Allow Carrier 60 10 90 Days to Begin Work
It is not definite that work on Gastonia's new bus terminal will begin by the stated time though three bids have been received.
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Newspaper
The Gastonia Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1947
Page
1
Gastonia Bus Station Delay Triggers Civic Push
Citizens and business groups in Gastonia press the State Utilities Commission after delay in approving a new bus station. The commission extended action for 60 to 90 days while Queen City Bus Company awaits more bids, with bids previously topped at 90 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Gaston
Gastonia
State Utilities Commission
the Gazette
Charles Flack
Raleigh
Flack
Commission
Queen City Bus Company
State Commission
Gastonia Junior Chamber of Commerce
Stanley Winborne
Board of Trustees
The
Chaimber of Commerce
Merchants Association of Gastonia
Merchants Association
John Armstrong
Local Weather Update With August Rainfall Figures
Readable parts show August rainfall to date 5.07 inches with a deficit of 4.32 inches. Temperature details are unclear but indicate yesterday’s high and last night’s low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yoon
Axeaes Ee
Mrs Tobe Fling Finishes Fence as Dobe Pickets Town
Uncle Bud reports Mrs Tobe Fling stayed home to finish a garden fence while Dobe joined a downtown picket line carrying a banner in a protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tobe Fling
Dobe
Dean Elliott, NC Education Leader, Dies at 63 in Illinois
Harriet Elliott, dean of the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina, dies at 63 in Carbondale Illinois after a cerebral hemorrhage. A Roosevelt advisory figure, she championed women’s suffrage and political involvement, served in the National Defense Council, and led wartime bond drives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
WCMC
Illinois
Carbondale
Harriet Elliott
Woman's College
The
University of North Carolina
Miss Elliott
Roosevelt
Advisory Commission
National Defense Council
Greensboro
N. C
Shelby
O. Max Gardner
Great Britain
Ronald Scriven
First Christian Church
Alma Pearce
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
St. Leo's
Park College
Parksville
Hanover
Ind
Missouri
Columbia University
State Normal and Industrial College
Indonesia Pleads for U N Mediated Asia Accord
The Indonesian government urged the United States to press for an international arbitration commission to mediate Dutch Indonesian conflicts. The statement, attributed to Prime Minister Amir Sjarifoeddin, rejects U N sole arbitration and calls for a panel including the United States Britain Australia India the Philippines and possibly Siam. Both sides accuse each other of cease fire violations as truce holds with mounting casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
Java
United States
Netherlands
United Nations
International Arbitration Commission
Indonesia
Amir Sjarifoeddin
Jogjakarta
JAIL ABduction CASE REOPENED IN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY
The State Bureau of Investigation moves to reopen the case in Northampton County where seven white men faced charges after an attempted lynching. SBI Director Walter Anderson and two agents will travel to Jackson to pursue the July inquiry into the removal of Buddy Bush from Northampton County Jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Bureau of Investigation
Eastern Carolina
Raleigh
SBI
Walter Anderson
Northampton County
Cherry
Godwin
Buddy) Bush
Jackson
Northampton
Western Europe Faces Squeeze Before Marshall Plan Aid
Washington reports that Western Europe likely endures a tight financial period until the Marshall plan becomes effective. Prime Minister Attlee’s Commons report is read as Britain planning to endure months with dwindling resources while awaiting U S support, aligning with the Truman administration’s stance on foreign financing and European recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Attlee
Commons
Europe
Congress
Britain
United States
Truman
Broughton urges peace with Russia in Gastonia talk
Former North Carolina governor Melville J. Broughton told Gastonia Civitan Club guests there is no war reason between the United States and Russia. He argued for continued peace, noted mutual trade benefits, and cautioned against overreacting to Russia while stressing joint prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civitan Club
Governor Broughton
Martha Anne Lineberger
Edith Carroll Adams
Anne King
Judy Keesee
Martha Morrow
Fred Rawlings Jr
Julia Spencer
Mr. Broughton
Robert Jackson
George Stowe
Wilson Boshamer
Dan Gunter
Barbara Blair
Major Bulwinkle
Johnny Whiteside
Robert Sanborn
Jack Clanton
Ralph Jordan
Bob Haygood
Jean McArver
Civitan
Frank Saunders
Ennis Atkins
Gazette
United States
Russia
Melville J. Broughton
Gastonia
Gastonia Civitan Club
Broughton
United Nations
England
Dendramis
Greece
Balkans
Britain Faces Economic Crisis Cuts Imports to Boost Exports
Conservatives and left wing Labourites unite in opposition to Attlee’s plan to curb imports and raise export production. Critics fault the crisis handling as too hurried and underdefined while warning of 1,000,000 armed by spring. Debates continue with Dalton urged to placate critics.
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London
Attlee
Great Britain
Britain
Ernest Bevin
Daily Express
Hugh Dalton
Dalton
Gastonia Attorney Ralph C Patrick Dies Suddenly
Ralph Clinton Patrick, 67, prominent Gastonia attorney, died suddenly at 8 am at his home 106 South Patrick Street. Cause listed as heart attack. His death follows six months after the passing of his brother Dr L N Patrick, former Gaston county physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Clinton Patrick
Gastonia
South
Patrick Street
Mr. Patrick
Gaston County
L. N. Patrick
Patrick
Plunge to fiery death in Beacon Oil plant crash
Thomas Mandell 46 an air conditioning executive died with his two daughters Anne 22 Harriet 19 and pilot Nelson Pell when a chartered Stinson crashed into a gas flare chimney at Beacon Oil Everett Massachusetts. The craft apparently conked out over the vent and exploded. witnesses report blasts from gasoline. Firefighters stopped the flames. plant gas shutoff may have prevented a larger disaster.
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Everett
Mass
Thomas Mandell
Carrier-Mandell Air Conditioning Corporation
Beacon Oi
Mandell
George S. Mandell
Legion Park trustees approve baseball field plan in Gastonia
Sims Legion Park Inc trustees adopt the building and plans committee report and authorize start of work soon. Architect Frank Griffin presented corrected drawings for a large project prioritizing a baseball field with 400-foot foul lines and seating for several thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gastonia
Board of Trustees
Sims Legion Park, Inc
Frank Griffin
Legion
Hughes Defies Brewster as War Committee Probes Contracts
Howard Hughes shouted that Senator Brewster lied on the Senate War Investigating Committee stand over wartime aircraft contracts. The hearing featured exchanges on cross examination rules while Hughes demanded a chance to clarify his position and alleged a merger offer involving Trans World Airlines and Pan American Airways.
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Washington
Howard Hughes
Brewster
Senate War Investigating Committee
Hughes
Ferguson
R-Mich
Tom Slack
Maine
Trans World Airlines
Pan American Airways
TWA
P-T
The Gazette's Little Merchants features Fred Thompson
Fred Douglas Thompson, son of Mr and Mrs Adam William of 611 West Davidson, began delivering Gazettes on November 11 1946 and maintains a fine record for delivery and bill payment. He will be in the tenth grade next year. He enjoys meeting people earns spending money and is a Boy Scout in Negro Troop 17. His hobby is swimming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Douglas Thompson
Adam Willian
West
Davidson Avenue
Gazette
Pred
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Prohibition Party
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John M. Hightower
BY Glenn Williams
RK. C. Patrick
UN Scratches
Balkan
Larry Hauck
Lake Success
G.¢eee
Security Council
Vassili Dendramis
Moscow
Air Conditioning Corporation
Legion Park Committee
Solon
Sen. Brewster
Pan American
the Gazette's Little Merchants
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