Capitol Square Policy Reforms Stir State Finances
The April 30 figures show 2.4 billion in bonds and 117 million in treasury certificates, with 44.9 million in open accounts. Hodges pushes authority to invest idle funds, noting over 2 million annual interest. A reorganization of the agriculture department ends its special fund status. Employment certificates for minors drop 40 percent in Q1 1949, as employers favor adults amid tighter jobs.
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U. S. Treasury
Treasury
Hodges
State Department of Agriculture
General Assembly
Agriculture Fund
Public Works Commission
Department of Agriculture
Insurance Department
Secretary of State’s Office
General Fund
Agriculture Department
Vandenberg Pushes Budget Cuts to Avert New Taxes
The Vandenberg party urges cuts to reduce deficits and avoid tax hikes. Taft and Senator Bridges led a bid to trim 11 million dollars from the 2.429 billion labor federal security appropriations bill, a 5 percent cut to operating funds excluding state grants. The move aimed to set a precedent for smaller spending, but the full reduction failed.
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Taft
Senator Bridges
R.N
Senate
Chamber Head Optimistic On Atlantic Pact Peace
American British and Canadian businessmen would form a committee to push free trade and remove barriers. The effort aims to boost economic cooperation vital to the North Atlantic alliance and strengthen enduring peace through the Atlantic pact.
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America
Birks
Shreve
Communists Claim Gains Amid Shanghai Struggles
Reported Communist gains followed government air, artillery actions near Shanghai and Nanking. The communique said 12 ships guarding Nanking had two damaged after 10 days of air attacks. government claimed 10,000 Reds killed along with 600 trucks and 300 carts. A U S Navy spokesman disclosed a Communist plot to counter accusations of abandoning Shanghai.
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National
Nanking
U. S
Oscar C. Badger
Education plan aims for teacher pay and state supervision
The draft outlines guard or reserve teacher assignments, a state music supervisor, expanded handicapped facilities, cash controls, and ratification of a southern regional pact. It calls for sick leave with state board approval and 10 month teacher salaries pending authorization.
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Board of Education
State Board of Education
True blue meant staunch Presbyterians in Britannica
Britannica notes the term true blue originated to describe strict Presbyterians who favored blue over red as a royal color, reflecting their steadfast political and religious stance.
Rent Plans Meet Prewar Level Says Ex
An assessor notes that rent plans now above prewar levels satisfy shortages. Before the housing crunch landlords faced losses from vacancies and nonpayment, but those losses have nearly disappeared. Tenants made minor repairs and about 1.75 million cases saw rent increases, with 2.265 million units signed leases under the 1947 1948 rent acts, offsetting landlords’ essential expenditures.
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Woods
Democrats Debating Labor Dispute Compromise Plan
House Democrats craft a compromise substitute to a GOP labor bill. Lesinski hints at supporting the majority stance while the measure would allow injunctions in health and safety fights, with a presidential request for workers to stay on the job during national emergencies. Republicans denounce the move as desperate and betrayal of labor.
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Rayburn and McCormick
House
Rep. McConnell
R-Pa
Labor Committee
Rep. Wood
D-Ga
North Carolina Weather Partly Cloudy and Warmer
Partly cloudy and warmer today and tonight with rising temperatures into Wednesday. Sun calendar for Wednesday May 4 1949 notes sunrise at 5 25 and sunset at 7 06.
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North Carolina
Charlotte Man Heads N. C. Watchmakers
Paul Arnold of Charlotte was elected president of the North Carolina Watchmakers and Jewelers association as the two day convention closed. Other officers named include Frank Hancock of Asheville as vice president and D. G. Underwood reelected secretary-treasurer.
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Greensboro
Paul Arnold
Charlotte
North Carolina Watchmakers and Jewelers Association
Frank Hancock
Asheville
D. G. Underwood
Revenue Office Docs Liquor Sales Judgment in Gaston County
The North Carolina Revenue Department filed a 45 99563 dollar judgment in Gaston Superior Court against Mr and Mrs J C Hensley of Gaston County over alleged illegal liquor sales during 1946 and 1947. The action, the second after a March attorney general ruling, seeks taxes penalties and interest on the eight and one half percent liquor tax.
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Raleigh
State Department of Revenue
Gaston County
Edwin Gill
Gaston Superior Court
J. C. Hensley
Commission
Attorney General's Department
Revenue Department
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