U S Denounces Use Of Force In Western Hemisphere
The State Department denounces military coups in the western hemisphere as deplorable and a danger to American republics. It condemns recent overthrows in Peru Venezuela and El Salvador and notes revolutions in Costa Rica Paraguay and Bolivia. The United States says it has informed other republics of its growing concern over or overthrows by military forces.
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Washington
United States
Hemisphere
State Department
Tas
Peru
Venezuela
Fei Salvador
Costa Rica
Paraguay
Bolivia
Republcs
Labor Act changes debated as Taft-Hartley faces revise
Washington supporters push amendments to Taft Hartley while administration and labor groups demand repeal. A House Senate committee report approved by seven Republicans and one Democrat outlines changes and rejects some major labor reforms. The panel backs dropping union shop rules until a majority vote by employees, a move to ease labor board burdens as new Congress convenes.
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Washington
House-Senate Labor Committee
Congress
Irving ML Ines
Anmouccea
Berlinan
Rew Congress
National Labor Relations Board
Elyrians Hear From Their Son-In-Law in Shanghai
Mr and Mrs Harland Wilcox of 426 Jefferson Street learned their daughter Ruth Wilcox and granddaughter Laurel Anne along with son-in-law Laurence Bartlett have been flown to Formosa with Bartlett heading to join them. Bartlett, an agent for the State Department and Navy, sent the update after the family left the United States last June for China, arriving in Shanghai August 3.
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Harland Wilcox
Jefferson Street
Shangha
Howeser
Laurence Bartlett
Shengha
Bartlett
Ruth Wilcox
Laurel Anne
Formosa
State Department
Navy
China
United States
Shanghai
Carpenter’s Death Spurs Volunteers to Finish Home
In Columbus Ohio a late carpenter named James Bruce began building a house for his wife and two children but died before completing it. Seven local carpenters learned of the tragedy and volunteered their Saturdays to complete the unfinished dwelling for the family who had been living in a tent.
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Columbus, O
James Bruce
U S Steel Reports Very Small Profit Margin
U S Steel told Congress that its profit margin is an exceptionally low five percent on current production, the smallest in peacetime history for the first nine months of 1948. Enders Voorhees, finance chair, said prices are not charged as high as buyers would pay.
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Vmashington
L. A. Steel Corporation
Congress
U. S. Steel
Enders M. Voorhees
U. S Steels
U. S
Voorhees
Employers Urged to File Deferment Requests in Writing
Ohio Adjutant General Chester W. Goble directed employers to submit written deferment requests to the employee's draft board before or at the time the employee completes the selective service questionnaire. He stressed that written requests are preferable for clarity and appeal rights, and that only essential information should be included.
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Columbus
Adjt
Chester W. Goble
Ohio Selective Service
Goble
Handkerchief rules loom at federal trade panel
A 1948 United Feature Syndicate column notes the federal trade commission plans a January 5 session with manufacturers distributors retailers and users to set fair trade rules for handkerchiefs. The piece jokes about required sizes labeling and sales practices while citing a boom in sales and concerns about substandard products.
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Washington
Evernment
Samuel
Federal Trade Commission
Brooklyn
Belgium
CSA
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