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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1949
Page
16
A Danbury reader writes to the public column urging Winston-Salem to approve road funding after a bond election results in a large majority against roads. He recalls Stokes County tobacco shipments and asks why the city with good roads won t support rural haulage and medical access.
The International Refugee Organisation projects 166000 people to be resettled in the United States over twelve months from July 1960. It notes 1947 to 1946 total resettlements near 366000 with about 22000 to the United States. A separate civil anti trust suit in Cleveland accuses fourteen building materials firms and one individual of price fixing in hard building materials.
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis notes a shift toward more adult polio cases. Of 15,161 cases across 22 states and the District of Columbia, 17.4 percent were over 20. Children under 10 accounted for 66.2 percent, ages 10 to 14 for 14.3 percent, and ages 16 to 19 for 7.7 percent.
The report lists fatalities from aviation and other mishaps with 253 deaths from traffic accidents among at least 413 total deaths. It notes last year’s unofficial overall toll at 404 in 1947 and mentions countrywide fatalities from accidents and airplane crashes.
The Town of Mount Airy mobilized for a road bond issue and offers ongoing programs to aid farmers. Mount Airy runs a tobacco market each fall and urges growers to patronize local buyers. The town approved the measure by five to one.
The Veterans Administration reports that more than 94,000 disabled World War III veterans have completed training to work. This group makes up about 20 percent of all handicapped veterans in Government aid programs. By May 1, 716,967 veterans were in training, with about half in schools or colleges.
The Bureau of the Budget estimates foreign aid outlays at 93.614 billion dollars, excluding occupation costs, with additional spending of 7.106 billion in fiscal 1949 and 6.535 billion in fiscal 1950. The figure combines spending, credits, loans and goods.
For the first five months of the year the government's net Treasury receipts declined from 18.0 billion to 15.4 billion dollars. The drop is attributed to lower income tax collections and withholdings reduced later, while withholding rates remained at the 1948 level during the period.
Marriages fall for the third consecutive year after a record run from 1940 to 1947. The 1946 peak reached 2,291,000 marriages. The 1949 estimate drops to about 1,600,000.
Government air mail payments to airlines surged from 30.466 million in 1946 to 61.004 million in 1947 and 102.157 million in 1948. Indirect subsidies for 1948, including airports navigational aids and aviation weather, are estimated at about 180 million dollars.
Pay rolls of manufacturing firms were off 6 percent by March from last autumn's peak. The steepest declines were in rubber products textiles and electrical machinery. Automobile and chemical payrolls have fallen less.
By order of the Superior Court of Surry County a sale of the home place of Victoria Aungst is set for June 26 1940 at 1 P M at the Surry County Loan and Trust Company Mount Airy. The land described as one and one fourth acres with specific boundary lines and references to deeds. The bidding starts at 847 00 dollars according to the Clerk's order and increased bids have been noted.
Trustees announce a sale under the authority of a Deed of Trust dated March 21 1947 by Robert H Williamson and wife. The deed is recorded in Book 166 page 149 and a default has occurred.
Public notice from Mount Airy N C details a June 1946 survey for lands on South Street in the Town of Mount Airy. Plat Book 3 Page 94 records the land in Surry County. The notice states the deed of trust and costs to be paid, with taxes added, dated June 9 1949 and signed A B Carter pred.
By virtue of authority contained in a certain deed of trust executed, the note holder proceeds with required measures under the agreement. The notice outlines steps for sale or enforcement and names the parties involved and applicable dates.
The Register of Deeds office in Surry County Minnesota lists a liquidation under default. Sale planned Friday July 1 1949 in Mount Airy to the highest bidder for the described real estate on Newsome Street and Lot Nos 1 and 2 of U G Beltem, plus a 1947 Chevrolet dump body truck.
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