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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-05-08
AUTO WORKERS.:
Settle for IS Gents

In an unexpected move, United
Auto Workers accepted the offer of
General Motors corporation OF a
wage increase amounting to Is
cents per hour. The agreement
covers 100000 production employ
ees Of the huge automobile concern.
It is believed that the new wage
formula will set a pattern for settle
ments in other automobile compa-
MES, whose employees frequently
follow the lead of General Motors.
The new contract, to run to April
%, 1913, provides for an immediate
raise of liz cents per hour, and 31s
cents additional for six holidays,
thus working out to a fiat increase
of IS cents per hour. A liberalized
vacation plan is another feature Of
the pact. Louis Seaton, director OF
labor relations for General Motors,
and Walter Reuther, president Of
U.A.W. and head of General Motors
locals, announced the settlement
jointly.
A union spokesman predicted that
Chrysler corporation workers would
sign up on practically the same
terms. He added that negotiations
between the union and the company
were going well.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-05-08
GERMANY:
Ne1v Mark Decreed

A four power agreement has been
reached on Germany's muddled f.
nancial situation. First move under
the new setup will be issuance of a
new monetary unit, known as the
Deutsche Mark. It will be worth one
tenth of the value Of the old Reichs-
mark. Holders Of Reichsmarks will
have to give up 10 Of the old units
to get one Deutsche Mark. The pur-
pose Of this downward revision in
value is to sop up the inflated paper
money that has been floating for
years.
Other measures to insure
sounder money base for Germany
are:
Twenty per cent of the Reichs-
marks submitted for exchange will
be put into special blocked accounts
Seventy per cent Of the old money
will be cancelled automatically.
Special attention will be given to
conversion in hardship cases. In
cases where it Is suspected that
Reichsmarks were obtained through
black market deals, special meas
ures will be applied.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-05-08
PRICE CUTS:
Ne,Uburyport Plan Gains

Apparently in response to grow
ing consumer resistance and the
urgings of President Truman, re-
tailers, wholesalers and manufac-
turers are reducing prices on many
articles. Wholesale prices on oils,
soap, butter, pork and beef are
lower, and the benefits are slowly
being passed on to consumers. Re-
tail prices of manufa ctured articles
are coming down in some instances.
Following the lead of merchants
in Newburyport, Mass, who have
pledged themselves to fiat 10 per
cent reduction, businessmen are an
nouncing various plans to lower
their prices. One large department
store chain, Lincoln Stores, operat-
ing in New England, New York and
Pennsylvania, has adopted the 10
per cent cut on all goods. A New
England grocery chain, Clover
Farms, is lowering prices by 30 per
cent on $50 items.
In Virginia, Mimi, 100 business
men intend to drop prices at least
10 per cent on everything they sell.
In the wholesale and ufacturing
field, reductions on various articles
and materials have been announced
by General Cable company, Penn
sylvania Salt Manufacturing COM
pany- and Continental Record COM
pany among others.
In what contractors call a "gen-
eral buyers strike against high
prices thousands of new small
homes are remaining unsold in the
New York area. Similar reports
have been coming in from other
areas.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-05-08
ENGLAND:
so Die In ShiptUrecks

A furious storm that lashed the
southern coast of England swept
three ships onto the rocky shores,
bringing death to at least SO sea-
men. The 7,0OO-ton British tanker
Samtampa smashed into rocks off
Porthcawl, Wales, and the entire
crew Of AZ persisted. Eight coast
guardsmen were drowned in a res
cue attempt.
The British warship, Warspite,
81 ,OOO-ton veteran Of two wars, was
reported breaking up on the Cornish
coast. Her crew of eight salvage
workmen was saved. A Piston
trawler went aground off northwest
Scotland, but all IA crew members
were reported to be safe.
Wind velocity reached 100 miles
per hour, and huge waves roared
over the beaches Of coastal towns
on the English channel and the
North sea.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-05-08
WHEAT AGREEMENT:
British Won't Sign

There will be no worldwide
agreement of wheat producing
countries on prices and marketing
procedures in the near future. This
seems certain as the International
Wheat conference in London has
broken up on British refusal to sign
the proposed plan. Negotiations have
been in progress for many weeks in
an attempt to formulate a five-year
price and marketing schedule.
Sir Herbert Broadley, British del
egate, explained his reason for re-
jecting the draft was that the price
scheme in it would not enable the
price Of wheat to fall quickly
enough to reasonable level. 'The
United Kingdom cannot afford to
pay excessive prices for it's i'm
ports" he said 1.-The world must
face much lower prices for wheat
than those ruling at present, but we
want to see those prices achieved
in manner which protects the pro-
Queer against hardship and enables
necessary switches to be made
without disaster"
Delegates from Canada, Australia
and India followed the British lead.
Leslie Wheeler, U. S. delegate,
urged immediate acceptance Of the
draft. Brazil's delegate seconded
him. This move was rejected.
Wheeler then asked that the pro-
posal be sent to the international
wheat council, which will be held in
Washington, and that countries not
now adhering be invited to join. The
conference accepted this request.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-05-08
EUROPE'S YOUTH:
Opportunity for Gospel

The Christian churches are not
reaching for European youth with
the eagerness that Communism is,
asserted DR.. Hutchinson Cockburn,
director of reconstruction Of the
World Council of Churches before
meeting Of the provisional commit
tee at Buck Falls, Pa.
"If Christ is to be enthroned over
the lives of men in Europe, it will
be only by the reviving Of the
Church by grace Of God and the
work of the Holy Spirit. 1t is Chris
tan civilization that is at stake, not
merely in Europe, but also in Brit
ain and in the United States"
The opportunity for preaching the
Gospel has never been so great, he
concluded.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-05-08
WED I'm DEATH

Ta0o young people tVbo died in
an auto accident q fen days before
their engagement tVas to bare been
announced tVere married" in their
caskets. rs monrners stood around
THE foWer-banked nortHary in H.
bauy, N. Y, Rabbi Reuben SIonins
placed gold ring ON the right in
des finger of Miss Johanna WobI,
20. She bad been college student.
In the casket beside Miss Wobl lay
Norman SaIzberg, IS, q IasO student.
"1'be marriage ceremony request
ed by their parents is an old senti-
mental custom" Rabbi Slonim ex-
planned, "a,sd is not religious part
of THE burial ceremony. The black
4Vedding is a romantic custom of
eastern Europe. In reading the tUrit
of marriage, l omitted the refer
ence to joy."
The couple eVas buried side by
side, sOitb the Kesuba, or aVrit of
marriage, in The brides casket.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-05-08
Less Liquor, More Food

If Americans spent less on liquor,
sports. amusements and other lux
uries, they could afford better
diet, thus providing larger market
for the farmer. This is what John
Davis, executive secretary Of Ma
tional Council of Farmer Co-Opera-
tives, told the house agriculture
committee in hearings.
He also said that he thinks too
much emphasis is being placed on
the idea that the size of family
incomes largely determines the
amount spent on food.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-05-08
Fifty Stars in FIag7

A. new design for a United States
flag has so instead of 48 stars.
The two added stars will repre-
sent Alaska and Hawaii which con-
gressional leaders say will be admit
ted to the Union before the summer
recess Of congress.
Under the law star is to be added
for each new state. Heraldic experts
say it is not so simple as merely ar
ranging five rows of 10 stars in place
of the six rows of eight.
It is a problem which calls for
calculations in higher mathematics,
symmetry and an emphasis on art,
they say.
II the same spacing between stars
Is used, the blue field would have to
be elongated, but this is prohibited
the law which fixes the relative pro-
portions of the flag.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-05-08
Driving More Expensive

1t costs So per cent more to oper-
ate passenger car now than it did
in 1889. In the country, the expense
increase averages 43 per cent.
Higher prices of gasoline, tires, oil
and repairs account for the rise, as
well as the greater original cost Of
automobiles and the consequently
larger depreciation allowance. In
surance also is higher, and in many
cases license fees have increased.
These figures are based on a re-
port of study by two University
of Ohio professors. They obtained
their data from the driving expert
ence of travelling statesmen for a
number of firms.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-05-08

1--WE May ana the
Carson brothers
will be Mays testi-
mony in his own
defense. His law
yer, Sawyer Smith,
told the court that
it is untrue that the
II year old Ken
t u C k y politician
profited from deals
between the Cars
son m u n i t i o n S
r,loofo opS r,Yy,o
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-05-08
NO RENT BOOST:
House Kills 1919 PIa,,

The house banking committee, re-
versing it's previous stand, voted
down proposal for a 10 per cent
blanket increase in rents. 1t ap-
proved and sent on for action a bill
continuing controls until December
81. The senate banking committee
already has voted unanimously
against any raise, and the senate's
bill would continue control until
March l, 1913.
The vote in the house committee
was IA to 10. AS outlined by Rep
resentative Wolcott, chairman, the
house bill provides:
Continuance of rent control just
about as it is now until December
81, with the President having author
ity by proclamation to keep ceilings
in effect until next March ! if he
deems it necessary.
A new provision whereby tenants
and landlords may voluntarily enter
lease contracts for up to Is per cent
increases in rent, provided. these
leases do not expire before Deem
Der 81, 1948.
Unless extended by legislation, all
rent controls would expire on June
30.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-05-08

berland Lumber company. Andrew
J. May will take the stand and ex-
plain to you how every dollar Of
that money was spent, and how not
one cent went to Andrew J. May"
the lawyer asserted.
On trial with May are Henry and
Murray Carson, head of the war
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-05-08

Gals" in behalf of the companies.
New evidence turned up by the FBI,
according to the prosecutor, is the
typewriter used in preparing the
false invoices of the lumber COM
pany, through which it is alleged
May received the brides.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-05-08

materials y n d j.
cate, and Joseph
Freeman, the Cars
son agent in Wash
ington. The govern
m e n t prosecutor
contends that May
received $4,000 out
r i G h t from the
Garssons and two
checks for $1,000
each for "interven- /,
ing with war de-
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-05-08
PROBE OCEANS DEPTHS

A party Of IS Swedish oceanog-
raphists and other scientists will
probe the worlds deepest sea bot
toms in a round-the-world voyage
starting this summer.
An ocean-going vessel, the Alba
tross, is being QUILTED in the Lind
holm shipyard at Gothenburg with
various devices and instruments for
exploration Of marine depths.
One winch at forward hatch will
actuate a 12-ton spool of wire ap-
proximately $3.50 feet in length,
which will bring up specimens.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-05-08

Lovely Mrs. Maria Feliza VAN
derbilt, 20, has divorced her social
tie husband, Cornelius Vanderbilt
Jr., in Los Angeles. She is the
daughter of the Mexican cattle
baron, R0dolfo PablOs, and
wealthy in her own right.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-05-08
WAR CRAFT:
Carson Case Again

A new move in the drawn-out war
contracts graft case Of Representa-
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-05-08
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Merchants Pledge to Cut Prices; Moscow Farley
Ends in Failure: Auto Workers Accept l5c Raise
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS

EDITORS NOTE - When opinions
are expressed in these columns, they
are those of Western Newspaper Union
news analysts, and not necessarily OF
this newspaper.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-05-08
DOT Conquers Head Lice

The insecticide DOT proved 100
per cent effective in the treatment
of head lice on Texas school chill
dren, the Journal Of the American
Medical association reports.
OF 173 children treated by the Tex
as State Department Of Health, 172
were completely free of lice after
two applications Of dust composed
of 10 per cent DOT and 80 per cent
pyrophyllite.
The 173d child, the report said.
washed his hair the day after treat
ment In violation of instructions.
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-09
Congress to Survey Alaskan Paper Mill Possibilities

WASHINGTON, (P) - An on the-spot Congressional survey of the possibilities of establishing three to five newsprint mills in Alaska is being seriously consid- ered," Senator Capehart R.-Ind.) said today.
 Chairman of the Senate's spe- cial newsprint committee, he told reporter he believes "a mini mum" of 500,O0O tons of news print can be produced annually from government-owned timber land in Southeastern Alaska.
 He said his committee, if it makes the trip, will go late in Au- gust or early in September and will invite a similar House com mittee headed by Rep. Clarence Brown R.-Ohio to go along. Rep resentatives of the commerce and agriculture departments also will be included.
 The principal purpose, he said, will be to check on the proper arrangements for disposing of the government forests to private in- dustry." He added that private newsprint companies have shown ] sufficient intesest" to warrant a Congressional survey.
 Action by Congress on pending legislation would be necessary be- fore private interests could under take production, Capehart said, because of government ownership of the timber and because "a lot of Indian claims would have to be cleaned up."
 The Senator said production from "the hundreds of thousands of acres" should suffice to take care of the newsprint needs of the Pacific Coast and Rocky Mountain
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-09
Three More Dead In India RiOting

CALCUTTA, (H) - Continued Hindu-Moslem rioting claimed three more lives yesterday, bring ing the official toll of casualties since early Monday to 28 dead and more than Al injured.
 Unofficial reports of the casual ties ran as high as 50 dead and more than 200 hurt.
 Police and the military finally brought the situation under con trol after using tear gas and fir ing into the milling rioters.
 Trans and buses ceased operat- ing on most routes while the riot was on, and many office workers stayed away from work to avoid passing through streets.
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-09
Unions Will Still Fight Labor Bill

INGTON, (R - AFL president William Green told lead CTS of 105 AFL unions today i've will never stop fighting until the Hartley labor law is repeal ed and those who voted for it are defeated"
 Green spoke at the opening of a special conference of union off cials to determine policy toward the new labor laws provisions. He said:
 "The Taft-Hartley act repre- sents a determined attack on the trade union movement by our en- emies. It is an attempt to weaken unions and render them impotent so that the working people of the country can be exploited"
 Lewis and Green conferred last night, presumably on the mine workers new contract and its re- lation to the Taft-Hartley law.
 The miners pact probably will come up for discussion at the AFL conference because it is the first major agreement negotiated since passage of the Taft-H Hartley act. It contains provisions skirting some requirements of the law.
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-09
England Wants More Lend-Lease

Continued From Page One "lies in devising some means whereby billions of dollars worth of North and South American pro- duction could be transferred across the Atlantic without the necessity for immediate payment in the form of an equal and oppo- site flow of European goods"
 Observers noted the similarity between this proposal and war time lend-lease.
 Of London's morning papers, only the ruling labor party's daily Herald refrained from criticizing government economic policy. The Communist Daily Worker said the policy appears to be to drift un- til the Americans come over with a form of lend-lease."
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-09
Russia Warns
 Thieves of Penalty

MOSCOW, (P)-All newspapers published today a rare commur:- que from the Soviet prosecuting attorney warning thieves that stiff penalties awaited those stealing state and private property.
 The same accounts told of 12 persons sentenced to terms of five to IS years for stealing fish from a smoke factory; ten years for stealing a fuse from a railroad car; five years for a pickpocket; five years for theft of 90 pounds of potatoes and ten years for breaking and entering Moscow apartments.
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-09
U. s. Arms Reduc- ton Plan Accepted

LAKE SUCCESS, (R - The United Nations security council yesterday approved an American blueprint for arms reduction dis cussions despite a Russian warn ing that the plan would bring about a collapse of arms regula- tion efforts.
 The vote was g to 0, with Rus sia and Poland abstaining.
 In view of Russia's firm stand against the U. S. plan it had been believed she might invoke the big power veto to block it.
 Soviet deputy foreign minister Andrei A. Gromyko gave his warning before the United Nations security council in a new effort to revive the Soviet working plan which had already been rejected by the commission for conven- tional armaments.
 His challenge was taken up promptly by French delegate AL exandre Parodi and U. s. repre- sentative Hershel V. Johnson, who announced their opposition to any substitute for the American plan.
 Gromyko insisted that no pro- gram for arms regulation could succeed unless the plan was linked directly with an absolute prohibit tion of atomic weapons.
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-09

states, although not until after several years"
 Current consumption of news print in the United States, he said, is about 100000 tons a year, of which 80 per cent is imported. He estimated that some 6,000,000 tons are needed to meet the demand.
 "The only solution we see at the moment for increasing United States production is establishment of mills in Alaska" he said.
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-09
Search Pacific For Russian Tanker

SAN FRANCISCO, (P = The coast guard began a search yes terday for Russian Tanker, the Apsharon, overdue on a voyage from 'Petroplavosk to San Pedro.
 Officials of Amtorg, Soviet trad ing agency, requested the search Monday when they were unable to radio the vessel, which was due at San Pedro July 5.
 Coast guard capt. S. w. Swice- good said he did not believe the ship was in trouble, explaining the vessel is slow and may have been delayed. Its radio may be out of commission, he added.
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The Nome nugget., 1947-07-09
NOTICE

All taxes, real and personal due the City of Nome for the year l946. become delinquent after July 18th, 1947. Penalty and inter- est shall be calculated, the delin- quent tax roll prepared, advertis- ed and property sold according to law.
 NOME CITY COUNCIL,
 By Carrie M McLain,
 City Clerk. Pub. July 4, g, IA, 1947.
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-09
FUR BUYER RETURNS TO NOME

Isadore Chameris, fur buyer, re- turned from Fairbanks yesterday after an absence of several months.
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-09

Legal Blanks at The Nugget office
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-09
Classified Ads

FOR SALE-Royal Deluxe Type
 writer. Price $9O.OO. Call Glue Pot. Silt
Evening star., 1947-02-11
Profit Cashing Still
.Depresses Stocks,
But Selling Recedes
BY the As.oeio,.d Press

NEW YORK, Feb, l1.-Profit tax
ing continued as q moderate depres-
SAINT for most stock market leaders
today although there were excep-
tions and selling dried UP ap-
preciably.
The ticker tape loafed after q
fairly active opening. Early losses
running to 2 points or so were re-
duced in most cases by midday
Fractional plus signs appeared here
and there near the fourth hour.
Trimming Of accounts again was
attributed partly to the idea that
recent climb to highs since last
August warranted technical cor
rection. Further weakness Of Lon
don securities coincident with the
British fuel crisis also tended to in
spire caution. Pleasing dividends
and earnings persisted as q bolster
ing influence.
In the resistant area were Ca
madam Pacific, following favorable
declaration on the common and ex-
pectations Of boosted dominion
freight rates: International Tele-
phone, American Woolen, Schenley
Pepsi Cola, Republic Steel, Balti-
more g. Ohio. Texas Co. and West
ern Union "A".
Evening star., 1947-02-11
Supreme Court
Is Too Hungry
To Read Opinion
BY The As.eeictsd Press

The Supreme Court gets hungry.
just like other people.
What with agreements, disagree
ments and near agreements, yes
terday's court session dragged along
until almost 2 o'clock. That's when
the justices usually recess for lunch.
The time came for Justice Rut-
ledge to read his opinion.
He peered ut the clock and said:
IT'S three minutes until o'clock.
I am tired and hungry and so are
you. The opinion is long, and
don't want to try to condense 1t
into three minutes, or even 10
minutes.
''It has been filed with the clerk.
Those of you that are interested,
can read it. Those who aren't in
terested won't be hurt any by not
hearing It,"
The court then recessed.
Evening star., 1947-02-11

The association now numbers ITO of
the Metropolitan Areas wholesale
firms, newspapers and banks.
s. K. Cartwright of L. p. Steuart
& Bro. Inc. was elected vice presi-
dent. Directors elected for a two
year term were H. A. Davis, WASH
ington Concrete Products Corp,
N. B. Ellison, John H. Wilkins Co.,
Edward H. Fawsett, Evening Star
Newspaper Co. Joseph Reichgut,
Maloney Concrete Co., VIM. J. New
man, w. r. Winslow Co., Hugh w.
Smith, Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co., K. Glenn Whitehurst,
Noland Co. and George A. Wilkinson,
Bresnahan, Eberly & Wilkinson.
Financial District Comment.
Oficers of the Union Trust Co.,
including the former Citizens Bank
OF washington officials, will have
a reception at the Columbia Coun-
try Club this evening.
Frederick N. Polangin, Washing
tor publicist, formerly with the
Hecht Department Store, has Joined
Bert M. Sarazan, Inc, new adver-
tising firm at 2 Thomas Circle.
Ann Fague, secretary of Wash
ington Chapter, American Savings
and Loan Institute, has been ap-
pointed a member of the credentials
committee for the Kansas City con-
vention.
Banks will be open as usual on
Lincolns birthday anniversary but
the New York and Washington
Stock Exchanges will be closed.
Robert G.. Gilmore, in the r. J.
johnson agency of the Bankers Life
Company of Des Moines, stood 10th
in the national insurance produc-
ton in 1916, writing policies total
ing $476,020.