End of Army KP Urged By Legion
The American Legion National Security Commission chairman urged releasing fit men from KP and non combatant duties to combat training. Perry Brown said the 18 25 age pool for service is 1,300,000 with fewer than 5,000,000 WWII veterans as a fallback. He cited a breakdown of manpower and unfitness totals and urged urgent mobilization.
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Indianapolis
American Legion
National Security Commission
Army
Perry Brown
Beaumont
Tex
Legion
Brown
Washington
National Guard
Resort owner pays local amusement taxes
John E. Hanson, owner of several concessions at Harvey's Lake amusement park, announces he will personally pay the 10 percent tax recently imposed by the Lake Township school board on amusements at Hanson's Park.
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Wilkes-Barre
John E. Hanson
Harvey's Lake
Hanson
Lake Township
Driver Hurt As Car Crashes In Cortland County
Leslie Gross of Virgil Harford road was confined to Cortland County Hospital with a fractured skull upper jaw lacerations and loss of front teeth after his car left the road and crashed into a ditch. Dr. Robert Fairchild and Dr. John E. Wattenberg treated and ordered X rays revealing the fractures.
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Cortland
Leslie Gross
Virgil-Harford Rd
Cortland County Hospital
Robert Fairchild
Marathon
John E. Wattenberg
Lincoln Library Welcomes Cat Boarder Brunnehilde
Springfield librarians report a cat named Brunnehilde has taken up residence among the Lincoln Library shelves desks and reading tables. Patrons drop coins into a small box to feed and keep the feline, whose name is drawn from Wagner's Valkyrie about the maid of Odin.
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Springfield, Ill
Ins
Lincoln Library
Springfield
Lapham Named China Mission Chief In $338 Million Aid Plan
Washington reports Roger D. Lapham former San Francisco mayor is appointed director of the ECA special mission to China. He will cut short a European trip to return by May 24 with Shanghai arrival around June 1. An advance mission will map spending about 360 million on power railroads mining and industrial reconstruction. Maurice T. Moore said American technical experts will investigate pre laid projects to bolster China's economy.
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Lapham
Economic Cooperation Administration
Washington
Shanghai
ECA
China
Maurice T. Moore
Paul G. Hoffman
Third Hollywood Writer Albert Maltz Goes on Trial
Albert Maltz, a third writer, faces trial on two counts of contempt of Congress for refusing to answer whether he is a Communist. He joins nine others indicted. Dalton Trumbo has been found guilty on two counts and John Howard Lawson yet to be sentenced. Both Law son and Trumbo plan appeals as Maltz also faces two counts with potential penalties up to $1,000 fine and one year per count.
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Washington
Albert Maltz
Congress
Maltz
House Committee On Un-American Activities
John Howard Law
Son
Dalton Trumbo
Trumbo
Screen Writers Guild
Lawson
Kellogg All-Bran Ad Promises Quick Constipation Relief
An advertisement touts Kellogg's All-Bran as a daily breakfast cereal that regulates digestion. It claims an ounce daily with milk and water, offers a double money back guarantee after ten days, and instructs sending the empty carton to Battle Creek, Michigan.
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Kellogg’s
Kellogg Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Kellogg's
Modern rope makers use global fibers for cordage
Rope producers source fibers from 15 to 20 countries to craft their diverse range of cords and twines. The article notes the international supply chain and variety of materials involved in modern rope manufacture.
State Unit Seeks Jurisdiction Over State Businesses
The New York State Labor Relations Board asserted it retains jurisdiction over certain state businesses despite Taft-Hartley Act challenges. The ruling marks the board’s first on the record defense of its scope since firms pressed NLRB action.
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New York
State Labor Relations Board
SLRB
New York State
National Labor Relations Board
State Board
Albany Cleaning Firm Challenges Labor Board Jurisdiction
A dispute centers on Roxy Cleaners and Dyers of Albany and District 50 of the United Mine Workers of America. The cleaners resisted an SLRB election, arguing their business is interstate and falls under the national board's jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxy, Cleaners and Dyers
Albany
District 50
United Mine Workers of America
SLRB
National Board
Divorce Granted After Bingo Pace Too Fast
James H. Pier aged 74 was granted a divorce from Blanche Pier aged 60 in Battle Creek Michigan after he testified she attended so many bingo games the pace proved too fast for him at his age.
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Battle Creek
Mich
James H. Pier
Blanche
Mindanao Abyss Estimated Greater Than Grand Canyon
A report estimates the Mindanao deep sea abyss at about twenty times larger than the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, highlighting an immense underwater chasm and contrasting geographic scales.
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Mindanao
Grand Canyon
Colorado
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Lillian Becker
Topanaga
Calif
Women's College
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Roger D. Lapham
San Francisco
Nemerov
Manlius ST
Syracuse
S. Geddes
Swift
Madonna
Anne Whittle
S. Warren St
State Tower
S.salina ST
Key Reddy
Howe
Jax
S. Geddes S
Vot
Begonias
Swift Premium Hockless Hams
Swift Brookfield Link Sausage
Hellman
Butter Sale Swift’s
Brookfield
Swift Premium
Kraft Velveeta
Schisa Brothers
Ronson Lighters
Hamilton
Gorham
Sterling
Elgin American
Schiff’s
N. Salina St
DEY Bros
Call Dey Bros
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