Rebel Victory Elevates NCEA Leaders In North Carolina
Insurgent North Carolina Education Association members won key posts at Asheville as R. L. Fritz of Hudson becomes president and A. C. Dawson Jr. of Southern Pines becomes vice president. The group hopes to push a militant, proactive agenda to win broader school reforms and public support before the next legislature.
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North Carolina Education Association
Budget Commission
State Board of Education
NCEA
Raleigh
Asheville
R. L. Fritz
Hudson
A. C. Dawson, Jr
Southern Pines
Mr. Dawson
Fritz
North Carolina
Doctors Day in High Point Urges Careful Use of Medical Resources
An editorial reprinted for Doctors Day argues the city lacks sufficient physicians and urges conserving medical time by using the telephone for appointments, limiting night calls, and maintaining a home medicine chest. It warns against self medication and stresses orderly access to care.
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Associated Press
High Point
N. C
Sue
Jack Dempsey
Howie
Lindy
Diamond Jim Brady
Leonie
Double Trouble Over Tax Cuts and Georgia Governor Bypass
The piece notes Representative Knutson’s push to cut income taxes by 20 percent for 1947 but cites snags over whether to pay national bills first and whether the cut should favor the poor or the rich. It also mentions ongoing Georgia governor disputes with Herman Talmadge’s backers reacting to a settlement and radio gags.
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Knutson
Georgia
Herman Talmadge
Wildlife concerns prompt state commission focus
Bruce H. Carraway Sr urges the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission to tackle a rising problem. He notes foxes imported from New England and Canada for hunts escape capture and prey on wildlife, harming rabbits quail ducks wild turkeys bulls frogs fish and farm poultry.
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General Assembly
North Carolina
Call for law to stop shipping foxes into North Carolina
An outsider urges immediate action to criminalize shipping foxes into North Carolina. The letter favors wildlife conservation and quail protection, proposes live fox capture for hunts, and asks readers to contact the governor, commission or state legislators to enact the ban.
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North Carolina
Commission
General Assembly
Republican leadership tightens grip as tax plan tops agenda
Washington report notes Republicans move a popular tax reduction bill to the fore while promising other reforms. CIO demands are brushed off by Senator Taft as the party seeks steady action amid hints of a lag in results and an undercurrent of obstructive tactics from a defeated minority.
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Washington
CIO
Congress
Taft
Democratic National Committee
Gael Sullivan
Truman
Political shifts color postwar party dynamics
Paul Mallon notes cooperation on a political proclamation but questions motives. DNC publicity director from Chicago Sun Washington office retires mid April with no successor named. RNC gains adviser Arthur Hachten as Truman talk fades and union reform bills waver. Most observers await the Ball Taft Smith plan form before judging who is winning the undercover game.
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Vandenberg
DNC
New Deal Chicago Sun
Washington
RNC
Arthur Hachten
Truman
John Lewis
Supreme Court
Ball-Taft-Smith
Decidaante
Senate to shift aid to Greece Turkey to UN
The piece argues Senators Pepper and Taylor propose moving aid to Greece and Turkey into the United Nations, contending the UN veto powers serve Russian aims. It condemns UN as a product of Dumbarton Oaks and San Francisco decisions and cautions that Gromyko’s veto has misused the body to control American and world policy.
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Senate
Greece
Turkey
Claude Pepper
Florida
Glen H. Taylor
Idaho
Mediterranean
Gromyko
Dumbarton Oaks
San Francisco
Ipse Dixit
Europe
Urals
Atlantic
Stalin
Truman
United States
Congress
Pepper
Taylor
International Organization
Security Council
Great Britain
Soviet Russia
China
France
Assembly
UN power play over Stalin and Gromyko questioned
The piece argues that Soviet veto power in the UN Security Council cripples its effectiveness and shifts debate from Congress to the UN. It criticizes unequal permanent seats and selective use of veto by Gromyko, urging charter amendments for genuine global governance.
Broadway Spotlights On Celebrities In New York
A collage of New York sightings features Andrei Gromyko with bootpolish, Gene Tierney limping into El Billingsley, Admiral Ingram launched by ex-staff, and stars Kay Francis Ethel Merman and Julie Haydon amid theatre buzz. Ruth Etting signs, Maurices Chevalier cues, and a run of party chatter fill the evening.
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Winchellebrities
Andrei Gromyko
6Th Avenue
Gene Tierney
el Billingsley
Jonas H. Ingram
D. Wayne
Finian
Jenny
Maurice Chevalip
Kay Francis
Ethel Merman
Marion Bell
Julie Haydon
Ruth Etting
Broadhurst Theatre
Autografters
Bing Crosby
G. S. Kaufman
Music Hall
Boston
Hollywood Memos Spark Wide Rumor Pulse
Vague reports swirl about Lou Irwin alleged to blow up at a Brynie Foy conference and a client being dropped from a film. other industry chatter mentions Richard T. Frankensteen, Truman, and various showbiz figures like Max Gordon Liz Laus and Ruth Etting. The column weaves gossip and brief notes from midtown nightlife to publicity department shifts at RKO and CBS reporting.
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Hollywood
Lou Irwin
Brynie Foy
George Tobias
Richard T. Frankensteen
Truman
Roy MacNichol
Inez Courtney
Mary Mitchell
Palm Beach
Harvey Stone
Capitol
Ital Wright
Moanan Lowe
Max Gordon
Stark
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New York
Sailies
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L. A
Bob Hope
Petrillo
Jim Kilgallen
Iceland
Jin
Ray Ridge
Brooklyn
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Liz
RKO
Radio City
Harry Mandel
Paddy
Sime
Anita Alvarez
Ella Logan
Eddy Howard
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