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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1949
Page
2
The first submarine to navigate four voyages around Cape Horn completed a 12,500 mile trip from Santa Monica California to Portsmouth New Hampshire in 54 days arriving July 9 1947. The U S Forestry Service reports burning pine wood yields more heat than hickory.
The Senate debates rules to curb filibuster as the administration pushes a three fourths cloture change while southern leaders resist. Byrd and Wherry discuss options. Russell says he will consider any reasonable compromise. If talks fail, southerners warn of round the clock action.
Kenneth Ryan left City Hall around 7 a.m. and was later seen boarding a taxi north on West 179th Street in Manhattan, crossing the George Washington Bridge into New Jersey. New York police urged authorities to watch Clendenin J. Ryan in Allamuchy, a foe of Mayor O'Dwyer, while Clendenin denied knowing the former detective. The younger Ryan announced the Good Government Foundation to expose public corruption, underwriting it with 500000 dollars, and aligned with efforts to defeat O'Dwyer. Clendenin Ryan pressed questions at City Hall and placed a 1945 grand jury presentment on the mayor's door as part of a broader probing effort.
Rail express agency operations in New York City fell to a trickle as 9,000 workers face layoff in a slowdown tied to a wage and hours demand. Union spokesmen call for a 40 hour five day week and 25 cent hourly increase. Meanwhile Chicago talks press toward a five day week for about one million non operating railroad workers, with no timing for a written accord.
A B-36 bomber, described as as large as three five room houses, completed a long journey from Iowa toward Great Falls Montana and Key West Florida. It faced engine trouble and headwinds yet reportedly could have exceeded 10 000 miles. The aircraft passed over Fort Worth Spokane and Denver before its return sighting near Great Falls. President Truman was noted as vacationing in Key West at the time.
The CIO urged a fourth wage boost for workers in appliances clothing shoes and furniture while noting low unemployment in steel aluminum and heavy industries. It called for swift local public works programs to address regional unemployment and higher social security and unemployment benefits. It also suggested expanded reemployment services and possible travel allowances to help workers seek jobs elsewhere.
Two weeks after Christmas North Carolina mills report curtailments due to weak orders. Burling ton Mills Reidsville, Cannon Mills Kannapolis, and Durham, Mayodan, Greensboro plants show reduced shifts and schedules with some layoffs, while Chatham Elkin runs normal. The State Employment Security commission notes employment slipping toward wartime levels with rising unemployment compensation claims.
Three historic routes pass Idaho in an east west line the Lo Lo trail the Oregon trail and the Mullan road mark important paths used in earlier times through the state.
The belief that placing a sprig of yarrow under the pillow aids romance appears in cultures worldwide. People hold that it helps reveal or attract the partner of their dreams, linking folk ritual to intimate hopes.
President Truman meets Chief Justice Vinson upon arrival at the Little White House after a Washington to submarine base flight aboard the Independence. Rep. Smathers and Eben Ayers accompany them as the President wears gray slacks white shoes and a flamingo patterned shirt.
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