Labor leaders mull changing unemployment merit plan
In Columbus on January 30, AFL and CIO leaders jointly opposed permits allowing women to work beyond 45 hours weekly. They urged restricting merit rating adjustments and placing unemployment fund burdens on the employment service, amid debate over wartime labor hours and permit extensions by state director George Strain.
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Columbus
Organized Labor
Ohio Federation of Labor
State Cio Council
George A. Strain
Thomas J. Donnelly
Mr. Strain
Donnelly
CIO
Strain
Ted Silvey
Ohio
CIO Council
Employment Service
Interstate bus rates to rise 10 percent February 15
United Press reports that the national interstate bus fare is expected to increase by 10 percent on February 15 after authorization by the Interstate Commerce Commission. L. G. Markel of the National Bus Traffic Association says about 832 interstate firms will be affected, with about 1,800 total bus companies in the U.S. The rise would take effect ten days after tariffs are filed, pending required technical changes by all carriers.
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Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
L. G. Markel
National Bus Traffic Association
United States
Commission
Markel
Treasury orders silk removal from American money
Secretary Morgenthau ordered the removal of Japanese silk from currency and securities. Nylon fibers will replace the silk threads in money and securities paper, a process that may take several months to complete as new bills are printed.
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Asociated Press
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Air Corps Benefits From Mass Enlistment In Gladewater
Publisher Barnes Broiles mourns the loss of advertising manager Lonnie Dan to the army air corps. Dan persuaded five Gladewater store advertisers to enlist as well, and all six left on the same train, signaling a coordinated wartime departure.
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AIR Corps
Gladewater
Tex
Barnes Broiles
Lonnie Dan
Army Air Corps
Dan
War’s Impact on English Churches Highlighted by Rabbi
Rabbi Raphael Levine, returning from England, told the Churchmen's Luncheon Club that war disrupted religious life as churches and synagogues closed, services moved to farm homes, and correspondence became essential. He noted shifted attitudes from pacifism to war support and urged the church to help rebuild a better world.
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England
Raphael Levine
Levine
Rabbi Levine
Arizona Federal Lands Share Vast State Acreage
Federal lands in Arizona total 61.07 percent of the state's land area. They include 11,389,357 acres of national forests 13,078,560 acres of public lands 18,968,514 acres of Indian reservations and 1,134,734 acres of parks and monuments.
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