Three Leaders Seek the Same Wage Law Goals in War Era
Three top labor figures push for higher wages amid rising living costs. Lewis battles administration while AFL CIO leaders press for subsidies and inflation controls. Roosevelt backs a pay as you go tax system, with higher taxes on liquor and tobacco to curb inflation. Congress to receive formal proposals before recess around July 15.
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John L. Lewis
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Senate
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Alarm clocks and substitutes in modern wakeups
The piece notes alarm clock production halted and suggests substitutes to wake workers. It recalls old English factory towns where newsboys roused sleepers and proposes options like newsboys, telephone calls, radio, or a doorbell to wake people on time.
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England
Pick and Axe Lessons in Flag Etiquette and Observations
A note recounts Flag Day in Bessemer with a flag blown to the sidewalk. D. X. B., a lumber mogul, retrieves the flag from the street, highlighting widespread indifference to proper flag etiquette. The column also parodies consumer greed and comments on fashion and public behavior.
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Bessemer
War era business and daily life pinch local industries
Local businesses such as the butcher baker light maker publisher banker and small factories operate under wartime restrictions while Americans unite to bear sacrifices. The piece notes rising business failures shifting to wartime measures, calls for calm reporting, and envisions postwar recovery. it also recalls J P Morgan’s era and humor notes on walking and rationing.
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Ational
Ight
Poem excerpt on heroes and vanity in Kronenberger view
An excerpt notes half of the heroes look silly while the writer recalls Philip Sidney and a water cup as emblematic of vanity. Kronenberger argues that many celebrated figures reveal flaws when seen in a farcical light.
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Philip Sidney
Louis Kronenberger
Looking Backward Five Years Ago in Bessemer
Five years ago on June 7 1938 Arnold Schmidt of West Concord Minn became cashier at Bessemer National Bank starting July 1 succeeding L J Merlo who left to run a Kaukauna Wis bank. Miss Eleanor Massie to receive BA at University of Michigan June 18. Several local weddings, recitals, and civic events noted including bank openings, Legion Auxiliaries meeting, and village social happenings.
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Arnold Schmidt
West Concord
Minn
Bessemer National Bank
Schmidt
L. J. Merlo
Kaukauna
Wis
Eleanor Jane Massie
Paul N. Massie
Bessemer
Wil
University of Michigan
Mary Strom
Grand View Hospital
American Legion
Adelaide Ford
James Ford
Newport Heights
Ironwood
Lloyd Gregory
Thomas Gregory
Joseph Nespodzany
Peter Nespodzany
Julia Jelinski
Joseph Jelinski
Hurley
St. Mary’s Church
Marion Quackenbush
Bessemer Township
H. H. Monical
Puritan
Minneapolis
Longyear Street
First National Bank
Paul Becker
Connie Velin
Steve McDonald
Baby
Topaz
John McDonald
Adolph Johnson
Chicago
Milwaukee
Bessie Mazanec
Leopolis
Stevens Point
John Dufer
Marquette
Iron River
Distell
Gust Nelson
Della Chart
John Holland
Andrew Contratto
William Todd
Billy
Billy Todd
Pauline Becker
Lorraine Williamson
Josephine CaVosie
Pearl Eileen Hoeft
Joyce Emunson
Lucille Trevarthen
Ruth Trevarthen
Ursula
Cleo Melanson
June Pecard
Caroline Pastori
Charlotte Gallinati
Chester Williamson
Frederick
Rupertrice Emunson
Billie Ryan
Jack Anrice Emunson
Bilie Ryan
Jack
Audrey Running
Jack Ferro
Alden Thebert
Battista Varda
C. L. Repinski
H. M. Emunson
J. Viccelli
Ebba Brown
Wisconsin war contracts fuel shipbuilding boom
Shipbuilding is the largest single item in Wisconsin wartime contracts. The first fleet of submarines to be launched on the Great Lakes will come from Manitowoc, Wisconsin, as yards prepare. Advertise in the Herald, it pays.
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P. Morgan
John Pierpont
Wisconsin
Great Lakes
Manitowoc
Wis
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Herald
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E. Mary St
Bessemer, Michigan
Maurice R. Burt
Pick & Axe
J. P. Morgan
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
William Kinner
United States
St. Sebastian
Ruth Marguerite Trevarthen
Bernard Charles Mazanec
Astrid Hansen
Sharon Lutheran Church
Loretta Johnson
Marjorie Skwor
Bernice Brydges
Mary Ann Repinski
Marilyn Johnson
Anna Skagen
Dick Hansen
Gloria Nystrom
Donald Otto
Betty Lou Keenan
Lorraine Kevari
Dorothy Turpeinen
Elaine Ranta
Jean Mullen
Robert Isdebski
Eileen Mullen
Catherine Moselle
Jean Hansen
Virginia Peard
Fay Hansen
Marion Skagen
Robert Weiss
Emil Mascotti
Clarence Ethier
Leonard
Atlanta
Anna Torell
John Olson
Oakland
Calif
Inlaw
Carl Torell
Bessemer Business Men’s Association
Conrad Velin
Charles Duda
John Frick
Bruno Crenna
Ams
Oscar Hansen
E. J. Nystrom
Rudolph Honz
Maurice Abelman
Olson
Buchko
John Chisholm
Emil Gnetti
Ronald Gilbert
State Teachers College of Moore
Joseph Wozniak
Detroit
Gordon Luxmore
Harold Erickson
Ishpeming
Rose Silverman
Decatur
Mich
John Hanousek
Mary Vomastek
Ypsilanti, Mich
Normal College
Normal
Norman W. Haire
Boston
Antigo
Torsten Eggen
Conrad Carlson
Sellar Street
Phil
Frank
R. J. Mullen
Michigan
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