Taxi Drivers' Walkout Hits Philadelphia
Philadelphia faces a taxi walkout amid a five day transit strike. Mediation conferences convened as Yellow Cab and TWU negotiators seek a settlement. Union wage demands were trimmed from 20 to 17 cents, with the company offering 3 cents after an initial 2 cents. Local 156 leader Pirelli postponed the strike to 6 am EST following talks with Mayor Samuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Yellow Cab Company
Afl-Taxi Drivers Union
Philadelphia Transpo Company
Cieansport Workers Union
PTC
TWU International
Michael J. Quill
Ers
AFL
Charles Pirelli
Bernard Samuel
Man injured in auto collision at Rock Island station
James G. Winters drove into Donald Sylvester’s car at a Rock Island filling station. Although Sylvester was not in the car, he was injured when he leaped clear and twisted his neck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island, Ill
James G. Winters
Donald Sylvester
Sylvester
Duke Power Plans 20 Million Plant in South Carolina
Duke Power company announced plans to begin construction of a 20 million dollar steam electric generating plant in Anderson county South Carolina. Norman Cocke vice president said the plant will be about 14 miles east of Anderson and 17 miles southwest of Greenville on the Saluda river. It will be named for the late W S Lee a Duke executive who helped pioneer electrification in the Carolinas. Slated for completion in 1950 the plant will reach about the height of a 17 story building.
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Charlotte
Duke Power Company
Anderson County
S. C
Norman Cocke
Public Utilities Company
Cocke
Anderson
Greenville
Saluda River
W. S. Lee
Duke
Tailoring fertilizer for flowers trees and shrubs
The guide explains nitrogen phosphorus and potassium needs for ornamentals. It advises avoiding fresh manure near trunks and bulbs and stresses well rotted manure used as mulch or incorporated where roots go deeper. For most plants a chemical fertilizer around 6 8 6 NPK is suitable with some evergreen exceptions favoring higher phosphorus and potassium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Realty Transfers in High Point and Jamestown Townships
Real estate transfers include R B Gantt to Pearly Beeson others for Cedar Street lot. E L Briggs Jr and wife to W L Albertson for Wrenn Addition lot. J E Reid to W L Albertson for Wrenn Addition lot. J R Ferree and wife to J N Stanley Jr and wife four Fairmont Park lots. W N Williams and wife to Ker mit Q Simrel and wife lot adjoining Moore land. J C Frazier and wife to W L Shackleford and wife six East Colonial Heights lots.
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High Point Township
R. B. Gantt
Pearly Beeson
Cedar Street
E. L. Briggs, Jr
W. L. Albertson
Wrenn Addition
J. E. Reid
J. R. Ferree
J. N. Stanley, Jr
Fairmont Park
W. N. Williams
Kermit Q. Simrel
Moore Land
Jamestown Township
J. C. Frazier
W. L. Shackleford
East Colonial Heights
New Cars and Trucks Registered in North Carolina in 1948
North Carolina records show 60,730 new cars and 28,610 new trucks registered in 1948, up from 57,654 cars and 23,337 trucks in 1947. December registrations were 5,517 cars and 2,184 trucks versus 6,793 cars and 2,781 trucks in December prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
Motor Vehicles Department
Rebuilding Warsaw Pace Quickens Despite Skepticism
Polish engineers and architects say full reconstruction will take until 1965 after Nazi destruction in 1944. Speed is aided by imported machinery from Britain and the Soviet Union as Warsaw houses a current population around 600,000, well below the prewar peak of 1,289,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Great Britain
Soviet Russia
Administrator's Notice of Estate Claims
Ronald A. Phillips as Administrator of the Estate of A. W. Phillips requests all claimants to present verified claims within one year. Debtors are urged to settle immediately. Filed January 20, 1949 in Guilford County North Carolina with D. D Whitley Jr as Assistant Clerk of the Superior Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Phillips
Guilford County
North Carolina
Ronald A. Phillips
Pickett Street
High Point
D. D Whitley, Jr
Local Scouts Fly DC-3 Trip Over Winston-Salem Area
During Boy Scout Week Ehoes 32 sponsored by Fairfield Methodist church took 17 scouts to Smith-Reynolds airport Winston-Salem. They toured the field then flew in a Piedmont Airlines DC-3 over High Point and Greensboro guided by the assistant scoutmaster visiting the communications center shops hangars control tower and weather station.
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Ehoes 32
Fairfield Methodist Church
Winston- Salem
Smith-Reynolds
Piedmont Airlines
High Point
Greensboro
Swiss to Join Refugee Group and Aid Fund
The Swiss Federal Council, not yet an active UN member, will join the International Refugees aid group in Switzerland and contribute about 1.5 million dollars. Switzerland already participates in UNESCO WHO and FAO and seeks formalities to gain a representative at the second IRO council in March.
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Geneva
Swiss Federal Council
Switzerland
United Nations
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
World Health Organization
The
Food and Agricultural Organization
IRO
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B. A. Steele
J. E. Saubter
O. H. Leak
T. Q. Whitaker
Duke Power Co
S. Carolina
Philip Morris
Teo
America
N. C
Winston-Salem
Aes
Harllee
Batiste
BeRets
Jlarllee’s
Wachovia Bank and
Rust Company
Wachovia
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Mimick
Federal Reserve System
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