Job Scarcity Cuts Number Of Strikes
Washington reports that with fewer strikes this year the labor market shows workers reluctant to walk out. Yet unions still act when issues matter, as seen in a Norwalk hat factory dispute over job security and a CIO United Auto Workers drive at North American Aviation plants in Columbus and Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Walker
Associated Press
Washington
AFL
Norwalk
James P. Mitchell
Mitchell
CIO
United Auto
North American Aviation Co
Columbus
Ohio
Los Angeles
North American
Hawai
Adlai Takes Shots At GOP In Michigan Tour
Adlai Stevenson condemned the Republican party during a one day tour through Lower Michigan as Michigan Democrats prepared for August primaries. Rival Blair Moody skipped Stevenson events while Moody and Patrick McNamara joined or declined to accompany him, and Stevenson predicted a Democratic House win next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adlai Stevenson
Michigan
Republican Party
Patrick McNamara
Blair Moody
U. S
Stevenson
Sailor Joe Thomas Jr. to Arrive in California Aboard USS Los Angeles
Seaman Joe Thomas Jr. USN, son of Rev and Mrs Joe Thom, 420 Chestnut St Carbondale, due in California from the Far East in early June aboard the heavy cruiser USS Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Far East
Los Angeles
Joe Thomas Jr
Seaman
USN
Rev
Joe Thomas
Chestnut St
Carbondale
Norman Rieckenberg Wins Randolph Award for Soil Conservation
Norman Rieckenberg of near Steeleville wins the Randolph County Save Your Soil for Illinois contest for 1954 and will represent the county in an advanced council contest. He receives an engraved plaque from Governor Stratton and becomes eligible for further prizes at the council level. His farm, mapped for soil and following rotation plans, features a contour planting approach, a dairy herd, a new water pond, and electric fencing to rotate pastures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Rieckenberg
Steeleville
Randolph County
Illinois
Rieckenberg
William Stratton
Shiloh Hill
Randolph County Soil Conservation
Inquest Delayed On Student Alva Evans Death
A coroner s jury inquest into the Tuesday death of Alva Evans 41 Cobden is delayed pending release of his brother Charles Evans from hospital. Evans died when a jeep driven by Charles High overturned two miles northwest of Wolf Lake Union County. Charles Evans was riding in the vehicle. Funeral services were held Thursday at Blake Broad Way Funeral Home Cobden. He was a WWII disabled veteran and a student at Southern Illinois University.
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Alva Evans
Cobden
Charles Evans
Evans
Charles High
Wolf Lake
Union County
Blake Broadway
Southern Ilinois University
Funeral Services Held Tuesday for Vienna Man
Funeral services for John E. Smith 73 of Vienna were held Tuesday at the Concord Presbyterian Church East of Vienna with Rev. Lowell Earnhart and Rev. Charles Evitts officiating Burial was in Camp Ground Cemetery near Anna Smith died at home Sunday from a heart ailment He is survived by his wife Jean a daughter Connie 18 months and six sons and a brother
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John E. Smith
Vienna
Concord Presbyterian Church
Lowell Earnhart
Dongola
Charles Evitts
Ville
Camp Ground Cemetery
Anna
Mr. Smith
Union County
Charles and
Jeroma Smith
Jean
Connie
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John T. Moake
Southern Illinois University
William Fly
Carbondale City
Joyce Rushing
Lake
R. E. Whalen
Pan-American College
Edinburg
Tex
James Fisher
Schwartz Pla
Carbondale and
Thomas
Lincoln School
Moake
Zip
Adlai
Detroit
House of Representatives
Sailor
U.S
Herrin Wye
Ford Tractor and Equipment
David Bradley Garden Tractor
Mer
C. H. Gerwig
South Side Lumber Co
North Park Avenue
Herrin
Randolph Award
U. S. Senate
Kentucky
OLD Sunny Brook
OLD Sunny Brook Company
Louisville
Central Illinois Public Service Company
Carbondale Loan & Improvement Association
Carbondale Building & Loan & Homestead Ass’n
Dad
Mom
Men's Wear Dept
Avis
ELLES
Frigidaire
Thrifty
General Motors
Murphysboro
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