Accused Railroads Wallow in War Swollen Profits
New York reports from FP say Sherman act case against the Association of American Railroads and others seeks to curb rate-fixing and stagnation of western rail services. For 1944 six months, net profits of Class I roads reached about 320 million dollars, a prewar trend favoring dividends and growth despite drought and wartime constraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Research Assn
LRA
Dept. of Justice
Assn. of American Railroads
Western Assn
J. P. Morgan & Co
Kuhn Loeb & Co
Dewey Foreign Advisor Named in Damage Suit
John Foster Dulles, mentor to Thomas E. Dewey, is named as a principal defendant in a $3.5 million damage suit against North American Company and its subsidiaries. The action, pursued by Frank Boehm, alleges a $5 million political fund used to influence lawmakers, with Dulles and his firm Sullivan and Cromwell named alongside corporate defendants. Boehm, once an executive of Union Electric, claims coercion and perjury linked to the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
N. Y
John Foster Dulles
Thomas E. Dewey
Dulles
Wall Street
Washington
Dewey
Frank Boehm
Union Electric Company of Missouri
Huge Utilities Group
Sullivan and Cromwell
Boehm
North American
Congress
Securities and Exchange Commission
Lausche Free of Domination Declared by Moore
Democratic candidate for governor Lausche will be free from campaign finance influence after election says J Harry Moore in Reading Ohio. Moore notes Lausche's campaign is underfunded by design while Republicans easily raise money and unions contribute for mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Lauche
J. Harry Moore
Reading
O. Democratic Club
Moore
Congress
Lausche
Ohio
Cutback Hits 3000 at Amertorp War Plant
Forest Park Illinois 3000 United Steelworkers are laid off as Amertorp Corp halves torpedo production for war needs. Navy cites failure of German U boat campaign and unexpected Allied successes against Japan as reasons for the cutback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Steelworkers
CSO
Goodby
Amertorp Corp
Avy
Lockout Spurs Textile Growth in Maysville Kentucky
The Lockout by January and Wood Co. of Maysville Ky. leads Local 337 of the Textile Workers to gain about 100 new members. A picket line formed after the August 21 lockout and contract cancellation. War Labor Board later ordered the contract restored, with disputes to be taken up again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
January and Wood Co
Maysville
Textile Workers
Cincinnati Regional Joint Board
Russell Quackenbush
Textile Workers Local 210
Quackenbush
Carl Johnson
Joint Board
War Labor Board
WLB
Register Now to Vote in November
A public notice urges eligible voters to register promptly for the upcoming November election. It emphasizes deadlines, required documents, and where to submit registration forms. The message underscores civic participation and accessibility for all eligible residents.
Union Vets Urge Unions to Name Returning Veterans
Ben Herman president of the Greater Cincinnati CIO unions asks locals to send names and addresses of World War II veteran members to the Industrial Union Council. The goal is to form a veterans organization and let veterans speak for themselves on vital issues.
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Cincinnati
CIO
Industrial Union Council
Ben Herman
Herman
Artists and Scientists Back Roosevelt in Independent Voters Committee
About 600 writers, actors, artists, scientists and educators launched the Independent Voters Committee of the Arts and Sciences for Roosevelt to aid his reelection. Notables funded the effort at Hotel Astor, praising Roosevelt for peace, global cooperation, and progressive domestic policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Voters Committee of the Arts & Sciences
Roosevelt
Hotel Astor
America
Jo Davidson
Comry
Moscow
Cave
Teheran
Davidson
U. S
Claude Pepper
Fla
Bette Davis
Eddie Cantor
Ethel Barrymore
Paul Robeson
Monty Woolley
Adams
Carl Sandburg
Fannie Man
Rex Stout
Franklin P. Adams
eCarl Sandburg
Fanni Hurst
Aaron Copeand
Serge Koussevitzky
Lawrence Tibbett
Albert Einstein
Francis E. MacMahon
Paris Union Labor Helps Free City From German Occupation
The Paris resistance grew with police support and broad labor involvement. Sabotage, clandestine presses, and underground networks aided by unions and workers helped halt deportations and disrupt German supply lines, fueling a mass uprising that restored Paris to French control.
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Paris
Ile de la Cite
France
England
Spain
Germany
Associated Labor Unions
French General Federation of Labor
CGT
Christian Trade Assn
Great
General Federation of Labor
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Public Utility Holding Act of 1935
Federated Press
Margaret Little
Kearney Shipyard
Forest Park, Ill
Liberation of
By Ellen Henderson
de Gaulle
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