Lilienthal attack cited in letter on atomic energy chair race
A letter to President Truman rails against David Lilienthal as an ambitious militarist isolationalist and greedy for private monopolies while commenting on his bid to lead the atomic energy commission. US life insurance in force climbs from 1.47 billion in 1900 to 28.50 trillion in 1945 with about 5.3 percent lapsing in 1944, a 45 year high.
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David E. Lilienthal
Pepper
Truman
Lilienthal
The
Atomic Energy Commission
United States
U. S
Green attacks legislation freezing unions and banning closed shops
Green argues that a legis freeeze and Ball bill to outlaw the union shop threaten a century of industrial practice. He warns unions will seek mediation and conciliation, then push to enforce a sixty day Ball measure, while defending the right to work and opposing outlawing strikes to compel remedies under the Wagner act.
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Green
Ball
Dutch and Indonesian claims clash over Java exports
Amid a nationalist struggle in Java the Dutch insist on export controls and Dutch estate ownership while Indonesians claim de facto authority across 98 percent of Java and demand credits for rehabilitation. American views mix with shipping interests as the Martin Behrman sails under disputed authority.
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Indonesia
Java
Walter Foote
Batavia
U. S
East Indies
Rudy Gray
Southport
N. C
Martin Behrman
New York
Isbrapoltsen Line
Hans Instandtsen
U. S. State Department
United States
Encyclopaedia Britannica Lists Gas Uses Across Industries
The encyclopedia notes gas has over 21 000 industrial applications including vulcanizing welding refining lead and silver pressing clothes and pasteurizing milk. It also states that three of four American farms grow corn.
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Encyclopaedia Brittanica
SSS Tonic Promises Better Digestion and Health
Ad touts SSS Tonic as a remedy for dyspepsia gas and sour stomach claiming it increases gastric juice flow non organic stomach disturbance and anemia. It urges purchase from drug stores and asserts millions of bottles sold with improved appetite sleep energy and strength.
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Medi- Cal
Ind
SSS Tonic
Statehouse Notes on Juries Taxes and Cooperation Bills
The article reviews a Buncombe lawmaker proposes a referendum to bar women from jury service while another aims to raise the US tax exemption, and a measure seeks to tax farmers cooperatives. It also covers quiet sessions where welfare funds are expanded, a new staff expansion for the attorney general, and a 10 year limit on back property tax collection.
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Rep. Shuford
Buncombe
Nator Parker
Quick
Nationa Convention
Asheville
Sen
Penny
O. B. Moss
Nash
North Carolina
Moss
House
Welfare Department
Clarence Stone
Rockingham
Senate
R. A. Whitaker
Lenoir
Rivers Johnson
Duplin
Senate Tax Debate Sparks Record Vote Demand
Senate Republicans argue over trimming Truman’s spending plan as Bridges calls for a public vote on any cut. Millikin backs a 5.5 billion substitute leaving most of the 11.2 billion request intact, while Taft favors 4.5 to 5.0 billion. Knowland seeks debt payments from any savings. Taft resists tax cuts before July 1.
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GOP
New Hampshire
Senate-House
Bridges
Senate Appropriations Committee
Millikin
Cole
Senate
Army
Navy
Taft
Ohio
House
Sen
Knowland
R-Calif
Beauford Byerly and John Routh enlist in navy at Greensboro
Beauford D. Byerly of High Point and John M. Routh of Rancheman were sent to Raleigh for naval enlistment from the Greensboro recruiting substation. J. P. Southern, officer in-charge, announced the current unlimited quotas for first enlistments and reenlistments.
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Beauford D. Byerly
High Point
John M. Routh
Rancheman
Raleigh
Greensboro
J. P. Southern
Replacements and Bargaining Doctrine in 1945 Strike
The board notes unions may terminate bargaining and still influence employer actions to reopen work for strikers while offering replacements, cautions against open dealing and silent displacement. It discusses good faith bargaining and the fluctuating test under the Wagner Act, citing St Petersburg printers on strike since Nov 20, 1945 and the move to open shop in joint operations.
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St. Petersurg
Bargai
St. Petersburg
Recluse Leaves Garbo Estate to Greta Garbo
In Allegan Michigan a British born recluse Edgar Donne left his entire estate valued at about 20000 dollars to Greta Lovisa Gustafsen known as Greta Garbo. Donne died last October in a squalid one room farm shack. He never married and a clause suggested the legacy could go to Greta visa Donne if she became his wife. It is unclear if he ever met Garbo.
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Allegan
Mich
Greta Garbo Hasis
Edgar Donne
Here
Donne
Greta Lovisa Gustafsen
Greta Garbo
Greta Visa Donne
Miss Garbo
Hollywood
Cromwell Plan Delayed in Separate Custody Case
James H. R. Cromwell’s bid to make his limited divorce from Doris Duke absolute was delayed as advisory master Norman T. Rogers referred the matter to a Hudson County court where Cromwell resides. Duke had a Reno divorce in 1943 on cruelty grounds not recognized by New Jersey.
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Trenton
N. J
James H. R. Cromwell
Doris Duke
Norman T. Rogers
Hudson County
Cromwell
U. S
Canada
Cromwells
Miss Duke
Wreck Survivors Recount Nightmarish Embankment Crash
A car plunges 100 feet down an embankment as relatives and passengers survive with injuries. A Canton Ohio clergyman calms the dazed riders while Allen Parrish of Pee Mich and Frank Gol of Detroit describe their narrow escape and gratitude.
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Lieberman
Canton
Allen K. Parrish
Pee Mich
Frank W. Gol
Detroit
Parrish
Goldy
Heating system meltdown disrupts Portland final exams
University of Portland students, 1 485 in number, donned sweaters and coats after a fire destroyed the heating system. Examinations continued with students cold but spirits steady, though the Speech final on extemporaneous speaking, titled Heat, proceeded without issue.
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Portland. Ore
Pire
University of Portland
America’s Record Foreign Trade in 1920 Exports and Imports
The 1920 foreign trade set a record with exports of far more than imports, totaling a substantial trade surplus. Analysts note the high level of exports and the strong import value indicating the year’s robust mercantile activity and balance of trade.
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America
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