Lewis and coal chiefs seek government minimum wage for miners
John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers and two major coal operators urged Labor Secretary Mitchell to set a wage floor for miners on Walsh Healey public contracts. They argued rates should mirror prevailing local pay, with a base around 18.75 dollars per day.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Labor Department
Lewis
United Mine. Workers Union
Labor
Mitchell
Walsh-Healey
George H. Love
Pittsburgh ‘Consolidation’ Coal Co
Pittsburgh
AOR
Matthews
Pocahontas Fuel Co
West Virginia
UMW
Courts to Stay Open Eight Hours Daily This Week
Bath corporation announces courts will be in session eight hours daily for four days to clear the docket. Officials expect a fuller normal schedule after the week.
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Bath
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Wong observes golden wedding anniversary in Braunfels
Mr and Mrs Emil Dietert celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in Braunfels on January 31. The event drew family and friends as they reflect on seven decades of marriage and shared memories from their life together.
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Braunfels
Jan
Emil Dietert
Chutist Lives After 1000-Foot Snow Fall
Paratrooper near Mele 20 Pittsburgh jumped with others over Talkesina during Operation Snowbird maneuver Saturday. He landed on deep snow and was recovering. Local directory ad text interleaves with the fragment.
Texas Farm Population Dips Sharply In Decade
Texas farm population has fallen from 2.423 million in 1945 to 1.326 million, a drop of 47.9 percent from 1940 to 1954. The Texas A M survey shows the state’s rural population shrank faster than the national trend of 28.3 percent, while consumer ad rates highlight affordable light want ads as a notable exception.
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Texas
Ted
Texas A. & M
Mysterious Girl Sighted at Rubinstein Home Rumor
New York report says a girl seen at the Rubinstein home prior to a murder is linked by Rubinstein's mother and another witness. Police disclose no concrete lead identifying the girl.
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New York
Hearing Set For Cop in Hoax Shooting
A patrolman named Staudt faces a 120 pm Thursday hearing before the fire and police civil service commission on charges including lack of good moral character and misconduct. He was suspended December 29 after an investigation found he schemed to be shot by a friend to gain his estranged wife’s sympathy. Attorney M C Gonzales will represent him. A February 8 hearing date is set for two detectives Myron Hubble and James Liebrecht, suspended for their roles in the March 6, 1954 Caldwell murder case. Graves was tried and acquitted. The commission hearing for Hubble and Liebrecht was postponed until after the murder trial.
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Yaiton Staudt
Police
Fire and Police’ Civil Service Commission
Shis
Staudt
Atty
M. C. Gonzales
Myron Hubble
James
Liebrecht
John Caldwell
C. R.graves
Caldwell
Jourdanton
Sih
Bids Sought for Flatonia Dial Building Construction
South western Bell Telephone company invites bids for a new dial building at Flatonia. The brick veneer structure measures 30 by 52 feet and features a flat deck roof. Bid deadline is February 9.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone ‘Co
Flatonia
Nationwide drive targets government informers in antiCommunist purge
News briefs report a nationwide campaign by smelter workers accusing professional informers and stool pigeons used in prosecutions of alleged Communists. Dr. W R White of Baylor joins religious leaders meeting with President Eisenhower to discuss transferring coroner duties to medical professionals and public hearings on comic book legislation. Fire kills four in Lake View Georgia as a three room house burns. Segregation ends as Saldan Blewett High School in St Louis enrolls 350 Black students in the spring semester.
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W.R. White
Baylor University
Eisenhower
Pas
Justices of the Peace
Lakeview
St. Louis
Saldan-Blewett High School
German officers land in the West amid East opposition
A group of 87 former German general staff officers from the East reportedly landed in the West as Germany declared itself in opposition to rearma ment and pledged to work for national unity. Premier Moshe Sharett conveyed Israel's sympathy to families of two Jews executed in Cairo on espionage charges. The liner Queen Mary arrived Cherbourg to pick up two injured seamen from a Greek freighter after a storm. Princess Margaret left London for a nonfitting tour of the British West Indies.
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Germany
Moshe Sharett
Israel
Cairo
Cherbourg
France
Atlanticrincess
Margaret
London
West Indies
Solve problems quicker with light ads CAG-1231
A brief note instructs ad writers to use a light touch and work faster. It references cataloging code CAG-1231 and urges streamlined, efficient phrasing for advertisements. The directive emphasizes speed without sacrificing essential details.
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