Russian War Relief Pins Honor Cincinnati Volunteers
Russian War Relief Inc. in Cincinnati awarded service pins to four women who logged at least 144 hours making garments for Russians. Volunteers from 30 groups sew, patch, and bag clothing at Eighth and Main, with weekly shipments of 800 pounds of new and used garments to New York for dispatch to Russia.
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The
Russian War Relief Inc
Cincinnati
Edward P. Moulinier
Germany
New York
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Eighth
Cherry
Narrow Escape for Mother and Baby Before Birth
A mother to be recounts a near miss at home as waxed floors caused a skidding fall but no injury occurred. She prepares for a hospital birth with a 10 day postnatal stay and notes regular doctor visits and dental care during pregnancy.
Postwar politics and public health notes from 1948 era
The fragment mentions dairy and citrus intake for calcium, a cautious mother about house cleaning, a 5000 Gary steel workers reference, and President candidate Henry A. Wallace urging federal funds for postwar employment.
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Gary
Henry A. Wallace
Dewey Campaign Banter and War Talk in The Times
In Cambridge a judge frees a woman who smashed dishes after a waitress asks about the war. In New York the Daily News drops its Presidential Battle Page amid editorial jabs and references to party politics and a fifth column.
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Signs of the Times
Cambridge
Mass
New York Daily News
Plug for Roosevelt Loyal Marines Vote AFL Message
Pvt. Joseph W. Schlageter of Local 1061 Crosley Electrical Workers writes from service to Al Warther of Local 189 Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. He says he mailed his ballot and that about five of six Marines plan to vote for Roosevelt.
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Cincinnati Cio
Pvt
Joseph W. Schlageter
Crosley Electrical Workers
al Warther
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Pvt. Schlageter
Roosevelt
Washington Social Security Council libel suit filed
The Washington Social Security Council filed a 10000 dollar libel suit against Atty. True Hollander for planting stories in the Hearst press accusing the council of conspiring to seize the government with money from CIO payments.
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Seattle
Washington
Social Security Council
Atty. True Hollander
Hearst Press
Council
CIO
Covington School Candidates Endorsed by AFL Local
Covington Kentucky organized labor urged support for Marguerite Hunt Cyril J Meese and Oscar C Racke for the Board of Education. The Covington Federation of Teachers AFL endorses them as sympathetic to labor ideals and calls for a democratic school policy with expanded technical training health programs adult education for veterans and laid-off workers and better teacher economic security.
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Covington, Ky
Marguerite Hunt
Cyril J
Cy” Meese
Oscar C. Racke
Board of Education
The
Covington Federation of Teachers
AFL
Organized Labor
Labor Coop Division Set Up
More than 1 000 cooperators at the Centennial Cooperative Congress in Chicago approved creating a new labor services division within the Cooperative League.
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Chicago
Cooperative League
Communism Charge Amazes British Education Leader Visit
Miss Elizabeth Monkhouse, British Workers Education Association organizer, says labor in England participates in politics as a democratic right and views Russia as a partner in wartime peace. She describes workers schools run by student-chosen teachers, funded largely by government, non-sectarian and open to union members.
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Cincinnati
Elizabeth Monkhouse
Workers Education Association
Scotland
SUN
Labor
England
Russia
Miss Monkhouse
Adult Education Council
Seamen Bypass Voting Law Get War Ballots
Gov. Dewey’s War Ballot Commission mailed seamen ballots worth less war ballots and later issued postcards saying they are ineligible to vote. Unionists and liberals pressed to change the law and allow seamen to vote amid a sweeping outreach effort.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Willkie Manager Bucks Roosevelt
New York The peace is the real issue of this campaign. Rus sell Davenport, editor who managed Wendell L. Willkie's 1940 campaign, declared supporting President Roosevelt for reelection. Davenport charged Dewey with disrupting efforts of statesmen by his misuse of minor issues for temporary power. He said Roosevelt has taken firm steps toward mutual peace and spoke only for himself respecting Mrs. Willkie's request that no one speak for her husband.
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New York
Russell W. Davenport
Wendell L. Willkie
Roosevelt
Davenport
Dewey
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William Surenok
Clinton Springs Lane
Aaron Bortz
Dana
Louis Schneider
Glenwood
Rose Reis
Rockdale
Jewish Center
the Sun
Public Health Federation
Community Chest
Wallace
By John Paine
Federated Press
Walter Winchell
Pres. Hoover
Hoover
Luther
Mrs. Dilworth
Mr. Dilworth
Luce
Clare Boothe Luce
Guadalcanal
Pacific
Red Cross
Joseph Schlageter
Covington School
Oked
Willkie
Bucks Roosevelt
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