Government Sets Time Payment Rules Postwar
Washington report details ongoing credit controls for purchases like autos and RO tors with one third down and balance due in 15 months. President Truman argues controls needed to curb rising prices while opponents say limits harm buyers who cannot afford larger down payments. He urges congressional action to extend or end wartime credit rules.
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Washington
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Tal Consumer Credit
Roosevelt
Truman
Mr. Truman
Congress
Wolcott
Camp Butner To Get First Patients Today
The first 50 patients were to arrive today at Camp Butner hospital the state's newest mental institution in Durham. Transfer from Camp Cutton at Monroe will vacate that facility with about 100 senile patients to arrive weekly for five weeks once a full medical staff is in place.
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Durham
Camp Butner Hospital
T. B. Honeycutt
Amp Cutton Mental Hospital
Monroe
Hner
Honeycutt
Dr Matthews Opens City Evangelist Series at First Baptist
Dr C E Matthews of Atlanta evangelism superintendent of the Southern Baptist convention spoke at the First Baptist Church urging immediate salvation through Jesus Christ. He warned civilization’s doom without spiritual awakening and cited humanity’s peril from weapons in hand. Fort Worth evangelist John Cargill led the music and will direct revival programs in the East Russell Street tent.
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C. E. Matthews
Atlanta
Southern Baptist Convention
Travis Avenue Baptist Church
Fort Worth
Texas
First Baptist Church
Matthews
Jesus
Christ
Dr. Matthews
John Cargill
East Russell Street
Reidsville Man Released On Bond For Embezzlement Warrants
John Marshall Hunt 42 of Reidsville former Rockingham county home and farm superintendent was released on 1000 bond to answer 15 warrants alleging embezzlement of county funds. Magistrate F R Mitchell ordered him to stand trial at the August term of Rockingham county superior court. Sheriff Hodges said the investigation began at the county board of commissioners request after seeking his resignation.
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Reidsville
John Marshall Hunt
Rockingham County
Wentworth
F. R. Mitchell
Spas
Muncie S. Hodges
County Board of Commissioners
Hant
Family Five Generations Gather for Newborn in Los Angeles
Five day old Robin Lee Kauling marks five generations in one family in Los Angeles. Parents Robin C. Kauling, Ruby Reynolds, Maybelle Eshelby, and Rosenda Eshelby share a rare lineage. The elder notes she has held them all. A remark about hawks and sparrows follows.
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Los Angeles
Robin Lee Kauling
Robin C. Kauling
Ruby Reynolds
Maybelle Eshelby
Rosenda Eshelby
San Diego
State American Legion Gets Its Formal Start Today
The North Carolina department of the American Legion opened its annual convention in Carolina Beach with thousands in attendance. Governor Cherry expected to speak, Judge John L. Burney delivered the welcome, and William Worlof of Greensboro led the session as Commander. Miss North Carolina American Legion was crowned as Sarah Cobl of Monroe, with Helen Ann West and Lucia Earla Jones as runners up. U.S. Senator William B. Umstead addressed the memorial service urging peace and vigilance against isms. A later afternoon invasion by about 1,000 service members was planned for Carolina Beach.
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Carolina Beach
North Carolina Department of the American Legion
William Wor Lof
Greensboro
Superior Court
John L. Burney
Cherry
Sarah Cobl
Monroe
North Carolina American Legion
Helen Ann West
Warsaw
Lucia Earla Jones
Fayette
Sultan Ha mid II Host's Arabian Nights Party at Pontianak
A vivid West Borneo social scene describes Sultan Hamid II entertaining hundreds of guests at the Pontianak palace. The event features veiled Malay and Chinese guests, a Beel era décor, a Batavia swing band, an open bar, elaborate gardens, and nightly arabian dances before midnight departures.
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Pontianak West Borneo
West Borneo
Jis
Sultan Hamid II of
Pontianak
Beel of
Holland
Harmony Club
Palace
Hamid
Max
Hollywood
Batavia
Naval Commander to lead Licensed Beverage Industry group
Rear Admiral Francis E. M. Whiting, retiring from the Navy after 35 years, will become president of the Licensed Beverage Industries. Announcement says he will assume office mid June. Whiting earned the Legion of Merit Bronze Star and other honors for World War II service. He was Commandant of the New York Naval Base before retirement.
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NEW York
INS
Francis E. M. Whiting
New York Naval Base
Licensed Beverage Industries
Navy
Thomas F. McCarthy
Admiral Whiting
L.B.I
New York City
Naval Academy
Third Naval District
Southeast Pacific
Seventeenth Naval District
Alaska
Aleutians
North Pacific
South Pacific
Navy Department
Empty Stomachs Remind Japs Of Heavy Cost of Conflict
Japanese hunger highlights inflation across food and goods as war costs bite. Article cites sugar, rice, flour, soy sauce, eggs, potatoes, and apparel price spikes, plus shifts in salaries and postcards, contrasting old and new prices and exchange rates.
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Tokyo
NEA
Japan
Man Electrocuted After Auto Crash in Gaffney
A man identified as Dr. Robert Lewis McCorkle of Atlanta was electrocuted when his car hit a pole and a 33 000 volt line touched the vehicle. Police say he was unharmed at impact but died after touching the door on the passenger side. The incident occurred in Gaffney South Carolina.
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Gaffney
S. C
Robert Lewis McCorkle
Atlanta
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