Minnesota Professor Denied as Scientist X in A Bomb Secret Case
Washington reports the House committee named Joseph W. Weinberg a University of Minnesota professor as Scientist X accused of passing wartime atomic secrets to a Soviet spy. The panel urged Justice Department action on perjury charges for denying Communist party membership and related associations with Steve Nelson and his secretary Bernadette Doyle.
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Minneapolis
Joseph W. Weinberg
House
American Activities Committee
Steve Nelson
Nelson
Weinberg
Associated Press
Washington
House un-American Activities Committee
University of Minnesota
Justice Department
Communist Party
Young Communist League
Bernadette Doyle
Old Belt Flue-Cured Tobacco Prices Rise In Raleigh Report
The federal state agriculture departments show Old Belt prices up to 100 cents a pound while general quality fades with mixed grades. Western and Eastern North Carolina belts see steady to firm prices and heavier volume in midweek sales, with big buyers paying mainly 44 to 65 cents and averages around 53.85 cents.
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Raleigh
Departments of Agriculture
North Carolina
Leaders Predict Big Vote on Old Age Pension Bill
Democratic leaders forecast House passage of a broad old age pension expansion before adjournment amid union threats to strike if employers bear full cost. Ford Motor Co agreed to an independent plan. the measure would extend coverage to 11 million more workers, boost benefits, insure disabled persons, and raise payroll taxes to fund the expansion.
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Washington
House
Ford Motor Company
Ways and Means Committee
House Rules Committee
Ways and Means
Rmit
Curtis
R-Neb
McCormack
Massachusetts
Doughton
D-Nc
Coughton
Congress
Wartime Tokyo Rose Found Guilty by Reluctant Jurors
Iva Toguri D AQuino convicted of treason for broadcasting to American troops in 1944. Reluctant six man six woman jury deliberated four days and delivered one count verdict. Sentencing set for October 6 with potential five year minimum and ten thousand dollar fine.
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Francisco
Iva Toguri D'Aquino
Leyte Gulf
Pacific
Iva
Los Angeles
John Mann
Tokyo
North Carolina Coal Dealers Press for Taft Hartley Action
North Carolina coal dealers warn the governor that only a 10 day supply remains in state yards. A letter drafted after a NC Retail Coal Merchants Association meeting asks President Truman to invoke Taft Hartley to end the coal strike. Sad to prompt hardship if cold weather arrives.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Scott
Truman
N. C. Retail Coal Merchants Association
Oal
Hard Coal Miners End Strike Steel Walkout Near Midnight
Reported attempts by Big Steel and the CIO with federal mediators to avert a nationwide strike at midnight faltered as wildcat walkouts spread from coast to coast. Philip Murray’s United Steelworkers floated concessions while talks with U.S. Steel and other firms continued amid a looming contract or renewed walkout.
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Pittsburgh
Big Steel
CIO
Gulf
Philip Murray
United Steelworkers
William N. Margolis
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Peter Seitz
Murray
Margolis
U. S. Steel
Fact Finding Board
Truman
Portsmouth
Ohio
State's Bonds Resold Quickly
North Carolina State Treasurer Brandon Hodges reports rapid resale of rural road bonds on the New York market. About $47.8 million of the $50 million issue had sold within four hours after a syndicate led by the First National Bank of New York City bought the bonds. Hodges says the quick resale proves the bonds are not a drag on the market and bodes well for future offerings, though remaining issues total $182.5 million across rural road, school building, and port bonds with offerings planned on a smaller scale after year’s end.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
New York
Brandon Hodges
Hodges
Esterday
First National Bank of
New York City
Pension split dispute stirs steel strike threat
Ford Motor Company and United Auto Workers reached a pension plan in which workers contribute to the portion funded by social security, while the company adds funds to reach a $100 monthly target. Steelworkers oppose worker contributions, risking a broader strike as major steel firms resist sharing pension costs.
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FORD
Walter P. Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
John S. Bugas
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Bugas
Ken Bannon
National
UAW Ford
Ford Company
Mak
Jane
Internal Revenue Bureau
Truman vows to keep Congress in session for Fair Deal enactment
President Truman warned Hill opponents that he would force Congress to stay in session until the Fair Deal program is enacted. He promised to push measures to raise national income to 300 billion dollars and establish an annual per family income of 4000 dollars. The speech at a testimonial dinner for William M. Boyle Jr. drew about 9,000 attendees in Kansas City.
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Congress
Kansas City
Truman
Captor Hill
William M. Boyle
Boyle
Jackson County
Barkley
Carleton Hadley
St. Louis
Soldiers Lose Civilian Fight in Moses Lake Riot
Enraged townsfolk armed with pitchforks and pick handles chased four carloads of Moses Lake air force base soldiers from Othello into town. Mayor Clyde Matthews estimated 18 to 25 air force enlisted men and a similar number of locals joined the affray. Soldiers reportedly organized the four car invasion as retaliation for a prior incident. One car was intercepted at town edge, three were beaten then released. By midnight one vehicle returned to the base with occupants jailed. six other soldiers were held in Moses Lake.
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Othello
Wash
Moses Lake Air Force Base
Clyde Matthews
Air Force
Matthews
Moses Lake
American Cotton Manufacturers Institute Formed
The American Cotton Manufacturers Institute was formed in Charlotte representing more than a thousand mills. Ellison S. McKissick of Easley South Carolina was elected president. Robert C. Jackson will serve as executive vice president. George P. Swift of Columbus was elected first vice president. William H. Ruffin of Durham was named second vice president.
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Charlotte
American Cotton Manufacturers Institute
American Cotton Manufacturers \ssociation
Cotton-Textile Institute
Ine
Ellison S. McKissick
Easley S. C
McKssick
Alice Manufacturing Company
Easley
Robert C. Jackson
Washington
National Cotton Counci
Macon
George P. Swift
Columbus
William H Ruffin
Durham
N.C
Technicality blocks refunds from state improvements fund
North Carolina will not receive balancing aid from refunds in the permanent improvements program this fiscal year and likely not next year. Assistant Budget Director D S Coltrane says a reversion clause prevents savings from reducing the general fund until related projects are complete, delaying availability for several years unless lawmakers amend the clause. The advisory budget commission backs this interpretation, leaving a projected biennial deficit of about 5.61 million dollars reduced only by current economies and revenues.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
D. S. Coltrane
General Assembly
General Fund
Coltrane
Harry McMullan
Advisory Budget Commission
McMullan
Robbins Police Chief Fled With Robbins High Student
Carthage dispatch reports Robbins Police Chief John J. Lanier is sought on a warrant for wilful and felonious abandonment of his wife Ruby J. Lanier and their two children. Geraldine Stutts, 17, a Robbins High School student, is named as the girl Lanier eloped with last Tuesday.
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Carthage
Robbins
C. J. McDonald
Ruby J. Lanier
John J. Laner
Robbins High School
Lanier
McDonald
Newspaper Carrier Boys Visit Raleigh Officials
Sixty six outstanding newspaper carrier boys met Governor Scott for a Raleigh visit marking North Carolina Newspaper Bay Day. The boys toured state offices and the State Museum before a luncheon, with Governor Scott posing for photos with groups and the full delegation.
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Raleigh
Rade
Scott Jony
Carrier Boys
North Carolina
Boys Committee
Bay Day
State Bureau of Investigation
Council of State
State highway week highlights cap on roads and bonds
A week of road news across Capitol Square includes bids on 2.25 million dollars in road work, 50 million of the 200 million rural road bonds sold at low rates, a county road paving plan of 1 079 miles, a highway commission meeting, and a court action to block use of bond funds for machinery. The story notes favorable rates below 3.6 percent and promises more on page two.
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Capitol Square
R. E. Earp
Johnston County
Highway Commission
Southern Mines Still Affected End of Western coal strike ordered
John Lewis ordered 80 000 hard coal miners and 22 000 soft coal diggers west of the Mississippi to return Monday, ending a walkout begun Sept 19. The telegram cited need to minimize losses and said western production largely serves domestic markets. Kennedy leads UMW bargaining in Lewis absence as reports of an end to the anthracite strike circulate.
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W. Va
John Lewis
Sumatvania
Mississippi
Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Thomas Kennedy
Kennedy
Pennsylvania
Washington
Iowa
Kansas
Colorado
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Missouri
Wyoming
Utah
Montana
Aero Com
Economists See Continued Production Rise Through Autumn
Economists forecast sustained gains in industrial output through November after a five percent rise in August by factories and mines. Seasonal demand for winter and Christmas restocking, plus uncertain December trends, shape the outlook. A coal mine stoppage looms after mid‑September, while durable goods like iron and steel drive gains alongside lumber and nonferrous metals.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
Iron and
Stock Prices In Slight Decline
The stock market fell modestly as the looming Friday midnight deadline for a steel strike approached. Utility issues edged higher while main lines slipped, with Commonwealth & Southern rising to 5 percent and several blocks traded. several names including U S Steel and General Motors moved lower.
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New York
Commonwealth & Southern
Columbia Gas
North American Co
Public Service Electric
Admiral Corp
Allied Chemical
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Youngstown Sheet
General Motors
Chrysler
Montgomery Ward
Douglas Aircraft
American Telephone
American Smelting
Westinghouse Electric
Santa Fe
Southern Railway
Standard Oil (Nj
Transcontinental & Western Air
Certain Teed
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Buffalo
N. Y
Ing Cio
Nonce
Minnesota
Iore
Curtiss
Tokyo Rose
Rlan
Radio Tokyo
Leyte
Kenkichi Oki
Steel Mills
James Marlow Washington
CLO Auto
Auto
Ford - Worke Jones
Smith
Newspaper Carrier Boys
Lynn Nisbet
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