Economists See Bright Outlook From Industrial Reports
Federal surveys show October production records with steel and auto gains lifting output 95 percent above 1935-39 averages. Fewer strikes in 1948 and a 11 percent drop in farm prices since January are noted, while concerns linger over price declines and potential downturns.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Agriculture Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Hartley backs repeal of labor vote requirement
Rep Hartley co author of the Taft Hartley act says he favors repealing the current employee election for union shop decisions. He argues the process is costly and unnecessary and that union shop agreements could be bargained between labor and management. He also supports extending non communist affidavits for union officials to management.
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Hartley
R-Nj
House Labor Committee
Congress
FM Station Managers And Owners Meet
In Greensboro the state FM radio station managers and owners elected new officers. E Z Jones became president, Josh Horne vice president, Ray Furr secretary, with a slate on the board including Gaines Kelley and several others. A survey plan to count FM receivers by county was approved while a merger with the state broadcasters group was delayed.
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E. Z. Jones
Burlington
North Carolina
State Officials Would Supervise Local Grants
The solicitor general of Tennessee urged states to scrutinize tax money given to local governments. Speaking at the National Association of Attorneys General conference, he warned money is released without knowing recipients' needs. The discussion emphasized federal state cooperation on regional economic matters.
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Houston
Tex
Solicitor General of
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William F. Barry
National Association of Attorneys General
Frank Graham
University of North Carolina
Tennessee Valley Authority
Social Security
Ernest R. D’amours
New Hampshire
Flue-Cured Tobacco Prices Hover Near Fifty Dollars
Latest figures show old belt sales totaling 250 462 pounds and middle belt 155 762 465 pounds. Season averages stand at 49.32 dollars per hundredweight for the old belt and 50.16 for the middle belt.
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Raleigh
Shirts For Science in Wartime Uranium Work
Westinghouse Electric scientists reportedly sacrificed their shirts in 1942 to shield uranium chemicals from sudden showers during early atomic bomb project work. The claim appears in the book Battlefronts of Industry detailing improvised protection and wartime lab conditions.
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Washington, D. C
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Lady finds relief from rheumatic pain with TRU-AID
A woman unable to walk six weeks ago due to rheumatic pains reports a normal life after taking TRU-AID. She claims she threw away her cane within a week and credits the liquid formula containing three medicines for relief targeting rheumatic and neuritic aches.
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High ‘High Point Ady
Thousands Of On-Job Trainees Suspended By VA
In Winston-Salem on December 1, the Veterans Administration said about 4,000 veterans in the region were suspended from on the job training last month. They will not receive subsistence until monthly progress reports are filed. earlier two months saw 16,000 suspensions, with reinstatement planned as reports come in.
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Winston-Salem
Veterans Administration
E. C Hemingway
Belmont worker pleads guilty to accessory before murder
Walter Sigmon of Belmont admitted to being accessory before the fact of murder. He received a mandatory life sentence after being found to have shot and killed his wife on October 30 at their home while she ironed.
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Gastonia
Walter Sigmon
Belmont
George Patton
Sigmon
Ada Rehan the Actress Born in Limerick Ireland
Renowned American actress Ada Rehan died in 1916. Born Crehan in Limerick Ireland she achieved fame on stage in the United States.
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Ada Rehan
Limerick
Ireland
Crehan
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