This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cincinnati The Sun
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1947
Page
6
Amalgamated Clothing Workers in Rochester declares a three day meeting to mobilize 250000 members for election action aimed at repealing Taft-Hartley. Board denounces Congress record and urges PAC funding, Democratic alignment, and intensified registration and voting to back pro labor candidates.
Members of Local 2772 United Steelworkers prepare for the fourth annual Vulcan Copper and Supply Co picnic from 2 to 8 p m on Saturday Aug 23 at Moundview Newtown. William Grimes Robert Mosley head prize committee with Dan Ennis Charles Noonan and Raymond Dooley on refreshments. Jacob Rihm handles grilling and Clarence Lovins directs the program. The event will include a baseball game, children's games and refreshments.
The three page questionnaire registration form for unions under the Taft Hartley law is ready at the U S Department of Labor. The form requires details of union business officers compensation membership qualifications and restrictions and must be filed before NLRB actions. Requests for forms and returns should go to the Office for the Registration of Labor Organizations Washington 25 D C.
The Cincinnati Newspaper Guild voted a new monthly dues schedule to fund a paid officer and expanded member services. Dues range from 1.50 for under 30 a week to 4.50 for 80 plus, with 0.10 for unemployed and a motion to study higher brackets. A national scale will be voted on later. The group also reported a successful picnic at Waterworks Park and noted an upcoming national election in September.
United Transport Service Employees announce changes in leadership. John L. Yancey moves from secretary treasurer to first vice president and director of organization. Eugene Frazier becomes secretary treasurer. Willard S. Townsend states the move aims to boost future efficiency.
Ernest Muse and Ermine Powell married July 27 in Somerset Kentucky with Mabel Muth and Louis Brown as witnesses. Harold Hoffman and Betty Hoff man welcomed son George Harold on Aug 2. Sympathies extended to Walter Peters over Henry Peters death. Jan Carol born Aug 1 to Rose Miles. Marge Thompson Pearl Jameson and Evelyn Webster visited Chicago. The Inspection Dept. relieved with stories from the girls.
Herman Schwegman, former chairman of Local 766 American Tool unit, retires to his Indiana farm. The local unit expresses regret and best wishes. A. L. McDermott was unanimously elected new chairman at the Aug. 7 meeting.
District 7 Council of United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers met in Cleveland to map registration efforts across the district. In Cincinnati a PAC card distribution in shops is already underway and most cities are following that method.
Pittsburgh August 11 United Steelworkers CIO launched a national drive to elect a labor friendly Congress. About 520 representatives from 38 districts met with Philip Murray CIO president and USW chief laying plans for mass voter registration and full support for the CIO Political Action Committee.
The campaign to elect congressmen who will repeal the Taft Hartley law relies on a PAC fund built from $1 per member. The executive committee plans a mass registration drive after Labor Day aiming to mobilize an army of one million unionists block by block and house by house. The steel union with 875 000 members constitutes a major bloc among five unions backing the PAC including United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers Textile Workers Union United Auto Workers and Amalgamated Clothing Workers.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.