Milwaukee janitor strike halts elevator and deliveries
In WAUKEE on December 14 a two person Milwaukee strike by Michael Varga and another janitor left 100 tenants without elevator or deliveries as the AFL Local 150 A formed a picket line around the building. Varga sought 241 dollars a month plus apartment, currently at 150. The strike threatens heating fuel within days.
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Waukee
Milwaukee Ant
Michael Varga
Gare Fleischer
Fleischer
Jeff
AFL
Union
Charles Galoer
Varga
Selman
Wakesman
Waterless Friday Proposed For New York City
New York City faces a shrinking water supply as eight million residents are urged to observe a waterless day from midnight Thursday to Friday. Water Commissioner Stephen Carney asks use only for essentials and suggests sponge or shallow tub baths. Reservoirs hold about 33 percent capacity with no new ones for five years while Rainfall yields are insufficient to avert crisis.
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New York
Stephen Carney
Carney
Chang the
Elephant
Roste
Hippo
Central Park
Chang
Rosie
State Government Streamlining Urged by East Texas Chamber
The East Texas Chamber of Commerce urged streamlining of Texas state government calling it an organized disorganization. It cited 198 agencies with 140 boards, 222 treasury accounts totaling 171 million by October 1949, and idle funds in oil and gas enforcement and boiler inspection funds. It urged a commission to study efficiency and economy and noted Governor Shivers’ receptiveness.
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Longview
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Texas
Allan Shivers
Baytown dinner marks new officers for Houston personnel group
Newly elected officers of the Industrial Personnel Association of Houston will be installed at the group’s annual Christmas dinner at the Baytown Community House at 7 30 pm today announced by retiring president E R Dailey. New officers include Basam Tang president Oscar Hillyer Jr vice president Audrey Lee Stone secretary and Donald W Jenks treasurer. The 200 member association, organized in 1942 to improve the personnel profession, will tour Humbie’s Baytown refinery before the dinner.
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Industriel Personnel Association of Houston
Baytown
E. R. Dailey
Bascam Tang
Superior Oil Company
Oscar Hillyer, Jr
Texas Company
Audrey Lee Stone
Schiumberger Well Surveying Corporation
Donald W. Jenks
Houston Matural Gas Company
Houston
Humbie
Man Loses Gamble With Lie Detector And Judge
CHICAGO DES 14 Henry Ransome, 32, faced a rape charge and was offered a choice by Judge John Gutknecht. Plead guilty for 80 days or take a lie detector test at $25. He could not pay, agreed to the test, which indicated guilt, and he was sentenced to a year in jail.
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Chicago
Des
Henry Ransome
John Guitmecht
Rarsome
Gutgnecht
Ransome
Gutknecht
Christian Science Reading Room Call to Learn Healing
A notice invites readers to visit the Christian Science Reading Room to explore the science of Christ and the Bible teaching of Jesus. It highlights Mary Baker Eddy's Science and Health and offers reading, borrowing, or purchasing options at 7 READING-ROOM.
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Christ Jesus
Mary Baker Eddy
Former Klan Foe Dead At Age 83
Sherman mourns F Minton longtime opponent of the Ku Klux Klan who died at his home aged 83. A pioneering editor of the Sherman Courier since its founding in 1867 Minton used plain language editorials to condemn Klan violence and defend his beliefs until illness forced him to retire months ago.
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Sherman
F. Minton
Texas
Minton
Klan
Sherman (Texas
Stassi Distributing Grants Two Week Christmas Bonus
Eight employees at Stassi Distributing were handed two extra weeks of Christmas pay by owner Sam Stassi. He noted the business has been satisfactory in 1948 and the bonus reflects appreciation for workers. The firm handles tax beer in the territory. The article also lists Milwaukee Buffalo and Detroit among the safest U.S. cities for traffic.
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Stassi
United States
Milwaukee
Buffalo
Detroit
Oklahoma City Annexes 9.5 Square Miles Despite Census Rules
Oklahoma City added about nine and a half square miles to its corporate limits, bringing total area to 37 square miles. City officials compared annexations to Dallas and Fort Worth as they reviewed policies after council inspection. About 18,000 residents were added, yet the 1950 census will not include them due to timing rules. Some industrial tracts were excluded due to plant-owner opposition, including the packinghouse district. The note on Henry II references the first silk hose in 1553.
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Oklahoma City
Dallas
Fort’ Worth
Texas
Walter Harrison
Fort Worth
Chamber of Commerce
Packinghouse
Citrus Season In Valley Brings Busy Trade As Week Opens
McAllen December 14. Valley citrus trade remains brisk with the season peaking on Monday as oranges moved out by rail. Grower prices hold steady with whites at 40 to 42 per ton and a range of other varieties priced around 60 to 100 dollars. shipments expected to rise through tomorrow.
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Mcallen
Dan Sanbern
Mirror Underestimates Britain's Intelligence Budget
The Mirror reportedly did not estimate Britain's total expenditure on intelligence work but noted a well known branch of the British setup operates on about seven thousand dollars a year. A cigar making machine funded Oscar Hammerstein's early operatic ventures.
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Nox “aGorce
Britain
Telligence
The
Mirror
Briain
Inteligence
Oscar Hammerstein
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