Dow to pay retroactive portal pay at Midland
Dow Chemical Company announced a settlement with the AFL United Mine Workers local 10275. The agreement provides $4,056,000 in retroactive portal-to-portal pay to hourly workers and about $606,500 in veteran benefits. Future portal pay totals about $1,209,000 yearly and a 14 cent raise increases the minimum hourly rate from 90 cents to $1.04.
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Midland
Mich
Dow Chemical Company
AFL United Mine Workers
Portal
Elwood W. Smith
Dow
UMW
Counp
Compan Union
Police Compile Good Grades For Course
Lubbock police announced the four week police school closed with all local officers earning diplomas. Thirty two teachers earned A grades, eighteen B grades, five C grades and one D. The program covered law and psychology alongside police work, and all entrants passed. The item also notes that American World War II dead are interred in 209 countries overseas.
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Lubbock
First Overseas Air Service Inaugurated 1919 France Africa
In 1919 Air France inaugurated the first overseas commercial aviation route from France to Africa. U S Marines under John Paul Jones era symbols are referenced in connection with early aviation history and naval exploits.
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France
Africa
PM Air France
S. Marines
John, Paul, Jones
Texas speaking tour with Emil Schram noted in report
Disjointed OCR fragment mentions E. Dewey, President Emil Schram, and a Texas speaking tour connected to the New York Stock Exchange. It references wage burdens and production impacts with percentages, but the text is garbled and lacks clear events or dates.
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E. Dewey
Betta
Ing T. Eiseator
Crelny
Timmons
Emil Schram
New York Stock. Exchange
Texas
Biblical Book Names Reflect Women and Men Count
A note explains that two books in the Bible are named after women while thirty seven are named after men. The statement highlights the gendered naming of scriptural texts.
Oil Field Supplier Paul Kelting Dies in Houston
Paul Kelting, longtime Mid-Continent manager of Termoid Company and husband of a Houston widow, died at home after illness since June. Survivors include his son Paul Kelting Jr. of Houston and sister Mrs. R. W. Runyon of Panama City. Funeral held today in Houston with burial tomorrow at Lockhart. Brownsville postmistress Julia O'Brien dies from clot after fall earlier in week. she had served there since 194.
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Ogee
Houston
Paul Herble
Panama
City
Lockhart
Brownsville
Julia O'Brien
Miss O’brien
O'Brien
Hawaii Climate Notes from Island Currents
Honolulu averages 24.97 inches of rain yearly but inland areas reach up to 100 inches. The article discusses ocean currents making the islands cooler than latitude would suggest and references a December 22, 1946, pay note from Lubbock Texas.
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Lubbock
Texas
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
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