AS JAP CABINET TAKES FIRST STEP TOWARD DEMOCRACY
New York and Washington report a potential 12 state truck drivers strike with 3190 inter city firms polled by the AFL Teamsters. The NLRB suspended Wagner act activities to focus on strike ballots as hearings are canceled to handle the surge under the Smith Connally act. Longshoremen begin returning to the waterfront as 400 vessels were strike bound, with mayor La Guardia urging a quick contract settlement and the union leadership resisting external interference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sre
Uts R
Emrs
National Labor Relations Board
AFL Central States Drivers Council, & Teamsters
Midwest
NLRB
New England
Boston
New
May
House Military Committee
New York
Joseph P. Ryan
International Longshoremen’s
AFL
Ryan
Hudson River
Jersey City
N. J
Leonard
F.H. la Guardia
New York Shipping Association
T of Labor
Schwellenablybach
la Guardia
National Maritime Union
Civil Strife Erupts in Buenos Aires Crisis Deepens
Buenos Aires faces a government collapse as the army holds power after cabinet resignations. Street fighting pits police, nationalists, and internationalists, killing one and wounding 35 including six officers. The army and navy remain the sole authorities amid news suppression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Stuntz
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Army
Navy
Edelmire Farrell
Eduardo J. Avalos
Hector Vernengo Lima
Army Club
Sante Fe
Adenauer Dismissed by British In Occupied Germany
From Hamburg comes word that Dr Konrad Adenauer of Cologne was removed by British authorities for not meeting duties. The article notes his Prussian style and dictatorial traits and hints at a possible comeback. The piece reflects wartime sentiment and ends with a teaser for continuation on page six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Cologne
Ell
Old Ardenauer
Adenauer
Europe
Rhineland
Burgomas
Logne
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
MacArthur
New Guinea
UNC's Annual Celebration Closes Following Three Day Meet
CHAPEL HILL Oct 13 The three day sesquicentennial celebration of the University of North Carolina closed with a business session. Harvard president James B Conant spoke at the cornerstone anniversary and received an honorary doctor of laws from UNC. He urged stronger national universities and a system of scholarships. A dinner session featured Drs Paul Gross Howard Odum and James Wilson. The conference, with 34 institutions, discussed humanities and research opportunities in the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
James B. Conant
Harvard University
University of North Carolina
Association of American Universities
Conant
North Carolina University
Harvard
Magnuson
South
Paul M. Gross
Duke University
Howard Odum
James Southall Wilson
University of Virginia
N. P. Graham
Wilson
Reverend Paul Hardin Jr Named New Pastor in Hickory
The Western North Carolina Methodist conference announces Reverend Paul Hardin Jr will pastor Wesley Memorial Methodist Church to succeed Dr C E Rozzelle who becomes superintendent of the Thomasville district. Other changes include Rev E M Jones at Main Street Church succeeding Rev W R Kelley and Rev C W Bates at Lebanon Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Hardin, Jr
First Methodist Church
Hickory
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
C. E. Rozzelle
Thomasville
E. M. Jones
Main Street Methodist Church
W. R. Kelley
College Place Methodist Church
Greensboro
C. W. Bates
Lebanon Church
O. L. Easter
Liberty
Clare Purcell
Western North Carolina Methodist Conference
Wilson O. Weldon
Welch Memorial
T. E. Strickland
Ward Street
C. M. McKinney
Oak View
N. L. Oliver
Calvary
C. B. Newton
Highland
S. W. Johnson
Archdale
W. B. Penney
Jamestown-Oakdale
W. O. Goode
Mr. Hardin
Chester
S. C
Paul Hardin
Cheraw
Wofford College
Spartanburg
Emory University
Atlanta
Asheville
Matthews
Forest Hill
Concord
Waynesville
Wadesboro
Asheboro
First Church
Shelby
Hardin
Servin Astor
High Point
Agreement on Indochina Appears Likely
CHUNGKING October 13 French high commissioner for Indochina Admiral Georges Dargenlieu concluded talks with Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Shih Chieh as Beijing officials signaled progress toward a Sino French accord. The plan would make Chinese occupation of northern Indochina temporary and keep French civil administration intact, with a Sino French trade treaty to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
China
France
Indochina
Adm
Georges Dargenlieu
Dargenlieu
Calcutta
Chiang Kai-shek
Wang Shih Chieh
Annamese and Japanese Clash in Indochina Action
In Indochina near Saigon at dawn French troops led a campaign that resulted in about 100 Annamese and two Japanese killed with 800 captured. One Japanese air force captain died. French casualties included several killed and 15 wounded in a skirmish aided by British 15 pounders against a nationalist stronghold. Prisoners will face court martial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Indochina
Coal strike idles over half the nation's miners
Pittsburgh reports more than half of the 400000 bituminous miners idle as a three week old strike for union recognition reduces coal output by over a million tons daily. Steel and other industries suffer with thousands laid off and furnaces idled across Carnegie-Illinois and related plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Washington
Etary
Schwellenbach
UMW
John L. Lewis
Carngie-Illinois Steel Corp
Dunesne
Homestead
Braddock
Harel
Carnegie-Illinois and
National Tube Co
Clairton
Jones & Laughlin Steel Co
West Virginia
Domestic
Coke Corp
du Pont
Belle
Westwace
South Charleston
Bardium Eduction Corp
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Ohio
Tennessee
Indiana
Three Of Four Negro Escapees Recaptured
RALEIGH October 13 state prison officials announced the recapture of three of four long term Negro convicts who attacked a guard and escaped from a Montgomery county road gang. The remaining fugitive Johnny Meyers 32 was still at large and is believed cornered in a swamp near the Pee Dee river in Richmond county. The recaptured are Hubert Hart 22 Emmett Laws 23 and Colonel Johnson ?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Montgomery County
Pee Dee River
Richmond County
Hubert Hart
Emmett Laws
Colonel Johnson
Johnny Meyers
Meyers
Japan Cabinet Moves Toward MacArthur Reforms
Tokyo October 13 premier Shidehara's crisis cabinet approves for Diet vote measures granting women’s suffrage and lowering voting age to 20. It also disbands 4,800 political police and ends a 13 year old suppressive law. Konoye drafts revisions as Hirohito weighs abdication.
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Tokyo
Shidehara
MacArthur
Diet
Asahi
Fumimaro Konoye
Carvel
Hirohito
Konoye
Mainichi
Privy Council
Specil
Japan
Chocolate Millionaire Dies At 88
Milton S. Hershey, founder of Hershey, Pennsylvania, a monarch of chocolate wealth who gave much to orphan boys, died at 88 in Hershey hospital. Born September 13, 1857, he built a cocoa and five cent chocolate business after three early failures and remained a town figure in his namesake community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey
Milton S. Hershey
Hershey Hospital
Pennsylvania
Detective Arrested In Fatal Shooting
CHARLOTTE October 13 Detective S P Stacks 33 year old house detective of the William R Barringer hotel was arrested shortly after the body of Troy Hunsucker 24 night manager of the hotel s garage was found in the garage bail last night with a bullet beneath the heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
S. P. Stacks
William R. Barringer
Troy Hunsucker
Question on pace of atomic energy legislation faces Congress
Washington faces a clash over timing as Senate stalls on a nine man atomic energy commission bill and House speeds ahead. Atomic scientists seek hearings while Rep Helen Gahagan Douglas denounces fast action as hysteria. Pearl Harbor inquiry proceedings resume amid procedural debate and new committee proposals.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Senate
House
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Calif
House Military Committee
Pearl Harbor
William D. Mitchell
War Department
Rep
May
Dky
Edwin Johnson
Cole
Atomic Energy Commission of Citizens
Enterprise Applies For Radio Station
The Federal Communications Commission releases listed applications for standard AM and FM radio stations by state. North Carolina entries include High Point The High Point Enterprise 830 KC 1KW Raleigh The News and Observer Publishing Co 850 KC 1KW and Rockingham Wayne M Nelson 900 KC Kw. South Carolina Charleston Charleston Broadcasting Co 1450 KC 250 W and Edisto Broadcasting Co 1450 KC WW. Virginia Danville Virginia Carolina EE Corp 1250 KC 1 The commission notes FM applications from Gastonia F C Todd Hickory Catawba Valley Broadcasting Co High Point High Point Enterprise Raleigh The News and Observer Publishing Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Communications Commission Today
North Carolina
High Point
The
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Raleigh
News and Observer Publishing Co
Rockhe
Wayne M. Nelson
South Carolina
Charleston, Charleston Broadcasting Co
W. Orannebang
Laval's Wife Pleads For His Life
Paris reports Gray haired Mrs. Pierre Laval, wife of the French premier, breaks a political silence to plead for his life. The article notes her emotional appeal amid the crisis surrounding Laval's fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Piere Laval
Cotegiee
Quisling Appeal Rejected by Norwegian Supreme Court
The Norwegian supreme court refused Vidkun Quisling's appeal of his death sentence for treason. The decision was unanimous and follows the prior Sept. 10 verdict by a lower court. Quisling had been allowed to appeal only the sentence, not the verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Supreme Court
Vidkun Quisling
Norwegian Information Office
Quisling
Information Agency
Mrs Laval recalls romance and alleged defection of Laval
Distraught wife recounts early life with Laval and claims he sought tempered collaboration and would have yielded power to the allies if not seized by Germans. She describes hiding Jewish friends and smuggling funds, linking his shifts to the Munich pact and German capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laval
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Vichy
Auvergnee
Moscow
Paris
Bucharest
Budapest
Belgrade
France
Stevedores in British Ports Continue Strike
London October 13 Britain faces a major labor dispute as stevedores strike across six ports. Soldiers unload food ships while 50 000 idle dock workers face potential job loss if they do not return by Monday. A London port clerks group also refuses to work with military detachments. Ministers from four Attlee departments confront the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex H. Singleton
London
Britain
Attlee
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