Restaurants Close on Holidays Across Town
Stop and Think explores how many Alton eateries shut for holidays around July 4, urging plans to keep some open to serve travelers and hotel guests. The piece notes heavy Fourth of July crowds at Clifton Terrace motorboat races, with 1500–? cars turned away due to highway space, and calls for coordinated public-private efforts to boost commerce during holiday events. It also mentions bids for resurfacing College Avenue and Fourth Street to ease traffic, and recalls the U S forest area figure of 462 000 000 acres with 74 percent privately owned.
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Fone
Atoclstion
Clifton Terrace
Aces
Alton
Ramer
Clifton
Nck
Colege Avenue
Fourth Street
Thearea
Grain Processors Win Charter At AFL Convention
Grain processors secure an international charter transforming as American Millers Grain International Union. The move consolidates payroll and dues under the new regime while AFL affiliates dispute details. Leaders like William Jed campaign for broader mill participation. local reps from Alton and Kansas City attended.
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American Federation of Grain Processors
Arvin Federation of Labor
American Federation of Labor
AFL
Lot
President Hotel
Grain International Union
Kansas City
William Jed
Elfgen
Lers Grain International Union
The
International
Joseph Eifgen
Allonica
Eugen
Robert Walton
Lofact
Alton
Kan
Meat Price Boosts Make Scales Obsolete
New York reports meat prices soar beyond old scales. Toledo Scale Company announces postwar models with 900 percent more price computations, 70 prices per pound, and charts totaling 120000 price characters.
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New York
Toledo Scale
Health campaign in Madison County gains momentum
A county wide health plan, backed by the Madison County Health Committee, aims to unite school and community health services across eight counties toward a county health department. Petitions to place the issue on the ballot are urged before August 12, with local officials and civic groups mobilizing in support.
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EU ‘Choelreorgeon
Prepared Health Department
Madison County
Taylor Blist
Wood River
Medion County
Wage Earners League Meets In Wood River August 15
The Wage Earners League schedules a meeting in Wood River on August 15 inviting local labor members from southern Illinois to hear Paul Douglas and other endorsed candidates discuss the Hartley law and related issues. The August 18 executive board gathering in Wood River is announced with a 10:00 am CST start, followed by a general session at 12:90 pm CST.
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Mtt. Vernon
Melvin Price
Harry Truman
Barkley
League
Executive Board
Paul Douglas
Senate ‘Au
Teague
Paul Dougas
Operating Engineers
Sia
Iiam Hambleton
Line Teagre
Wood River J
Labor
Wholesale Prices Hit 148 Year Peak In July
Wholesale prices rose 1.3 points to 168.9 in the week ended July 17, led by a 9.2 percent jump in food costs and a 124 percent rise over two years. The index, the highest since records dating back to 1890, reflects broad gains in farm products and living costs.
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Washington
Wytar Rosen
Dex
BLS
Commerce Department
Sixty sixth Annual Chicago Labor Federation Convention
The State Federation's Sixty sixth Annual Convention will convene in Chicago on Monday, September 27, 1948, at 10:00 am and continue daily until business is completed. All affiliated locals and central bodies should send delegates based on membership, with one delegate per hundred members and one additional for every additional hundred. Delegations limited to affiliated organizations. national copies to be sent on request. Credentials and hotel arrangements will be distributed to affiliated organizations by the Chicago Federation of Labor.
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AFL
San Francisco
Opera House
Frank P. Fenton
United States Workers
ILO
Fenton
Paris
Benla
Melvin Price
East St. Louis
Progressive Mine Workers of America
John Marchiando
PMWA
Marchiando
Labor
Tintstate Federation
Ber
Chicago
Noi
Ther
Doony
al Af X
Stary
Vitor A. Olander
Lake Shore Drive
Crediy
Ted Delegnen
Chicago Federation of Labor
Paul Douglas to Speak Sunday on Senate Bid
Notice states Paul Douglas, candidate for the U.S. Senate, will speak Sunday evening at a local venue. The event invites all to hear this outspoken advocate for the working classes and support his campaign.
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Paul Douglas
U. & Senate
Line
Fee
Local Trade Unions Move to New Quarters on Broadway Market
Official notice states Barter ra and Waltrestes Local No 1 and Retail Clerks Local No 444 moved to fourth floor offices in Fuulanch Building at Broadway Market. Phone numbers remain the same. Retail Clerk No 544 meets the third Wednesday each month and Bartenders and Waitresses No 248 meet the third Monday each month.
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Barterra and Waltrestes Local
Fuulanch
Broadway Market
Union Welfare Fund Plans Hospital for Injured Miners
New York City reports the United Workers Welfare and Retirement Fund medical advisory board studies a 200 bed hospital to treat spinal injuries among coal miners. The plan envisions a staff of eminent specialists and a cost of 15 000 to 20 000 dollars per bed, with care and rehabilitation for 100 crippled miners and placement of more in related programs and facilities.
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R. R. Sayers
Bird of the Land
Ran of Mines
Department of the Interior
United Mine Workers of A America
Medical Advisory Board
Ne Board
Union Welfare Fund
New York City
ILNS
United Workers Welfare and Retirement Fund
Lst
Alabama
Lenox Hill
Kessler
Newark
N.d
Permanente Foundation
Valleo, Call
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Paul Grgnsby
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Searcy-Clabaugh
Board of Supervisors
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Wage Earners League
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