Alton Municipal Band rehearses for summer concerts
The Music Box notes Alton and Wood River bands preparing for free summer park performances at Riverview Park on Thursdays and Rock Springs Sundays. Otto Unterbrink, 73, marks 50 years with the band. Jimmy Rhinehardt returns from the South Pacific to reinforce the Muny Band clarinet section. Vacancies exist. Parker and Eddie Dollhaus invite auditions. James Creech joins Bon Air Club sax work, replacing Ralph Canaday. Cleo Etzkorn directs Wood River band with Paul Louden as manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton’s
Riverview Park
Rock Springs
Otto Unterbrink
Alton
White Hussars
Parker
Eddie Dollhaus
James Creech
Municipal
George Fries
Bon Air Club
Ronny Klaus
Creech
Ralph Canaday
Wood River
Cleo Etzkorn
Paul Louden
Age Limits and Restrictions Force Skilled Workers to Seek Jobless Pay
State Commissioner Samuel C. Bernstein says age sex and other limits bar many skilled workers from employment pushing them onto unemployment benefits. He notes over 40s face hiring barriers even with skills, while specialization and sex-based demand also shape the labor market and relief roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Samuel C. Bernstein
Bernstein
Alton's Hilltown Slums Highlight 1947 City Life
The piece surveys Alton's Hilltown slums along Illinois and Missouri avenues and Fifth and Market streets, noting ramshackle, rent‑burdened homes lacking modern conveniences. It mentions residents like Patricia Cornell and Harry Watson, laments stagnant conditions, and hints at future speed boating and aquatic ambitions. It also recalls Aunt Teeny Wooff and Reverend Amos Barton, reports traffic delays on Belle Street, a Brush party with gun‑toters, and Dr. Robert Lynn’s China anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton
Hilltown
Illinois
Missouri Avenue
Central Avenue
Fifth and Market
Harry Watson
State
Logan Streets
Tommy Silk
Shell
Harry
Miller
Christina Wooff
Russell Wooff
Wooff
Belle and
Piasa
Teeny
West 13Th Street
Craig Motor Company
East Broadway
Kramer Electric Company
Kramer
Alton Lake
Louisville
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Amos Barton
Upper Alton Baptist Church
Ber
Gellenthien
Shurtleff College
Barton
Gillenthien
Belle Street
Belle ‘Vom
Harold Eyster
Stanley Brush Company
West 9Th Street
Robert Lynn
Laclede Steel Mill
China
Lynn
Franklin
Klein Claims 70 Anti Labor Speakers Cited
Rep. Arthur Klein told a 500 delegate labor conference that seventy management witnesses before the House Labor Committee have been cited for unfair labor practices by the National Labor Relations Board or courts. He said most would be published in the Congressional Record and warned that labor bills in Congress would erase 40 to 50 years of labor gains. Charles S. Zimmerman of the ILGWU cited a recent near general garment industry strike, noting employers shifted to bargaining in good faith after anti labor agitation. Emil Schlesinger of ILGWU warned the portal to portal bill would nullify the wages and hours law. Messages from Schwellenbach and Wagner were read. Resolutions opposing restrictive labor legislation were adopted unanimously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. House Labor Committee
National Relations Board of Courts
Arthur Klein
New York
Klein
Emil Schlesinger
ILGWU
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Robert F. Wagner
AFL Leaders Back Tolerance Drive Against Bigotry
AFL President William Green and Secretary-Treasurer George Meany join AFL chieftains in urging tolerance and opposing bigotry or race discrimination in a Jewish Labor Committee publication. Green defends AFL against bigotry and flags Communist fronts, while Meany vows continued union battle for democracy and universal rights. David Dubinsky challenges Britain's Labour Government on Palestine, urging justice for Jews. Copies available from the Jewish Labor Committee in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Federation of Labor
AFL
William Green
George Meany
Jewish Labor Committee
New York
Green
United States
American Jewish Labor Council
Meany
Europe
David Dubinsky
International Ladies’ Galent Workers’ Union
Palestine
Great Britain
East Broadway
N. Y
Cities avoid traffic deaths in 1946 exceed 35 areas
Thirty five cities with populations over ten thousand ended 1946 without a traffic death. New Britain Connecticut with 68700 residents led as the largest to achieve the record followed by Hamtramck Michigan and Watertown New York, per the National Safety Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Britain
Conn
Hamtramck
Mich
Watertown
N. Y
National Safety Council
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Iliu Ze
Tommy Stewarts
Stewart
James
Tommy
Knights of Columbus
Smokey Phillips
St. ‘Patricks
Mitchell
Tri-City
Duke Beverage Co
Carl's Tap Room
Phon
Ek Bee
W. Broadway
Ncal Estate
Dial
Bndy
North Wood River, Ave
Piccadilly
THES
Patricia Cornell
Washington and State
Ben
Charles S. Zimmerman
AFL International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Fixture & Supply
L&s
Appliance CO
Kelvinator
George St
Alton, Ill
Wert’s Bottled Gas & Appliance Company
Washington
Tel
Alton, US
Marguerite Ave
Mestic
Commer
Cial
Orren Robertson
Mgr
Alton, MI
Refrigeration Company
E. Edwy
Piasa Alton
St. Louis - Alton
Roxana
Hartford
Front ST
Dixie Cream Donut Shop
E. Broadway
Egypt
Pyramids
Staten
Staten Funeral Home
Court St
K. of C’s and Alton
Women’s — Glass Works
Western Cartridge
Merchants
Industrial League
Shell Oil Co
Acme Bowling
Webers
Brother
Dad
Faulstich Cigar Store
Market
Pons Coo
Bodo Bede Dio
Ant
Lgs
Guy
Cape
Johnny
Ted
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