Vacancies Rise in Labor Department After Schwellenbach
Washington July 3 President Truman must fill three top posts in the labor department after the death of Lewis Schwellenbach. David Morse and John T. Kmetz resignations leave John W. Gibson as acting secretary and Morse to head the International Labor Office. Possible successors include Wendell Lund Keen Johnson Ellis Arnall and Paul Herzog.
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Washington
Truman
Labor Department
Lewis Schwellenbach
Schwellenbach
White House
David Morse
John T. Kmetz
John W. Gibson
CIO
Lar Morse
International Labor Office
Kmetz
United Mine Workers Union
Pennsylvania
Wendell Lund
War Production Board
Keen Johnson
Kentucky
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Paul Herzog
National Labor Relations Board
Madmen on English Stages and The Adding Machine
In the 16th century English theaters staged acts featuring madmen borrowed from local asylums. The adding machine is noted as having been invented by a Frenchman in 1642.
Large Carnegie steel mill blast injures workers in Chicago
A massive explosion at Carnegie-Illinois Steel in Chicago injures 21 workers, four seriously, with about 40 percent of capacity knocked out. The South Side plant, a U S Steel subsidiary, produces 4.5 million tons annually and the blast damaged an engine house feeding five blast furnaces. No fatalities were reported, and cause is under investigation as repairs are expected to take time.
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Chicago
Carnegie - Illinois Steel Company
Michael J. Corrigan
South Side
U. S. Steel
Joseph Janikowski
Ocean water level would need two mile drop to match land area
A historical note argues that lowering the world’s ocean level by about two miles would equalize the land and water in total surface area, a thought experiment reflecting on Earth's geography.
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Earth
Globe
North Carolina March of Dimes Pool Plans to Fight Polio
Greensboro reports a polio surge with 348 cases by June 30 and plans to pool March of Dimes reserves via a new Epidemic Fund Committee led by Philip Randolph. The state seeks expanded care capacity, 85 to 90 additional beds, and more nurses, therapists, and facilities including Wesley Long Hospital annex expansion.
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Greensboro
North Carolina
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
March of Dimes
Philip S. Randolph
National Foundation
Ranooliph
Randolph
Paul Butler
Moore County
Earl Franklin
Burke County
Rex Edison
Gaston County
Eastern State Foundation
Chapel Hill
Mark Sumner
Western State
Asheville
Foundation
Wesley Long Hospital
Army
Wesley Long
Woodmen Present Flag at Uwharrie Camp Event
Piedmont Camp No. 62 Woodmen of the World stages a 2 p.m. flag presentation at Uwharrie Boy Scout Camp as part of an all day program with a basket picnic and athletic contests. O Arthur Kirkman of the High Point Thomasville and Denton railroad will speak before presenting the flag from the National Service Committee Woodmen of the World Omaha Neb. Ralph I Knowles will introduce him. About 100 Woodmen and families are expected. public invitation extended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont
Woodmen of the World
Uwharrie
O. Arthur Kirkman
High Point
Thomasville
Denton
National Service Committee
Omaha
Neb
Kirkman
Ralph I. Knowles
California explorers and the General Sherman tree discovery
The text notes that white explorers searched California for over 300 years before locating the General Sherman tree, claimed as the world's largest living thing. It also asserts that about 95 percent of North American rivers flow southward or toward streams that drain south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
General Sherman
North America
Hickory Man Is New President of Letter Carriers
J Yates Yoder of Hickory was elected president of the North Carolina rural letter carriers association to serve until next summer. He succeeds Henry A Capps of Rocky Mount. Raymond Southerland of Burgaw named vice president with Blyde Winebarger Boone re elected secretary and treasurer. H M Johnson Willard chosen chaplain to follow Clifton J Knowles of Wallace. J Freeman Gates joins executive committee replacing M H Goins of Yale. other members include R G Vannney Parlear and N Hassell Fox Roxboro. Education costs 50 cents per child per day. prison cost is $1 daily. First transcontinental telephone line completed in 1915.
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Winston-Salem
J. Yates Yoder
Hickory
North Carolina
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