Two Measures In Congress Reach Final Stages
Washington April 24. Two major bills dominate Congress: a 400 million dollar aid package for Greece and Turkey and a sweeping labor reform bill. The outcome hinges on votes and potential presidential vetoes, with fears of expanding anti communist policy abroad and curbing unions at home. The AFL plans a large advertising blitz to defeat the labor bill.
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James Marlow Washington
Congress
Greece
Turkey
Senate
House
Truman
Europe
Russia
AFL
Kuester Quits After 40 Years
Clarence O. Kuester, longtime executive vice president of the Charlotte chamber of commerce, announced his retirement at year end. At age 70, he began as a ten year old floor sweeper and spent four decades with the chamber and related groups. He disclosed the decision at the board of directors meeting.
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Charlotte
Clarence O. Kuester
Chamber of Commerce
Kuester
Chamber
Automotive sales jobs outnumber factory posts before war
Before the war about 1,310,000 people were employed in automotive sales and servicing, more than three times the number in auto factory positions.
Sam Maceo run s plush Galveston gambling empire
Column explores Sam Maceo, ex barber turned Galveston nightlife magnate, running a chic Balinese Room and multiple nightclub gambling houses. It notes his influence, screening of celebrities, charity work for Texas City disaster victims, past federal entanglements, and tense relations with the Texas Rangers guarding his venues.
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Galveston
Tex
Sam Maceo
Kingdom of Texas
Maceo
America
Miami
Manhattan
Island
52Nd Street
New York
Texas City
Tran
Texas Rangers
Texas
Rangers
Magnetic surveys expand oil search in eastern North Carolina
New magnetometer driven surveys begin in Pamlico County as Carolina Petroleum and Stamey Drilling plan broad magnetic surveys across eastern North Carolina to guide the April 1946 drilling program. The ninth well on J O Lindley farm has reached 650 feet and may hit granite in about three weeks. Drillers expect to test sand shale shows of oil seen in a nearby wildcat last month.
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J. O. Lindley
Pamlico County
Stamey
Sabotage Suspected as Telephone Cables Cut in Carolinas
Charlotte reports two cables cut and bullets fired five miles from Concord. Bell official E Hi Wasson says 101 wires cut on Providence Road and 76 on Albemarle Road. three cuts per cable suggest malicious sabotage.
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Charlotte
Charette
Concord E. Hi
Wasson
Carolinas
Bell Telephone Company
Providence Road
Albemarle Road
Rear Engine Bus Advantage In Soft Terrain
An argument favors the rear engine bus for its improved weight distribution and clear edge when navigating mud snow sand and other soft surfaces.
Grocery Costs Slashed 30 Percent Across New England
New England Clover Farm chain announces an immediate 30 percent cut on 150 items across 128 stores in Massachusetts Vermont and New Hampshire with Newburyport leading a regional rollback. Leominster merchants plan three day devaluation days with a 10 percent price cut as observers anticipate broader action to fight inflation.
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Newburyport
Mass
New England
Clover Farm
Massachusetts
Vermont
New Hampshire
Leominster
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