Readers Look at War Wages and Profit Motives
A Great Falls reader argues rail workers should be paid soldiers wages to push government rail takeover out of business. The letter cites wartime profiteers and asks how figures like Robert Hannegan amassed wealth despite modest official pay. It notes postwar gains in wages, conditions, and subsidies.
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George Sexer Seygeant
Robert Hannegan
Washington
Missouri
Democratic National Committee
Hannegan
Inflation, unions, and wartime duty in 1950s battle lines
By George Sokolsky in 1950 warns inflation and war costs raise taxes and debt while urging unity in essential industries. He contrasts U E and I U E unions in the electrical sector, urging workers to choose their representation, warning of a strike cycle impacting national defense and sons at war.
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C.I.O
C.so
I.U.E
U.E
Korea
King Features Syndicate
The dogtags and wallets reveal lives of war dead
In Korea the fallen soldiers leave few mementoes beyond dogtags and empty pockets. The memoirs of battle dead show tiny treasures: letters, photographs, a lock of hair, a prayer book, a lucky charm. One finds a captain’s note book given from a lost lieutenant.
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Japan
Notes From a Young Lieutenant of Korea War Service
Hal Boyle recalls a young second lieutenant killed in Korea. The captain protects the fallen officer’s memory by sending his belongings home and preserving his notebook. The diary shows a meticulous, philosophical, humor-loving man who valued learning and hard work.
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Korea
The
Associated Press
Looking Ahead By George Benson Wass
George Benson urges hard national sacrifices beyond blood, arguing civilians must bear the costs of war. He analyzes federal spending, calls for cutting non military items, creating a business board to root out waste, and balancing the war budget to reveal the true cost and spark public action. He warns against continuing the “good life” while waging war and previews a continuation titled The Hidden Enemy inflation.
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Europe
Harry Byrd
Hoover Commission
Senator Byrd
V.A
Columbus Firm Submits Low Bid for Rt. 62 Work
The Ohio Road Improvement Co. of Columbus submitted the lowest bid for surface treating nearly six miles of Route 62 in Stark County townships. They offered 18 342 dollars versus an estimate of 20 820. Other low bids included Ohio Tar & Asphalt Co. of Canton and W H Jones of West Chester for nearby road surface projects.
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Ohio Road Improvement Co
Columbus
Plain
Nimishillen
Stark County
State Highway Department
Ohio Tar & Asphalt Co
Canton
W. H. Jones
West Chester
Canton Concern
Disturbance Report Leads Police to Inebriated Homeowner
In Nashua New Hampshire police raced to a disturbance at a residence where officers found a noticeably intoxicated homeowner shouting at his television set and berating the actors on screen.
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Nashua
N. H
Methodists in Canton District Meet Monday
The Canton district including New Philadelphia Wooster and Millersburg will gather Monday in Canton with superintendents ministers and board of education officials to discuss church school plans for the year They will also report on progress toward last year’s goals Twenty five other Ohio cities hold similar meetings The North East Ohio Methodist Conference board of education sponsors the events Carrollton meets in Steubenville
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Board of Education
Canton
New Philadelphia
Wooster
Millersburg
Ohio
North East Ohio Methodist Conference
Carrollton
Steubenville
City of Ciudad Turjillo Founded in 1496
The capital of the Dominican Republic, now called Ciudad Turjillo, traces its founding to 1496 by Bartholomew Columbus, brother of Christopher Columbus. The note highlights the colonial origin and named founder as part of early Caribbean settlement history.
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The
Dominican Republic
Ciudad Turjillo
Bartholomew Columbus
Christopher
C. C. Keller
Frederick Avenue
St. Joseph
Missouri
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White House
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Holmes County
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Robert Sayer
East Ohio Gas Co
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Lindsey
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Kentucky
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Ursuline Street
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Louisiana
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Texas
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Kruger
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Iowa
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