Michigan City workers vote to void compulsory union dues
Members of Teamsters Local 298 at Englander Mattress Company stage a vote to end the $5 monthly dues with a 2 to 1 margin. They invoke the Taft Hartley Act and Indiana Right To Work to block a union shop, aiming to curb compulsory unionism and restore member control.
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Michigan City
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Teamsters Local 298
Englander Mattress Company
Englander
Indiana
Here Is Your Indiana Government Revised by State Chamber
The Indiana State Chamber of Commerce publishes a revised edition detailing 14 new state agencies created by the 1917 legislature and hundreds of changes to reflect a changing government. It notes commissions on subversive activity mental health and the state museum plus studies on salaries taxes and long range programs for Hoosier governance.
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Indiana
Indiana State Chamber of Commerce
Jack E. Reich
State Chamber
Indiana State
Cipal
William Henry Harrison
Harrison
School Bus Traffic Crashes Spur Calls for Action in Indiana
Indiana Traffic Safety Foundation notes bus related crashes average over one per school day for four years. Public safety urges obeying stop laws, annual bus driver training, and reviewing bus routes to ensure safest paths for students and school vehicles.
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Indiana
Indiana Traffic Safety Foundation
School Bus Safety Emphasis Urged for Students and Equipment
Guidelines stress teaching pupils to ride buses and cross streets safely. Emphasis on well maintained equipment and working lights to cut school bus accidents with collective effort.
Placings Highlight Indiana State Fair Livestock Winners
Golden Dawn Farms owners Donald Stoten Sr and Jr earned top honors with Aberdeen Angus cattle including reserve grand Champion bull. Other results feature Joe A. Booth Rushville Twp Hereford females and Duane Newhouse Jackson Twp. in Herefords. Open class swine show includes Donald Gray Center Two with multiple junior and senior placements. Locust Grove Farm George Carwein Arlington earned a fourth in Spotted Poland China.
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Golden Dawn Farms
Donald Stoten
Ripley Township
Joe A. Booth
Rushville Twp
Duane Newhouse
Jackson Twp
Donald Gray
Hampshire
Locust Grove Farm
George Carwein
Arlington
Southdown and Cheviot Sheep Show Placings Announced at State Fair
Charles Norwell of Orange Two leads Southdown results with multiple top placements across ewe, ram, and pen classes including champion Southdown ewe. Rupert Kuhn and Orange Two progeny perform in Dorset classes with several top finishes. Rush County open exhibitors praised for strong placings and sportsmanship across fleece and wool divisions.
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Charles D. ‘Norvell
Orange
Charles Norwell
Dorset
Rupert Kuhn
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Rush County
Rush County 4H Tomato and Potato Show Winners
The Annual Rush County 4H Club Tomato and Potato Show was held September 7 in the Courthouse corridors. Winners include Jerry Tumilty Center Twp blue for Hamper of Tomatoes and James Peck Orange Twp red for the same category, with multiple blue red and white placements in tomato and potato events. Judge was William Head, Better Farming, Better Living Agent of Shelby County.
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Farm News
Rush County 4H Club
Jerry Tumilty
James Peck
Jerry Winkler
Posey
Jimmy Emmons
Steven Carder
David Stanley
William Head
Better Farming
Better Living
Shelby County
Remember When September 1 1947 news highlights
Mr and Mrs Elmer Porter welcome a 6 lb son Kittrell J born Sunday at Henry County hospital. Hugh Roberts moved to Henry County hospital for observation. Jack Tweedy enters St Xavier University in Cincinnati. Mrs Murray Hadley dies after illness. survivors include husband Dr Murray Hadley and children. Various local moves, trips, and a Knightstown air trip are noted. 1927 items recap a straw fire at Dixon Board Mills and town council decisions on fire hose and waterworks.
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Elmer Porter
Kittrell J
Henry County Hospital
Hugh Roberts
Thompson
Ross Tweedy
Jack
Cincinnati
St. Xavier University
Murray Hadley
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis
Frederick Hadley
David Hadley
William Hadley
Penn
Jaobecom One Henley
Carthage
Howard Henley
Henry Henley
Terre Haute
Robert Henley
Hartford City
Raymond McDaniel
Rawls
South Main St
Lillian R. Henley
Rose Hill
Howard McCorkle
Curtis
Wells
Monticello
Rue McDaniel
Ralph McClarnon
Knightstown
A. J. Carr
St. Louis
Mr. Carr
Ruth
Bernard Perry
Donald Ruby
Clyde Elmer
Arminta_Jean Moore
WLS
State ‘Air Grounds
Dixon Board Mills
Victor Jackson
Gant
Nellie Stanley
Lee Wilcoxon
Mooresville
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