Early Christmas Shopping Tips From Downtown Merchants
With five shopping days left before Christmas merchants urge shoppers to use early morning hours for Yule presents. Late afternoon crowds grow heavy as last minute rushes fill downtown counters. The Gazette awards a shopper prize at 210 Hale Street to yesterday’s winner Mrs. J. V. Bartlam of 1207 Lewis Street, with another winner yet to claim.
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Shore
Gazette Business Office
Hale Street
3. V. Bartlam
Lewis Street
Badgett Rebuffs Governor's Plea in Richwood Labor Dispute
In Richwood on December 18 the Cherry River Boom and Lumber Co refused Gov. Neely's offer of state conciliation or an arbitration board to settle a CIO United Construction Workers union dispute. Badgett claimed operations were 100 percent and that the firm would bargain only after NLRB determines employee representation. The UCW claimed the mill was not at full capacity and disputed personnel counts and union affiliation. Fourteen UCW members faced contempt charges in Fayetteville related to picketing and injunctions. charges of unfair labor practices were filed against both employers, blocking an election until resolved.
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Richwood
Cherry River Boom and Lumber Company
Neely
CIO
United Construction Workers Union
Badgett
National Labor Relations Board
Wallace Corporation
UCW
A. F. Davis
Empiotes
Cherry River Company
Thomas Hicks
George J. Titler
Charleston
Washington
Titler
Fayetteville
Sun Dial
Elk River
NLRB
Policeman Mediates Defense Plant Strike
Chicago December 18. Police Lieut Leroy Bieffens and two patrolmen mediated a labor dispute at the Lammert and Mann defense plant where 20 machinists walked out over wages and a closed shop. After Pearl Harbor news, the officer urged cooperation, met with union and company officials, and a compromise ended the eight week strike.
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Chicago
tNs
Lammert and Mann Company
Leroy Bieffens
Ayia
Pearl Harbor
Steffens
Sifikers
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Wheeling
Frank A. O’brien
Board of Commissioners
Neely. O'Brien
Saben
Harold A. Ritz
Florida
Keller
Toyland
Cherry River Lumber
Frankenberger
West Virginia
Gift Center
Mendel
Miami
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