Ford Would Wave Labor Law Suits With Union Pledge
Ford Motor Co facing a CIO strike threat offered to waive court protection against union contract violations. Henry Ford II delivered the conditional proposal to CIO chief Philip Murray as the UAW-CIO board prepared to meet on the Ford department’s vote. Ford sought a no suit pledge under four conditions while noting the industry’s turmoil from related strikes and layoffs.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
CIO
Ford
Henry Ford LU
Comiay
Philip Murray
United Auto Workers
Uaw-Cio International
Ford Department
Ford Automotive
Murray
New York City
UAW
Michi-gan
Murray Corp. of America
Murray Corp
New York
Uaw-Cio
Richard T. Leonard
Glass firm pledges price stability for construction projects
Libbey Owens Ford Glass Co. announced it will maintain base price levels to ease inflation and living costs. G P MacNichol Jr. said the policy of guaranteeing prices on identified construction projects will continue and extend to include thermopane windows.
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Toledo
Libbey- Owens-Ford Glass Co
G. P. MacNichol Jr
Golden Wheat Floods Adrian Elevators as Farmers Wait
A steady stream of wheat poured into Adrian Grain Co. on Logan Street with 17,000 bushels received Wednesday, part of a farm-to-elevator surge. At peak, 53 loads lined the street, each up to 500 bushels, as farmers from Blissfield Weston and nearby areas queued from Logan to Beecher.
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Adrian
Adrian Grain Co
Logan Street
William H. Bouma
Division
Beecher Street
Beecher
Dennis Street
Jarvis Kaisel
Blissfield
Robert Tucker
Weston
Claude Mason
State offices urged to cut expenditures in 1948-49
Governor Kim Sigler and Budget Director John A. Perkins announced a formal warning to tighten controls as the state prepares its 1948-49 fiscal year budget. They emphasized targeted reductions over across the board cuts and stressed a strong budget department to explain costs and services to the public.
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Lansing
Kim Sigler
John A. Perkins
Sigler
Uye
Clinton Strike Fails to Move Toward Settlement
No progress reported in a four day old strike at Clinton Machine Co plants. Company and Local 608, UAW-CIO, have not met since the strike began Tuesday and no talks are planned. Union seeks 15 cents an hour raise or 1L's with six paid holidays. company offers eight cents plus a bonus for output over 1,000 motors daily. About 990 workers make small gasoline motors. pickets operate in four hour shifts at plant gates.
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Clinton
Clinton Machine Co
NLRB vows deep resolve to enforce Taft-Hartley act
Washington reports the five member National Labor Relations Board pledging deep determination to make every Taft-Hartley provision work effectively. Abe Murdock and J Cope land Gray took oaths as new members along with a new general counsel, while Robert N Denham commented from an interview that unions ignoring the reorganized NLRB face a normal reaction.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Abe Murdock
J. Copeland Gray
Robert N. Denham
NLRB
Subpoena Ordered for Hughes in Senate Inquiry
Senate investigators, armed with Hughes income tax data, move to question him about wartime Hughes contracts and entertainment expenses. Hughes plans to appear Wednesday, says he refuses to be a “trained seal” for a publicity circus. Meyer testified to lavish entertainment costs. committee scrutinizes Hughes companies tax returns and a large air craft contract and related government-backed purchases.
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Washington
Senate
Howard Hughes
Hughes
John Meyer
Henry J. Kaiser
Air Express
California
Ferguson
R-Mich
Rob Hughes
Los Angeles
Meyer
Hollywood
New York
Hughes Ardred
Brewster
Fisusert
Brewster O
Defense
Huches
Cain
R-Wash
O'Conor
D-Md
Monroe prosecutor blasts J. P. system reform urged
Foster D. Luse of Monroe chaired the Michigan Prosecutors Association court committee at Mackinac Island as it backed a reform plan to replace Michigan justice courts with county courts He said lay judges presiding over civil and criminal actions are often unfit and the system clings to horse and buggy days The association urged legislation creating county courts to replace J P courts
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Mackinac Island
Michigan
Michigan Prosecutors Association
Foster D. Luse
Monroe
J. P
OPA Plans To Ration Clothes Through Underground Staff
Former OPA economist Wilfred Carvel reveals a 1943 hidden plan to ration apparel starting with shoes and textiles. The scheme used code names like oysters for shoes and clams for clothes and aimed to standardize many items under wartime price controls.
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OPA
Washington
Wilfred Carvel
Carvel
Carcel
U S Expert Checks Hospital At Pontiac
Governor Sigler announced a U S Public Health Service inquiry at Pontiac state mental hospital led by Dr Victor H Vogel The survey aims to uncover conditions and determine any needed action with a confidential report to the governor and no state cost or obligation to adopt recommendations.
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Lansing
Sigler
United States Public Health Service
Pontiac State Mental Hospital
Victor H. Vogel
Lieder
Public Health Service
Harry J. Phillips
Huron
Republican
Eugene C. Keyes
Vogel
Temperature drops 30 degrees in Cadillac record
Detroit and Michigan shivered as a late summer cold snap pushed temperatures to record lows across the state. Cadillac hit 30 degrees with Pellston and Detroit at 48, following a day of the hottest weather of the year. Other readings included 36 Sault Ste. Marie and 50 Battle Creek, with a cooler outlook forecast for tonight and Saturday.
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Detroit
UPI
Michigan
All Weather Bureau
Cadillac
Pellston
Grand Rapids
Battle Creek
Adrian
Revenaughs Begin 2500 Mile Bicycle Trip to Oregon
Richard Revenaugh, 25, and his wife Terry, 21, start a long bicycle journey from Midland to Eugene, Oregon, aiming to enter the University of Oregon. They plan a route from Calumet through Canada, traveling light with 25-pound packs and camping gear, targeting 75 miles per day initially and up to 100 as they harden up.
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Midland
Ajig
Richard Revenaugh
Terry
Eugene
Oregon
University of Oregon
Adrian Calleze
Calumet
Upper Peninsula
Canada
Jews Attack British Post in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv
Aug 1 report from Jerusalem says grenades and mortars hit the Hampshire regiment HQ near the Jewish agency with two attackers captured. In Tel Aviv, gunfire from an armored car wounded several in a funeral procession for Jewish victims. Police round up about 200 suspects as events follow reprisal shootings by Irgun Zvai Leumi.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Hampshire Regiment
Hampshires
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Natanya
Palestine Police
False teeth injure Ann Arbor school chief in collision
Walter Springer, president of the Ann Arbor board of education, was riding in a car when it collided with another yesterday. He had dentures in his shirt pocket and the impact forced them into his flesh, causing injury.
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Ann Arbor
Walter Springer
Air Force marks 40th with record flights and public shows
Washington observes the U S Air Force 40th anniversary as it opens bases to the public and stages speeches. The B 29 Dream Boat flies 10 000 km in 22 hours 27 minutes at 277 mph between Patterson Field and Benson Arizona. Seven B 29s arrive from Tokyo on a 7 000 mile flight toward Andrews Field.
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United States Air Force
Air Force
Dream Boat
Patterson Field
Dayton
Ohio
Benson
Ariz
Tokyo
Andrews Field
Strategic Air Command
Germany
Chicago
Toledo
Detroit
Indianapolis
Kansas City
St. Louis
Camp Fire Girls to Open Camp Tawanka Sunday
Adrian Camp Fire Girls head to Camp Tawanka near Brooklyn for a three week session with about 64 participants from Lenawee and Monroe counties. The program includes crafts nature lore hiking music archery swimming and daily evening programs plus a Saturday council fire.
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Adrian
Camp Tawanka
Brooklyn
Lenawee
Monroe
Camp Fire
Washington Lake
Margaret Sneil
Martha Lewis
Charlotte Crane
Doris Levitt
Sally Fishes
Taft Wins Ohio GOP Backing For Presidency
Senator Robert A. Taft wins Ohio Republican endorsement for the presidential nomination and launches a westward speaking tour after blasting President Truman’s foreign and domestic policies. He accuses Truman of a befuddled foreign policy and opposes centralization, calling for loans tied to goods to rebuild Europe and urging a Republican victory next year.
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Taft
Ohio
Truman
Columbus
Robert A. Taft
California
CIO
Congress
Texas
CBS
Senator Vandenberg
Rmich
United States
Roosevelt
Teheran
Yalta
Potsdam
Europe
Asia
Germany
Morgenthau
World
GOP
Republican Congress
Ela
Republican State Committee
U N Mediation Offer Moves Indonesian Crisis
The United Nations faced a critical juncture as the Security Council prepared to press the Netherlands and Indonesia to halt hostilities. The Netherlands accepted a U S mediation offer, while Greece urged action over Balkan charges. U S delegates signaled willingness to aid Dutch and Indonesian sides, stirring questions on domestic jurisdiction and UN intervention limits.
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Lake Success
Russia
United States
Indonesia
United Nations
Security Council
Balkans
U. N. Security Council
Netherlands
Republic of Indonesia
Eelco N. van Kleffens
Washington
United Nations Security Council
Council
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
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Greece
U.S
U. N
Balkan
U. S
Herschel V. Johnson
Batavia
Java
A. K. Gani
Sumatra
GM Boosts Prices Bulletin
Detroit Aug 1 General Motors Corp announced a two to six percent increase in the list prices of all passenger cars effective immediate. The move follows recent steel and materials cost pressures as GM seeks to maintain margin while continuing operations nationwide.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
Wages Boost At Local Plant With New UAW Contract
Officials of the L A Darling Manufacturing Co and the CIO United Auto Workers signed a new contract Thursday granting a five and a half cent hourly wage increase and six paid holidays.
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Bronson
L. A. Darling Manufacturing Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
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