Labor contracts spark new American labor aristocracy
Sylvia Porter notes a new labor aristocracy forming around Detroit led by CIO auto workers with Ford and General Motors. The three year deals include 20 cent hourly wage gains and a supplemental unemployment plan that pays 65 percent of take home for four weeks then 60 percent for up to 26 weeks, a GAW principle win for workers and a debated shift in industrial stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia Porter
America
Auto Workers
Detroit
CIO Auto Workers Union
Ford
General Motors
Walter Reuther
Notice of Claim Day in Brokelmeyer Estate
Notice is given that August 1 1955 is the claim date in the estate of Frank H Brokelmeyer deceased in Marion County Illinois. Claims may be filed without summons on or before the date. Executor Mabel Brokelmeyer. Miller and Pfaff Attorneys Salem Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Brokelmeyer
Marion County
Illinois
Mabel Brokelmeyer
Miller & Pffaf
Salem, III
Wanted ads and local sales items mix in Patoka paper
A medley of want ads and sale notices from Patoka Illinois includes registered Red Bone Coon Hound puppies for sale, household goods from the estate of Augusta Pope, new electric range and furniture, a no slaughtering notice for July 5, and a paint sale offer. Also listed are local services for lawn mowers, water wells, farm machinery parts, and carpentry items with contact names and phone numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Perdue
Patoka
Illinois
Augusta Pope
St. Elm
Centralia
CN Rail Debuts Deluxe Super Continental Train
The first Super Continental deluxe train, linking Montreal Toronto and Vancouver, is sold in Chicago by Edith Piaf during the christening in Montreal. J Stuart Rotchford, Appiness Tours GM, is the purchaser. Six-year-old Joanne Collard cuts the ribbon with engineer grandfather and M A Metcalf assisting. The run between Montreal and Vancouver will drop by over 14 hours and between Toronto and the Pacific Coast by more than 12 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian National Railways
Montreal
Toronto
Vancouver
Chicago
Edith Piaf
J. Stuart Rotchford Po
Appiness Tours
Joanne Collard
M. A. Metcalf
C.N.R
Pacific Coast
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E. Hofer & Sons
Shell
Golden Shell Fram and Hasting
A.C
National
James
Shell Service
Patoka, Ill
Pratt
Carroll Grove
Billy Star
WCNT
Ladies
Coon
Pratt Cemetery
Russel Caldwell
Snow White
Toledo
Ohio
Claude Gerrish
Goodall
Harry Perkins
Vernon
Vernon, Ill
J & M Drilling Co
Vernon, Til
Oliver
Woolsey and Brehm
Carlyle, Ill
L. D. Morey
Phon
Max Quayle
IGA
Erie
Wieners
Kellogg's
Swift
Oriole Bologna
Swift’s
Caroline Leonetti
Sunset Blvd
Hollywood
Califfornia
Instant Maxwell House
Sunkist
Florida
LA Mome
PIAF
Eruers
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