Atlantic & North Carolina loan eyed for rail expansion
The Atlantic & East Carolina railroad seeks a half million dollar loan from the Atlantic & North Carolina railway to fund diesel locomotives and heavier rails on 20 miles west of Morehead City and 10 miles west of Goldsboro. The plan, supported by a state-backed arrangement, would rely on enabling legislation and aims to spur industrial growth along the route.
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Atlantic & North Carolina Railway Company
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A&nc
Morehead Via
Golds
Ivy Point
Camp Lejeune
Morehead City
Atlantic Coast Line
Jacksonville
Atlantic & North Carolina
Havelock
Marine
Lejeune
Overseas WWII cemeteries near completion by 1955
VFW Post 619 leader Adam Thomason reports the fourth overseas World War II cemetery should transfer to the American Battle Monuments Commission soon. Completion aimed for 1955 with about 76 000 fallen buried. General Thomas North heads the project with an estimated 32 million dollars.
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American Battle Monuments Commission
A. C. Schultz
V.F.W. Post
Thomas North
Schultz
General North
V.F.W
Texas Tough Brothers Captured After Jail Break
Chester Davenport 26 surrendered in a relative's closet yesterday as Norman Davenport 23 remained at large after a jail breakout in Mayes County Oklahoma. FBI confirms federal kidnapping charges involving Coy Jean Scroggins 23 abducted Friday near Locust Grove Oklahoma and driven to Texas. Scroggins freed unharmed early Saturday.
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North Texas
Norman
FBI
Chester
Jean Scroggins
Locust Grove
Okla
Scroggins
Mayes County
Pryor
False Alarm Draws Firemen To Church
A false alarm at 3 30 p m yesterday sent local firemen to the new Fairmont Baptist church on Thomasville road. The original church building was destroyed by fire late last year. Earlier at 1 50 p m firemen put out a grass fire in the 500 block of East State street.
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New Fairmont Baptist Church
Thomasville Road
East State
Car Scarcity Haunts Florida Farms In Veggie Shortage
Florida farmers face major losses as a rail car shortage ties up refrigerated vehicles. Gordon Stedman of the Growers and Shippers League in Orlando says only 893 cars are in the state and 796 en route, with 3,500 to 4,000 cars needed weekly as crops ripen. The ICC reports efforts to move more reefers east of the Mississippi.
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Fla., Co
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Gordon Stedman
Growers and Ski League
Orlando
Florida
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Tallahassee
Mississippi
Pope Urges Wealth Redistribution In Spain Broadcast
Pope Pius XII urged a just salary and better distribution of natural wealth in a radio address to workers in Madrid and Spanish capitals marking his coronation anniversary. He defended private property but condemned extreme inequality and warned against movements he called imaginary achievements.
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Rome
Pope Pius XII
Spain
Madrid
Minneapolis Stands Halfway Between Poles
A brief geographic note places Minneapolis Minnesota roughly midway between the North Pole and the Equator, highlighting its latitudinal position.
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Minneapolis
Minn
North Pole
Equator
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