New Profit Sharing Plan Initiated At Amos Mills
Amos Hosiery mills introduce a profit sharing retirement plan approved by the Internal Revenue Bureau for 1947. Eligible employees with three years of service will share in annual earnings, with funds invested in a trust and life insurance contracts to guarantee retirement income. A retirement committee will administer, and beneficiaries must be named.
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Amos Hosiery Mills
United States Internal Revenue Bureau
R. T. Amos
Amos
High Point
J. Amos
Amos and Smith
Pilot Mountain
High Point Amos Mills
Bank
Aden N. Smith II
Charlotte
W. Page Harris
Internal Revenue Department
Amos Company
Amos Mills
Plant
Two Year Old Dies From Bath Tub Burns
Bryson City child George Clinton Sutton aged two died in a Franklin hospital from burns after falling into a tub of water at home. He was one of three Christmas week burn fatalities in Franklin hospitals caused by tub falls, including Jimmy Eugene Gregory, 18 months, and Mary Alice Bishop, 3 1/2, of Gay in Jackson county.
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Bryson City
George Clinton Sutton
George Washington Sutton
Franklin Hospital
Sutton
Franklin Hospitals
Jimmy Eugene Gregory
Dewey Gregory
Franklin
Mary Alice Bishop
John Bishop
Gay
Jackson County
Heavy Explosion Rocks Gulf Oil Refinery in Philadelphia
A very heavy explosion rocked the Gulf Oil refinery at 30th Street and the Penrose Ferry in south Philadelphia late tonight. Police reported no details yet. A Gulf Oil official declined to comment, calling it an emergency.
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Philadelphia
Gulf Oil Corporation
30Th Street
Penrose Ferry
Gulf Oil
Storm Strands Staten Island as Army Aids City
The storm traps residents with 24 soldiers from Fort Wadsworth aiding 4,000 commuters at the ferry terminal. Hotels convert ballrooms into emergency dormitories. a bus driver helps a rider home by detouring on a one way street. Yonkers reports 24 inches of snow weighing two and a half tons on an industrial scale.
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U. S. Army
Earl A. Reynolds
Fort Wadsworth
Staten Island
Staten Isand
Sam
American Legion
The
Commodore
Forty- Second Street
Ida Dalton
Sixth Avenue
Snowly
Hood
Yonkers
Communists Launch Dawn Push in Epirus With Macedonian Reinforcements
Greek forces concentrate around Kalpaki near Ioannina as a relief column from Macedonia arrives. Ioannina officials report 40,000 refugees and say the situation is under control while 4,000 guerrillas are believed active in Epirus. Athens sources expect further reinforcement.
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Kalpaki
Ioannina
Greece
Macedonia
Loannina
Frank Shea
Epirus
Athens
Shea
Navy studies motion sickness in personnel trials
Navy research outlines tests on dogs, monkeys and humans to find methods to reduce motion sickness in sea and air borne personnel. Field testing at an amphibious training station is planned for next summer pending promising laboratory results.
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Shilling
Navy
Botanists Find Desert shrub emits weed-slowing chemical AMB
Researchers from California Institute of Technology report Brittle Bush leaves release a chemical that suppresses nearby plant growth. Synthetic AMB slows growth in tomato pepper and corn but harms barley oats sunflowers and rats. A film artist showcased time-lapse flower motion.
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Alton L. Blakeslef
American Association For the Advancement of Science
James Bonner
Reed Gray
California Institute of Technology
Key
J. N. Ott, Jr
Winnetka, Ill
French Youth movement signals De Gaulle long-term political role
Observers cite the movement’s potential size and its implication that De Gaulle’s French peoples party will be a factor for years. His war record boosts his image as a savior against eastern Communist threat, with 90 department chiefs appointed to organize the youth nationwide.
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de Gaulle
French Peoples Party
Eisenhower
MacArthur Club
GOP Lords On Tax Cut And Rent Controls In New Congress
Republicans map early moves after a heated end to the session. Senate backed credits controls may die while Wolcott prioritizes rent limits, inflation powers rest with the president. Knutson plans a 5.6 billion annual income tax cut and Taber to curb federal spending.
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House Banking Committee
House
Wolcott
R-Mich
Congress
Knutson
R-Minn
Ways and Means Committee
Taber
R-N. Y
House Appropriations Committee
Loyalty Review BoardImposes Strict Secrecy On Duty Loyalty Checks
Chairman Seth W. Richardson announces privacy rules for government employee loyalty cases. He says acts, not opinions, are the board’s focus and that public hearings will be avoided to protect those investigated. The FBI is training agents for the loyalty check, with limited disclosure of informants.
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Washington
Seth W. Richardson
Loyalty Review Board
Supreme Court
Richardson
United States
FBI
Beaver Disrupts Telephone Service in Michigan
A beaver chewed through a pole east of Baraga cutting 11 telephone circuits between Houghton and Nestoria. Michigan Bell repair crews traced the outage to the animal and restored service after clearing the damage.
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Beaver
Houghton, Mich
Michigan
Michigan Bell
Here
Nestoria
Baraga
New Group Emerges to Purchase Browns
George F. Kinkead, Louisville businessman, says a deal to buy the American League St. Louis Browns could be arranged and would keep the club in St. Louis. He represents two wealthy residents and spoke with attorney James Dunbar for owner Richard Muckerman, noting no price discussed. He departs for Louisville and then San Antonio to check the Browns farm system amid alleged complications.
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ST. Louis
George F. Kinkead
Louisville
St. Louis Browns
Kinkead
St. Louisans
James Dunbar
Richard C. Muckerman
Browns
San Antonio
High Steppers Fashion Footwear in Ultra-Feminine Styles
Paris fashion notes showcase high heels near four inches for evening wear with symmetrical straps cutouts and high lacing. Aldo Gregoire and Jean Drettas designs feature black suede, gold brocade, and patent leather accents. After-ski boots and brown suede snuggies emphasize comfort replacing wartime cork soles.
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Paris
NEA
Aldo Gregoire
Cothurnus
Jean Drettas
Snowstorm leaves New York buried and cities crippled
Brooklyn recorded a 2.7 million population impact as a surprise blizzard dumped up to 30 inches along the Northeast. New York City faced its heaviest snow in years with 25.8 inches. 54 deaths reported across the region. Transportation stalled, newsstands curtailed, and relief efforts mobilized as crews cleared routes and authorities urged civilian defense corps to assist.
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Brooklyn
Eugene G. Schultz
Ise
New Jersey
New York State
New York City
Albany
New England
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Maine
Boston Weather Bureau
South
Hudson's Bay
North Atlantic Seaboard
Washington
Long Branch
N. J
Atlantic
Canada
Pennsylvania
New York
Northwest Airlines
Detroit
Minneapolis
LaGuardia Field
Wallander
Civilian Defense Corps
Radio Aerial Touches High Tension Wire Tragedy in MARTIN
Four people died in Martin Kentucky after a radio aerial contacted a high tension line. Victims include Robert Flanary 38 and his six year old son John Hugh Flanary. Hugh Norris 30 died while rushing to the scene and his wife Edith 28 died attempting to help. Coroner Braddie Shepherd said a crowd gathered as he arrived.
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Norris
Edith
Scrap shortfall spurs calls on scrap metal supply
Rep C J Kersten argues the nation pays $40 a ton for scrap while Germany has vast stocks, warning the material could end the world if forgotten. He highlights the strategic risk and urges action to secure critical metals.
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Germany
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Boyle
Tures
James Osman
Jim
GOP
Prospect
Bone Fleming
Columbus
Ohio
Peter J. Marsden
Galena
Truman
Chicago
George Malone
Nevada
Ago
C. J. Kersten
Wiseconsin
Meinhard, Greeff & Co
Madion Slvenus
Southern Office
Ff. Skinner
Johnston Building
Charlotte, N.C
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