Insurance Measure Triggers Bitter Floor Fight in Legislature
North Carolina lawmakers enact a bill to have the state carry its own fire insurance. The measure prompts a heated debate over shifting from premium payments to insurers to a state fund for rebuilding risk, with supporters citing long-term savings and opponents warning of risk and political implications.
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House
Cial
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Council of State
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Rowan
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Person
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Nash
Blalock
Anson
Taylor Wayne
Wallace
Lenoir
Stone
Rockingham
Kerr
Warren
Oscar Barker
Durham
Street Work Here Awaits State Action
Director T C Kirkman of the city public works department received a request from W W White district highway engineer to survey street highways for the next fiscal year starting July 1 but no word on current year street work. The present plan was to repair local streets last fall but the state deemed bids too high and postponed until spring. May or June now seems likely. Planned state work covers East Lexington Avenue Montlieu Avenue Ward Street East Green Street and the lower South Main Street area.
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City Public Works Department
W. W. White
Greensboro
Highway Department
Iscal
East Lexington Avenue
Montlieu Avenue
Ward Street
East Green Street
South Main Street
Eleanor Roosevelt speaks at Greensboro venues during visit
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt continued her Greensboro tour delivering talks at the overseas replacement depot and Greensboro College. She urged familiarity with plans to assist returning service members and urged public support for government programs.
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Greensboro
Eleanor Roosevelt
Woman's College
Greensboro College
Bennett College
Negro Educational Institution
Death notice for Mrs Lottie Morris Mask in Mt Gilead
Funeral services for 61 year old Mrs Lottie Morris Mask will be held at Mt Gilead Methodist church at 3 pm today with burial in Sharon cemetery. She is survived by her husband Charlie C Mask four children from a previous marriage three sisters and three brothers including Lt James Morris and Capt L Z Harris serving in Europe.
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Lottie M. Mask
MT. Gilead
Lottie Morris Mask
Mt. Gilead Methodist Church
Sharon Cemetery
Charlie C. Mask
Leroy McMahan
High Point
M. G. Pritchett
Columbia
A. W. Morris
Rural plan seeks 790 million for rural electric expansion
Rural plan announced by C. W. Kellogg president of the Edison Electric Institute calls for spending 790 million dollars by the nation's electric companies and new customers to extend rural electricity in three years.
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Rural Plan
New York
C. W. Kellogg
The
Edison Electric Institute
Missionary Foresees Major Coastal Invasion of China
Reverend W Alfred Schlicht er predicts large future news from the coast of China. He says the next invasion will target the mainland possibly after Formosa is conquered. The remarks come from China Next Media Pa on March 21.
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China
Chandler Sees Curfew Using Up More Light
Senator A B Chandler urges realism in curfews and wartime controls saying Americans will adjust better without harsh laws. He argues curfews may waste power. cites hotels leaving lights on and questions electricity savings amid war measures. He notes White House weighing VE Day holiday and Byrnes hints at postwar relaxations.
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Ite House
Krug
Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
Chandler
Sixth Army Rangers raid frees prisoners in Philippines
Private First Class Vernon N. Abbott of High Point North Carolina took part in General Jaeger’s Sixth Army Rangers raid on Luzon at Cabana tu at the start of February freeing more than 500 American and Allied prisoners. Pfc Myrtle M Stilwell of Thomasville North Carolina captains an AAFSC unit basketball team of WACs nicknamed the kids.
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Reynolds, Jr
State House of Representatives
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Maryland
Farmers’ Federation
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Sixth Army
Luzon
Vernon N. Abbott
Pumna Abbott
High Point
Jaeger
Sixth Army Rangers
Cabanatu
Allied Force Headquarters
Italy
Myrtle M. Stilwell
Thomasville
N. C
Wacs
Army Air Forces Services Command
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Air Forces
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Marines Buy First Home Under GI Bill in Richmond
Valarie Edinger reports Herbert and Florence Pugh, newly married former Marines, have purchased a white two story home in Richmond with GI Bill guaranteed loans up to 2000 each. The couple pooled 4000 VA guaranteed to secure a 10000 loan from a local savings and loan. VA guarantees interest for one year. They plan budgeting for plants, lawn care, furnishings, and a nursery, settling into civilian life with books on gardening and crafts.
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Richmond
PieThe
Herbert
Florence Pugh
Veterans Administration
Savings and Loan Association
Virginia
Pugh
Salesae
Marine Corps
Posthumous Purple Heart for Cpl Ben Canipe in World War II
Mrs Edna Carter Canipe receives the Purple Heart awarded posthumously to her husband Cpl Ben Canipe killed in action in Luxembourg December 23. Capt Benjamin J Herman letters praise Cpl Canipe for leading squads and rescuing men during heavy fighting, with details of combat actions and unit sacrifices. Also notes a 1906 San Francisco fire damage estimate of 500 million dollars.
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Edna Carter Canipe
Thissel Street
Cpl
Ben Canipe
Luxembourg
Benjamine J. Herman
Cpl. Canipe
Ben
Arschmitt 109
Germany
Belle Canipe
Carrick Avenue
San Francisco
New York Councilman Seeks Mayor LaGuardia Removal
New York City faces political clash as council members denounce Mayor LaGuardia over the 1 a.m. curfew, while the War Department enforces a midnight curfew for military personnel. Roosevelt favors continuity but takes no action to reinstate the city, as calls grow for removal.
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New York
LaGuardia
War Department
New York City
Stork Club
Washington
James F. Byrnes
la Guardia
Naval Shore
Tro
Navy
Roosevelt
Stanley Isaacs
James A. Phillips
Hugh Quinn
Govas E. Dewey
Esteem May Win Derby If It Is Held Soon
New York March 21 tip from Belmont Park on the Kentucky Derby. Es teem, the colt from William Ziegler Jr, is praised by foreman Johnny McGee and handler Silby Rossi as a potential Derby winner if the race is run this year. Es teem once challenged Pavot in the Hopeful stakes, losing by a photo finish.
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New York
Belmont Park
William Ziegler, Jr
Johnny McGee
Silby Rossi
Ziegler
Stimulus-Es
Pavot
Anderson receives Bronze Star for Humboldt Bay actions
John R. Anderson of High Point North Carolina is awarded the Bronze Star Medal by Lieutenant General Walter Krueger for meritorious service with the Sixth Army in the Humboldt Bay Dutch New Guinea operations from 22 April 1944 to 1 May 1944. He is married to the informant’s sister.
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Sixth Army
Philippines
John R. Anderson
High Point
North Carolina
Walter Krueger
Eye Sixth Army
Awa
Humboldt Bay
Dutch, New Guinea
Sgt. Anderson
Carter's Little Liver Pills Ad Fragment
The fragment promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills as a digestive aid and liver support. It mentions quick effects and price of 25 cents, urging readers to buy at drugstores.
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Carter
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