Electric Workers Seek Substantial Increase in Wage
CIO electrical workers in four major manufacturers demand a substantial wage increase plus company financed pensions and social insurance. The IUE seeks a $125 monthly pension, nine paid holidays, and improved vacation plans, with elections looming at Westinghouse, General Electric, General Motors electrical division, and Sylvania.
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Pittsburgh
CIO Electrical
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
IVE
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
General Electric Company
General Motors Corporation
Sylvania Electric Products Company
IUE
CIO
United Electric Workers
General Motors
Emleves
National Labor Relations Board
Iron Horse Dies Hard in Weirton Diesel Shift
Weirton Steel dismantling yards scrap up to 127 steam locomotives since the program began four months ago with 53 more awaiting blades. Each engine yields about 350000 pounds of scrap iron hauled in by Diesels, while Weirton’s 17 Diesels handle yard work. The shift mirrors a national move to oil powered locomotives as steam engines fade into history.
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Weirton
W.va
Weirton Steel Company
Weirton Steel
Steel Company
Steel Facts
Hundreds See Circus Prepare First Show
Hundreds of children and adults watched Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus unload at New York on April 2 as the troupe prepares to open its 1950 season at Madison Square Garden. The circus arrived from Sarasota Florida, traveling in 42 cars with 1,450 personnel.
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New York
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Harlem River
Madison Square Garden
Winter Quarters
Sarasota
Fla
20 Slightly Hurt In 2-Train Crash
A shuttle train rammed the rear of a 13 car Lehigh Valley passenger train the Black Diamond near Mauch Chunk. About 20 people were injuried lightly, none seriously. Several Cornell University students were aboard the Black Diamond from New York City to Buffalo.
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Miami Beach
Flia
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Black Diamond
New York City
Buffalo
Mauch Chunk
Cornell University
Ex Mayor of Detroit Edward J. Jeffries Dies in Florida
Former Detroit mayor Edward J. Jeffries died at St. Francis Hospital in Miami Beach. He suffered a heart attack on March 21 and would have turned 68 on Monday. Jeffries led Detroit from 1940 to 1948 and previously served on the city council.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Edward J. Jeffries
Detroit
St. Francis Hospital
Jeffries
Maccabees Fraternal Order
Texas Economy Commission to Study State Agencies
Governor Shivers names 537 members to the broad Economy Commission to study efficiency of current agencies. An executive panel will run staff work while the Legislative Council coordinates tax structure and higher education reorganization. Full commission likely to meet only 2 or 3 times this session.
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Texas Economy Commission
Allan Shivers
Senate
Wardrow Lane
House
Durwood Manford
Texas
University of Texas
Legislative Council
Econo Commission
Economy Commission
German predicts four million jobless by 1953
West Germany will have about 4 million unemployed by 1953, Bundestag deputy Richter Ribberheger predicted. He cited Nazi-era birth cohorts 1931 to 1940 and a flood of youths leaving school, with 1,000,000 youths expected to be jobless by 1953 and 400,000 monthly from the Soviet Zone.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Rhard Ribbeheger
Bundestag
Ribberheger
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ICE
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Robert R. Nathan
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Iron Horse
Harry W. Ball
Associated Press
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Austin
Brease
Nutty Brown Mills
Walt's Bakery
Red River
Florida
Austin Savings
West 6Th St
Betty Lee
Raymond Brooks
Capitol
Big Commission
Unon
Rio Grande
Southern Union Gas Can
Great Southwest
Congress Avenue
Ivy
Argle
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