Hearings Set On Wage Hour Bill Across Industries
Washington AP says the Truman administration will push a sweeping wage hour bill starting Thursday to bring 5,000,000 more workers under the act and raise the minimum wage to 75 cents an hour. It would shift enforcement authority to Tobin from McComb and extend coverage to laundries hotels stores and other chain establishments plus seamen with no overtime at sea.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Tobin
William R. McComb
Lesinski
D-Mich
McComb
Truman
Damon Named President of Trans World Airlines
The Trans-World Airlines board named Ralph S. Damon as president at 51, succeeding a recent resignation. Damon, ex-president of American Airlines, said no major personnel shakeup. Howard Hughes, a major stockholder, supported the appointment.
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Kansas City
Trans-World Airlines
Ralph S. Damon
TWA
Damon
American Airlines
la Motte T. Cou
Howard Hughes
Men’s Socks Keep Sheep From Slipping
Princeton Missouri farmers report livestock trouble from icy weather. Farmer Bill Cox used men’s work socks on sheep to aid ascent from a ditch as others employ tractors with chains and cinders, while a Jenkins bull from Arkansas balks at reentry. A 10 000 watt quartz lamp claims to be the brightest cadmium mercury vapor lamp for studio use.
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Princeton
Bill Cox
Cox
Missouri
America
Wright woman Mary ONeill celebrates 111th birthday
Mary ONeill, Pennsylvania’s oldest woman known as the little old lady of Stone Crusher Hill, marks her 111th birthday in Hale ton. She regrets not being able to thread a needle now but still bakes and cares for home duties. She praised President Truman and recalled visiting a new baby on Stone Crusher Hill last year.
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Haleton
Mary O'Neill
Stone Crusher Hill
Ralph Cragle
Shot Man He Believed Wife's Lover In Self Defense
Sherman McBrayer testified in Greenup Circuit Court that he shot Vincent O. Lee last December 14 after learning his wife was with Lee. McBrayer said the shooting was in self defense as Lee allegedly reached for a gun, with his wife present and threatening to leave town.
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Greenup
Sherman McBrayer
Raceland High School
Vincent O. Lee
Chesapeake and Ohio
Russell
McBrayer
Commonwealth
Worthington
Mr. See
See
Mr. Lee
Sherman
January Sales Boost Retailers Across New York Market
New York reports show January sales successful across most retailers as prices drop and value emphasis drives purchases. Stores used advertising and sales technique to lure customers, with some posting record dollar volumes while weather limited others.
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New York
Von Papen Freed in Third German Denazification Trial
Franz Von Papen, 69, former German diplomat, is released by a Nuernberg denazification court after ruling him an offender rather than a major Nazi. He loses most of his fortune, fines reduced to 30000 marks, and barred from office voting party membership and jobs influencing public opinion. He had previously been acquitted of war crimes in an Allied trial.
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Nuernberg
Germany
Franz von Papen
Reich
von Papen
Hitler
Austria
Turkey
Hamilton Man Guilty in Robbery Case
Hamilton resident H E Hymer and Everett Barker Jr were found guilty of unarmed robbery in Common Pleas Court. The verdict followed the July 7 attack on Robert Cheadle at Renner's ball park. A silver dollar with a hole and the stolen items were part of the evidence.
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Hamilton En
F. Hymer
Mosler Ave
Everett Barker Jr
Grand Blvd
Common Pleas
P. P. Boll
Hymer
Robert Cheadle
Arcanum
Ohio
Renner
Ball Park
Alsace
Mosler Aves
Cheadle
Barker
Dillard Jones
J. W. Meyers
Susan W. Breiel
Edwin Mayer
Lillian Harris
Eva Mahler
Russell Hollowell
Don Cox
Charles Bunger
Gertrude Chandler
William King
Clyde Gillespie
Charles Berk
Area Educators To View Film In Ohio Story On Schools
Middletown, Hamilton and area educators will view a 15 minute sound film The Ohio Story on Schools at the Hamilton Board of Education Office Thursday at 7 30 p m. The film shows the need for more funds to raise teacher salaries and replace worn buses. Walton B Bliss of Columbus will outline public information plans now before the State Legislature.
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Middletown
Hamilton
Ohio
Hamilton Board of Education
Walton B. Bliss
Columbus
Ohio Education Association
Washington Letter on Mr Mitchell's Musical Roots
Nebraska born Iowa raised Mr Mitchell comes from a music loving family. His father was a barber and his mother a musician. His brother Lucian is a violinist with the San Francisco Symphony and Lloyd teaches piano at Penn State Teachers College.
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Nebraska
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