Miners to End Memorial Protest and Return to Work
John L. Lewis ordered miners to resume work on Monday after a two week memorial protest shutdown ending March 28. About 463,000 east of the Mississippi faced wage losses totaling roughly 35 million dollars as unemployment benefits were unavailable. The move follows strong criticism from coal operators and financial interests, with contract negotiations ahead highlighting crucial wage and living standards issues.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
UMW
Mississippi
Lewis
Miners Idle and UMW Strike Tied to Mine Death Memorial
The miners face a June 30 contract end and a June 25 to July 4 paid vacation. A no contract no work policy could extend coal idle time, as Lewis orders a stoppage to honor mine accident victims and protest a new U S Bureau of Mines director. Railroad furloughs affect 20 000 workers nationwide.
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Lewis
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
UMW
James Boyd
U. S. Bureau of Mines
U. S. Senate
Anniversary marked by Baltimore grocers banquet
The twenty sixth annual birthday banquet of the Independent Retail Grocers and Meat Dealers Association of Baltimore was held Wednesday evening in the ballroom of the Emerson Hotel. Approximately 1.
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Joseph L. Manning
Maryland Independent Retail Grocers Association
Albert J. Rutkowski
Baltimore Association
Thomas D’alesandro, Jr
Baltimore
Howard Foster Welsh
New York City
Ad Licders Criterions of
U.S
Herbert R. O'Conor
Maryland
D'Alesandro, Jr
Grocers’ Association
M. Ruth Summers
Henry F. Falk
Garland S. Guyton
Franklin B. Reese
Harry S. Hamnon
Independent
Retail Grocers and Meat Dealers Association of Baltimore
Emerson Hotel
Boyd Receives Over Ten Thousand In Back Pay
Dr James Boyd received 10847 63 in back pay and assumed as director of the Bureau of Mines in Washington after two years without pay. Earlier Se cretary Krug handed him 4532 36 and 6315 47 as interim installments. a final payment is pending. The department had said the total back pay due before these checks was 12000. Boyd was nominated to the post by President Truman in 1947 but faced Senate delay and mining union opposition.
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Washington
James Boyd
Bureau of Mines
Interior Krug
Krug
Boyd
Truman
Senate
80Th Congress
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Hood College Club meets with spring decor and program notes
Hagerstown hosts Hood College Club meeting featuring a literary review by Mrs. Howard Byler and an entertaining account of recent New York plays by Mrs. Wallace Vedder. Mrs. Martin Rohrback and Mrs. Phil Becher co hosted. Hanover Pa council host. luncheon attendees include club reps. A separate round robin party precedes.
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Ann
Shaillot
Mother
Local Round Robin Party Leads to Prizes and Teas
The News records a Frederick gathering with Mrs Melvin Lescaleet and guests including Mrs Alton Lipps Peggy Evans Ellen Cramer Alice Durrow Grace Mercer Lillian Myers LeRoy Strasberger and Charlie Crum. Prizes went to Louise Lipps Madeline Ford Grayson Nikirk Alton Lipps Melvin Lescaleet and Grace Mercer. Helen Mercer hosted with Dorothy Lescaleet and Lillian Myers assisting. Plans for more Round Robin parties emerge as a social note. The Encyclopaedia Britannica notes the secret Chinese Hung Society is sixteen centuries old.
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Wilson Mercer
Dill. Ave
Civinette Club
Herbert Strasberger
Grayson Nikirk
And
Mes
Albert Houff
Whham Ford
Warren Smith
Russell Oden
Melvin Lescaleet
Alton Lipps
Peggy Evans
Ellen Cramer
Alice Durrow
Grace Mercer
Lillian Myers
LeRoy Strasberger
Charlie Crum
Louise Lipps
Madeline Ford
Door Prive
Helen Mercer
Dorothy Lescaleet
Encyclopaedia Britannica
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