Rock Hill Plant Weighs Move Amid Wage Dispute
Rock Hill Printing & Finishing Co considers transferring its textile mill operations after a 3000-strong TWUA strike over wage increases and fringe benefits. Windsor Print Co of North Adams, Mass may take over. The plant, member of the M. Lowenstein chain, sublets work and employs about 4200 across two unions.
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Rock Hill
D.C
Rock Hill Printing & Finishing Co
Ray Berthiaume
Textile Workers Union of America
Windsor Print Co
North Adams
Mass
Windsor
TWUA
AFL - Cio
William H. Grier
Grier
M. Lowenstein
Berthiaume
Atomic radiation may preserve foods within five years
Capt. Reuben Pomerantz of the Quartermaster Food and Container Institute says radiation could extend shelf life of some foods at normal refrigeration, reduce costs, and will not make foods radioactive. Army research plans large scale plants. some foods like greens, fruits, and dairy resist the method.
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Robert Hunt
ST. Louis
Institute of Food Technologists
Reuben Pomerantz
Quartermaster Food and Container Institute of Chicago
Army
Conscientious Objectors
Fitzsimmons Army Hospital
Denver
Pomerantz
Brussels
Fair Tobacco Crop Prospects Reported by State Service
The North Carolina State Crop Service reports unseasonably cool weather and insufficient rainfall delaying weed growth and development. Insects noted. cotton ranges from poor to good with central and southern Piedmont worst. coastal plain shows better progress. corn generally fair to good with statewide prospects mainly fair.
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Tolina
Eral
Piedmont
Coastal Plain
Final Assembly of Automobiles and Trucks Across 25 States
A report notes that final assembly of automobiles and trucks occurs in 25 states, reflecting broad manufacturing spread across the United States and indicating a substantial industrial footprint.
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Union
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Etuil A
Croatia
Belk-Beck
Belk
Birdseye
Snow
Voile
Shorty
DuPont “Zeset
Plisse
Selec
B& L
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