Non-Union Miners Return to Pits in Pennsylvania
Twenty two hundred non union miners defied a strike by the United Mine Workers and went to work at coal mines west of Pittsburgh. State police moved to curb violence arresting 17 pickets near the Wingert mine in Clarion county. Reinforcements were sent after Governor Duff was asked to aid local authorities.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
Pennlvania
Clerfield
Clarion County
Clearfield
James H. Duff
Steel Pension Talks Still Under Way
In Pittsburgh on September 27 the CIO United Steelworkers and the steel industry resumed bargaining over a pension dispute that could trigger a 1000-worker strike at midnight. Bethlehem Steel offered four cents an hour for an insurance program with workers paying three cents but gave no pension proposal.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers
Saturn
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
New York
Steel Capital
U. S. Steel Corporation
Phili Murray
John A. Stephens
Big Steel
Churchman Says Catholics Plan to Dominate America
A Baptist church executive claims the Catholic Church aims to capture the United States to advance global Catholic influence. Joseph M. Dawson argues Catholics would control government, oppose Russia, and press rights for Catholic education, prompting Baptist opposition to church state entanglements.
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America
Washington
United States
Baptist Joint Committee On Public Relations
Joseph M. Dawson
Catholic Church
Russia
Dawson
Senate
House
Eastern Belt Tobacco Prices Hit Season Highs Across Regions
Eastern North Carolina flue-cured tobacco belts posted season high price averages led by increased returns from lemon leaf and nondescript grades. Prices rose $1 to $4 per hundred pounds versus Friday, with good lemon leaf at 63.2 dollars and other grades steady to firm on the old and border belts as market offerings stayed light.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Old Belt
Middle Belt
Carolinas Border Belt
Politics mixes with football at Chapel Hill event
At Chapel Hill a Carolina State football game drew about 44 000 including Governor Kerr Scott Senator Frank Graham and former Senator Umstead with many candidates present. A luncheon at Morehead Planetarium honored trustees and guests while others watched in the stadium. Rumored appointment of Edwin Gill as collector of federal revenue for North Carolina District is discussed as a likely change.
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Morehead Planetarium
Kenan Stadium
Chapel Hill
Planetarium
Kerr Scott
Frank Graham
William Umstead
Edwin Gill
Charles H. Robertson
North Carolina
Robertson
Bailey
Reynolds
Episcopalians Open Meet In San Francisco
The 56th Triennial Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States convened in San Francisco. Archbishop Cyril Garbett urged tolerance to counter totalitarianism while the House of Deputies voted 321 to 242 to ban women delegates. The Nevada delegation proposed changing canons to admit women as lawmakers. Claude Sprouse was elected president of the House of Deputies. The assembly urged UN action to designate Jerusalem as a Holy City.
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San Francisco
Europe
York
Cyril Foster Garbett
United States
England
House of Deputies
Nevada
Claude Sprouse
Kansas City
United Nations
Jerusalem
House of Bishops
Stocks Settle Into Lower Range
The New York market drifted to lower price ground with losses around a point. Union Oil of California fell 2 percent to 30 after a 4,800 share sale and dividend cut news. Other declines included Bethlen Steel Chrysler U S Rubber Montgomery Ward Sears Roebuck Admiral Allied Chemical International Paper N Y Central Southern Pacific Standard Oil NJ U S Gypsum and General Electric.
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New York
Union Oil
California
Bethlen Steel
Chrysler
U. S. Rubber
Montgomery Ward
Sears Roebuck
Admiral, Corp
American Telephone
Kennecott Cooper
Allied Chemical
International Paper
N. Y. Central
Southern Pacific
Standard Oil (Nj
U. S Gypsum
General Electric
Goodrich
United Aircraft
Hockheed
Southern California Edison
Sinclair Oil
Pan American Airways
Point Four aid program urged by Webb before Congress
Undersecretary of State Webb urged Congress to approve Truman’s point four program for underdeveloped areas. The plan seeks 45 million dollars to fund 18 improvement projects aimed at raising living standards and fostering world security, with part of the money supporting a UN supervised effort.
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Washington
Webb
Congress
Truman
House ‘Foreign Affairs Committee
State Department
United States
Governor Still Pushing For Expanded Phone Service
Governor Scott told a Raleigh news conference that telephones are the state's top public need, noting Southern Bell plans 4 million dollars in rural development this year while many other providers lag. He also urged expansion of rural electric service and praised the utilities commission for progress amid lingering criticism.
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Raleigh
Scott
Southern Bell
State Utilities Commission
Commission
Military Pay Raises Sent To President Truman
The House accepted Senate amendments on a 300 million dollar yearly military pay raise and sent the measure to President Truman. Senate action also moves toward higher executive salaries with a compromise plan limiting increases to cabinet members and a few White House aides, while generals could gain up to 300 dollars monthly for long service.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Truman
Rep. Kilday
D-Tex
Barkley
Lucas
Illinois
McFarland
D-Ariz
President Promotes Fair Deal for Women on Democratic Day
President Truman declares that critics of his fair deal are out of date and urges women to join a Democratic push for housing education aid expanded social security and labor goals. He speaks from the White House on Democratic Women's Day with several women leaders representing farm labor and business.
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Washington
Truman
Democratic Party
White House
India Edwards
Woman's Division
Democratic National Committee
Elsie West
Lothian
Albert C. Hulihan
Slippery Rock
George London
Raleigh
N. C
General Revision of Federal Tax Laws Declared Priority
Washington Sept 27 A general revision of federal tax laws was assigned top priority for congressional action in 1950. It may create new taxes to balance the budget though some expect possible reductions in the excise list. House Speaker Rayburn announced the priority while noting deficit financing cannot continue indefinitely.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
M MureeawuDwey
House
Rayburn
Ways and Means
Vandals Strike Tarboro Mill During Strike
Sheriff reports vandals damaged Hart Cotton Mill, entering at night and stabbing warps on spinning frames. Investigating with no clues. Meanwhile a hearing continues on charges against 68 striking workers accused of mass picketing at the mill.
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Tarboro
Tom Bardin
Hart
CIO Textile Workers Union
Four plane crashes kill fourteen. dozens feared missing
The day’s disasters wounded and buried many as four air crashes occurred in Mexico, England, and the United States. A Mexican Airlines plane with 24 aboard crashed on Popocatepetl slopes. A B29 trainer from Smoky Hill Base went down near Talihina Oklahoma. Twelve RAF fliers died in a central England collision. Two Tennessee students died in a small aircraft crash near Heiskell.
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Mexico
England
Popocatepet Volcano
Ramos Millan
National Corn Commission
Smoky Hill
Salina
Kas
Talihina
Oklo
University of Tennessee
Heiskel
Tenn
Surgeon Transfer Rumor Ties Greenville Hospital Ties
Dr. J Warren White chief surgeon of the Shriners hospital for crippled children in Greenville is said to be transferred to the Shriners hospital in Honolulu Hawaii. He arrived in Greenville when the local hospital opened in 1927.
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Greenville
S. C
J. Warren White
Shriners Hospital For
Shriners Hospital
Honolulu
Hawaii
Honolulu Hospital
Greenville Hospital
Truman's Bold New Program Faces Congressional Hurdles
James Marlow reports that President Truman's point four plan for using American money and expertise to aid underdeveloped areas remains stalled in Congress. Two proposals seek investment guarantees and a $45 million commitment for technical aid, with Webb urging action as 1949 winds down.
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James Marlow
Washington
Truman
Capitol
U. S
United Nations
Congress
Europe
One Answer To Russia's Bomb Claim
The Senate House conference approved a vast overseas arms program totaling 1.314 billion dollars to counter Soviet atomic claims. The bill funds western Europe aid with 1 billion cash and 500 million contract authority, plus targeted sums for Greece Turkey Iran Korea and the Philippines.
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Washington
Senate
House
U. S
Russia
Senate-House
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Bridges
New Hampshire
Knowland
California
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Korea
Philippines
China
Western
Europe
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Navy doctors report five-drug cold cure with 90 percent effectiveness
Captain John M. Brewster U S navy medical corps reports in the naval medical bulletin that a combination of five antihistamines pyribenzamine thenylene neoantergan histadyl and benadryl can cure a cold 90 percent of the time if taken within the first hour. Delays reduce effectiveness with six hours dropping to 74 percent and the drugs aim to stop sneezing coughing and nasal discharge before it spreads.
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New York
John M. Brewster
U. S. Navy Medical Corps
Brewster
U. S. Naval Medical Bulletin
Capt. Brewster
Cripps Raises Britain's Profit Tax to 30 Percent
Sir Stafford Cripps announced in the House of Commons that Britain's profits tax rises to 30 percent effective immediately to counter inflation from the pound's devaluation. He warned against further dividend changes and signaled potential legislation to curb dividends in the next finance bill.
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London
Stafford Cripps
Britain
Cripps
House of Commons
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