Chamber seeks limits on back pay under fair labor standards act
The United States Chamber of Commerce plans to rally its about 2000 members to back congressional amendments to the 1938 fair labor standards act. The goal is to curb retroactive back pay for portal to portal time and define interstate commerce occupations, with settlements possible in groups rather than individuals.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Chamber
Supreme Court
United Pottery Workers
Mt. Clemens
Mich
John L. Lewis
Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Manufacturers
First Application Check Itching with Blue Star Ointment
Advertisement for Blue Star Ointment claiming relief from itching due to eczema rash tetter ringworm pimples and scabies after one application with money back if unsatisfied. Repeats encouraged as nature assists healing. Non-specific medical claim language.
Unions Seek Billions Over Portal to Portal Pay Claims
Labor groups have filed claims nearing 450 million dollars for workers under early court rulings on overtime. Some estimates project totals up to 6 billion from various employers as the law interprets overtime.
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Dow Chemical Company
Midland
Mich
Lewis
A. F
L.united Mine Workers
Supreme Court
Jewell Ridge Coal Company
High Court
Mt. Clemens
Lewis’ Chemical
Dupont
Dow
District 50
Steel
Philip Murray
Pittsburgh
Carnegie- Illinois
National Tube Companies
Frank A. Picard
Michigan
Court of Appeals
Picard
Indo China fighting continues as Ho Chi Minh government flees
French troops tighten control in Saigon and Hanoi area while Viet Namese attacks at Namdinh Haiduong and Phulangthuong are repulsed. In Paris the French assembly debates defense budget and approves drastic economies alongside a 20 percent pay rise for deputies.
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Sian
Cochinchina
Indo-China
Viet-Nam
Annam
Tonkin
Hanoi
Viet-Namese
Ho Chi Minh
Hongay
Indo- China
Viet Namese
Namdinh
Haiduong
Phulangthuong
Blum
Death threat fuels Yale anti vice campaign in McKeesport
Mrs. Charles A. Kinkaid received a threatening note among Christmas greetings while her husband Mayor Kinkaid vows to press his anti vice drive. An anonymous warning also reached the mayor urging him to drop numbers and stay away from the case. Fourteen lines remain unclear, but the mayor says the campaign will continue until the city is cleaned up.
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Keesport
Charles A. Kinkaid
McKeesport
Soviet demands force ship to depart Darien amid ashore ban
The Soviet military authorities ordered the ship to leave Darien despite no diplomatic courier aboard, denying ashore access to three Americans including Jesse L. Poole of Standard Vacuum Oil. Consul Benninghoff failed in last minute appeals as Maj Gen Korzhanoff refused meetings. Armed Chinese police under Soviet control patrolled docks while only some officers and a diplomatic courier were allowed ashore.
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U. S
H. Merrill Benninghoff
Jesse L. Poole
Atlanta
Standard Vacuum Oil Co
Benninghoff
V. U. Korzhanoff
Darwen
Korzhanoff
S. N. Petrov
Petrov
Moscow
Dairen
Red Army
Harris H. Ball
Amarillo
Tex
Tishman B. Koons
Plainfield
N. J
Navy
Edgar L. Yates
Portland
Ore
Ray C. White
Silver City
N. M
American Newsmen Flee Dairen Under Soviet Pressure
Richard Cushing recounts the 24 hour stay in Dairen Manchuria where Soviet authorities limited access for American reporters. He and two colleagues were escorted from the city after being placed in protective custody and denied interviews.
Four Children Die In Christmas Tree Fire At Bar Racks
A Christmas tree fire at a bar racks converted home for veterans in Ottawa killed four children. Mrs. Patrick Zebigny, mother of the victims, had children who ranged in age and were among those affected.
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Ottawa
Patrick Zebigny
Republicans Target Patronage Posts in House
House Republican chiefs aim to settle contests for key patronage posts after leadership frictions abate. The four top offices include House clerk and sergeant at arms both $12 000 a year and doorkeeper and postmaster $9 000. January 2 caucus selects. January 3 new House approves. Names include John Andrews William A Pittenger William F Russell and Frank Collier with others competing for doorkeeper.
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Washington
House
Tne
New House
John Andrews
Massachusetts
South Trimble
William A. Pittenger
Minnesota
William F. Russell
Pennsylvania
Kenneth Romney
Montana
Frank Collier
Finis E. Scott
James Griffin
New Jersey
John McCabe
Indiana
Beecher Hess
Ohio
M. L. Meletio
Missouri
Congress
Taft prospers reshaping Senate committee chairmanships
The article outlines shifts in key Republican committee posts as Taft positions Millikin for finance and Butler for lands while a three way race unfolds for the new commerce chair. Tobey Reed White contend over seniority and dual posts, with a December 30 conference to resolve assignments. Democrats move to define minority roles and reduce committee loads. A fire incident injures a child as a tree branch ignites from a grill.
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Aiken
Organized Labor
Taft
Miilikin
Colorado
Hugh Butler
Nebraska
Public Lands Committee
Finance Committee
Millikin
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate
New Commerce Committee
Commerce
Wallace White
Maine
White
Robertson
Wyoming
Charles Tobey
New Hampshire
Clyde Reed
Kansas
Commerce Post
Tobey
Committee On Committees
Senate Banking Committee
Reed
Republican Assignment Committee
Interstate Commerce Committee
Commerce Group
House
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
New Orleans Cotton Quiet Amid Holiday Trading
Cotton futures in New Orleans closed with mixed changes as holiday sentiment kept activity light. March through December contracts finished variously up or down, while spot prices held steady and supply data showed steady stock levels. In New York, futures drifted lower on light hedge selling, with late buys by mills offsetting early gains. Trade floated reports of China restricting foreign exchange for raw cotton and talks on Export-Import Bank financing for European purchases.
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New Orleans
New York
China
Chicago Grain Prices Mixed on Quiet Trade
Chicago grain markets closed with light selling and weak spirits in wheat and corn while July contracts stayed comparatively steady. Oats fell modestly with March finishing near 75 cents, January wheat at 2.10 3/4, and corn ranging from 1.31 1/8 to 1.31.
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Chicago
Quadruplets Born to Henn Family in U S
The Henn quads, delivered by Drs Sawyers and Benavent with aid from the ATS, weighed about four pounds each and were described as approximately half normal size. Mrs. Henn asked for tea after delivery and the family plans to name the babies later.
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ATS
Henn
William H. Sawyers
Walter Benavent
England
Norah Carpenter
William H. Thompson
Pittsburgh
George Corner
Department of Embryology
Carnegie Institute of Washington
D. C
Johns Hopkins Medical School
United States
Markets at a Glance New York and Chicago
New York stocks retreat amid quiet trading as bonds stay narrow and rails show supply. Cotton quiet with light covering and hedging. Chicago wheat mixed with dull trade. corn weaker on nearby deliveries. oats steady amid sporadic Commission House buying. Hogs rise $1.00 to $1.25 with top at $23.25. Cattle steady to strong on fed kinds, weaker on lower grades, killing quality medium to good.
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New York
Chicago
New York Stocks Ease After Early Upswing Dip
The New York stock market traded quietly with scattered declines across most sectors after an initial upswing attempt. Steel, motors, rails, and rubbers led losses while some declines narrowed toward the close. Transfers totaled about 1,200,000 shares as cotton fell 10 to 65 cents per bale. Chicago wheat finished down a quarter to up twelve cents per bushel, with corn and oats mixed.
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New York
Chicago
Chicago Livestock Market Mixed with Higher Hog Prices
Salable hogs 7,009 with 15,000 total, gains of 1.00 to 1.25 on all weights and sows. Top hogs at 23.25 for 190-230 lb loads. bulk buyers at 22.75 to 23.00 for 180-250 lb. larger 260-325 lb at 22.25 to 22.73. Sows 19.50 to 20.00. Cattle 13,000, calves 1,000. beef cows weak to 25 cents lower. slaughter steers 19.50 to 26.00, potential top 27.00. canner and cutter cows 10.00 to 11.50. beef cows 12.50 to 15.00. bulls 15.50 down and vealers 23.00 down.
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Chicago
USDA
Potatoes Market Report From Chicago
Potatoes arrivals total 181 on Friday shipments 764 to Sunday 25 in the U S with supplies moderate and demand slow The market holds steady for top stocks while other stocks ease Idaho Russet Burbanks fetch 2 75 to 3 15 Colorado Red Millers 2 65 to 2 90 Nebraska Bliss Triumphs 2 90 all U S No 1 Minnesota North Dakota Cobblers commercial 1 75 Bliss Triumphs 1 90
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Chicago
USDA
U. S
Idaho
Butter And Eggs Prices In Chicago Market Report
Butter unsettled with two day receipts at 640,699 pounds and varying quality scores AA 93, 80, 72, 78, 9 B 74, 89 C 73. Eggs weak as receipts for two days total 21,333 with U S extras and standards quoted from 41 to 28 cents, current receipts 36 to 37, dirties 29 to 30, checks 28 to 29.
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Chicago
U. S
Market notes show mixed bond prices and oil names
CurbsCities Service at 28, Electric Bond and Share at 17 1/8, Humble Oil at 62 1/2, Ni agra Hudson at 10 1/4, United Gas at 17. The fragment lists corporate prices and stock figures, reflecting a snapshot of the market.
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Humble Oil
Niagra Hudson
United Gas
Homestead winner seeks wife at Tule Lake
John P. O'Sullivan, a 41 year old San Francisco bachelor and Tule Lake homestead winner, plans to marry soon to join his new farm. He came from Ireland in 1926 and has worked in the Tule Lake area as a farm hand for 15 years, knowing several local girls but naming no one in particular.
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San Francisco
Tule Lake
John P. O'Sullivan
Calif
Homestead
Tule
Ireland
Market holidays planned in New Orleans cotton exchange
The New Orleans Cotton Exchange will observe Christmas Day and New Year’s Day as full holidays. On Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve the market closes at 11 a.m. Central Standard Time, as on Saturdays.
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New Orleans
In Memoriam column announced by News-Star-World
The News-Star-World launches an In Memoriam feature directed by Eve Bradford to record death anniversaries. Notices may include prose or verse eulogies and pictures of the deceased may be reproduced upon request.
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News-Star—World
Eve Bradford
Civil War Veteran Is Gifted Union Uniform On 100th Birthday
Israel A. Broadsword of Sandpoint Idaho, the state's only living Civil War veteran, turned 100 and received a Union army uniform as a birthday gift from the Bonner county American Red Cross chapter. He recalled his three wishes to live to 100 vote in 1946 and own a Civil War uniform. He had voted for Lincoln in 1864 and was at the polls last month.
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Sandpoint
Idaho
Israel A. Broadsword
Broadsword
Abraham Lincoln
Bonner County
American Red Cross Chapter
Mayor Morrison Ticketed For Traffic Violation In New Orleans
Mayor de Lesseps S. Morrison received a traffic ticket in New Orleans for failing to stop at a right of way. Police enforcement of traffic laws was described as rigid in the city.
Marys Food Store Beer Permit Notice Ouachita Parish 1946
Special notices list Marys Food Store at 214 7th St Monroe selling beer retail for 1947 under the Louisiana Collector of Revenue. Also a succession notice for Ida McClain seeking letters of administration and a court order to show cause. The Ouachita National Bank stockholders meet January 14 1947 for director election and liquidation committee actions.
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Collector of Revenue
State of
Louisiana
Parish of
Ouachita
Mary's Food Store
7Th St Mary Mccook
Owne Monroe
Ida McClain
State of Louisiana
Parish of Ouachita
Fourth District Court
Sam Robinson
Cammie C. Newsom
Ouachita National Bank of
Monroe
Ouachita National Bank
T. C. Standifer
United States District Court For
Western District of Louisiana
United States of America
Valley Packing Company
Atkins
Arkansas
Missouri Pacific Railroad
U. S. District Court For
St Shreveport
United State Court Room
Louisana
Louis £. LeBlanc
U.S. Marshal Western Dist. of
Ouachita Parish
Hicks
Breecr
A. E. Montgomery
H. Hill
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Brown Hall
Northeast Junior College
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Mullin
Jean Bains
N. J. CC
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Yosst& Black
Fashion
Crosse & Blackwell
the Crosse & Blackwell CO. Liquor Division
Baltimore, Md
J. Strauss & Son, Inc
Walnut St
Russia
Richard Cushing
Associated Press
Manchuria
U. S. Navy
Julian Wilson
Louisville
Dick Wilson
New York City
Stars and Stripes
Mukden
The
Red Star
Georg Kirilovitch Koslov
Koslov
Deiren
Red Square
Japan
Darren
Ued
Chicago Grain
Mississippi St. Louis
Memphis
Arkansas City
Vicksburg
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Fally
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Allied Chemical
Allied Mills
Allied Stores
Allis Chalmers Company
Toestosen
Anne
American Car & Foundry
Serene
American Metal Senor
American Power & Light
American Rad & St
American Rolling Mill
Smelting & Refining
American Tel
American Tobacco
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
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Boeing Airplane
Borden Company Bucyrus-Erie Company
Budd Manufacturing
Memoriam
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Police Savoir
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