Kerr Returns From Panama Canal Zone Inspection
Congressman John H Kerr and staff returned from a fifteen day sea voyage and tour of inspection of the Panama Canal Zone. He noted postwar trade importance and national defense need while reporting economy measures cutting civilian Canal Zone employees and 1946 47 expenditures. The party visited the Joint Command Post bomb proof shelter and was hosted by Lt General Willis D Crittenberger and Major General Joseph C Mehaffey.
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Washington, D. C
John H. Kerr
War Department
Panama Canal Zone
Kerr
Canal Zone
Judge Kerr
Atlantic
Pacific
Congressional Committee
Armed Forces
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United States
Department
Beer Tax Revenue Tops 1946 Total for North Carolina
North Carolina collected 3,536,280.35 in beer taxes for the first 11 months of 1946 as reported by the North Carolina Committee United States Brewers Foundation. November receipts were 302,837.20, pushing the year’s total to 3,536,280.35, about 248,486 more than 1945’s total of 3,287,793.50.
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North Carolina
North Carola Committee
United States Brewers Foundation
Rummage Sale At All Saints Episcopal Roanoke Rapids
The Young Peoples Service League of All Saints Episcopal Church will hold a rummage sale in uptown Roanoke Rapids next Saturday at 10 a m. Also reported, September death claims for National Service Life Insurance at the VA Central Office fell to 3 599.
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Young Peoples’ Service League of All Saints Episcopal Church
Roanoke Rapids
National Service Life
Central Office of Veterans Administration
Christmas Music Festival at Vance Street School
The Vance Street school presents a Christmas Music Festival titled The Olden Story next Sunday at 3 PM. The public is invited. The report notes that about 85 percent of VA self employment allowance recipients are farmers and that the VA cleared over 84 000 pension and compensation exams in September, the largest total to date.
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Vance Street
Veterans Administration
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Seven-Up Bottling CO
Littleton, N. C
Good Housekeeping
Jewel Shop
Roanoke Ave
Peoples Theatre
Roanoke Bank & Trust
Rosemary Branch
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