Car Industry Wage Dispute Persists Without Settlement
The CIO United Auto Workers and the automotive industry entered a 23 day strike at General Motors with no immediate settlement in sight. There is hope President Truman’s intervention may hasten talks between the union and the company.
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Associated Press
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Potomac Foison Company
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GM seeks injunction to end Cleveland plant picketing
General Motors filed for a common pleas court injunction to curb CIO United Auto Workers pickets blocking entrances to its Fisher Body plant in Cleveland. The petition named the Cleveland local and four officers and members as defendants and cited attempts to return 600 office workers to duty despite the picketing. The action follows ongoing Detroit negotiations on the dispute and broader wage and bargaining tensions across the auto industry.
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General Motors Corporation
Common Pleas Court
CIO
United Auto Workers
Fisher Body
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Cleveland
Detroit
Byrnes Travels to Moscow Amid Paris Airport Stop
The French news agency reports Secretary of State Byrnes on his way to the Moscow conference landed at Orly airfield outside Paris. Local officials declined comment on the situation.
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Paris
Moscow
Pans
Orly Field
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Dwight D Eisenhower
Army
James F Byrnes
Russia
Washington
Aipiommet
Visions Decline in Meat Supplies for 1946 First Quarter
The agriculture department said civilian meat consumption will drop about nine percent in Q1 1946 from current levels. Per capita meat use is expected at 150 pounds annually, while civilians have been averaging 165 pounds. Civilian allotment for January to March totals 600 pounds carcass weight per person, with enforcement to curb civilian use next quarter. The plan for 1946 aims to ship about half of meat to France Belgium and the Netherlands, over 80 percent to UNRRA, with Canada Argentina Australia New Zealand and Denmark supplying the rest. American meat production is forecast at 23.4 billion pounds, about 800 million more than the previous year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
France
Belgium
Netherlands
UNRRA
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Canada
Argentina
Australia
New Zealand
Denmark
Anderson reshapes farm aid programs to cut AAA role
Secretary Anderson on Thursday announced a major shakeup in the Agriculture Department. Effective December 31 the program planning office will be scrapped and replaced by a department wide committee. This follows the creation of a production and marketing administration last July reducing the AAA’s mandate. The economic bureau retains primary responsibility for sector statistics and research.
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Washington
Anderson
Nenter
Ina
Agriculture Department
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Henry A Wallace
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
AAA
the Economic Bureau
Sara Waste Paper
Two Die in Auto Train Crash at Milwaukee Crossing
In Dubuque Iowa a man and woman both packing house workers were killed when their car was struck by a Milwaukee railroad switch engine at a north end crossing. The victims were Mrs Josephine Schwartman 42 and Leslie Sprague 45. Police said they left their plant about 5 o clock Tuesday morning and the accident occurred about 20 minutes later. It was snowing throughout.
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Dubuque
Ard & Lwoman
Tang
Milwaukee Railroad
North End
Josephine Schtarman
Leslie Sprague
Ponice
Jahout
Steamer Sinks After Mine Near Yangtze Mouth
A small freighter with 200 Chinese aboard struck a mine at the Yangtze River mouth and sank in five minutes. More than 100 lives were lost in the disaster reported early Thursday.
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Yangtze River
German War Leaders Face War Crimes Trial Evidence Details
At Nuremberg the four power tribunal reviewed grisly exhibits from Mauthausen and Buchenwald including a preserved human head and lamp shades of human skin. Prosecution claimed the camps were centers of terror with forced tattooing and executions. Death logs show over 35 000 inmates died at Mauthausen 1939 to 1945 and some Allied airmen were executed at nearby camps.
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Nolang Norgaard
Mernberg
Thuradey
Crimea
Standartenfuehrer
Kosch
Buchenwald
Mauthausen
Joseph
Morton
Egnat Kaltenbrunner
Florrenberg
Outside Judge Sought to Hear Ouster Case
Iowa Supreme Court was asked on Thursday to appoint two judges from outside the Fourth Judicial District to hear an ouster case against George J. Gibbons Sioux City public safety commissioner. The request aims to remove local influence and ensure impartial proceedings.
Testifies Klatt Had Fixed Duty
Darrell Brown 44 former assistant superintendent at Eldora state training school testified in a second degree murder trial that Carl Klatt as discipline officer was responsible to meet emergencies and control situations He described enforcing punishments for an alleged escape plot and said Miller admitted planning to escape and sabotage the dormitory Brown testified multiple inmates corroborated Miller’s actions and that a door confrontation led to Miller being struck with a blackjack and restrained but the door remained locked.
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Dwight McCormack
Fort Dodge
Darrell T Brown
Eldora Atate Traiing School
Carl Watt
Brown
Fatt
Ronald Miller
Atate
Mulers
Arog
Millers
Miler
Miller
Britain and France to Withdraw Troops from Syria and Lebanon
London reports Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin announced in the Commons that Britain and France will jointly withdraw troops from Syria and Lebanon. The agreement aims to align Near East policy to ease unrest and support regional economic well being and security within international cooperation.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Commons
Britain
France
Syria
Lebanon
Near East
Middle East
Des Moines Approves Veterans Memorial Bonds in Special Election
In Des Moines a special election yielded 4009 votes for and 1972 against the Veterans Memorial bond issue. A $2,750,000 bonds plan was approved for a memorial building as 60 percent of registered voters cast ballots, with turnout around 60,000.
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Des Moines
One of World War IIs Great Naval Dramas Juneau Loss
Washington report pieces together the loss of the light cruiser Juneau in November 1942 during the Guad- Alcanel action. Survivors endured sharks and dehydration as a small raft crew fought to reach land with scant gear and no food.
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Pope Haley Washington
Juneau
Navy Department
Taontha
Guad- Alcanel
Sullivan Brothers
Thomas F Sullivan
Waterloo T
Joseph P F Hartnep
New Britain, Conn
Thad
James Fitzgerald
Manchester
Jult
Cheries Wong
Philadelphia
Hartney
Fitzgerald
Lt Wangs
Snow Falls Across Iowa Foreshadowing White Christmas
Snow covered eastern Iowa towns with readings near four inches while Bluff reads three inches and more snowfall was forecast into Thursday. Cold air moves in by Friday with temperatures near 10 degrees. Highways were slippery but open with bus and truck schedules delayed. Sioux City at 13 and Des Moines at 25. Weather bureau cautions in a mild statewide pattern turning colder.
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Weather Bureau
Iowa
Sto
Sioux City
Des Moines
Weete Paper
Weather Outlook From The US Weather Bureau
Partly cloudy and colder from Thursday night into Friday with a high near 27 and low around 10 degrees. Sharply colder conditions expected in northwest to northeast Nebraska with light snow flurries in the east. Hourly readings show a max near 24 degrees in the last 34 hours and a minimum around 18 degrees in the past day.
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US Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Bilam
Patton’s Condition Improves. Hope He May Stand Again
Reports from a U S Army hospital indicate General Patton Jr as paralyzed but with a good chance of regaining the use of his legs. Medical officials cautioned that the situation remained delicate while expressing optimism about his recovery.
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Germany
Uthe
US Army
Ger George 5 Patton, Jr
Realtors oppose housing price ceilings in Council Bluffs
Local realtors argue production of new homes is the answer to housing shortages while opposing price ceilings on new and existing houses. They warn ceilings could deter builders and hurt community supply, contrasting with administration proposals. They cite risks and discuss material supply and construction cost factors.
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Council Bluffs
Hugh Blackwell
Cotiwell Bluffs Board of Realtors
Wihem Knox
Dachau
Cremach
Klaus Karl Schulling
Martin Weiss
de Schilling
Marshall says Short had definite alert before Pearl Harbor
Gen George C Marshall testified that the decision to retire Lt Gen Walter Short at Pearl Harbor came from Sec. Stimson and Sec. Knox, not him. He defended his role, defended full staff responsibility, and said Short received a definite alert order prior to the attack.
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Short
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Washington
George C Marshall
Walter C Short
Peal Barbor
Dee
Marshall
Senate-House
War Stimson
Truman
Fryesler
Gunera
Charman Binkley
O-Ky
Angwly
Pearl Harbor
Shorthart
Marshart
Army
Statt
Dachau Officials Sentenced to Death by Hanging
A Dachau military tribunal sentenced 36 camp officials and guards to death by hanging for murder torture and starvation of inmates. One defendant received life imprisonment and three were given 10 year terms. The 40 defendants were convicted after trials held Wednesday and included five camp doctors and three inmate collaborators.
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Dachau
FIA
Builders oppose price ceilings amid housing plan push
Washington reports show the National Association of Home Builders opposing any price ceilings tied to a program that would direct half of building materials to residential homes. Executives call ceilings unworkable while noting potential boosts to production could still aid 1946 home goals. The debate includes realty groups and industry councils warning ceilings delay housing and raise costs.
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Washington
National Association of Home Builders
Frank W Cartwright
Association
A .Eparte
Truman
Jess
Cortaight
Borders
National
Howmng Agency
Omaha
van Holt Garrett
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Count Inc
Eartharkiing
Veteran Iowa Editor Dies at Charles City
Lyman Herbert Henry 87, longtime publisher of Charles City Daily Press, died at his home Wednesday. He arrived in Charles City 48 years ago to run a weekly newspaper, later purchasing Floyd County Herald in 1896, Daily Press in 1908, and the Daily Intelligencer goodwill in 1933. He remained active in publishing until shortly before his death.
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Charles City
Lyman Herbert Henry
Charles
Preas
Henry
Floyd County Herald
Storm Lake
Coon Rapids
Daily Fress
Daily Intelligencer
Nap
Train collision injures hundreds on Chicago line
A rear collision between an Alton troop train carrying about 250 Navy personnel and a Pere Marquette passenger train near Chicago’s Loop injured about 100 people. Most serious injuries were among crew. derailment damaged multiple troop cars and a sleeper overturned.
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Alton Railroad
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Pere Marquette Railroad
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Alston
Port Marquette
Pere Marquette
GOP Women Leaders Hold Regional Conference in Kansas City
Republican women leaders from Missouri Oklahoma Kansas Iowa and Nebraska gather in Kansas City for a two day meeting sponsored by the National Federation of Republican Women to boost voter interest in the 1946 political contests.
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States
National Federation of Women’s Republicary Clubs
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Oklahoma
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Iowa
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Nebraska
Federation
Call Conference on Tariff Barriers
The United States invited 14 of the world’s key trading nations to a roundtable discussion to cut tariff barriers and boost world trade. Officials said the conversations precede a full-dress United Nations trade and employment conference planned for next summer.
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Washington
United States
United Nations
McVay Defense Attacks Prosecution in Court Martial
Capt Charles H McVay’s defense urged the prosecution to decline offering a former Japanese naval officer as a witness. The judge advocate prepared to call Bashimoto as a witness, but Capt John P Cady objected to using an enemy officer, saying such testimony targets McVay’s future career and reflects American sentiment against treachery.
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Washington
Charles H McVay
Ag Witnen
Bashimoto
John P Cady
Mu- Way
Carver
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