War Panel Probes Living Costs as Coal Miners Return
Roosevelt’s wage board opens a general inquiry into wartime living costs while miners resume production at 8.50 a day with a one hour longer shift. UMW members go back to pits and steelworkers pursue a 15 cent hourly raise as 1.1 million Railroad Brotherhoods vote on strikes. CIO Steelworkers meet in Philadelphia to set new wage demands.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Special Industry Labor Public Board
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
CIO
United Steelworkers
Philadelphia
WLE
Loving
War Labor Board
WLB
William H.vis
United States Chamber of Commerce
Ickes
UMW
Notice to Creditors of Thomas P Richardson Estate
Notice to creditors and debtors of the estate of Thomas P Richardson deceased. Administrators John W Richardson and Madge G Richardson require claims by October 25 1944 and immediate payment of debts. Attorney Byrom Haworth 221 Professional Building 10-25 11 1-8-15-22-28.
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Thomas P. Richardson
John W. Richardson
Madge G. Richardson
Byrom Haworth
Labor headlines hint at push to avert national service act
The chamber noted potential ally groups backing demands on industry after Roosevelt’s anti inflation order. A labor, industry and agriculture pledge to exhaust manpower sources to avoid a national service act was submitted to WMC Chief Paul V. McNutt. It cites labor shortages caused by absenteeism and mismanagement, with recruitment from untapped sources and potential hoarding by management.
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Roosevelt
Chamber
Lewis
Ehcp
Seauecheite
WMC
Paul V. McNutt
Rabbit Pelts Meat Playing Part In War
Washington reports Americans are eating more rabbit meat this year as wartime shortages push home raising. Frank Ashbrook explains domestic rabbits yield white meat, pelts for garments, and quick growth. fur and meat markets thrive with $1 pelts, unc rationed meat, and safety notes on tularemia risk.
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Washington
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Fish and Wildlife Service
Frank B. Ashbrook
Ashbrook
Hearing Opens On Jap Revolt At Tule Lake Center
A California state senate committee led by Sen. Hugh Donnelly opens hearings at Tule Lake to uncover violence among 16 000 disloyal Japanese inmates with army aid and focus on Buoku Kai linked to Japanese military intelligence. The Tule Lake camp remains quiet as the inquiry begins.
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Tule Lake
Calif
State
Senate
Hugh Donnelly
Turlock
Donnelly
Buoku-Kai
Baruch policy task aims to shape postwar industry
The plan assigns Bernard Baruch to unify wartime to peacetime policy touching every home. Key issues include termination of war contracts, reconversion of plants, disposal of surplus materials, employment and wages effects, and plant reuse for civilian production amid shifting military needs and deferments for workers.
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James Marlow
George Zielke
Washington
Bernard M. Baruch
James F. Byrnes
National Planning Association
Commerce
Jesse Jones
Germany
Japan
Vittorio Emanuele’s Reprieve Amid Italian Political Turmoil
King Vittorio Emanuele appears to have a temporary reprieve as Rome readies liberation. A six party national front and foreign minister Count Carlo Sforza favor a patchwork cabinet under Badoglio with a temporary political truce. Sforza aims to stay out of the cabinet while abdication demands fade, and underground anti fascist leaders resent his exile.
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Aera
Italy
Vittorio Emanuele
Rome
Carlo Sforza
Pietro Badoglio
Sforza
National Front Committee
Naples
Badoglio
Money Man Distributes Cash in Halifax Holiday Spree
A mysterious benefactor known as the Money Man handed out banknotes and checks up to 2000 dollars in Halifax. He gave 240 dollars to a cab driver’s five month old son Roy Whelan and a 1000 dollar check to a hotel switchboard girl plus shares for eight bellhops. He also gave up to 100 dollars to restaurant staff and unknown sums to servicemen as he toured downtown.
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Halifax
N. S
Toronto
Roy Whelan
Timberlake
Costing More For Diplomats
The State Department reports rising costs for envoy housing. Minister Alexander Kirk in Cairo received 12 588 dollars annually in excess of a 3 000 dollar allowance, illustrating that Cairo quarters exceed the permitted limit and raise living expenses for diplomats.
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Washington
State Department
Alexander Kirk
Cairo
Pulic
Firefly Glass Made From Synthetic Resin
A product described as firefly glass is reported to be crafted from synthetic resin. The claim notes the material as resin in place of traditional glass, suggesting new manufacturing methods or substitutes.
L E Brown Dies in Thomasville
Luther Edward Brown 30 of 405 Polk Street died at home Saturday night after an extended illness. Survived by Daniel Brown and Mrs Gertrude Crawford Brown, wife Cornelia Stewart, daughter Evelyn, sisters Mrs Rufus York and Mrs Bill Tussey, brothers D C Brown and Everett Brown. Member of Trim Street Methodist Church. Funeral Monday at 4 p.m. conducted by Revs D A Oakley and Walter Cockman. Interment City Cemetery.
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Thomasville
Luther Edward Brown
Polk Street
Daniel Brown
Gertrude Crawford Brown
Cornelia Stewart
Evelyn Brown
Rufus York
Bill Tussey
Lexington
D. C. Brown
Everett Brown
Trim Street Methodist Church
D. A. Oakley
Walter Cockman
City Cemetery
Reseeding 2000 Acre Burned Range By Air Over Idaho
In Idaho on November 8 the U S grazing service flew Clyde Bryant over a 2000 acre burn to reseed sparse rangeland. The special plane planted seed in three and a half hours while Kelso Newman notes a tractor and drill would take about 30 days with three men.
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Idaho
U. S. Grazing Service
Clyde Bryant
Kelso Newman
Sugar Rationing Likely To Stay Despite Stockpiles
Washington dispatch reports limited chances of removing sugar from rationing. OPA cites a 500000 ton drop in sugar beet production this year as the main reason, though sugar remains a wartime material and essential for industry.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Roosevelt
Ous
Grant
Ussia
Land
Beets Yield Lost Teeth Found Fastened to Finery Pan
A Montana beet refinery worker dropped his false teeth into the beets flotation area. Two days later the teeth surfaced on the factory pans table, firmly embedded in a whole lot.
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Montana
Ration Roundup and Food Stamp Details
Ration updates cover meats fats and staples with stamp validity dates for G H J K X Z A B and sugar book four five pounds through Dec 15 Airplane sheet hoes stamps indefinite gas coupons varying by region with two to three gallon allowances and fuel oil period one coupons through Jan 3 noting white potatoes are over 75 percent water.
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Rocky Mountains
Far West
Blood transfusion evolution and new plasma use
The piece explains how blood transfusion evolved from whole blood to serum and plasma therapies, noting species barriers, compatibility testing, and the rise of serum albumin and red cell suspension therapies. It also covers a Q A section on lice treatment and a finger skin peeling cause.
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International
Philadelphia
H. R
Fall Plowing Boosts Heavy Clay Soil
Fall plowing improves heavy clay soils by loosening dense subsoil, enhancing aeration, drainage, and root growth for better crop yields.
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U. S
Leonard
Buddy” Marcus
Bronx
New York City
Wayne, Pa
Jennie Flicker
Wayne
Columbus, Ga
America
Baruch
Vittorio
L.E. Brown
the Fighting Engineers
Logan Clendening
M. D. Hid
Clendening
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THE
Army
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Amelia Baines
R. J. Reynolds Tobacro Ve
Winston-Salem, N.C
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