Auto Union Strikes GM as Wage Clash Deepens
In a major showdown, 175,000 United Auto Workers walked out against General Motors over a 30 percent postwar wage demand. GM counters with current pay data and price controls under new OPA rules, while the walkout threatens industry-wide disruption if suppliers lack parts. The dispute follows stalled talks with Chrysler and Ford as conciliation efforts aim for a mid January settlement.
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Jobin W. Gibson
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Warn Against Postwar Credit Boom Per Northwestern Report
A Northwestern National Life Insurance Curia family economics bureau warns that postwar installment credit could fuel a dangerous boom and bust. With high consumer demand and about 140 billion dollars in cash sales, generous credit risks repeating past peaks, as installment loans push consumer credit to record levels near 9 billion dollars in the fall of 1941.
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Family Economics Bureau
Northwestern National Life Insurance Curia
Billiane
Peace Pattern: US Bishops Call for Realistic Peacetime Training
The Catholic hierarchy urges recognition of fair play to bridge gaps between democracies and Russia to avert an atomic World War II. They criticize Moscow’s expansionist trend since 1943, defend wartime ideals, and oppose mass vengeance, forced population transfers, slave labor, and mistreatment of POWs. They urge US support for overseas relief and restraint in postwar retaliation.
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U. S
Russia
Air Accidents Dangerous Trend Warns of 1940s toll
Col. George C. Price, chief of the AAF office of flying safety, warned that civilian air accidents since V J Day through October 31 rose 70 percent versus the prior year. With 360,000 planes in the air over five years, he projected about 48,000 serious crashes and 5,000 fatalities annually. He noted war era safety gains and offered Army safety expertise to civilian agencies to curb risks.
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Price
Production efficiency rises as output grows with fewer workers
The National Bureau of Economic Research reports that production in agriculture manufacturing and public utilities cut manpower by 50 percent per unit of output in the 40 years to 1939 while total industrial output climbed 200 percent with only 75 percent more workers. The bureau cautions these figures mask genuine decline by not reflecting quality gains in product.
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National Bureau of Economic Research
American Legion Ends 27th Chicago Convention with Policy Stand
The American Legion closed its 27th annual convention in Chicago with a bold policy agenda including compulsory military training, civilian scientific oversight, and unification of the armed forces. It named 1960s veteran leaders as national and vice commanders and called for foreign aid with safeguards. Also reported are mass German resettlement plans and notable textile advances from chemistry and new synthetic fabrics.
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Ex paratrooper seeks home as wife awaits arrival
Ex paratrooper Stuart Kabbel parades Hollywood streets with his 20 year old wife Betty at the busy Hollywood and Vine corner as she nears delivery. The scene shows a hopeful quest for shelter and stability amid a moment of personal anticipation.
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Hollywood
Betty
Stork
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