New Congress Debates Taft Hartley Repeal and Price Controls
Lawmakers split on repeal of the Taft Hartley Act with many urban members seeking repeal or revision while farm districts back price supports. Support for continued foreign aid through ECA and to Greece and Turkey is mixed but generally favorable, with reservations to curb unnecessary spending. Senate views on price power vary, with leaders calling for cautious approaches and possible controls but no consensus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
Turkey
Congress
Midwest
Estimates OKayed For 16 Agencies and Wages
The President directed administrators to cover all foreseeable needs and not assume future deficits. Expansions or new initiatives should wait unless required by law or urgent. Projects should be started only if public need is urgent. Webb said policies will guide estimates for other divisions. He meets cabinet members and then travels to Key West for a two week vacation.
Deane Urges Stabilizer If Prices Don’t Drop
Rep. Charles B. Deane notes the country may not return to total controls but urges an urgent stabilizer or sound controls if prices fail to fall. The article mentions only 30 per cent of a hog’s live weight is sold as fresh meat.
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Charles B. Deane
D-Nc
Deaths and Funerals in North Carolina
Mrs. J Hunter Burton 43 formerly of Thomasville dies at home in Norfolk. She worked at Thomasville Chair and later for the U S Navy. Born June 21 1905 she was Ida Mael Lookabill married November 1924 to J Hunter Burton. Survivors include husband daughter Gretchen son Murill mother Nannie sisters and brothers. Funeral at Unity Methodist church with burial at Fairgrove cemetery. Mrs A S Hanes dies in Greensboro after being found in High Point lake ruled death by own action. Burial planned in Winsboro South Carolina with service at Forbis Murray chapel and interment at 3:00 p m Monday. Surviving son Austin Scott Hanes Jr daughter Mrs T Sloan Guy sisters Ethel Thomas and Annie M Day.
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Thomasville
J. Hunter Burton
Leicester Street
Norfolk
Thomasville Chair Company
United States Navy
Ida Mael Lookabill
Nannie
John Irvin Lookabill
Gretchen
Murill
Crater
Grand Rapids
Mich
Irvin
St. Louis
Thomas
Fred Ward
Rueben Bavender
Willie Stanley
Asheboro
Tom Chevis
Point
Walker Funeral Home
Unity Methodist Church
Fairgrove Cemetery
A. S. Hanes
Greensboro
South Mendenhall Street
High Point City Lake
Forbis-Murray Chapel
Winsboro
S. C
Austin Scott Hanes, Jr
Lexington
T. Sloan
Guy
Wadesboro
Ethel Thomas
Annie M. Day
John M Shelley 82 Dies in Greensboro
John Monroe Shelley 82 of Greensboro Rt 3 died Saturday afternoon at four. Born August 9, 1866 in Guilford County he was married to Amanda Dean who survives with daughter Mrs Cora L McMillan and sister Mrs Jane Eaton and brother Lindsay Shelley. Funeral arrangements are in complete.
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John Monroe Shelley
Greensboro
Funeral service for John P. Dewey held at Yow's Funeral Home
John P. Dewey died at 400 West Broad Street at 2 30 Thursday morning. Rev Paul Tudor Jones officiated at the Saturday 11 o clock funeral in Yows Funeral Home. Active pallbearers included Edward Gurley and others. honorary pallbearers listed. Born September 1 1882 in West Hebron New York he moved to the city two years ago. Survived by a sister Mrs Mary Ameden of Freeport Long Island New York who came to arrange burial.
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John P. Dewey
West Broad Street
Yow
Paul Tudor Jones
First Presbyterian Church
Edward Gurley
Thornton Schanoch
I. M. Lassiter
G. H. Hiatt
W. G. Smith
Thomasville
H. C. Massey
George Shaw
Two Local Women Die. Rites Set in Thomasville and Archdale
Myrtle Longworth 49 died at a local hospital after declining health. Born in Greensboro in 1899 she moved to the city 40 years ago and belonged to Gospel Tabernacle. Funeral Sunday at 4 from Willowbrook church with burial in Holly Hills. David P. Beck 69 died at a local hospital after years of ill health. A native of Davie County he lived in the area 49 years, worked as a nursery salesman and postmaster, and was a member of First Pilgrim Holiness Church. Funeral Sunday at 2 from First Pilgrim Holiness Church with interment in Oakwood Cemetery.
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Myrtle Longworth
Greensboro
Daniel S
Clara May Driver Teachey
Gospel Tabernacle
Willowbrook Street
Clara Leonard
Newport News
Dermont Crawford
Thomasville
C. M. Teachey
Welton Kennedy
W. C. Kelly
J. W. Teachey
D. L. Teachey
C. D. Teachey
Charles Epperson
S. A. Dale
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Highland Avenue
Koonce
Holly Hills Cemetery
David P. Beck
Davie County
Richard and
Harriett Thompson Beck
Salisbury
Lindley Nursery
Grace Street
Station A
First
Pilgrim Holiness Church
D. W. Beck
City
Walter C. Beck
Roy L. Beck
James R. Beck
Archdale
John K&. Beck
Washington, D. C
Nellie Connolly
Edith Turner
Ethel Hemrick
P. T. Beck
Koonce Funeral Home
Park Street
J. A Grout
L. Ruth
Clifton Pearson
Archdale Friends Church
Cecil Haworth
Central Friends Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Funeral for Mrs M J Wrenn at First Baptist Church
Funeral for Mrs M J Wrenn who died at her home Friday night will be held this afternoon at 2 30 at the First Baptist church conducted by Rev A S Hale pastor. Burial will follow in Oakwood cemetery.
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M. J. Wrenn
First Baptist Church
A. S. Hale
Oakwood Cemetery
Inhabitants Flee Oregon Peninsula as Seas Pound Coast
At Tillamook Oregon on November 6, about 80 residents of Bayocean fled their collapsing peninsula. They ferried goods by car across low tide with a bulldozer helping. A storm widened a 200 foot gap cutting off road access and water supply.
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Tillamook
Ore
Bayocean
Tillamook County
Tillamook Bay
Coalition Greek Government May Resign Monday
Prime Minister Themistokes Sophoulis announced that his coalition Greek government will resign on Monday. The cabinet crisis stems from Liberal deputy leader Sophocles Venizelos who accuses the cabinet of party politics while failing to suppress the Communist guerrilla rebellion led by Markos Vafiades.
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Athens
Themistokes Sophoulis
Sophocles Venizelos
Liberal Party
Sophoulis
Venizelos
Markos Vafiades
Dr Wallin To Address Allen Jay School PTA
The Allen Jay School PTA with about 1000 paid members will meet tomorrow at 7:30 PM in the school auditorium. Dr Loren Wallin High Point health officer will give the featured address. Mrs Thelma Ryan will present a tuberculosis care film before the business session.
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Dr. Wallin
Allen Jay School
PTA
Parent-Teachers Association
Loren Wallin
High Point City
Thelma Ryan
Cabinet pay hikes urged to raise top officials salaries
A proposed bill would raise cabinet level pay from 15 000 to 20 000 a year and extend increases to secretaries of the army navy and air force and to top aides and agency heads. The package would lift federal trade commission members to 15 000 and widen raises for commissions and boards, totaling about 1 117 144 annually. The president and vice president would not be included in the bill.
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Army
Navy
Air Force
Atomic Energy, Federal Security, Housing and Home Finance
Veterans Administration
Flanders
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Power
Interstate Commerce
Federal Reserve System
Labor Boards
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tariff
Maritime and
Civil Service
Regional names for earthworms vary by area
The article lists how earthworms receive different names across regions: Connecticut calls them eel worms, New Hampshire mud worms, Pennsylvania rain worms, Boston garden worms, and elsewhere they are known as angle worms and fish worms.
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Connecticut
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
Boston
Forrestal Says He May Leave Cabinet Post
Defense Secretary James Forrestal hinted he may depart from the cabinet. Asked at the White House to pose with Navy Secretary John L. Sullivan he joked we are starting another four years but not for me. No date was given for his possible resignation, though prior reports suggested plans to leave regardless of election results.
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Washington
Defense
James Forrestal
Forrestal
White House
Navy
John L. Sullivan
Truman
Pentagon
Arabs Told Position Is Hopeless In Voicing Plea
An UN informant reported Arab delegates accused Israeli and Arab forces of extensive looting and a grave truce violation during several days of fighting along a wide front. Riley offered no formal proposal, suggesting Arabs consider armistice terms with Jews. Bunche may hold similar talks with Israeli reps.
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Adel Arslan
Syria
Fuad Amoun
Lebanon
Mahmoud Fawzi
Egypt
Iraq
Riley
Bunche
Galilee
Arab “Liberation
Fawzi Bey al Kaukji
Manara
Palestine
Brain weight ranges in men and women
The average brain weight in humans typically falls between 1280 and 1460 grams for men and 1140 to 1340 grams for women, reflecting a gender linked but highly variable range.
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William Lemke
R-Nd
Dewey
House
Senate
Leverett Saltonstall
R-Mass
Uman
Burnet Maybank
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OPA
J. Melville Broughton
DNC
Oo Same
Terminix
Terminix CO. OF
N.C
High Point
Metalart
Metal Arts Manufacturing Co
Atlanta
PAY Manufacturing Company
Greensboro, North Carolina
Mrs
Ida Maf Burton
Oregon Peninsula
Rusco
Guilford
Venetian Blind Shop
Washington, Now
Atlenta
Memphis
Miami
St Minn
St. P
Charlotte
New York
Chicago
Richmond
Fort Worth Point
St Louis
Antonio
Kansas City
Pranoiseo
A. E. Sherron
Security Bank
Cold Weather Union Clothing CO
East Commerce
Dair
Ice
Father
C. BE. Shamak
the Rushing
Calvary Church OF Nazarene
Prospect Street
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