Pattern of Guilford revaluation hints at tax changes
Tax Pattern Emerging Guilford revaluation could lower the tax rate while raising total value. W F Hester predicts many will be surprised, some pay more and others less. If equalization holds, taxes may not rise. if a lower rate hides higher take, concerns arise. County figures show 1952 values up 10 percent, with projected 525 to 600 million total valuation.
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Guilford
W. F. Hester
County Commission
Lloyd C. Amos
Hester
Guilford County
High Point
Amos
Linois General Assembly
French business cartel gates higher prices despite efficiency
A U S official in Paris reports French textile makers shield profits through an implicit cartel. They argue live and let live sustains market share by keeping prices high, despite newer machines cutting costs. The piece warns such an approach harms productivity and could influence workers and government, risking similar trends abroad.
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U. S
Paris
Superior Philosophy Sermon Urges Counterfeit Philosophy Fight
University of North Carolina commissioned Dr. Robert Dwight Ware to deliver the commencement address. He warned graduates against counterfeit philosophy spread by certain nations and urged a superior idea and a renewed dream for a world free of evil. He linked Korea to militarism's failure to quell such ideas.
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University of North Carolina
Robert Dwight Ware
Jamestown Methodist Church
Asheville
Korea
New Voting Plan Faces Cautions for Ill Patients
The Mattoon Journal Gazette cites Illinois lawmakers consider permitting hospital and homebound voting while warning of potential abuses. Officials warn that without safeguards, unscrupulous agents could solicit "sick" ballots, undermining the election process.
Peter Pan export crackdown sparks questions on Peter Piper
A Washington column notes the Commerce Department sanctions on Peter Pan and his Hong Kong shipping partner for export controls. It recounts Maryland Governor McKeldin’s humor during a Baltimore East End Boys dinner and mocks a Folger Shakespeare Library scene while lampooning political and literary figures.
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Commerce Department
Peter Pan
Peter Piper
Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin
Maryland
Baltimore
East End Boys
Senator Smith Questions Defense Budget Stirs White House
Maine Senator Margaret Chase Smith grilled Defense Secretary Wilson and Undersecretary Kyes with 32 questions about the next year’s defense budget. The exchange touched on atomic cannons, European deployments, air force cuts, and a target of 120 wings by 1954, amid claims of overproduction and misaligned priorities.
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Washington
NEA
Maine
Margaret Chase Smith
Defense
Charles F. Wilson
Roger M. Kyes
Pentagon
Senator Smith
Air Force
Stuart Symington
Missouri
House
Armed Services
Senate
Bill Lewis
Naval Affairs
Wilson
Capitol Hill
Europe
Koea
Quotes on international policy and looming conflict
The excerpt cites voices from US and Australian leaders criticizing Soviet aims and Western appeasement. Eisenhower warns against changes in Soviet policy toward freedom, while Knowland and Truman-era figures caution of strategic missteps and Communist maneuvers. An Australian Foreign Minister warns the Southeast Asia stance fuels risk.
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Southeast Asia
Richard G. Casey
The State Magazine Turns Twenty For Raleigh Publisher
The State weekly magazine, based in Raleigh, marks its 20th year since launching in 1933. Under Carl Goerch and Bill Sharpe, it has built a 21,000 weekly circulation and aims to sell North Carolina to locals and the nation. The piece also notes a Southern Presbyterian Negro work drive and a reflection on Nepenthe and poetry.
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Raleigh
Carl Goerch
New York State
North Carolina
Ervin S. Cobb
Goerch
Tar Heels
Commonwealth
Bill Sharpe
United States
Montreal
Southern Presbyterians
General Assembly
Richard R. Potter
Stillman College
Tuscaloosa
Alabama
South
Umstead Budget Talks Focus on Conservation and Development
Governor Umstead pushes for higher salaries and a larger budget for the Department of Conservation and Development, aiming to hire a top executive and expand industrial development. Budget advisors, many ex-legislators, weigh conservatism against the proposed investment. Deaths outpace births in early 1953, with heart disease leading causes and increases in pneumonia, influenza, and accident deaths.
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Advisory Budget Commission
Umstead
Scott
Utilities Commission
Department of Conservation and Development
Advisory Commission
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al Goodman
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Myron Cohen
Cohen
Nov. McKeldin
Folber Shakesperian Library
Elizabeth
Daughters of the American Revolution
DAR
Louis B. Wright
Folger
Folger Library
John Milton
Librarian Wright
Peter Edson
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Soviet Russia
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Eisenhower
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Munich
Churchill
Attlee
Bevan
Sen
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Calif
Red China
You Chan Gyang
Truman
W. A. Bivins
Nepenthe
John Keats
T.b
Soul Abroad
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the Enterprise
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Italy
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