Sales Promotion Man Quits Job to Form Union
PONCA CITY Okla Oct 30 George Biggs a longtime Continental Oil sales official quit his job to start a union for all workers based on cooperation He argues salesmen can best advance pay and security through peaceful cooperative methods He plans six local groups then a national convention to adopt a constitution and by laws and elect officers.
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Ponca City
Okla
George Biggs
Biggs
Continental Oil Company
Government to use 36 stolen cars in Tokyo
In Tokyo the Japanese government, short of transport, will use 36 automobiles held by police with Supreme Headquarters approval. If an owner recognizes a car, it will be returned after use by officials.
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Tokyo
Supreme Headquarters
Skyway Pilots to Fly Letter H Over High Point
The High Point Skyway club plans a Halloween opening stunt forming a giant letter H with seven or more light planes at about 5 30 pm. The display will feature Skyway members from all walks of life and stands for High Point Halloween and Have a Heck of a Happy Time. They have previously flown a T over Thomasville and a loose formation over nearby towns.
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High Point Skyway Club
Weather & Air
Skyway
High Point
Thomasville
Mystic Gleams and Idle Musings From a Soldier and Observer
A veteran recalls mystic glimpses during England duty and a teen’s memory of cliff dwellings in Arizona. Personal essays reflect on pre existence mysticism, cemetery walks at Oakwood, and inscriptions honoring Dr. Charles Arris. Short humor notes end with a courtroom quip about jurors.
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England
Oakwood Cemetery
Oakwood
O'Hara
Charles Arris
Florida
Volume of Air Mail Reaches New High Here
High Point post office reports record air mail volume during National Air Mail Week held with a citywide promotional effort led by Postmaster S. C. Clark. The five cent rate is approved to spur faster delivery and wider use, with educational campaigns noting air mail arrives first and saves hours versus train mail between High Point and major cities.
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High Point Post Office
S. C. Clark
Clark
Congress
Post Office Department
High Point
Seattle
Washington
San Francisco
Los Angeles
New York
Miami
Montrael
Canada
Embassies Not Entered, Say Dominicans
A U S embassy spokesman in Ciudad Trujillo denies reports rioters entered the American and Mexican embassies or the Cuban legation after a Colon Park disturbance. He calls it a demonstration with no foreign interests involved and notes the group left when asked to return during office hours next week. The Dominican justice department is said to be investigating a riot after a communist meeting at Colon Park.
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New York
U. S
Ciudad Trujillo
Reublic
Legation
Associated Press
Colon Park
Dominican Department of Justice
Southern Will Offer Improved Train Service
The South Carolina Public Service Commission approves an accelerated schedule for the Southern Railway Carolina Special between Charleston and Chicago via Columbia Spartanburg and Asheville. The new December 12 timetable connects with the Piedmont Limited at Spartanburg improving service to Atlanta and northern cities and cuts Charleston Columbia running time by one hour.
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Columbia
S. C
State Public Service Commission
Southern Railway
Charleston
Chicago
Columbia, Spartanburg
Asheville
N. C
Spartanburg
Atlanta
North Carolina State Fraternities pledge 144 new members
E L Cloyd reports NC State college’s 14 national fraternity chapters pledged 144 students during the recent rushing period. Sigma Alpha Mu led with 24 initiates, Pi Kappa Alpha 21, Sigma Phi Epsilon 19, and Sigma Nu 19, with a full list of pledges by chapter and hometowns.
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Raleigh
E. L. Cloyd
Interfraternity Council
North Carolina State College
Sigma Alpha Mu
Pi Kappa Alpha
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Sigma Nu
Irvin Binder
New York City
David Brooks
Lawrence
N. Y
Arnold Cohen
Bronx
Bernard Diamond
Samuel Filreis
Brooklyn
Robert Friedman
Alan Geist
Walter Geller
Alvin Hausman
Irving Horowitz
St. Louis
Howard Jacobs
Herbert Kahan
Port Chester
Peter Kohn
Scarsdale
Jack Link
Arthur Meyers
Mt. Gilead
David Rosenthal
New Bergen
N. J
Lester Rose
Durham
Sheldon Ruben
Portsmouth
Donald Shulman
Charles Seligson
Phillip Slifka
Charlotte
Waitman H. Dixon
Kinston
Carl W. Farris
Pem W. Mobbs
B. M. Ivey
Oscar Lee Miller, Jr
Samuel M. Moore
Lillington
T. E. Parrish
William H. Pruden
Roanoke Rapids
Lawrence Sanford
Hilton Village
J. B. Steen, Jr
Reade B. Jolliff
Smithfield
James B. Marshall, Jr
David E. Powers, Jr
Savannah
Zebulon R. Robinson
Asheville
Bernard Smith
Norfolk, Va
Marshall Spring
Miami
Fla
William A. Stevens
Winston-Salem
Harry C. Venters
New Bern
William W. Woodard
Richard Worseley
Greenville
Delta Sigma Phi
William A. Allen
Canton
Gilbert S. Benson
Reisterstown
William A. Britt
Wendell
Richard A. Brown
Cliffside
Thomas F. Cannon
George B. Cherry
Warner S. Goodwin
George O. Harrell
Asa Hosner, Jr
Benjamin F. Knott
Clarksville
Benton K. Partin
Chadburn
George T. Higgins
Mt. Olive
Woodrow Wilson
Henderson
Kappa Alpha
Coyt Brown
W. H. Carnes
Four Oaks
H. M. Dalton
R. E. Dew
Wilson
O. P. Hay
P. McCorkle
Memphis
Two Men Held After Killing In North Carolina
Portsmouth Ohio police held two young men for questioning in the death of Francis Baker a 26 year old taxi driver found shot near North Wilkesboro North Carolina. Richard Horton 23 of Ferguson North Carolina and James Tolliver 21 of Filbert West Virginia were identified as suspects. North Wilkesboro officers were to question them. Baker's body showed two shotgun wounds and his money pouch his wallet and his 1946 car were missing.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Francis Baker
North Wilkesboro
N. C
Ray Brown
Richard Horton
Ferguson
James E.tolliver
Filbert
W. Va
Baker
Seattle Times football contest ends with partial win
A Seattle traffic violations bureau opened a marked entry in the Times weekly contest to predict 20 major football games. An envelope with a traffic ticket and a $2 check was received as the entry fee. The entrant guessed 14 correct, not enough to win.
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Seattle
Seattle Times
the Times
Estimated U S Gh Consumption Rise From 1941 To 1946
The article estimates an increase in gh consumption in the United States, about 25 cents higher than 1941 levels, equating to roughly 000,000 pounds for 1946 compared with 175,000,000 pounds in 1.
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United
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W. A. Bivins
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Tennyson
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Prop
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English and College Sts
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Atlas Products
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Southern
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Eron
Millard M. Fisher, Jr
Max Gordon
Monroe
Charles Harper
R. L. McCoy
Dan McCullough
Paul Pittenger
Robert M. Sanders
Wilmington
Kappa Sigma
William Barnwell
Whitemire
W. L. Burns
Greensboro
A. B. Culberson, Jr
Goldsboro
J. B. Hill
J. W. Malloy, Jr
Cheraw
E. F. Pharr
Concord
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Salisbury
Alpha Gamma Rho
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Ivanhoe
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D. T. House
Nature
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