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Ramadier gets vote of confidence on policy; opposing Communist Mins ousted
PITTSBURGH, May 4 -- The Allegheny-Ludlum Steel Corporation signed today with the United Steel Workers of America, CIO, what was reported here as the first agreement with a basic steel producer calling for a company-financed health and welfare insurance program.
4th NYC union acceptance reptd
plans to move certain com meetings from Flushing Meadow to Lake Success
Irgun frees 251 Jews and Arabs in spectacular jail break from Acre Prison
1947Ty LaForest, Canadian-American baseball player (born 1917)[†]
Byron Joseph LaForest was a Canadian professional baseball player who appeared in 52 games in the major leagues, primarily as a third baseman, for the Boston Red Sox during the latter months of the 1945 season. He was born in Edmundston, New Brunswick, and emigrated with his family to the United States in 1921. He attended Waltham High School in the Boston suburb and graduated from Dorchester High School. Listed as 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) tall and 165 pounds (75 kg), he threw and batted right-handed.