Auto Workers plan guaranteed 40 hour week at GM
The CIO United Auto Workers announce a plan for a guaranteed 40 hour week at General Motors as the first step toward a guaranteed annual wage, plus a 2.5 percent wage rise and improved social insurance. Reuther said the contract due May 31 may reopen on economic issues as early as March. The Ford department will hold similar talks next month, while Chrysler talks have begun earlier.
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Detroit
Cioited Auto Workers Union
General Motors Corporation
UAW
Walter P. Reu
Reuther
General Motors
Ford Department
Ford Motor Company
Chrysler Corporation
International Union
Springfield Bus Co Ordered To Resume Service
Springfield Illinois authorities ordered the Springfield Transportation Company to resume strikebound bus service immediately or risk franchise withdrawal. The city council demanded public welfare consideration as 150 drivers and maintainers walked out for a week. An arbitration award gave a 20 cent hourly raise and a $50 monthly pension, with firm opponents planning an appellate challenge.
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Springfield Bus Co
Springfield, Ill
INS
Springfield Transportation Company
Leslie G. Pefferle
Council Note
Pefferle
Freshman Survives Iowa River Ice Break During Shortcut
Laurens 20 year old liberal arts freshman Frank Lin nan of the University of Iowa crossed the Iowa River after a university prom. He fell through thin ice midway across the frozen river and, fully clothed, battled to reach the west bank with the ice layer’s help.
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Iowa City
Frank Linnan
Laurens
University of Iowa
Iowa River
Currier
West Bank
Final Effort In Red Cross Drive Planned
After a one day break Red Cross workers prepare a final push on Monday to close the 1947 Linn county drive. The total reached 21340 of a 46700 quota with Cedar Rapids divisions near target and several firms yet to contribute.
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Red Cross Drive
Red Cross Campaign Fund
Linn County
Gempeien
Mt Vernon
Ts Ee B
Corn College
Beior
Franklin County
H. C. Lane
A Vernon
Cedar Rapids
Tolheim Pump
Perpetual Savings and Loan Association
Gordon Fennell Company
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Chrysler
Arbitration Board
Associated Press
Hawkeye
Dorothy Ball
Bushnell, Ill
Iowa Union
Ann Steckenrider
Des Moines
Mary Kay O'Brien
Independence
Staggers Home
House of Representatives
Iowa Senate
Ernest Kosek
Charles Knickerbocker
Statehouse
House
C.R. Council OF Churches
Iowa
Parker
Third Street
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Tsai
Delicious Idea
Acousticon-Heeter CO
Nat'l Bank
Merchants National Bank
Johnson
Penney’s
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