Government vs GM wage policy sparks controlled economy fears
A Washington column argues a government wage and price probe into General Motors risks a shift toward a managed, fascist-like economy. It cautions that government study can’t replace private management judgment, and warns of precedent for wage cuts if sales fall and for broader government control. The piece urges mediation and timely bargaining over a lengthy fact finding.
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Washington
General Mote
General Motors
President Truman
Truman
OPA
Italy
Germany
Trusman
General Motors Corporation
America
Obscure Rate Schedule From Old Postal Notice
A fragmentary rate card lists varied subscription and carriage charges including 3 month and 6 month terms, overseas and domestic options, carrier service estimates, and references to post office acts and company names. The legibility is poor with numerous garbled figures and unclear destinations.
Report On the War Universal Military Training and Citizen Army
Discussion of postwar military planning from General Marshall's vision. Calls for universal military training and a citizen army to create a ready 4,000,000 strong force within a year. Emphasizes Regular Army missions, National Guard readiness, Organized Reserve, ROTC, and yearlong unit and individual training for mobilization.
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Mara
TH . BA Betran
Marshall
United States
War Department
Pacific
Caribbean
Regular
National Guard
Regula Army
War College
Continental
Guard
Jorvey
Ieadership
ROTC
No New Facts to Reveal in GM CIO Strike
The piece argues the GM CIO strike will end soon without federal fact finding, contending presidential boards offer little beyond past arbitration efforts. It notes unions’ families fear wage delays, questions the value of outside interference, and stresses that GM books are transparent to those who seek them, with management and labor pursuing different goals.
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Truman
General Motors
Weather Worries Through Time and Icebound Homes
A nostalgic reflection notes weather folly and cycles from old winters to the present. It recalls simple, self reliant homes with pumps and feather beds, arguing that worry is futile as climate patterns swing between mild and severe seasons. The piece urges resilience and readiness rather than fretting about the weather.
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San
Grandpa
Fire hazards and winter safety warning for homes
Severe weather and heating use raise fire risks as homes face potential loss of life and property. Careless heating, chimney gaps, unsafe gas lines, and cluttered closets threaten fires. homeowners urged to check safety today to prevent tragedy.
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Onderstan
Los
Zare
Thailand Free Thai guerrilla aid and British push in war end
Peter Edson reports on post Pearl Harbor Thailand where Free Thai movement aided by US OSS trained Thai students to operate against Japanese occupation. British plans to accept surrender included 29 000 troops and 70 000 to 100 000 Japanese, but economic demands were dropped under pressure.
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Washington
Thailand
U. S. Department of State
Pearl Harbor
Siam
United States
M. R. Sem Pramo
Free Thai Army
Office of Strategic Services
Wild Bul Donovan
India
China
Fise
Luang Pradit Manduharm
Maberley & Dening
Atountbatten
Hamden News Notes Reflect Local Illnesses and Moves
Barbara Snow, daughter of Mrs. Edgar Christian, ill with polio at Columbus Children’s Hospital, is back with grandparents Mr and Mrs Samuel Hartsough. Robert Burns, son of Mrs Margaret Burns, ill with pneumonia after returning from service in the South Pacific. Mrs Roy Nickels hospitalized for observation and treatment, then released. Families visit relatives including Carl Cox returning from service in China. Naomi Wilson dies at 99. burial in Hamden. Local discharges from armed forces and moves noted. veterans’ hospital treatment underway for John Thompson. Fox and Rogers families relocate.
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Hiram Cox
Earl Cox
Chicago
Carl Cox
Fred Zuspin
Columbus
Carl
China
Howard Everett Higgins
John Higgins
Autye Baker
Fred Smith
Chillicothe
Naomi Wilson
Hiram Roy Wilson
Hamden
Dwight Rice
Charles Rice
Armed Forces
John Thompson
Veterans Hospital
Huntington
John Fox
Washington
Thomas Rogers
Church St
Fox
Ira Saltz
B. J. Dye
Marion Dye
Philip Ward
Semesa Cox
McArthur
Tues
Fred Rowe
William Guy Cassill
Walter Tolbert
George Leitch
Millfield Club Christmas Party and Community Notes
The Millfield Country Club Christmas party hosted by Mrs. Susie Bell featured a chicken dinner and a birthday cake for Maxine Boudinot with guests Louise Skinner Doris Theisen and W A Bell. A brief business session led by Alice Carr preceded a Christmas program. Other items note winter pause of coal washer No 6 mine, Mrs Elizabeth Willis visiting in McKeesport, and funeral services for Curtis Rutter 20 fatally injured in Nesenville traffic crash. Schools reopen after flu outbreak and snowfall affects the district.
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Millfield
Country Club
Susie Bell
Louise Skinner
Maxine Boudinot
Alice Carr
Doris Theisen
Athens
W. A. Bell
Janet Cole
Clara Theisen
Mae Boudinot
Velma Wemmer
Carr
No. 6
Elizabeth Willis
Alex Kaszonyi
McKeesport
Curtis Rutter
Navy
Nelsenville
Sand Ridge
Hill Top
Christmas in England from the war to peacetime
A family Christmas message from England reflects on wartime hardships and a hopeful peacetime spirit. The Mackenzies describe joyful streets, returning soldiers, scarce toys, and the belief that Christmas is what the heart makes it, with parents sending wishes to their children across battle-divided times.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
London
MacKenzie
Mother
England
Mummie
Britain
Santa Claus
Dad
Dexter Social and Personal News Roundup
Dexter residents report car crash injuries to foreman Perley Nelson and crewman Harold Nelson near Carpenter. Perley suffers skull fracture, hip dislocation, and bruises. Harold cited as in serious condition. Several local and visiting residents listed with movements and family events through the week. Leo Nelson dies in Akron. Arlie and Edwin Nelson return from service. Gerald Russell back from overseas with parents in Salem.
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Dexter
Perley Nelson
Harold Nelson
Jackson
Carpenter
Holzer Hospital
F. C
Addie Thomas
Carrie Smith
Columbus
Fred Sinclair
Fred
Chicago
Elmer McCaskey
Albany
Wade Halliday
W. R. Halliday
Bury White
Gary
Charleston
Ball Hin
J. F. Bowles
Harrisonville
Richard Adkins
Midway
Emmet Davis
Leo Nelson
Akron
Seldon Nelson
Athens
Arlie
Edwin Nelson
Frank Nelson
Salem
Gerald Russell
Ed l Russell
Ralph Russell
Gifts for Fletcher Hospital Pour In Across Corning
Corning notes gifts to Fletcher Hospital received by Mrs. Bertha Ievion include donations from Fraternal Order of Eagles Corning Post American Legion Sherwood Rebekah Lodge and several local residents amounts range from 25 cents to 20 dollars. Also listed are many individuals who contributed books cookies and other items while MSgt Clyde E Plant received a 38 month service discharge with overseas duty and multiple medals.
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Corning
Fletcher Hospital
Bertha, Ievion
Fraternal Order of Eagles
Corning Post
The
American Legion
Sherwood Rebekah Lodge
Clarence Garrison
Charles Fenneken
Marvel Love
Minnie Ballis
Ellen Charlton
Cecil Bell
Grace Hoffman
Edna Dew
Gloria Worster
Susan Duffy
Ruby Hettick
Netle Kochensparger
Mayme Stewart
Sadie Dowler
Margaret Sehlingerman
Sarah Wright
Patricia Clifford
Harry Park
Edith Nichols
Flora ‘Briggs
Louise Wemmer
Clyde E. Plant
Harry Plant
Bremen
Indiantown Gee Pa
Africa
England
France
Holland
Belgium
EAME
George Edgar
Dale Mar
Shade Social And Personal Highlights
Mrs. J. M. Chappel convalesces at daughter’s Shade home and thanks friends for cards and flowers. School resumes after illness and weather delays. Barbra Brown visits Opal Sinclair. Ellea Bing and Margene Jeffers visit relatives Junior Jeffers. Charles Goldsberry recovers from illness. James Jeffers trips to Pomeroy. Glen Hudnall family visit Kate Sinclair and Opal in Athens R D 1.
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Shade
J. M. Chappel
Robert Bobo
Barbra Brown
Pleasant Hill
Opal Sinclair
Ellea Bing
Margene Jeffers
Junior Jeffers
Charles Goldsberry
James ‘Jeffers
Pomeroy
Glen Hudnall
Shirley
Athens R.D
Kate Sinclair
Opal
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Banks
Amverer
Peter Edson
East Millfield
John Isler
Dayton
F. E. Boudinot
C. F. Boudinot
Bonita K
J. E. Wade
Sheltering Arms Hospital
J. T. Theisen
Amy Joe Moody
Boudinot
Jack Border
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