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Newspaper
Labor World
Location
Alton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1947
Page
3
A report from the American occupation era portrays the German worker’s conditions and the trade union movement under military government. Leo R Weis directs Manpower in Germany as the United States Department of Labor reviews advisory committee excerpts and graphic material.
The article notes severe German housing and heating shortages, with two workers per household and scarce coal, food, and paper supplies. It cites bombed cities, limited transportation, and rising living costs while wages lag behind inflation, highlighting strains on unions and worker conditions amid postwar recovery.
A fieldworker recalls a disturbing farm home interview for the parole board. The aged, educatedless woman reveals a brutal family history and how a father’s exploitation shaped a son’s later crimes. The piece argues crimes stem from earlier abuse across generations and contrasts introverted versus extroverted responses.
Wood choppers at Shurtleff College burned wood in Loomis Hall for warmth in the year after the Civil War. A town stroll notes changes in Hilltown, East Broadway lots leveled for a used car lot, and shifting business like banks expanding seven floors high. A Navy veteran recalls pennants at Memorial Ters, and locals comment on aging gracefully in Alton. The column mentions car and ambulance services, a newly opened upholstery shop, and various residents and businesses including Peters Candies and the Ist National Bank.
An account describes George Williams killed in 1820 by machine gun fire from a 1924 Model Ford Coupe. Two men waited near East Alton for Williams who drove a cream colored Dodge Victory Coupe. He was pursued as his car was riddled.
The Allied authorities report restoration of local unemployment and social insurance programs in Germany, with many agencies already functioning across the zone. Plans are under review to simplify and unify the social insurance system as Germany moves toward a new democracy.
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