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WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY [ This is the first of a series of weekly summaries of the work of the 1947 session of the Gen eral Assembly of North Carolina, this first summary covering the first ten days of the session. These summaries are not intend ed as a report upon all legisla tion, but are confined to discus sions of matters of general in terest or of major importance. The speed with which the 1947 ses sion of the General Assembly appar ently organized itself and got ready to do business gave rise to some faint hope that the objective of Senate Res olution 2 introduced on the first day of the session, “Providing for ad journment on Monday, March tenth, one thousand nine hundred and forty seven” "(which would mean a re markably short session of 53 legis lative days as against 67 legislative days in 1945), might be realized or at least approached. This faint hope received a slight boost when both House and Senate committees were named on the second day, as against the sixth and fifth days respectively in 1946, and when the major money hills —the biennial appropriations bill and the budget revenue bill—were in troduced on the fifth day as against the seventh day in 1945. Also, the speed with which other measures were being presented lent some en couragement: at the close of busi ness on the ninth day, the Senate was exactly even with the last Senate on the corresponding day of the last session with 84 bills in the hopper, while the House had outstripped its predecessor’s record by 50 bills to USE... PINEE Cuts Sores Bums IT’S DIFFERENT— YOU’LL LIKE IT! Don’t Neglect Them I Nature designed the kidneys to do a marvelous job. Their tnsk is to keep the flowing blood stream free of an excess of toxic impurities. The act of living —life itself— is constantly producing waste matter the kidneys must remove from the blood if good heath is to endure. When the kidneys fail to function as Nature intended, there is retention of waste that may cause body-wide dis tress. One may suffer nagging backache, persistent headache, attacks of dizziness, getting up nights, swelling, puffiness under the eyes—feel tired, nervous, all wc-vn cut. Frequent, scanty 01 burning passages are sometimes further evidence of kid ney or bladder disturbance. The recognized and proper treatment is a diuretic medicine to help the kidneys ge; rid of excess poisonous body waste. Use Doan'a Pills. They have had more than forty years of public approval. Are endorsed the country over. Insist on Doan’s. Sold at all drug stores. Announcement I WISH TO ANNOUNCE TO MY FRIENDS AND FORMER CUSTOMERS THAT I AM AT BOSWELL’S GROCERY AND HAVE FULL CHARGE OF THE MARKET. YOUR PATRONAGE WILL BE GREATLY APPRE CIATED. BILL RUSSELL ■ Swift’s Premium and Swift’s Arrow Western Steaks Dressed and Drawn Fresh Frozen Turkey Hens Frozen Vegetables and Fruits Country Sausage o BosweiF s Grocery CALL US lO-W OR 10-J WE DELIVER vhe 1945 House's 30. The faint hope rais'd by these evidences of a business-like attitude was quickly dispelled by the happen ings of the first few days. It soon became clear that the Assembly’s or ganization was a technical rather than a smoothly working one, and that, while the seriousness of pur pose of the individual members could not be doubted, the purposes being pursued so seriously were By no" means identical. The Assembly shows promise of being an exception ally hard working one, but hardly an exceptionally harmonious one. The first sign that all was not to be moonlight and roses came in the House on the first day when the Com mittee on Rules recommended the temporary adoption of the 1945 rules. As was expected, Representative Um stead of Orange immediately led a fight to amend the rules which re quire tw’o-thirds votes instead of sim ple majorities to take a bill from a committee and place it on the calen dar or to take a bill from the unfav orable calendar and place it on the favorable calendar when the unfavor- j able report of the committee is ac companied by a minority favorable report. After considerable debate and much parliamentary maneuvering, temporary and then permanent rules were adopted with the two-thirds rules intact, and by better than a two-thirds vote. This was regarded as a substantial administration vie-, tory, and it may have seemed at the< moment that the administration had a substantial working majority in the House —a matter which hqd been in doubt. That doubt was given some substance by the determined fight over the Supplemental Appro priations bill—Sß 11, identical to HB 14. That bill as originally drawn would have provided average in creases in the pay of teachers and other State employees for the last six months of the current year of 20% for those in the “lower” brack ets (those now making up to $2,700 per year) and a flat increase of $45 per month for those now making from $2,701 to $6,600 per year, except con stitutional officers, the 20% increase being in accord with Governor Cher ry’s recommendation in his address to the joint session. Introduced in both chambers on Thursday, the bill was reported favorably to both bodies on Friday, when. the Senate immed iately passed its bill and sent it over to the House for similar speedy ac tion. The House not only balked, however, but in the face of a deter mined fight by supporters of the orig ional bill, adopted an amendment which raised the increases to 30% on salaries up to $1,200, and to 25% on salaries of $1,201 through $2,700. Back to the Senate went the bill for concurrence in the House amendment, hut this time the Senate balked and refused to accept the House amend ment. The bill then went to a con ference committee which brought out ; a report which, while allocating to salary increases substantially the same amount of funds which would have been required by the House Amendment, by and large maintained the principal of not more than a 20% incerase. This report the Senate quickly accepted but the House re jected, resulting in the discharge of THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C„ THURSDAY. JANUARY 23, 1947, the conference committee. At week’s end, the Speaker of the House had reappointed an enlarged represen.a• tion to a conference committee, the President of the Senate Was expected to do so Monday, and there the mat ter rested. All of which pre-mgos Mime hard" and bitter skirmishes on many items in the record-breaking biennial appropriations bill. In addition to the usual biennial revenue and appropriations bills, the Assembly also received a bill to set aside an additional $9,300,000 in its Post War Reserve Fund, raising that fund to an approximate $30,000,000, and another hill to transfer $4 I,bo 1,- 437 from the present and expected surplus to a Permanent Improvements fund, to be used, subject to c -i r'ain conditions, for a building program. The State is dealing in increasingly large figures. Legion Conference Be Record Breaker State Headquarters Ex pects Largest Meeting Since Organized Indications are that the American Legion Post Officers’ Conference to be held in Durham on January 26-27 will be the largest ever held in the 28-year-old history of the North Car olina Department of the American Legion, according to word received | here from the State headquarters of the Legion in Raleigh. The headline attractions at the con ference will be National Legion Com mander Paul H. Griffith, a veteran of both World Wars, and Mrs. Nor man H. Pearl, national president of the American Legion Auxiliary. Other outstanding figures of the nat ional department of the American Legion at Indianapolis, Ind., will al so attend the conference. State Legion Commander William M. York, of Greensboro, and Execu tive Vice-Commander Paul R. Younts, of Raleigh, announced that the con ference not only will be attended by commanders of the more than 350 Legion posts in the State, but also by adjutants, committee members, and other interested Legionnaires as well as non-members of the Legion so that they may understand what the Legion program for 1947 is in the State. "H-e-l-p, Zeke! I put too much BRIMM on this tomato plant!" Jj Vet Question Box ■ Q. As a World War II veteran with visual impairment pursuing a course of vocational rehabilitation, a. i 1 erititkd to the services of a i reader to aid me in completing my J course ? A. Yes. Every veteran in school training whose vision is so impaired as to make it impossible or inadvis able for him to use his eyes for read- j ing will be provided with reader ser-1 vice either by the school or through j the regional nffiep manajw nf Vot erails Administratior. Q. As a. citizen of the United I States who served in the Canadian! Air forces during World War •1, am j I eligible for h nefit under Public! Law 16, Seventy-eighth Congress, as! amended? | 1 A. Yes, you are qualified in the same manner and to the same extent as persons who served in active mil itary or naval service of the United States, but you must be a resident of the U. S. at time of filing your claim. Benefits under Public Law 16 will not be extended to you if you have received similar benefits fro"'' the government of the nation in whose active military or naval service you served. Q. As a World War II veteran on terminal leave and hospitalized pend ing final discharge, am I eligible for benefits under the Vocational Rehab ilitation Act? A. Yes. subject to all conditions of the act except final discharge, but you will receive no subsistence allow ance while on terminal leave. Q. May widows or children of de ceased veterans secure a guaranty loan? A. No. This privilege is limited to veterans themselves, but a loan guaranteed for a veteran may con tinue after his death. Q. Must property used to secure a loan be covered by insurance? A. It is customary for lenders to require insurance on buildings against which loans are made in order to pro tect themselves since it may provide funds to replace the loss. Buildings SHEAFFER AND PARKER PENS CAMPEN’S r— —--""l *j BRIMM ] SWIFT'S PLUS-VALUE I PLANT FOOD J Immmmwmmmwmmiwm'mwmmmmM Don’t worry, even BRIMM won’t produce to matoes big enough to comer you. But BRIMM does put essential plant foods in your soil. That means you’ll grow finer, higher quality truck crops that yield better and pay bigger profits. You see, BRIMM is a plus-value plant food made by .Swift & Company. It provides the nitrogen, phosphorus and potash your crop must have. In addition, it provides other vital growth elements. It is a specially balanced and blended plant food for your special crops. SWIFT & COMPANY used as security for loans which carry the guaranty of the Veterans Administration must be insured against fire and other hazards against which it is customary to insure in the community. Explained A well-knowm millionaire sports man confesses that he has never yet entered a night club. This, no doubt, explains why he is still a million aire.—The Humorist. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our friends for the deels of kindness shown during the illness and death of our husband and father, T. J. Bell. Also for the lovely floral tributes, the cars loaned and the expressions of symathy. p —-Mrs. T. J. Bell and Children. - - < Greeting Cards For All Occasions CAMPEN’S JEWELERS JACSUIN’S PEACH,,. -BRANDY ,na MAM AND IOTTUO IV CHARtIS JACQUIN *t Cl*., In*. PHIIA., FA. • in. 1114 BRIMM can, and does, make the difference between just a fair crop and a real money maker. This year it is really important that you order your supply of BRIMM early. So see your l Authorized Swift Agent today. Let him know your needs. Buy BRIMM from the dealer with the Red Steer sign non COW SUFFERERS! /TeesSuswuefin\ JOST 6 SECONDS/ Mb mM imUm tis CM* TaMats, or. nTM Liquid Cold §*• ■VfEVCI Pr.pqr.tlon tod.y- M SUIAS# Caution: Uaa only aa directed. *• v 7 TAYLOR THEATRE EDENTON, N. C. W’eek Day Shows Continuous From 3:30 Saturday Continuous From 1:30 Sunday Shows 3:30 and 9:15 o- Today (Thursday) and Friday, January 23-24 Red Skelton and Marilyn Maxwell in “THE SHOW-OFF" o Saturday, January 25 Charles Starrett and Smiley Burnett in “LANDRUSH” o Sunday, January 26 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in “THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES" Monday and Tuesday, January 27-28 Hedy Lamarr and George Sanders in “STRANGE WOMAN" —o- ——— Wednesday, January 29 Double Feature James Warren in “SUNSET PASS” Freddie Stewart in “HIGH SCHOOL HERO” o-——- Coming January 30-31 “ABIE’S IRISH ROSE” PAGE THREE
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