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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1949
Page
3
The Mt Vernon city council failed to approve May bills after the finance chairman, Alderman Lory VanHorn, made the usual motion. The motion died for want of a second, leaving the bills unapproved and clarifying that no second was given.
Forty percent practical impact across Hawaii as CIO Longshoremen strike six ports since May first. Demand tops 1.72 dollars per hour to restore old differential, 12 cent offer from employers rejected. Government mediators fail to narrow the gap. Businesses slow, employment declines, bank clearings fall as two thousand workers press the dispute.
A U S military government court in Frankfurt ruled that uranium in its natural state is not automatically war material and acquitted nine Germans charged with possessing a 2300 gram block. It noted that processed uranium is used in atomic bombs.
Mt Ver non receives 3448 dollars as its share of May motor fuel tax receipts. Other southern Illinois cities listed include Benton 1683 Centralia 3637 Salem 1710 West Frankfort 2702. George W. Mitchell, state director of finance, announced the figures.
The strike cripples Hawaii as the ILWU controls docks for sugar and pineapple, isolating the islands with 2400 miles from the mainland. Big Five business interests resist wage demands while the navy ships in medicines and essentials. A sugar strike looms atop the waterfront dispute.
Correspondents report a pleasant week at Grassy Lake. Attendees at the first quarterly conference at New Shiloh include families from Walstonville Mt. Vernon and Woodlawn. Old Shiloh homecoming draws a large crowd. Allen Piercy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Piercy, vacationing with parents after studying in Oklahoma.
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