International Confederation of Free Trade Unions Formed
Leaders of 50 million anti Communist trade union workers from 583 countries including the United States organized the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. Delegates adopted a constitution to protect job security and the right to work anywhere. The French and Belgian Catholic unions abstained. A 20 man executive board and officers to be named. Paul Finet expected as president, J. H. Oldenbroek as possible executive secretary.
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London
U.S
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
Lcfveu
Confederation
World Federation of Trade Unions
W.fvl.u
Reds
Paul Finet
Belgium
New International
J. H. Oldenbroek
Netherlands
Miss Weeks and Miss Wills Gift Set Promotion
A concise advertisement touts the Miss Weeks and Miss Wills Three Musketeers gift set featuring Tanbark Cologne, After-Shave Lotion, and After-Shave Powder or Hair Lotion. Includes a 2.25% Man About Town gift set with Tanbark Cologne and After-Shave Lotion.
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Man About Town
Filipinos Still Strong In Hostility to Japs
The article notes eight years after Pearl Harbor hostility toward Japan remains high in the Philippines. The Philippine Foreign Office reportedly warned General MacArthur it could not guarantee safety for a Nipponese trade mission. It mentions Elpidio Quirino’s anti Japanese stance in the 1948 election and reparations demand, and critiques U.S. policy toward democratizing Japan and Germany. It also briefly explains the Colorado Tarn as the highest U.S. body of water.
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Manila
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
MacArthur
Elipidio Quirino
Tokyo
Southeast Asia
Hideki Tojo
United States
Japan
Germany
Farmer Ed Schmidtgall Injured Twice on Nov 3
In Lavbane Minnesota Ed Schmidtgall, a hard luck farmer, was injured on November 3 in a corn harvest accident. A year earlier he lost two fingers in a similar corn picker incident. This year the tractor power takeoff tore off his clothing and ripped skin from his lower abdomen before he could free himself.
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Lavberne
Minn
Cup
Ed Schmidtgall
Schmidtgall
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