Nation's Labor Front Quieting As Strikes Decrease
Labor front easing after weeks of turmoil as 970000 workers idle nationwide. Federal officials push to settle all stoppages while conciliation seeks to avert a threatened 250000 walkout by telephone and other unions. Beirne assures federal conciliation before any strike, NFTW actions discussed in Memphis meeting.
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ASSOC
I Nation
Labor Department
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Memphis
Schwellenbach
Beirne
NFTW
Industry Told To Sign Up Trust To OPA In Drive
The Labor Department launched a drive to settle current strikes and revive reconversion, urging industry to sign up and trust OPA. An OPA official pledged fast handling of price increase applications under the Stabilization policy, emphasizing prompt government action to support the wage-price plan. Officials expect wage boosts and price increases to raise farm production costs, with President Truman aiming to extend a large food subsidy beyond June. Farm economists forecast higher costs but say food prices will stay near current levels. The farm labor outlook worsens versus last year.
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Washington
Labor Department
Schwellenbach
OPA
Wage Stabilization Board
Agriculture Department
Svould
Truman
Chester Bowles
Congress
Student investigates possible $1 million inheritance
SOUTH BEND Ind. law student Jack E Love said he began to read a letter on a New York firm's stationery claiming he could inherit more than $1 006 000 from a great uncle. He plans to verify with his parents in Hagerstown Md and awaited further word after receiving the letter over a week ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Jack E. Love
Theniversity of Nots Dame
New York
Hagerstown
Notre Dame
Claude Logan
Olympia
Wash
Jack
Jack A. Love
Statesmanship, Not Strikes Urged at Rural Education Conference
Roger B. Corbel of the American Farm Bureau Federation warned that a successful farmer strike could make current actions look trivial. He spoke at a Lansing conference on rural living education, stressing that statesmanship rather than strikes is needed to address today’s economic problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing. Mich
Roger B. Corbeil
American Farm Bureau Federation
Supplement Pay Hike For ALCOA Employees
Cleveland reports a mine cent an hour raise for about 2,600 ALCOA workers in Cleveland and 900 in Garwood New Jersey. The hike supplements a 10 cent hourly increase agreed last November when a national pattern for aluminum wages was to be set.
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Cleveland
Aluminum Co
America
Garwood
N. J
ALCOA
Guarding Secret of Atom Urged on Capitol Hill
Secretary of State Byrnes asserted the atomic bomb know how remains a US secret prompting Capitol Hill to renew calls to guard it well. Lawmakers sought more detail on Canada’s spy ring case and possible US implications while Byrnes denied knowledge of any US spy activity or an agent leaving with secrets.
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Washington
Byrnes
United States
Capitol Hill
Canada
State Department
FBI
War Deparment
Northeast Stormlashed Northeast U S Weather Crisis
Storms hit the Northeast with high winds up to 45 mph along the coast. Snow and sleet fell across New England New York Pennsylvania Ohio West Virginia and parts of Michigan. Elsewhere the country enjoyed fair weather except rain on the North Pacific coast. Clear skies offered relief from Yazoo River flood threats along 70 miles of levees in Mississippi.
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Chicago
Maine
Maryland
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Michigan
Pacific
Yazoo River
Mississippi
Seaway Project Favored By Federal Power Chief
Washington report says testimony favored the St. Lawrence seaway and power project before a Senate foreign relations subcommittee. Opponents, mainly from railroad, coal, and power sectors, prepare next week to present their case. Claude R. Wickard gave unqualified approval to the development at yesterday's sessions.
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Washington
St. Lawrence Seaway
Senate Foreign Relations
Claude R. Wickard
Army gagging voice of enlisted men in South Pacific
Washington report quotes Rep. Alvin F. Weichel accusing the Army of suppressing news in service papers by barring dispatches from Associated Press and United Press that criticize War Department policies. The issue centers on freedom of servicemen's publications amid Pacific theater tensions. In Bombay, U S Consul General Donovan says Rear Adm. Rattray expresses sincere regret over Indian naval seamen burning an American flag during a demonstration.
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Washington
Army
South Pacific
Alvin F. Weichel
Ohio
House
Associated, Press
United Press
War Department
Bombay
JPI
U. S
Howard Donovan
Adm
A. R. Rattray
Royal Indian Naval
Taxi Caravan Delayed by Deep Snow Through Pennsylvania
A 248 car Chicago to Washington taxicab caravan of veterans protesting Chicago taxi limits to 3000 was scattered by heavy snow along the Pennsylvania Turnpike. State police logged hotel stops, roadside parking, and several breakdowns as the convoy pressed toward the nation’s capital amid sleet and two inches of slush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Chicago
West Virginia Panhandle
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Jews Demand Equality for Jewish Persons in UN Drive
The American Jewish Conference urged the United Nations to outlaw anti-Semitism and press for greater de Nazification efforts in Germany. It also sought universal identification for displaced persons and broader reparations for Nazi victims, while demanding full legal equality for all Jews.
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Cleveland
American Jewish Conference
United Nations Organization
Germany
UNO
Civilians To Study Effects Of Atom Bomb Tests
President Truman plans a civilian board of five or six to appraise atomic bomb test results on naval vessels in the Pacific. The group will not control tests, only evaluate outcomes. In Cleveland, price officials remind producers and consumers maple sugar and maple syrup ceiling prices will be strictly enforced this year.
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Washington
Truman
Pacific
Charles G. Ross
Presidential
Civlian Group
Cleveland
District Office of Price Administration
Ohio to mark skyways on roofs for pilots aid
The Aviation Committee of the Ohio Postwar Program Commission will enlist the Highway Department to paint roof signs in 600 to 800 communities guiding aviators. Communities can pay 50 if they skip the job, while the Highway Department handles painting, under state law requiring town markers for airports. Ohio has 132 airports now with more under construction. A subcommittee will review the aviation board’s financial needs beyond the 31,000 appropriation for this year.
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Columbus
Highway Department
Ohio
Aviation Committee
Ohio Postwar Program Commission
C. E. A. Brown
Perry T. Ford
Aviation Board
Brown
Job Rights of GI Undecided
Courts split on superseniority for veterans to reclaim old jobs. Maj. Gen. Hershey notes two rulings support absolute reinstatement for one year if available, while two others deny continuous work after reinstatement if seniority would have led to layoff.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
American Legion National Employment Committee
Pearl warning radar veteran told to senate committee
George Elliott, 25 of Long Branch, a radar trainee at Opana station, reported planes 132 miles away at 7:02 a.m. on December 7 1941. His call was ignored and far lighter action followed, with planes bombing Pearl Harbor at 7:55 a.m. An army board said acting on the tip could have saved lives and reduced losses.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Senate- House
George E. Elliott, Jr
Long Branch
Joseph Lockard
Army
Army Board
Elliott
Lockard
Opana
Oahu
Water
Kermit A. Tyler
Walter C. Short
Hawaii
Senate-House
Expect Report In Soviet Case
Ottawa awaits tomorrow's official government report on an espionage plot linked to the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa. Prime Minister Mackenzie King says highly secret information was disclosed to a foreign mission. several government officials are reported involved. The embassy canceled a planned diplomatic party, with one attache quipping that perhaps nobody would attend.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Hitler Led Loot Gang in Czechoslovakia Claim
Soviet Prosecutor L. R. Sheynin told the international military tribunal that Adolf Hitler drove to Prague on the invasion day and personally stole half a dozen tapestries before leaving with them the next morning.
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Mernberg
Adolf Hitler
Prague
Czechoslovakia
L. R. Sheynin
International Military Tribunal
Federal Funds for Homes Is Made Issue in Congress
The House Banking Committee debated the Truman housing program seeking 1.6 billion dollars to back 2.7 million new homes for veterans. It may add a 1 billion increase in FHA mortgage insurance and a 600 million subsidy for scarce building materials. Henry Ford II was invited to present Ford’s price ceiling stance before the panel.
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Congress
Washington
Truman
House
Dera Reste Rere Tree
Chester Bowles
Federal Housing Administration
Spence
D-Ky
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
OPA
Ford
Bowles
Ford Motor Co
Ford Automobiles
A Bomb Crews to Be Guarded at Bikini Test
Washington report says Operation Crossroads prioritizes safety for 25 000 personnel as 150 medical officers and scientists form a dedicated corps. The team draws veterans from last year’s New Mexico test and will keep personnel beyond the danger zone, with a selected group taking a calculated risk.
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Washington
Bikini Atoll
New Mexico
Capital Car Strike Averted by Agreement in Columbus
In Columbus the threat of a street car and bus operators strike on March 1 was averted when John Ryan of the CIO Transport Workers Union said Columbus and Southern Chad Electric Co. agreed to indefinitely postpone a new working schedule that had led union members to authorize a strike.
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Columbus
John Ryan
CIO Transport Workers Union
Columbus and Southern Chad Electric Company
Wallace Not to Run on Truman Ticket in 1948
Cleveland report states Henry A. Wallace said he expects Truman will run for president in 1948 and that Wallace would not be a vice presidential candidate again, arguing the ticket needs someone from another part of the country.
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Wallace
Truman
Cleveland
Henry A. Wallace
Dairies challenge price controls and wage demands
Washington reports organized dairy farmers at a national meeting call for end to farm price controls and food subsidies. The National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation, with 175 delegates, seeks a $10 weekly wage increase, 65 cent hourly rate, and a 40 hour week. A separate survey finds 222,000 steelworkers unfinished returns across 17 states, including 50,000 in Pennsylvania, 46,300 in Ohio, and 34,500 in New York.
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Washington
National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation
CIQ
Pennsylvania
Ohio
New York State
Union Accepts Pay Increase In Chicago
The National Harvester CIO Farm Equipment and Metal Workers Union accepts an 18 cent hourly wage recommendation and contract provisions for union membership and fee check-off after a month-long strike by 30,000 workers in 10 International Harvester plants. The strike, the nation’s longest at 92 days in General Motors plants, continues with talks planned under federal mediation. A separate AFL transit strike in Lancaster, Pennsylvania enters the 15th day with a federal conciliator seeking a settlement.
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Chicago
National Harvester Council
CIO Farm Equipment and Metal Workers Union
International Harvester Company
CIO
General Motors
Detroit
United Auto Workers
James F. Dewey
AFL
Lancaster
AFL= Central Labor Union
Conéstoga Transportation Company
Ohio Cows Set High Milk Record for 1945 in Ohio
Columbus report from the Ohio Cooperative Crop Reporting Service shows 1945 milk production at 553 million pounds, up seven percent from 1944. Average milk cows remained 1,115,000, with per cow yield rising to 4,960 pounds, aided by favorable weather and heavier grain feeding. farm livestock value at the start of 1946 estimated at $327.8 million, up 11 percent.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Crop Service
Thomas Raines Dies At Home Near Racine
POMEROY Staff Special Thomas Raines aged 68 died at his home near Racine shortly after dawn. Survived by wife Mae and eight children including Loretta at home Carl Raines Marion Nixon Chester Botz Walter Hunt Dewey Raines Guy Raines and Brooks Raines. Funeral plans not announced. Also report Bluefield WV Herman Tuomi and wife from Warren OH treated for minor injuries after a bus veered off road into an embankment.
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Pomeroy
Thomas Raines
Racine
Mae
Loretta
Carl Raines
U. S. Marines
Marion Nixon
Wadsworth
Chester Botz
Walter Hunt
Amanda
Dewey Raines
Belleville
W. Va
Guy Raines
Groveport
Brooks Raines
U. S. Army
Bluefield
Herman Tuomi
Warren, O
Bluefield Hospital
Uncle Sam's War Bills Many and Often Weird
The claims division of the Judge Advocate General's Office paid out surprising war damage claims in 1914, from a camel accident to a ripped hotel roof after paratroopers climbed it. It notes reimbursements for non combat home and overseas damage while denying a car owner’s repair bill after a GI damaged his own vehicle.
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Uncle Sam
Arlene
Wolf
New York
Uncle Sara
Santa Claus
Sam
England
Judge Advocate Generals Office
Texas
Algiers
Seers
Portland Man Burns to Death in Ohio Home Fire
John H. Watson, 81, was found dead after his Portland Ohio residence burned overnight. Officials suspect coal oil on the stove started the blaze. Nephew R L Gluensenkamp broke in but could not reach Watson. Short services will be held Friday at Stiversville Cemetery. He is survived by seven nieces and five nephews.
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Stiversville
Uses Dollar Bills To Advertise Payne Campaign
Dollar bills replaced handbills in Albert Edward Payne of Springfield campaign today in Cleveland and his home town. Aimed at the GOP primary, Payne tucked a dollar into 150 pocketbooks in strategic spots, each purse containing a note with his name address candidacy and a stamped envelope for replies.
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Cleveland
Albert Edward Payne
Springfield
Tom Herbert
Payne
USES Launches Drive To Halt Unemployment
The Labor Department initiates a campaign to reduce joblessness as USES asks employers to list vacancies. Census figures show about 3.09 million unemployed presently, with an estimate of 6 million jobless expected by June 30. The effort targets employers and job openings to stem rising unemployment nationwide.
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Washington
Labor Department
United States Employment Service
Rail Merger Approved By Directors Of Lines
Directors of Pere Marquette and Chesapeake and Ohio Railways unanimously approve and sign agreements to unify into a 5 000 mile main line unit. Robert J Bowman of Pere Marquette named president of the new combined railway system. Call strike parley Canton.
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Cleveland
Pere Marquette and
Chesapeake and Ohio Railways
Robert J. Bowman
Pete Marquette
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