AFL Reaches Showdown On Lewis Union Admission
The AFL executive council opens a two week winter meeting in Miami with focus on readmitting the United Mine Workers after nine months, wage and price controls, and postwar and political issues. A UMW delegation aims for charter rights while trying to bar John L. Lewis miners. tensions loom over internal federation conflicts.
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Joseph A. Loftus
Miami
Fra
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
United Mine Workers of America
Uni
Miami Colonial
AFL Ve
John L. ‘Lewis
AFL
CIO
United Mine Workers
London
Federation
UMW
Lewis
Polish Border Problems Through Centuries and Wars
A historical overview of Poland’s shifting borders from 1569 to 1939, detailing unions, partitions by Russia Prussia and Austria, Napoleon's rearrangements, the Congress of Vienna, uprisings, and WWI changes. It notes key figures like Kosciuszko Pilsudski Paderewski Curzon and the evolving frontier claims between Poland Russia and Germany with late 1939 border notions.
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Herman R. Allen
Livonia
Prussia
Stanislaus Poniatowski
Katherine I
Russia
Austria
Poland
Napoleon
Grand Duchy
Caesia
East Prussia
Hitler
Germany
Russai
From Aladdin to Pi nocchio and Heidi who
The text questions origins of Aladdin and Pi nocchio and asks Heidi’s nationality. It then offers brief wisdom on etiquette and a horoscope dated January 17 noting reserve power, caution, love, and potential inheritance implications.
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Aladdin
Pi‘nocchio
Heidi
One Minute Test Answers From Arabia to Swiss
A concise quiz prompt lists three items: location Arabia followed by two other regions. It appears as a short answer exercise with categories labeled 1, 2, and 3. The entries show Arabia Italy Swiss in sequence.
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Arabia
Italy
Swiss
Four Carolinians Wounded In Action
Four Carolinians were killed or fatally wounded in North Carolina over the weekend. The report names James Allen, 18 months, of Sanford. Dr. J. E. Adams, 70, of Jonesboro. James A. Griffin, 42, a patent medicine vendor in Greenville. and David Dunstan of Currituck, all victims of separate vehicle accidents or collisions. Regular religious services are conducted on small U. S. naval vessels by commanding officers.
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Charlotte
Jan
North Carolina
James Allen
J. T. Allen, Jr
Sanford, Rt. 1
J. E. Adams, Sr
Jonesboro
Mattie Clark
Sanford
James A. Griffin
Greenville
David Dunstan
Currituck
Jarvisburg
U. S
Canal and Alaskan Highway Draw U.S. Interest in Northwest
U S citizens watch a $250 million investment in northwestern Canada including the Canal project costing 134 million with about 100 million spent. Gen Somervell defends the project amid criticism while the Alaska highway proves a sturdy wartime link across 1700 miles linking airfields and ports.
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U.S
Wast
Northwestern
Canada
Brehon B. Somervell
Army
Service of Supply
Norman Wells
Mackenzie River
Arctic Circle
Mackenzie
N. W
Canadian Rockies
Whitehorse
Yukon
Pacific
Skagway
Alaska Panhandle
Senate War Investigating
Truman
Somervell
Harry S. Truman
D-Mo
United States
Harold L. Sykes
Interior
Frank Knox
Navy
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Harold D. Smith
Ickes
Thehorse
BC headache relief touted as quick acting remedy
Advertisement claims BC formula relieves agonizing headaches neuralgia and muscular pains quickly. Describes sedative effect on nervousness and offers 10c and 25c sizes with directions to consult a physician if pains persist.
Senator Larkins Named Vice President of Young Democrats
John Larkins of Trenton is named vice president of the Young Democratic clubs of North Carolina with Francis Garron of Valdese as treasurer. The picks came at the state executive committee meeting in Charlotte, succeeding Henrietta Prize and after A Leonidas Hux went to the armed forces. The group backed a rally for the fourth war bond drive led by Tom C. Clark of Washington, D C. The report notes three billion tons of soil wash from American fields annually.
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Charlotte
John Larkins
Trenton
Young Democratic Clubs
North Carolina
Francis Garron
Valdese
Larkins
Tom C. Clark
Washington, D. C
U. S
No Trees Grow In Philly Says Betty Smith
In Philadelphia on January 17 a resident, Mrs. Joe Jones of Chapel Hill, compares Brooklyn with Philadelphia. The comment comes as she, Betty Smith author of A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, notes Brooklyn as a place of contention in casual conversation with a cab driver.
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Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Joe Jones
Chapel Hill
Three Bodies Found On Isolated Road Autopsy Ordered
In Lexington Massachusetts police found the bodies of James Keefe 24 John Keefe 17 and Ruth Place 16 in a car on a lonely road off the Concord turnpike. Grace Saunders 16 of Cambridge was hospitalized in serious condition after saying she met Ruth Place and rode with the Keefe brothers. Autopsies were ordered to determine causes of death.
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Lexington
Mass
Concord Turnpike
James Keefe
John
Ruth Place
Waltham
Grace Saunders
Cambridge
John O'Brien
Miss Saunders
Keefe Brothers
Thurs
John W. Rycroft
Tech Hawks win second straight as Fort Bragg falls
BTC 10 Tech Hawks beat Fort Bragg Reception Center 50 to 31 in Greensboro and then routed AP in Thomasville 66 to 36. Pvt John Mahnken scored 23 points and Pvt George Senesky dominated in all facets, anchoring the A. A. F. Training Command’s fresh season win.
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Greensboro.p
Tech Hawks
Fort Bragg
Thomasville
John Mahnken
George Senesky
Mahnken
Georgetown
Senesky
St. Joseph's
Philadelphia
Licenses Revoked in North Carolina Week of Jan 8 14
The highway safety division of the department of motor vehicles reports 151 drivers licenses revoked statewide for the week of January 8 to 14. Included is Chester A. Welch of High Point whose license was revoked in municipal court. Motion pictures are said to be the most popular entertainment in all armed services.
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Alaska
War Department
Anthony J. Diamond
Congress
Canada
Northland
Raleigh
Highway Safety Division
Department of Motor Vehicles Today
Chester A. Welch
High Point
Horace Haworth
Rotary Club
The Turkish Bath and Blood Pressure Effects
A health column reviews whether Turkish baths affect high or low blood pressure. It notes hot air rooms at 150 to 170 degrees, questions sweating as a cure, and cites an authoritative view that hot bathing harms high blood pressure by relaxing arteries briefly then risking rapid drops and potential angina or syncope. It also mentions low blood pressure patients may improve after the rebound.
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Bath
Police Gazette
Mack
Benjamin Harrison
Ration Roundup Ends Soon for Various Stamp Books
The notice lists validity dates for multiple ration stamps. Brown stamps R S and T through Jan 29. green stamps D E F through Jan 20 and G H J through Feb 20. Sugar Book four stamp 30 through March. Shoes Book one 18 and airplane stamp 1 indefinite. Gasoline 8 A three gallons through Feb 8. 9 A through Jan 21. 10 A Jan 22 to March 21. B B-1 C-1 two gallons except Rocky Mountains three. B-2 C-2 five gallons. Fuel Oil Period two through Feb 7 except south to Jan 24. Period three through March 13 in east far west and middle west.
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Rocky Mountains
Vaid
Far West
Middle West
Dozen Injured As SAL Limited Derails Near Jacksonville
Dozen persons were injured when Seaboard Air Line's Sun Queen express from New York to Miami derailed on the outskirts of Jacksonville. A coach and three Pullman cars toppled, 400 feet of track torn up near the army air base. None of the injured were in serious condition. two soldiers among those hurt. An axle journal break cited. an inquiry by federal investigators was begun.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Seaboard Air Line Railway
New York
Miami
Jacksonville Army Air Base
Seaboard
R.A. Alt
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Rubber Workers Get Raise In U S Rubber Plant
Officials of the U S Rubber Company plant in Charlotte and CIO United Workers of America local 249 announce a contract granting a 10 cent an hour raise retroactive to Oct 18, one week of paid vacation annually, and a dues check off system.
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Charlotte
U.S. Rubber Company
CIO
United Workers of America
Coupons for Fuel Units Through February 21 South
Through February 21 in the south all coupons are valid for 10 gallons per unit, with most coupons granting several units. The text indicates a broad redemption window and a high per unit value across the region.
Localigh Point adopts student government by vote
Ten years ago on January 17 1934 Localigh Point college established a student government through a unanimous student body vote. The era begins with a formal constitution and new campus governance while other local notes include a Deep River erosion survey and a successful furniture mart.
Soldiers of the United States urged to unite after war
Damon Runyon’s Brighter Side piece urges returning servicemen to organize politically to leverage massive postwar influence. It warns against many veterans being drawn into factional politics and urges a unified body to secure special favors and fair treatment after victory.
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Lewis’ Union
America
Kosciuseo
Suvorov
Grand Duchy of
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Saxony
Frederick Augustus I
Pilsudski
Roman Dmowski
Pader
Paderewski
Lord Curzon
Great Britain
Europe
William A. Baker
Central Press
Washington
D. C
Texas
Alasa
Young Democrats
Philly
Ft. Bragg
Logan Clendening
M. D. HN
Dr. Clendenning
P. D. Haynes
Cartersville
W. H. Moss
M. P. Church
Circle No. 4
Harold Hinkle
Clara Hinkle
Union
S. C
Nicholson Bank and Trust Company
Roosevelt
J. Payne
J. F. Hayden
Margaret
Ville
M. H. Jones
G. G
Greensboro
High Point High Quint
Guilford County
Shenandoah
Lakehurst
N. J
Damon Runyon
King Peete Vedio
Aean
Haen
Dorothy Canaver
Sperry Gyroscope Company
ROA
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