North Carolina revenue climbs in October 1947 totals
Revenue Commissioner Edwin Gill reported October 1947 collections rose in North Carolina with the general fund at 6,669,303 versus 6,104,791 last October and the highway fund at 4,313,111 versus 3,754,491. The sales tax led gains for the general fund at 3,721,141, up from 3,383,334, while the gasoline levy brought in 3,964,923, up from 3,442,820. N. L. R. B. hearing set in Greensboro for November 16 on a possible bargaining election at R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. drying plant.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Edwin Gill
Winston-Salem
National Labor Relations Board
Guilford County
Greensboro
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Gate City
High Point High School Student Council Aims
The article explains the student council at High Point High School as a pioneering democratic body chosen by students. It outlines six aims including maintaining high moral standards, developing leadership, promoting responsible attitudes toward property, fostering intelligent fellowship, and keeping democracy alive amid global ism threats.
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High Point High School
United States
Sible
Student Council Aims and Roles in Public Schools
By Jackie Meekins president of the student body outlines the council s aims to foster ambition for higher education pride in grades and work and stronger ties between faculty and students. It highlights duties like caring for grounds boards welcoming visitors and entertaining delegates alongside broader opportunities for student participation.
Southerners Lead Duke Freshman Honor Lists
North Carolina and southern high schools supply a high proportion of Duke University's freshman leaders and scholarship members. Dean Alan K. Manchester notes southern per capita education lags others, yet Duke’s top students excel. He cites 47 Phi Eta Sigma members, with southern and North Carolina schools contributing the majority.
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Durham
North Carolina
Southern
Duke University
Alan K. Manchester
South
Dean Manchester
Duke
Phi Eta Sigma
National
Tne
Radio Council Announces Week of Community Programs
The High Point Community Radio Council lists WHPE and WMFR broadcasts for the coming week. Highlights include The University Hour on Sundays, Detroit Symphony Orchestra on Nov 9, and a 15 minute drama There Were Voices In The Land on Nov 10.
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High Point Community Radio Council
WHPE
Chapel Hill
WMFR
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Karl Kruger
Community Radio Council
American Education Week
Miss Grace Cushman
Rubber breakthrough may lift world supply limits
The High Point Enterprise reports that synthetic rubber production could soon surpass all natural rubber produced worldwide due to low temperature chemical methods. In Buenos Aires on November 6 1948 President Peron told President Truman he hopes hemispheric relations will strengthen in his next term.
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High Point
N. C
Cabinet Not To Be Represented At Birth
London reports that King George VI will not appoint a cabinet minister to attend Princess Elizabeth's birth calling the practice archaic and without legal requirement. Home Secretary Chuter Ede will be advised when the birth occurs, with the heir expected in about ten days.
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London
George VI
Elizabeth
Chuter Ede
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South Main
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