Labor Talks Signal Pact as Unions Ink Wage Deals
AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen strike a peace with Swift for a 7 percent hourly rise plus eight holidays and night pay boosts. CIO United Packinghouse Workers of America reach similar gains with Cudahy and Tobin Packing, plus 52 week job guarantees at Fort Dodge.
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AFL
CIO Packinghouse
Swift
CIO United Packinghouse Workers of America
Cudahy
CIO Union
Tobin Packing Company
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Big Four to tackle German treaty in Moscow next March
The foreign ministers of the Big Four plan a Moscow meeting next March to work on a German treaty as the United States and Britain agree to unify their occupation zones. U S consent to Moscow followed Molotov’s pledge that reporters would have freedom and facilities, after Byrnes complained of poor accommodations at the last conference.
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Moscow
U. S
Britain
Germany
Trn
Europe
Reich
Molotov
Byrnes
Whooping Cough Toll Surpasses Other Illnesses
Northwestern National Life Insurance outlines a health warning that whooping cough kills more children yearly than infantile paralysis and scarlet fever combined. 1944 U S Public Health Service records show 1,878 whooping cough deaths, 1,361 polio deaths, 422 scarlet fever deaths. preliminary 1945 figures: 1,726 whooping cough deaths, 1,189 polio, 349 scarlet fever. Cases rise through winter, peaking in March or April.
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Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
United States Public Health Service
U.N. Pressures Spain as Franco Faces World Dissent
United Nations security committee at Lake Success adopts a resolution calling for withdrawal of all ambassadors from Spain while urging free elections for Spaniards. the U.S. abstains. Madrid sees protests against foreign interference as Franco defends Spain’s neutrality and peaceful intent.
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Madrid
Franco
United Nations Political and Security Committee
Lake Success
N. Y
Spain
U. S
Walter Johnson 59, Big Train of Baseball Fame
Walter Johnson, 59, dies leaving a legacy as one of baseballs greatest pitchers. The Washington Senators ace known as the Big Train won 413 games and 280 losses, struck out 3497, threw two no hitters and 114 shutouts, and dominated records with speed and endurance across a 21-year career.
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Valhalla
Walter Johnson
Johnson
Washington Senators
New York Yankees
Rocket Plane Test Flight and Global Tensions Highlight Period News
Test pilot Chalmers Goodlin describes the Bell XS-1 flight at 35 000 ft and 550 mph as beautiful with no cockpit noise. The craft targets 1700 mph while flagged at 80 percent of sound speed in later tests. Separately, tensions in Iran Greece and Turkey unfold with Azerbaijan actions, Greek clashes with leftists, and Bulgarian involvement. John L Lewis presses for shorter hours and higher pay as Inland Steel’s Wilfred Sykes notes miners’ 35 to 42 hour work weeks despite a 4 hour week rate.
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Supreme Court
Mount Clem‘ans Potters Company
CIO United Steelworkers
CIO Auto Workers
Cleveland
Ohio
Republic Steel Companby
American Steel and Wire
Dow Chemical Company of
Midland
Mich
John Lewis
UMW
Chalmers Goodlin
Goodlin
Army
Russia
Near East
Iran
Greece
Turkey
Azerbaijan
Corymbos
Bulgaria
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Wilfred Sykes
Inland Steel Company
Anderson Warns Farm Real Estate Too High
Secretary Anderson and the agriculture department warn of a booming farm real estate market. Land values rose 14 percent in the last year, nearing the 1920 inflation peak, with long-term earning capacity the basis for value. The report notes land values more than doubled in 15 states and up 75 percent or more in 11 others. States with more than doubling include Ohio Indiana North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Kentucky Tennessee Mississippi Arkansas Montana Wyoming Colorado New Mexico Washington and California.
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Washington
Anderson
Agriculture Department
Department
Ohio
Indiana
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
Arkansas
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
California
Bar tender confronts coat theft double theft
Rockford reports bartender Robert McCarthy had his $20 green topcoat stolen from his tavern. Later Frank Jennings allegedly offered to sell it back for $1.50. Jennings denied the theft but was held on a larceny charge.
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Rockford
Ill
Robert McCarthy
Frank Jennings
Jennings
Windolph Receives Purple Heart On 95th Birthday
Charles A Windolph finally is awarded the Purple Heart for a 1876 Little Bighorn wound. He says he earned it and recalls serving bravely as he stood in Custer’s battle, later earning the Congressional Medal of Honor as the oldest living holder. Windolph is one of two surviving Little Bighorn veterans.
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Lead
S. D
Charles A. Windolph
the Little Big Horn
Custer
Windolph
George Custer
Little Big Horn
Sugar Situation Looks Brighter For 1947
Washington, Dec. 19 Ten pounds of sugar per person in 1947 and a bright prospect of ending sugar controls by the end of next year were seen by Representative Jenkins. The Republican Ohio lawmaker spoke after a meeting with lawmakers government officials and industry representatives. Officials testified that sugar production in the United States and Cuba could yield an additional 1,000,000 tons for domestic distribution. Consumer representatives favored a gradual lifting of controls rather than an abrupt end.
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Washington
Jenkins
Republican
Ohio
Republican House Food Study Committee
Agriculture and
State Department
United States
Cuba
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Lieve
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Mediterranean
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Prince Philip
London
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Slap Franco
Bluff Reds
Savage, Mont
Arthur Bouchard
Savage
Richland County
Mont
Fowler McCormick
John L. McCaffrey
International Harvester Company
Arthur
International Harvester
Chicago
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Sioux City
Ier
Uae
Bear Creek
Clark
Ben Clark
Clarence Bue
Reed Point
5Th Ave
Boulder Creamery
Mcnhattan Fony Farm
Bozeman
Chevrolet
Ray
Oie Motor Co
Sven Thompson
Heywood Daly, Melville
Ray Becken
Thos. H. Nevin
Helena
Do. M. Wall
Associated Merchants
State Automobile Dealers Association
State Hardware and Implement Association
Montana Retail Lumbermen’s Association
Ore Station
Leo J. Cremer
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