Coal Miners Entitled To Travel Pay
Washington Aug 28 CIO members of the National War Labor Board dissenting from a recent portal to portal ruling argue coal miners deserve pay for underground travel time. They note the Illinois United Mine Workers contract provided 1.25 dollars per day for travel and that the board has previously treated time beyond seven hours as work, independent of the fair labor standards act. The text also mentions India's burlap production.
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CIO
National War Labor Board
United Mine Workers of America
Guard
van A. Bittner
John Brophy
Carl J. Shipley
Desmond Garst
Circuit Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
War Labor Board
Illinois
Dolly Hedgecock Wins First in 4-H Garden Contest
Dolly Ann Hedgecock of the Oak View 4-H Club won first place in the annual 4-H garden contest sponsored by Sears Roebuck stores of High Point and Greensboro and will receive a cash prize at Achievement Day in October. Runners up were Jane Driver and Emily Ballinger, Guilford 4-H club members and Guilford College students, both slated for cash prizes.
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Dolly Ann Hedgecock
Oak View
Sears - Roebuck
High Point
Greensboro
Dolly Ann
Ruby Leftwich
Jane Driver
Emily Ballinger
Guilford 4-H
Guilford College
Farm Hand Freed Of Work Or Fight Charges By Court
ROCKVILLE Md Aug 28 Pi Stanley Day 19 year old farm hand and 4 F army rejectee was freed today of charges of violating Maryland s new work or fight law after serving two days of a 30 day sentence Convicted Thursday after farmer Henry Bussard of Redlands Md complained he had refused to work for 2 a day Day had been put on a prison road gang To day State s Attorney Joseph B Simpson told Trial Magistrate Donald A De Lashmutt In view of the evidence that there was not an offer at the prevailing wage I confess on behalf of the state a plea of not guilty W Anderson county agricultural agent told reporters the average wage for n workers in the county Montgomery ran from 250 a day with dinner for general farm work to 5 a day for cutting corn and filling silos Bussard denied to the court that he had withheld any of Day s pay to settle a debt owed him by the boy s father and young Day likewise testified he had been paid in full for 12 days work he had done for the former earlier The Justice Department at Washington had said it had the case under serious consideration from the involuntary servitude angle After today s proceedings a department spokesman declined to say whether it would continue its interest Amarillo Tex is the leading source of helium in the United States.
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Rockville
Pi Stanley Day
Maryland
Henry Bussard
Redlands
Day
Joseph B. Simpson
Donald A. de Lashmutt
W. ©. Anderson
Montgomery
Bussard
Young Day
Justice Department
Washington
Utilization Of War Plants Is Studied
A 27 member chamber of commerce committee led by Albert C. Mattei will study postwar use of surplus war plants and stocks. The group will survey scope, noting excess war material and obsolete equipment as the war ends. FHA, FHLBA and NHA warn against a real estate boom while surveying postwar housing demand and site availability.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Albert C. Mattei
Chamber
Honolulu Oil Corporation
San Francisco
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Federal Home Loan Bank Administration
FHLBA
National Housing Agency
NHA
National Library to Rise on Site of Ciudadela in Mexico City
Mexico City will replace the 200 year old Ciudadela arsenal with a grand National Library building. The site carries revolutionary memory from Morelos to the Tragic Ten Days of 1913. The new structure will house a million items including incunabula and rare colonial documents.
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Jack Starr-Hunt
Central Press
Mexico City
Mex
Ciudadela
Arsenal
National Library of Mexico
Mexico
Morelos
Churubusco
Moling de Rey
Rocha
Vera Cruz
Europe
Leipzig
St. Augustine
National Library
Texas
California
WFA Takes Over Control Of U. S. Onion Supply
The War Food Administration will take control of shipments of nearly all U S onions due to rising demand. Starting August 31, permits are required for dry onion shipments over 100 pounds except for nearby storage. Regions affected include multiple western and midwestern states with 90 percent of late crop produced there. Permits issued by regional Food Distribution Administration offices. Producers may move onions into nearby storages within 25 miles if previously done without a permit, otherwise permits required for other shipments by truck or rail.
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Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
California
Oregon
Utah
Nevada
Idaho
Colorado
Minnesota
North Dakota
Michigan
Indiana
New York
Food Distribution Administration
Crossword grid prompts for EASTERN STATE puzzle is shown
A list of clues fills horizontal and vertical entries for a themed crossword. Across hints include Depicted state, Answer to Previous Puzzle, and various word fragments. Down clues cover Regular, Greek letter, Dam type, Hindu garment, and NZ abbreviation, among others.
Federal Men Expect Return Of Bootlegging
Denver INS dispatch reports Alcohol Tax Unit officials warn bootlegging could revive if sugar sales relax and liquor shortages persist. J. L. White notes few current Colorado bootleggers but cautions rationing must stay in place to prevent illicit alcohol. Records show nationwide still seizures and prosecutions rose from 1936 levels, with cautionary tales from past enforcement.
Brave Newsman Arthur Ely Killed Leading Engineers in Pacific
First Lieut. Arthur C. Ely of Brooklyn and formerly with the New York Journal American is named as the first amphibian engineers officer killed in action in the Southwest Pacific. Ely, who had become an infantryman after landing at Nassau Bay, died leading his men against a Japanese machine gun nest. The article also notes the Grand Canyon in Arizona as a remarkable record of river erosion.
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New Guinea
INS
Arthur C. Ely
Brooklyn
N. Y
New York Journal American
Southwest Pacific
Nassau Bay
Ely
Soldier Convicted in Death at Moses Lake
Pvt. Nelson Matsen twenty from Philadelphia was convicted by a general court martial of manslaughter in the death of Sgt. William G. Woodruff of Roanoke Rapids North Carolina. Woodruff's body was found July 13 floating in Moses Lake and authorities say he died from a severe concussion. Matsen received a six year sentence though ten years was the maximum possible.
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Moses Lake
Wash
Nelson Matsen
Philadelphia
William G. Woodruff
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
Woodruff
Matsen
Snake Steaks Rise In Denver Canning Show
At Denver’s Food Conservation exhibit rattlesnake meat was shown in jars by Sam R. Hill and George Heywood. A judge questioned its relevance to the war food program while Hill explained the venom crystals are sent to a firm to produce battlefield medicine.
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John R. Ward
Denver
Waldorf
Presidential Suite
Victory Garden
Army Medical Corps
Emily Griffith Opportunity School
Sam R. Hill
George Heywood
Wyoming
Hill
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