Ford and Thrashers Reflections on Henry Ford
Roy Stephenson recalls a 1940 car and Bob Fnillips 1936 Ford truck stalling on a Tuesday. The piece contrasts Ford’s impact on American industry and society with reflections on Henry Ford as a simple man who shaped cities, wartime power, and public life. Ward and Thor Thrasher edit an era through anecdotes and a column on Warren Austin defending Truman’s Greece Turkey aid policy.
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Roy Stephenson
Bob Fnillips
Toy
Bob
Henry Ford
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America
Ford
Thomas Jadison
Harvey Firestone
John Burroughs
Ward
James Thrasher
Austin
Greece
Turkey
Warren Austin
Truman
United Nations
Mr. Truman
Mgr
Lake Success
UN Commission
Britain
Food and Agricultural Organization
Mr. Austin
United States
Congress
U. S
United Neions
Halls Areso
Gas blast kills nine miners at Knox Coal mine shaft
Exeter Pennsylvania April 10 nine miners died and nine were injured in a gas explosion at the Schooley shaft of Knox Coal Co near Exeter. Rescue work under dangerous conditions. state official Maize raced from Harrisburg to oversee the investigation.
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Schooley
Knox Coal Co
Here
Pennsylvania
Richard Maize
Harrisburg
Glen Alden Coal Company
Nottingham
Plymouth
Rock Falls
Pittston Hospital
Knox
Penn Coal Co
Wilkes-Barre
Arkansas Governor considers state level arbitration on telephone strike
Governor Laney proposed arbitration to settle wage disputes in the Arkansas telephone strike and urged workers to return to work pending settlement. He would consult the Public Service Commission to find a settlement method, with Southwestern Bell open to the idea and calling for inter-state arbitration involving five states. Union spokesman warned they would respond if contacted, while noting no imminent seizure law exists and no major changes in strike or service.
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Washington
Long Lines
National Federation of Telephone Workers
American Telephone and ‘Telegraph Company
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Long Lines Workers’ Organization
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Little Rock
Arkansas
State Public Service Commission
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Southwestern Bell
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
J. R. Coe
National Federation of Telephone Workers Union
Ind
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McCall
St. Louis
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House
Congress
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House Labor Committee
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Atomic Energy Commission
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Senate
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Greece
United States
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Centralia
Ill
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GOP
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Reconstruction Finance Corp
Baltimo & Ohio Railroad
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RFC
Bernard W. Kearney
N. Y
House Rules Committee
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Truman
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Department of Justice
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University of Arkansas
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