Congress weigh retroactive wage law shifts amid portal to portal dispute
Washington lawyers sketch possible congressional steps to curb wage and hour lawsuits. Proposals include defining work week by industry custom, rare retroactive fixes, windfall taxes on recoveries, liquidating damages limits, and a one year statute of limitations. Court actions could be narrowed to prevent broader economic disruption.
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Washington
Congress
Mt. Clemens
Supreme Court
Treasury
AAA
Portal
U.S. Treasury
Uncle Sam
Streptomycin role in tuberculosis debated by Mayo Clinic doctors
Dr Hinshaw and associates report streptomycin may not replace conventional TB care. They treated 100 patients, noting cases where disease was suppressed rather than eliminated and some with unusual recoveries including tuberculous meningitis. While surgery has advanced, streptomycin could aid preoperative conditioning, but medical guidance remains essential.
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H. Corwin Hinshaw
Mayo Clinic
Hinshaw
Subscription rates and delivery terms for Athens News
Rates list for paid in advance subscriptions by mail in Ohio and West Virginia, other states, and overseas. Details include one year 13.00, six months 6.50, three months 3.25, other options for newspaper boys and overseas service, plus rates for areas without home delivery and advertising charges. The paper is entered in Athens Ohio as second class and lists national representatives and offices.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Athens
Healthy Symbol Or Forewarning For United Nations Architecture
An editorial warns of a coming rift in UN plans to choose an architect and designs for the New York headquarters. It argues a skyline of skyscrapers will shape perceptions, with tensions over modern New World architecture and the island site. The piece envisions hope in the locale of diverse nations coexisting amid future disputes.
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United Nations
Manhattan Island
Europe
England
France
Russia
United States
New York
Connecticut
New World
Union of Nations
Vienna
Versailles
Geneva
World Brotherhood
Curran Resigns CMU Co chair Amid CIO Unity Clash
National Maritime Union president Joseph Curran resigns as co chair of the Committee for Maritime Unity citing lack of unity within CMU. A left wing NMU faction led by Joseph Stack seeks Curran’s scalp, amid broader CIO internal tensions and a recent convention rebuke to Communists.
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Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
Greater New York Cio Council
Committee For Maritime Unity
CMU
NMU
Joseph Stack
Curran
CIO
Reds
Murray
Towne's Prompt for Personal Advancement
A concise nudge toward self improvement highlighting that progress comes from individual extra efforts rather than innate virtue. It emphasizes that anyone can perform kind acts, but continuous good deeds reflect temperament and drive.
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Sterne
Foreign relief policy and postwar treaties under new Congress
Peter Edson notes that with Vandenberg and Eaton chairing foreign relations, the new Senate and House will push a fresh relief policy and ratification of Axis satellite treaties with Italy Romania Bulgaria Hungary Finland. IRO participation and a $64 million U.S. share are also on the horizon.
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Washington
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Charles A. Eaton
Senate
House
UNRRA
Italy
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Finland
Germany
Paris
New York
Vandenberg
Connally
Congress
Russia
Spain
India
Palestine
Japan
Dean Atcheson
Austria
Greece
Poland
Yugoslavia
U.S
International Refugee Organization
General Assembly of the
United Nations
IRO
New Year's Gathering At Chauncey Church
Chauncey The New Year's party at the Chauncey Church of Christ is planned tonight. It begins with a devotional at 7 p m featuring a film Thy Kingdom Come. At 8 30 p m attendees move to the parish house for an oyster supper and games hosted by the men.
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Chauncey
Chauncey Church of Christ
Bible School
Chauncey Ladies Auxiliary Meeting Next Tuesday
Chauncey Ladies Auxiliary of the United Mine Workers will meet next Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the K P building. Mrs Jessie Johnson will lead the business session followed by a benefit party.
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Chauncey
Chauncey Ladies Auxiliary
United Mine Workers
K. of P
Jessie Johnson
New Straitsville Fatal Crash Kills 19 Year Old
A 19 year old woman, Bobbie Dishon of Chicago and formerly of New Straitsville, died in a motor crash while returning home from a trip to Pennsylvania. Local residents and visitors are noted in a sequence of social items, with many names and towns mentioned.
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New Straitsville
Bobbie
Stanley Dishon
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Mildred Rizer
Hackensack
N. J
Raymond Orndorf
Miss Blower and Mr Powell Wed in Christmas Eve Ceremony
In Chauncey at Harold Blower home, Donna Blower and Richard L Powell married in a double ring ceremony read by Rev. Gilbert Courtney. Music preceded by Eileen Leake, with Barbara Dunkle as ring bearer, reception in the dining room, and guests including the Leake and Carr families. They reside in Millfield with Charles Carr.
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Chauncey
Harold Blower
Millfield
Donna
Richard L. Powell
Alice Carr
Eileen Leake
Mary Lee Dunkle
Barbara
Gilbert Courtney
First Church of Christ
Ada McConkey
Carl Legg
Jeane Cline
Tommy
Barbara Blower
Tippett Family Host Two Course Turkey Dinner
Chauncey residents Mr and Mrs Sam Tippett entertained with a two course turkey dinner at their Mill Street home on Christmas. Present were Carroll Tippett Carolyn and Russell Tippett Mrs Margaret Kern and son Douglas Neil Tippett Mrs Gertrude Grandstaff all of Chauncey Bill Reed Nelsonville and Mr and Mrs S Tippett. Afternoon guests were Mrs Mabel Mingus and Gordon Mingus Columbus.
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Chauncey
Mrs
Sam Tippett
Mill St
Carroll Tippett
Carolyn
Russell Tippett
Margaret Kern
Douglas
Neil Tippett
Gertrude Grandstaff
Bill Reed
Nelsonville
S. Tippett
Mabel Mingus
Gordon Mingus
Columbus
Chauncey Residents Welcome Holiday Guests
Mrs Lettie Hintz and her mother Mrs Isabelle Coe of Chauncey hosted holiday visitors from Dublin Ohio Mr and Mrs Alfred Gabriel Gloria Hintz and son Arnold Denzil. They also visited Denzil Gabriel and his wife at Lower Plains. Others staying included Guy Smith and daughter Rita from Gallipolis.
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Chauncey
Lettie Hintz
Isabelle Coe
Alfred Gabriel
Gloria Hintz
Arnold Denzil
Dublin
Ohio
Denzil Gabriel
Lower Plains
Coe
Guy Smith
Rita
Gallipolis
Vicinty
Bolin Adams Families Attend Atkinson Rites
Chauncey area mourns as Mr and Mrs Howard Bolin of Pomeroy and Mr and Mrs William Adams of Nelsonville attend the funeral of Mrs Atkinson. Former Beaumont company farm neighbors, the Bolin and Adams families were among attendees.
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Bolin
Chauncey
Howard Bolin
Pomeroy
William Adams
Nelsonville
Beaumont
J. C. Atkinson
Millfield Needle Club Meets at Mrs Robinett Home
Members of the Millfield Needle Club will be entertained Wednesday at the home of Mrs Elizabeth Robinett in Millfield with an afternoon sewing session and social time planned.
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Chauncey
Millfield
Needle Club
Elizabeth Robinett
Venezuela’s 14 Month Democracy Faces Education Hurdles
SAM DAWSON assesses Venezuela’s Betancourt junta as it expands Education and public works from 175 million to 300 million, aims to modernize oil wealth into democracy, while army influence and bureaucratic habits hinder full civilian rule. The 1945 uprising veterans and party dynamics shape the path toward ballots over bullets.
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Sam Dawson Dawson
Venezuela
New York
Isaias Medina Angarita
Romulo Betancourt
United States
Betancourt
Junta
PWA
el Copei
Caracas
Action Democratica
South America
Halsey to Speak in Ohio at Cincinnati Music Hall
Admiral William F. Halsey will address attendees at Music Hall in Cincinnati on January 17 as part of a speaking engagement in Ohio, announced by event organizers.
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Halsey
Ohio
Cincinnati
William F. Halsey
Music Hall
Radio Networks Plan New York New Year Programs 1947
New York based New Year Eve and New Year Day broadcasts will feature about 63 bands and multi-network outfits across NBC CBS ABC and MBS. The schedule lists musical salutes, bowl game previews, parades and top variety shows airing from 11:50 p.m. to early morning as each time zone rings in 1947.
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New York
NBC
CBS
ABC
MBS
Fred Waring
MLS
Rice
Tennessee
Orange
Miami
Arkansas
Louisiana State
Dallas
George
North Carolina
Sugar
New Orleans
Klinoig
UCLA
Rose
Pasadena
San Francisco
King Haakon
America
Oslo
Bob Hope
Halloran Hospital
U. S. Army
Veterans Administration
NBC 1
Rudy Vallee
Judy
Red Skelton
Godfrey
the O’neills
Rex Maupin
Michael Shayne
Detective
Upton Close
Dennis Day
Gildersleeve
Frank Morgan
Kay Kyser
Jack Carson
Dinah Shore
Paulette Goddard
Walter Kiernan
Lum
Abner
Ann Scotland
Pat O’gold
Bing Crosby
Joe Frisco
Henry Morgan
Jackie Hill
Reminiscences of Early Parker Run and Hugg School Days
Dexter recalls early schooling 68 years past at Parker Run with teacher Maggs Cobb and later at Hugg School. He lists numerous classmates and teachers, noting Mr Anderson’s $35 monthly pay and praising the teachers as effective. He closes with apologies for any omissions.
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Parker Run
Maggs Cobb
Sumner
Tommy McKnight
Isa Jacks
Auta
Elsie Halliday
Auta Halliday
Newton Bowl
George McKnight
Flora M Knight
B. O. Highley
A. L. Maloy
Robert Gilmore
Willie Win Lydia Evans
Callie S. Nelson
J. F Bowles
S. F. Smith
Lucretia Macy
William E. Russell
Webb
J. C. Anderson
Anderson
Fin Lon
Mattie
Cuv Curt
Wade
Bart Bowles
Hattie
Phoebe
Effie Lonstreth
Dora Nora
Dell
Nett
Lelie Samaria
Mina
Maud
Gu Oty
Bessie Dent
Ought
Dale
Willie McMarrow
Mamie
Ernes
Flora
Elwood Martinell
Charley
Lula
Lola Jon Homer
Herbie
Fin Rathburn
Allen Vallie
Jennie Lou Hiram
Howard
Hollis
Emory
Glen Wiseman
Kate
Dawn Smith
Cora
Walter McCaskey
Wil Emaline
Pete Dell
Delan Lyd
Stell
Fred
Clyde
Georg Hannah
Sam Nelson
Charl Ida
Lena
Daisy Amos
Mario Libbie
Rhoda
Lewis
Lucretia
Lou
Highsey
Leva Charles
Pearlie
Elsie
Holli
George Ev Mattie
Della Gray
Della Mont
Loul Walter
Clarence Howell
Per
Lyria
Mary
Essie
Eda
Minnie
Barbara
Iva
Calli Eva
Lucetta Folden
Fin
Ai Leona
Allie
Ethaline
Nichols
James
Amer
Mary Tre Nett
Hat
Jane Vonschrift
Wall
Harrison
Charle Cameron
Gertie Wilce
Dolli Stella
Delbert
Almira Whitington
Joe
Mae Harmon
Ocie
Effie Hysell
Jon Blackburn
Lillie Pearsoll
Ora Tewksbury
Jennie Schollis
Elma
Gilbert
George
Dilworth
Rosa —Mings
John Tyler
John Snider
Lydia Colwell
Emma
Cort Bowman
Dora McAboy
Mamie On Lafe Dunbar
Miles Chase
Ocie Hysell
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