Senate roads committee debates bills and delays action
A Raleigh dispatch reports a Senate roads committee meeting where serious and humorous remarks shaped a string of bills. Topics ranged from turnpike financing and highway patrol pay to traffic enforcement at colleges, license examiner ethics, and a plan to auction low number plates. The session included quick votes and several measures sent to subcommittees.
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Lynn Nisbet
Raleigh
Mar
Legislative Committee
Senate Roads Committee
State Fairgrounds
Thought Heard A Putty Tat In Alhambra Mission
In Alhambra California Mr and Mrs Howard Fish drove to a filling station and found a cat wedged in their car trapning it after four miles The article shifts to North Carolina politics noting a June 15 date and a house committee session on liquor bills with Rep Walter Crissman and a public hearing set for June 15 The passage ends with a reference to unenacted items appearing in state statutes
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Alhambra
Calif
Howard Fish
House
Walter Crissman
Guilford
Secutenc
General Assembly
North Carolina
Stonewall Jackson shot by own men after Chancellorsville
Confederate general Stonewall Jackson, famed for the Chancellorsville campaign, was accidentally wounded by his own troops. The incident foreshadowed the impact of his loss on Confederate leadership and battlefield dynamics.
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Chancellorsville
Star’s Rules to Alienate a Boyfriend and Hollywood Notes
Marion Marshall lists nine dating no nos in a Paris-like social column urging restraint while Hollywood briefs recount Abbott and Costello pranks for newcomer Dorothy Shay, Joan Caulfield’s dog scene and David Farrar’s personal helmet in The Golden Horde.
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Marion
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Dorothy Shay
Costello
Miss Shay
Joan Caulfield
Davey
Miss Caulfield
Joan
David Farrar
Farrar
Genghis Khan
Noonday Prayer Idea By 13 Year Old Girl Takes Hold
A 13 year old Linda Keller from Maryland inspired a noon prayer initiative during WW2. Radio stations including WWDC broadcast a daily 12 noon silent prayer for service members overseas. Reactions were largely positive with listeners praising the moment of quiet and reflection.
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Washington
Maryland
President Truman
Linda Keller
WWDC
Norman Reed
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