Builders and unions seek Taft Hartley exemption
Employer groups and the AFL building and construction trades department ask the National Labor Relations Board for a blanket exemption from Taft Hartley act election requirements across the construction industry. They argue strict application would derail long standing bargaining and hamper activity as workers move between projects and cities.
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Washington
Associated General Contractors of America
AFL
Building and Construction Trades Department
Emloyers
Membership Application for Capital Area Livestock Poultry Assoc
The undersigned applies for membership in the Capital Area Livestock Poultry and Agricultural Association and agrees to follow its Constitution and By-Laws. Send to Wilford Turner at Box 998 Austin Texas. Signed Address Phone N6.
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The
Capital Area Livestock, Poultry and Agricultural Association
Wilford
Turner
Austin
Texas
Capital Area Livestock Association Holds Early Banquet Meeting
The Capital Area Livestock Poultry and Agricultural Association gathers 110 members at the Driskill Hotel for a 6 45 am banquet business session to launch Texas central shows and recruit hundreds more. Claude Voyles will announce Travis County Junior Livestock Show appointments as guests from the Houston Farm and Ranch Club attend. A separate note laments drought around Marble Falls, detailing farm losses and rising costs.
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Capital Area Livestock, Poultry and Agricultural Association
Driskill Hotel
Austin
Houston Farm and Ranch Club
Texas
Capital Area Association
Milam
Williamson
Bastrop
Travis County
FFA
Wilford
Turner
Claude W
Voyles
Government Loyalty Program Called Success by Spokesman
A spokesman for the President's loyalty review board said nearly all workers fired for disloyalty since 1947 were Communist Party members. He noted 123 were dismissed, 1,366 quit under investigation, and 848 resigned before rulings. He stressed loyalty tests cover all federal employees and that other agencies maintain separate security reviews.
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Washington
Truman
Communist Party
Justice Department
Judith Coplon
FBI
Judith
Armed Services
State Department
Atomic Energy Commission
Montanan Crowned Barley King of US at Exposition
L. E. Peterson of Dictor Montana won grand champion barley at the international livestock exposition grain and hay show with Thorp barley testing 56.7 pounds per bushel. Gene V. Peterson of Corvallis Montana earned reserve barley honors with a velvet variety and reserve wheat honors, a title he previously held as wheat king. This marks the fifth barley top prize for L. E. Peterson since 1926, with a prior champion in 1939.
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Chicago
L. E. Peterson
Dictor, Mont
Gene V. Peterson
Corvallis
Mont
Gene Peterson
Oklahoma City Man Plans Giant Christmas Toy Drive
City businessman Dan Vinson, known as Uncle Dan, will seek prison warden notices to locate inmates in the United States Canada and Mexico. He plans to send toys clothing and other gifts to 300000 children for Christmas under labels from Uncle Dan. The effort marks his largest year in the Christmas gift program since 1944.
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So City
Santa Claus
Oklahoma City
United States
Canada
Mexico
Vinson
Dan
Confidence in Future Gone Says Archbishop of York
Archbishop Cyril Garbett told a Church of England gathering in Bridlington that humanity has outgrown its moral capacity. He warned that confidence in the future has vanished and another atomic war could destroy civilization, with survivors living in remote caves.
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Bridlington
Eng
York
Cyril Garbett
Church of England
Cripps Defends British Press Dark Picture Of Economy
Chancellor Sir Stafford Cripps told East Bristol crowds the British press exaggerates economic woes and that Britain's 1948 production shows a 6 percent monthly rise. He faulted opponents for gloomy tales while warning Malaya heats Cold War tensions and the risk of communism overrunning Southeast Asia.
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Bristol
Eng
Stafford Cripps
Britain
Cripps
Prince Charming
Winston Churchill
Malaya
Russia
Southeast Asia
Allies Reds Blamed For German Feeling
Pastor Martin Niemoeller, anti Nazi leader, blamed both Russia and the Western Allies for a growing German national feeling. He urged withdrawal of occupation troops and lenient US occupation policy after returning from mission to Australia and the Netherlands.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Martin Niemoeller
Russia
Hitler
Australia
New Erland
Atlantic Pact chiefs map defense plan in Paris talks
Western World generals meet in Paris to harmonize 12 nation defenses and secure nearly one billion dollars in US aid for tanks planes and bullets. Leaders aim to draft an integrated plan subject to US approval before funding and arms flow.
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Paris
Russia
Europe
US Congress
America
Congress
Britain
France
Naval Ministry
Omar Bradley
Louis Johnson
Bradley
Frankfurt
Johnson
Germany
London
Truman
East
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University Station
21St
Wichita
Austin Laundry Laat
16Th and
Lavaca
the Capital Area Livestock, Poultry and Agricultural Association
Dave Shanks
Austin American
Houston Farm and Ranchlab
Jesse James
Marble Falls
Rauscher, Pierce & CO
Geo Wesley Tnt
Tenth and Brazos
Motorola
Wesley Pearson
Sinclair
Guadalupe
John White
Agriculture Department of Hardin College
Wichita Falls
Dallas
Wilson X-Ray and Surgical Company
Hemisphere
Luxembourg
Indochina
North Atlantic
Western
K-Mar
Rio Grande
Hal
Hamilton
Bulova
Elgin
Melinger
Lasso
Corral
Southern Union Gas Company
Galvesto
Laker
Port Anthor
Port Nechet
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