Mediator Proposes Wage Package in Newspaper Labor Talks
Bernard J. Forman, mediator, submits a plan boosting base pay by five dollars immediately and two dollars weekly after a year plus a cost of living rise tied to the index. Increase starts after the BLS index rises four points above Sept 15 1950. About 3,506 printers and 6,500 others are affected across Times Herald Tribune Daily News Daily Mirror Journal American World Telegram and Sun Brooklyn Eagle Long Island Star Journal Long Island Daily Press Wall Street Journal Journal of Commerce.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
U. S. Department of Labor
Bernard J. Forman
AFL
the Times
Herald Tribune
Daily News
Daily Mirror
Journal - American
World Telegram and Sun
Post
Brooklyn Eagle
Long Island Star Journal
Long Island Daily Press
Wall Street Journal
Journal of Commerce
Malayans Battle Reds in British Dollar Fight
Malaya fights a two front struggle against Communists at home and a dollar shortage abroad. Malayan tin and rubber exports totaled 121 million dollars in six months, funding Britain's empire dollar pool to buy American goods and keep export power. Despite terror on estates, rubber output holds steady and tin rises. Malaya earns dollars but imports remain limited, aiding Britain’s finances, while providing cars and films to Malaya. Cost of anti-terror war runs about 110 thousand dollars daily, with 100 thousand strong armed forces and crumbling infrastructure. Discontent grows as demand for housing, schools, and hospitals increases amid the political strain.
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Singapore
Malaya
Britain
Malsyen
United States
Empire
Empire Dollar Pool
Stafford Cripps
United Kingdom
Commonwealth
Southeast Asia
Donaldson Blames Hoover Group for Reorganization Setback
Postmaster General Jesse M. Donaldson, speaking at the National Association of Postmasters convention in St. Louis, accused the Hoover commission citizens group of handicapping his effort to reorganize the post office. He condemned their loose statements before facts were established. He planned to deliver the closing address at the convention banquet Tuesday night.
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ST. Louis
Jesse M. Donaldson
Citizens Committee
Hoover Commission
Post Office Department
Donaldson
National Association of Postmasters
French Quit Another Frontier Position
A military spokesman said French troops have withdrawn from outlying positions around Laokay the last French bastion on Indochina's northwest frontier. Civilians are being evacuated by air to Hanoi, 150 miles southeast, as troops move back to stronger positions near Laokay. Muong Khuong, 18 miles northeast, was abandoned and defense lines are being dug in anticipation of an assault by Vietminh guerrillas trained by Moscow.
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Saigon
Laokay
Indochina
Hanoi
Lackay
Moscow
Ho Chi Minh
Vietminh
Muong Khuong
Newspaperman Clarence Purdy Dies at 89 in Baltimore
Clarence Melvin Purdy a newspaperman for over six decades died after a brief illness at age 89. He began at the Cleveland Plain Dealer and moved to Baltimore in 1890 as managing editor of the old Balti more World. In 1910 he joined the Baltimore Evening Sun as city editor and stayed with the Sun in various roles until retiring in 1945 as assistant financial editor.
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Baltimore
Clarence Melvin Purdy
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Purdy
Baltimore World
Baltimore Evening Sun
Sun
The
Beagle Keeps Time With Dixieland Jazz in Frankford
A Frankford West Virginia home features Bench a prize beagle that loves Dixieland jazz. The dog sits before the radio and keeps time with the broadcast music wagging its tail like a director's baton.
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Frankford
W. Va
Bench
Extra Help Sought For Sewer Office
The sewer department asks the common council for one full time and two part time workers in the 1951 budget, raising salaries from 39000 to 43000 and total operations from 48650 to 55450, with two new trucks at 4800 and higher costs for supplies express auto maintenance tools materials while department credits drop from 3000 to 1000.
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Sewer Department
Common Council
Stars Strike Oil Near Wichita Falls
Film stars John Wayne and Gene Autry struck oil in Jack county. The well flowed 218 barrels in a four hour test from a total depth of 4620 feet. It marks Wayne’s first production in north Texas while Autry already has interests in several producing wells nearby.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
John Wayne
Gene Autry
Jack County
Wayne
Texas
Autry
Over Oliver's at 207 South Third Street
Local listing notes a venue at 207 South Third Street with telephone contact 2 6906. No further context provided.
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State Board of Health
la Crosse River
Myrick Park
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A. L. McIntyre
Carl B. Noelke Company
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Dial
Esanautee
Aaker
Dee
Hugh
Wiggert Bros
Jey St
Tillman Bros
Hoover Group
Beagle
Hepcat
Gent
Fifth Ave
Boosay and Hawkes Edgware
Reginald Keil
Robert
Alf Modahl
Manke Hardware
Caledonia ST
Standard Oil
Fifth and
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