Alton Regatta Set Amid Rain Spoils Fourth of July
Rain spoiled many Fourth of July plans but drew tourists and locals to Alton for a river regatta on July 18. Spectators expected up to ten thousand as hydroplane and outboard races unfold along the Father of Waters one mile above Clifton Terrace. Top prize money totals 540 dollars, with seven to eight races, including a women pilots event, and hazard noted from past crashes.
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Colorado
Alton
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New Orleans
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Alton Motor Boat Club
Greater Alton
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Postwar profits soar as May prices hit new highs
Federal Reserve and New York Times survey indicate 1948 profits up sharply across major industries. Net income of 297 manufacturing firms in Q1 1948 shows a 26 percent rise from year ago, despite high consumer prices. Oil sector leads gains with 109 percent jump, while undistributed profits and strong loan demand support continued profitability.
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Bureau of Laor Statistics
Federal Reserve Board
New York Times
Inew Securities
Bulletin Ys
Indica
the Times
Indus
Labor Leader Joseph R Kelahan Dead at Danville Veterans Hospital
Joseph R Kelahan a noted labor organizer and International Representative of the Operating Engineers died at Danville Veterans Hospital. Born in March 1897 in St. Louis he moved to Granite City at age four and helped organize Local Nos 825 525A and 8255. Survived by parents wife and ten children the Granite City family received many condolences from labor circles.
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Joseph R. Kelahan
Veteran's Hospital
Danville
Ilinois
Kelahan
St. Louis
Granite City
Sngineer
Woodover
Tines
Wood River Central Labor Union
Wood River Retal
Ite
Jaren
AIL
Ftom
Operating Engineers Elect Officers
At a Local No 525 meeting of the Operating Engineers in Woot River new officers were elected for the coming year. Elected: President John Reid, Vice President C M Williams, Recording Secretary Taylor Elliott, Treasurer B Trusdale, Financial Secretary Percy Lauck, Guard D W Gurley, Conductor Don Gardner, Trustees Clyde Dilon Jess Sones and T Barton,rusting Committee E J Childers L Hinman and D W Gurley.
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Woot River
John Reid
C. M. Willams
Taylor Elliott
B. Trusdale
Percy Lauck
D. W. Gurley
Don Gardner
Clyde Dilon
Jess Sones
T. Barton
E. J. Childers, L
Hinman
University Provost Removes Notices After Meat Pack Strike
During the stoppage at Friendly Champaign the university provost Coleman R. Griffith removed notices offering summer jobs at meat plants to students at one dollar an hour plus quarters and food. The union recalls the gesture as not wanting to strikebreak while the episode lingers.
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Champaign
Tne
University of Inl
Coleman R. Griffith
Griffith
Backward Lady Seeks Bookends for Birthday Gift
A playful exchange shows a young man seeking a birthday gift for a young lady. He asks for bookends as a suitable present while the forward figure offers enthusiastic approval, highlighting a humorous or whimsical tone.
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Enthusiass
Wisdom 1 principle is good for anything, it is worth living up to
Benjamin Franklin emphasizes that wisdom as a guiding principle benefits all actions and is worth pursuing in life. The quote frames wisdom as universal, shaping conduct across contexts and endeavors.
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Benjamin
Franklin
VA Explains Law Raising GI Training Pay for Apprentices
The VA outlines a new Public Law 512 adjustment raising subsistence and cap limits for GI bill training. Rates now top at 210 dollars monthly for veterans without dependents, 270 with one dependent, and 200 for those with more than one dependent, with increases prorated for school-time training.
Labor Day posters and lapel emblems for unions
S Miller and Associates of Joliet announce ready for Labor Day color posters and lapel emblem tags for distribution to local labor organizations. The group highlights union label week materials and notes posters and tags feature an international union emblem, aimed at boosting visibility during Labor Day parades.
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International Union
S. . Miller and Associates
van Buren Street
Joliet
United States
Iller
Noteworthy gains against common childhood diseases in Tinos
Dr. Roland I Cross reports sizable drops in diphtheria and whooping cough during the first eighteen weeks of the year. Diphtheria cases fell from 78 to 35, a reduction over 80 percent, while whooping cough cases dropped from 1,584 to 3,019 though the phrasing indicates a similar decline. No smallpox cases have been recorded this year and typhoid fever cases are down to 26 from 80 last year.
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Tinos
Roland I. Cross
Social Security Debate on AFL Radio Program
Representative Dingell urged immediate extension of social security to cover 20 million workers, arguing health insurance must be added. AFL program on NBC discussed health care, broader coverage, and objections from Schmidt Halverson and Petri, with mixed views on federal involvement and congressional records.
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Washington
John D. Dingel
Michigan
Philip Petri
AFL
Emerson P. Schmidt
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Lloyd Halverson
National Grange
Dingell
Mr. Pearl
80Th Congress
Enre
Bith Congress
Dr. Schmidt
Congress
Halverson
Pearl
Dinnell
Schmidt
Federal employes win raise and postal workers get $450
AFL unions secure a wage increase for federal workers the first in two years. Postal and other federal staff receive $450 raises with broader pay reform stalled. The measure covers about 480,000 federal workers links to Classification Act changes and wage-board determinations near.
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Wnion
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Riginal Senate
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Executive Council
District of Columbia
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Congress
Employers' Group Assailed For Monopolistic Practices
An employers’ association faces criticism for collusion to fix wages, citing a Delta Star Electric Company case costing 90 300 in dam ages. The action allegedly weakens bargaining power across 41 members and prompts calls for Taft-Hartley reform to protect flexible wage offers and penalize overreach. A new soldering iron tech note follows.
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Chicago
Delta Star Electric Company
AFL
Eich al Egey
Associatio
Lmployers! Association
Mr. Dorta
Madison County health plan urged with civic group support
Madison County health plan advocates call for county health department with preventive focus and services for all residents. Leaders cite endorsements from PTA, YWCA, labor unions, and Madison County Medical Society while outlining funding through a half mill tax and small per person cost.
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Madison County Health Plan
Talle
Wittenborn
Norman Rose
Madson County
Indiana Line
UNE
Rebas
PTA
Patriotic
YWCA
Allie
Madison County Medical Society
National Safety Parley Plans and Publication Drive
Government campaign to boost accident prevention through a series of pamphlets led by the Bureau of Labor Standards. The first pamphlet Butch Learned the Hard Way portrays a worker who resists safety rules, but survives and joins a safety committee. President Truman notes 1947 injuries and deaths in urging coordinated federal, state, and private safety efforts. Copies available from the Bureau and the Government Printing Office, with bulk discounts.
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Washington
Truman
Bureau of Standards of the Labor Department
Howe
Iam
Wiliam le Connor
Bureau of Labor Standards
U.S. Department of Labor
D.C
Superintendent of Documents
U.S. Government Printing Office
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