Employment Up During November
November saw a stronger job picture with 60.95 million Americans counting 1.44 million in the armed forces as employed for one hour or more. Civilian jobs rose 57,000 from October to 59.58 million, while nonfarm employment reached 51.54 million, aided by unusually good farm activity and better weather. Unemployment fell 167,000 to 3.409 million, though seasonal hiring tempered the figure.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Remorseful Mother Begins Prison Term for Slaying
Shawano Wisconsin Mrs Annabelle Rades 22 started a two to four year sentence Monday night in the third degree manslaughter case involving the shotgun killing of her husband Levi Rades last January She told the sheriff she could not face her three children and wished to begin serving immediately The court earlier in the day denied a stay of execution.
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Shawano
Annabelle Rades
An. 2
Michael G. Eberlein
William Seering
Rades
Levi
Jane
Principal shoots ex wife and fiancé then kills himself
A school principal in Vernon Washington shot his ex wife Betty Buchanan Trout 27 and her fiancé William A. O Loane 24 before fatally wounding himself in a partly furnished bungalow near Rockport 40 miles up the Skagit River. John W Trout 32 a Rockport grammar school principal was also killed.
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Vernon
Wash
Betty Buchanan Trout
William A. O’loane
New York Wins 1949 Noise Abatement Award
The national noise abatement council issued its 1949 achievement award to New York for efforts to reduce general hubbub. The city was recognized for its ongoing quieting initiatives and public peace measures.
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New York
National
Swiss Colony Opens Old World Style Store in Lynch Building
The Swiss Colony debuts a new retail store in the Lynch building at 906 17th Avenue featuring authentic Swiss decor, live costumes for staff, oil paintings by Carl Marty Jr., and displays of cantonal coats of arms Glarus and Berne. The shop moves cheese gift packaging from the south side plant to the new site to better serve out of town customers, with extended hours including evenings and Sundays.
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Lynch
17Th Avenue
New York
Chicago
Green County
Raymond R. Kubly
Swiss Colony
Carl Marty Jr
Corpuah
Glarus
Berne
Bulgarian minister scolded over grain collection
Sofia reports Bulgaria's ruling communists reprimanded Internal Trade Minister Krastyo Dobrev for lax grain collection from farmers. Eight of his aides were dismissed or rebuked in the purge.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Krastyo Dobrev
Dobrev
Albany Native Charles W. Davis Dies at 83
Charles W. Davis of Whitewater and Albany, a former Whitewater mayor from 1931 to 1935 and longtime firefighter, died Saturday in Lakeland hospital Elk horn at age 83. Services set for Wednesday at Hickey funeral home with Hillside cemetery interment. Survived by two daughters and a son. wife and relatives noted.
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Albany
Charles W. Davis
Whitewater
Lakeland Hospital
Elkhorn
Hickey
Harold Rekstad
Hillside Cemetery
Davis
Whitewater Fire Department
Company 3
Janesville
CELO TEX CEILING TILE and Alpha Portland Cement ads
The copy promotes CELO TEX CEILING TILE for easy install and attractive appearance and Alpha Portland Cement for cement jobs and planning. It also includes a humorous exchange about a moose encountered by Angus in America.
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Alpha Portland Cement
Chicago Markets Report Slows Hog Trade and Steady Cattle Prices
Hog salables reach 19 000 with prices mostly 15.65 to 16.00 for 180 210 lb, 225 250 lb at 15.25 to 15.75, sows 13.00 to 14.00 under 450 lb. Cattle salables 5 000 with steers 29.50 to 36.00, heifers 21.00 to 28.25, beef cows 14.00 to 16.50, bulls 18.50 to 20.00. Live poultry mixed, eggs and butter steady with minor shifts. receipts noted.
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Chicago
USDA
Wall Street Trading Shows Mixed Gains and Losses
The New York stock market remained near a dead center with fractional shifts. Union Pacific Dow Chemical International Paper General Motors Chrysler and Caterpillar Tractor rose mid day while Goodrich U S Rubber Anaconda Copper General Electric American Can and U S Gypsum lagged. Corporate bond prices were mixed in quiet dealings.
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Wall Street
New York
Union Pacific
Dow Chemical
International Paper
General Motors
Chrysler
Caterpillar Tractor
Goodrich
U. S. Rubber
Anaconda Copper
General Electric
American Can
U. S. Gypsum
Backing Soviet Pattern Warns of Policy Change
Vice Premier Hilary Mine told ministers yesterday that backing the Soviet pattern signals a shift in policy. He urged cautious steps and noted potential impacts on allied relations and economic plans.
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Warsaw
Hilary
Min
Polish official rejects Western model in mining policy
In Sosnowiec a Polish official stated that coal mining would not follow Western European capitalist methods and would instead avoid adopting what he called the moldy mar shallised technique. He asserted a distinct path aligned with Soviet practice.
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Ers
Sosnowiec
Peddler Leaves $6000 Estate to Charity
The Milwaukee peddler Henry Grisel d, 84, who died at County Hospital on November 25, left a will dividing his $6,000 estate equally among the Red Cross St Josephs Home for the Aged and a Protestant orphanage.
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Milwaukee
Henry Griseld
County Hospital
Red Cross
St. Joseph’s Home For
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