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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1941
Page
7
Early this morning two holes about the size of barrels burned in the roof of the home at 723 North Tyler. Fire Marshal Ed Spann said the origin was undetermined but investigators believe the blaze started near a water heater around 8:40 o'clock. Firemen were on the scene nearly an hour.
The General Motors wage dispute ended when GM accepted a mediation board plan and granted a 10 cent hourly raise for about 250 000 workers across 89 plants with a one year contract from April 28 1941. CIO UAW leaders hailed it as the greatest victory since 1937.
Labor Secretary Perkins denounced a CIO AFL machinist strike in San Francisco Bay area naval construction. Machinists demand wage rise from $1 to $1.15 and retention of double overtime pay. A brief work stoppage occurred at Pearl Harbor projects, but a union official called it not a strike. Demonstration aimed at uniform wage hour scales across crafts.
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