Return to work honors for Navy veteran John Rabe
SOUTH SHOP Department 789 salutes John Rabe for fourteen months in the Pacific with the Sea Bees. He served from Guadalcanal to Bougainville earning the Presidential Unit Citation, then returned to work amid department news and lighthearted pranks.
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Department 789
John Rabe
Navy
Pacific
John
Sea Bees
Guadalcanal
New Caledonia
New Britain
Bougainville
Rabe
Dan’t Boones
Department 793
Heat Treat
Carl Johnston
Roscoe Eversole
Frank Roberts
Frank
Jack Dault
Louisville
Jack
California bill to ban union shops defeated in election
Organized labor defeated a constitutional amendment proposal in California that would bar enforcement of employment refusals based on labor union affiliation or lack thereof. The measure aimed to prohibit discrimination against workers for joining or not joining unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Organized Labor
California
Texas Regulars vow to carry on fight after landslide
In Texas, the Deweyite Texas Regulars led by Chairman E. E. Townes declare they will persevere after a landslide FDR victory of more than five to one. They claim to fight for free institutions and continue the political battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
E. E. Townes
Labor Book Club pushes union education nationwide
The United Automobile Workers-CIO Educational Department launches the Labor Book Club to provide members with six library editions a year for five dollars. A board of judges selects titles, with Freedom Road among candidates, and members can swap titles by notifying the club.
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United Automobile Workers-Cio
Labor Book Club
International Union
Uaw-Cio Brothers and Sisters
America
the International
Howard Fast
Tom Paine
Penny Postcard
Cyclone
Education Department
Workplace Musings and Holiday Hop Reported by Omega Club
The column notes missing teeth replacement by a Kaiser dentist comment as K Ramsey 640. It mentions O Drummond and W M Pritchett on shifts in Foundry No 1, plus a social event by the Omega Club of Sugar Hill 3rd shift Wright Workers hosting a Post Thanksgiving Break fast Hop on Saturday Morning November 25.
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K. Ramsey
O. Drummond
Omega Club
Sugar Hill
Workers at Ford Co Create Jet Protected Robot Bombs
Members of the United Automobile Workers at Ford Motor Co report that 2,000 robot bombs modeled after Germany's V-1 weapon are being produced for Army Air Force experiments. The War Department confirmed the project this week as part of wartime defense efforts.
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CIO
United Automobile Workers At
The
Ford Motor Co
Germany
Army Air Force
War Department
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South Shop
Jim Hughes
Perry Colyer
Red Apple Club
McCafferty
Mac
Department 759
Charles Marshall
Department 769
Tom Herro
Department 758
14Th and Main
Coxey
Arnold Pancake
Chas. Dodson
Johnny Lauch
Bob Couch
Sunday Enquirer
Kentucky
Betty Haverkamp
Department
Dept. 759
Betty
Hazel Meyers
Atio Yn
Rae
Emil Hurja
Joe Pew
Pathfinder Magazine
Hurja
U. S
Dewey
Speaking
Brother Drummond
Dept
Foundry Ind
Leadman
Ness
W. M. Pritchett
Tee
H. Prestly
M. Orr
Foundry No. 3
Vine and
Daniel Streets
T. Payne
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