Word: springfields
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Springfield, Mass...
...when a majority already has in force a collective-bargaining contract. This ruling will be a big help to John L. Lewis. Lewis' catch-all District 50, which includes everything from dairy farmers to petroleum workers, has been trying to gain control at the Allis-Chalmers plant in Springfield, Ill., where C.I.O. already has a contract. District 50 was in the minority when the contract was signed, but now contends it has since signed up a majority of employes. It has asked for a new plant election. NLRB, operating under the clear provision of the Wagner Act, that majority...
...rode in a coach sitting upon my suitcase-no seats there either, all night and half of the next day-contemplating my reservation, which I still held blissfully in my hand. I finally got a seat in the men's room of a Pullman car. Arriving at Springfield, Mo. ... I once again held a reservation for an upper berth, but was informed very pleasantly by the conductor that the people in Kansas City had had a slight mix-up and that John Q. Civilian was once again in my berth. I rode once again upon a collapsing suitcase into...
...professor, William F. Petersen, offered the theory that an individual's chances of becoming a great man are greatly improved if he is conceived in a period of sunspot turbulence and foul weather. Dr. Petersen published a report called Lincoln-Douglas: The Weather As Destiny (Charles C Thomas, Springfield...
Thus began a promising career in the professional game. And thus (last December) it ended when Red held up his hand and said "I solemnly swear." He found his niche in the M. P.'s and served with the 756th at Springfield until the Army decided it needed his brain even more than it needed his brawn. This also meant his elevation to the rank of Private First Class, a distinction which might be regarded lightly in some circles, but for Leo it means he can now pull his rank on his erstwhile boss, "Lex" Thompson, who recently made Private...