Inside Factors in the General Motors Strike
The piece profiles Lammot du Pont as the key GM backer resisting worker voting and shaping policy with Sir Harry McGowan of Imperial Chemical Industries. It notes foreign influence probes, interlocking patents, and du Ponts’ payroll cuts while preserving dividends. It covers Knudsen and a GMC press network including Bruner Pope and Getty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
General Motors
Automobile Company
Lammot du Pont
du Pont
Alfred P. Sloan
Lammot
Miss Perkins
Lewis
Sloan
John L. Lewis
Sir Harry Duncan McGowan
Imperial Chemical Industries
Sir Harry
du Pont Company
McGowan
Imperial Chemistries
Mer
Felix Bruner
Scripps- Howard
Washington Post
Post
James Pope
Associated Press
General Johnson
Frank Getty
United Press
Arthur Kudner
Inc
GMC
Getty
Perkins
Keeper takes bees to Southland again
Pembroke's 55-year-old bee-man John N DeMuth and his son Jourdain migrate to Lake County Florida for the eighth straight winter with 300 bee colonies. They expect to return home with about 1 000 colonies and drums of orange honey. They drive non stop in 36 hours, three drivers, to keep bees calm during transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pembroke
N. Y
John N. DeMuth
DeMuth
Jourdain
Lake County
Fla
Florida
Proverbial French sou may leave circulation
The five centime sou may be withdrawn from circulation due to rising metal costs, with possible suppression of the 10 centime piece as well. A French deputy’s report shows manufacturing losses on small coins while larger pieces profit, prompting questions about the fate of the sou and the phrase “He isn’t worth a sou.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Constantine the Great
Louis XVI
Leather price surge tied to wartime rearming drives
In St Louis buyers say leather prices have doubled since 1933 as nations rearming keep hides for cartridges belts leggings and shoes. An official of a large shoe concern notes little incentive to export despite higher costs.
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ST Louis
Radio Schedule Highlights Evening and Morning Broadcasts
A dense listing of radio programs across NBC CBS and ABC networks detailing 6:00 p m to 11:45 p m evening lineups and morning blocks. Notable showings include Amos n Andy Fibber McGee and Molly Johnn y with Leo Reisman and Mary Small songs amid orchestra ensembles, dramatic readings, and variety acts. The schedule also lists multiple stations and chain references for WEAF WJZ WABC and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos 'N’ Andy
NBC
Weap Chain
Mary Small
WJZ Chain
Herbert Foote
CBS
Wccco
Weaf Chain
Hazel Glenn
Ray _Heatherton
WABC
WBBM
KMOX
WGST
WCCO
Art and Braggiotti
Ohio Society of New York
WJZ Dha Radio Theater
Richard Himber Arch
WEAF
Jack Pearl
WJZ_chain
Good Time Society
WJZ
Wayne Fine Orch
National Radio Forum
Hal Goodman
Don Ferdi
McGrew
Hree Gray Orch
Phil Levant Orch
Freeman Orch
Svee
Francis Craig Orch
Jimmy Garrett Orch
JZ Chain
Joahn Higgins
Finchville
Betty Crocker
David Harum
Bo Meners Gately
Mary Lee Taylor
Wec
Wast.collegians
Chain
NBCY
Wbers
Ad BC
Gene Arnold
The
Cadets
Rochester Civic Orch
WRBM
Claudine Macdonald
NBC Music Guild
Myrti Piaree
Ge Ae
Guiding Light
Wz Chain
Jack Armstrong
Rayburn
WABRC
Ee Oar Russell
Renfrew of the Mounted
Woo
Vocal Varieties
Woc
Beearik van Loon
Aeorie Griffen
Alexander Woollcott
Vivian Della Chiesa
Johnny
Leo Reisman
Ltig
King Orch
Edger A. Guest
al Jolson
Yes
Ben Bernie Orch
Larry Marsh Orch
WCC
Fred Astaire
Husbands and Wives
Jack Oakie’s College
Holly Ayes
Rip van Winkle
Mark Warnoworch
Carol Joe
Scacee Beingran
Tope Hattersant
Civde
Lucas Orch
Frankie Masters Orch
Dogs React Differently to Radio Sounds at Sunnybank
The narrator recalls dogs and a cat reacting with wild barking only to live radio sound effects. Dogs ignored the broadcast but roared when Bradley Barker replicated the noises in person, suggesting humans miss a denaturing effect in loudspeaker voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunnybank
Bradley Barker
Barker
Colorado high is popular for twins
Greeley Colorado report lists seven twin pairs among 700 students at a high school. The pairs include Allen and Raymond Campbell, Keith and Kenneth Jesse, Ray and Roy Marple, Elizabeth and Katherine Crowder, Myrl and Vyrl Timothy, Harley and Hilda Grayam, Katheleene and Dean Fisher. Pets favor dogs. most like music and sweets. admire thrift and frankness. pursue varied future careers. only four say being a twin is fun, mainly when mixed up at school.
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Greeley, Colo
INS
Greeley High School
Allen
Raymond Campbell
Keith
Kenneth Jesse
Ray
Roy Marple
Elizabeth
Katherine Crowder
Myrl
Vyrl Timothy
Harley
Hilda Grayam
Katheleene
Dean Fisher
Electric single strand fence keeps livestock at home
Fort Worth inventor R L Puster patents an inexpensive electric fence that uses one wire and a dry cell battery to deter hogs cattle sheep goats and horses. Tested near Fort Worth with trials at Texas A and M and John Tarleton colleges the system costs about 2 dollars for a four month 10 mile span and is easy to build aiding erosion control grazing areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
R. L. Poster
Puster
Texas A. & M. College
College Station
John Tarleton Agricultural College
Stephenville
Experts Clash Over Squeeze Tactics In Bridge Hand
In a scrutinized hand South opens light and North settles a slam. West handles a diamond lead and a late squeeze yields twelve tricks as declarer discards to force the defense. East disputes, but the defense still cannot hold the squeeze without risk to both diamonds and spades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
East South
South West North East
South
North
Declarer
East
Ance
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Drew Pearson and
Robert S. Allen
Duco
Irenee
Pierre
al Smith
Lammet
Association Against the Prohibition
Dhy
Hastings
Bayard
Bill Knudsen
Bill” Knudsen
Knudsen
NRA
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Raleigh
K@L
Southland
Clark, Mangle
George Hail Creers
By Albert Payson
Terhune
Colorado High
Gene Raymond
Anna Sten
Graustark
With James Gleason
LUX Radio Theatre
Directed By
Cecil B. Demille
KRNT
Coast-to-Coast
Columbia Network
Armstrong's
R. A. Holmgren
Mr. Holmgren
Raglan
California
Armstrong’saylight Clothing Department
E. Burmeister
Jerry Malloy
Toy
Good House
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