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...Because U. A. W. officials claimed that management had violated provisions of the grievance procedures, workers voted to strike at the Chevrolet factory in Flint, Mich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: In Good Faith | 1/20/1941 | See Source »

Result : a row. Asked about it, Mr. Roosevelt was reminded of the time (1937) when he was asked whether the General Motors sit-down strike in Flint was illegal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEFENSE WEEK: The Current | 1/13/1941 | See Source »

Cambridge police put their foot down yesterday, but not on the Charles River ice. According to headquarters the local ice wouldn't hold Harvard men or anyone else, so when the boys in grayish blue saw Thomas I. Crowell, III '43, Robert W. Flint '43, and George W. Hibbert, Jr. "43, enjoying a little blade work on the "no man's ice" they took action...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CAUTIOUS POLICE NAB THREE '43 DAREDEVILS ON THIN ICE | 1/9/1941 | See Source »

Other selections for the new staff of Harvard's humor magazine include Juniors Winthrop L. Carter Jr., treasurer; Robert C. Benchley, Jr., Ibis; Arthur W. Viner, Narthex; John W. Flint, Jr., Advertising Manager; Sumner R. Andrews, Circulation Manager; William Wesselhoeft secretary; and David B. Williams, business assistant...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PHINIZY ELECTED LAMPOON PRESIDENT FOR NEXT YEAR | 12/6/1940 | See Source »

Trophies at Lough Gur came from all ages: stone axes, flint weapons and tools, a bronze bracelet and bronze pins, bone combs, glass beads, hand mills for grinding grain, whetstones, Viking silver, and, according to the diggers, the finest ceremonial circle of druid stones in Eire. In charge were Professor Sean P. O'Riordain of Cork's University College and his assistant lecturer, Miss Caitriona MacLeod, a witty and personable young woman who speaks and dances Gaelic. A typical Stone Age house which they unearthed, 32 feet long by 18 wide, had walls of stone and wood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Old Irish | 11/25/1940 | See Source »

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