Johnson Explains Taft Hartley to Workers in Connersville
Eric O. Johnson, general manager of Avco Manitowoc in Connersville Indiana, spoke with about 2500 workers in small groups to explain the Taft Hartley Act. A pre talk poll showed 13 percent for, 63 percent against, 24 percent unsure. post talk support rose to 33 percent for and 56 percent against. Johnson emphasized rights to organize and that management must bargain with chosen unions, while acknowledging possible changes to the law. He urged calm discussion to reduce hysteria and resolve the law’s perceived flaws and virtues.
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Eric O. Johnson
Amtan Central
Avco Manitoring Company
Connersville
Ind
Fr. Johnson
Len
Uaw-Cio
Johnson
Petrillo vows to push for new record contracts
James Caesar Petrillo predicts a return to record-making and urges emphasis on the word never as the union’s contract, due to end December 31, faces renewal. He had earlier warned it would not be renewed, blaming Taft-Hartley era controls and potential royalty changes.
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Petrillo
Mr. Petrillo
America
James Caesar Petrillo
Which Third Party Sparks Progressive Rift
A budding political movement faces a winter setback as several Progressive Citizens of America officers resign and unions threaten withdrawal from the American Labor party. The lingering question is whether progressives fear a third party or Henry Wallace leading it.
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Progressive Citizens of America
American Labor Party
Red Ribbon and Romance Stir American Sympathy
An Italian girl, arrived seeking her ex-GI fiance, faces two suitors as immigration officials grant a 90 day visitors visa to decide marriage or return to Italy. The piece notes a broader fear of communism in Europe and quotes Senator Irving M. Ives.
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Italy
President Truman on youth principles for world peace
The statement urges instilling friendliness and mutual respect in youth to foster better international understanding and peaceful relations among nations.
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President Truman
How to Propose to a 1948 Bachelor
A 1948 bachelor brief offers playful dating tips for women planning to pop the question. Advice covers first dates, gifts, avoiding bold approaches, and keeping expectations low key with movies, billiards, and respectful signals. It advises patience, parental permission, and a light touch before discussing finances and future plans.
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New York
Flibberty
Bermuda
Quotes on unity and postwar costs
A collection of statements from public figures on postwar unity failing, anticipated 1948 automobile price rises despite wage stability, and debates on health insurance versus socialized medicine. Notable voices include Senator Arthur Vandenberg, General Motors’ Charles E. Wilson, General H. H. Arnold, and Bernard Baruch.
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Charles E. Wilson
General Motors Corp
Bernard M. Baruch
These Days by George Sokolsky on homelessness and migration
The piece argues that wars created about 3,000,000 homeless and displaced in Europe and questions how governments trap people with bureaucracy. It denounces rigid controls on movement and calls for recognizing human dignity rather than killing or neglectting refugees.
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Pilgri Rnton
Maryland
Surinam
Rumania
America
Canada
Australia
South Africa
Europe
Normandy
France
England
William
Rurik
House of
Herryman Maurer
Alaska
Guianas
Brazil
Argentina
Madagascar
Kenya
Africa
Soviet Union
United
Maurer
United States
Santa Claus, Reality, and the Vastness of Space
W A Bivins reflects on Christmas belief and reality, citing The Greensboro News on Virginia O Hanlon and Santa. Clyde Fisher urges readers to look up at the night sky, describing Betelgeuse, Alpha Herculis, Sirius and the Milky Way to illustrate the vast universe beyond human concerns.
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Greensboro
Virginia
Francis P. Church
New York Sun
Virginia O'Hanlon
Santa Claus
Clyde Fisher
American Museum of Natural History
Earth
Betelgeuse
Mars
Mt. Wilson
Yuletide yarns and wits from New York trimmings
A compendium of holiday humor and quotes from newspapers and comics. It recalls a Detroit Santa in traffic court, Pete Brooks and Will Rogers quips, a six year old’s Christmas replies, and W C Fields and Charles A Dana anecdotes.
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Santa
Detroit
Pete Brooks
Santa Claus
Pete
Rogues’ Gallery
Alec Woollcott
Stars Beyond the Milky Way Illuminate Eternal Night
A passage explores vast distances in space from the Milky Way to globular clusters like M13 and Nebula H 87. It notes light from distant objects takes millions of years to reach Earth and cites Shapley and Jeans on cosmic origins, ending with Brashear’s epitaph about loving the stars.
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Europe
Space
Pluto
Alpha Centuri
Sirius
Milky Way
Pacific Ocean
Mt. Wilson
Hercules
Earth
Harlow Shapley
Harvard
James Jeans
John” Brashear
Army Prosecutor Horizontal Cy 5 Des pe a 1 8
Puzzle clue list and scattered words form a crossword style grid with entries across and down including military terms and geography hints. The readable text shows several numbered clues and partial phrases intended for a fill-in crossword.
Completion of Crossword Clues From Clue List
The provided text appears as a numbered list of crossword style clues with hints and abbreviations. It references items like three toed sloth and roman date while also listing general terms such as location, past, care, and senior. No single news event or person is described.
Un dressing room mishap sparks mink fashion quip
A columnist theater scene sees Charine enter a dressing room in a new mink and cook. A colleague quips Santa Claus visited me and implies he was slumming, highlighting witty backstage banter.
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Charine
Santa Claus
Santa
Christmas Letters and Ideals in Holiday Verse
A roundup of famous quotes and yuletide thoughts from Broun Emerson Butler Mayer and others. The selections praise idealism democracy and shared humanity with Christmas and New Year greetings. A Scotsman riffs on apples sent from Canada during a broadcast tradition.
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Canada
Nova Scotia Apple Industry Began in 1633 at Annapolis Royal
The article notes Nova Scotia's apple industry dates back 314 years with initial trees planted in Annapolis Royal in 1633. It adds a historical detail that Indigenous peoples stored corn and beans in large ground holes lined with bark.
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Nova Scotia
Annapolis Royal
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