Durkin to lead Labor Dept in Eisenhower era shift
President elect Eisenhower names Martin P. Durkin 58 a Democrat and AFL Plumbers Union head as secretary of labor. Durkin plans amendment of Taft Hartley to satisfy labor and management, hints at restoring mediation functions, and notes prior Illinois labor directorship. He emphasizes cabinet balance and seeks broad Labor Department reforms.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Labor Department
Martin P. Durkin
AFL Plumbers Union
Labor
AFL
Durkin
Middletown News and Upcoming 1952-53 Middie Basketball
Local chatter centers on the new John Ross store and the 1952-53 Middie basketball season. The Middies, defending Class A state champions, prepare for the season at the new fieldhouse with ticket sales reportedly light and plenty of seating. A Chicago thief’s claim about stealing a sable cape adds a chilly note to the season preview.
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Middletown
John Ross
Ohs
Ahs
Miami Valley
Middies
Chicago
Middletown Lumber CO
Central Avenue
Weeks Hopes Experience In Business Helps Weeks In Cabinet
Boston industrialist James Calogero Weeks, named by President elect Eisenhower as secretary of commerce, says his business and political background will aid a successful new administration. At 59, he chairs the Republican National Finance Committee and leads several firms, plans to resign from GOP post and abandon all business ties upon taking office. He followed his father, former secretary of war John W. Weeks, and helped GOP fundraising before the convention.
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James Calogero
Boston
Sinclair Weeks
Eisenhower
GOP Committee
Weeks
John W. Weeks
Warren G. Harding
GOP
Sen
Robert A. Taft
The Worry Clinic Case on Love and Divorce
Tom R aged 23 in the Marine Corps asks how to prove a fiancée is right. Crane warns love alone fails and urges background checks, references, compatibility tests, and slow marriage. Also a legal notice for a divorce filed by Gladys Bennett against Thomas W. Bennett in Butler County Ohio, case 68908, with deadlines and counsel listed.
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Tom R
Marine Corps
Dr. Crane
Tom
Thomas W. Bennett
M. & S. Sydn
C-O
New York
N. Y
Gladys Bennett
Common Pleas Court
Butler County
Ohio
A. D
Joseph T. Kiep
Norman G. Grevey
Andrew W. Chesney
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Sterling F. Green
Adlai E. Stevenson
CIO
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
George Meany
Meany
Watkins
Utah
Tobin
Plumbers Union
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Miamisburg
Economy Savings & Loan Company
Central Ave
Middletown, Ohio Co
D. Thomas
Mar
Emerson TV
Capistrano
Republican National Finance Committee
United Carr Fastener Corp
Cambridge
Reed and Barton Corp
Taunton
Mass
Atlas Plywood
First National Bank of Boston
Pacific Mills
Gillette Safety Razor Company
Wentworth Institute
the Pullman Company
Rand Avery-Gordon Taylor, Inc
George W. Crane
Maytag Melampy
Jose Madrigal
CochvmiLs
Colony
Smart Middletonians
N. Main ST
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Stockingsaussner
Denier Claussner
Burmel
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