German Editors Here To Learn How Americans Build Newspapers
Fifteen German editors and publishers arrive in the United States for six weeks to study American newspaper and magazine operations. They will attend sessions at Columbia University's American Press Institute and then visit Providence, Washington, and U.S. papers to apply lessons back home. The program, funded by a Rockefeller grant, aims to aid Germany’s democratic development through journalism.
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New York
Germany
U. S
Rockefeller Grant
Rockefeller Foundation
Dwig D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Rockefeller
American Press Institute
The
University
Institute
Press Institute
Providence
R. I
Washington
State Hospital Center May Be Placed At Butner
Raleigh September discussion by Governor Cherry and the medical advisory committee explored moving a state hospital center from Raleigh and Morganton to Camp Butner due to doctor shortages. The 1947 plan authorized 1 million for Raleigh and 800 thousand for Morganton, with possible benefit from specialists at Duke University, UNC Chapel Hill, and Bowman Gray Wake Forest.
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Raleigh
Cherry
State Hospitals Board of Control
Enry Lineberger
Lineberger
Morganton
General Assembly
Camp Butner
Duke University
University At
Warren School Head Indicted on Embezzlement and Forgery
Warren county School Superintendent J Edward Allen was indicted by a grand jury on embezzlement false pretense and forgery charges. The probe cites $24327.75 embezzled and $1666.78 obtained by false pretenses plus 32 forgery counts. Capias issued while Allen, hospitalized in Duke Hospital Durham, posted bonds totaling 15000. The case alleges payroll padding forging endorsements and listing non employees as teachers. Witnesses included state investigators and education officials.
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Warrenton
Warren County
J. Edward Allen
Allen
Udge R. Hunt Parker
Presidin
Warren Superior Court
Duke Ospital
Durham
Parker
Capias
Warren
Ernest R. Tyler
State Bureau of Investigation
State Board of Education
Winston-Salem Voters Approve Annexation
Winston-Salem voters approved a special election to annex about three square miles, boosting the city population by 5,500 next January 1. The move expands the city limits as Cherra Poonjee in Assam is noted for heavy rainfall.
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Winston-Salem
Grocery Wizard Hopes to Make One More Fortune
Clarence Saunders, 67, creator of Piggly Wiggly, unveils his Keedoozle self service store in Memphis with automated codes and conveyors. He claims a third fortune awaits as franchises spread nationwide and plans include a Keedoozle Village with a restaurant and garden.
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NEA
Memphis
Clarence Saunders
Saunders
Virginia
Wall Street
San Dice
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Iveland
Buffalo
Washington
Baltimore
Richmond
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Fly trap plants used by peasants in Portugal
In Portugal living fly traps such as sundews are kept in cottages by peasants to curb flies. The plants act as natural insect catchers aiding homes in pest control.
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Portugal
Adkins Bound Over In $6320 Money Theft Case
Allie D. Adkins of Charlotte waived a preliminary hearing in Lenoir on larceny charges tied to $6,320 missing from a Charlotte woman. The case ties Adkins to a September incident as Mrs. Ruby Staley identified the warrant. Officers later recovered the funds in a cornfield near his father’s farm two miles from the original location.
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Lenoir
Allie D. Adkins
Charlotte
Recorder’s Court
Adkins
Caldwell County
Ruby Staley
Sadie S. Bohannon
George D. Greer
Supreme Court Faces Weldon Expense Case Over Police Training
The North Carolina Supreme Court weighs whether local governments may treat officer training as a necessary expense. George C. Green, a Weldon taxpayer, sues to recover 1100 dollars paid to Police Chief P R Kitchin while attending the FBI National Academy in 1946. The town argues the training improves efficiency. Halifax County case tests a national program for police training.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court
Halifax County
George C. Green
Weldon
J. T. Mad. Grek
Walker Campbell
W. A. Pierce
C. R. Turner
Pierce Johnson
Green
P. R. Kitchin
FBI National Academy
Treasury
Kitchin
Attorney General's Office
The
Institute of Government
Catastrophic Mount Katmai eruption covers Kodiak Island
The 191 eruption of Mount Katmai on the Alaska peninsula sent ash over Kodiak Island about 100 miles away, blanketing the area in foot deep ash.
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Mount Katmai
Alaskan
Kodiak Island
Awa
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U.S. Press
By James Marlow
Columbia
State Hospital Center
Butner
Warren School
Eckerd
Ring
Harris
Jeff
Anderson Mann
Galloway
Cherra Poonjee
Assam
By Jimmy Hatlo
Greer
Bohannon
Supreme Court
Animal Kingdom
Parllee
Terminix
Terminix CO
W. C
South Main
Textron
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