Textile Workers Union Rejects Cone Offer in 15 Cent Ask
The CIO textile workers union of America plans further talks with Cone mills in Greensboro and with Dan River Erwin and Lowenstein mills to secure a 15 cent per hour wage increase for about 30 000 workers across North Carolina Virginia South Carolina Alabama and Hawaii in a four state strike threat. The union rejected a 74 cent offer and aims to avert a Thursday work stoppage by continuing negotiations in Durham Danville Rock Hill and Atlanta with management and local TWUA leaders.
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Charlotte
CIO Textile Workers Union of America
George Baldanzi
Proximity Manufacturin c Og
Greensboro
Cone Textile
Proximity
North Carolina
Cone Mills Cn Oe
Danville
Idanzi
Cone
Dan River Mills
Baldanzi
Durham
Erwin Mills
Franz Daniels
South Carolina
TWUA
Rock Hill
Lowenstein Mill
Lowstein
Alamaba
Virginia
Alamada
Atlanta
Kenneth Douty
Georgia
Rtown
Lowenstein Group
Erwin
Dan River
Tobacco Prices Steady After Holiday in NC Belts
North Carolina flue cured tobacco belts resumed sales after a British import ban holiday. Prices remained comparatively steady across belts with slight gains and losses in various grades. Demand showed some strength in the old belt while overall output remained heavy and quality improved.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Imperial Tobacco Company
State Departments of Agriculture
Prison Term Given Greensboro Resident
William H. Clark 38 of Greensboro North Carolina pleaded guilty to fraudulent conversion and was sentenced by Judge Raymond Mac Neille in quarter sessions court to 2 1/2 to five years. He admitted taking 2700 dollars from Rose Lee Martin to enter a business venture but did not follow through. Restitution of 500 dollars by month end could reduce the sentence.
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Philadelphia
William H. Clark
Eugene St
Greensboro
N. C
Raymond MacNeille
Double Funeral Rites Planned For Kinon Couple
Dillon South Carolina reports double funeral services for Sam C Kinon a 57 year old Dillon livestock dealer and farmer who died within 24 hours of his wife following illnesses. Kinon owned extensive residential properties in Dillon and Greenville North Carolina.
Broughton Enters 1948 Senate Race in North Carolina
Former Governor J M Broughton formally announced his bid for the U S Senate seat now held by William B Umstead of Durham. He filed with the state elections board paying 250 dollars and pledged to travel the state addressing public concerns next spring. Umstead has indicated he will run and the Democratic primary is set for May.
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Raleigh
U. S
William B. Umstead
Durham
J. M. Broughton
Broughton
State Board of Elections
Senate
Umstead
Cherry
Josiah W. Bailey
Congress
Charles M. Johnson
R. Mayne Albright
State Employment Service
Oscar Barker
Wake Forest College
Harvard Law School
State Senate
Thomasville Officials Named in $1000 Claim Notice
Notice filed by W. H. Mullis seeks $1000 plus interest from the City of Thomasville its mayor and five man council to recover two $500 bonds tied to $3853 missing from the police department safe since March 1947. The claim names former Mayor R L Pope and council members and requests action by City Attorney J Roy Proctor. Mayor Pro-Tem Harry B Finch signed service.
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Thomasville
R. M. Cooksey
F. B. Kaney
Eva Jones
Recorder’s Court
W. H. Mullis
Cyrus Bob Mullis
City of
R. L. Pope
Lee Wilson
Stoner and Wilson
Hubert E. Olive
Lexington
J. Roy Proctor
Harry B. Finch
Cooksey
Walter W. Rapp
Omas F
Murder Suspects Seen Boarding Train to Philadelphia
Davidson County Jailer D F Cook said two black men, suspects in the Robert B Hayes murder, bought rail tickets in Hamlet for a northern destination possibly Philadelphia. The case may be handed to the FBI after fingerprint work. a $700 billfold found at Hayes store hints Hayes carried about $1200 in cash. Hayes owned his store near Southmont.
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Thomasville
Davidson County
D. F. Cook
Lexington
Robert B. Hayes
Philadelphia
Candor
Cook
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hayes
Southmont
Asheville Booze Election Draws Many Voters
Asheville residents vote on establishing legal whisky stores with polls from 6:30 a m to 6:30 p m. Early estimates forecast a heavy turnout, potentially about 12 000 ballots from 20 000 registered voters. The referendum marks the fifth western state election in six months with Mecklenburg county approving while Rowan Alleghany and Hickory counties reject.
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Asheville
ABC
Mecklenburg County
Rowan
Alleghany
Hickory
Carolinas Law Enforcers Meet In Florence Plans
Florence hosts the joint enforcement officers' convention from November 13 to 14. The two-state association formed at Asheville last year will feature a dance barbecue and policy discussions.
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Florence
S. C
Association of Law Enforcement Officers of the
Carolinas
Asheville
N. C
Virginia Penn Clash In East Headliner
Virginia and Penn meet in Philadelphia on Saturday in a clash of unbeatens and high scoring offenses. Coach George Munger of Penn declines to compare Virginia with Army or Cornell as tougher tests lie ahead for the Ivy co leaders. Observers call Virginia among the season’s toughest opponents for Penn which seeks its first unblemished record since 1908.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Virginia
George Munger
Army
Cornell
Cavaliers
Spletzger
MacArthur Plans Return to Bid for 1948 Nomination
Baltimore Sun reports General Douglas MacArthur intends a 1948 presidential bid. Tokyo sources allege an April or May return and a deliberate timing strategy to win the Republican nomination, with private plane readiness and allied chatter framing the move as a measured political plan.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Sun Today
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Robert F. Cochrane
Sunpapers
Tokyo
Republcan
MacArthur
Cochrane
Elmer ‘Red’ McBride
Man Fined For Climbing Up School Wall
Linwood Elan, 35, was fined 25 dollars and costs after being caught climbing the wall of a four story school building with a pillow tied to his head. He told police he was practicing to scale the Du Pont building.
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Wilmington
Del
Linwood Elan
Elan
Dupont
Ground Absorbs Water Fast With Rich Organic Content
Water soaks quickly into soil that contains an adequate supply of organic matter, enhancing infiltration and moisture retention in the upper layers.
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Textile Workers Union
Hawaii
Sen Non E LE
SEARS
Sears Catalog
N. Main ST
Sears Ens Paynter Man
Thomasville Board
Virginia-Penn
Clash
Pacific
High Point
Sai
Expansi
High Point Chamber OF Commerce
City Hall
Main
Salem Streets
Frank
Lambeth
Colonial Drive
Randolph Streets
Fisher Ferry Street
Randolph Street
S. A. Delapp
Winfield Blackwell
Commissioners
Dodge
Horace G.ilderton
Commerce and
Willowbrook
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