Labor, Business, Farm Confab Demanded By Profits Prober
Washington reports a national conference to align labor, business, and farmers on long range policies. Senator Flanders urges Senate sponsorship if the administration does not call it soon. He and Senator O Mahoney note such a meeting could address prices and wage negotiations without harming tax revenue goals.
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Washington
Capitol
Flanders
R.-Vt
House
Senate
O'Mahoney
D.woo
Tan
Colored News Christmas Program At Edwards Memorial
Christmas tree program at Edwards Memorial Presbyterian Church will be Thursday at 6 p.m. The public is invited. Flanders said wage negotiations cannot continue. Harness racing tracks held meetings during 1948.
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Edwards Memorial Presbyterian Church
Flanders
Musial Leads Majors Batting Title Dominates 155 Games
Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals hit safely in 121 of 155 games, leading the majors in batting. He stood as the key offensive force for his club during the season.
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Stan Musial
St. Louis Cardinal
Freight Embargo Drops on Philadelphia Port
Philadelphia railroads barred movement of all freight bound for overseas shipment from the port in response to a three day old longshoremen strike. The embargo aims to prevent buildup of vitally needed freight cars and follows a New York agreement with the Philadelphia Trade Association amid weather related work stoppages. About 45 vessels have been tied up at the port since the strike began.
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Philadelphia
Office of Defense Transportation
Association of American Railroads
Philadelphia Trade Association
New York
Marion County Mine to Resume Production Next Month
A deep mine at Rachel in Marion county formerly run by Jamison Coal and Coke will reopen mid January after retimbering and shaft repairs by Sharon Steep corporation since June 1. About 125 workers will be employed and county coal output will rise by 1600 tons daily at full operation.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Jamison Coal and Coke Company
Rachel
Marion County
Sharon Steep Corporation
Joanne Pit
Jamison
Sharon
Murray Tolenore House Subpoena
CIO President Philip Murray refuses to obey a subpoena from Rep Hoffman to appear before a House labor subcommittee. He challenges Hoffmans right to act as a one man subcommittee and calls the subpoena void. The inquiry targets a Shakespeare plant strike in Kalamazoo Michigan.
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Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
House
Murray
Representative Hoffman
R-Mich
Hoffman
Shakespeare
Kalamazoo
Mich
Hartley
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Bluefield
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Salvation Army
A. W. Cox Dept. Store
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Pocahontas
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Boissevain
Lee Hicks, Jr
Bluefield Sanitarium
Hicks
Daily Telegraph
Marion County Mine
Murray Tolenore
G. W. Steele
Daily Telegraph Business Office
Paper Supply Company
Dial
Baxter
Carolina
Bland ST
Bluefield, W. VA
Rales
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