Western Electric Deadlock Extends to 37th Day
A union management stalemate at Western Electric, Bell system unit, continued into its 37th day as talks stalled. Labor officials weighed a settlement formula, while Western Electric rejected a one year extension of the contract and pushed for continued bargaining on all issues.
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Western Electric
Washington
Bell Sys
John W. Gibson
Fred Schmidt
Western Electric Labor Relations
Western Electric Employer Association
The
Association of Communications Equipment Workers
National Association of Telephone Equipment Workers
New York
Remarkable Inner-Aid Cure Praises Local Woman
A local woman reports hours of spitting up acid liquid after meals and headaches before taking INNER-AID. She now eats normally with no gas or spitting, crediting 12 herbs that cleanse bowels and aid liver and kidneys. Sold by all drug stores.
Democrats Will Fight Tax Cut Delays Hit Senate Action
Senate Democrats began lining up behind a move to delay action on the proposed 4 billion dollar income tax cut until mid June. They argue Congress needs a clearer view of economies possible in President Truman’s 37.5 billion budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1. Only a few Republican votes would be needed to push postponement.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Truman
Huggins Named Rotary Governor
Durham reports Vic Huggins of Chapel Hill is elected governor of Rotary International district 189. He will assume office July 1 after a close district convention vote with B D Dunn of Oxford as the other candidate. Ike M Bailey of Raleigh did not announce totals.
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Durham
Vic Huggins
Chapel Hill
Rotary International
B D. Dunn
Oxford
Granville County
Ike M. Bailey
Raleigh
Jersey cattle sale at Catawba fairgrounds marks decade
Auctioneer Tom McCord of Montgomery Alabama notes Catawba County Jersey consignments will be showcased at the 10th annual sale at Hickory Fairgrounds starting Wednesday noon. The event is sponsored by the Catawba County club and is billed as the only county Jersey show and sale in the United States to run for ten straight years.
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Hickory
Tom McCord
Montgomery
Ala
U. S
Catawba County Club
Revival correction and local meetings announced
Elder Clayton Jones conducts a 10 day revival at St Matthews Holiness Church on Taylor Street not Mars Hill. Knights of Pythias Western Jurisdiction meets May 6 to plan July 15 to 16 grand meeting here. Several named members listed on the grand lodge committee. Local KP pride lodge meets Wednesday at 9 am Odd Fellows hall. Nurse Anna Saunders ill at High Point Memorial. Crusaders Club First Baptist meets 5 pm at Josephine Gray 21 A Daniel Brooks. Mt Vernon Willing Workers meet Thursday 7:45 pm at YWCA. Mrs Myrtle Barringer returns from visits to Pittsburgh Cleveland and New York.
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Correction
Clayton Jones
New Yok City
St. Matthews Holiness Church
Taylor Street
Mars Hill
McDonald
St. Mathews
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Grand Lodge
C. J. Day
Salisbury
W. W. Jack Winston-Salem
C. S. Brown
Greensboro
M. W. McCain
Charlotte
R. C Palmer
Alphonzo Smith
George Alexander
High Point
Guilford
K.P Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Crusaders Club
The
First Baptist Church
P. m
Josephine Gray
Daniel Brooks
Mt. Vernon
Willing Workers Club
YWCA
Piarthenia Gray
In Memoriam Note for Joseph H. Ler
Mrs. Willie Mae Boyd expresses gratitude to friends for kindness shown during the death of her father Joseph H. Ler.
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Joseph H. Ler
Willie Mae Boyd
Strickland Furniture Firm Incorporated In High Point
Strickland Furniture of High Point has been issued a certificate of incorporation by the secretary of state. C Kenneth Strickland Frank A Marks and Robert H McNeill are the incorporators with 1 750 000 capital stock subscribed 1 000 200 by the incorporators. The new plant on the southern part of the city is near production and touted as a leading modern facility. The old East Commerce street plant was purchased years ago by the A lander Company manufacturers of bedding.
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Commerce Street
A Lander Company
Escapee Van Andel Captured After Prison Truck Break
A. J. Van Andel, 37, who sawed through a prison truck top and escaped April 29, was recaptured at Dunn. He was serving 16 to 20 years for force and entering and larceny in Randolph County. Authorities also arrested Etta Douglas, 34, a Negro inmate who escaped here while serving a 30 year murder sentence from Forsyth County.
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Raleigh
State Prison Department
A. J. van Andel
Dunn
van Andel
Randolph County
Etta Douglas
Forsyth County
Asheville Boy Gets UNC Post
William M. Shuford of Asheville, class of 1941, named director of Graham Memorial student activities center at the University of North Carolina. He succeeds Martha Rice whose term expires in June. As a student he served as secretary treasurer of the Student Council and held several campus roles.
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Chapel Hill
William M. Shuford
Asheville
Graham Memorial
University of North Carolina
Martha Rice
Shuford
University Club
Snyder Asked To Give Views On Tax Slash
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder was invited to testify May 19 on general tax revisions with hearings before the Ways and Means Committee. Republican Chairman Knutson said revisions may bring substantial tax reductions next year, while the administration has not yet stated its stance on the $4 billion tax slash and easing taxes in 1948.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Congress
Eee
Ways and Means
Knutson
R-Minn
Slas Snyder
Capitol
Mt Palomar Glass to Chart Mars Life Search
Los Angeles based reports say the Mount Palomar 200 inch telescope will soon photograph the canals of Mars to test for life on the planet. Dr Edwin P Hubble notes the scope could settle the canal question and map unphotographed regions of space.
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Mt. Paloma
Glass
Mars
Los Angeles
Mount Palomar
Edwin P Hubble
Mount Wilson
Hubble
Mount
Palomar
New Truss Offers 30 Day Trial With $3.50 Gift
Physician's Appliance Company promotes an inconspicuous truss for ruptured men and women. The 30 day trial includes a $3.50 special truss as a gift upon reporting results. Send for a descriptive circular to 3142 Koch Bldg 2906 Main Kansas City Missouri and act quickly before the address is lost.
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Kansas City
Physician's
Koch
Main
Missouri
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