Price Control Debate Spurs Housewife Worries
The article surveys a split stance on inflation controls affecting households. It highlights U S Department of Agriculture guidance to stock up for summer canning, ice and beef price concerns, a proposed tax on home sewing machines, and advocate Mary Brooks Pickens urging sewing at home to cut costs and save labor for defense needs.
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Dorothy Roe
Ad Press
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Mary Brooks Pickens
Ways and Means Committee
Miss Picken
Parties Honor Miss Payne And Willard Corum
Miss Celeste Payne is praised at an informal party hosted by Mrs. Kermit Sloope at 601 Colonial Drive with Miss Sonya Sloop and other guests. Friday cake-cutting will occur at the Payne home 1006 Johnson Street as her parents entertain. The marriage to Willard Corum is set for Saturday at 8 p.m. at First Methodist Church with Rev. Kenneth Goodson officiating.
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Celeste Payne
Kermit Sloope
Colonial Drive
Sonya Sloop
James Monroe
J. J. Havelka
J. C. Payne
Johnson Street
Willard Corum
First Methodist Church
Kenneth Goodson
Know Your State Topic At Pilot Club Meeting
Mrs. C. A. York spoke for the PitClan group at the Sheraton last evening on Know Your State. She discussed North Carolina from historical and political angles, noted the governor lacks veto power, and explained state divisions and government structure. The talk covered four basic freedoms and how they can be abused. Fifteen members attended as Mrs. Hodgin led the business session and Mrs. Peace gave the invocation.
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C. A. York
Sheraton Free
York
Charles E. Hodgin
C. FE. Peace
Mexican Painters Discussed For Art Study Group
Mrs. Martine Barker led a Modern Arts Study Group at Mrs. M. L. Aderholds on West Howell Street. She described Diego Rivera and Jose Orozco, noting Rivera's Mexican childhood and European training before murals made him famous, and contrasting Orozco as a self taught Mexican artist with limited social themes.
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Diego Rivera
Jose Orozco
Martine Barker
M. L. Aderholdt, Jr
West Howell Street
America
Orozco
Mexico
Excise tax on luxury electrical goods under review
The surplus tax proposal, introduced February 5 by Secretary John W. Sn, moves to the House Ways and Means Committee for consideration. It would apply to electric irons, dishwashers, washing machines, and vacuum cleaners, items many deem essential rather than luxuries.
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Secretary of the Treasury
John W. Sn
House
Eans
Industrial Editors To Meet This Week
The third annual Institute for Industrial Editors will be held in Chapel Hill Friday and Saturday with editors of company publications from North and South Carolina and Virginia attending. Keynote speakers are Morris St. Hicks of New York, GE employee publications coordinator, and Dr. T A Carroll, UNC business administration dean.
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Sur Burnett
Sue Burnett High Point Enterprise
Ave. Americas
New York
N. Y
Chapel Hill
Institute For Industrial Editors
North
South Carolina
Virginia
Morris ST. Hicks
General Electric Co
T.A. Carroll
University of North Carolina School of Business Administration
Admiral Believes Korea Averted World War
Rear Admiral Ellis M. Zacharias retired told the Wisconsin Manufacturers Association that the Korean War prevented a third world war. He argued U.N. forces should bomb Chinese bases if attacked but warned against a long war in China to avoid Russian aims.
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Milwaukee
Ellis M. Zacharias
Russia
United States
Wisconsin Manufacturers Association
Douglas MacArthur
Korea
Zacharias
U.N
Pennsylvania May End Bounties for Indian Scalps
A House bill in Harrisburg proposes repealing the law that pays bounties for Indian scalps by the commonwealth or any political subdivision. The move could end a controversial program tied to state policy and tribal conflicts.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
Commonwealth
Duke Cadets Parade For Armed Forces Day Review
About 600 cadets and midshipmen from Duke Air and Navy ROTC march in a review. Reserved seating includes Duke President Hollis Edens Rear Adm. Robert W Hayler Maj. Charles E Thomas Jr. and Maj Gen W R Wolfinbarger, commanders of regional forces.
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Durham
Duke Air and Navy Rotc
Armed Forces
Duke
Hollis Edens
Robert W. Hayler
Sixth Naval District
Charleston
S. C
Charles E. Thomas Jr
W. R. Wolfinbarger
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