Southern Textiles See Banner Year with Labor Peace
ATLANTA, Ga. UP The 1948 southern textile industry enjoys peak production and labor peace. Most mills backlogged with orders aim for full capacity for the first half of the year. Wages have risen in the region 150 to 175 percent since 1942, while raw cotton prices more than doubled, signaling higher costs to consumers.
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Atlanta
Andustry
Porbes
Executwe
Offic Cotto
Manufectimegs Association of Georgia
Ihos
Forbes
Newoaghind Textile
Orwever
Southern Mills
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Virginia
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Cosmic Ray Samples Hunted By Clippers
A small sealed package of photographic plates arrived on a Pan American clipper from New York and was studied in Johannesburg. Officials suspect the plates contain photographs related to cosmic ray research and fatal high energy particle experiments. The object had already completed multiple trips between New York, South Africa, and London.
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Pan - American Airways
New York
South Africa
London
Wus
Chicago
Rae
Witsater
County To Observe Eight 1948 Holidays
Houston County officers will observe eight holidays in 1948 after a board resolution at a special Revenue meeting. The list includes New Year's Day George Washington's birthday Confederate Memorial Day July 4 Labor Day Armistice Day Thanksgiving and Christmas. Probate Judge Albert Logue noted Attorney General Carmichael said the board could have set 12 holidays.
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Houston
Board of Revenue
A. A. Carmichael
Albert Logue
First U.S. lighthouse erected at Boston Harbor in 1716
The first lighthouse in the United States, a tall masonry tower, was built at the entrance to Boston harbor in 1716, marking a milestone in colonial maritime navigation and coastal safety.
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United States
Boston Harbor
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