Durham Stockpile Bill Approved by House Conferees
Senate conferees sunk the Senate version and accepted the House bill drafted by Rep. Carl Durham of Chapel Hill. Senator Warren Austin urged unanimous approval of Durham’s bill, calling it superior. Rep. Ewing Thomason praised it as constructive and a living monument to Durham’s intelligence and devotion. The measure aims to ensure stockpiling of strategic materiel for future conflicts.
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Washington
Senate
House
Carl Durham
Chapel Hill
Durham
Warren Austin
Vermont
United States
United Nations
Ewing Thomason
Texas
House Military Affairs Committee
Thomason
Lions Gather in Raleigh for 24th North Carolina District 31 Meet
Lions clubs from North Carolina District 31 will convene in Raleigh from June 14 to 16 for the 24th annual convention of the districts 31 International Association of Lions Clubs. The event ends with the North Carolina Association for the Blind meeting. Dr Joseph F Clunk of the federal security agency will address the blind convention.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Lions Clubs
International Association of Lions Clubs
North Carolina Association For the Blind
The
Joseph F. Clunk
National Services For the Blind
Federal Security Agency
Blind Association
Salt Pay for Roman Soldiers Reported in Ancient Records
Ancient records note that Roman soldiers received part of their wages as salt. The unusual payment method highlights salt’s value in antiquity and military sustenance.
Nylon Production Soaring, Senators Report
Four senators report nylon hosiery production has risen since Jan 1 1946, estimating average output of more than three pairs per wearer among 53,690,000 American women 14 and older. They note the United States holds roughly 6 percent of the world's population and 7 percent of the world’s nylon production.
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Washington
America
D-Ny
Downey
Calif
Taya Oe
Mitchell
Death of Rup ert Edgar West District game protector dies at Moyock
Rup ert Edgar West 56 a district game protector for the state department of conservation and development died at his Moyock home May 18 after a brief illness. He served 14 years as a game protector and wrote articles for national sports magazines. He is survived by his widow two daughters Genevieve and Josephine West of Moyock and a brother Maynard D. West of Norfolk. Funeral services were held May 20.
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Raleigh
Rupert Edgar Wset
State Department of Conservation and Development
Moyock
Wset
Genevieve
Josephine West
Maynard D. West
Norfolk
Southern club formed at Wentworth Military academy
Lexington Missouri residents report the Hi, y all club at Wentworth Military Academy seeks members with a genuine southern accent a fondness for corn bread hot biscuits and fried chicken plus a Democratic political faith and aim to become an honorary colonel.
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Lexington
INS
Wentworth Military Academy
Greece Faces Emerging Disorder Near Slav Border
An Allied observer labels Greece’s southern Slav border area as its next trouble spot amid unrest from leftist groups and pro Yugoslav Macedonian agitation. The government accuses an active Slav minority and infiltrators from the Elas, a postwar resistance group, of destabilizing the region. In Denver, H L Uppal of Punjab India studies American dam and road construction methods for a planned billion-dollar irrigation project in Punjab, staying four months.
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Greece
Yugoslavia
Bularia
Geece
Elas
Yugoslav
Denver
INS
H. L. Uppal
Punjab
India
Punjab Irrigation Department
Mrs. Gertrude Ridge Dies After 10 Day Illness At 61
Mrs. Gertrude Elizabeth Ridge aged 61 died in a local hospital after a ten day illness. She was born November 14, 1884 in Randolph County and married Homer M. Ridge on November 4, 1903. Survived by her husband, four sons, three daughters, a brother and four sisters. Funeral at 2 p.m. Monday from 805 Willowbrook Street with Rev. E. M. Jones officiating. Interment in Oakwood Cemetery. Body to be returned to residence Sunday at 4 p.m.
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Gertrude Elizabeth Ridge
Randolph County
B. B
Sarah Louise Moffitt Brooks
Homer M. Ridge
H. M
Tim) Ridge
Edward
Tuck) Ridge
High Ioint
Fred T
Brooks Ridge
Florence
S. C
Navy Ramjet Tests Hint at Very High Speeds
The article notes ramjets as future high speed aircraft power, with tests achieving the fastest engine to date. Ramjets would extend speed after other propulsion reaches about 800 mph, using catapults or rockets to reach efficient operation. Development by Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab is highlighted.
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Navy
Island Fes
N. J
Applied Physics Laboratory
John Hopkins University
Queen Victoria Letter to Princess Victoria On 1858 Bible Gift
A digitized inscription explains a Bible once given by Queen Victoria to her daughter Victoria on the occasion of a farewell from their British home. The note promises comfort and blessing, mentioning the aunt and a shared church visit, with the date January 31 1858 and references to royal family ties.
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Queen Victoria
Britain
Princess Royal
Prussia
Frederick III
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Victoria
Basta
Cate
NMU strike fund grows as talks stretch toward walkout
The CIO union raises a 1 million dollar strike fund and outlines a pre strike rally in Madison Square Garden next Thursday. Officials release NMU weekly paper with reports on stalled talks as mediators and operators pursue time off with pay and a 56 hour shipboard cap and a port time off proposal.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
NMU
John W. Gibson
Gibson
National Maritime Union
Our Men And Women In Service Times at Bikini tests and Navy assignments
Charles E Pearch seaman first class from High Point North Carolina serves aboard USS Clamp preparing for atomic tests at Bikini Atoll. Thomas E Davis from 427 Willow Brook Street is discharged from the Navy at Charleston separation center after 20 months service. Robert Franklin Jones and John Albert Haynes of High Point are assigned to USS Little Rock after recruit training and naval service entry on March 1 1946.
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Charles E. Pearch
High Point
N. C
Clamp
Bikini Atoll
Eer
Davis
Thomas E. Davis
Parker L. Davis
Willowbrook Street
United States Navy
Charleston, S. C
Navy
Robert Franklin ‘Jones
Ruby Jones
Grayson Street
John Albert Haynes
Ellen Haynes
Little Rock
Naval Training Center
Norfolk
Naval Service
Lieutenant Kiriakides in Germany Gives Update to Family
Lt. Robert Kiriakides, son of Mrs. Leslie Bryant, called from Nuernberg, Germany to his wife Dora Harris of Edmonton and their daughter. He said a planned U S flight on the A-26 Invader with a 56 plane formation was delayed due to unfinished stopovers at air bases in Africa and South America.
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Robert Kiriakides
Leslie Bryant
Nuernberg
Germany
Dora Harris
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Kiriakides
United States
Africa
South America
Little Discharged From Destroyer Oswald After War Service
John W. Little a 20 year old seaman first class from High Point North Carolina was discharged Wednesday June 5 in Jacksonville Florida. He served on the destroyer escort Oswald which earned the presidential unit citation for anti submarine action in the Atlantic and he wears three ribbons including the European African with two stars the American theater with one star and the victory medal. He is the son of Luther T. Little of 312 Walker street High Point.
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Little
Oswald
Atlantic
John W. Little
High Point
N. C
Jacksonville
Fla
Luther T. Little
Walker Street
Libera tor of South America and other trivia
The quiz notes Simon Bolivar as the liberator of South America and William Jennings Bryan as America s silver tongue orator. It also gives Bessie Wallis Warfield as the Duchess of Windsor s maiden name. Visit postponed: L L Ray, executive secretary for the North Carolina Dairy Protest association, cannot speak next Monday before the Exchange club.
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Liberator
South America
America
Orather
Duchess of Windsor
Simon Bolivar
William Jennings Bryan
Bessie Wallis Warfield
L. L. Ray
North Carolina Dairy Proqueers Association
Exchange Club
Colleges seek federal aid for veterans buildings
Controller Car michael urged federal aid for college building programs. Senator Meade of New York introduced a bill offering 250 million dollars in grants to colleges on a 50 50 basis for veterans dormitories classrooms laboratories and facilities. This would be a start he said.
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North Carolina
Carmichael
Meade
New York
Senate
Aged Prospector Found Dead In Mojave Desert
In San Bernardino a year old Los Angeles prospector was found dead in blistering Mojave Sands while missing companions and his son had been searching. Coroner R E Williams said heat and exposure likely caused death near a dry lake bed, while police and a sheriff's posse sought missing officers.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Los Angeles
Mojave
R. E. Williams
Peter Wolfer
LeRoy Eller
North Hall
Old W. Wolfer
E. Ane
Loce
Williams
Trona
Mary Pace Dies at 70 on Connor Street
Mrs. Mary Pace age 70 widow of O. B. Pace died at her son’s home on Connor Street Saturday afternoon after a ten day illness. Born November 29, 1875 in Newton County she moved to the city ten years ago from Porterdale Georgia. Surviving are her son Pace of this city a daughter Fletcher McCullough of Georgia a sister Mrs Clara of Tifton and a grandson. Funeral services Monday at 1 30 from the Methodist church with Rev S W Johnson in charge. Interment in Floral Garden Cemetery.
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Mary Pace
O. B. Pace
Newton County
Burl
Elizabeth McCul
Porterdale
Pace
Tist
Portdale
Fletcher McCullough
Clara
Tifton
Koonce Funeral Home
Methodist Church
S. W. Johnson
Floral Gerd
Men's Apparel Club Meeting in Charlotte Opens Tomorrow
The Men's Apparel Club and the Retail Clothiers and Furnishers Association meet in Charlotte starting tomorrow and run through Thursday. Louis Rothschild, director of the National Association of Retail Clothiers and Furnishers, will headline the banquet on Wednesday and speak at the main session.
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Charlotte
Men's Apparel Club
Olinas Association of Retailiers and Furnishers
Louis Rothschild
Nationassociation of Retail Clothiers A Furnishers
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Rep. Durham
Army
Rupert Edgar West
U. S
English
CIO Union
Charles Pearch
Cowper
Connor Street
Harllee
Dees
Parllee
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