AFL Sets Up Committees for Union Label Week Campaign
AFL officials announce action committees across branches to promote Union Label Week May 10 to 16. Merchants and manufacturers urged to display union made products and services while unions plan promotions, labels and buttons. Events include Union Label Show in Milwaukee and a focus on union made goods and education.
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Labor Press Conference Set for April 23 24
Labor Press to Meet April 23-24 in Urbana Illinois features Lewis M Herrmann AFL secretary treasurer as keynote speaker. Herrmann editor of the New Jersey Labor Herald and a New Jersey legislator outlines the role of the labor press. Conference at University of Illinois campus includes workshops and an official dinner. Phillips Bradley directs the institute organizing the event and aims to form a regional AFL labor press association for Illinois Western Indiana and Eastern Iowa.
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Plumbers' Official Dies After a Heart Attack
Archie A. Gillis, assistant secretary treasurer of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry, died April 4 at Suburban Hospital after a heart attack. A Belmond, Mass., native, he joined the union in 1911 and was an organizer from 1924 to 1995 when he moved to Washington for the union headquarters post. He held several executive labor positions, earned degrees from Sutton University Law School and Blackstone Law School, and in 1941 received an honorary Doctor of Laws from Blackstone. He was admitted to practice before the District of Columbia bar, the Massachusetts Bar Association, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Funeral services were held in Boston April 8.
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Massachusetts Bar Association
United States Supreme Court
Boston
Consumer Reports on Radios and Washing Machines
The article reviews table-model AM FM radios with the Zenith H HQOR leading in tone and fidelity, followed by Plot 7 521 and Westinghouse H 161. It also discusses automatic washing machines, rating Blackstone as the best but costly, Bendix and Colorado as cheaper alternatives, and notes many US students lack schooling, urging local and state action.
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Consumers Union
Zenith
Westinghouse
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Blackstone
Bendix
Coronado
AMC
Consumer Reports
Gozia Named Jewelry Dept Manager at Gately's Store
April 9 election among Local No. 825 members chose Gozia as manager of the jewelry department at Gately's Store amid a margin of 1 percent. Voters near the Shell Building, with two spoiled ballots, weighed union ties and pricing disputes as they cast ballots at the shop’s polling site.
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Gately’s
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Origin of Eskimo Dog Traced to Greenland and Labrador
The true Eskimo dog is a native of Greenland and Labrador. It closely resembles the gray wolf and is believed to be a domesticated species of wolf.
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Greenland
Labrador
Anton Welcomes New Jewelry Expert Mr Gouin
Mr. Gosin has resided in Anton for over eight months after moving from St Louis where he led the jewelry department at Union May Stern Company for three years. With fifteen years in jewelry and credit work, he is considered well qualified in his field.
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Anton
Alton
St. Louis
Union-May-Stern Company
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AFL CIO Begin Joint Broadcast on York City Station
Labor speaks series opens on WOR March 1 uniting AFL and CIO for 13 weekly broadcasts. William Green and Philip Murray discuss peace costs and political decisions shaping 1940s labor policy. A light anecdote about a wig follows the main program.
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