Labor unrest halts truck shipments across eight states
The nationwide truckers strike idled about 40 000 drivers with estimates ranging from 3 000 to 20 000 in various zones. Government intervention was anticipated to prepare a transfer to Army or Office of Defense Transportation control. In Detroit and Tulsa areas numbers cited show broad impact on overland freight as federal conciliators seek settlement.
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Midwest
White House
Army
Office of Defense Transportation
Alex Baxter
6Th Transace Ae
Chicago
Thomas Flynn
AFL International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Tulsa
Okla
Paterson
N. J
Wright Aeronauticalion
Cio-United Auto Workers
Detroit
High Point
North Carolina
Guilford County
Asainet
Sesle Haney
Mradewnie Harvey
Jestie Haney
Mee
Lessie Haney
High Petet
North
Caroline
C. N. McNeal
Jessie Haney
Geretius
Aweust
Flovence W. Allen
Municipal
Coeur
Social Security Obstacles For Beneficiaries And War Losses
The piece discusses old age assistance under the Social Security law, noting 65+ eligibility, covered employment, and employer contributions since 1937. It covers who is excluded, terms for wives, and contrasts federal old age benefits with state unemployment pay and coverage variances across states.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Armed Services
Social Security
Congress
Clerks Receive Pie From Ruberry In Idaho Canning Favor
In Glenns Ferry Idaho Aug 10 the local rationing board granted Mrs W C Ruberry extra sugar for canning and she repaid the clerks by presenting a juicy berry pie.
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Glenns Ferry
Idaho
W. C. Ruberry
Japanese torpedo planes claim two subs sunk near Japan
Tokyo radio asserted that coastal torpedo patrol planes attacked two enemy submarines in waters near the Japanese mainland. One submarine was said to surface off Oshima in the Izu islands and the other sunk southeast of Formosa. The FCC recorded the broadcast. The note about the first royal license for a theater in England in 1574 is mentioned.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
Oshima
Izu Islands
Tokyo Bay
Taiwan
Formosa
Federal Communications Commission
Roosevelt plan for postwar pact diplomacy in world order
The article argues President Roosevelt aims to win postwar commitments by piecemeal agreements rather than a formal treaty or League covenant. It notes four powers will privately craft arrangements behind closed doors, enabling easy ratification and revision, with emphasis on disarmament and later global institutions.
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Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
American Congress
Winston Churchill
Rooselt
Capitol Hill O.K
Herbert Lehman
UNRRA
World Bank
White House
United States
Churchill
Stalin
Versailles
Wilson
Lloyd George
Clemenceau
Orlando
F.D.R
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Allied pace in the Pacific reshapes public view
The article notes renewed public interest in the Orient as Allied advances shift emphasis. It argues that once Germany nears defeat, U S and Britain must quickly focus all-out on every front from Attu onward, urging readers to grasp realistic strategic factors.
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Stalin
Pacific
Germany
United States
Great Britain
Attu
Notice of Commissioner Sale in High Point Court
Commissioner in Guilford County will sell at City Hall front door High Point NC 11:00 AM September 9 1944 the above described three lots on North Main Street to satisfy street assessment liens. Bids cash highest bidder. Sale subject to city and county taxes not included in judgment. J V Wilson Jr Commissioner August 1944.
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Mary Gladys K. Rice
Frank Rice
Altice Pladge K. Mawes
Jerry Mawes
High Point
D. C
North Main Street
Finst
Pike & Kelly Corver
Perth
Pike
J. W. Campbell
J. ©. Houldin
Kelly and
Harvey
Old Plane Road
Kettey
Old Plank Road
Kelity
Caltet
Office of Register of Deeds
Guilford County
North Carolina
J. V. Wilson, Jr
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Lexington
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U. S. Army
General Motors
Chevrolet
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Tennessee Products Corporation
Whitwell
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Todd-Houston Shipse Corporation
Houston
Montreal, Que
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REDE
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Jewely Settee
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Shaner Solitaire
radantGis
WBIG
George Burns
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Efird's Department Store
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Reich
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Moscow
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Sakhalin Island
Tokyo
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Red
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Pacific Coast
China
Kuomintang
Chungking
Nanking
Ping
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Chiang Kai-shek
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