Steelworkers Protest Walkout Shuts Huntington Plants
About 2,500 CIO steelworkers staged a protest walkout at the International Nickel Company and five Huntington plants, idling more than 4,000 workers. The stoppage targeted an injunction limiting picketing and followed wage demands by district 23 CIO and district 30 UMW officials.
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Benakan
W. Va
CIO
International Nickel Company
Huntington
Inco
District 30
United Mine Workers
UFL
Raymond Gulley
CIO Steelworkers District 23
Cabell County Common Pleas Court
H. Clay Worth
Gulley
American Car and Foundry Company
West Virginia Steel and Manufacturing Company
Atlas Processing and Fabricating Company
Untington Boiler and Supply Company
Houdaille - Hershey Corporation
Joseph Aspirin Ad Claims Three Key Benefits
An old advertisement promotes Saint Joseph Aspirin highlighting purity fast action and economic value. It touts 10 cent price and a 100 tablet size offering multiple tablets for a reduced cost.
Renew Effort To End Strike In Columbia
Conciliators push to resolve wage talks to avert a Sunday strike that could blackout 10 mid-state counties. South Carolina Electric and Gas and AFL local electricians face a 30 cent wage demand vs a five to eleven cent offer, with adjustments down to 10 15 cents for brackets.
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Columbia
D. C
Fred Beck
South Carolina Electric and Gas Company
AFL International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Rooster Brings $105 At Illinois Auction
In Peoria Illinois a white leg horn rooster sold for 105 dollars at a sale conducted by the Illinois Poultry Improvement Association. Buyer J Turner Mills of McNabb Illinois plans to use the purebred bird for breeding rather than eating.
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Peoria
Ill
J. Turner Mills
McNabb, Til
Illinois Poultry Improvement Association
Mills
Union meeting notes unanimous support for shutdown decision
Gulley said there was not one dissenting voice to the decision at a union meeting. The CIO leader noted shutdown times will vary as midnight shifts begin at 11 p m or midnight. Plant officials said swing shifts were eliminated due to steel shortages but all plants were closed this morning with only maintenance workers at Inco keeping boilers running. Judge Worth ordered the picketing writ to continue in full force until further court order.
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Gulley
CIO
Inco
Judge Worth
Government wage standards debated by Downey in interview
Senator Downey argued congress should define just wages for government workers and that if standards can be worked out they might set an example for industry. The CIO cost of living committee warned of rising meat prices and possible shortages affecting miners and other workers.
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Downey
Calif
Congress
CIO
James E. Webb
Truman and Webb split on reclamation and harbor ceilings
The report outlines President Truman supporting an 85 million ceiling for reclamation programs while Webb omits any mention of a 90 million cap on rivers and harbors, including 25 million for new projects and 65 million for maintenance. Congressmen in New Orleans criticized the caps as too drastic, noting a 500 thousand dollar appropriation for both programs.
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Webb
New Orleans
Congress
British circles say Cameroons and Togo land deals near finish
Truste eship talks report agreements virtually completed and to be turned in during the assembly session. Some UN officials expect Belgium to offer a Ruanda Urundi treaty, but no definite status information was available.
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Cameroons
Togoland
Belgium
Ruandaurundi
Thomasville Celebrates Public Day At City Wide Event
A large Thomasville crowd packed Main Street for a civic parade led by dignitaries including Capt. William Dawson and the 30th Field Artillery. The event showcased local and industrial groups with a 10,000 to 15,000 turnout, plus football, dances, and appearances by Miss Jane Pratt and Sunse Carson.
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30Th Field Artillery
Fort Bragg
William B. Dawson
82Nd Airborne
30Th
Pope, Broughton
CIO
Thomasville
Finchfield
Thomasville High School
Winston-Salem
Main Street
W. O. Burgin
Olice
W. N. Jones
Hirohito
Carson
Woman's Club
Jane Pratt
Frogs From Holland Reach Lincoln Park 200 Exhibit
Two European grass frogs Rana temporaria were shipped by air from J. Tuinstra of the Terrarium Society of the Hague to Lincoln Park 200. Zoo officials note they are common in Europe but rare in the United States.
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Chicago
Holland
Lincoln Park
J. Tuinstra
Terrarium Society
Hague
Europe
United States
Gandhi Urges Women to End Own Lives in Bengal Crisis
Mohandas K. Gandhi urged women in eastern Bengal to commit suicide to avoid dishonor amid Hindu Muslim violence in Tippertan and Noakhali. Calcutta reports say the riots affected about 100000 people with 3700 refugees arriving at relief centers. thousands dead and large areas affected.
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New Delhi
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Bengal
Congress Party
Calcutta
Tipperan
Noakhali
K. N. Dalal
Eastern Chamber of Commerce
Noakhali Relief and Rehabilitation Committee
Markets Slide As Downtick Spreads Across Stocks
New York trading opens with broad declines as major names including Bethlehem Steel Chrysler General Motors U S Rubber Sears Roebuck Montgomery Ward Boeing International Harvester A T and T Kennecott Westinghouse Electric Dow Chemical Johns Manville Eastman Kodak Texas Co Santa Fe Southern Pacific Southern Railway and Pennsylvania Railroad lead the drift. Cotton futures rise early with December to May contracts showing higher open prices before noon, while day’s futures close around mixed levels.
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New York
Con Oil
Otis
Pacg & E
Curt Wright
Packard
Alaska
Davison
Dupont
Pitt Ger & B
Ste N J
Biec Auto
Pullman
Firestone
Freeport Sul
Elec Rem Rand
At&t
Repub
Gillette
Reynolds
Goodrich
Socony
At & Sf
Goodyear
Barnadall
Nick Canat
Stewart Warner
Bendix Aviat
Tel & Tel
Studebaker
Johns Man
Swift
Boeing Airpl
Kennecott
Tex Co
Grace
Tex Gulf
Borg Warner
United Airs
United Aire
Mont Ward
United Corp
Caterpil Trac
Murray Corp
United Drug
Champ P & F
Nash
North Amer
Nor Pac
Warner Pict
Savitality
Sala Ohio Oil
West Mary
Bethlehem
Chrysler
General Motors
U. S. Rubber
Sears, Roebuck
Montgomery Ward
Boeing
International Harvester
American Telephone
Air Reduction
Weatinghouse Electric
Dow Chemical
Johns Manville
Eastman Kodak
Texas Co
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cotton Textiles Stay Active With Mixed Demand
Trading in New York cotton textiles remained brisk with sales for delivery through year end. Full ceiling prices were reportedly paid for supplies while low CPA goods back up. Wool goods quiet as worsed demand holds, rayon goods soft, and mills adjust to shifting prices and raw cotton declines.
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New York
Bodies Of 13 Plane Victims Sent To Homes
The 13 victims of yesterday's unexplained chartered plane crash in Wyoming were sent home for burial. Passengers and crew from Canada and seven states perished when the twin engined craft crashed near Laramie after midnight amid a blizzard and zero visibility. The NATS air transport service flight from Oakland to Newark was halted by snow, with a fuel stop planned at Cheyenne.
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Laramie
Wyo
Wyoming
Canada
States
Civil Aeronautics Board
Nats Air Transport Service
Oakland
Calif
Newark
N. J
Cheyenne
Postmasters Exams For Archdale Announced
The U S civil service commission announced that applications to take the examination for Archdale postmaster will be received until November 6 in Washington. The date for assembling competitors will be stated on admission cards sent after November 6. Salary is $2000 a year. Applicants may take the test in High Point. Full information and forms are available at the High Point post office and the Civil Service Commission in Washington.
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U. S. Civil Service
Archdale
Washington
Civil Service Commission
Archdale Post
High Point
U. S. Civil Service Commission
People Miss Dot Lee Heads to Washington for Weekend Visit
Dot Lee departed by plane this morning for Washington D C to spend the weekend as a guest of Miss Mary Hillard Carraway. Mrs C Lester Davis is improving at High Point Memorial Hospital after a major operation and hopes to return home on Route Two later this week.
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Dot Lee
Washington, D. C
Mary Hilliard Carraway
C. Lester Davis
Boulevard Unit
High Point Memorial Hospital
Native Tar Heel Dies In Norfolk
Col. W. B. Rodman 84 a noted attorney and civic leader died at his Norfolk home after a long illness. Longtime general counsel for Norfolk Southern Railroad he retired in 1942. Native of Tarboro North Carolina he served on directorates of Norfolk Southern John L. Roper Lumber Co and National Bank of Commerce. Born February 19 1862 to William Blount Rodman and Camilla H Croom Rodman.
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Norfolk
W. B. Rodman
Col
Rodman
Norfolk Southern Railroad
Heath
Memperehie
Norfolk Southern
John L. Roper Lumber Company
National Bank of Commerce
Bandit Gives Up and Surrenders in Gaffney Jail
In Gaffney South Carolina James Scates 22 surrendered after the robbery of Oren Wells, Limestone Mills manager, of 4000 dollars. Scates admitted the crime and car theft with a second bandit who fled at the last minute. Scates was lodged in Cherokee County jail and not yet formally charged.
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Gaffney
S. C
Oren Wells
Limestone
Cherokee County
Roland T. Clary
James Scates
Clary
Scates
Red strategic goals and postwar Soviet growth analysis
The piece argues the Soviet Union prioritizes internal economic build up under Stalin while expanding abroad for strategic aims. It contends Russia channels funds from military to industry, boosting long term strength, and views the five year plan as boosting both economic and military power, including atomic ambitions.
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Stalin
Soviet Union
United States
Russia
Livestock markets report improving conditions ahead
Meat in some butcher shops is rising from small slaughter houses as big packers warn of longer processing times. Receipts at 20 large stockyards reached 372000 animals with long lines of trucks delivering beef roasts pork chops and lamb chops at markets nationwide.
Man Seriously Hurt In Auto Strikes Truck Near Creedmoor
John Floyd Steagall, 32, of Warrenton and formerly Portsmouth, Va, in critical condition at Granville County hospital after his car sideswiped a Durham firm truck, overturned, injuring him severely. Fellow motorist J Frank Harris, 41, of Warrenton, escaped with cuts and bruises. The truck driver was unharmed.
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Oxford
John Floyd Steagall
Warrenton
Portsmouth
Granville County Hospital
Creedmoor
Steagall
Durham
O. L. Harrison
Granville
Harrison
J. Frank Harris
Yanks Receive Sentences For Selling Gas
Eighth Army headquarters reports four American soldiers and 16 Japanese were convicted of black market charges involving illegal possession and sale of American and British goods in Yokohama. The Americans Pots Berry Gantt Richlands S C George M Harris Rocky Mecant N and John R Andrews Meridian Miss and T/5 Robert C Spears Tribbett Miss received five years hard labor with dishonorable discharge and forfeiture of pay. They stole and sold 10 drums of American gasoline worth 10,000 yen. Japanese received two years in jail. eleven others jailed and four fined.
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Yokohama
Eighth Army
Pots
Berry
Youths Rewarded For Producing The Most Corn
In Hillsboro on October 18 Joe Wilson a 17 year old from Mebane route 2 won a $100 government bond as Orange county corn growing champion. He averaged 92.5 bushels per acre with 26 entrants totaling an county average of 21 bushels. J R Whitfield of Chapel Hill route 2 finished second and Raymond Weaver of Hillsboro route 1 third. Whitfield received a $25 bond and Weaver a cash prize.
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Hillsboro
Joe Wilson
Mebane
Orange County
Bank of
Chapel Hill
Wilson
J. R. Whitfield
Raymond Weaver
Whitfield
Weaver
Navy to Replace 3 500 Binoculars With Surplus Oculars
The U S Navy will replace five hundred privately owned binoculars lost or damaged during the war with surplus standard navy oculars.
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U. S. Navy
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