Government Moves To Prevent U S Steel Strike
Raleigh reports the Utilities Commission resumed a hearing on Duke Power’s request for higher bus fares in eight cities. Duke seeks 10 cents cash or 25 cents for three tickets, with current rates 7 cents or 25 cents for four tickets. Duke cites losses of $459,559.54 last year and $327,881 in the first five months of this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Utilities Commission
Duke Power Company
Duke
Charlotte
Winston-Salem
Durham
Salisbury
Spencer
East Spencer
Greensboro
High Point
Claude V. Jones
Rham
Jones
C. S. Reed
Reed
Tobacco Barn Fire Insurance Rates Lowered
Insurance Commissioner Waldo C. Cheek approved substantial cuts in tobacco barn fire insurance rates saving Tar Heel farmers about 130000 dollars annually. The 30 percent cut for curing barns and 50 percent cut for pack barns follow a public hearing before the state insurance commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Waldo C. Cheek
State Insurance Commission
Cheek
North Carolina Fire Insurance Rating Bureau
Landon C. Hill
Hill
Congress Ratifies Modified Housing Measure and Sends It to President
Congress completed action on a multi billion dollar long range housing bill and sent it to President Truman. The Senate approved the compromise measure after the House passed it by voice vote. The package funds 810,000 public housing units over six years with rent subsidies for low income families and major grants and loans for slum clearance and farm housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washington
Man
Senate
House
Truman
Spence
Taft
Ohio
Rep
Phillips
Calif
D-Ky
Acan
Spencer D-Ky
House Banking Committee
Market Wobbles After Opening
New York July 8 The stock market opened with a wobble as fractional gains faded and many issues drifted from plus to minus. U S Steel held at 21% early but slid slightly. several firms including Chrysler Spiegel Schenley Consolidated Edison Anaconda Phelps Dodge American Can J C Penney and others declined while Bethlehem Steel Studebaker U S Rubber Montgomery Ward Sears Roebuck Caterpillar Douglas Aircraft Kennecott Copper Dow Chemical DuPont Johns Manville Southern Pacific and Westinghouse Electric posted better or steadier showings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S. Steel
Chrysler
Spiegel
Schenle
Edison
Anaconda Sopper
Phelps Dodge
American Can
J. C. Penney
Santa Fe
Sinclair Oil
Airlines
Bethlehem Steel
Studebaker
U.S. Rubber
Montgomery Ward
Sears Roebuck
Caterpillar
Douglas Aircraft
Kennecott Copper
Dow Chemical
du Pont
Johns Manville
Southern Pacific
Westinghouse Electric
Milk as News in North Carolina Pub Life
Guest columnist notes milk rising to affect public attention and ABC stores as North Carolina dairy becomes big business. Explains milk marketing areas, classification schedules, Brucellosis controls, 10-ounce containers, and milk laws in a larger industry context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
A.B.C
Iewou
Hangings by “Noose Club” Leader Shock Chicago District
In a South Side basement a 15-year-old boy led a reenactment of a neighbor’s hanging for police with hundreds outside. The three-year-old victim, Thomas Whitey Laux, died in unclear circumstances. another boy, 13, initially confessed to strangling him but later recanted. Both youths were held in a juvenile detention home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hangmen Noose Club
Laux
Charles
Tommy
Timothy O'Connor
Robert
Whitey
Inquest Set Tonight Over Garris Slaying
ATLANTA July 8 An inquest into the alley shooting of metropolitan opera singer John Garris will reach a climax tonight. Investigators may decide whether South Carolina convict Grover Pulley, jailed for burglary tools, will be charged with the German born tenor’s death after the April 21 shooting near Atlanta station. Coroner Ed Almand was told to present evidence including conflicting ballistics and circumstantial witnesses. Local ballistics deem a Belgian type pistol may have fired the fatal bullet. FBI experts were less certain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Metropolitan Opera
John Garris
South Carolina
Grover Pulley
Clinton
D. C
Garris
Speculation Scott May Move Up In Politics
The Charlotte News reports speculative talk that Gov Scott may resign to become Secretary of Agriculture under President Truman. City Attorney John D Shaw, in Raleigh for a hearing, noted discussions but no confirmation. Shaw said the governor was in Washington and met with the President, fueling the speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Charlotte News
Scott
Raleigh
John D. Shaw
Utilities Commission XXX
Truman
Shaw
Washington
Britain to Buy Grain From Reds in Private Deal
London reports Britain secretly agreed to purchase nearly 1,000,000 tons of grain from Russia within a year as part of a barter arrangement. The move accompanies Britain’s three month standstill on dollar spending and ongoing talks for a year-long British Russian trade pact. An Agriculture Department release notes 26,380,000 acres of cotton in cultivation as of July 1, up 14.2 percent from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Russia
Moscow
Washington
Agriculture Department
Scott Says Buck Duke Had Vision
Gov. Kerr Scott of North Carolina criticizes Southeast electric utilities for lacking the vision of Buck Duke. He urges private power to step up, saying government projects invite others to cut in and stresses he wants abundant power for North Carolina Virginia South Carolina and Georgia. Scott spoke with President Truman and met Interior official Oscar Chapman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kerr Scott
North Carolina
Scott
Truman
Oscar Chapman
Southeast
Buck Duke
Duke Power Co
Virginia
South Carolina
Georgia
Slayer Dies By Self Inflicted Wound On Death Row
Baltimore July 8 A 23 year old murderer Roy Arnold Wood killed himself in his cell less than 90 minutes before hanging at Maryland Penitentiary. He used half a safety razor blade and died from a neck wound. Fellow condemned man Howard Fram followed to the scaffold later at 12 25 a m and was executed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland Penitentiary
Roy Arnold Wood
Wood
Joseph J. Ayd
S. J
Father Ayd
Edward T. Swensen
Earl Royer
Hiss Jurors Still Out In Effort to Reach Verdict
A federal court jury renewed deliberations in New York to decide if Alger Hiss lied about passing State Department papers to a Soviet spy ring. Jurors had been out six hours and twelve minutes last night and resumed at 8:30 a.m. EST after a short recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiss
Alger Hiss
Priscilla
Federal Court
New York
State Department
Esmerrnd
Petrayeanis
Hubert E. James
Samuel H. Kauf
Jap American Is Appointed To Naval Academy
An 18 year old Nisei from the Minidoka relocation center in Idaho was bound for Annapolis after being named the first Nisei appointed to the United States Naval Academy. Tak Yoshihara, surprised to learn of Annapolis rather than West Point, plans a naval career and vows not to let the appointing officials down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Minidoka Relocation Center
Hunt
Idaho
Annapolis
Takeshi Yoshihara
United State Naval Academy
West Point
Navy
Tak
Heat relief spreads to some regions as others endure heat
Parts of the nation enjoyed relief from the heat belt as thundershowers and breezes cooled eastern states and the Great Lakes. Yet in many regions including the Rockies and Texas temperatures remained high with Abilene at 101 and Yuma at 107, drought causing millions in crop damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Lakes
Rockies
Texas
Carolinas
Charlotte
Columbia
Raleigh
Spartanburg
High Point
Asheville
Wilmington
Abilene
Amarillo
Houston
Yuma
Ariz
Inquest Planned Into Death Of Expectant 15 Year Old
Kenansville July 8 The coroner said an inquest will be held into the death of Grace Arbelle Houston a 15 year old who was about to become a mother She died after a convulsion Tuesday before a doctor arrived The examiner suggested high blood pressure may have caused the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenansville
C. B. Sitterson
Grace Arbelle Houston
Sitterson
Government moves to avert nationwide steel strike
The federal government summoned Philip Murray and John A. Stephens to Washington for talks on Monday as the United Steelworkers and U. S. Steel negotiate over wage boosts. Murray warned a strike could be called July 16, potentially affecting 189 steel producers and 500 000 workers. A temporary contract extension near Pittsburgh offered a glimmer of hope amid stalled talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Cyrus Sing
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Philip Murray
United Steelworkers
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel Corp
Washington
Murray
Stephens A
U. S. Steel-Usw
Benjamin F. Fairless
U. S. Steel
U. S
Slum Removal Funds Barred To This State
Raleigh July 8 Two of three parts of the new Federal Housing Program will open to North Carolina. Cities may use low rent housing aid and farmers may borrow, but the slum clearance phase will not apply due to the 1949 Legislature’s failure to pass an enabling act. Seven cities have housing authorities operating federal low rent housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
Congress
Wilmington
Fayetteville
Charlotte
High Point
New Bern
Winston-Salem
Political Outlaw in Syria Executed by Firing Squad
Anton Saadeh president of the outlawed Syrian National party was executed by firing squad after a secret court martial. He was arrested yesterday as Syrian and Lebanese forces intensified their drive to stamp out guerrillas accused of terrorizing outlying areas for over a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Lebanon
Anton Saadeh
Syrian National Party
Saadeh
National Party
Also Mentioned on This Page
U.S
Bangor
Maine
Tobacco Barn
RFC
Capitol Square
Lackburn W. Johnson
State Department of Agriculture
Noose Club
Garris Inquest
Cotton Report
Naval Academy
Jean Bayliss
Great Britain
Elizabeth
Women's Royal Army Corps
Shropshire
England
Murray and Stephens
Ching
Syria
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!