British Businessmen Push World Trade Alliance Plan
British executives back a plan for an international trade alliance proposed by Sir Edgar Jones to regulate major export commodities. Critics warn it resembles cartels. US authorities view it skeptically. The scheme envisions product committees, a governing council, a development commission, and a central clearing bureau to stabilize prices and promote full employment.
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World Trade Alliance
Edgar Jones
International Tinplate Cartel
Britain
W. P
Alliance
Samuel Pepys
Jones
Atlatic
Tribune
United States
United States Justice Department
Senate
Friends of the
International Development Commission
Development Commission
Apelles
Federation of Britishndustries
National Association of Manufacturers
International Economic Council
Questioning Truths in Bible Study and Thomas Wolfe
W. A. Bivins recalls a Wesley Memorial church training on Israel and interprets biblical questions about Genesis Moses Job and Daniel. The piece then recounts novelist Thomas Wolfe heres the rise and fall of his career ending with his death at 38 and editor’s somber duty at Asheville North Carolina.
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Wesley Memorial Church
Israel
Stinespring
Texas
New York
Sim
Genesis
Moses
Mt. Sinai
Job
Jonah
Daniel
Jehovah
America
Thomas Wolfe
Asheville
North Carolina
Black and White Skin Cure Advertising Snippet
An old advertisement promotes a psoriasis remedy with Sintment to remove scales relieve itching. It also mentions a cleansing mild Black and White Skin Soap and hints at stimulating benefits for skin care.
Germans Built Oil Industry From Earliest Times
The Nazis produced as much petroleum in prewar Germany as in all previous history of the German oil industry which began in earlier centuries.
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Germany
Curtin Arrives in London for Empire Leaders Conference
Australian Prime Minister John Curtin arrived in London to attend a conference of empire leaders after a prior meeting with President Roosevelt in the United States en route.
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London
John Curtin
Australia
Roose
United States
Pay As You Go Government urged in postwar tax plan
A Republican postwar tax study committee proposes pay as you go government and incentives for private enterprise. Reed announces nine subcommittees to study taxation and a constitutional limit on Congress taxing power. The plan targets about 20 billion dollars in peacetime budgets and aims to attract investment into industry while preserving jobs for veterans.
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Washington
Man Reed
R-Ny
Reed
Congress
17 Bodies Recovered From Wrecked Plane
Rain soaked workers recovered 17 bodies from a burned navy transport plane that crashed on a rock jutting mesa during an attempted landing in a heavy northern Arizona snow storm. Four survivors, two staying at the scene for help, were hospitalized in Flagstaff.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Navy
Arizona
12Th Naval District
San Francisco
Oconino County
Calif
Winslow
Chilean wine shipments rise to 200000 cases in 1944
Ismael Tocornal president of the Chilean United Vineyards said Chile will ship about 200000 cases of wine to the United States in 1944, up from 60000 the prior year. He arrived on the Balboa Clipper to attend the inter American conference in New York and to explore industrial alcohol manufacture prospects in Chile.
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Miami
Fla
Chi
United States
Ismael Tocornal
United Vineyards
Tocoral
New York
Chile
State Dental Society To Meet In Raleigh
The North Carolina State Dental Society will hold its annual meeting in Raleigh on Monday and Tuesday. Opening speakers include Dr. Clyde Minges of Rocky Mount, president, Dr. L. Pierce Anthony of Chicago, editor of the Journal of the American Dental Association, and Dr. Lee W. Atkinson of Salem Oregon. The program features lectures, clinics, demonstrations, reports, a luncheon, a banquet, and installation of officers.
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Raleigh
North Carolina State Dental Society
Clyde FE. Minges
Rocky Mount
L. Pierce Anthony
Chicago
Journal
The
American Dental Association
Lee W. Atkinson
Salem
Twenty Japanese American Soldier Convicted of Refusing Training
At Fort McClellan Army officials report Pvt. Masami J. Okamoto received a 10 year prison term after conviction for refusing military training. Eight others face court martial next week as 28 second generation Japanese Americans in a special infantry battalion await proceedings. Brigadier General Wallace C. Philpon says the accused refused service under the U S flag.
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Fort Mcclellan
Army — Relations
Masami J. Okamoto
Stockade
Wallace C. Philpon
U. S
Hickory Chamber Backs Treaty Amendment Plan
Directors of the Hickory chamber of commerce favor a proposed constitutional amendment to allow approval of foreign treaties by a simple majority in both houses, instead of the current two thirds Senate requirement.
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Hickory
Hickory Chamber of Commerce
Senate
Congress
Hospital Gathering Set For Asheville May 17 18
The 14th annual meeting of the Hospital Association of North and South Carolina with Virginia and West Virginia will convene in Asheville on May 17 and 18. Dr J B Whittington of Winston-Salem, conference president, announced the event. Principal speakers include Frank J Walker of St Luke’s Denver and Louis Fi war correspondent and contributing editor of The Nation.
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Winston-Salem
Carolinas-Virginia
Hospital Association of
North and South Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Asheville
J. B. Whittington
North Carolina Hospital Association
Whittington
Frank J. Walker
St Luke's Hospital
Denver
Colo
Rncan H Tal Association
Louis Fi
Butter to be Set Aside for War Use
The War Food Administration orders manufacturers to reserve 40 percent of May and 50 percent of June butter output for direct war use, up from April levels, reflecting anticipated record production for the war effort.
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Washington
War Food Administration
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