White-Collar Pay Studied by Controllership Group
A 500-company survey led by the Controllership Foundation analyzes how white-collar salaries are set. It covers ranges for office jobs, premium pay for high performers, pay variation by region and city, and the middle tier’s share after costs. Findings show geography drives gaps with New York higher than Midwest and West, and example scales compare $400/month Midwest to $480 in New York.
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New York
Controllership Foundation, Inc
Cincinnati
Kentucky
West Coast
Midwest
Far West
New Telescope Opens in Bloemfontein For Deep Space Study
A new telescope has begun work in Bloemfontein South Africa aimed at probing Milky Way secrets and imaging stars whose light is 100000th that of visible stars. The instrument is owned jointly by Harvard Observatory Arm aghin Northern Ireland and Dunsink Observatory in Ireland.
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Bloemfontein
South Africa
Harvard
Armagh
Northern Ireland
Dunsink
Eire
Decatur’s Postwar Industrial Growth Under TVA and Banks
A regional toast to TVA flood control and bank support that transformed Decatur. Farmers gained a daily market as packing milk and livestock industries grew, producing 60 000 pounds of milk weekly and $43 million in annual farm income. By 1948 local firms reached 87 with 5 204 workers and a $12.6 million payroll.
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Chamber of Commerce
Tennessee
TVA
Decatur
Federal Judge Challenges Oklahoma's Authority in Jewel Robbery Case
In Springfield, a federal judge questioned Oklahoma's right to prosecute St. Louis man William Albert Meininger in a $15,000 Tulsa jewel robbery. Briggle had placed Meininger on five years probation after a 1960 transport across state lines charge and later ordered return to federal jurisdiction, saying Meininger was a ward of the court and his probation was thwarted by Tulsa custody without surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Meininger
No Violation of Academic Freedom Seen at Illinois
The University of Illinois board accepted a fact finding report finding no violation of academic freedom in the economics department. President Stoddard concurred and presented the report after allegations arising from Prof. Ralph W. Blodgett’s resignation to take a job at the University of Florida. Prof. Kemmerer had claimed Blodgett was forced out for disagreeing with Dean Bowen and Prof. Hagen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbana, Ill
University of Illinois
George D. Stoddard
Ralph W. Blodgett
University of Florida
Donald L. Kemmerer
American Association of University Professors
Blodgett
Kemmerer
Howard R. Bowen
College of Commerce
E. E. Hagen
Woman Seeks Court Contempt Against Husband
In Chicago Mrs Mildred Lussow 38 appears in court with three complaints against her husband Emil 40 a fireman She asks the court to cite him for contempt claiming his actions violate a temporary injunction forbidding molestation Judge Rudolph Desart continues the contempt hearing for a week
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Chicago
Mildred Lussow
Emil
Lussow
Rudolph Desart
Lutherans Propose Education Plan At Triennial Convention
The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod approves reorganizing nine US pre theological schools with a 270000 dollar appropriation to train more ministers and teachers. A new senior college may be placed in Chicago Detroit St Louis or St Paul. Delegates also re elect Dr John W Behnken as president for three years.
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Milwaukee
Lutheran church-Missouri Synod
Synod
United States
Chicago
Detroit
St. Louis
St. Paul
W. C. Birkner
Fort Wayne
Ind
Committee On Colleges and Seminaries
North America
Concordia Seminary
Concordia College
Winfield
Kas
Oakland
Cal
Teachers College
River Forest
Ill
Seward
Neb
John W. Behnken
Oak Park
Parks Airlines Lacks Authorization to Carry Mail
A Post Office official said Parks Airlines has not been authorized to deliver mail on its St Louis to Chicago routes despite board disapproval. The department will await the board’s case on route distribution while Parks seeks mail pay based on a two year old certificate.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Parks Airlines
St. Louis
Chicago
Civil Aeronautics Board
Robert Burgess
Post Office Air Mail Division
Parks
Hardy MaClay
Mid-Continent Airlines
Navy Plans Flush-Deck Aircraft Carrier in 1951
The Navy will start building a flush-deck aircraft carrier in 1951. It will be slightly smaller than the earlier proposed super carrier and include a runway about 25 feet longer than the current largest carrier deck. The project, approved by the Joint Chiefs and Secretary Johnson, aims for a lower cost than the earlier $125 million estimate.
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Washington
Navy
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Secretary of Defense
Johnson
U. S
Notable legal scholar and other notable deaths
Max Radin 70 UC Berkeley law professor emeritus and noted educator dies. Kurt Fischer 49 East German police chief linked to disguised army, dies. Jane Cowl 65 famous Broadway actress dies. Mrs Hattie Lucas Altig linked to Senator Scott W Lucas death notices incomplete.
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Associated Press
Oakland
Calif
Max Radin
University of California At Berkeley
Berlin
Kurt Fischer
East Germany
Santa Monica
Jane Cowl
Broadway
Juliet
Population gap if Texas matched Island’s density
The National Geographic Society estimates that if Texas had the same population density as an island, it would house about 178 million people. This comparison highlights commodity and space differences and implies vast population potential.
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The
National Geographic Society
Texas
Merchants urge need to make women feel wardrobe obsolescent
In New York B Earl Puckett of Allied Stores urges retailers to become merchants of unhappiness, saying they must accelerate obsolescence to push new fashions. He challenges the idea that new consumer goods steal clothing spend. Some merchants expect women to be unhappier with their wardrobes this fall as orders rise.
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New York
B. Earl Puckett
Allied Stores Corp
Puckett
Fashion Group
Scouts Ship Their Duffle to Gateway Area Jamoree
Gateway area Boy Scouts advanced equipment to Valley Forge Pennsylvania by baggage car for the national encampment. Supplies include grills tables and jamboree flags with personal gear like sleeping bags carried in pack sacks. Encampment runs June 30 to July 6 with scouts traveling by train and gadget swapping encouraged.
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Gateway Area Boy Scouts
Valley Forge
Gateway Area Scout
America
Playful Mood Brings Arrest
Mrs. Juanita Smith of 3133 George street acted in a playful mood and assaulted Patrolman Don ald Schoenfeld in the 100 block of North Third street at 1:30 a m. She and soldier Carl Ditzler of Camp McCoy were fined $10 each in police court on drunk and disorderly conduct charges. Ditzler previously forfeited a $15 bond on reckless operation charges.
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Juanita Smith
George Street
North Third Street
Donald Schoenfeld
Schoenfeld
Extra work crew on Chicago Burlington and Quincy tracks
An extra gang of section hands has been put to work on the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad tracks north of the north side yards. H J Hassell chief clerk says the crew is surfacing the road bed and is housed in a small work train on a siding in the yards.
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Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
North Side
H. J. Hassell
10 Year Old Mother In Good Condition
An Omaha hospital reports a 10-year-old girl and her newborn son in excellent condition. The six pounds eight ounce baby was delivered without special measures, and the mother had been treated with blood transfusions to regain strength. Names and addresses are withheld. adoption likely soon.
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Omaha
Ceylon Halts Excessive Film Drinking Scene Censors
Ceylon relaxes censorship on film scenes showing drinking after previously blocking long depictions. Authorities say updated rules focus on context and impact rather than blanket bans. Local publishers anticipate smoother imports of internationally produced cinema.
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Ceylon
Nurse Admits Motherhood Of Two Mummified Babies
A 38 year old registered nurse admitted she was the mother of two mummified infants found in her car trunk in Racine Wisconsin Police planned autopsies and held her for further questioning She said both babies were born dead and hidden in hospital quarters and then in her car due to fear of disposal One infant appeared full term and the other undersized or premature with death ages from months to a year The car had been in a repair garage since Monday and the nurse had worked at Sunny Rest sanitarium Racine County.
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Racine
Wis
Wilbur Hansen
Charles Baldwin
E. S. Olson
Wife's Excuse Fails To Satisfy Judge
Leland Storzer of Denmark Wisconsin did not appear in court for a drunken driving charge after his wife claimed illness. Patrolman Gordon Lannin testified Storzer was arrested in Manitowoc for driving a car without the owner's consent. The judge called the wife's story an insult to the court and adjourned the case pending Manitowoc disposition.
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Milwaukee
Leland Storzer
Denmark
Wis
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