Inflation and rail wage hikes show wage and rate impact
Washington reports a history of postwar railroad wage increases from 1946 to 1948, totaling 41 cents for non operate, 44 cents for operating staff, plus a 23.6 cent average rise. Rail freight and passenger rates rose through 1946 1948, culminating in substantial rate increases to cover labor costs.
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Washington
NEA
Presidential Board
Sourthern
New Haven
Railway Express Agency
Post Office Department
Automotive Hint for Frozen Car Doors
During winter water can enter door locks and freeze making doors hard to open. A quick fix is to insert the key and hold a match flame beneath it to melt the ice and free the locked door.
Moving Stairways Speed Advances in London Tube Rails
Early Tube moving stairways in London traveled at 90 feet per minute. Newer models reach 180 feet per minute, though currently operated only between 120 and 160 feet per minute.
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London
Butterball Mystery and a Father's Secret Letter
A man at Parke-Bernet auctions presents an Open Letter to Mr T. H. F. detailing a private diary entry about Butterball. The note reveals Butterball, now 15, lives with Aunt Charlotte in Toledo, and recalls Millie and a troubled family past including a missing father and a child’s custody saga.
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Parke-Bennet
57Th Street
Millie
Butterball
Charlotte
Toledo
Ohio
Arizona
Seed Growers Meet In Auburn Jan 11
The Alabama Crop Improvement Association will hold its annual meeting in Auburn on January 11 with over 100 members plus seedsmen and agricultural workers expected. Ralph Jones notes last year’s work will be reviewed and plans for 1949 discussed. Will Howard Smith of Prattville and Robert McDonald of Birmingham are named speakers.
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Lourdes
France
Greece
Hercules
Dothan
Ala
Auburn
Alabama Crop Improvement Association
Ralph Jones
A. P. I. Extension
Jones
Will Howard Smith
Prattville
ACIA
Alabama Seedsmen
Robert McDonald
Birmingham
Alabama Seedsmen’s Association
Smith
Paracanine Program Uses Dogs as Army Parachutists
Soviet Russia trains dogs to jump from planes in parachute boxes for military use. In Illinois a dentist distracts patients by showing motion pictures projected on a wall during visits.
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Soviet
Russia
Illinois
Butterball Letter From 1948 Diary Entry Reveals Kindness
A stranger reveals an 1934 diary note about spotting two skinny children window shopping, buying them twenty dollars worth of toys, and hoping someone may do the same for Butterball. The writer, T. H. F., promises an open door in Toledo if the reader ever visits.
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Toledo
Butterball
Santa Claus
Billy Rose
Folklore Recording Complications in Korson Tale
Washington report on George Korson, Red Cross worker and folklore recordist and author. He recounts a miner's song recorded in a Linton Indiana cabin without electricity and a 73 year old Ohio miner singing a traditional tune with the word hell, rejected for quelling the language, later noted in a postscript.
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Washington
George Korson
Red Cross
George
Linton
Ind
Dennis G. Sims
Union
Sims
Mama
Korson
Ohio
Hell
Miner Voices and a Singing Mine Scene in Folklore Album
A fragmented account recalls miners in Pennsylvania and other areas recording local atmosphere for a Library of Congress folklore album. George and a technician rounded up miners with varied voices as they packed equipment to depart. A miner unexpectedly offered to sing, delivering a sudden performance amid the departure.
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George
Library of Congress
Pennsylvania
Congress
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E. Burdeshaw St. Dothan, Ala
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Elmer Robinson
Edward Walsh
South America
Speigner Concrete Block Co
Old Fairground
Grubb Coal CO
Montgomery Highway
Ata
Penn
Pennsylvania Motor
J. D. Buie
Carlton Buie
S. Foster St
Parham Motor CO
Montgomery-Jacksonville Hwy
Dothan, Ala
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