Public School Lunchrooms To Operate Under State
North Carolina’s public school lunch program will run 1946 47 with a state administration budget of 536265 and 42 82 in federal funds and local matching payments. One thousand two hundred fifty schools will participate up from 1050 and 900 in prior years. The State Board of Education also approved four new supervisors, two stenographer clerks, and three more clerks for financial work. Also approved three superintendent appointments and two literary fund loans for school construction and remodeling.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Paul Reid
Reid
State Board of Education
F. D. Byrd
Cumberland
W. H. Walker
Watauga
M. A. McLeod
Sanford City
Chatham County
Local Government Commission
Gates County
Hobbsville
Prison Discharge Follows Inmate’s Case at Raleigh
The camp superintendent has been discharged after findings on a case involving prisoner Boyce. Boyce, brought to central prison Raleigh, received a medical exam showing no permanent injury and normal condition. Black, longtime prison department staff and wartime camp superintendent, returned from service last fall. Boyce's Mecklenburg County sentence combines four years for breaking and entering and two years for larceny, begun January 1946. he is a World War II veteran with 2.5 years service in the Navy.
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Boyce
Central Prison
Raleigh
Black
Mecklenburg County
Mill firms pledge voluntary raise for workers in changing cost of living
Local mill executives report they will voluntarily raise wages ahead of the usual November reopening to address rising living costs. Boarders advocate equal treatment with other employees amid the unusual conditions, while direct communication with all mills remains challenging. Vanilla extract is noted as derived from a South and Central American climbing orchid.
North Carolina Paid Over One Billion in Fed Taxes
North Carolina reported 1.0926 billion dollars in federal tax receipts for the fiscal year ending June 30, compared with 871.4 million the prior year. The state ranked among 12 states sending more than one billion, with New York leading at 8.116 billion and others like Illinois California and Pennsylvania also above three billion.
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Washington
North Carolina
Internal Revenue Department
New York
Illinois
California
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Massachusetts
Michigan
Missouri
New Jersey
Texas
Maryland District of Columbia
Bikini atoll test sinks subs and contaminates water
AP reporters describe the Bikini atoll blast as a killer of ships within a half mile radius. Submarines reportedly sunk, drone plane damaged, and 36 square miles of water contaminated within 24 hours.
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Don Whitehead
Associated Press
Lagoon
New Mexico Sands
Charles McMurtry
Bagone
Blandy
William FE. Kepner
Army
Bikini Beach
Senate Conferees Alter Civilian Provisions In Patent and Armed Forces Rules
Senators yield on civilian board members while keeping that at least one of five control commissioners be in the armed forces. The armed forces director for the division of military application will join the panel. Patents in atomic energy stay non patentable as agreed by conference. purchases or condemnations of patents are not allowed with eventual return to owners. Representative J Parnell Thomas dissented and may seek House rejection.
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White House
House
Senate
Commission
J. Parnell Thomas R
Justice and fortunes in art looted by Goering case
The text lists defendants in the Goering loot trial including Ribbentrop Keitel Jodl Doenitz Schacht Funk Rosenberg Frank Frick Neurath Sauckel Speer Fritsche and von Schirach. It also notes the rosefish of Canada give birth to live young.
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Goering
Reichmarshal
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Wilhelm Keitel
Alfred Jodl
Karl Doenitz
Hjalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Walter Funk
Schacht
Alfred Rosenberg
Slayings Near Monroe Spur Federal Probe
Four Black residents were killed near Monroe Georgia in a mob attack. Sheriff Gordon said Harrison was held at gun point as two men were shot. a woman was stabbed after denouncing abuse. Attorney General Tom Clark ordered a complete Justice Department civil rights section probe.
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Gordon
Harrison
Washington
Tom Clark
Monroe
Department of Justice
Butler
Malcom
Hester
Georgia Bureau of Investigating
Thomasville Union Strike Talks End in Deadlock
Officials refused comment as a federal conciliator helped negotiations after a Friday meeting. The union seeks a 15 cent an hour raise and a 60 cent minimum wage, while the company offered five cents and kept current wages. The strike could last up to two years with a $100,000 strike fund and broad support from UFWA unions.
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Alfred Long
Roanoke
Gilbert
U. S
UFWA
Main Street High School
Truman Signs New Price Control Bill Snapping OPA Powers
In a pivotal move President Truman signs a price control bill that restores ceilings canceled June 30 and reestablishes rent controls in 520 areas. Officials warn of inflation and warn clothing prices may rise 15 to 20 percent due to a new pricing formula for cotton and woolen textiles. Industry leaders oppose the measure saying it chaos and inflation.
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Wason
CLO
United Auto Workers
Detroit
OPA
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Chicago
American Meat Institute
Truman
Congress
Soviet plan seeks global ban on atomic weapons
Reds chairman of the atomic commission calls the Soviet proposal impossible and American spokesman says the U S position remains unchanged. The plan envisions an international convention banning weapons with nations enforcing limits and the Security Council punishing violators while sharing atomic energy data through a commission. No vote on the proposal was indicated for the session.
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Atomic Commission
Sut
Gromyko
Security Council
Groundhogs displaced by migrating minks in Pocahontas County
Pocahontas county Game Warden W. F. Rexrode reports that minks have evicted groundhogs from their burrows and are now using the homes to store food, adding to the housing shortage in the region.
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Charleston
W. Va
INS
Pocahontas County
W. F. Rexrode
Picketing Duties Reported For Morning Shifts
The report notes picketing duties began at seven o'clock this morning and were handled in shifts after 8 30 a m.
North Carolina Junes wage data shows small drop in weekly pay
The state labor department reports 264000 workers in 2079 establishments earned average weekly pay of 31.05 dollars in June, down from 31.16 in May. Hourly earnings held at 79.5 cents. Total employment rose 0.7 percent while payrolls increased 0.3 percent to 8.209 million dollars.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Labor Department
War Contracts Probe Touches May and Eisenhower Letters
Senate investigators reveal that May pressed for war contracts and urged clemency for Joseph Garsson, son of a munitions maker. General Waitt testifies May also acted as intermediary, while President Truman comments on the disclosures amid a widening probe of the $78 million war contracts system.
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May
War Department
Munitions Combine
Kentucky
Combine
Senate Committee
Truman
Joseph Garsson
Alden H. Waitt
Chemical Warfare Service
William N. Porter
Waitt
Europe
Eisenhower
Garsson
Murray Garsson
Cuba
Joseph Freeman
Washington
City establishes rat control section in St Louis
The health department creates a rat control unit in St Louis funded by a $40 000 revolving fund to enforce a new ordinance requiring rat proofing for homes businesses and apartment buildings.
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ST. Louis
INL
City Health Department
American Public Works Association
Sundial and star time align only four times a year
The text notes that star time and sundial time differ from solar time and match exactly only four times annually, highlighting the irregularity of celestial timekeeping versus sundial indications.
Market stocks climb with steel leaders in mixed session
Wall Street shares rise fractionally led by steel names including U. S. Steel and Bethlehem. Traders note timid buying as major issues edge higher while bonds soften and farmers report mixed livestock and crop prices in Chicago and New York markets.
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New York
Steels
Bethlehem
U. S. Steel
Youngstown Sheet
Republic Steel
International Harvester
Douglas Aircraft
Park & Tilford
Tide Water Oil
Standard Oil of Calif
Texas Co
Anaconda
Electric Power & Light
du Pont
Chrysler
U. 8
Rubber
Air Reduction
Union Carbide
Harrow
Caution Urged On DDT Labels by Purdue Entomology Head
Prof. J. J. Davis of Purdue University entomology warns many DDT products on the market contain less than one percent active ingredient and are likely of little value. He says labels should specify five percent or more to be effective.
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Lafayette, Synd
INS
J. J. Davis
Purdue University Department of Entomology
Tobacco ripening rapidly raises labor problem in state
Rapid ripening of tobacco across North Carolina areas increases the labor burden for picking and curing. Other crops are generally in good condition except cotton which is only fair with excessive vegetation and boll weevil presence in some areas.
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Raleigh
Winston-Salem Watchmaking Course For Veterans
The Winston-Salem school of watchmaking engraving and jewelry repair will open a two year course for veterans on September 9. Operated by the city schools vocational department in cooperation with the veterans administration and representatives of the United Horticultural association.
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Winston-Salem
Winston- Salem School of
Vocational Department of the
City Schools
Veterans Administration A
United Horticultural Association
Plan for Palestine and Trans-Jordan Neutrally Governed
The proposal envisions Palestine and Trans-Jordan as a permanently neutral UN territory. It would create two independent states, Jewish and Arab, with borders set by mutual agreement. Christian holy sites would be jointly administered by Rome, Protestant, and Greek Orthodox authorities. A UN boundary committee would supervise any boundary agreement.
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Palestine
Trans-Jordan
United Nations
Judea
Abdullah
United Nations Committee
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