Industry Recovers From Strike After 1946 Disruptions
New York December 81 WP Industry faced a coal strike starting November 21 that ended December 9 when John L. Lewis ordered miners back to work. Despite the disruptions, industry crossed the 60 million mark in employment and set peacetime records in steel, automobile production, electricity output and wood production as controls eased. The year saw high inventories, rising construction and near 1000000 weekly car demand, with a cautious 1947 outlook and anticipated labor policy changes.
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New York
John L. Lewis
Teatile
Steel Mills
Girl Helps Convict Who Donated Skin
Judy Rosen fully recovered from critical burns after an accident at her Philadelphia home. The life term prisoner Thomas J Caulfield, who donated skin during the graft, was released from Eastern Penitentiary after a commutation hearing. Caulfield, 36, had been sentenced in 1929 for the murder of a policeman. Bonds rules prevented Judy from testifying.
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Warnsburg
Judy Rosen
Philadelphia
Eastern Penitentiary
Judy
Pennsylvania Pardon Board
Thomas J Caulfeld
Caulfield
Gavels carved from historic South Carolina homes
Rare craftsman David E Burress makes gavels from timber sourced in historically significant sites. A gavel for the South Carolina chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy used wood from John C. Calhoun's Fort Hill home, with others from Hopewell of General Andrew Pickens and from the home of Thomas G Clemson, founder of Clemson College.
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Pendleton
David E Burress
South Carolina
The
United Daughters of the Confederacy
John ©. Calhoun
Fort Hill
Burress
Hopewell
Andrew Pickens
Thomas G Clemson
Clemson College
Sniping Pays Off On Possum Hunt in Anderson SC
Mrs Emerson Bussey recounts a high school snipe hunt in Anderson South Carolina. A stray opossum appeared on the highway, prompting Bussey to stop her car and bag the animal after her companion Mrs A F Elrod surrounded it. The event is described as a humorous hazing prank echoed from her youth.
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Anderson
Emerson Bussey
Bussey
Barroom tales sought for Library of Congress collection
Denver reports that the Library of Congress Folklore Section seeks authentic Western ballads and tall tales from pioneers. Dr. Duncan Emrich warns the work is late and urges collecting overlooked material before it fades.
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Denver
Library of Congress
Duncan Emrich
Brary
Warna
Scots Plan Warm Welcome to Tourists Across Scotland
A Scottish Council on Industry committee urges a balanced approach to tourism. It recommends highlighting Scotland s glens mountains recreations and history while improving hotel menus with a mix of continental fare and local specialties. An annual 400 000 appropriation for the Scottish tourist board is proposed. Arlington couple celebrates 70th wedding anniversary in 1989.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Scottish Tourist Board
New Hospital Aids Jewish TB Victims Near Frontier
The American Joint Distribution Committee opened a 180 bed tuberculosis hospital at Morano near the Italian Austrian frontier to treat Jewish displaced persons who are TB victims and non Jews who aided Jews during persecution. Forty Italian Jews and helpers, sixty from Germany, and forty from Austria will be admitted, with ten beds in reserve. The staff of 58 doctors and nurses is led by Dr Sidney Gottlieb.
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Sidney Gottlibh
Johannesburg
South Africa
Europe
United States
Publc Health
UNRRA
United States Army
American Joint Distribution Committee
Italy
Jacob Trobe
Beaver Falls
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Arlington, S D Dup
Allen Mattesson
Arlington, SD
Veterans’ Party
Noble Callahan Post
American Legion
John Keenan
Marion Ryan
Jack Dolan
Joseph McKeon
LA Meee
Frank Downey
Mr. Flatt
New Hospital Aids Jewish T. B. Victims
Mecolne
Arnold Lapinds
Optometrial
Ghat
Third Street
Fulton and
B’way
Denby
Stroack, Draper
Gabardines
Coats
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