GM and CIO Talks Restart Amid Wage Dispute
Detroit AP reports General Motors and the CIO United Auto Workers resume full negotiations at 3 p.m. EST amid a wage clash. The union seeks a 30 percent raise within the current price structure, while government policy allows price boosts up to 33 percent since January 1941. Walter Reuther emphasizes no strings attached in talks. Chrysler locals vote to continue work for three months if needed after contract breakdown.
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Detroit
General Motors Corporation
United Auto Worley
General Motors
Uaw-Cio
Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
CIO
Walter F. Reuther
UAW
John C. Collet
OPA
Reuter
Buffalo
Egine
Fee Eee Reuther
Han
Chrysler Corporation
Chrysler-Uaw
Britons Haill Huge U.S. Loan Boon to Trade
London reports a U S loan of 4.4 billion dollars to Britain, pending Congressional approval. The agreement, after 12 weeks of talks in Washington, runs 50 years from 1946 with no interest for five years and 2 percent thereafter. Of the total, 650 million would cover goods in delivery at end of lend-lease, with repayment on the same terms as the loan.
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London
United States
Britain
Washington
Advocate Medal Nomination for Ohio Draft Director
Gen. Lewis B. Hershey recommends Col. Chester W. Goble Ohio selective service director for the Distinguished Service Medal in a letter to Gov. Frank Lausche. Hershey calls Goble's work exceptionally meritorious and noteworthy.
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Columbus
Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service
Col
Chester W. Goble
Ohio
Selective Service
Hershey
Frank J. Lausche
Goble
Cab Driver Inherits Fortune From Patron
In East Orange New Jersey a cab driver named John J. Brophy received a $50,000 tip from a wealthy patron who credited the driver with helping him avoid business chatter at the opera. Brophy, 40, a 28 month Army veteran, had resumed his job with East Orange Cab Co. after discharge.
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East Orange
N. J
John J. Brophy
East Orange Cab Co
New factor may be used for price and wage increases
Washington reports that a new factor may be used to justify price and wage increases, with a 33 percent cost of living rise cited as the basis. Stabilization head Collet says OPA could apply this wedge in price hikes and wage boosts, awaiting reliable data if estimates vary.
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Washington
OPA
Truman
Collet
John
Ident Truman
Mr. Truman
General Motors
CIO Autocar
Labor Department
Nazi Records Prove Hitler's Peace Plan Was Lie
AP reports at the Nuremberg trial revealed Hitler fixed September 1 1939 as invasion date five months ahead while denouncing aggression. British prosecutors cited a April 3 1939 Wehrmacht directive to ready for invasion anytime from September 1 1939.
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Mernberg
Adolf Hitler
Poland
Hitler
Pfehrer
Col
Mervyn Griffith-Jones
Germany
Italy
Mussolini
Two Navy Ships Swept In West Coast Blaze
A waterfront fire in Long Beach California damaged two Navy vessels and nearly destroyed a $1,000,000 outfitting deck. About 1,000 sailors and firefighters battled the blaze for three and a half hours, bringing it largely under control.
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West Coast
Long Beach
Calif
Central German Unit Seen Despite French Opposition
Washington reports the United States told France that the Big Three may establish central government agencies for their Germany occupation zones if France continues to oppose creating such agencies for the entire Reich.
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Washington
United States
France
Germany
Reich
GOP Meet at Chicago Sets Aims For 1946 Elections
Washington reporters say top Republicans head to Chicago for a national committee meeting. The 1946 platform approved by members in both House and Senate outlines aims in four areas: foreign affairs supporting the United Nations and relief abroad, defense for a strong armed forces, domestic economy to cut taxes and debt and ease wartime controls, and labor policy upholding union rights with peaceful dispute resolution.
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Washington
Congress
Chicago
House
Senate
United Nations Organization
Federal Patronage in Ohio Said Under Fire
Discontent among Ohio Democrats over federal patronage was reported. Albert A. Horstman Ohio Democratic national committeeman and state chairman led a group of party leaders including Franklin County Chairman Walter F. Heer from Columbus who called on President Truman at the White House.
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Washington
Ohio
Albert A. Horstman
Franklin County
Walter F. Heer
Columbus
Truman
White House
Gerow Accepts Blame In Hawaii Warning Failure
General Gerow testified before the Marshall Committee that war department responsibility for the failed warning may fall on the War Plans Division and Marshall after the November 27 1941 message. He said Short acted only on the measures already in place and noted Short’s reply but not further steps.
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George C. Mar
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Har Sage
Marshallbor Committee
Gerow
Rersonai
Short
Marshall
Department
I i
Stimson
Manders
Leonard T
Hig
War Department
Eral Shert
Louis
Lana
Walter C
Coalition Demands Shape China Peace or War Debate
Yenan sources say Chiang Kai-Shek’s acceptance of a democratic coalition government remains the key issue. they deny any willingness to include Communists in government and cite Hurley’s failure as ambassador. Sao Tze-Tung in a new book predicts a central government pursuing state managed private economy with common ownership.
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Yenan
China
UPI
Chiang Kai-Shek
Patrick Hurley
United States
Chiang
Sao Tze-Tung
Sontraubtat
Fascist Held in Killing Suspect Admits Theft of Red Cross Items
Cleveland police report an ex member of the Italian Fascisti held for investigation after admitting theft of several articles including Red Cross envelopes. He denied slaying Charles Lash, a 63 year old watchman at the Cleveland Red Cross headquarters, noting a revenge motive may have driven the crime. Blood evidence linked the suspect to the scene and Lash was killed with a seven and one half pound steam pipe. The room contained more stolen items and the bloodstained pants. Meanwhile mayor appeals for spare rooms for veterans in Tiffin.
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Cleveland
Italian Fascisti
Red Cross
Charles Lash
Cleveland Red Cross
Martin P. Cooney
Cooney
Lash
Eastland Calls Russia Aggressive and Urges Strong Germany
Sen. James Eastland of Mississippi labels Russia predatory and aggressive and argues a robust Germany is a bulwark against the Soviet threat. He accuses the United States of starving Germans and driving them toward communism.
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Russia
Sen
James
Eastland
Miss
Germany
U.S
Short Warned of Real Peril Before Pearl Harbor Attack
Senate House inquiry releases letters between Marshall and Short showing warnings of sabotage and surprise air and submarine raids as the real threats to Hawaii. Records detail alerts in 1940 41 and efforts to bolster radar airfields defenses and coordination to prevent a Pacific raid on Oahu.
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Hawaii
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Walter C. Short
George ©. Marshall
Senate-House Investigating Committee
Marshall
Army
CG. D. Herron
War Department
Navy
Defense Island A
Fred YO
Herron
Japan
Russia
Oahu
trans-Pacific
Capital Planning Huge Welcome for Ohioans
Columbus prepares a massive homecoming for Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler and his troops as the 37th Division returns. The first contingent includes the 148th Infantry Regiment led by Lt. Col. James B. Gail with less than 150 veterans arriving from overseas service. Veterans affairs also appoint Sam W. Stewart as Wayne County service officer for the county soldiers relief commission.
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Columbus
United States
Robert S. Beightler
Ohio
M. V. Weltevreden
148Th Infantry Regiment
James B. Gail
Hillsboro
Wooster
Sam W. Stewart
Air Force
Wayne County
County Soldiers Relief Commission
Mason Ordnance Works Reported Not for Sale
The West Virginia Ordnance Works has not been declared surplus property says Capt. Vincent R. Huart acting commanding officer. A Wednesday conference at the plant reviewed facilities and sale procedures should the site be declared surplus by Army authorities in Washington. Attendees included local potential buyers and officials from Columbus and Charleston.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Washington
Columbus
Ordnance Works
Fletcher
Division Engineer Corps
Kine
District Engineer Corps
Huntington
Rafferty
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Charleston
War crime suspects named for Japanese leaders
General MacArthur orders the arrest of Prince Fumimari Konoye and Marquis Koichi Kido as war crimes suspects. Seven other figures tied to imperial Japan are listed. Tokyo reels as Japan Communist lists 1000 alleged war criminals, including emperor and empress. Premier Shidehara faces cabinet strains amid Allied indictments. Newsboy Ray E Briner, 14, dies in Springfield after bicycle auto collision.
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Fumimari Konoye
Koichi Kido
MacArthur
Konoye
Japan
Kido
Hirohito
Kijuro Shidehara
Kyodo
Shidehara
Prince
Morisama Washimoto
Springfield
CPI
Ray E. Briner
Meigs Native Killed by Auto
Harvey Baker, 79, longtime city waterworks employee and former steelworker, was struck and killed by a car driven by William M. Thomas, 51, Edison, while walking in the northbound lane of High Street near Worthington. Baker, a Meigs native who came to Columbus from Middleport, had been in failing health since his wife’s death.
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Columbus
Harvey Baker
Worthington
Highway Patrol
High St
Baker
William M. Thomas
Edison
Morrow County
Middleport
Marshall in Note Urged British Base
Congressional investigators received from President Roosevelt's secret files a memorandum by Gen. George C. Marshall urging a larger British base and future task forces to seize bases encircling Germany. The note argued large ground forces were required and warned against reducing US Army strength to aid Britain and Russia.
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Roosevelt
George C. Marshall
Britain
Gerhard Gesell
Joint
Senate House
Pearl Harbor
Marshall
British Isles
Ireland
Germany
United States Army
Great Britain
Russia
Philippines
Japan
Malaysia
Siberia
Allantic Islands
Natal
Brazil
Mare
Gesell
Philippine
Bridges Accuses U S Diplomats of Sabotaging Hurley
Senator Bridges after hearing on Maj. Gen. Hurley's China diplomacy says Hurley was undermined by subordinates in Chungking and Washington. He asks why subordinates remain in posts and why the President and State Department refused public support for Hurley. Hurley testified he was sent to keep China in the war but faced opposition from within.
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Bridges
R-Nh
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Patrick J. Hurley
China
Hurley
Chungking
Ana
State Department
Byrnes
Connally
D-Tex
Marshall testifies no commitment to war before Pearl Harbor
General George C. Marshall told the joint congressional Pearl Harbor investigating committee that Allied staff conferences before the attack did not commit the United States to go to war unless attacked. He said he attended meetings with American British Canadian and Dutch officers and knew of no President pledge to enter a war unprovoked.
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George C. Marshall
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Joint
Congressional
William Mitchell
United States
Marshall
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