Free Speech Rule Studied in Labor Relations Case
A New York company faced a ruling by the National Labor Relations Board over employer speech about unionization. The board said temperate argument may not show coercion unless the employer pursues an organized, aggressive campaign aimed at preventing unionization. The ruling cites anti union speeches an hour before employee voting as evidence of improper conduct.
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James Marlow
Ashington
National Labor Relations Board
New York
Employer talks to workers on unions tests line between free opinion and coercion
The Labor Relations Board flags that a boss may express opinion about a union to workers individually if no threat or coercion is implied. Phrases implying demotion or worse for joining a union risk crossing the line. The board would interpret intended meaning in each conversation.
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Tions Board
Labor Relations Board
Church of God Assembly Reports Growth at Birmingham
Delegates and visitors at the annual Church of God convention in Birmingham heard 14,000 new members joined during the year, bringing total membership to 115,987. Rev. E. J. Boehmer of Cleveland Tennessee presented the financial and statistical report as evangelistic messages were shared on the convention’s second day.
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Birmingham
Ala
Church of God
Ias
E. J. Boehmer
Cleveland
Atomic bomb control debated by Baruch and Patterson
Mackenzie reports on U S War Department plans for no adequate international control of the atomic bomb. Baruch group urges an anti war system and optional ban, while warning of a costly arms race. UN commission studies bomb control methods amid global effort to curb nuclear threat.
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J. M. Roberts JR
United States War Department
Patterson
Bernard Baruch
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Baruch Group
United Nations
Morgan County Notes from Rocky Ford Missouri
Mr and Mrs Phil Stephenson of Charleston South Carolina Earnie Stephen son of Decatur Earl Bennefield and sons of Decatur visited the Stephen family. Sgt Robert Wallace on Luzon Island expects to be home by September end. School opened with Miss Kathryn Edwards teaching.
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Phil Stephenson
Charleston
S. C
Earnie Stephenson
Decatur
Earl Bennefield
Fred Stephen
Southern
Jim McKay
Danville
Gaines McNutt
Sgt
Robert Wallace
Luzon Island
Guy Pettey
Andrew Edwards
Calvin McNutt
Anniston
Imogene
Alyine West
Roberta Turrentine
Virgil Ayers
Birmingham
Lou Callahan
Coy Breedlove
Mike Garrison
Sue Stephenson
Clifton
Long and Daughter
F. J. Stephenson
A. School
Kathryn Edwards
John Edwards
Evelyn
Charles Matthew
Closure of Hales Bar Lock to Navigation
The Tennessee River navigation notice postpones the Hales Bar Lock closure from October 1 to October 8 1946 with a new closure window through October 25 1946. Operators needing schedule changes should call the office. if no objections by September 13 1946, the period of closure becomes definite.
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Hales Bar Lock
Hales’ Bar
Reunion at Union Hill Gathers Morgan County Family
On Sunday August 25 a reunion at the home of Mr and Mrs Mack D Henderson brought together children and grandchildren from Union Hill Union Grove and Big Sandy Tenn Including Daniel Segroves Ralph Henderson James Thompson James Markham Oneal Overstreet and others Guests included Gradie Thomas Verna Curtis and Gene Willis Union Hill senior high opened August 26 H C Culbreath returned from Louisiana and A E McClure visited from Chattanooga Hazel Henderson traveled from Big Sandy and James A Markham with family visited recently Billy Culbreath and H C Culbreath vacationed together.
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Mack D. Henderson
Daniel Segroves
Union Hill
Ralph C. Henderson
Union Grove
James B. Thompson
James A. Markham
Big Sandy
Tenn
Oneal Overstreet
Lacey
Freda
Hazel
J. D. Henderson
Gradie Thomas
Hulett
Verna
Curtis
Gene Willis
Union Hill Senior High
H. C. Culbreath
Louisiana
Billy Lee
Stern Gang member in Haifa raid sentenced to death
Jacob Menahem Alalay, last of 23 Stern Gang members charged with sabotaging Haifa railway yards last June, was sentenced to death by a Jerusalem military court. The sentence awaits confirmation by the British commander in Palestine who commuted the death sentences of 18 others to life. Four girls tried with the 18 received life terms.
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Jerusalem
Jacob Menahem Alalay
Stern
Haifa
Palestine
Polio Cases Reported Statewide With County Totals
The state Health Department reported 21 poliomyelitis cases last week, two fewer than the prior week. Jefferson, Lauderdale and Walker counties led with four and three cases each, while Cleburne Jackson and Tuscaloosa had two apiece and Baldwin Etowah Lamar Shelby and Talladega had one each.
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Montgomery
State Health Department
Jefferson County
Lauderdale
Walker
Cleburne
Jackson
Tuscaloosa
Baldwin
Etowah
Lamar
Shelby
Talladega
Chinese Capture of Chengteh Reported in Jehol Province
Government troops reportedly seized Chengteh the Jehol capital with little resistance as peace hopes rise over a five man committee to resolve China s unrest. Chinese Communist forces fled the city before government forces reached it, Shin Shen Pao dispatch from Manchuria stated.
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Peiping
Chengteh
Jehol
China
Shin Shen Pao
Chinchow
Manchuria
Soldiers form I swear not to swear club in Tokyo
American soldiers in Tokyo preparing to be civilians form an "I swear not to swear" club. Each slip costs two yen per obscene word, with members paying on their honor. A note adds that US 1945 motor vehicle mileage reached about 249 billion vehicle miles.
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Tokyo
United States
Baruch group urges broader view beyond atomic war
The Baruch group argues for learning to avoid all war rather than focusing only on controlling the bomb. They say efforts to curb nuclear arms must aim toward an ultimate objective rather than limited gains.
Thompson Leads Music At Central Church Here
Rev. Fagan Thompson Ph D minister of Cullman First Methodist will be song leader at Central Methodist Decatur during the week of September 2 announced by Rev. G M Davenport. Thompson is a hymn singer and choral director with wide experience and has directed music in many denominations. He has led massed choirs up to 2500 and drawn 5000 for hymn festivals on successive nights. He has taught hymnody at universities and summers and traveled in 17 states teaching hymns in the Methodist hymn almanac. He is at home in a brush arbor or cathedral setting.
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F. Fagan Thompson
First Methodist Church
Cullman
Central Methodist Church
Decatur
G. M. Davenport
Thompson
Mississippi Tops Nation as Lung Oil Producer
Mississippi leads the country in lung oil production, setting a national benchmark for output and industry impact. The state's facilities and companies contribute significantly to regional energy and manufacturing sectors.
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Mississippi
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