Convention For Winston Industrial Leaders Plan
The International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions will hold its 31st annual convention in Winston-Salem November 26-29. T. A. Wilson of North Carolina chairs the IAIABC, with states and Canadian provinces attending. The program centers on practical discussions rather than grand events, with a banquet featuring Lansing Hatfield in Hickory as the highlight. A special bus will transport state industrial commission staff to the city for the affair.
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Raldigh
Interational Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions
Winston-Salem
T. A. Wilson
North Carolina Industrial Commission
Iaiabc
Dewey Dorsett
International Association
Winston- Salem
Lansing Hatfield
Metropolitan Opera
Hickory
State Industrial Commission
Neutracid touted as fast relief for acidity and heartburn
An ad promotes Neutracid from a west coast physician formula for excess stomach acid. It contains no bicarbonate and is taken by stirring one teaspoon in hot water after meals. Relief is claimed within minutes and the product is sold in stain stores and gifts.
Courtmartial Opens for Marine Captain Thalhimer at Cherry Point
The courtmartial of Marine Capt. W. B. Thalhimer Jr. of Richmond opened at Cherry Point Marine Base. He faces charges of conduct prejudicial to discipline, inefficiency, and neglect related to post exchanges and a Richmond department store. Defense counsel are Lieut. Commander Alexander Parker USNR and T. G. Lowry. The verdict will be announced only if he is cleared on all counts.
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Cherry Point
W. B. Thalhimer, Jr
Richmond
Marine Oe
Thalhimer
Alexander Parker
USNR
Washington
T. G. Lowry
Chicago
Information Office
J P Elliott 75 Dies After Long Illness in Denton
J P Elliott age 75 died at his Denton home Thursday evening after a year of illness. He was the son of Senate C P and Jane Allen Elitz. Survivors include wife Beulah Keith Elliott daughter Alice Loflin two sons Dewey and Claude Elliott two sisters T R Keith and W A Frank and three grandchildren. Funeral at Lineberry Methodist Church Saturday at 3 pm with visitation at 2 pm, interment in church cemetery.
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Denton
J. P. Elliott
Senate C
Lineberry Methodist Church
Bronze Star Awarded to T Sgt Edward L. Chambers
Edward L. Chambers of 415 Royal Oak Avenue High Point has been awarded the Bronze Star by Major General Frank S. Ross at the Paris Transportation Corps headquarters. The citation praises his devotion to duty from 1944 to May 8 and notes his skill in reorganizing clothing stocks and improving equipment handling for his unit.
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Transportation Corps
Paris
Edward L. Chambers
Royal Oak Avenue
High Point
Frank S. Ross
Chambers
Youth Given 50 Year Sentence for Murder in Monmouth
A 13 year old boy pleaded guilty to murdering 78 year old Mary A. Johnson of Kirkwood Illinois for scolding him about crossing her lawn. Judge Iley Stevens sentenced him to 50 years in the Illinois state penitentiary. The boy’s mother Gertrude Sells sobbed as the sentence was pronounced.
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Monmouth
Iley Stevens
Richard Sells
Gertrude Sells
Mary A. Johnson
Kirkwood
Henry D. Lewis
Strickland Returns From Public Works Meet in Chicago
Public Works Director Sam H. Strickland returned from a trip to Chicago where he attended a national American Public Works Association meeting. The two day session included a general business conference and round table discussions on municipal matters. Strickland cited postwar aims as a key topic.
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Public Works
Sam H. Strickland
Chi
American Public Works Association
Strickland
City Orders Wire For Winter Snow Prep
City purchasing agent J. Vassie Wilson said bids will open Thursday November 15 for about 35 000 pounds of electric wire to improve residential distribution. The city will also receive two snow plows ordered nearly a year ago at a total cost of 570 dollars for attachment to one and a half ton trucks to clear main thoroughfares if snow arrives.
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J. Vassie Wilson
Wilson
Wage policy clash at labor conference signals unity hopes
John S. Lewis proposed a wage bargaining plan aiming to unite divided labor factions at President Truman's labor-management conference. He attacked CIO president Philip Murray's proposal as limiting wage gains to price changes in common goods and, with AFL backing, outlined a plan to allow labor to seek gains freely. Lewis argued free competition would curb prices and profits while boosting efficiency and consumer savings.
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John S. Lewis
Truman
Washington
Lewis
CIO
Philip Murray
AFL
William Green
Murray
Nationalist and Communist Clash Focus Near Shanhaikwan
The piece argues that American help to land troops along Manchuria’s coast is unlikely. If Chiang Kai-shek’s regime fails in talks at Coanerint, major combat would shift to the Great Wall with Shanhaikwan as the current tension focal point.
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Manchuria
Great Wall
Chiang
Coanerint
Shanhaikwan
Weather Outlook for Carolinas and Georgia
Increasing cloudiness with showers in extreme west this afternoon and in west and central portions tonight. Saturday shows fair conditions in the west with cloudy skies and forenoon showers in the east, colder Saturday night in the west. Extended forecast through Wednesday calls for cooler conditions with showers across the Carolinas and Georgia, then gradual warming early next week with another shower risk Wednesday.
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North Carolina
Carolinas
Georgia
Japanese War Entertainers Shower Yens On Officers
Tokyo reports detail wealthy Japanese paying out large sums to entertain American officers with geisha houses and lavish tours. One host spent about 30 000 yen on drinks, geisha girls, and souvenirs, hoping for favors but failing to recover equipment. The guests recall a flamboyant, costly hospitality and a personal letter from the tycoon.
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Tokyo
Bisaki
Lee
Syceon
Weldon To Address Clemson Youth Rally
Rev. Wilson O. Weldon of the First Methodist church leaves tonight for Clemson College South Carolina to speak at a youth rally as part of the Upper South Carolina Methodist conference in session there. About a thousand youths from the Piedmont section are expected. His topic is Youth Evangelism. Weldon plans to return to High Point for the Armistice Day sermon Sunday morning.
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Wilson O. Weldon
First Methodist Church
Clemson College
S. C
Upper South Carolina
Dispute Over King, Gov clash in Bucharest broadcast
The interior ministry called recent disturbances anarchist activities planned under a monarchist demonstration. The Groza government remains at odds with the king after refusing resignation and the monarch refuses to sign papers legalizing government actions.
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Ministry of Interior
Interior Ministry
Bucharest
Groza
Indonesians Rally as Dutch Troop Landing Rumors Spread
Reportedly 4000 Dutch troops to land in Batavia tomorrow while Indonesians mass in Central Java. Leaders urged continued resistance as a Dutch monitor in Soerabaia described the mood and call to arms.
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Terday
Batavia
Java
Soerabaia
Tax Law Cuts Personal Exemption and Surtax Rates
The new law raises exemptions for dependents and lowers bracket rates for individuals. A single filer starts tax after $1,000, with $500 increases per dependent, plus a 5 percent cut on total before payment. Corporations see repeal of excess profits tax and reductions in capital stocks and declared value levies, with normal and surtax reductions from two to four percent based on earnings.
Firm Prices Recorded On Weed Marts
Raleigh reports firm prices across the North Carolina and Virginia flue cured tobacco belts with only normal fluctuations. Eastern belt centers showed nondescript grades rising $2 to $3 per hundred pounds and some orange and red smoking leaf up $1, while most prices stayed steady. Total season sales and averages are noted with regional shifts and declines in recent days.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Virginia
Old Belt
Ous Abeus Athset Sedats
Wetnentey Af Seeheeees
$500 A Card Game On Ship At Greenland
A federal case in Boston reveals a $500-a-card game aboard the troopship Belle Isle off Greenland. Robert G. Russell of Aiken South Carolina, a civilian Army employee, allegedly used $13 000 in federal funds to cover losses from crew members including a messman hospitalized after a clash. FBI officials say $12 700 from crew pockets was seized for disposition.
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Boston
Troopshf
Belle Isle
Greenland
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Robert G. Russell
Aiken
S. C
Russell
Saake
FBI
U. S
Martin T. Hall
E. A. Soucy
Army
Soucy
Legion To Give Armistice Dinner At Thomasville
Veterans of the American Legion and Legion auxiliary will host an Armistice day dinner at the Thomasville Legion on Monday night November 12. An invitation is extended to all veterans of both wars to attend. a program is planned and attendees should notify Post Adjutant H. G. Early with their plans.
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Enterprise
Thomasville
American Legion
The
Legion Auxiliary
Legion
R. M. Cooksey
H. G. Early
South Carolina Sees Very Small Cotton Crop Forecast
Federal state statistician Frank O Black estimates South Carolina will harvest about 640000 bales, the third smallest in 58 years, based on November 1 reports. The yield equals 303 pounds per acre from 1014000 acres. Picking price seen at 1.75 dollars per hundredweight, up from 1.50 last year.
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Columbia
S&s. C
South Carolina
Frank O. Black
Black
Long Terms For 3 Defendants In Murder Case
In Darlington South Carolina on November 9 three men William Frank Sims Tom Calcutt and Joe Pace were sentenced to 30 years at hard labor on the county chain gang or life in the state penitentiary for manslaughter in the October 22 death of Wilburn Fagan a roadhouse operator along the Darlington Florence road. Judge Duncan Belinger presided and W B Langston and Mrs Pace and Mrs Tom Calcutt were acquitted. Fagan was shot in the rear of his establishment.
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Darlington
S. C
William Frank Sims
Tom Calcutt
Joe Pace
Yesterda
Wilburn Fagan
Duncan Bellinger
W. B. Langston
Pace
Fagan
Darlington-Florence
Leading Stocks Fail To Shake Losses
New York stocks retreat from gains as selective buying appears uneven. Utilities and industrials rise to or near 8 year peaks while many leaders slip. Winners include American Water Works and Camay Sugar while laggards feature General Motors and Du Pont among others.
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New York
American Water Works
Standard Gas
Camaganey
Chrysler
Américan Distilling
Fajardo Sugar
West Indies Sugar
Eureka Vacuum
Goodrich
Youngstown Sheet
Allied Chemical
General Motors
Bethlehem
American Télephone
Montgomery Ward
Great Northern
Schenley, Distilles
Oec
du Pont
Eastman Ak
Textile market notes and price changes in New York
In New York on November 9, scattered lots of print cloths and osnaburgs were sold amid slow wool deliveries as mills work to catch up on fall orders. The Office of Price Administration announced a 10 percent price rise on combed goods, seen as insufficient by traders. Rayon fabrics were redirected for linings in men’s and boys’ wear to ease lining shortages.
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New York
Office of Price Administration
Livestock Markets Report From Chicago Auction
Livestock totals show salable cattle 3,000 and calves 800 with beef, hog and sow valuations. Hogs 140 pounds up to 14.85, sows 14.10, cattle feeding stock scarce, market undertones steady to weak, cows 11.00 to 13.50, canners and common cows 25 cents lower, vealers and bulls scarce but steady.
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Chicago
USDA
Grain Prices and Market Notes on Wheat Corn and More
Chicago grain market report lists no wheat or corn sales for the day. Oats priced at No 1 mixed heavy 80 and No 1 white heavy 80 80 and No 2 white extra heavy 804s. Soybeans at 2.19 yellow. Barley nominal malting 1.21 to 1.39 percent. feed 1.15 to 1.23 1/4. Field seed per cwt timber timothy 5.25 to 5.50 red 11.00 to 11.50 red clover 31.50 sweet clover 10.75 alsike 28.50 alfalfa common 33.50 to 36.50.
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Chicago
Potatoes market conditions Chicago November report
USDA notes arrivals 104 and 203 for potatoes with moderate U S shipments. Demand slow though Northern Cobblers market slightly stronger and Colorado McClures steady. Idaho Russets firm with No 1 at 3 10 to 3 15. Red McClures around 2. Minnesota and North Dakota cobblers commercial.
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Chicago
USDA
U. S
Colorado
McClures
Idaho
Minnesota
North Dakos
Hirohito Heads Toward Ise Shrines as War Ends
The Japanese emperor proceeds with Shinto rites while parties call for democratic reform. Hirohito will visit Ise province to worship Amaterasu and report the war’s termination, amid assurances that Christian churches will seek a lasting peace after his audience with five American Protestant leaders.
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Hirohito
Ujiyamada
Ise Province
Tokyo
Amaterasu
Imperial House
Haiti's small republic status and curious animal facts
Haiti remains the smallest republic in the western hemisphere. Some animals can retract their eyes into their sockets and snakes are cold blooded ectotherms.
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Haiti
Republic
Hemisphere
Capacity Production For Textiles Seen By Hanes
CHARLOTTE November 9 Capable to meet postwar demand the textile industry can expect several years of capacity expansion Hanes told the North Carolina cotton manufacturers association He urged cooperation between labor management and government and warned against inflation from rising wages He noted synthetic fibers as a threat and said North Carolina banks offer ample credit resources to support postwar needs with total state banking resources at 1 619 000 000.
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Charlotte
Robert M. Hanes
Wachovia Bank A Trust Company
North Carolina Cotton Manufacturers Association
Hanes
American Bankers Association
Funeral Rites Held For Z L Phipps
Funeral services for Z L Phipps 77 of 1005 Granby street were held at Calvary Methodist church Thursday at 3 30 pm with Rev C B Newton Rev O L Brown and Rev H C Byrum officiating. Burial was in Oakwood cemetery. Active pallbearers were church stewards from Calvary Methodist and honorary pallbearers included church class members and local community figures. Floral tributes were arranged by the Mollie Phipps Bible class and the service featured a choir number with Ar gie Wood as soloist and Pauline McIntyre at the piano.
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Z L Phipps
Granby Street
Calvary Methodists Church
C. B. Newton
O. L. Brown
H. C. Byrum
Oakwood Cemetery
Board of Stewards
Calvary Methodist Church
A. H. Holton
J C. Duggins
G. L. Burgess
B. W. Manley
F. L. McCulloch
H. C. Morgan
Manley
Calvary Church
Paul C. Spencer
C. F. Allen
J. F. McKinney
R. H. Hawks
Herman Burrows
W. J. McAnally
W. K. McCain
Tom M. Spry
C. S. Murphy
Mollie Phipps
W. A. Smoak
Argie Wood
Pauline McIntyre
Mrs Rodema Coxton Hamilton Dies After Prolonged Illness
Mrs Rodema Coxton of Asheboro dies at her Hoover Street home after seven months of illness. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 30 PM at Asheboro Friends church with interment at Bethel Friends church. Surviving are husband I O Hamilton three daughters Mrs Hal P Brown Mrs Gladys Caster and Miss Mary Hamilton five sons Coy J Hamilton Albert O Hamilton Will F Hamilton Deward W Hamilton Boyd I Hamilton one sister Mrs Dora Hamilton and several grandchildren and other relatives.
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Asheboro
Rodema Coxton
Hoover Street
Albert O. Hamilton
High Point
Will F. Hamilton
U.S. Army
Deward W. and
Boyd I. Hamilton
U.S. Navy
Dora Hamilton
Thomasville
Ope
C. G. Cox
Central Elis
Carolina Man Sees Need For More Teachers
Dr Edgar W Knight Kenan professor of education at the University of North Carolina argues in School Management that the US faces a key postwar task to provide an adequate supply of well educated teachers. He notes rapid professionalization of teachers and defends its link to universal education within democracy.
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Chapel Hill
United States
Edgar W. Knight
Kenan
University of North Carolina
Knight
Calloway Is Awarded DFC for Combat Cargo Flights
Sgt. Robert L. Calloway of 1408 North Main Street High Point N C received the Distinguished Flying Cross from Brig Gen Albert F Hegenberger commanding general Tenth Air Force. Calloway served with the Combat Cargo Group during the India Burma campaign and flew over 300 hours in armed unarmed transport planes despite probable enemy fire.
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Tenth Air Force
China
Robert L. Calloway
North Main Street
High Point
N.C
Albert F. Hegenberger
Calloway
India-Burma
Kernersville Legionaires prepare Armistice parade in Winston-Salem
The John T Ring American Legion post of Kernersville will lead the Armistice victory parade in Winston-Salem at 10 30 a m tomorrow. Families veterans and auxiliaries are invited to a basket picnic at the Kernersville community house on Monday November 12 at 7 p m the post provides coffee bread pie and ice cream special invitation to gold star mothers.
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Kernersville
John T. Ring
American Legion
Winston-Salem
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