Salute to Alcoholics Anonymous and anonymous work
A tribute to Alcoholics Anonymous for preserving anonymity while highlighting its impact. The piece cites cases from North Carolina showing former drinkers rebuilding lives, and notes AA expands public understanding of alcoholism as a social issue and path to recovery.
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Alcoholic Anonymous
High Point
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North Carolina
Yale University
Aa’s
Alcoholics Anonymous
Mustard Seed Symbol of God's Realm and Kingdom Parable
A speaker outlines Jesus parables on the Kingdom of Heaven as a mustard seed and a fig tree, emphasizing the Kingdom exists now in hearts yet grows despite evil. It traces the church's spread from Jerusalem through Rome, Luther, Bunyan, Wesleys, and the Mayflower to global reach.
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Wycliff
England
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the Wesleys
George Fox
America
Capitol Square Contemplates Race Issues and Assembly
The Capitol Square notes relief as the student assembly is canceled amid racial tensions. It surveys NC progress on equal pay and education, federal aid debates, and regional college plans, plus deaths and vacancies in the 1947 general assembly.
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Capitol Square
General Assembly
North Carolina
Civil Rights Committee
Capitol Square Folk
Charles M. Johnson
Jim McCord
Tennessee
Ralph Harris
Pamlico County
W. P. Grier
Gaston
Senate
Europe’s recovery hinges on work not dollars, says Sokolsky
The column attacks the Marshall plan focus on dollars arguing Europe must raise production. It cites Bevin on four points including stronger production and internal stability, warns coal and steel shortfalls risk Europe’s recovery, and questions feasibility of a 35 hour week without more work.
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State Department
Europe
Ernest Bevin
Henry Hazlitt
Foundation For Economic Education
Irvington-on-Hudson
New York
Germany
Ruhr
Britain
West Virginia
Utah
England
Washington
The Barn: Teen Night Club Run by Teens in Rochester
A mother funds and publishes a teen run night club in Rochester named The Barn. Teens operate it with guidance from a youth board representing thirty schools. Dances Fridays and Saturdays feature a liquor free, affordable scene with music and performances.
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Rochester
N. Y
Manhattan
Frank Gannett
Monroe
Gannett
Gannett Youth Club
Tax Evasion Probes Highlight Capone Case and Allies
The article recounts J. Edgar Hoover era tax investigations spurred by undercover T men, including the Capone case and charges against Huey Long's income handling. It notes figures like Lawrence C. O'Brien and Nash Rockwood, and details Prewitt as The Church of the Revelations founder with large church deposits and tax liability.
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Lloyd M. Prewitt
Ethel Duncan
Long Beach
California
Church of the Revelations
First Church of the Apostle, Inc
Samaritan Relief, Inc
Ginger in ancient trade linked Greeks Romans to Arab merchants
The passage notes early Greeks and Romans used ginger likely sourced through Arab traders. It highlights long distance trade networks and the role of middlemen in spreading spices across the ancient world.
Indianapolis Police Chief Guilty of Tax Evasion
Claude M. Worley, then chief of police in Indianapolis, pleaded guilty to tax evasion and received a six year sentence and a $10,000 fine for collecting large graft proceeds.
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Claude M. Worley
Indianapolis
Indiana
Judge Parr Sentenced in Graft Fund Case
The Texas judge George B. Parr received $25 000 in currency from the Pearser Co graft fund tied to road contracts. He admitted tax reporting failure and pleaded guilty, receiving a two year jail term.
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Nash Rockwood
New York State
John W. Davis
Ockwood
George B. Parr
Texas
Pearser Co
Tax Evasion Alleged in American Optical Gold Scheme
The American Optical company faced allegations of evading income taxes by understating gold borings and dust in inventory, which were melted into gold bricks of about one thousand ounces. Proceeds from sales allegedly flowed to individual owners of the business.
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American Optical Company
Tax dodger scheme figures in Hollywood accounting case
A former employee of Marjorie Berger in Hollywood provided the intelligence unit with details of tax law violations tied to film industry deductions. Berger claimed large ordinary and necessary business expenses with fabricated evidence. She received two and a half years in federal prison and a $5000 fine.
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Marjorie Berger
Hollywood
California
Miss Berger
Federal
Ancient Nineveh library uncovered among clay tablets
Excavations reveal a vast public library in Nineveh comprised of small clay tablets with about 10 000 works. Archaeologists suggest its public library function and cataloged materials.
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Nineveh
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