Little Joe's Church Reported at Synod Meeting
The 139th session of the Presbyterian Synod of North Carolina heard a report on Little Joe's Church at Barnum Springs Orphan's Home during the second day of a three day conference. Rev. A. B. McClure, newly elected moderator and Home superintendent, delivered the report.
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Kelsey Regan
Durham
Allied Church League
J. B. Clower
Morganton
T. Henry Patterson
Greensboro
Christian Rural Overseas Program
Federal Jury To Hear Oil Company Case
A federal grand jury began hearing testimony today on whether international operations by major oil companies amount to a monopolistic cartel. Twenty one oil firms were subpoenaed to testify in secret sessions and some seek to delay records or limit disclosures. The firms include all five U S companies plus two British concerns accused in a FTC report of dominating world petroleum production.
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Washington
U. S
Federal Trade Commission
Two Trips Up Bunker Hill and Frontline Resolve
U S troops on the Western Front report two ascents of Bunker Hill in five days left them ready to move to a new position. They recall close combat and high danger as Chinese forces pressed within 15 yards, with grim scenes of dead enemies and a tense night fight.
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Western Front
Korea
Bunker Hill
E. E. Exosoich
Royal Oak
Mich
Don R. Galvin
Josse Point
Dunner Hill
Sig
Sgt
John Dawson
Brooklyn
Calvin
Pfc
Arthur Vega
Mesa
Ariz
Galvin
Vega
Anthony Caldeiia
Mercedes
Tex
Calderia
U.N
Federal mediators push talks to end Pennsylvania tank plant strike
In Washington, Federal Mediation Service chief Cyrus S. Ching convened Continental Foundry and Machine Co. officials and CIO steelworkers in Coraopolis to end a six week strike that halted high priority tank production. More than 500 workers walked off July 19 demanding higher wages.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation Service
Continental Foundry and Machine Co
Coraopolis
CIO Steelworkers
CAB Starts Airlines Probe
The Civil Aeronautics Board opened a lengthy inquiry into nonscheduled airlines, with hearings in Washington and trips to Miami, Los Angeles, and Seattle. The probe weighs whether independents can coexist with scheduled carriers and how such services affect prices, routes, and subsidies amid ongoing disputes over loyalties and service quality.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Ralph L. Wiser
Richard A. Walsh
Miami
Los Angeles
Seattle
Nowskeds
American Airlines
American
Better Business
Chicago
CAB
Labor Case Set for Middle District Court Hearing
Greensboro reports a labor case arising from a dispute over collective bargaining between Marshall Field textile and the AFL bi-county Joint Board. Judge Johnson J. Hayes was to rule on a motion to dismiss. if denied, a full trial would follow with the CIO aligned against AFL over employee bargaining rights for more than 3,000 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Middle District Court
Marshal Fiel
Joint Board
AFL
Johnson J. Hayes
Hayes
CIO
Marshall Fie Textile Manufacturing Corporation
Tobacco prices hold steady after Labor Day trading
Flue cured tobacco prices were steady to slightly lower on the Eastern Belt and steady to slightly higher on the Carolinas Border Belt as trading resumed after Labor Day. Sales were heavy on both belts with declines on the Eastern Belt from 1 to 3 dollars and Border Belt increases from 1 to 4 dollars. Quality improved as leaf grades dominated more than two-thirds of offerings.
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Raleigh
Carolinas
U. S
N. C
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High Font Corners
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Nathan Hunt
COKE
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Adlai Stevenson
Flint
Michigan
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