Cincinnati Bond Drive Endorsed for City and School Improvements
The Greater Cincinnati Industrial Union Council unanimously endorsed a 41.9 million dollar bond plan for city and school construction. Proposals cover streets sewers hospital and library projects and school buildings with a 65 percent vote threshold. The council urges voters to mark YES to fund postwar growth and create thousands of local jobs.
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City of Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Cincinnati
Greater Cincinnati Industrial Union Council
CIC
Mail Early To Soldiers and P O Warns
Postmaster C J Bockiet urges early Christmas mailing to overseas service members. From Sept 15 to Oct 15 the same period applies for Army and Navy. He lists packaging, weight, and contents limits and rules to ensure timely delivery and safety.
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P.O
C. J. Bockiet
Army
Navy
AFL Protests Layoffs At Pacific Bridge Co
Shipwrights Local 1149 AFL protested the shutdown planned in three weeks at Pacific Bridge Co in Oakland. About 1500 workers would be laid off due to lack of new government war contracts, said Local President Pat Fogarty.
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Oakland
Calif
Army, Navy and Maritime Commission
AFL
Pacific Bridge Co
Pat Fogarty
Weirton Dictatorship Alleged by CIO Organizer
Davidson describes Weirton as a company controlled city where police aid private thugs, wage policy suppresses labor organizing, and three papers echo corporate views. He urges a pro labor government to protect rights and counteract entrenched steel interests.
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Davidson
Weirton
Weir
America
Co op Society Buys Oxford Street Store in London
The London Cooperative Society has acquired a major store and business block on Oxford Street near Oxford Circus in a landmark London transaction. Built sixteen years ago for about one million dollars, land value also estimated at about one million. Transfer to co op use delayed until end of the war. future plans include modern retail setup and shared use with nearby cooperatives.
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CLNL
West End
London Cooperative Society
Oxford Street
Oxford Circus
Peter Robinson Ltd
Reynolds News
Cooperative
The
Co-Op
Probes to Study Funds for Chinese Trade Unions
Milton Murray of the American Newspaper Guild heads to Chungking on a CIO board mission to audit relief funds donated by American workers to Chinese trade unions. The probe follows suspicions the funds pass through Kuomintang bodies and may reach Japanese control via profiteering amid lend-lease disputes. Murray left his Detroit paper to undertake this trip.
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Washington
Milton Murray
American Newspaper Guild
Chungking
CIO
Civu War Relief Committee
AFL
Labors League For Human Rights
Chinese Association of Labor
Kuomintang
China
Red Army of
U. S
Murray
Detroit
Chicago
Textile Workers Union
Wright Blood Donor Drive Seeks Local Support
The Wright local UAW forms a donor committee to run a blood drive. Chairman Jake Ruck has visited plants this week consulting stewards in all shifts. Repeat donors include Frank Heil Evelyn Roberts and William Duerson. Group donation is encouraged to ease first time visits.
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Wright
UAW
Jake Ruck
Ruck
Frank Heil
Evelyn Roberts
William Duerson
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Cincinnati Board of Education
Post Office Department
New York
Hilde Simms
Anna Lucasta
W Va
Weir Steel
Roosevelt
Robert J. Davidson
Herve Wille
Siva Street
Wright Blood Donors
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