Railroads push for lower valuations in North Carolina tax case
At the Capitol Square hearing attorney general Harry McMullan and utility officials debated rail property values. Southern Railway argues 20 percent track mileage yields 26 percent of state taxes and 33 1/3 percent of property taxes, urging reductions while acknowledging inflation and rapid assessment increases.
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Haddon Johnson
Atlanta
Col. W. T. Joyner
Raleigh
Assessment Board
Johnson
North Carolina
Board of Assessments
Tobacco graders urged to use fluorescent lighting
Virginia tobacco specialists recommend fluorescent lights in grading rooms to improve color assessment and consistency in leaf quality evaluations.
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Virginia Tobacco
Bears raid farms as Hungry Great Smokies increase
Waynesville reports say bears from Great Smoky Mountains National Park are killing livestock along nearby farms. Thomas W. Alexander, Cataloochee ranch operator, says the bear population is starving and more dangerous. He cites losses of cattle and calves and urges legal public control to protect stock and people.
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Waynesville
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Thomas W. Alexander
Cataloochee Ranch
Alexander
State Board of Conservation and Development
Law subcommittees reorganized amid education and labor talks
A House subcommittee plan reshapes education and labor panels, with Barden leading on education and labor issues. The west coast study trip follows adjournment to assess overcrowded defense areas and the DiGiorgio farm strike in California. Other abolished panels include fair employment, union democracy, and labor management relations.
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West Coast
DiGiorgio
California
Barden
Rep
Powell
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Jacobs
D-Ind
Kelly
D-Pa
Biller Brothers Circus Arrives for Two High Point Shows
More than 450 people and animals from around the world arrived in High Point for circus day at Willis Park. The Biller Brothers prepare two performances at 2 30 p m and 8 15 p m with 26 tents, a 4300 seat big top, and acts from Italy Australia Mexico Spain and the United States led by the Christiani Family Hublers Teresa Morales Ki Gore Marion Knowton and Betty Miller. The caravan will move on to Hickory after tonight’s show.
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Biller Brothers Circus
Willisark
High Point
Willis Park
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Australia
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Mexico
Spain
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Marion Knowton
Betty Miller
Oval
High Point Circus
Hickory
Senators threaten furious debate over Britain tariff cuts
Senator Millikin R Colorado warns against lowering U S tariffs for Britain without protecting domestic industry under the reciprocal trade act. He leads a Senate drive to keep the peril point provision requiring Truman to report tariff cuts to Congress if needed to safeguard American business.
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Washington
Millikin
R-Cole
Britain
Senate
Congress
Truman
Federal Tariff Commission
Colorado
U. S
Legion delegates back civilian control and immigration limits
The American Legion gathered 6 700 delegates and alternates who endorsed 7 program stands including civilian control of atomic energy, aid to China Nationalists, immigration curbs, universal military training, a national air academy, jobs and housing plans, and outlawing the Communist Party. Western livestock losses this winter are not expected to exceed one percent of total livestock.
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Legion
U.S
China
Communist Party
Three governments seek long range fix to dollar pound crisis
Foreign and finance ministers meeting here on Sep 7 discuss a long-range study of the dollar-pound crisis. Officials remain pessimistic about a durable solution at the talks and there is no consensus on devaluing the pound, which many U S officials say is needed to reverse Britain’s economic slump.
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Sen
Britain
Three Men Rob Sewell Manufacturing Payroll Car
Bremen Ga September 2 three men held up a company messenger and stole payroll after forcing a company truck off the road police said the trio rode in a green car with one man holding a gun on driver Bill Gallman while another took the payroll from the truck lines indicate the amount between 24 and 2 MeoliceChief Emmett Gray reported the incident
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Bremen
Sewell Manufacturing Company
Ecep 7
Emmett Gray
Bill Gallman
Political pressure and campaign funds tied to inquiry
Testimony links oilman Helis and associates to political fundraising and possible meddling in cases. Vaughan's statements are challenged by Helis and others. Pearson testifies about payback rumors in Kansas City primaries and Louisiana politics. Key witnesses include Hunt and Bennett, with Senate committee urged to hear their accounts.
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Helis
California
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Agriculture Department
McCarthey
Democratic Party
Drew Pearson
Pearson
James P. McGranery
Louisiana
Burton
McGranery
Kansas City
Louisiana Purchase
New York
William Helis, Jr
Greece
Hoey
James V. Hunt
David Bennett
Albert Verley Perfume Co
Bennett
Europe
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