Spotlight on Money Bill in North Carolina Assembly
In Raleigh on March 17 the spotlight turns to the joint appropriations committee as it tackles a 44 million permanent improvements measure. The package funds a UNC Chapel Hill teaching hospital expansion and a four year medical school upgrade, plus health centers and hospital funding. Senate debates a revenue bill tomorrow after a volatile house fight over Mull’s amendment to dry Cleveland county. Public hearings set for shellfish division creation and a fund to help counties build schools.
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Raleigh
Rex Gass
Forsyth
General Assembly
Joint Appropriations Committee
Medical Care Commission
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Senate
House
Rep. O. M. Mull
Cleveland County
Gass
Bathania
Department of Conservation and Development
Czechoslovakia Hires Italians Under New Treaty
Five thousand Italians, facing unemployment at home, will work in Czechoslovakia under an Italo Czech treaty. They undergo two medical exams, one in northern Italy before departure and another in Czechoslovakia. They will receive the same wages and living conditions as Czech workers.
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Rome
Czechoslovakia
Italy
Notice to Creditors in Estate of Mrs S L Jarrett
Having qualified as administrator of the estate of Mrs S L Jarrett late of Guilford County North Carolina this is to notify all persons having claims against the said estate to present them on or before February 11 1948 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery All debtors to said estate please make immediate payment BE Jarrett 106 North Wrenn St Administrator of the Estate of Mrs S L Jarrett Deceased 2 10 17 24 3 3 10 17
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S. L. Jarrett
Guilford County
North Carolina
BE. H. Jarrett
North Wrenn St
S. L
SSS Tonic Restores Energy and Blood Strength
Overworked, worried or ill lists drain energy as SSS Tonic claims to rebuild low blood strength. The ad asserts millions benefit from the tonic improving appetite, stamina, sleep and mood by boosting red blood cells and gastric juice, urging readers to buy at local drug stores.
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SSS Tonio
City Manager Plan Heads to Raleigh Voters
Raleigh voters will decide tomorrow whether to adopt a city manager form of government or keep the existing city commission. The plan would place legislative power in a seven member council that selects a city manager and governs the city, with two year terms for councilors and July 1 start if adopted.
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Raleigh
Raleig
City Commission
British Move Ends Martial Law in Palestine Spotlight
Palestine authorities lift martial law from Jerusalem's Mea Shearim and 40 square miles inland from Tel Aviv after two weeks of curbs on 250000 Jews. A bomb damages the Jewish Agency conference room in Jerusalem amid claims of underground attacks by Irgun Zvai Leumi with no casualties. Other blasts injure three military policemen at Tiberias and rupture an Iraq Petroleum pipeline.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
London
Mea Shearim
Tel Aviv
Jewish Agency
Recorder
Irgun Zvai Leumi
National Military Organization
Palestine Gov
Tiberias
Sea of Galilee
Iraq Petroleum Company
Palestine Pipeline
Tobacco Farmers in State See $49 Per 100 Pounds Average
North Carolina tobacco farmers averaged 49.01 dollars per hundredweight for the 1946 47 season, with total sales over one billion pounds and 450 575 600 dollars in grower receipts. Dealers resold 40 235 127 pounds for 15 524 129 dollars, warehouses 57 366 642 pounds for 25 921 104 dollars.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
W. P. Hedrick
North Carolina Department of Agriculture
Poem Used In Will Illustrates Quirks Of Court Records
In Richmond the chancery court preserves will books filled with humor sentiment and even poetry. Testators describe odd motives and scenes such as a shave and clean shirt before death a diatribe to family members and quirky bequests. One will leaves two fifty to each relative amid notes of potential prison time.
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Richmond
Chancery Court
Frederich Seeks Date After College Hayride Lottery
Ellensberg Washington reports Frederich Jauda of Vienna seeks a date at Central Washington College after learning of a past hayride lottery that matched 30 men with 420 interested. This year the college lists 527 men and 425 women as suitors. The article notes the origin of the word bonfire from bone fire.
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Ellensberg
Wash
Friederich Jauda
Vienna
Austria
Central Washington College
Jauda
Barton S Wright laid to rest in Grass Valley
Barton S Wright was buried in Grass Valley California after dying in the county hospital. He had donated his $500 savings to the Red Cross during the war and never made the trip back east he planned.
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Grass Valley
Calif
Barton S. Wright
Republicans Fail To Heed Rivals Pleas On Tax Cuts
The Republican led House Ways and Means Committee ignored Democratic pleas to slow tax cuts due to international concerns. It set March 24 for a full inquiry into the State Department's foreign economic policy and reciprocal trade program. Chairman Knutson aims to send the 3.5 billion tax cut bill to the floor with a closed rule, limiting amendments. Rep. Leo Allen flags potential floor safeguards while Rep. Engel hints at sending the measure back for tweaks to aid the "little fellow."
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
State Department
Knutson
R-Minn
Leo Allen
R-Ill
House Rules Committee
Engel
R-Mich
Veterans find GI bill subsistence far below needs at UNC
A survey by the University Veterans Association and the Carolina American Veterans committee reports 99.4 percent of UNC veterans cannot live on the GI bill subsistence. The average monthly budget is 103.46 versus 69.93 provided, with married veterans hardest hit and recreation costs separating home from away living.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
University Veterans Assocation
Carolina
The
American Veterans Committee
Congress
Dance Out of Their Socks Bend
Mothers in Orc bend with relief as the high school basketball season ends. Students danced in stocking feet to protect the maple court and avoid scuff marks, but the practice wore holes in many socks and required frequent mending.
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Bend
Orc
Unknown Flier Buried at Yap
An unnamed American flier lies buried on Yap in the Caroline Islands after a crash and fire more than three years ago. Local natives place fresh flowers daily at a crude cross as a lone memorial amid jungle growth.
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Yap
Carolina Islands
Pacific
Autos for Poland arrive in war-torn Poland for ministry use
A shipment of 52 American passenger automobiles 1946 models arrived in Poland for distribution to various ministries and government institutions. Charleston South Carolina claims the country’s oldest Huguenot church, founded in 1687.
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Warsaw
Poland
Charleston
S. C
America
How to Plan for Family Happiness
Advice shows families can increase happiness and reduce worries by prepaying due bills including rent taxes mortgage and insurance. It recommends saving small amounts each payday to build an emergency fund and then allocate funds for food clothing recreation and future plans like a home education or travel. The program is presented as a public service from life insurance companies and agents to 73 million owners and all American families.
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Daddy
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