Ford and UAW Reach Historic Auto Pension Pact
Ford Motor Co and the CIO United Auto Workers reach a two and a half year pension pact financed entirely by the company. It provides $100 monthly benefits including Social Security for Ford workers, averting a strike by 115 000 production employees after marathon talks. The plan is administered by a joint board with equal union and company representation.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Workers
Ford
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
John 8. Bugas
Steel Indusry
Reuther
Union and Company
Nationwide Rail Strike Threatens Over Safety Demands
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen pushes to add a second fireman on diesel engines to improve safety. The presidential fact finding board rejected the demand and the union warns of a nationwide walkout possible after 30 days, around Oct 19, if unresolved. Rail management declined to comment further.
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Washington
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
David B. Robertson
Taft Champions Liberty Equality and Justice in Ohio Tour
Sen. Robert Taft wrapped up his fourth week of the report to the people tour with a call to adhere to liberty equality and justice. He warned a welfare state would ruin free enterprise and urged government not to regulate the people. He spoke in Ironton and Portsmouth before heading to Washington with Mrs. Taft.
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Ironton
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Washington
Taft
Cincinnati
Service Club
Portsmouth
Illness Identified for Mrs Boettiger in California
Santa Monica report confirms Anna Roosevelt Boettiger has pneumonia virus after two weeks of illness. No further condition details provided.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Anna Roosevelt Boettiger
Route 33 Relocation Possibility Opens 1950 Plans
Contracts may be let early in 1950 for relocating Route 33 to remove hazards between Carroll and Canal Winchester. The Highway Department reports a survey is done and Frank Hoffman of the Newark division has completed half the design plans.
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Columbus
Carroll
Canal Winchester
State Highway Department
Frank Hoffman
Newark
Athens Man Receives Scottish Rite Degree
Thomas E. Gibson of 9 N. May Ave received the 33rd degree in Scottish Rite Masonry in Chicago among 22 Ohioans. He is active in multiple Athens Masonic bodies and has held senior offices in the Knights Templar and other organizations, now serving as grand generalissimo of Ohio Knights Templar.
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Thomas E. Gibson
May Ave
Chicago
Associated Press
Gibson
John W. Bricker
U.S
Supreme Council
Ctata
Paramythia Lodge
Athens
Knights Templar
Ohio
Council For Templar Advancement
Knights Templar of
Valley of Columbus
Columbus
Masonic Veterans Association of
Philip Murray Pushes Steel Strike Plans in Pittsburgh
Philip Murray advances with plans to alert 500000 CIO United Steelworkers to a strike while Ford funds pensions for aged autoworkers. Big Steel offers up to six cents hourly for pensions and four for insurance, seeking a year extension. Murray rejects, urging follow through with presidential board recommendations. Government mediators attend, with talks continuing at 44 bargaining points as a midnight strike deadline nears.
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CIO
Philip Murray
Pittsburgh
Murray
United
Ford Motor Co
United Auto
United States Steel Corp
United Steelworkers
Big Steel
Chicago-area
Cyrus Ching
Federal Mediation Service
Truman
Benjamin F. Fairless
U. S. Steel
Presidential Board
Farm Plan Given Fight
The Tru man administration foresees opposition to ideas to give farm surpluses to low income families as a substitute for Brannan Farm Program. Brannan aims to lower food prices and pay farmers from the treasury. Government holds large surpluses of butter dried eggs dried milk and potatoes and expects heavy hog marketings later this year.
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Washington
Truman
Capitol Hill
Brannan Farm
Federal Treasury
August labor shutdowns rise to 375 in new disputes
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 375 new shutdowns in August, up from 300 in July, involving about 150000 workers. Despite more stoppages, total time lost fell from 2100000 to 2000000 man-days.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
GOP Names Recorder To State Central Post
Springfield Clark County recorder Mrs Miri am L Yeazell is chosen by Republican county chairmen to succeed Miss Margaret E Baker as state central committeewoman for the seventh congressional district. Selection awaits ratification by the Republican state central and executive committee at yesterday's meeting of county chairmen.
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Springfield
Miriam L. Yeazell
Clark County Recorder
Margaret E. Baker
Seventh
Republican State Central and Executive Committee
Plane Crash Lands in Swamplands near Newark Airport
A twin engine Lockheed Lodestar crash landed in swampy terrain just beyond Newark Airport early today. The plane, kept at the airport, belonged to C. E. Wilson, president of General Electric, who was not aboard. The pilot and two passengers were not seriously hurt.
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Newark
N. J
C. E. Wilson
General Electric Corp
Overseas Yule Gifts Should Be Sent Soon
The Defense Department urges sending Christmas packages to overseas Army Navy and Air Force personnel between Oct 15 and Nov 15 to ensure delivery by the holiday season. Weight limit is 70 pounds and maximum 100 inches length plus girth, about the size of a foot locker.
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Washington
Defense Department
Army
Navy
Air Force
Toll Reaches 97 In Noronic Fire
Toronto morgue officials identify 97 dead after the Noronic ship blaze at its berth on September 17. Mrs Mary Kerr of Onsted Michigan was among the identified dead as searchers listed 26 missing. her husband Raynor Kerr and their eight year old son Philip had been identified earlier.
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Toronto
Mary Alice Kerr
Onsted
Mich
Noronic
Soviet Breaks 1945 Yugoslavia Treaty Over Tito Rift
London AP reports Soviet Russia ends the 1945 friendship pact with Yugoslavia accusing Tito's regime of joining foreign imperialist circles. The note to Belgrade, broadcast by Moscow, cites Yugoslav activity and the Budapest Lanzio Rajk trial as provocations amid Allied wartime ties.
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London
Russia
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Moscow
Budapest
Lanzio Rajk
Soviet Union
Rajk
Hungary
Cominform
Communist International Information Bureau
Albania
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Romania
Buda
Tito
Belgrade
Vyacheslav Molotov
Ussr
Germany
Walters Out As Reds Pilot
Cincinnati announces the release of Bucky Walters as manager with Warren Giles stating no successor has been chosen. Walters, a former star pitcher, had led the Reds since August 6 1948 and started the season strong before a midseason tailspin left Cincinnati seventh in the National League with three games remaining at Pittsburgh. Giles will announce later who will lead for the final series.
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Cincinnati
Bucky Walls
Cincinnati Reds
Warren Giles
Walters
Johnny Neun
Brooklyn
Giles
Chicago Cubs
Pittsburgh
Martin Is Observer At Noronic Hearing
Martin V. Martin an Ohio assistant attorney general who led the prosecution in the Athens murder trial of Harry Dodds and Grover Rawlins attended Canada's Noronic fires investigation yesterday. He would report on possible Ohio criminal liability in the disaster. Dodds received the death penalty and Rawlins a life sentence for the January 3 church field worker killings.
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T. Vincent Martin
Ohio
Athens
Harry Dodds
Grover Rawlins
Canada
Noronic Lakes
Herbert S. Duffy
Martin
Dodds
Rawlins
Ohio Police Seek Two Escapees From London Prison Farm
Ohio authorities hunted two inmates after an escape from the London Prison Farm honor camp. Identified by Supt. W. F. Amrine are Albert E. Holt 50 and John Malone, both of Cleveland. Holt fatally shot a police officer and Malone is a convicted robber.
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London
Ohio
London Prison Farm
W. F. Amrine
Albert E. Holt
John Malone
Cleveland
Holt
Salone
Congress OKs Foreign Arms Aid Measure
Congress approves a one year foreign arms bill totaling 1.314 billion dollars to aid overseas allies in the cold war. The package frees 125 million from RFC cash to begin shipments and authorizes 450 million in surplus weapons to allied nations. House vote 223 to 109. Senate quickly followed with six Ohio lawmakers voting yes.
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Washington
Pinal
America
Congress
White House
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate
United States
Russia
House
Student Faces Life In Wife's Murder
Evansville College student Richard Merle, 26, faces life in prison after a Vanderburgh Circuit Court jury found him guilty of second degree murder in the May 28 killing of his estranged wife Helen Merle 25. Helen was shot at her parents home as she dressed for a dance.
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Evansvile
Ind
Richard Merle
Evansville College
Vanderburgh
Merle
Helen
Evanaville College
Fate of Tokyo Rose Still Undecided
A federal court jury in San Francisco resumed deliberations to decide the fate of Mrs. Iva Toguri D’Aquino. The 33 year old Los Angeles born woman is charged with treason for Tokyo Rose broadcasts to U S troops in the Pacific during the war. Judge Michael J Roche gave the jurors the evening off but they chose to continue deliberating Monday noon.
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San Francisco
Iva
Roger D’aquino
Pacific
Michael J. Roche
Paroled Robber Killed In Automobile Accident
Youngstown report states Frank Cowboy Chako aged 31, once part of a four man 1938 Railway Express heist gang, was killed in a Wednesday automobile crash. Chako, sentenced 1941 to up to 25 years, was paroled two years ago. fellow gang member Frank Larocco died in a car crash three years prior. The remaining members included one still jailed and another paroled a year ago.
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Youngstown
Frank
Chako
Youngstown Railway Express
Frank Larocco
Roach Former Lawrence County Highway Official Dies
Charles Roach 61 a former State Highway Department superintendent for Lawrence County died Wednesday.
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Ironton
Charles Roach
State Highway Department
Lawrence Count
Dynamite Blast Hits Coal Tipple Amid Violence in Pa
In Clearfield a coal company tipple was blown up injuring no one but damaging generators and roof sections. Union pickets attacked non union truckers prompting a shutdown of operations as state police increase surveillance amid ongoing UMW negotiations with Southern Coal Producers.
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Clearfield
Pennsylvania
Peek Wpere
Peer Robley W. Smith
Junedale Coal Co
Grass Flat
Smith
United Mine Workers
Tipple
Junedale
John L. Lewis
Southern Coal
UMW
Bluefield
W. Va
Southern
Jasper
Ala
William M. Tuck
Virginia
State Council of Defense
Southern Coal Producers Associations
SCPA
Four-hour session fails to seal Austrian independence pact
New York reports the Big Four foreign ministers endured a four hour meeting late into the night without reaching an agreement on an Austrian independence treaty.
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New York
Coal Mine Construction is Idled by Picket Lines
Picket lines at Central Coal Co. Graham Station in Graham WV kept the coal mine under construction idle last night after 5:30 pm Monday. Workers refuse to cross lines amid questions of transition from construction to operation for fuel for the Philip Sporn plant. The Associated Press reports 16 Kanawha County small operators won a temporary injunction against picketing their non union mines in the Creek area near Charleston. Kanawha County Board of Education canceled school bus service to avoid potential worker clashes.
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John Owens
UMW
Welfare and Pension Fund
Island Creek Coal Co
West Virginia
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Lewis
Springfield
Pomeroy
Central Coal Co
Graham Station
W.va
Philip
Associated Press
Kanawha County
Creek
Charleston
Leaders Push Pay Raise Bill for Top Officials
Administration leaders sought to pass a pay raise bill in the Senate to boost salaries for top government officials. The vote favored the revised bill to 16, with an amendment tying raises to the federal budget rejected. The package, costing about $700,000 yearly, still awaits Senate action as a separate civil service raise for workers was approved by the House.
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Washington
Senate
House
Truman
New Gadget Shown For Color Television
Washington report notes a portable converter to turn black and white TV into color. Dr. Peter Goldmark, inventor of CBS system, demonstrated the device to a small group in Washington. The converter weighs under a half pound.
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Washington
Peter Goldmark
Columbia Broadcasting
CBS
Federal Communications Commission
Ex-Senator John Wright Dies at 54 in Flint
Former Republican state senator John A. Wright aged 54 died Wednesday at his Flint home. Wright served in the state legislature and was active in local politics and business, leaving behind family and colleagues mourning his passing.
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Flint
Mich
John A. Wright
Truman Leads Dems In Campaign Prelude
President Truman leads a Democratic Missouri visit to launch the 1950 congressional campaign. He attends a secret Masonic ceremony in St Louis then travels to Kansas City for a testimonial dinner honoring William M Boyle, with Vice President Barkley expected. The event marks active party campaigning to unseat Donnell while Truman remains hands off on primaries.
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ST. Louis
Truman
Missouri
Missouri Grand Lodge
Kansas City
William M
Bill) Boyle
Washington
Boyle
Barkley
Senate
House
Donnell
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