Machinery and City Curtail Farm Labor Demand
Data from the agriculture department show farm workers declined from 12,052,000 in 1910-16 to 5,900,000 in 1946 as larger farms prevailed. Land under cultivation rose from 310.6 million to 345.8 million acres, with average farm size expanding from 138 to 194 acres. Cash receipts climbed from 10.22 to 23.9 billion dollars, but average net income fell for many small farmers while big farmers fared better. Government subsidies totaled about 0.9 billion in 1946.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
U. S. Peneaie
U. S
U. S. Peeeton
Jim Crow Law Test Case Set For Thursday in Asheville
The Buncombe county superior court will hear Dennis L. Banks of New York and James Peck of Chicago on charges of violating Jim Crow laws requiring bus segregation. Judge Allen H. Gwyn opened the May term and set the Thursday hearing at defense request. Banks and Peck were arrested by Asheville police at a bus station several weeks ago, marking Asheville as one of a few southern cities pursuing such test cases.
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Asheville
Dennis L. Banks
New York
James Peck
Chicago
Allen H. Gwyn
Buncombe County
Banks
Peck
North Carolina Firms Fulfill Walsh Healey Fed Contracts
North Carolina manufacturers and dealers filled more than five million dollars in contracts during April for the federal government under the Walsh Healey act. Labor Commissioner Forrest Shuford announced that inspectors check compliance with wage and overtime provisions for workers on contracts exceeding ten thousand dollars.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Walsh-Healey
Forrest Shuford
Police Probe Kidnap Story in Charlotte and Rock Hill
Police continued investigating a story of a chain grocery store manager kidnapped by a six foot gunman in a red mask. The man, Alvin Clinton Seawright, said the gunman forced him to drive to the store in Rock Hill South Carolina and claimed only the bookkeeper had the key to the safe. Leone was released unharmed.
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Charlotte
Rock Hill
S. C
Alvin Clinton Seawright
Leone
High Point Clergy to Speak at Flora Macdonald Commencement
The Rev. Paul Tudor Jones of High Point will deliver the baccalaureate sermon to Swist graduates at Flora Macdonald College on Sunday at 11 15. The commencement program includes the dedication service led by Rev. M C McQueen of Graves Memorial Church Clinton and the student Christian association. An 8 15 evening program precedes the 10 30 Tuesday address by Rev. Charles Stewart Macker of Western Presbyterian Washington DC.
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Red Springs
Paul Tudor Jones
D.D
First Presbyterian Church of
High Point
Swist
Flora Macdonald College
M. C. McQueen
Graves Memorial Church
Clinton
Student Christian Association
Charles Stewart Macker
Western Presbyterian Church of
Washington, D C
St. Andrews Society
Washington, D. C
City Employes in Winston Seek 17 Cent Hour Raise
George Farbman of the United Public Workers Union says Winston city workers including janitors maids and sanitation staff earning 33 to 63 cents an hour will ask aldermen on June 2 for a 17 cent per hour wage increase for all city workers. He also seeks a real civil service system and union recognition with security.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
George Farbman
United Public Workers Union, Cio
Farbman
Western Union Seeks Nine Percent Rate Increase
North Carolina utilities commission weighs requests from Western Union and Carolina Telephone for higher interstate rates. Hearing testimony notes Western Union seeks nine percent rise and Carolina Telephone would boost exchange costs for customers in North Carolina. Tarboro based company HQ referenced with anticipated income changes.
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Raleigh
State Utilities ‘Commission
Western Union Telegraph Company
Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company
Western Union
Milina
Corey
Tarboro
Hickory Vote Defeats School Tax Plan
In Hickory, the administrative school district voters defeated a proposal to raise the supplementary local school tax from twelve to thirty three cents per hundred dollars of property value. A total of 3,213 residents registered across nine precincts in the election.
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Hickory
Four Held in Death Case Near Clinton
Four persons, unnamed, are held for investigation in the death of Jack Carlyle whose broken body was found beside a highway ten miles west of Clinton. Sheriff Perry Lockerman said evidence will be presented to a coroner's jury but a date for the inquest has not been set.
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Clinton
Jack Carlyle
Here
Perry Lockerman
Science Finds Corn Cobs to Be of Much Chemical Value
In Topeka editors report corn cobs, once a nuisance, now a major research asset. Five years ago a 16 million ton crop served as fuel and byproducts. now furfural for synthetic oil, abrasives for engine parts, corn steep liquor for penicillin, and sugars like xylose are in use. Chemists explore hydrocarbons from cobs as potential coal substitutes. Cob heat totals 7980 BTU versus coal’s 10000 BTU. Over 200 corn varieties are studied for cob by products.
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Topeka
Kans
INS
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Hanes
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Richardson’s
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Winston
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Ermaet &. Ro
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