Stop And Think On City Auditing And Exposition Plans
Readers urge annual city audits by outsiders to ensure transparency in finances and assess how tax money is spent. The note argues the city council adopt legislation requiring independent audits, citing public right to detailed budget insights. Also covered is the upcoming American Legion Exposition at Riverside Park with strong exhibitor interest and funds toward a new 100,000 building. A new Alton slimming salon opens at 60a East Broadway with Mary Mikoloweck managing and dedicated evening hours for women patrons.
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Alton
Riverside Park
Legion
Etallers
Hilltown
East Broadway
Mary Mikoloweck
How
Indies
Douglas Parkeer
Bealdes Varigns
Army Pamphlet On Labor Facts Sparks Debate
A temperate factual pamphlet titled Organised Labor Uwed Sites argues unions aid workers by improving conditions, wages, hours and relations with management. NAM and industry figures disparage it as biased, while supporters cite peaceful labor progress and democratic union governance as essential to national strength.
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Hetaion
Cpud
Gancers
Colin Industral
Fea
Raymond
Smethurst
Nam
David Lawrence
Dapater
Gare Hottman
Michigan
Congress
United States
Reliance Whiting Company
Abor
Man
Allroad
Alby
Cincinnati
UNS
America
Representa
First Step to Prohibition Brewery Workers Warn Drys Press
A pro prohibition agitation is urged as a step toward national prohibition. The Dry movement aims to shut down liquor industries, arguing workers would lose jobs if measures fail. The article notes anticipated lobbying and public sentiment guiding committee decisions.
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Drys Press
United States
Longest U S Strike Called Off By Union at Redwood Mills
Eureka California reports that a two month strike by the West Coast lumber unions ended and a vigorous organizing drive was launched. The action increased wages area wide, with over 90 previously non union small mills now joining, while eight major mills boosted rates from 82 cents to 1.30 an hour to attract workers.
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U. S
Redwood Mills
West Coast
Eureka
Calif
America
Redwood
A. F
L. Lame ‘Ber
Carpenters
Uno
Drug Alert Issued Over Contaminated Injection
Physicians and hospitals are warned not to use Code No CM 8164 5% Glucose in Normal Saline from Cutter Laboratories Berkeley Calif. Hold stock, notify FDA Washington branch immediately. Contaminated product linked to serious injuries and deaths. nationwide search underway with reports from Kentucky Georgia Florida and Alabama. Glucose saline solution used intravenously in critical care.
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Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calit
Washington
Tood and Drug ‘Administration
Federal Security ‘Agency
Food and Drug Administration
Kentucky
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Margin Holds in AFL Vote on Taft Hartley Act
Early AFL poll shows overwhelming opposition to the Taft Hartley Act with 15335 against and 15335 for in restated form. Tennessee reports 1145 to 78 against, Oklahoma 881 to 20, and ballots come from most states though Nevada yet to report. The AFL poll urges members to vote per their convictions and mail ballots to AFL Poll Department in Washington DC.
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South
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Nevada
American Federation of Labor
Labor Press
AFL. Building
Washington, D. C
All-Out Label Week Support Push Aims At National Observance
Union backing guarantees success of Union Label Week says P. Miller Joliet Illinois labor newspaper publisher with ties to AFL organizations. He notes 26 000 replies from national state and local AFL groups while posters and materials are distributed across the United States and Canada to promote Union Label Week campaigns.
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Ilinois
Ulpd—Uinis
WOK
American Federation of Ing
P. Miller
Joliet
Finois
AFL
United States
Canada
Dea
Miller
De Mille Loses Bid Over AFLA Right to Work Case
In 2014 producer Cecil De Mille refused a $1 political action assessment to AFRA. He was suspended by AFRA and forced to quit his weekly radio program. On April 19 the U S Supreme Court refused to grant the suspension, rejecting De Mille's argument that his right to work was violated.
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Cecil de Mile
American Federation of Radio Artists
AFL
AFRA
U. S. Supreme Court
de Mille
Federated Pictures
Illinois Sets 55 Cents Rate for Women Minors In Retail Trade
Illinois announces a minimum wage standard for women and minors in retail trade at 55 cents an hour, with a 45 cent initial rate for beginners for three months. The wage board, including employer and labor representatives, says the plan follows established standards and aims to reflect living costs. the board notes similar actions in other states.
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Llinois
Reber L. Gordon
Reoccupations Board
Maber
Gordon
Lin Trade and Industry
Paul H. Jones
Belleville
Election of Progressive Congress Seen Urgently Important for Labor
AFL President urges labor to fund the League for Political Education to back progressive lawmakers. He calls for a house-cleaning in Congress to replace opponents of labor with advocates of social reform and higher wages. The Taft Hartley act limits union funds, so voluntary contributions of at least one dollar are sought to support mobilization and voter education.
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Congress
Chicago
AFL
Green
Organization of Labor
Ueague
Labor
Socal
League For
League
Labor's Success Depends On Workers Voting In Congress
Washington AFL official Louis Wicklein, chair of the Halfway Labor Executives' Association legislative committee, urges union members to register and vote. He cites past elections showing labor gains when workers vote and losses when voters stay home, stressing that success hinges on who is sent to Washington. The coming election is crucial for labor’s influence.
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Wicklein
Halfway Labor Executives' Association
Labor
Congress
Washington
Valstriet
La?bor
Senator Lodge Pushes Plan for Expensive Medicines and Services
Massachusetts Senator Henry Cabot Lodge promotes a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act creating federal and state grant programs to fund costly medicines such as sulfa drugs penicillin and insulin and diagnostic services including X ray facilities. The proposal would need roughly 70 million dollars yearly with funding shared by federal and state governments under U S Public Health Service guidance.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Public Health Service Act
U.S. Public Health Service
Lodge
Klan Attack on Veteran Spurs Arrests in Georgia
Three men linked to the Ku Klux Klan were arrested after a veteran was found bleeding and bent against a tree with severe welts. Police Chief Neal Elis examined the leather strap used in the beating as the Federated affiliates and Alton Trades and Labor Assembly officials prepare for a meeting on May 13 to address labor union distress and possible sanctions.
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Georgia Police
Neal Elis
Alton Trades and Labor Assembly
Eith
Siiu
Leswe
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Stooges
Worner
International Union of United Brewery
Clyde M. Reed
Kansas
Edwin C. Johnson
Colorado
Laborers Local 418
Labor World
Truman
Og Ain
Astonaer Social Security
National Health
Lance Fe
Neces
Sheet
Senate
Bor
Public Welfare
Klan
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