Pledges Back Route 40 in Atlantic Highway Drive
About 150 citizens from North and South Carolina Virginia Florida and Georgia met at Wallace to pledge support for Highway 40 as part of the South Atlantic Coastal Highways plan They endorsed the route and outlined advertising and publicity efforts Route 30 interest noted A New Bern meeting was planned and eastern towns were to be represented In Washington congressional actions today the Senate moved a 180 million deficiency bill to the President and the House prepared to pass Interior Department appropriations The message from the President and several measures were also introduced including a Muscle Shoals defense nitrogen plan and a public buildings bill plus a repeal of vehicle excise taxes in the House
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North
South Carolina
Virginia
Florida
Georgia
Wallace
Seveal
Norman Y. Chambliss
Rocky Mint
Chamber, of Commerce
New Bern
Wilmington
Washington
Senate
Interior Department
Underwood
Alabama
American Debt Funding Commission
Fletcher
Hudson
Michigan
Well Known Carnival Owner Passes Away
Don T. Kennedy a prominent outdoor showman and carnival owner died in Greenville Mississippi after a brief illness from double pneumonia He was 83 and had been a showman for 25 years Kennedy leaves a legacy in the traveling carnival circuit and entertainment communities across the region
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Greenville
Miss
Dea
Don T. Kennedy
America
Kenedy
Inmate of Asylum Urges Hen’s Nest Securing Request
An inmate at the asylum requests assistance to secure a hen’s nest. The message shows odd phrasing but centers on obtaining a safe perch or shelter for a chicken-like claim, reflecting peculiar inmate letters.
Twenty Communists Are Shot for Murder in Latvia
Riga dispatch reports twenty Communist leaders involved in the Roy al revolt were executed by court martial. The convicted group is said to have killed three army officers in their beds and murdered five additional personnel they had seized.
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Riga
Latvia
Birmingham Physician Held For Wife Murder
Dr George T Edwards a Birmingham physician is under guard in a hospital with a gunshot wound to the hand after his wife was found slain in their home. Police say the crime appears to be an inside job with their two young children unharmed as investigators probe burglary and murder angles.
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Birmingham
Ala
George T. Edwards
Edwards
Mary Sue
George T., Jr
Democrats report funds and expenditures for 1948 campaign
The Democratic National Committee filed with the House clerk a report showing $845,520 in contributions from July 1 to November 20, plus a $120,000 loan from New York Trust, totaling $965,520. Expenditures for the period were $903,908 with a reported balance of $1,612.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
House
New York Trust Company
Rescue Captain and Crew of Schooner Simmons
Captain W. C. Perry and three crew members were rescued by The Lambs after the Simmons sank off the Virginia capes. The lumber transport, built 50 years ago and bound from Clairmont to New York, lost sails in a Sunday storm and sank in 21 fathoms. Coast guard cutter prepared to blow up the wreck to remove a navigation hazard.
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Norfolk
W. C. Perry
Hettrietta Simmons
Virginia Capes
Simmons
Portland
Clairmont
New York
Lambs
Coast Guard
Indictment on Tax Return Publication Quashed
In Kansas City Missouri Judge Albert L Reeves voided charges against Walter S Dickey editor and Ralph Ellis general editor for illegal publication of income tax returns. He ruled the government failed to prove that publishing tax lists by newspapers violated the first amendment.
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Kansas City, Mo
Walter S.dickey
Kan ~City Journal-Post
Ralph Ellis
Albert L. Reeves
Reeves
Treasury plans 10 issue new notes
The Treasury announces long term bonds to meet maturing debt and fund operations through the next three months. An offering of 20 to 50 year 4 percent bonds, totaling 200 million dollars, will open December 15. These will mature December 15, 1954, with optional government retirement December 15, 1944.
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Treasury
Washington
Rotary Talks Emphasize Service and Application
Education talks by Rev Franks 8 and G T Fulghum highlighted the Rotary Club meeting. Love urged service as the core, citing the Good Samaritan and contrasting the needy with luxury, while Fulghum urged members to apply Rotary principles in business and daily life. A committee was formed to address a White Way for Wilson and Christmas aid programs were proposed.
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Franks
Love
G. T. Fulghum
Rotary Club
Rotary
Fualshim
Mr. Love
New York
Metropolitan Opera House
Fulghum
Lester Rose
Gene Davis
Hunkahory Foust
George Stanton
Wilson
Board of Aldermen
Frank
John Gold
Sam Richardson
Gary Fulghum
Barrett
Manny Cases
Latare
French-Canadian Law Contends Kissing Theft Not a Crime
A note argues that under French-Canadian law stealing a kiss in Canada is not a crime. The remark reflects a legal quirk about what constitutes theft in intimate acts.
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Canada
Opening Sales on Tennessee Market
Clarksville tobacco opening sales totaled 35 520 pounds at 13 39 per hundred, bringing 14 189 23 dollars. Leaf offerings reached 76 650 pounds at 15 60, lugs 21 870 pounds at 5 62. Highest leaf price was 33 00.
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Clarksville
Tenn
Two Small Youths Run A Street Car In Wilmington
Two one year old boys Marion Tennier and Lloyd Stewart yesterday afternoon commandeered an unattended street car from Ninth and Orange streets. They drove it along Ninth street and through the Ninth and Princess street curve where the trolley jumped from the wire. The car halted near Market street after the boys leaped off at South Ninth street. No injuries or wrecks occurred and the car was not damaged. Master Mechanic William Ammenhouser and car inspector S Freeman Yopp pursued in automobiles.
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Wilmington
N. C
Marion Tennier
Lloyd Stewart
Ninth and
Orange Streets
South Ninth Street
Ninth Street
Princess Street
William Ammenhouser
S. Freeman Yopp
Market Street
New York Cotton Close and Futures Summary
Spot cotton quiet in New York with Middling at 23.40 cents. Futures closed firm with December at 22.90, January 223.05, March 23.44, May 23.78, and July 23.83.
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New York
Russia Population Odd Fact Hinting at Grooming Divide
A note asserts Russia’s population of 127,000,000 includes many who do not need a shave, challenging conventional assumptions about grooming trends. This offbeat statistic appears amid commentary on national appearance norms and cultural impressions.
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Russia
Evidence supports theory woman died before furnace entry
COLUMBUS Ohio Dec 2 AP further evidence supports County Prosecutor John R Kings view that Mrs Addie Sheatsley wife of Rev C V Sheatsley died before her body entered the furnace in the parsonage basement Experts reported that blood of two guinea pigs cremated in the same furnace was saturated with carbon monoxide This led experts to conclude the minister's wife was dead prior to burning even if alive carbon monoxide would have appeared in her blood as in the animals
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Columbods
John R. King
Addie Sheatsley
C. V. Sheatsley
Mr. King
Che
Malonen
Walter & Gurley Auction sale of Sims realty Saturday
The Walter and Gurley Auction Company will hold a real estate sale Saturday morning at 10:30 o clock in Sims. The J and Bailey property on the Wilson Raleigh highway includes two stores, several business lots, and two farms. C and Best oversee the sale and expect a large crowd to bid.
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Walter & Gurley Auction Company
J. & Bailey
Sims
Wilson- Raleigh
C. &. Best
Paving Planned for Selma Smithfield Road Soon
Selma Smithfield road paving authorized by the State Highway Commission using bonds worth 65 million. The link’s contract not yet let. road surveyed and placed on preferred list. Delegation from Elm City Kenly Mic Selma Smithfield Four Oaks Benson Dunn met Hon John E Cameron to promote the Carolina Florida Short Route.
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Smithfield N. C
John E. Cameron
Kinston
Smithfield
Selma
State Highway Commission
Caveman
Elm City
Kenly
Micro
Coaks
Benson
Ad Dunn
Col
Cameron
T. C. Young
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Tennessee
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G. G. Grantham
Dufin
C. T. Johnson
A. S. Oliver
W. H. Call
F. H. Brooks
T. H. Atkinson
Raleigh
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