Tag: April 1946
Railroad Workers, Wage Dispute, Washington D.C. 1946
April 19, 1946, Washington D.C. – The nation held its breath as the possibility of a nationwide railroad strike hung in the balance. The fate of over 200,000 locomotive engineers and trainmen rested on the acceptance or rejection of a fact-finding board’s wage boost recommendation. The board, associated with the President, suggested a 16-cent hourly…
Ed Keithahn, Public Corruption, Juneau AK, 1946
It’s a scandal that’s been simmering beneath the surface of Juneau’s elite, and we’ve got the inside scoop. Ed Keithahn, the newly minted President of the Juneau Rotary Club, has been elected to lead the organization into the next year. But what’s really going on behind closed doors? Related Federal Cases Public Corruption Rocks Virgin…
60 Maryland Politicians Scramble for Primaries, Annapolis MD, 1946
The battle lines were drawn in Maryland’s 1946 primary election, with a staggering 60 candidates vying for four statewide offices and six congressional seats. The contest was shaping up to be the bitterest in the state since 1938. Forty-one Democrats and 19 Republicans had thrown their hats into the ring, each seeking to secure a…
