FDR Panel Opens Study Of Costs Of Living In U.S.
Labor groups push wage ceilings as a presidential committee begins a two month study on the ratio between living costs and worker incomes. The CIO AFL railroad unions and independent brotherhoods prepare strike votes as railway wage tensions rise. The report may shape but arrive after key rail talks.
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Washington
CIO
AFL
Independent Railroad Brotherhoods
Cost of Living Committee
Education Week reveals wartime strain on U S schools
As American Education Week opens educators report a teacher shortage worsened by war service losses and higher industry pay. About 20 000 teaching positions remain unfilled and 50 000 emergency certificates flag unqualified staff.
Wage Committee Shapes Fairness for Wage Ceiling
The committee aims to decide if current data methods yield a fair wage ceiling index and to suggest changes. Rail unions press for an 8 cent per hour rise for about 1.1 million workers, with 340,000 more workers excluded. President Murray backs CIO campaign for higher pay. Senator Truman supports a resolution to allow the raise for nonoperating railroad workers.
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Conn
Philip Urray
United Steelworkers of America
CIO
AFL
Truman
D-Mo
Nonops
Lawmaker sponsors twin House resolutions on adoption timing
Rep. Crosser says adoption should occur before November 25. Truman comments that railroad workers have a stronger wage increase case than coal miners, praising their leaders as statesmen rather than demagogues. He notes railroad wages lag behind other industries and urges patient requests.
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Crosser
D-O
House
Truman
Grass reprieved days before planned execution in North Carolina
Clyde Grass, 31, of Kannapolis, had been scheduled to die November 19 for fatally shooting his father in law W. A. Godwin. Governor Broughton granted a one day reprieve to allow further study of the case after the state supreme court rejected his appeals. Grass also received 30 years for second degree murder in his sister in law Annie Lee Stafford’s slaying the same night. He claimed self defense and that Stafford was accidentally shot.
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Raleigh
Clyde Grass
Kannapolis
Broughton
Grass
W. A. Godwin
State Supreme Court
Annie Lee Stafford
Godwin
North Carolina to Observe Long Thanksgiving Day Holiday
Governor Broughton proclaimed a statewide Thanksgiving Day for November 25 urging citizens to pray for an early peace based on justice freedom and democracy worldwide. The text notes the first minimum wage law reference to New Zealand's act as a comparison.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Vernor Broughton
New Zealand
Industrial A and Arbitration
Funeral Tomorrow for Edward Brown at Emmanuel
Funeral services for Edward Brown will be held from Emmanuel Baptist Church Tuesday at 3 p.m. He died here Friday November 5. Surviving is wife Florence Brown. The note mentions additional local church events and community notices including a Mt. Vernon Baptist baby contest close date and a WSCS meeting at St. Mark Church.
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Edward Brown
WS North Oe
Brown
Emmanuel Ba
Florence Brown
M. Cc. Payne
Pearl Payne
Daniel Brooks
MT. Vernon Church
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
Harold Cobb
United Usher Chorus
WSCS
St. Mark Church
Ne m
Eva Williamson Kivett
William Penn High set for homecoming clash with Reidsville High
William Penn High School football hosts a homecoming game Saturday at 2 p m against Reidsville High School at Albion Millis Stadium. Students vie for Miss Junior High and Miss Senior High as two contestants share honors. Tigers aim for a third straight win as undefeated season continues.
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William Penn High School
Albion-Millis
Penns
Reidsville High School
Tigers
High Point educators to speak on Education Week program
Superintendent Charles F Carroll of High Point City Schools will address William Penn High School Wednesday night as part of American Education Week. An open house for parents runs 6 45 to 7 45 p m with the talk at 8 p m. Nearby, Trinity PTA meets Sunday November 14 at 2 p m at the school with Rev L M Mayfield as guest speaker and music by the glee club.
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James Marlow
George Zielke
Washington
Fred J. Kelly
Office of Education
House Appropriations
Charles F. Carroll
High Point City
William Penn High School
Carroll
Trinity Pta
Trinity School
P.T.A
L. M. Mayfield
S. E. Turner
PTA
Wm. Penn
L. E. McDonnell
C. Y. Robinson
G. W. Yokely
O. E. Davis
Williex Merrit, Jr
Billie McNeil
Bernard Phifer
Theodore Walker
Daniel Brooks Center
Walker
Daniel Brooks
Japs Claim Eight Warships Bagged
Berlin radio quotes Japanese dispatches saying three Allied battleships two cruisers three destroyers and four transports were sunk by Japanese warships and planes in attacks on a convoy south of Bougainville starting yesterday morning. No Allied confirmation available.
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London
Berlin
Bougainville
Associated Press
Clothing Trade Echoes Prohibition Era Tactics
Kansas City reports reveal retailers competing for stock in a black market style scramble for boys pants and underwear. Buyers Trice Newson and John T. Marshall Jr push dealers as Scott Wilson uncovers a 1917 supply of khaki army blouses and three dozen per dealer for rural trade.
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Kansas City
Gus
Trice Newson
Medicine Lodge
Kas
John T. Marshall, Jr
Carthage
H. L. Montgomery
Providence
R. I
Trice
Marshall
Monty
Newson
Scott Wilson
Three Rivers
Wis
Par enthood talk and state political notes in 1933
This item compiles local notices from November 9 1933 with topics including a talk by Dr Gideon I Humphreys on parenthood at a junior high school three thirty pm, church wishes for Rev R J Farmer, conservation plans presented to Gov Ehringhaus, social updates, and national issues such as Roosevelt liquor policy and dry laws. It also lists society events, UDC convention delegates, business funding, and aviation notes about Lt Maynards flight.
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Parenthood
Gideon I. Humphreys
High Point College
First M. P. Church
North Carolina Conference
R. J. Farmer
Deep River Valley Soil Conservation
Ehringhaus
Twenty Years Ago November 9 1973 Local The Election Of Offic
November 9 1973 marked the twenty year point in local coverage with brief notes on elections and office holders. The item highlights civic events and the continuity of local government through the decades.
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Kinston
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Asheboro Road
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Roosevelt
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United Daughters of the Confederacy
Felix Harvey
J. F. Hayden
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Dixie Griffith
R. H. Swain
Toe 5 Jr
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English Street
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Lexington
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