Lawmakers Urge Swift Truman Aid to Europe
North Carolina congressmen Hoey and Adams urged President Truman to speed emergency relief for Europe to avert starvation in Austria Italy and France. They called for rapid adoption of Truman’s recommendations to curb price spirals while avoiding blanket rationing. Meanwhile a fatality occurred near Deasonville as Mrs Willie Williams 25 was struck by an oil truck on Mney Rock road.
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Congress
Posto
Deasonville
Willie Williams
Mney Rock Road
Daadirmieville
State's Weed Income Off
North Carolina farmers sold 686,480,383 pounds of tobacco through October 31 earning $295,095,210 at an average $42.99 per hundred pounds. Last year at the same point they sold 678,040,176 pounds earning $353,901,203 at $52.19 per hundred.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Department of Agriculture
Cherry Plans Building Meeting Over Student Assembly
Governor Cherry scheduled a meeting of the state board of public buildings and grounds to decide on a NC student legislative council request to use the legislative halls for a student assembly planned for November 28 29. Negro college representatives attended last year and all colleges will be invited this year. The council dissolved and canceled reservations but then chose to reorganize and hold the assembly as planned.
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Raleigh
Cherry
State Board of Public Buildings and Grounds
North Carolina
Student Legislative Council
House
Senate
Appointed Examiners Named for Driver Licenses
William Carroll of Warsaw takes the drivers license examiner post at New Bern while Lloyd E. Pate of Bailey is named examiner at Mount Airy. The appointments fill resignations in the highway safety division. The note adds that radio waves have the longest wavelengths among radiant energy.
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Raleigh
William Carroll
Warsaw
New Bern
Lloyd E. Pate
Bailey
Mount Airy
Highway Safety Division
Rocky Mount Police Chief Dies by Self Inflicted Wound
Rocky Mount police chief J. R. Thomas, 47, died after an automobile accident ruled a suicide. Edgecombe county coroner Dr. J. G. Raby said a jury found Thomas shot himself with his service pistol shortly after the crash near a dog kennel. Funeral services were held this afternoon.
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Rocky Mount
J. R. Thomas
J. G. Raby
Tarboro
Edgecombe County
Thomas
Raby
W. A. Browne
Browne
Sufferers From Gas Fumes Are Doing Nicely
Two children in Goldsboro seek recovery from lead poisoning after using storage battery cases as fuel in a fireplace. A seven year old boy died November 8 at Duke hospital. Health officials warned garages and junk dealers against such fuel use as Duke and Baltimore cases are noted.
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Goldsboro
Duke Hospital
S. B. McPheeters
Wayne
W.C. Davison
Duke Medical School
Davidson
Baltimore
Vanderbilt
Reduction in Weed Acreage Expected
North Carolina State College agriculture leaders anticipate a 29 percent cut in tobacco acreage allotments for next year. At a Wake county farmers meeting, Director I O Schaub said the assumption is an order by Secretary Anderson for the quota drop. The series of 42 county meetings will urge replacing idle tobacco and peanut land with cotton, corn, small grains, dairying, hogs and poultry.
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Raleigh
North Carolina State College
Wake County
I. O. Schaub
Anderson
North Carolina
Weed Prices Slightly Up On Two Marts
Raleigh market notes show old and middle belt tobacco prices rising modestly while eastern belt sales slump for several lower grades. Fair orange leaf and low orange primings lead gains on the old belt with increases around 4 dollars. most belt gains run 2.50 to 3 dollars.
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Raleigh
Raleigh Youth Reports Robbery Then Returns Home
Deputy sheriffs H C Benton and J T Turner said Junior East, 17, of Raleigh reported being robbed 20 miles south of Raleigh by two men in a 1946 black Buick who took $1.75. After questioning, the youth admitted he had wandered 20 miles from home and decided to ride back with officers.
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Raleigh
H. C. Benton
J. T. Turner
Junior East
Here
Mecklenburg Tops ABC Liquor Sales in October
Mecklenburg county led the state in ABC liquor sales in October the first full month stores operated there. Seven Mecklenburg locations sold liquor totaling 878607.60 dollars, contributing to a state total of 4257688.09 dollars and a rise of 1,219,206.19 dollars from September and 751,662.54 dollars from October last year.
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Raleigh
Mecklenburg County
ABC
ABC Board
Mecklenburg
State's School Interest At High Peak
North Carolina leaders show strong support for public education as 295 volunteers join auxiliary committees for a state study. Governor Cherry and Senator Rankin outline aims to improve schools while noting state funding rose from 100000 to about 65 million since Aycock era. Combined state and local contributions now total about 100 per child annually.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
General Assembly
W. H. Plemmons
Study Commission
Capitol
Gregg Cherry
Grady Rankin
Commonwealths
Rankin
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