AFL Seeks Gain From CIO Split At Sylvania Plant
The AFL Brotherhood of Electrical Workers begins an organizing drive at Sylvania Electric Products in Huntington, a plant built for Navy wartime proximity fuse production. The CIO local split after a December vote, with Mildred Turner’s faction pushing for a new collective bargaining election among 800 workers to choose a new union or none.
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Huntington
W. Va
American Federation of Labor
CIIO
Sylvania Electric Products Company
AFL Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
CIO Electrical Workers Union
Sylvania
Two Women Survive as Three Drown in Bay Capsize
In Chesapeake Bay eight miles east of Baltimore a boat capsized during strong winds. Husbands John Wrightson 30 and Fred Moon 21 and a five year old boy Charles Wrightson drowned. Two women, including Mrs Inez Wrightson 25 and Moon's widow, survived after clinging to debris and being rescued by Baltimore Yacht Club boatmen.
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Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Charles Wrightson
Inez Wrightson
Essex
John Wrightson
Fred Moon
Moon
Long Debate on Labor Measure Starts Tuesday
In Washington the long delayed congressional debate on a new labor law begins Tuesday in the House and will move to the Senate afterward. Lawmakers must choose between reviving the 1935 Wagner act with changes or wiping out the 1947 Taft Hartley act and replacing it.
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Congress
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Senate
Lesinski
Rep
Michigan
Truman
Organized Labor
Wood
Rep. Wood
Georgia
Mr. Truman
House Labor Committee
Elbert Thomas
Senate Labor Committee
Thomas-Lesinski
Bond Election Drive to Get Going at Once
Governor Kerr Scott pushes rural road and school bond campaigns with a June 4 election target. Unity in eastern counties favors bonds, but turnout and apathy may shape voter impact and interest rates. The fight over labor bills heats up as Lesinski and Wood proposals collide with Truman veto risk and party dynamics.
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Lynn Nisbet
Raleigh
Kerr Scott
General Assembly
Agriculture Building
North Carolina
New York Trails in National Fine Arts Contest
New York lags behind Toledo and Los Angeles in national fine arts entries with 23 000 submissions showing that women exceed men in overall entries though men lead in full length plays and radio scripts. The contest offers 100 000 in prizes and closes July 31 with two dollars per manuscript and underwrite by a Brooklyn attorney.
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New York
Toledo
Los Angeles
Calif
National Fine Arts Award, Inc
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Midwest
New
England
Miami
Net News
Paterson
N. J
Attanooga
Boston
Burlington
California
Vermont
Brooklyn
Morning Radio Schedule Listing
A period schedule of daily broadcasts listing hosts Woody Mashburn and program blocks from 6:00 to 11:45 including Breakfast Patrol Local News WHRE WHPE News Movie Time Morning Levotional Sweet Music and Voice of The Army with various time slots and guest star segments.
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Woody Mashburn
WHRE
WHPE
Voice of the Army
Lanny Ross in Bridge and Show Boat Memories
The note recalls Lanny Ross a Yale graduate and former radio star who joined the postwar revival with the Lanny Ross Show and a TV project. It mentions a fishing outing on Catfish Derby day with his wife and fifty New York children, highlighting Ross's varied career and farm visit.
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Lanny Ross
Lanny
Ross
Yale University
New York
Bridge Strategy Wins With Queen of Spades Finesse
In a bridge hand, West leads ten of diamonds and later finesses engage. Ross uses a sequence of diamond, club, and heart plays to locate the queen of spades, then safely finesses the ten of spades to secure the contract.
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Ross
Ing
East
Election Posture After Democratic Primary Loss
The candidate reflects on surprising support in the Democratic primary where 1539 votes were earned but 1653 were needed for victory. He cites personal loyalty from friends, neighbors, and even a Republican-turned-Democrat in his favor amid mixed reactions and gratitude for the backing seen as positive and genuine.
A Call for Unity and civic duty by D B Carrick
D B Carrick urges support for Mayor-elect William F Bailey and the new council. He condemns indifference to politics as a threat to democracy and pledges increased effort if he runs for office again. He emphasizes cooperation as essential to the incoming city administration.
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William F. Bailey
D. B. Carrick
Monday April 25 Radio Schedule Highlights
The document lists a dense April 25 broadcast slate with times from 6:00 to 12:00 including News Broadcasts, Kiddies Hours, Sports Commentary, and entertainment programs. Notable entries include Newsreel Broadcast, The Beulah Skit, Lone Ranger Drama, Sherlock Holmes, and Radio City Playhouse among others.
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Abe-West
Mbs-East
Cbs
Lowell Thomas
Mbs
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Abe Fulton Lewis, Jr
Jack Smith
Abe
Tropics
Bob Croaby
Abe Gabriel Heatter
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Cavalecade of America
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Howard Barlow
Godfrey
CBS ‘Television
Sherlock Holmes
Henry Taylor
Voorhees
Cbet
Metabo
Salem
Child's World
Fish and Hunt Club
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Irma
Radio City
Abe Bob Hawk
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