Word: localization
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...young unknown, James B. Carey, astounded organized labor and shocked the radio industry five years ago by wangling a contract for his local union with Philadelphia Storage Battery Co. (Philco). Last week up-&-coming Mr. Carey, having soared to high place in C. I. O. as president of its United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers, had to take a setback in the plant where he got his start...
Defeated by local issues, not involved in the Purge-California's McAdoo, Idaho's Pope...
...Sept. 19), by ringing doorbells at dead of night, begging irate voters not to vote for him. He reported his campaign expenditures: 20? for rotten tomatoes for boys to throw at a "Vote for Leary" sign; 5? for a false mustache to frighten babies. He vowed, if elected (which local observers last week predicted he would be), to campaign for lifting the old age pension limit from 65 to 150 years; to abolish all relief projects "so the men can go back to work...
...beginning the House Plan and Tutorial System, Lowell is now rarely soon by undergraduates. He usually makes an annual visit to Lowell House on his birthday, where a dinner is given in his honor. The trouble be encountered in driving his automobile and renewing his license threw him into local headlines recently...
College students are finding it very convenient and economical to send their laundry home by the pick-up and delivery service of Railway Express, according to the Company's local agent...