Piedmont Leaf tobacco workers vote on CIO union representation
In Winston-Salem 200 Piedmont Leaf Tobacco Co employees voted in a National Labor Relations Board supervised election to decide if they want representation by the CIO United Transport Service Employees union. The vote follows a formal bargaining election process.
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Winston-Salem
Piedmont Leaf Tobacco Company
CIO
United Transport Service Employees Union
National Labor Relations Board
Furniture market shows mixed demand and rising prices
Observers report brisk second day at the Southern Furniture and Bug market with firms promising 90 day delivery and some resisting longer terms. Lumber costs rise signaling potential price hikes while buyers seek small compact pieces and bright colors for the small room home.
Dr W A Hoggard Critical After Beating Near Elizabeth City
Elizabeth City January 24 Dr W A Hoggard a 60 year old Woodville physician was found badly beaten last night on a country road three miles from Elizabeth City He was taken to Albemarle Hospital in critical condition Investigators found a baseball bat near his car and his satchel coins and glasses on the ground The attack occurred as he stepped from his car and a wallet was missing Bloodhounds could not trail the assailants and authorities believe the thieves escaped in a car
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Manchester
Conn
William Barron
Bernard J. Goodin
Goodin
Barron
Edmund F. Dwyer
Dwyer
Elizabeth City
W. A. Hoggard
Woodville
Albemarle Hospital
Elizabeth Ty
Hoggard
Stephen Wilson
Oak Stump Road
Wilson
Suspect Claims WBT Bomb Plot Was Job Offer
Police traced a Columbia man Chesley Morgan Lovell 38 to a planned dynamite attack on Charlotte radio station WBT tower. Lovell said he was hired in Columbia for the blast and paid 25 dollars with 250 promised if successful. The dynamite caps were removed before arrest and no explosion occurred.
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Charlotte
Frank N. Littlejohn
Columbia
S. C
WBT
Littlejohn
Co. M Lovell
Lovell
J. P. Strom
State Constabulary
Strom
AFL
Chesley Morgan
Chad” Lovell
N. C
Coplon Trial Delay Denied in Spy Conspiracy Case
In New York on January 24, Judge Sylvester J. Ryan rejected a late defense bid to delay the long-delayed spy conspiracy trial of Judith Coplon and Valentin Gubitchev. Jury selection to begin after preliminaries with about 118 potential jurors present. defendants receive 14 peremptory challenges while the government gets six. twelve jurors and three alternates will be chosen.
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New York
Judith Coplon
Valentin A. Gubitchev
Miss Coplon
Sylvester J. Ryan
Miss Copson
Gubitchev
Ryan
FEPC Bill Lock in House Rules, Truman Civil Rights Move
The FEPC bill is tightly blocked in the House Rules Committee as Speaker Rayburn delays action. Chairman Sabath met to force a committee discharge, but only six of twelve members appear likely to back clearance. The bill could exit via a discharge petition or a priority ruling on February 13, if the House convenes.
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Washington
Truman
House Rules Committee
Rayburn
Alaska
Hawaii
Sabath
D-Nl
Rules Committee
Rules
House
Abraham Lincoln
FEPC
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Educator Blasts High Schools For Turning Out Books
Dr. Ernest Cadman Colwell of the University of Chicago says American high schools create books not brain trusts and leave freshmen illiterate. He faults curriculum overload and low regard for teachers as key causes and speaks at the Ministers Convocation on January 31 in Los Angeles.
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University of Chicago
Ernest Cadman Colwell
Dr. Colwell
British shift to lemonade driven by high drink costs
London report shows British consumption of lemonade and soft drinks reaching 225 million gallons in 1949, twice the prewar average. The high price of beer and liquor is blamed for the trend, according to the National Association of Soft Drink Manufacturers.
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London
National Association of Soft Prinkft Manufacturers
Steel Price Increases Not to Hit Other Levels
UP President Benjamin Fairless told a Senate House Economic committee the recent steel price rise should cause no harmful effect on price levels in other industries. He cited increased labor and transportation costs as the main drivers of the rise and defended U S Steel’s credit with earnings and returns.
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Washington
Benjamin Fairless
U. S. Steel Corporation
Jess
Fairless
Senate House Economic Committee
U. S. Steel
Fair Return Fairless
Communist North China Faces Economic Chaos
Aboard Flying Arrow to Kobe on January 24 Wayne Richardson reports from Shantung peninsula that Communist ruled areas face a famine risk, poor crops, and a chaotic administration. He cites currency collapse, rising taxation, and forced registrations leading to arrests.
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North China
Flying Arrow
Kobe
Japan
China
Shantung Peninsula
Tsingtao
Denial priests sign oaths amid Prague crackdown
Prague reports say Catholic priests face jail in coming months as trials rise. Officials deny widespread oath signing, noting bishops allowed obedience with reservations. Vatican spy claims and finances are cited by Obraml Lidu, while Vatican City sources dispute the alleged oaths and name lack.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
God
Obran Lida
Vatican
Theslovak
Vatican City
Senate Approval Of Adm Sherman Expected Today
Washington Jan 24 Senate leaders planned a vote in the afternoon on Adm Forrest Sherman to replace Adm Louis Denfeld as chief of naval operations. Senators Kem and McCarthy sought to press Denfeld’s November departure, while McCarthy said he would vote present over dissatisfaction with Secretary Matthews’ explanation.
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Senate
Adm
Sherman
Washington
Jan
Louis Denfeld
Navy
Kem
R-Mo
McCarthy
R-Wis
Denfeld
MacCarthy
Matthews
Boston Detectives Probe Brink's Robbery Clues
Boston detectives pressed the Brink’s armored truck heist investigation as they interview ex convicts and Brink’s garage workers seeking links to the million dollar raid. Authorities note a possible Sturtevant raid connection and dispatch probes to hot spots while pursuing leads.
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Boston
Brinks
Granito
Atty
Francis F. Kelly
Brink's
Huge Cat Found Dead Believed Barnyard Killer
In Lexington on January 24 a massive cat 34 inches long and 11 inches high was found electrocuted in wires around a pig pen on Henry Hartley’s farm. Fire Chief Norman Owen called it the biggest cat he had seen and said it likely ended the Yadkin college area poultry killings.
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Lexington
Yadkin College
Henry Hartley
Norman Owen
Owen
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Los Angeles
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By Wayne Richardson
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