CIO's Dixie Drive Aims 2 Million Pact and 200 Reps
Atlanta reports Van A. Bittner CIO leader outlines a 1947 Southern organizing push with a $2,000,000 budget and 200 organizers to recruit in 12 states. He cites progress in Mississippi and Alabama, notes wage-cost contrasts, and opposes anti inflation rhetoric while stressing education to overcome fears.
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Atlanta
van A,uittner
CIO
Tay
Bittner
Organization of Southern Workers
South
Mississippi
Alabama
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Georgia
Carolinas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Florida
Pittsburgh
Chicago
North
American Federation of Labor
J. Tom Watson
Closed shop battles and wage demands spark state debate
Quote from Bittner on forbidding further hurricane regulations and workers seeking higher wages. He asserts the closed shop cannot be regulated out of existence as men return to work.
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Bittner
Tide Trips Georgia In Basketball Tilt
Tide defeats Georgia Bulldogs 48 to 27 in Tuscaloosa to stay unbeaten in conference play. After a tight first half tied at 15 all, Alabama surged after halftime, taking control as the Tide secured their second win in league play. Georgia struggled to keep pace with Alabama’s run, and the Bulldogs could not respond in the second period.
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Georgia
Tuscaloosa
Alabama
Bulldogs
Tide
Joop
Ruth’s Condition Still Labeled Satisfactory
New York AP reports Babe Ruth remained in satisfactory condition after a two hour operation for relief of pain. Ruth appeared briefly at French Hospital where the hospital switchboard was flooded with calls about his status. Only his wife and a close friend were allowed to visit the former Sultan of Swat.
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Ruth
New York
Babe Ruth
Riuth
Swat
Fish Made to Swim From Boat to Can in Maine
In Portland Maine a new system uses a rubber hose to move fish directly from fishing boats to cans. The method keeps fish in water during the transfer, cutting loading time from six hours to under one hour as a 65 ton carrier shift improves handling efficiency.
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Portland
Bo FL Goodrich Pontineers
Samson News Roundup From Mrs Parrish Page
Mrs J P Stevens of Tallahassee visited friends in Samson during the past week. Several locals returned home after holidays, including James Holley, Cherries Holley, and Jewel Crowell seeking studies in universities. Others hosted and visited family from Jacksonville, Montgomery, and Winter Park, while Ralph Frenen started a job in Burlington NC with Western Electric.
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J.P. Stevens
Tallahassee
Fla
Samson
James Holley
Auburt
Roy Holley
Dallas
Texas
H. V. Holley
George L. Jordan
Jacksonville
KR. E. Parker
BE. 5. Cooper
Ewen Johnson
Jacksonville, Fla
Jim Parker
Elba
R. FE. Parker W
Z. T. Parker
Cherries Holley
University of Alabama
I. V. Holey
Bobby Gentry
Auburn
Jewel Crowell
St. Margaret's Hospital
Montgomery
Ralph Frenen
Burlington
N.C
Western Electric Company
Frenen
Dykes Rushing
Marguerite Rivenbark
Kagtin Field
Wekend
Fernarente
Abe J. Rivenbark
Albert Early
Dean Pacron
Ghadys Davis
S. Lavender
Winter Park
Surevon Kine
Winter Garden
Paul Early
Gladys Davis
Elbert Amos
Evergreen
Cawthon Thompson
Amosg
Claude Campbell
Bill Sims
Troy
Rey Campbell
Fred Ristle
Pasadena
Bi W T. Piannes
Ridge
S. Rigden
Heame
Hal Pledger
Kentwood
Secret Groups Still Fighting Franco Despite Terror
In Franco era Spain underground resistance persists after 19 years of repression. The Union of Free Intellectuals outlines its structure from universities to local groups with strict security. Other clandestine outfits, police infiltration, and arms caches are noted alongside relations with guerrillas and the national resistance effort.
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Madrid
Francisco Franco
Union of Free Intellectuals
Union de Intelectuales Libres
Jose Giral
Organization I
Gral
Spain
Chaiman
Republic
I. S
Communist Party
National Resistance Council
Barcelona
Agrupacion de Fuerzas Armadas de la Republica Espanola
Spanish Republic
AFARE
Tarragona
Politico Social Brigade
Lisardy Alvarez Perez
Franco
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Alvarez Perez
Remembering Henry Cudworth and Pratt and Whitney’s changes
In a tour of the Pratt and Whitney plant the 60 year veteran Henry Cudworth details shifts from multi tool workshops to modern automated processes. He recalls early craftsman training, growing from twenty tools and twenty five workers to over five thousand tools and daily engine production during war.
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Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Works
Cudworth
Henry
Naid
Pledger Cox Families Share Holiday Visit
Karl Pledger and children of Thomasville Georgia and Mr and Mrs Eugene Cox of Montgomery spent the holidays with their parents Mr and Mrs B L Pledger Alms Walter Wright and daughter Sandra returned to Gulfport Mississippi after visiting Mrs Wrights mother Mrs Esther Glover and other relatives
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Karl Pledger
Thomasville
Eugene Cox
Montgomery
B. L. Pledger
Walter Wright
Sandra
Gulfport
Miss
Henry Aid Reflects On Work Life And Escape From the Plant
The interview recalls a worker's early days in a noisy factory filled with pipes and conveyors. He notes happiness in work and home life and warns that one must enjoy their word or they are in a bad way. He remembers shouting greetings amid the hammering and asks how to get out of such a vast mail plant.
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Henry Aid
Crange
Mar
Jack
Macau history timeline under Iberian and Spanish rule
The period from 1381 to 1640 marks Macau under Portuguese administration with increasing Spanish influence during later decades as Portugal navigated its overseas empire while remaining outside formal Spanish sovereignty until 1640. The era shaped Macau's trading role and cultural exchanges in South China.
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Portugal
Spain
Macau
South
China
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