New Contract Ends Escalator Wage Clause for Shoeworkers
In St Louis a new labor contract by International Shoe Co and United Shoe Workers CIO ends the escalator clause tied to the US Labor Department Price Index. Wages now fixed at current levels for one year starting Oct 1 after ratification by locals. Approximately 14,000 union members are covered, with 2,000 in St Louis. Negotiations involved James Lee Johnson, Dave Wilson, George Geteau, William E. Thornton, and Monroe K. Sheehan serving as mediator.
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St. Louis
U. S. Department of Labor
International Shoe Company
United Shoe Workers of America, Cio
United Shoe Workers
Missouri
Illinois
Arkansas
New Hampshire
James Lee Johnson
Dave Wilson
Midwest
George Fecteau
Manchester
N. H
New England
William E. Thornton
Washington
Monroe K. Sheehan
U. S. Federal Mediation and Consciliation Service
Time extended for veterans to enter GI Bill training
The Veterans Administration extended the enrollment deadline for World War II veterans seeking reentry or course changes under the GI Bill to November 1, 1949. Administrator Carl R. Gray Jr said the move avoids hardship on students who needed time to plan, while Public Law 266 remains in effect prohibiting recreational or non existent institutions. A new eligibility certificate will be required after November 1 showing the target course and school to speed review.
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Veterans Administration
Carl R. Gray Jr
Administrator of
Veterans Affairs
Lilbourn School Chief Ordered to 15 Day Navy Tour
Lilbourn Missouri superintendent Lynn Twitty, also a Marine Corps Reserve Major, is ordered to a fifteen day active duty tour at the Naval Air Combat Intelligence School, Glenview Illinois. He will return October 15 after completing the course, having served over two years in the Pacific as an Air Combat Intelligence Officer with a Marine Air Group during World War II.
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Lilbourn, Mo
Lynn Twitty
Lilbourn
Marine Corps Reserve
Naval Air Combat Intelligence School
Glenview
Ill
Naval Air Station
Twitty
Pacific Ocean
Marine Air Group
Former Minister's Wife Buried in Sikeston Area
Mrs. Mary Burdine Crowe died at Poplar Bluff Hospital after a long illness. Funeral interment was in Sikeston City Cemetery beside her husband Rev. Henry P. Crowe and son Burdine Crowe. She was 86 and survived by three sons Ewart A. Crowe Hugh E. Crowe and Rev. Fletcher Crowe a daughter Ruth Johnston nine grandchildren four great grandchildren a brother Lee Burdine and sister Mrs Naomi Streetman.
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Mary Burdine Crowe
Sikeston
Sikeston City
Henry P. Crowe
Burdine Crowe
Crowe
Poplar Bluff
Fletcher Crowe
Missouri
Plans announced for State College homecoming 1949
Cape Girardeau CAPE vs KIRKSVILLE football opens homecoming Friday Oct 14 at 7 30 pm with campus registration and Southeast Missouri District Teachers Meeting. Saturday Oct 15 alumni welcome tours conduct tours of new buildings dormitories and construction. A 2 30 pm gathering a family party and 5 30 pm barbecue on the east terrace are planned. Pretty bridge lamps only 695 at LAIR'S.
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Cape Girardeau
Louis Houck
State College
Cape Vs. Kirksville
Southeast Missouri District
Labor Leaders Back A and P in Trust Suit
A flood of telegrams from labor leaders and consumers swamped A and P Foods New York offices opposing the anti trust suit seeking dissolution. Union heads from butchers to truck drivers praised A and P wage scales and conditions, pledging support for its defense of low price policy, while workers, including Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Teamsters Local 829, stressed strong labor relations and high wages nationwide.
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New York
A&p Food
A&p
Earl W. Jimerson
Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butchers Workmen
A. F. of L
Howard McGrath
Jimerson
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
American Federation of Labor
Teamsters’ Union
Boston
Still Active at Ninety Bowman Remains Busy at Office
Judge W C Bowman aged ninety remains active at the Scott County Milling Company building in Sikeston. He observed his birth anniversary quietly last week and has not been in good health recently. He heads the milling company for fifty years as a pioneer, with most of his nine children calling to pay respects. His daughter Mrs L P Hulick of Mansfield Indiana spent the week with him and her two sons Bob a Tulane University student and Carl a Western Military Academy student were also mentioned.
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W. C. Bowman
Scott County Milling Company
Scott County
Sikeston
L. P. Hulick
Mansfield
Home After Five Months Army Service in Germany
Lieut. and Mrs. Harold Swanagon and daughter Carol Lee arrived in Sikeston on Monday from Germany where he served five months with the United States Army. They crossed the Atlantic aboard the General Patch, a seven and a half day voyage. The Swanagons will visit Mrs. Swanagon’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. G. Lewis, and other relatives until his next Army assignment is announced.
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Harold Swanagan
Carol Lee
Sikeston
Germany
United States Army
Atlantic
U. S. Army
General Patch
Swanagon
Unable to Attend Luncheon at Columbia
David E Blanton and C M Barnes will miss the luncheon hosted by President Fred erick A Middlebush and Mrs Middlebush at the University campus. Blanton is tied to professional duties at home. Barnes travels to Tampa Florida for the Spanish War Veterans reunion as Cape Girardeau camp delegate.
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David E Blanton
Scott County Group
Missouri University Alumni Association
C. M. Barnes
New Madrid County Group“4
Frederick A Middlebush
University
Blanton
Barnes
Tampa
Florida
Cape Girardeau Camp
Missouri veterans count estimated at 486000
The Veterans Administration estimates that the number of living veterans in Missouri totals 486000.
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The
Veterans Administration
Missouri
Slight Increase in Sikeston Valuations
City taxes on annexed territory are not yet assessed this year but there is a slight rise in valuations within the former city limits. Personal property up by 40,980 and real estate up by 101,660, while merchants' tax valuations show a small decline from last year. The tax books, now in the hands of City Collector Joe Mathis, compare this year with 1948.
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Sikeston
Joe Mathis
Taxes Due on Valuations Charged to Col lector Mathis
Col lector Mathis faces taxes for the current five piece Chrome Breakfast Sets priced as low as 29.95 at LAIR'S.
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Lair’s
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International Shoe Workers
Labor
A&P’s
John E. Hamilton
John J. Greeley
John E. Harrington
Columbia
American Legion
the Cotton Carnival Committee
Henry Meldrum
Mathis
Nicaea
McKnight-Keaton Grocery Company
NORGE
Dempster Furniture Company
W. Front St
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