Bell Hop's Up and Down Life Studied by Capitol Hotel Groom
Arnold Hefte, a Capitol Hotel bell hop, shares a life of constant ups and downs in the hotel world. He describes tipping habits across regions and genders, encounters with births and deaths, and avoiding nursesmaids to poodles. He lists famous visitors and concludes the elevator is his most dreaded part of the job.
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Don Chadley
Arnold Hefte
Capitol Hotel
Arnold
Donald Meek
Margaret Truman
Howard Hughes
Eddie Arnold
Winston Churchill
Day Crew Enters Threatened Willow Grove Mine
A full day shift descended into the Willow Grove mine after a tunnel fire sent the night crew 167 feet underground. Officials ordered 155 workers out as a precaution while smoke filled the air tunnel, and the rescue plan moved miners to the surface by rapid elevator 방식.
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ST. Clairsville. O
Willow Grove
Lawrence Higgins
New York
Empire State Building
CIO Sets Date for Third Round of Wage Demands
The CIO Steelworkers announce a 170 man wage policy committee will meet in Pittsburgh on February 18 to prepare a program for higher wages. This marks the first clear move toward a third postwar wage increase, with contracts open to April 1949 and a wage re-open date set for April 1, 1948.
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Pittsburgh
CIO Steelworkers
Roxas signs amnesty proclamation for collaborators
President Manuel Roxas announced he has signed an amnesty proclamation for collaborators with Japan during the war. It would take effect if approved by the Philippine congress.
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Manila
Manuel Roxas
Philippine Congress
Highway Commission Ends Duplicate Truck Plate Rule
Texas State Highway Commission ruled that only one license plate will be issued for truck tractors to prevent duplicate tags placed on another tractor. Trailers continue to be licensed separately and most tractors carry a single plate.
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Texas
State Highway Commission
Baptist group to buy lot for Texas A&M student union
Dallas January 28 announced by the Baptist General Convention of Texas that it will purchase a building lot at Texas A&M College for a student union center. The $19,000 purchase is part of a $1,000,000 BSU program adopted in 1946, per W. F. Howard BSU secretary.
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Globe
Memorial Park
Dallas
Texas A&m College
Baptist General Convention of Texas
W. F. Howard
Baptist Student Union Department
General Convention
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