Methodist Conference Delays Appointments Readying Next Year
Western North Carolina conference ends day with reading of pastor appointments for next year and full membership for 21 ministers. Dr. John W. Burton praises Pacific war sacrifice while addressing the group in Greensboro.
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Greensboro
Western North Carolina
the Methodist Church
Jack Bune Caet
Purcell
Charlotte
John W. Burton
Methodist Church Inustralasia
South Pacific
Australia
Pacific Islands
Conference Journal
Commission On Town and Country Work
Board of Missions and Extension
Board of Hospitals and Homes
Roberts Bequest Fund
Committee On Conference
Francis W. Fowler
Charles Grey Beaman, Jr
Roy Edison Bell
Clark William Benson
Marvin Boggs
Roy Delbert Byrum
Joseph Edmund Caldwell
George Frederick Con
Typhoon Rakes Okinawa Killing Three Yanks
Typhoon slammed Okinawa causing three Navy personnel to die while ten sailors were missing and over one hundred U S soldiers injured. The storm wrecked vessels sunk and damaged multiple ships and left thousands homeless as food and shelter were in short supply for 150 000 troops on the island.
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Associated Press
Okinawa
Honshu
Marianas
Mye
Guam
Army
Manila
Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Congress weighs anti strike bills to curb labor unrest
Washington Oct. 12 strong cross party support grows for repealing the Smith Connally act and for new laws making unions and employers mutually responsible for contract observance. Leaders say hearings to start soon with aim to halt strikes amid reconversion concerns.
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Washington
Congress
House
Rep
Robertson
D-Va
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
Arenos
R-ill
Howard Smith
Harness
Rind
President Defends Negro Pianist over Constitution Hall Ban
President Truman condemned racial discrimination after the Daughters of the American Revolution refused use of Constitution Hall for Hazel Scott, wife of Rep. Adam C. Powell, and sent a letter to Powell asserting talent should not be restricted by race. He said democracy must respect talent regardless of origin.
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Washington
Truman
Daughters of the American Revolution
Constitution Hall
Adam C. Powell
DNY
Hazel Scott
Powell
Monday Tobacco Holiday Ends October 22
Henderson reports Fred S. Royster announces the Monday holiday on flue-cured tobacco markets will be abandoned after next week. Beginning Oct. 22 sales will occur on all active belts Monday through Friday, after a period of reduced days to ease market congestion. A unanimous committee decision by L. L. Gravely E. D. Matthews and C. Kersey Smith led to the resumption of Monday sales.
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Henderson
Fred S. Royster
Bright Leaf Belt Warehouse Association
Royster
L. L. Gravely
Rocky Mount
The
Tobacco Association of the
Methodist Conference Plans 2 Million Campaign for North Carolina Schools
The western North Carolina Methodist delegation approved a $2,075,000 campaign to support Methodist institutions in the state, with about $1,452,000 to be raised by the western conference and $830,000 by the North Carolina conference. Endowment figures show Duke University at $47,001,342.33 and Greensboro College listed with $756,271.29 in assets.
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University of North Carolina
America
Old East
James B. Conant
Harvard University
Memorial Hall
Association of American Universities
George H. Sabine
Cornell University
Greensboro
North Carolina
Methodist Conference
Clare Purcell
Asheville
Charlotte
Gastonia
Marion
Salisbury
StatesVille
Thomasville
Waynesville
Winston
North Carolina Conference
Education Committee
Methodist Youth Fund
Duke University
Greensboro College
Alienation Suit For 25000 Filed In Winston
Mrs Louise S McKinney widow of Ralph Bryson McKinney filed an alienation of affection suit for 25000 in Winston Salem against Mrs Nevada G Edwards. The complaint says Edwards wife of a SeaBees chief petty officer aided a planned move to defraud creditors after McKinney’s death July 4 1939. McKinney married December 30 1930 and they had three children in her custody. Edwards was previously tried for the killing but acquitted.
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Winston-Salem
Louise S. McKinney
Ralph Bryson McKinney
Nevada G. Edwards
Clerk of
Superior Court
Japanese Radar Defense Found To Be Inadequate During War
Tokyo report by fifth air force experts criticizes Japanese radar control as unable to identify friend or foe or estimate height or number of approaching planes. Demonstration at the Tokyo center showed information from 1600 observation posts and radar stations was unreliable.
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Tokyo
Japan
Fifth Air Force
Col. M. Saso
Dar
Garland
Iwo Jima
Chichi Jima
Hara Jima
Saso
Honshu
Truman Calls For Action On Reconversion
President Truman urged his cabinet and federal officials to act quickly on his reconversion program. The White House released letters dated October 4 assigning each official responsibility for promoting pre legislative goals from atomic energy control to full employment and immediate reporting on state progress.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Nazi General Dostler Convicted and Sentenced to Death
Rome reports Gen. Anton Dostler, the first German general tried in western Europe for war crimes, was convicted by an American tribunal and sentenced to death for ordering the execution of 15 Italian soldiers behind German lines in Italy. The five man panel had reviewed the case and its verdict awaits review by Allied Mediterranean commander.
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Rome
Anton Dostler
Europe
Italy
Dostler
Mediterranean
Americans Entertained by Russians in Moscow Visit
An 11 member CIO delegation led by James B. Carey arrived in Moscow after the Paris World Trade Union conference for a week long Soviet tour. They recount two lavish receptions with abundant Russian food and hospitality. The group includes Emil Rieve Alan Hayward Joseph Curran Reid Robinson John Green Albert Fitzgerald Lee Pressman John Abt Len Decaux Vincent D. Sweeney.
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Moscow
CIO
United States
James B. Carey
Washington
World Trade Union
Paris
Soviet Union
Carey
Emil Rieve
United Textile Workers
New York
Alan Hayward
CIO Organization
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
Reid Robinson
Chicago
John Green
Shipyard
Camden
N. J
Albert Fitzgerald
United Electrical Workers
Lee Pressman
John Abt
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Len Decaux
CIO News
Vincent D. Sweeney
Steel Labor
Pittsburgh
Japan brings constitutional expert to cabinet circle
Dr Soichi, honorary Kyoto Imperial University professor and authority on Japan's constitution, is named advisor to Marquis Koicho ido as MacArthur directs steps toward wider freedoms. Tokyo asks to import 100000 tons of rice, 120000 tons of oil, to ease famine and fuel shortages amid a damaging typhoon.
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Tokyo
Japan
MacArthur
Honshu
Fifth Army Air Force
Soichi
Kyoto Imperial University
Marquis Koichoido
United States
Military preparedness urged as insurance against war
General George C Marshall argues in his biennial report that armed strength deters aggression and preserves peace. He notes a shift from appeasement to strength, criticizing disarmament while warning that optimism cannot yield perpetual peace.
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George ©. Marshall
Tesgaden
Godesberg
Munich
Hitler
Chamberlain
England
Fuehrer
Europe
United Nations
Marshall
Chief of Staff
Push-button Aerial Combat and Warplane Plans Stir Senate
Dewitt Mackenzie notes appeasement limits under Chamberlain as Nazi advances threaten Europe. He cites Marshall and Arnold warning that robot craft and auto guided missiles may dominate air war within a decade. Arnold urges 6,500 warplanes and 600,000 soldiers during transition to new tech. The piece recalls unity as strength, echoing Aesop.
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H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Senate Military Committee
Aesop
Elevators Strike Ends With Wage Increase and 40-Hour Week
In New York on October 12, 29 500 elevator operators and building workers awarded a wage increase and a 40 hour week by arbitrator George Frankenthaler. The ruling covers only the strikers, not others under separate contracts. The award promises a minimum of 10 years without strikes or lockouts.
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New York
Supreme Court
George Frankenthaler
Frankenthaler
Thomas E. Dewey
Argentina Sets April 7 Election Amid Peron Fleeing
Buenos Aires reports Col Juan Peron, ousted from office, has fled to a countryside refuge as the army and navy press demands for his arrest. The authorities announce the election will be held on April 7.
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Buenos Aires
Juan Peron
Argentina
Argentine cabinet resigns in Buenos Aires
The Argentine cabinet has resigned, an official announcement reported from Buenos Aires stating the cabinet members stepped down on October 12.
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Buenos Aires
Election Date Set as Peru? No, Argentina Elects on April 7
The regime of President Gen Edelmiro Farrell set April 7 as the presidential election date after the military group demanded the detention of Peron and resignations of Farrells entire cabinet.
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Edelmiro Farrell
Peron
Farrell
Higher Prices Are Paid For Eastern Weed
Eastern and middle flue cured tobacco markets posted steady to slightly higher prices for most grades sold yesterday. Eastern belt daily averages reached the season’s high while old belt Virginia and North Carolina prices slipped after a prior two day rise. declines reached six dollars per hundred for low green leaf and three dollars for low lemon lugs, with good orange smoking leaf and fair orange lugs up one dollar.
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Raleigh
Old Belt
Eastern Belt
Virginia
North Carolina
Union Leaders Oppose British Stevedore Strike
London Oct 12 union leaders condemned Britain wide stevedore stoppage as dangerous to the island’s economy and rail network. The national docks committee charged communists and others with fomenting the walkout and said there is no justification for prolonging the stoppage beyond a single day.
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London
Uni
Britain
National Docks
Transport and Geral Workers Union
Arth Deakin
Communist Party
Rev. Forrest J. Prettym Dies in Rockville at 85
The Rev. Forrest J. Prettym, 85, former chaplain of the United States Senate, died at his home in Rockville Maryland after a long illness. A Methodist clergyman, he was chosen senate chaplain in 1913 for the first session of the 58th Congress and served eight years during the Wilson administration.
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Rockville
Forrest J. Prettym
Unit States Senate
Senate
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