Steel Decline Predicted by United States Steel Chairman
New York July 27 Irving S Olds chairman of United States Steel Corp predicted a decline in steel business through 1949 after reporting the highest half year sales and shipments in the companys history Net income for the past six months was the highest since 1929 He said new orders had been declining and would drop further in the third quarter before leveling off at an uncertain point.
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New York
Irving S. Olds
Unit States Steel Corp
CIO
Olds
Border Belt Outlook Good for Tobacco Prices
Raleigh July 27 tobacco growers in the North Carolina and South Carolina border belt may see opening prices above 50 a hundred as auction sales start next week. Authorities based estimates on Georgia-Florida belt openings, with voorsp projected averages from 46 to 53 per hundred and expectations of a 4 to 5 a hundred higher local pricing. Imperial buyers' limited start in Georgia-Florida markets noted as a positive sign for the border belt.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia-Florida
U. S Department of Agriculture
W. P. Hedrick
N. C. Department of Agriculture
Geo - Florida
Rele
Royster
Imperial
Mrs. Roosevelt Responds To Spellman On Catholicism
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt replies to Cardinal Spellman denying anti-Catholic bias and affirming support for government policies she believes are right. She says she favors federal aid to education, opposes personal attack, and stresses religious freedom in schooling. A congressional move seeks to preserve federal education aid free of parochial restrictions.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Cardinal Spellman
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
New York State
Herbert Lehman
Bernard Baruch
Charles K. Gilbert
Morton
Atlanta Judge Shoots Former Associate
Fulton county civil court judge Robert Carpenter 44 shot five times at attorney John Lockwood 53 in early morning incident. Lockwood wounded in the face and fell into a muddy 40 foot hole. condition listed as fair. The two, once business partners, had clashed in nine court actions amid divorce and alienation suits.
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Atlanta
Fulton County
Robert Carpenter
John Lockwood
Carpenter
Lockwood
Helen Carpenter
Estelle G. Manful
Lewis Snubs Operators In Three Day Week Standoff
White Sulphur Springs W Va July 27 Operators hint at a pit shutdown if John L Lewis does not attend resumed contract talks. Lewis skipped the White Sulphur meeting while negotiations with the Southern Coal Producers Association continue at Bluefield. Steel company captive pits back a showdown over his three day work week plan as miners brace for possible early fall negotiations.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Steel Company
Harry M. Moses
George H. Love
Washington
Senator Robertson
D-Va
Steel
Southern Coal Producers Association
Bluefield
Marine Given 18 Months for Assault
A 19-year-old Camp Lejeune marine, Pvt. M. J. Geer, received an 18 month road sentence in New Hanover Superior Court for forcible trespass and assault on a female. The case stems from an attack on Mrs. Henry Day Jr. at Carolina Beach on July 2. Geer had faced attempted rape charges, but pled guilty to the lesser counts.
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Wilmington
New Hanover Superior Court
Camp Lejeune Marine
Henry Day, Jr
Raleigh
Carolina Beach
M. J. Geer
Clifton L. Moore
France Ratifies North Atlantic Pact After All Night Debate
The French national assembly approved the North Atlantic pact 398 to 187 after an all night session marked by clashes between Communists and Rightists. Moves to speed approval in the upper house followed amid calls for U.S. military aid specifics and a delay to obtain U.S. details.
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Paris
French National Assembly
Council of the Republic
France
Russia
United States
Germany
Rene Capitant
Charles de Gaulle
U. S
Rockhill Auto Figures In New York Holdup
A man and wife bandit team from Louisville Kentucky were arrested in Times Square after a bar and grill holdup on Broadway near 93rd Street. They used a stolen Rocky Mount NC car with Virginia plates, carrying 152 dollars. He claimed navy service. she served in the WAC.
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New York
Times Square
Charles
Dorothy Robinson
Louisville
Robinson
Music Box
Broadway
93Rd St
Louis Gordon
Gordon
P Robinson
Rocky Mount
N Cc
Virginia
Navy
Women’s Army Corps
Anti Poll Tax Bill Reappears in Congress Yet Again
Washington July 27 The anti poll tax bill is returned to life in the House after passage but faces a Senate filibuster and likely death this year. Southern Democrats clash with Northern Republicans and Whites and Negroes argue over voting rights as the bill aims to erase poll taxes in seven southern states. The cycle repeats as past years show repeated House approval followed by Senate defeat.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Capia
Virginia
Arkansas
Texas
Mississippi
Alabama
South Carolina
Tennessee
Senate Expected To Dodge Anti Poll Tax Measure Again
Washington July 27 4 A poll tax bill faced Senate filibuster threats after the House passed it 273 to 116. Opponents argued the measure invades states rights and would spur split ballots in southern states if enacted. Four prior Senate refusals and repeated House passage signal continued political stalemate.
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Senate
Washington
House
Rep
Wheeler
Dga
Strickland Plant Leased By Local Men to Restart Furniture Line
Frank Marks and W L Malpass, doing business as Talmar damestown Co, lease the Strickland Furniture Co plant from trustee in bankruptcy Scott Parker. They will fill a $161000 army order for 3408 dressers around August 10, employing about 100 at peak. This move could reopen the plant and signal potential permanent operations while attracting interest from creditors and federal officials.
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Frank Marks
W. L. Mal- Puss
Talmar-damestown Co
Strickland Furniture Co
Scott Parker
Strickland Concern
Marks
Army
Malpass
Strickland
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Marks and Malpass
Deep Arctic Air Stations Under Consideration
The Air Force weighs forward Arctic bases for B 36 bombers to refuel on polar strikes. A Limestone Maine base report outlines staging in Greenland or northern Canada to top off fuel, extending reach to Eurasian targets while returning to North American bases.
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Washington
Air Force
Arctic
Polar Cap
United States
Limestone
Canada
Greenland
Polar
Ice Cap
USAF
North American
Girl Survives Jump From Brooklyn Bridge
A 20 year old girl Grace Cakearas of the Bronx survived a jump from the Brooklyn Bridge landing in the East River about 100 feet below. She was found alive and in fair condition at Cumberland hospital Brooklyn after being pulled from the water by a tugboat crew. Police said she had been discharged from Bellevue hospital observation ward last week.
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New York
Brooklyn Bridge
East River
Grace Cakearas
Bronx
Cumberland Hospital
Brooklyn
Bellevue Hospital
GM Reports Peacetime Employment Peak Reach At 403743
GM reports a peacetime employment high with over 400000 on payrolls. For the second quarter the average is 403743, up from 375079 in 1948, and higher than the prewar 318726 in 1941. First half average employment stands at 400002, versus 381995 in 1948. Hourly earnings average 69.52 dollars weekly in the first half, up from 61.63 in 1948.
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Detroit
General Motors Today
C. E. Wilson
Wilson
Incoming state board meeting in Morehead City stirs old vs new tensions
The North Carolina board of conservation and development met in Morehead City amid weather concerns and rumors of rivalry between veterans and new appointees. Governor Scott spoke cautions and critiqued past practices while Mayor George Dill welcomed the group, noting the department’s evolution from the fisheries commission.
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Morehead City
Board of Conservation and Development
Scott
Oldtimers
Broughton
Cherry
George Dill
Dill
Department of Conservation and Development
Fisheries Commission
Committees Awaiting Full Details On Arms Aid Plan
Washington July 27 Three Capitol Hill committees await details of a 1.45 billion arms program for Western European signers of the North Atlantic Pact. Secretary Acheson to testify before the House Foreign Affairs panel amid likely Senate opposition. Senators Byrd Bridges and Vandenberg push for stop-gap aid and caution over a full defense plan aligned with the pact.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Congress
State Acheson
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Truman
Senate
Foreign Relations and
Armed Services Committees
North Atlantic Council
Europe
Byrd
D-Va
Bridges
R-Nh
Armed Services Committee
State Department
Russia
Acheson
Whittle
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Heat Wave Persists Across Central and Eastern U.S.
The Associated Press reports a continued hot humid spell across the central and eastern states with temperatures in the 80s and 90s and no rain in sight. Forecasters say relief is unlikely from the Rockies to the Atlantic coast as readings reach into the 100s in several cities.
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Associated Press
Federal Weather Bureau
Chicago
Rockies
Atlantic Coast
Mercury
Seattle
Columbia
S. C
Rochester
Minn
Market Starts Strong But Slows at Opening Trade
New York stock market opened with an upbeat tone and early gains though activity slowed soon after. Heavily traded Commonwealth and Southern rose as much as 4 percent, matching their 1949 peak, in an initial block of 30 000 shares amid higher prices for Barnsdall Oil Republic Steel Packard Goodyear Montgomery Ward Oliver Corp Lockheed Western Union Kennecott Copper Phelps Dodge Du Pont Johns Manville US Gypsum Southern Railway Illinois Central and Standard Oil NJ.
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New York
Commonwealth and
Southern
Barnsdall Oil
Republic Steel
Packard
Goodyear
Montgomery Ward
Oliver Corp
Lockheed Western Union
Kennecott Copper
Phelps Dodge
Du _ Pont
Johns-Manville
U. 8S. Gypsum
Southern Railway
Illinois Cental
Standard Oil
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Cincinnati Clearing House
Frank S. Hogan
Duble
Newark
N. J
Border Belt Outlook
Mrs. F. D.R
Spellman
Barkley
Alben W. Barkley
St. Louis
Carleton S. Hadley
Wabash Railroad
Pwo
National Assembly
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Muroc
Calif
N.Y
Strickland Co
Deep Arctic
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