Rail Strike and Postwar Navy Drive Headlines
The largest railroad strike paralyzes the nation, halting traffic and endangering food supply as 225,000 workers walk out over pay. President Truman rejects a compromise, while government efforts aim to end the walkout and protect essential freight and passenger service. The piece also covers postwar naval expansion, steel costs, and automobile price boosts under OPA rules, with projections of car output and factory capacity through 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherhoods of Locomotive Engineers
Truman
United Mine Worker
John L. Lewis
U. S
Secretary of the Interior Krug
Lewis
OPA
Packard
Studebaker
Mother Love Wins Out as Wife Vanishes with Newborn
Mrs. Marjorie Ashe of Chicago left her baby at Illinois Central hospital saying she could not show the infant because it was not sweet and pretty. She was found in Burlington Iowa dazed, and her husband James 27 brought her home after a tearful reunion and the baby’s safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Ashe
Chicago
Ill
Illinois Central Hospital
James
Texas hail causes record insurance claims across Texas
Large hail and high winds battered Texas for ten days causing millions in damage to buildings and crops. San Antonio faced about 2.5 million dollars in losses as the National Board of Underwriters set up a special office. Weathers included golf ball to 9 inch stones and 82 mph winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
National Board of Underwriters
San Antonio
Fredericksburg
East Texas
War Department
Washington Digest on Atomic Energy and Public Response
A Washington gathering on the control of atomic energy is planned as UN experts meet. A Look magazine pamphlet titled Your Last Chance inspires three thousand readers to request copies, highlighting civic action against atomic peril.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Nations Commission On Atomic Energy
Institute
Look Magazine
National Committee On Atomic Information
Western Newspaper Union
Vandenberg Backs Byrnes on Peace Policy in Senate
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan, minority leader of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and chairman of the Republican Senatorial Conference, pledged support for Secretary of State Byrnes to win the peace. He urged recognition of U.S. principles in treaty making and noted the Paris conference of wartime premiers had failed. He spoke as an adviser to the U.S. delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
San Francisco
Vandenberg
U. S
Europe
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Byrnes Lee
Life insurance payouts reach record 1945 total
A National Underwriter survey shows U S and Canadian life insurers paid 3.1169 billion dollars in 1945 an increase of 200.3 million from 1944. Death benefits totaling 1.4623 billion were the largest single year payout, accounting for 46.9 percent of the total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
U. S
U S Relief Efforts Highlight Grain Shipments and Shortages
Deputy member of the Allied food board says the United States will ship about 400 million bushels of grain to needy areas in the year ending June 30. He notes America’s overseas help, with eight tenths of a bushel per person left, versus Canada, Argentina, and Australia. The U N R R A funds and wheat purchases cover large shares of relief. No continuation of the grain premium is planned for deliveries, except for farmers with storage delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Combined
Allied Food Board
Congress
U. S
D. A. Fitzgerald
America
Canada
Argentina
Australia
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation
UNRRA
Fitzgerald
Department of Agriculture
Ford Balance Sheet Shows 1945 Assets Over 800 Million
Ford Motor Co assets were 815.5 million as of December 31 1945 in a Massachusetts tax filing. Major stock held by the Ford family includes 3 452 900 shares. The report lists cash 421.7 million machinery and equipment 168.3 million real estate 115.2 million inventory 101.9 million and reserves 22.7 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Motor Company
Massachusetts
Ford
Barbs and reflections on spelling bees and industry
The piece jokes about spelling bees and radio commentators. It notes a Twentieth Century Fund finding that 80 percent of fur goods production is in New York and questions national worth. It closes with a proverb on insecurity and a tease to the KKK.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twentieth Century Fund
New York
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NAVY
House Appropriations Committee
Hunan
Krug
Washington Digest
Backhage
United Nations
Sam
Uncle Sam
Senator Claghorn
Chesapeake and Ohio
U.S
BIG Business
Bankhag
KKK
Concrete Bloc Equipment CO
Central
Kansas City
Missouri
Brookshire
Lamar
Colo
Sedalia Beauty University
Sedalia
Geo. A. Wagner
W. 60Th St
D-202
N. Y
Sally Sue Smith Woodward
Oklo
Oren W. Miller
Savannah
Roberts
Broadway
Norwich
Conn
Wahlert & Guntzler
Saint Louis
Bellans
Abe
Ellow
CAI
WNU
Doans
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