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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1952
Page
10
Wage Increases Won for Phone Workers Across 40 States
About twenty thousand long distance telephone operators and maintenance workers won wage increases of three to six dollars a week. The gains come from a contract between the Long Lines Department of AT&T and the CIO Communications Workers of America, covering 350 communities in 40 states and the District of Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Long Lines Department
American Telephone and — Telegraph Company
CIO Communications Workers of America
District of Columbia
Small home design offers complete blueprints and tips
An advert describes a compact wood siding house with a versatile living dining area and optional dining separation. It notes a terrace sightline, front picture window, a kitchen with exterior wall sink, two bedrooms with corner windows, multiple closets, a linen closet, and a spacious basement. Building plans cost 7.00 for the first set and 3.50 for additional sets. Royal Oak Michigan address for orders plus a third book of designs priced at 2.50. Delivery in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scale Model Home Planning Co
Woodward Ave
Royal Oak
Michigan
Ingalls Yard to Launch Lone Star Mariner on Gulf Coast
Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula will launch the Lone Star Mariner the largest cargo ship on the Gulf Coast. The 528 foot vessel has a 76 foot beam and 12 910 ton deadweight with speeds over 20 knots. Keel laid August 2 of last year and building cost about 8 million dollars. The ship is first of five new Mariner class cargo ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pascagoula
Miss
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp
Gulf Coast
Lone Star Mariner
State of
Texas
Albert W. Gator
San Francisco
Federal Maritime Board
Ingalls
Prices Rise in Hanoi Amid Vietminh Battle for Supremacy
In Indo China Hanoi the price surge hits soft drinks and cigarettes in the French Union capital. An American soft drink costs 90 cents, a pack of cigarettes 1.25 dollars, and a Scotch and soda five dollars at a nightclub, as clashes with Vietminh intensify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanoi
Indo-China
U. S
Hobart Harbor Noted As One Of The World's Finest
Hobart the capital of Tasmania is described as possessing a harbor considered among the best globally, highlighting its reputed size and beauty for maritime activity and trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobart
Tasmania
Thunderjets Reach Honolulu After Long Transfer Flight
The 3rd Fighter Escort Wing announces arrival in Honolulu as twenty F84 Thunderjets complete a 2408 mile hop from Travis AFB California in five hours 29 minutes. A second squadron flew to Hickam Field in six hours 12 minutes and refueling was done by B 29s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Georgia
Tokyo
Travis Air Force Base
California
Travis
Hickam Field
Tanker Planes Deployment and High Altitude Spiders
A third squadron departs Travis today as tanker planes prepare for operations. Ancient Egyptians dyed nails as a common practice. Scientists returning from Mt Everest report cannibalistic spiders hopping on ice crevices at 23,000 feet, well above alpine life zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travis
Mt. Everest
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Ray Childs
ST. N_E
Second Avenue
Decatur, Ala
Manning's Wallpaper CO
Bank St
By Dean H. Robinson
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4Th Ave. N.E. PA
Gileem
Wail Board
Ingalls Yard
Falkville Block & Supply Co
G. D. Sims Falkville
Ceil Heat Div
Homes, Inc
Knoxville
Tenn
Decatur
Alabama
George Perry
RADIO
SHACK
Youngstown Kitchens
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Ersa L
Savings Market
Ramset
Frazier Machinery & Supply
6Th Ave. N.E
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A . Butane
Wis
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Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
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