Steelworkers press for guaranteed annual employment
Debate intensifies over guaranteed 52 week work year with wages held steady. Proponents cite boosting purchasing power and stable employment during the war to peace transition, while critics warn of potential losses from downturns and seek flexible or partial guarantees. Visits include Idaho traveler George Lacey inspecting Texas land for potato farming and Amarillo College prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
Washington
War Labor Board
CIO
Jnat
Idaho
George Lacey
Pocatello
Ida
Amarillo
Hereford
Texas
Amarillo College
Santa Fe workers and families tied to long service and marriages
Switchmen, conductors, and telegraph staff are noted for moves and promotions in the Santa Fe railroad community. Families celebrate marriages in Alpine and Polk Street Church while staff changes unfold across Amarillo, Clovis, and Dumas districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Noble
Santa Fe
J. A. Noble
Camp Carson
Camp Bowie
L. F. Borden
Albuquerque
W. W. Davis
Mr. Davis
Wellington
Kan
Clovis
N. M
Amarillo
Elder
G. F. Gilchrist
R. L. Coons
Canadian
Knight
L. W. Stitt
Belen
E. E. Middaugh
L. W. Lamb
L. D. Aucutt
Dumas
Boudreau
Cupid
Marjorie Dudley
E. P. Dudley
Clayton Allison Becker
Polk Street Methodist Church
Alpine
Major Becker
Marfa Air Field
Elva Stewart
J. D. Massie
Beverage distillers aided wartime alcohol supply
A government official notes how beverage distillers halted whiskey production to supply hundreds of millions of gallons of alcohol for synthetic rubber production, praising the industry’s wartime contribution and its impact on butadiene supply timelines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sally
Railroads personnel moves and assignments update
Railroads continued from page seven with multiple staff changes. A. W. Nicklaus and wife return from Phoenix to resume roadmaster duties relieving Bone Williams. Conductor C. K. Ivie and wife back from Oklahoma vacation. L. N. Boddie reassigned to rail detector work from Childress to Wichita Falls. General Agent W. M. Gray returns from El Paso with other crew shifts and visits noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Nicklaus
Phoenix
Ariz
Nicklaus
Bone Williams
C. K. Ivie
Oklahoma
W. E. Treadwell
L. N. Boddie
Childress
Wichita Falls
W. M. Gray
el Paso
Doug G. Graham
Romerton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bor
Drs. Benson and Benson
Optometrists
I. K. J. Benson
Frances Benson
Oliver Eakle
Oth & Polk
Switchman
T. G. Cooper
Kenneth Rea
Junior
James Bunting
J. G. Ridge
W. L. Ratton
D. B. James
K. L. Cagle
Glenn H. Thomson
Italy
Jack Lee
Arkansas
R. J. Robinson
E. E. Watson
F. Broomhead
M. D. Fly
R. F. Wineinger
Northwest Texas Hospital
J. C. Duling
G. E. Curtis
F. Ridner
Santa FE Bowling League
M. D. Myers
C. R. Stover
H. J. Bussanmus
W. H. Rowe
F. L. Denton
A. L Haynes
GC. R. Stover
Leo Dove
Panhandle
Philip Land
Messenger
Clyde Busby
Magdalena James
Louise Whittier
California
Amarillo Army Air Field
Signal Engineer’s Office
Grace N. Meyer
Betty Edwards
Mabel Bowman
Robert C. Lehew
Barbara Heligman
Cambridge
Mass
Buchanan
Ol’ Vernon Sez
Oriental Cleaners
Anon Sanco
Conference of Alcoholic Beverage Industries, Inc
Polk Street
of Childress
J. D. Hinds
Master Mechanic's Office
Waynoka
Okla
E. C. Webb
H. E. Dodd
R.D. Brunton
D. F. Malloy
E. Morganthaler
R. D. Walker
W. H Rowe
G. N. Whipple
Gasmarts
Gasmart
Georgia
Tyler
Blackburn
Polk
Ainiatures
Sherwin-Williams Rillo
Westin
Home Decoration Service
Gou
Norwich
Gomi
Sherwin-Williams
Sherwin- Williams
Swerwin-Williams
Sherwin-Williams Paint Headquarters
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