Berlin Unemployed Face Uncertain Spring in West Berlin
Western Berlin’s jobless rely on fish and potatoes as they patch clothes and pass shop displays. One in three Berliners lacks work amid a ruined city and a Russian blockade, yet they persevere for a hopeful future with Allies, Bonn funds, and Marshall Plan support shaping morale and work.
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Kenosha Evening News item brief
A June 1 1950 issue from Kenosha Wisconsin summarizes local news brief items and notices for readers, including community events, public notices, and short updates from the city region.
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Kenosha
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Atlanta Launches Jitney Service Amid Transit Strike
Atlanta officials set up a jitney system to replace trolleys and buses during a two week strike by the streetcar and bus workers. Mayor Hartsfield ordered courtesy cars off streets as illegal. Jitneys may charge 10 cents until the strike ends, at which time permits will be voided.
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William Hartsfield
J. Charlie Murphy
AFL
Georgia Power Company
Herbert Jenkins
Drivers’ Union
Power Company
Five years to reshape Berlin economy and lives
Ernst draws eleven dollars weekly in unemployment pay to feed his wife and two children while rationing milk and eggs for their family. He notes in his district eight thousand have found work in two months but still forty thousand are unemployed and fewer than a hundred thousand hold jobs. Unemployment rules allow those with twenty six weeks work since 1945 to qualify, leaving only habitual loafers out in the cold. The cacao tree was introduced to the African Gold Coast from tropical America about seventy years ago.
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Ernst
Hilde Garde
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