Labor peace in unions boosts wages for meat packing firms
AFL and CIO packinghouse unions struck new contracts with Swift Cudahy and Tobin Packing increasing wages and benefits. Back pay suits rise after a Supreme Court ruling on walk to work rights, while ICC boosts freight rates to fund transport needs. Royal romance rumors link Prince Philip and Princess Elizabeth to geopolitical interests.
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AFL
CIO Packinghouse
Swift
CIO United Packinghouse Workers of America
Cudahy
CIO Union
Tobin Packing Company
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Supreme Court
Mount Clemens Potters Company
CIO United Steelworkers
CIO Auto
Cleveland
Ohio
Republic Steel Company
American Steel and Wire
Ohio Crankshaft Company
Dow Chemical Company of
Midland
Mich
John L
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Great Britain
Prince Philip
Greece
Elizabeth
Four Powers Eye German Treaty In Moscow Next March
The foreign ministers of the Big Four plan a German treaty talk in Moscow next March after the Balkan peace pacts. The United States and Britain aim to merge their occupation zones to speed Western Germany’s recovery and ease relief burdens while Europe lags in reconstruction. U S consent hinges on Molotov’s pledge of press freedom and facilities for reporters, a point Byrnes pressed after the last Moscow meeting.
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Moscow
U. S
Britain
Germany
Europe
Reich
Molotov
Byrnes
Whooping Cough Toll Surprises Public Health
An Northwestern National Company report highlights whooping cough causing more child deaths annually than infantile paralysis and scarlet fever. 1944 U S Public Health data show 1,878 whooping cough deaths versus 1,361 polio and 422 scarlet fever. Preliminary 1945 figures indicate 1,726 whooping cough deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwesternational Company
United Public Health Service
U.N. Calls for Spain Evangelical Action as Franco Stands Firm
The United Nations Security and Political Committee adopts a mild resolution urging withdrawal of ambassadors from Spain while urging free elections. The U.S. abstains. Franco touts Spain’s neutrality in World War II and insists only Spanish affairs matter. Fiery Madrid protests condemn foreign interference as Franco defends his regime. Walter Johnson, legendary Big Train, dies at 59 after a 21 year major league career with the Washington Senators. He set the modern strikeout record and notched two no hitters and 114 shutouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Franco
United Nations Political and Security Committee
Lake Success
N. Y
Spain
U. S
Valhalla
Walter Johnson
Johnson
Washington Senators
New York Yankees
Flight test of Bell XS-1 ends with 550 mph milestone
Test pilot Chalmers Goodlin, 23, exits the XS-1 after reaching 35,000 feet and 550 mph. He praises the craft as quiet with no engine roar while noting the plane’s 31 foot length and 28 foot wingspan. The craft, fueled by ethyl alcohol and oxygen, targets 1,700 mph. Army acceptance hinges on 80 percent of sound speed.
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Chalmers Goodlin
Goodlin
Army
Labor and the public interest in congressional action
Washington observers note labor leaders fear autocratic union chiefs and rising dues amid the coal strike while voters, many laborers, backed the anti autocratic trend. Analysts predict cautious labor legislation focused on consumer interests and economic stability with a restrained approach to arbitration and government control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WNU Service
Eye Street
N.W
Washington
D. C
Friends of Labor
Congress
White House
Harry Truman
John Lewis
Senate
Taft
Ball
20Th Century Fund
Barbs and reflections on presidents and turkeys
A political note discusses new potential presidents and a high birth rate in March 1918, rails at education, and jokes about college influence. It recalls Spanish colonists sending wild turkeys to Europe before 1550 and their domestication. It notes Chiang Kai-shek’s potential resignation and questions true dictatorship.
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Europe
Torque signaling devices in assembly operations
The text describes tightening systems using a neon flash and a preset torque. A worker notices a click and dial reading when the torque is reached, plus a bump that stops turning by reflex action at the preset limit. It emphasizes tightness precision as crucial in assembly work and notes a newly announced wrench.
Commercial sponges and harvesting notes
Many sponge species cannot be used commercially due to glasslike needles in tissues. True commercial sponges are dark colored and the process of detaching flesh from the skeletal network occurs offshore near harvesting beds on lonely island shores after a few days of decomposition.
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Lonely Island
Japan Registers Few Cars by End of 1940
At year end 1940 Japan had about 148000 registered vehicles including 64000 trucks 27000 buses 43000 passenger cars and around 7000 smaller cars as reported.
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Japan
Water in Eggs Says Hens Respond to Water
The note states that every dozen eggs contain about one pint of water and that supplying hens with as much water as they want leads to more eggs.
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Western Newspaper Union
Abor
LABOR
Packer Peace
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
U. S. Supreme Court
Lieve
Federal District Court
High Tribunal
UMW
Lewis
Royal Romance
Mediterranean
Russia
Near East
Princess Elizabeth
London
U.N
Slap Franco
Iran
Turkey
Azerbaijan
Corymbos
Bulgaria
Wilfred Sykes
Inland Steel Company
Washington Digest
Thurman Arnold
Walter Hamilton
New Republic
Bankhage
Chiang Kai-shek
Miles Nervine
Miles Laboratories, Inc
Elkhart
Ind
Ataul Drug Stores
Miles Ea Aan
Miles
Miles Aie A
Les
OT Ltd
Lis Skin Ltd
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