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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1947
Page
8
An editorial argues that Congress must pass clear explicit labor laws before adjournment to avoid vague interpretations by courts. It warns that judges may bend statutes to favor labor and urges precise language to define management capital and labor relations, eliminating jokers and double talk.
The speaker accepts John L Lewis for calling off the December coal strike. It mollified Congress on labor legislation, reduced calls for punitive action, and aided organized labor. It is hoped it will not derail measures against closed shops check-offs and union production taxes.
The article notes two elder statesmen widely recognized in the United States Bernard Baruch and former President Herbert Hoover both abstain from partisan elections and are seen as Americans first. It compares their nonpartisan roles with past leaders like Andrew Mellon and discusses national foresight in debt reduction and wartime budgets.
Brownsville Texas hosts Charro Days Fiesta a four day border celebration uniting Americans and Mexicans. Charros and china poblana costumes parade through Rio Grande streets with 10 000 school children in the children's parade. Grand parade and Noche Mexicana in Matamoros close the event linking Latin American and U S communities.
Florence Robinson 92 recalls her service as a nurse in 1898 with the Birmingham veterans hospital group in Van Nuys California. She notes no standard uniform then as nurses wore school uniforms and served during a typhoid epidemic at Chickamauga Park Georgia caring for men on rough boards. Pay was thirty dollars a month and ambulances were horse drawn wagons.
A humorous roundup of experts in mishaps from diverse fields. California professor injures arm while demonstrating tractor operation, a Providence speaker hobbles on crutches to a divorce talk, and a New Jersey lawyer faces a witnessed will dispute after his own will is found unwitnessed. A Chicago dentist injures a patient. a detective guards a liquor store only to be robbed. Springfield’s all woman jury fails to break a deadlock in a car case.
Liberal Arts Inc to open a non denominational college for 300 students on a 700 acre Stockbridge lake estate near Tanglewood. Dr Stringfellow Barr to head the school, funded by a 4 5 million endowment from Paul Mellon. The curriculum centers on a fixed list of 100 books with a single faculty of about 30 and no traditional departments.
In Bayfield Wisconsin Douglas Knight found his stalled sedan buried in a snow ditch after a wrong turn. Thieves moved the car, used the gas and antifreeze, then returned it to the same spot with the key still in place.
Mrs. Winifred Coulter, 81, a dressmaker in Laramie Wyoming, is to receive a medal for war service. She has logged 4 027 hours of sewing and completed 2 998 garments since Pearl Harbor for the Albany county Red Cross chapter.
STILSON GA Chinchillas, whose pelts may someday create a $35,000 coat, are thriving on the first chinchilla farm in the state. H G Lewis owner of the farm received 17 chinchillas from California and reports not a single sniffle among the animals.
Dr. B I Pippin the flying doctor of Richland Center Wisconsin notes air travel saves time and warns driving is risky. In Marengo Iowa three teens including Peggy Olson aged 16 are already licensed to fly under instructor Dale Griffith. Despite many surplus planes demand remains for prewar five place Beech Howard Spartan Stinson and Waco models and executive transports while small two place planes show weakness.
Independent Air Freight Association predicts member lines will move 220 million ton miles in 1947, over twelve times 1946’s total in its first operating year. The five lines include Flying Tiger with an army contract for two daily flights to Tokyo and Hickam Field Hawaii, plus Slick Airways US Airlines Willis Air Service and Flamingo Air Service.
A set of practical tips covers quick fixes and prep tricks. Replace a broken vacuum belt with a rubber jar ring. Warm a gloss paint container in water to improve flow. Bake biscuits separately from meat pie fillings to avoid soggy crusts. Keep eggs at 32 to 45 degrees. Protect tool surfaces when not used. Line tea kettles with muslin to prevent lime buildup.
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