California Proposes Child Labor Law Changes After War
The Citizens Advisory Committee on Welfare of Youth and Industrial Welfare of the Reconstruction and Reemployment Commission proposed postwar changes. They favor raising the fulltime minimum age to 16, banning under 16 in manufacturing, lifting hazardous work to 26, reducing under 16 workweeks to 40, and adjusting parttime eligibility to 14 with badges for under 16 in outside sales.
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San Francisco
Urates
C. C. Matthews
Tyraff
Two Hurt In Collision With Navy Bus
Mr and Mrs R Z Evans of Manteca were treated for slight lacerations at Fairmont hospital after their car collided with a Navy bus at Matrix Road and Castro Valley Boulevard Monday afternoon. Navy bus driver Elise De Bourguignon Flora of San Francisco told officers she signaled a left turn into Mattox Road and saw the Evans car approach and turn in front of her bus. Neither Evans recalled the incident.
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R. Z. Evans
Manteca
Fairmont
Navy
Matrix Rd
Castro Valley Blvd
Elise de Bourguignon
Flora
San Francisco
Highway Patrol
Mattox Rd
Evansen
Foothill
Insurance committee endorses improper payment plan
Senator R. R. Cunningham Kinford Cal endorsed a plan for improper insurance payments. Other members named H. E. Dillinger Placerville HW BR Ju dah Santa Cruz and H. J. Powers Eagleville served on the committee. Cunningham presided in John F. Shelley San Francisco’s absence.
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R. R. Cunningham
Kinford
Cal
H. E. Dillinger
Placerville
HW. BR. Judah
Santa Cruz
H. J. Powers
Eagleville
Cunningham
John F. Shelley
San Francisco
Parker Receives Silver Star for Gallantry in France
Charles S. Parker of 29720 Dixon Street earned the Silver Star for gallantry in action in France aboard Pointe du Hoc. The radio chief returned under heavy fire to salvage abandoned machine guns and ammunition from beached amphibious trucks, ensuring the equipment was salvaged despite intense enemy sniper fire.
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Charles S. Parker
Dixon Street
Gale Lantry
Aeon Sfube Ont Pointe du Hoe
France
Parler
Tatantry
Anil
Parker
Bel. Parker
Fy Tuiel
Bong Given Medal For 38 Planes Hit
Maj. Richard Bong of Poplar Wisconsin America's top ace with 38 Japanese planes was awarded the Congressional Medal by Gen. Douglas MacArthur at a Philippines airfield ceremony. Bong added two more kills over Leyte convoys near Ormoc last Thursday, all victories in the Southwest Pacific theater.
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Allied
Philippines
U.pi
Richard Bong
Poplar
Wis
Douglas MacArthur
America
Bong
Leyte
Ormoc
Southwest Pacific
Wanted: Men for Brakeman Work With Southern Pacific
Trade ad seeks steady reliable men to join Southern Pacific as brakemen. Training in a few days with pay, good wages, pension plan, railroad pass, medical services, and other benefits. Opportunities for advancement with a progressive company during wartime era. Visit SP Employment Office Oakland or nearest SP Agent.
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Southern Pacific
Germany
Japan
S. P
13Th St
Oakland
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