CIO Conference Faces Internal Strife and External Crime
A Boston CIO convention grapples with strikes in Thomasville amid arson dynamite and stoning. Leaders defend democratic processes while condemning violence and warning it harms public opinion and wage talks. Murray resists repression and weighs anti Communist positions ahead of Secretary Marshall’s address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Amazon
Textile Workers Union of America
CI0
High Point
CIO Convention Faces Communist Issue in Boston
The 1947 CIO convention in Boston reviews last year’s peaceful outcome amid fears of Communist influence in unions. President Murray averted a split by off stage deals, while 1946 rules limited Communist activity in state and municipal CIO councils without needing convention approval.
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Congress of Industrial Organizations
Boston
CIO
Phillip Murray
Murray
CIO Executive Board
Communist Party
North Carolina agency lands state advertising account
The state awarded a roughly $200000 yearly advertising contract to Ayers and Gillett of Charlotte, with officials hoping a North Carolina firm can both manage the budget and market the state effectively. The editorial stresses performance over domicile and urges the agency to deliver a strong, world ready campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Ayers and Gillett
Charlotte
Ayers
Gillett
State Employes Association Debates Roles and Names
The State Employes association is not a labor union but a voluntary body for highway and public works staff. It may function like a union for better pay and hours, while a separate Employment Security unit seeks higher salaries. Leaders stress cooperation with each other and with other departmental groups, and a Charlotte meeting revamped SEA into State Highway Employes association. The original SEA name may persist for the employment security faction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cee Employes Association
State Highway and Blic Works Commission
State
Employment Security Commission
SEA
Budget Commission
Ferguson
Burnsville
Wise
State Peace Association
State Employes Association
Charlotte
State Highway Employes — Association
NCEA
SHEA
State News
North Carolina
Wake County
Wake County Farm Co-Operative
State Grange
Central America nation and Russian czar assassination note
The text notes El Salvador as the smallest Central American republic spanning 13 176 square miles and states that Russia's Alexander II was assassinated in 1881 on the day he was to sign a national constitution.
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el Salvador
Russia
Alexander II
Fashion Jeers and Ambassadors: Dior and French Influence
Washington column ridicules society tastes and the French fashion scene led by Mme Bonnet and Christian Dior. The writer warns against U S surrender to Paris, urges protecting American industry, and recalls a Catalina Island anecdote about Diana Lewis and Bill Powell.
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Washington
America
France
Medicine Hat
Sweet
Mme. Bonnet
Christian Dior
Paris
San Pedro
Charlie Farrell
Toyon Bay
Catalina Island
William Powell
Diana Lewis
Mousie
Mr. Powell
Miss Lewis
Deep Sea River
Transportation Crisis and Treasury Policies Cited by Sokolsky
Sokolsky argues that U S government policy hindered rail and air infrastructure on the eve of potential war. He cites rising railroad costs since 1939, deferred maintenance, and earnings deficits. He quotes Walter S Franklin of the Pennsylvania railroad warning that eastern lines could not meet a new national emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet Russia
Treasury
Interstate Commerce Commission
Walter S. Franklin
Pennsylvania Railroad
Censorship on the Air Waves and on the Screen
The piece surveys global censorship from radio gibes at jokes to film cuts in Hollywood and abroad. It notes editorials and critics defending liberty, mentions Rex Harrison and Rhett Butler, Hays Code debates, and various bans from China to Poland to Chicago, with figures like Selznick and Barrow invoked.
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Powers That Be
Fred Allen
Dr. Jones
England
Rex Harrison
Harrison
David
Selznick
Rhett Butler
Rhett
Scarlett
George Arliss
Pictured cartoonist and editorial terms puzzle across clues
A mixed clue list features a pictured cartoonist, church dignitary, chemical symbols, and geographic references. Several entries hint at abbreviations and typical crosswords style answers such as elements for thallium and tantalum, a Greek epic, and a Dutch city, forming a broad word puzzle.
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CLO
U. S
Roosevelt
Franco
Spain
Argentina
Marshall
Phil Murray
Capitol Square
Lynn Nisbet
Westeern Europe
George Dixon
George Sokolsky
Winchell
New York
John Steinbeck
Gov't
Draft Board of Censors
Peru
Poland
Old Man River
Paul Robeson
Japan
China
Clark Gable
N. Y
Theatre Guild Magazine
Barrett H. Clark
Sir Henry Herbert
St. John Ervine
A. Nony Mous
New York Daily Mirror
Harriet Hilliard
Randy Scott
Satan
Andee
Harriet
Scott
Hollywood
Hays
Div
Chicago
Clarence Barrow
Board of Censors
Mr. Smith
Congress
Bilbo
Andrew May
Peer Grynt's
Nova Scotia
Dutch City
East Indies
Ellis
Briggs
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