco but urged against rapid congressional curtailment of aid to Britain. He noted Britain plans to guard gold reserves and that the cut will reduce British tobacco purchases, harming American farmers.
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Washington
Cooley
D-Nc
House of Agriculture Committee
Congress
Great Britain
ECA
Britain
Bund Still Operating In U. S.
John Metcalfe, Washington news commentator, told a UNC gathering that the German American Bund is still active in the United States. He warned that the American Nazi movement grows stronger as racial and religious tensions, plus Ku Klux Klan actions, help it daily.
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Chapel Hill
Justice Department
Bund
John Metcalfe
Washington News
International Platform Association
University of North Carolina
Metcalfe
Ku Klux Klan
Heat Wave Grips Eastern U S with No Quick Break
The Associated Press reports persistent heat and humidity across the eastern two thirds of the nation with no immediate relief in sight. Drought-stricken northeastern states face mounting crop losses as cool air and showers provide limited respite.
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Associated Press
U. S. Weather Bureau
New England
New York State
New York City
Metropolis
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Kansas
Mercury
Salina
Wichita
Baltimore
Market Rises. Six-Week High Amid Broad Rally
New York stocks edged higher extending a mid-June rally from a four-year low. The market saw clear majority gains as Bethlehem Steel Packard Goodrich Sears Roebuck Woolworth Anaconda Copper American Smelting Dow Chemical General Electric Johns Manville Southern Pacific Chesapeake & Ohio Pacific Western Oil Trans Continental & Western all attracted higher prices.
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New York
Bethlehem Steel
Packard
Goodrich
Sears Roebuck
Woolworth
Anaconda Copper
American Smelt
Teachers At UNC Held Communist Cards, Says Ex-Activist
A self described former communist claims five or six University of North Carolina teachers held communist party cards between June 1943 and December 1947. Paul Crouch spoke at a Baptist youth conference in Charlotte saying he knew of 15 to 20 party members in Chapel Hill during that period. He said he resigned from the party in 1942.
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Crouch
Fred Beal
Gastonia
Steel Strike Threat Looms Over Fourth Wage Round
The CIO United steelworkers threaten a possible strike after U S Steel rejects a fourth round wage increase and company financed pension and insurance plans. Talks resume then recessed as Philip Murray calls for a July 13 wage policy meeting and a potential strike on July 16.
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Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corp
Bellwether
Cio-United
Philip Murray
CIO
Steelworkers
The
Steel Corp
Steel Corporation
Dairymen Seek Official Milk Class Schedule in North Carolina
About 400 dairy producers from 14 counties attended a four hour hearing in Elkin on July 7. Agriculture Commissioner Ballentine said the event could set a pattern for grade A milk classification. George A. Coble defended the current class utilization plan amid surplus, seasonal demand decline, and cheaper farm commodities.
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Elkin
L. Y. Ballentine
Coble
Lexington
Ballentine
Coble Dairy Products
George A. Coble
R. G. Lytle
State
Min. Producers Federation
Latvians say life better in D P camp than Randolph County farm
A war bred Latvian family in Randleman North Carolina says life in a German displaced persons camp was easier than farm labor in America. Indrikis Dadzitis 43 says weekly earnings of 20 dollars plus board were insufficient for his wife and three children. His son Alfonso 14 prefers America but the family faces hard adjustment while awaiting better work. They came from Boston after a Lutheran Settlement Service placement on Earl Johnsons 640 acre dairy farm Route 1 in Randleman.
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D. P. Camp
Randolph County
Randleman
Europe
America
Indrikis Dadzitis
Alfons Dadzitis
D. P
Dadzills
Boston
Earl Johnson
Route 1
Johnson
Lutheran
Dadzitis
Alfonsoi
North Carolina
Wentspils
Johnson Farm
Alfons
Fink and Governor Discuss Marion Labor Claims
President C A Fink of the State Federation of Labor met Governor Scott to discuss charges by the AFL International Upholsterers union about intimidation at the Marion Drexel Furniture plant. Fink said he had not received a telegram but would assist if asked. Governor Scott, in Washington, called the SBI report on the charges “a little exaggerated.”
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Raleigh
C. A. Fink
State Federation of Labor
Scott
Fink
Marion
Ink
Asheville
Drexel Furniture Company
Washington
SBI
One Killed In Car Crash Near Mt Airy
Mt Airy July 7 Kenneth R Jones 26 of Toast died at 1230 am when his car failed to negotiate a curve on the old Low Gap road left the highway and struck a power pole Merle C Martin a fourth passenger sustained minor head and face injuries and was treated and released at Martin Memorial hospital officials said the veteran investigating the accident showed he lost control of the vehicle after the curve.
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MT. Airy
Kenneth R. Jones
Low Gap
Merle C. Martin
Martin Memorial Hospital
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Council Bluffs
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Merchant Mariner
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Humboldt Times
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Anna Roosevelt Boettiger
Roosevelt
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Say Bund
U. S
Dadzius
Germany
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Piedmont
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