Production area ruling redefines farm processing exemptions
The Labor Department issued a new definition of area of production under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The move, explained by Thomas O Malley and L Metcalfe Walling, sets tests for exemptions from minimum wage and overtime for workers in agricultural processing. It applies to open country operations within specified mile radii and involves two exemption types affecting dairy, fruit, grain and other commodities. Enforcement begins March 1, 1947, with guidance offered by the Wage and Hour divisions.
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Chicago
Ill
Thomas O'Malley
U. S. Department of Labor
New York
L. Metcalfe Walling
Supreme Court
Oily Hill Fruit Products
Minneapolis
Seattle
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Dallas
New Orleans
Atlanta
Raleigh
N. C
Walling
Congress
O'Malley
California mulls penalties for slow drivers on highways
Sacramento report notes state lawmakers consider giving highway patrol power to force slow drivers to speed up or exit the road, addressing the lack of an official upper speed limit.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Neighbors Harvest 5000 Bushels For Widow After Farm Fire
Good neighbors organized aid for Mrs. Wood whose husband died in a farm fire. Seventeen vehicles and equipment harvested 65 acres of corn and moved about 5000 bushels to an elevator within a day.
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Harry
Wood
State Education Bureau Orders Changes In High School Credits
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction ordered changes in high school credit awards for military service. The bulletin outlines a new system affecting accreditation policies during peacetime rather than wartime as reported by the Tribune Madison Bureau.
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Tribune Madison
Madison
Wis
State Department of Public Instruction
Schools cut credits for military basic training in new plan
Under the new plan high schools are urged to stop granting credits toward graduation for basic or recruit training of men entering the service after hostilities end. They should still grant peacetime credit for educational experience.
Education notes from the La Crosse Tribune December 26 1946
The department urges continued high school use of correspondence courses for credit in peacetime programs and notes ongoing federal aid for school lunch equipment. It also mentions military service schools expanding and sausage consumption figures.
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LA Crosse
Christmas Tree Fire Injures Man and Boy in Milwaukee
Five year old William Chenze remains in critical condition and his father Sgt. Albert Chenze is seriously burned after a Christmas morning fire in their Milwaukee apartment. Police say a candle toppled on a sewing machine igniting the tree as the child unwrapped gifts at 4 am while his father slept on a couch.
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Milwaukee
William Chenze
Sgt
Albert
Chenze
U. S. Army
Alice
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