Bridges Longshoremen Seek 15 Cent Raise and Strike Threat
Harry Bridges longshoremen demand a 15 cent hourly raise with a strike as a leverage. The current wage is 1.92 per hour. Eighty delegates of the ILWU voted for a pension program with a 10 cent employer and worker contribution and a 5 cent welfare fund. The contract expires June 15 with potential April 15 reopening. The union represents west coast ports and Hawaii, with cross union support from Alaska and Canada on the coast.
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Why did branding stock animals start in Spain
Library patrons ask about branding origin and explain it came from Spanish book pirates who burned binders marks into books then travelers spread the practice to American stock.
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Sadies Night to Howl at Excelsior High Dance
Norwalk notes Excelsior High School sets its annual Sadie Hawkins dance for April 13 with theme “Sadie’s night to howl.” School organizers promote a lively, period tone for the social event.
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USO Maps Tours Studios for Armed Services Personnel
USO arrangements with major motion picture studios will offer weekly studio tours for armed services personnel on Mondays through Saturdays. Participating studios include Columbia, 20th Century Fox, RKO, Universal, Warner Brothers, MGM, Paramount, and Republic. Service members in uniform may register at USO information centers or call USO headquarters at 1110 Wilshire Blvd. Lt. Eugene J. D Ambrosio has been assigned as property officer at Fort MacArthur. Coast Guard cutter Diligence welcomed several personnel, and orders sent others to the USS Halsey Powell. The Volunteer CB unit 114 met at Terminal Island Naval Training Center. activities reviewed the Danes occupation sites. film Tennessee Valley shown. dinner planned for April 16 at the Officers Club Allen Center. reservations by April 13. Contact Lt. Comdr. J. Paller for USNR. RD3 Guy Morota and SA Billy Safire joined the Minnetonka. Harold E. Spaulding Jr. serves aboard USS Moxtrose.
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Copter Saves Three Washed Off Ship in Italy
Three American sailors were rescued by a helicopter after being washed from a small boat during maintenance on the aircraft carrier Roosevelt near Livorno. The ship, anchored off Livorno, later sailed for Taranto, with a call due April 12. Naval authorities did not release the sailors’ names.
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Copenhagen Remembers Nazi Occupation with Two Minute Silence
Copenhagen kept the city silent for two minutes at noon to mark the German occupation of Denmark. About 10,000 residents paused in Town Hall Square as flowers and wreaths were laid in memory of the events of April 9, 1940.
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