Russia Accused of Taking Over Czech Oil Field
New York reports accuse Russia of annexing oil from newly found Czech fields and selling it back at reduced prices. The Yugoslav Journalist federation cites a Belgrade review saying Soviet teams arrived, drafted Czech workers, and framed fields as branches of Zistersdorf in Austria. A 600 Czech workers draft followed with a sale agreement allowing the USSR to repossess oil for cheaper.
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New York
Federation of Yugoslav Journalists
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Review of International Affairs
Belgrade
Marshal Tito
Malachi
Soviet Union
Zistersdorf Fields
Austria
Zistersdorf
U.S.S.R
Soviet Economic Commission
Prague
Soviet Oil Administration
Huge Pulp Mill May Be Constructed Near Acme
Raleigh reports a large pulp mill near Acme, 15 miles from Wilmington, appears likely with approval from Department of Conservation and Development and Riegel Paper. The planned plant would start at 200 tons daily, cost twelve and a half million dollars, and require 140,000 cords of pulpwood annually. A new Cape Fear river bridge is also planned to support the project and regional commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Acme
Wilmington
Department of Conservation and Development
Riegel Paper Company
Department of Conservation and Develoment
State Highway and Pulic Works Commission
Paper Company
Walker Hamilton
Riegel
Ward Harrison
Cape Fear River
Henry W. Jordan
Highway Commission
Waccamaw
Five French Climbers Return From Himalayas With Freezing Injuries
Maurice Herzog led a French expedition that reached Annapurna in the Himalayas but suffered freezing injuries on the return to Paris. Herzog had all his toes amputated as a result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Himalayas
Maurice Herzog
Anapurna Peak
Drought Threatens Mountain Village Chilili New Mexico
Residents of Chilili a mountain town 39 miles southeast of Albuquerque report drought ruin with wells drying and crops failing. A petition to Gov Mabry asks for food water and work as 47 families remain out of 151 who lived there earlier this year. The welfare department says nearby Mountainair faced similar conditions and aid is available to those truly hungry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
N. M
Here
Chilili
Thomas J. Mabry
Mountainair
CIO Striker Freed After Grand Jury Cleared Charge
Lynn O. Turner a CIO striker at the American Enka Morristown Tenn plant was freed by a grand jury on a felonious assault charge related to an April beating of AFL official Calvin R. Ray. The Enka Morristown walkout over wages and benefits sparked a spate of violence with no further arrests reported.
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Dandridge
Tenn
Lynn O. Turner
CIO
American Enka
Morristown
AFL Textile Workers’ Union
Calvin R. Ray
AFL
Enka
Asheville
N. C
Ray
Turner
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Elizabethtown
Elwell’s
Burgaw
Wallace
Whiteville
Chadbourn
Bladen- Columbus
State Ports Authority
North Carolina
New Mexico
Lara
Tan
Coca-Cola Company
Cose-Cole Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
High Point Corner
Main ST
Nathan Hunt Drive
Harllee’s
Lazy Susans
Eac
Excello
Batiste
Wrisley Soap
Wrisley
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