Real Estate Boards Rally Against Federal Indictment
Five state real estate boards wrapped a regional convention in Myrtle Beach denouncing the federal indictment of executives proposing to fix commissions. Herbert A. Nelson urged the group to fight the government while California to North Carolina boards elected new officers led by Hoyt W. Boone of Greensboro as president and Erle Stapleton as executive secretary.
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Myrtle Beach
S&l. C
Real Estate Boards
Herbert A. Nelson
Nelson
Carolinas
Kentucky
Virginia
Tennessee
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Stateganizations
L. Fitch
Chicago
National Associa
Ing
Tch
J. Strom Thurmond
Fitch
Appaars
Thurmond
North Carolina Association of Real Estate Boards
Hoyt W. Boone
Greensboro
Francis B. Kemp
Reidsville
Erle Stapleton
B. Frank Millikan
Slash Seen In Tobacco Acreage
E Y Floyd head of farm policy for North Carolina and Virginia says flue cured tobacco acreage may fall 20 to 30 percent in 1948 due to parity support prices. He spoke at a Danville meeting where groups pressed two measures to counter price drops and support Tobacco Associates. Local growers already voted to tax themselves ten cents an acre to back the association.
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Danville
E. Y. Floyd
Farm Food Administration
North Carolina
Virginia
Floyd
Tobacco Associates, Inc
J. Melville Broughton
Tobacco Associates
Theirginia Assembly
Associates
South Carolina
Caldwell Yanceyville Bonds Sold Amid Bank Deals
Government commission sells Caldwell county building bonds to Wachovia Bank and Trust Winston-Salem John Nuveen Chicago and Mercantile Bank St Louis at 2.085 percent. Yanceyville sanitary and fire bonds to E L Hardin Salisbury at 3.706 percent with average maturity about 24 years.
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Gat Eich
Government Commission
Caldwell County
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Winston-Salem
John Nuveen and Company
Chicago
Mercantile Bank and Trust Co
St. Louis
Yanceyville
E. L. Hardin and Co
Salisbury
Democracy Proves Effective In Referendum on Booze Issue
Reported results from Hickory show a narrow vote on establishing ABC stores with broad participation. Observers note the large turnout signals strong democratic will and may predict higher future election participation, while supporters and opponents weigh the implications for local government and policy across Mecklenburg.
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Lynn Nisbet
Raleigh
Hickory
ABC
Mecklenburg County
Capitol Square
Mecklenburg
Bailiwicks
Anther
Philippine Independent church Demographics and Pakistan Split
The Philippine Independent church, formed after separating from Rome in 1901, has about 1 500 000 followers. The two Muslim segments that formed Pakistan lie at opposite northeast and northwest corners of India.
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Philippine Independent Church
Church of Rome
Pakistan
India
Smithfield Man With Disabilities Receives Wheelchair Aid
J. D. Dublin, an armless Smithfield resident who lost parts of both legs, received a $70 check from white benefactors in Roanoke. The Roanoke life saving and first aid crew sent the money after reading about his need for a new wheelchair. Police Chief Eatman praised Dublin, saying he is the finest kind of fellow.
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Smithfield
J. D. Dublin
Express
Roanoke
W. T. Eatman
Dublin
Bond Election In Winston On November 4
Winston-Salem aldermen set November 4 as the bond election date to issue 4 million dollars for a long range water system project. Mayor George Lentz urged conservation to keep daily consumption under 8 million gallons. Two new pipelines from Salem Creek add 1.5 to 2 million gallons daily, with a second connection now operating. Plans for another pipeline to South Fork creek were set aside. R. A. Thomas warns the reservoir could run dry by November 21 without drastic conservation or rain.
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Winston-Salem
Board of Aldermen
George Lentz
Salem Creek
Lentz
South Fork Creek
War Assets Administration
Yonkers
N. Y
WAA
Army
Public Works
R. A. Thomas
Judge acquits South Carolina farmer in cattle case
Judge H Hoyle Sink orders acquittal for Asa D Lovelace of Clover South Carolina in a suit testing North Carolina power over cattle imports to curb diseased stock. He finds no guilt as the case lacked proof cattle entered uninspected, citing unclear statute language and responsibility of yard owners.
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Charlotte
H. Hoyle Sink
South Carolina
North Carolina
State Department of Agriculture
Asa D. Lovelace
Clover
S. C
Sink
Earl
Tobacco Trend Is Irregular Across North Carolina Markets
North Carolina nine market opening day sales reached 3,662,060 pounds at 46.16 dollars per hundred. Prices varied with low quality leaf up and graders rising to 4.50 while orange lugs and most primings fell 2 to 3 dollars. Eastern belt prices rose after Monday’s dip, and border belt markets slipped reducing gains from Friday.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Carolinas
Wife of Former N C Editor Dies
Louise Hampton Link died at her Neptune Beach home after a long illness. A Laurens South Carolina native, she was the wife of Harry W. Link Sr. of the Jacksonville Times-Union. The Links moved to Jacksonville four years ago from Miami where Link had edited duties. He previously spent 14 years with the Asheville Citizen-Times and also worked in Mobile, Miami and Spartanburg.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Louise Hampton Link
Laurens
8. C
Harry W. Link
Jacksonville Times-Union
Neptune Beach
Links
Miami
Link
Asheville
N. C
Citizen-Times
Mobile
Ala
Spartanburg
Trio Of Eviction Suits Continued
Three eviction suits tied to a 140 day strike at Safie Mill in Rockingham were continued until tomorrow. The company plans filing 15 suits total as workers who were not rehired now reside in mill housing. The CIO Textile Workers Union ended the strike on Sept 3.
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Rockingham
Safie
CIO Textile Workers Union of America
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