Miners Walkout Shadow Looms Over Wage Talks
The piece outlines a tense UMW showdown with the government as John L Lewis leads 400,000 miners and labor unions in calls for wage and hour concessions. It notes potential legal questions, emergency coal distribution plans, and broader labor and economic context from Atlantic City to national policy.
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John L
Washington
United Mine Workers
UMW
AFL
CIO
Lewis
Truman
John S
Atlantic City
Johnson City
Ill
John L. Lewis
John O’leary
Gigantic Siberian Coal Field Built With Slave Labour
Report from Russia describes a vast new coal field in northern Siberia using slave labor from Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Ukraine and Crimea. Detainees live in wooden barracks and subsist on porridge and 600 grams of bread daily. About 33 mines operate across 5,000 square miles.
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Russia
Communist Commissariat
Siberia
Lithuania
Estonia
Latvia
Ukraine
Crimea
States Push Aid for Vet Housing
Five states have enacted multi million dollar emergency housing programs this year with New Jersey adding to the list. The National Association of Housing Officials notes statewide housing projects and low rent slum clearance. New Jersey initiated a 41 million dollar veterans housing program from a recent legislature session that also appropriated funds for a 35 million dollar bond issue.
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New Jersey
National Association of Housing Officials
Lobbyists Registered and Global Market Signals Highlight 1946
The piece notes lobbyists registering under a new act with Purcell L. Smith earning 65 000 dollars yearly. It also reports wide 1946 financial signals including dividend actions by Goodrich Briggs & Stratton Elgin Keystone and Homestake Mining. It cites Sino Chinese upheaval and Russian leadership maneuvering, plus forecasts of farm price trends into late 1947 and treasury dividend reporting rules.
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Congress
Washington
Purcell L. Smith
Goodrich
Briggs & Stratton
Elgin National Watch Company
Keystone Steel and Wire Company
Truman Free Of Burdens Of New Deal Program
A Washington dispatch reflects Christmas mood as President Truman nears holidays in the White House. The piece notes Truman’s shift from wartime New Deal constraints to shaping his own policy course with renewed executive freedom and anticipated bipartisan challenges in Congress.
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Josef Stalin
Stalin
Andrei Zhdanov
Georgi M. Malenkov
Malenkov
Strug
Washington
Noel
Connecticut Avenue
F Street
White House
Missouri
Sam
Truman
Congress
Harry Truman
Roosevelt
San Francisco
United Nations
Hull
Capitol Hill
Pennsylvania Avenue
Twain
Berlin
House
Senate
William McKinley
William Howard Taft
Wilson
New Freedom
Hoover
Taft
Harding
NRA
Vandenberg
Ohio Sena
Barbs and Brisk Observations on Travel and Politics
A humorous miscellany notes travel tips from Bars magazine and a spot remover suggestion. It recalls Aircraft Industries noting altitude shifted from feet to miles and jests about pricing measures. Pullman unveils a cloth like paper head bag and jokes about a nose bag for snorers. It questions why winning parties seek least popular presidential candidates.
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Aircraft Industries
Pullman
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Western Newspaper Union
LABOR
CIO Pres
Philip Murray
Murray
Japan
MacArthur
U. S
Nippon
England
Australia
Lustrom Corporation
Hinsdale
Chicago
Tucker Automobile Corporation
Dodge-Chicago
Preston Tucker
National Housing Authority
Lustrom
Tucker Corporation
Theodore Granik
NHA
Dodge- Chicago
War Assets Administration
Tucker
Lobbyists
China
Manchuria
Red
Peng Teh-hwai
Shantung Province
Tientsin-Pukow
Homestake Mining Company
Treasury Department
DCL
Baukhage
WNU Service
Eye Street
N.W
Washington, D. C
Capitol Dome
Bankhage
Madamoiselle
Smart Travellers
Co.d
F.O.B. la Doo Tire CO
Mporia, Kans
Business & Invest
OPPOR
Tire CO
6Th &T
Kansas City
Farm Machinery & Equip
Allis Chalmers
W. K
Porter Eubank
Huntsville, Me
John Deerea
Lister
MOSBY
Wichita
Kansas
H. Loosli
Idaho Falls
Idaho
N.W. Otis
E. Sterling
Colo
Roy L. Melendy
Taylor, Sterling
Cele
South Dakota
S. D
Potter County
Williams
Wiliams
Gettysburg
Colorado Ranch
Colorado
Haver
Central Elk
Pueblo
Millett
Kingston
Home Furnishings & Appli
Metzner Stove Repair CO
Kansas City 6
Ite
P.O. Box
Los Angeles
Calif
Asmees
Ross Sykes
Oswego, Kas
Ottawa
Kas
WM. Nichols
Eldorado Spgs
Chemtex
Chem-Tex Paint Products CO
Pallas 9
Texas
R. L. Johnson Foundry, Inc
Wheeler Street
P. O
Abbey Rents
R. D. Mann Carpet CO
Broadway
Taylor Freezers
Refrigeration and Electric Co
West 20Th
Plastic Service CO
W. 73Rd Terrace
Wahlert & Guntzler
Saint Louis
Skylark
Castro Valley Blvd
Hayward, Calif
U. S. Savings Bonds
WNU
Harry
Doans
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