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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1944
Page
25
James E Roper recounts accompanying American correspondents with flag armbands into ELAS controlled Athens. They met friendly civilians amid gunfire, saw ELAS soldiers with rifles and grenades, and observed a Red Cross doctor and wary snipers as they moved between British and ELAS lines.
A guide and reporters recount a Greek flare of gunfire as snipers open on a party in an alley. A British armored car and a South African jeep crew intervene, rescuing Clay Gowran of the Chicago Tribune and Rex Ingraham of Time magazine.
Washington UPI report says the War Labor Board ordered the big four meat packers Swift and Company Wilson and Company Armour and Company Cudahy Packing Company and John Morrell and Company Ottumwa Ia to disclose full wage structures to two unions representing 140 000 workers in 74 plants and begin collective bargaining to eliminate wage rate inequalities. The board set 15 days to provide data and 45 days to report progress while ensuring each plant establishes equitable wage relationships rather than uniform rates.
Paul G. Hoffman of the Committee for Economic Development said a postwar civilian employment level of 53 to 56 million would be eminently satisfactory, assuming 2 million more in the armed forces. He noted the need to create 7 to 10 million peacetime jobs beyond 1940 and warned against skipping public works planning.
The text argues government payrolls in 1943 resemble 1940 levels, noting progress away from made-work jobs but predicting the need for 7 to 10 million new productive jobs. It translates target gross output to 1943 prices of 155 to 170 billion dollars, or 130 to 140 billion in 1940 terms.
British explorer Ursula V. Graham Bower, daughter of J G Bower, lived among Nagas on the India Burma frontier. She armed Nagas, trained signals, and provided vital enemy positions as Japanese advances neared a railway line, aiding British outposts.
Reports say Gen Stilwell’s Chinese ally and a noted scout have been released after months of secrecy. The combat actions likely extended beyond the Naga hills into Burma and the woman may resume work on her forthcoming book.
Washington AP OPA rules forbid a dealer to require customers to buy war bonds to obtain cigarettes. The agency said such tie-in sales violate rules. However, it is allowed for dealers to give cigarettes as a premium with the purchase of war bonds.
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