North Carolina Plans 40 Vehicle Inspection Stations
North Carolina will launch a state motor vehicle mechanical inspection program next January 1. Ewell Moore announces 40 inspection stations, 36 permanent and four replacements, with 80,995 dollars worth of equipment and a 1 dollar fee in 1948 and 1949. Each station will have a supervisor and at least four inspectors, with detailed tests for horn, lights, brakes, steering, and wheel alignment.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Ewell
Arthur T. Moore
Department of Motor Vehicles
Moore
Rach
General Assembly
North Volina
N.C
N. C
Safety Inspection Program Details and Condemned Vehicle Rules
The document explains rejection and approval stickers for unsafe vehicles. If rejected, drivers must fix defects at a garage and return for reinspection. Unrepaired cars risk a yellow condemned sticker and enforcement actions. Demonstrations of testing equipment will occur at the State Fair.
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Moore
North Caroling
North Carolina
Department Si
Vandals Strike Uptown Awnings and Glass Windows
Police say vandals slashed awnings and marked plate glass in uptown business districts over the weekend. Store owners offered rewards for leads as Roanoke Rapids Yellow Jackets prepared to open their football season against Lawrenceville in Virginia. HB Speight, chairman of the local Ruboning Board, announced gasoline ration cards must be surrendered when vehicles are sold or traded.
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Herald Files
Uptown
Roanoke Rapids Yellow Jackets
Lawrenceville
Virginia City
HB. Speight
Ruboning Board
Ten Years Ago in Weldon Area News and Notes
This brief recalls George Stanley a long time Weldon grocer who died ten years ago after nineteen years in business. It also mentions L G Shell elected chair of the Postmasters Association at a district meeting in Hoch Mount on September 1. Other items note a 34000 debt, robberies and late night police pursuit by Officer Kitchin and state troopers near Emporia, Pitt and Minnesota in a national round up, and local sports and social updates. Christine Alston returned home from Virginia Beach, Miss Trene Gordon spent the weekend in Nash, and Moore discussed inspection program plans including supervisor and inspector qualifications with pay starting at 2100 dollars a year.
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L. G. Shell
Christine Alston
Weldon
Virginia Beach
Trene Gordon
Nash
Richmond Guests Visit Town Notables Over Weekend
Town residents hosted a string of visitors including Miss Lorraine Shell of Richmond and Mrs Blanche Jones with Mrs Catherine Shaw in Richmond. Guests traveled to Philadelphia and Washington while others spent weekends with local hosts.
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Lorraine Shell
Richmond
L. B. Allen
R. M. Dorsey
Florenceville
Fla
Harold Spry
Baby
Winterhaven, Fla
William Gould
Philadelphia
Washington
Blanche Jones
Catherine Shaw
Lewis Wall
Jackson
D. J. Balmer
Donald Logue
Philadephia
W. L. Hitchens
H. G. McClure
Dorothy Lee McClure
Dennis Hollumi
Gaile Holland
Guardsmen compete in two month Army National Guard drive
North Carolina National Guard launches a two month recruiting contest starting September 8 aimed at boosting enlistments before November 16. The top recruiter earns a trip to Washington and Philadelphia to attend the Army Navy game and meet top officials including Secretary Royall and General Eisenhower.
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North Carolina
Philadelphia
Maxwell D.taylor
Unit- States Military Academy
West Point
Washington
Army
Kenneth C. Royall
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Carolina Onal Guard
National Guard
Guard
North Can Jina
The
War Department
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Lincoln
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Rocky Mount
WN. C
George Stanley
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Krueger
Northeastern Distributing CO
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Metor
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