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Newspaper
Labor World
Location
Alton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1947
Page
4
A dense editorial piece argues church leadership and workers must embrace loyal cooperation with employers. It links Christian duty, fair wages, diligence, personal discipline, and daily devotion to productive work, stressing planning, restraint, and mutual respect amid broader labor politics and governance actions.
More than 2000 AFL Teamsters voted to approve a compromise wage deal raising pay by 17 cents an hour. Local 249 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters approved the agreement by a 4 to 1 margin after negotiations settled the wage issue and other controversial points with the Western Pennsylvania Motor Carriers Association.
Washington reports a June rise in the number of apprentices in the construction industry reaching 10094, an all time high. The industry totals include Woodworking 37028, Trowel trades 13106, Electrical 15740, Pipe trades 1583, Painting 82, Sheet metal 7380, and Other trades 4149.
Springfield union members ratify a wage deal with the Springfield Street Railway Co. New pay raises raise day work to $1.68 and night shift to $1.58 per hour, with five hour days. The agreement increases overall compensation while aligning conditions with industry standards and preserving hours.
Vivid fragments recount street scenes and characters from a small community. A bus encounter near Belle Street, a driver exchange, and a discarded 12 cylinder car frame mix with notes on local residents, dating, and odd anecdotes highlighting life around the Hayner Library and Lytton's.
A state highway department report notes a former offender who sent a letter and $3 claiming reform. The account recalls a lantern theft from a state project ages ago. The Waterlan Salvage Co. suffered a $50 loss when their warehouse burned completely, with nothing salvaged.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a convoluted political scene with references to Taft and election dynamics. It mentions American voters, archer and senate themes, and a noted death of Muray. The garbled passages indicate a focus on political contention, expansion debates, and various unnamed actors across national events.
A scrambled poem fragment mentions Madison County Missouri with misty reference to Mississippi banks a bustling city with trains and many people. The odd lines mix names and images of sorrow wealth and a questioning speaker about love and harm amid a restless landscape.
Stamford Connecticut reported a human skull found during removal work at an old county jail built in 188? county officials had no idea of origin or how long it had been there. AFL convention opens September 2 in Stamford with details to follow.
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