Aviation Firm Paid General Large Sums
Senate investigators heard that Aviation Electric paid Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers nearly 18 thousand dollars in salary and travel costs in 1941 plus a 10 thousand dollar decoration bill for his Washington apartment. Lamarre alleged Meyers was the real owner of the firm and that much of the money was “padding” or gifts.
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Dayton
Ohio
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Ferguson
R-Mich
Neta Davis
Aviation Electric
Inter- Saepeieh
Tariff Cuts Stir Debate as Geneva Pact Takes Effect
The Geneva tariff agreement will slash duties on over 3500 imports across 23 nations, aimed at easing consumer prices though prompting industry protests. Wool duties fall to 25 percent in January, with broader cuts to lumber gasoline cement wheat lime beef aluminum ore and other items, sparking expectations of lower prices such as a 30 cent drop on a fifth bottle of Scotch and Canadian whisky.
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State Department
National Association of Alcoholic Beverage Importers
Congress
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Weather outlook for North Carolina with light rain in west today
Cloudy conditions continue across North Carolina with light rain this afternoon in the western portion. Rains are expected to persist tonight and Wednesday. temperatures vary from the 30s to 70s across listed stations with scattered readings.
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More Authority For U S Army Men In Greece
In Athens on November 18 Dwight P. Griswold announced that future American army officers will serve as observers and advisors on all military matters with the Greek army. They will join an army group that previously advised on equipment. The officers will have advisory and no command functions, with Livesay noting they may enter combat areas incidentally during ongoing fighting.
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France Faces Broad Labor Strikes Threatening Industry
Paris reports widespread disruption as 72 percent of coal miners walk out and Renault workers join a second day of action. Unions in Paris threaten a regional general strike while civil servants push for a 25 percent pay rise amid talks to form a new government led by Paul Reynaud.
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Deputies divided on treaty plan in London talks
In London on November 18 deputies failed to agree on the agenda for the big four foreign ministers council. The split leaves it to the diplomatic chiefs to decide whether Germany or Austria should have top priority. The foreign ministers of the United States Russia Great Britain and France meet here next Tuesday.
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France
Four-Year-Old Stephen Andrews Found With Two Puppies
In Hermanville Maryland a four-year-old boy Stephen Andrews was found huddled with two puppies and cold after an all-night woods search. He had been missing since 4 p.m. Monday and was found two miles from home by a 250-man posse led by Sheriff Kiam B. Long.
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Kiam B. Long
Stephen
Ex-Convicts Admit Killing and Rape in Wisconsin
Two former Wisconsin reformatory inmates, Robert Winslow and Buford Sennett, surrendered after a 12 hour manhunt. They admitted to killing university medical student Carl L. Carlson and raping his sister in law Janet Ann Rosenblatt during a Friday night ride, andTo throwing Carlson’s body into the Wisconsin River near Boscobel.
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University of Michigan
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Janet Ann Rosenblatt
Cleveland Heights
Ohio
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Carlson
Badger Village
Boscobel
Rate Advance For Railroads Opposed
MONTGOMERY Alabama November 18 A spokesman for southern shippers told ICC commissioner E L Hart representing the Southern Traffic League that railroads are not economical or efficient and should not receive higher freight rates. Hart warned that a large increase could price the carriers out of business and opposes a 27 percent average rate hike as about 100 witnesses are expected to testify at the ICC hearing likely to run through Friday.
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Reds Denied Parts For Superfortress
General Carl Spaatz told the president's air policy committee that the Soviet Union appears to have duplicated the B29 Superfortress used to drop an atom bomb. He said Moscow sought B29 tires and landing gear but did not obtain the parts, suggesting Russia may have built B29s.
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Carl Spaatz
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Soviet Union
Disorder Spreads Across Italy Amid Political Turmoil
Rome reports widespread disturbances as Premier de Gasperi defends a centrist policy while authorities deploy carabinieri to quell unrest in Puglia. Demonstrators targeting Uomo Qualunque and multiple Christian Democratic offices surge across towns including Corato Dolo Manfredonia Andria Miner vino Barletta Trani.
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Uomo Qualunque
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Manfredonia
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Trani
Administrator In Portal Pay Ruling
Washington November 18 The federal wage hour administrator issued a ruling on the portal pay act clarifying that workers may collect for any work of consequence performed by an employee for an employer regardless of when done. Non productive time is only time outside the work day without compensation by contract custom or practice. The act aims to relieve employers from liability for back pay tied to time spent walking to work after gate arrival.
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William R. McComb
Gates Open for 17-Year-Old Prisoner Blair Stewart
Blair Stewart, 17, of Gastonia, had a one to two year manslaughter sentence upheld by Judge Zeb V. Nettles after a Rowen superior court verdict. The state prison gates opened today as coroner Dr. Glenn Mack cited a fatal brain injury from a blow to the face in the incidents following a high school baseball game. Stewart, a former American Legion player, testified about a fight with James T. Rhyne, 27, who was involved in blocking his view.
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Ex-Winston Banker Urges Tax Cut and Spending Cuts
John W. Hanes former Winston-Salem industrialist and ex undersecretary of the treasury told a Carolina Virginia regional meeting that Europe aid can be funded with tax relief and reduced federal spending. He urged a four billion dollar budget cut, tax schedule reductions, and a seven to ten billion dollar surplus to finance the Marshall plan and debt payments.
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UN Subcommittee Approves Partition Plan Early Vote Proposed
A nine nation UN subcommittee accepted most of a Palestine partition plan based on US-Soviet compromises and cleared the way for an early vote on Palestine's split. It proposes a transition administration by Norway Iceland Poland Uruguay and Guatemala and sets August 1 1947 for end of the British mandate with independence for two states by October 1 1948.
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Warlick delays injunction ruling in Thomasville strike case
Judge Wilson Warlick will not issue an injunction order against Amazon Cotton Mills strikers until 2 p.m. December 1. A two day hearing was continued as mill management and 87 strikers seek to resolve differences at a conference table. Also Guilford College football game with Catawba postponed due to weather and moved to Thursday night at 8 in Greensboro.
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Doc) Newton
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Seven Feared Dead In New Castle Plane Crash
At least seven people were killed when a Constellation airliner crashed and burned at New Castle Airport near Wilmington today. Authorities awaited details on the victims and the cause of the accident.
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Taft Heads Opposition To Truman Price Control Proposals
Washington November 18 Republicans in Congress unite to block President Truman’s plea for standby power to fix price ceilings rationing and broader inflation curbs. Senator Taft House Speaker Martin and other leaders condemn what they call police state methods and clash over steps to control living costs and marshal European recovery programs.
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