North Carolina urged hotel fire safety bill to prevent Winecoff tragedy
Fire chiefs and the state fire marshal urge lawmakers to pass a bill requiring hourly checks of hotel corridors, guest alarm systems, stronger fire escapes, and automatic sprinklers in hotels over two stories within three years. Critics say cost is high but insurers argue sprinklers save money and lives. The push stresses guest safety and legislative responsibility.
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North Carolina
Atlanta
Guilford
Hosiery Bill Threatens Home Based Work, Critics Say
A NC hosiery industry group backs a bill to regulate home work, but opponents warn it would outlaw looping at home and other piecework. The piece argues the regulation stifles workers, hurts small manufacturers, and punishes ambition by limiting extra income from at home labor.
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North Carolina
Forrest Shuford
McKellar Advocates Unanimous Senate Vote For Key Appointments
Senator McKellar urges that important appointments like the atomic energy commission be approved only by a unanimous Senate vote. He questions majority rule, paralleling it with Soviet elections where opposition is ineffective. The piece contrasts Western doubts with communist practices.
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McKellar
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate
Sweden’s drift toward socialism under tax and trade reshapes its future
A Washington insider recounts private Sweden analysis criticizing a Russia-linked trade deal and rising taxes that erode private initiative. A cabinet minister’s wife warns of an educated elite ruling by merit, while students boo her call for equality. The piece notes Sweden’s slide toward controls, brain drain, and property transfers, with fears of irreversible despotism.
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America
Russia
Sweden
Sweden taxed to poverty as farms fail and youth flee
A Swedish owner laments heavy taxes and high costs that drain income, making farm ownership unprofitable and driving families to abandon homes. He claims industrial unions ruin farming, costly living leaves little for essentials, and predicts Russia could conquer Sweden with more swedes like the commerce minister.
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Sweden
Stockholm
Russia
Credit fight over six million added for teachers pay
Capitol squares debates over credit for six million dollars added to teachers pay. United Forces for Education, NCEA and South Piedmont factions push plans from 20 to 68 percent increases, with committee decisions and potential further requests shaping the fight before the next general assembly.
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Appropriations Committee
General Assembly
Old Omar
The
United Forces For Education
Farm Bureau
the Grange
Federation of Women's Clubs
Congress of Parents and Teachers
State School Board Association
N. C. Education Association
United Forces
Legislative Committee
S. P
NCEA
Advisory Budget Commission
Joint Committee
Governor Cherry Backed Six Million for Teachers
Lynn disbetification notes that Governor Cherry's letter to the joint committee helped pass a six million dollar increase for teachers. The piece credits state press for rallying public support while preserving a distinction between classroom teachers and other state employees.
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Cherry
Joint Committee
North Rolina
Coal output trends and labor efficiency in Britain 1938–1945
The article compares British coal production and miner efficiency from 1938 to 1945, noting a drop in output after WWII and a fall in output per miner from 695 to 618.3 tons. It contrasts British socialism and unions with American views on overproduction and distribution, citing Shaw and Fabian ideas.
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Great Britain
George Bernard Shaw
Sidney
Beatrice Ebb
United States
British socialism curbs output and risks economic collapse
By George Sokolsky argues British fear of overproduction drives two paths: Neo-Luddism hindering machinery and policies that reduce output per worker. He cites 1945 miner wages in Britain versus American coal wages, critiques Beveridge style cradle to grave benefits, food controls, and coal rationing. The piece warns of stagnation, foreign market losses, and overall mismanagement under socialist governance.
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Great Britain
United States
John Strachey
Food Ministry
Britain
Soviet
Russia
Poland
Broadway Gossip and Awards in New York Night Life
A lively column notes Constance Collier at the Oscar Wilde premiere in ermine, Paulette Goddard in daring dress, and Tony Martin's Copacabana triumph. It covers Gable earnings, Runyon fund donations, and echoes from Corbett, Gielgud, and Corwin while detailing stage updates and social headlines from New York.
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Constance Collier
Oscar Wilde
Sidney Howard
Wright
International ‘Theater
Paulette Goddard
Vth Avenue
Tony Martin
Copacabana
Leonora Corbett
Oscar
Clark Gable
Lucky
Gable
Joey Adams
Runyon Fund
Gibbs
Richard Lockridge
Tony Starr
Frank Capano
Frankie Carle
Columbia
Marjorie Hughes
Steve Hannagan
Jack Benny
Beth Challis
Beth
Ruth Etting
L.A
Paramount
Runyon Cancer Fund
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Riksdagen
Paul Mallon
Capitol Square
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Wilde
John Gielgud
Brooks Atkinson
Variety
Detroit Boy
Hooper
Fibber McGee
Jim Farley
Democratic Party
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Joe Miller
Corwin
Norman
Hans Borchers
Carl Eggers
Lenox Hill Hospital
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Paris
Dr. Westrick
Damon Runyon
Edward Rohrbaugh
Dutton
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Ade
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