Expensive Merge Planning Erases CP and L Tide Water Deal
The Carolina Power and Light Company and Tide Water Power Company merger, completed last week, involved about 1600000 in mechanics and printing costs plus substantial recording fees across many counties. A North Carolina advisory panel debated equal gender representation, with 121 men and 9% women on the executive slate, and the meeting set the state convention for May with limited speeches and a focus on procedural changes and vacancies.
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Carolina Power & Light Company
Tide Water Power Company
Secretary of State
Cewt
Cp&l
Scott
J. Hampton Price
Rockingham
Raleigh Municipal Auditorium
Charles M. Meakin
National
Executive Committee
Chute Fails to Open in Exhibition Jump Fatal at Danville Airport
Ramon Brocker 23, a World War II veteran from Grand Rapids Michigan, died after his parachute failed to open during an exhibition at the Danville airport. He died an hour and a half after arriving at Memorial Hospital. Survivors include his widow Joyce Cop ley of Durham North Carolina. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Danville
Ramon Brocker
Memorial Hospital
Brocker
Grand Rapids
Mich
Joyce Copley
Durham
N. C
Washed Separately to Prevent Lint on Light Fabrics
Colorfast articles should be washed separately to prevent lint from light fabrics clinging to them. This guidance aims to preserve color integrity and fabric appearance by avoiding contamination during laundry.
Curious snippets and oddities span a quirky late edition
A mosaic of tidbits ranges from a baby’s potential weight surge to storage promos, crime quips, health notes, humor exchanges, and reflections on language, media figures, and long vanished schemes. The column fuses playful folly with lingering social curiosities.
Crossword Puzzle Clue Grid
The puzzle lists a horizontal clue set and a single vertical entry for Vacation. Across include Brown Ideal state Wall painting Snuggle a river Foot pert Worms Burmese demon Handles Nullity Everlasting Install again Natural fats. Down entry is Vacation.
Howe to play four spades trap lesson from East hand
In a noted bridge hand from an Eastern Tournament the declarer in four spades loses to a smart defense. The key is to lead ten of spades to the second trick and to sense West holds the singleton king. Dummy later re-enters with a diamond and South finesses against East to secure the contract. A Jacksonville crime item follows with Gene Autry in a drive-in theft and a note on capital per employee in petroleum.
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New York City
West
South
East
Lover Admits Fatal Beating Of Sweetheart
Hollywood police say 32 year old real estate man Stanley Wassil admitted striking his sweetheart Marjorie Page causing fatal head injuries. Page known as Marjorie Zears died after being hospitalized in coma. Wassil claimed a quarrel over money and another man’s coat sparked the incident. He said he pushed her and her head slammed against a wall.
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Hollywood
Mack Sennett
Marjorie Page
Stanley Wassil
General Hospital
Wassil
Page
Cholera Typhus and Plague Hit Communist Troops in Korea
United Press reports cholera typhus and bubonic plague fears among Communist forces in North Korea. Allied measures and vaccines have kept Allied troops healthy, while disease casualties among Chinese and North Koreans are estimated from three to six million.
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Phil Newsom
United Press Foreign
Asia
North Koea
Peiping
North Korea
Manchuria
Korea
Crawford E. Sams
Sams
United States
Hair Styles Shift in Britain as Men Embrace Cousin Waves
British barbers report growing interest in hair fashion for men with new wave styles and salons in London West End. Styles like the Pompadour Regency and Duck’s tail gain popularity among social classes, aided by nose and head shape planning and filing-card precision.
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London
INS
Board of Directors
West End
Britain
Ae S
Streatham
Anh
Peter Andrews
Andrews
Cecil Poper
Life Insurance Through a Personal Lens at Metropolitan Life
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company highlights the human impact behind policy figures, noting 33 373 000 policy holders served by year end and illustrating daily personal facets through stories like a son seeking the return of a paid claim, underscoring life-insurance value in the United States and Canada.
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United States
Canada
Metropolitan
Metropolitan Accident and Health Insurance
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