Pension Gains Push Labor Leaders Toward Higher Pensions
Washington reports that pension plans for workers have moved to the forefront of union strategy. John L. Lewis and Walter Reuther have won or pushed for $100 monthly pensions for coal miners and Ford Auto Workers, with steel firms pursuing similar benefits.
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John L. Lewis
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Walter Reuther
CIO Auto Workers
Ford Motor Company
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Reuther
Ford
Congress
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Engineers to Guard Bridgewater Area Against Flood Peril
Army engineers secured approval of a $30,000 emergency fund for channel clearing diking and repair work in the Bridgewater area. Shenandoah Valley Soil Conservation District supervisors were asked to recommend urgent projects, with a levee proposed at about $100,000 to shield Bridgewater from floods.
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Army
Burr P. Harrison
Board of Supervisors
Shenandoah Valley
Secord Sale Day Sees Lions Dispose of 500 Brooms
Winchester Lions operated from a public booth on N. Lou doun St selling and delivering about 500 brooms Saturday. The sale reduced stock to under 100 for the week and brought total campaign sales to around 3000 to support sight conservation. A prior Tuesday sale disposed of 2460 brooms.
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Lions
N. Loudoun St
Winchester Lions
House Plants booklet offered for ten cents
Learn to grow plants in pots by controlling light air humidity and temperature. Order Uncle Sam's 30 page illustrated booklet HOUSE PLANTS postpaid for 10 cents, via The Winchester Star Information Bureau 316 Eve St N Washington DC.
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Winchester Star Information Bureau
Eve St
Washington, D. C
Daily crossword clues and solutions mix
A list of crossword clues with numbers and brief hints across topics from stutters to porpoise. Includes entries for halves, edges, skills, states and terms such as niche, decree, apportion, and dining car.
Sakers Invited as Speaker at Winchester Chamber Event
Gene Sakers executive secretary of the Winchester chamber of commerce has been invited to deliver a talk at a Charles Town Ranson chamber membership meeting today.
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Gene Sakers
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Charles Town-Ranson c Ber
Life Savings Lost In Kitchen Blaze
Washington reports a fire consuming a home where Mrs. Lillie Mae Grant, 43, died after discovering her life savings of 3700 dollars were burned. The money was mostly in paper bills hidden under kitchen linoleum, and the incident occurred during a blaze that swept the residence.
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Washington
Lillie Mae Grant
Enrolment Gains at Shepherd College Reported
Enrollment climbs 10 percent this term with 430 students led by Dean Carey Stabler. Men outnumber women 297 to 133. Seventy five students are married and 156 are Freshmen. the class includes 170 veterans.
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Shepherd College
Carey Stabler
Largeterans
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