Rubber Union Calls Off Strike Against Big Four Firms
Robert Cruden of the CP-United Rubber Workers announced the planned strike against the Big Four rubber firms has been called off after final wage dispute negotiations. The agreement halts a midnight walkout of about 110,000 unionists. terms to be released by union officials. A top company union delegates meeting occurred during negotiations. At Naugatuck, Conn. Edward J. McGrath provided updates from a public relations office.
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Cleveland
Robert Cruden
Cp-United Rubber
Cruden
Goodrich
Goodyear
Firestone
U. S
International Union
Wage talks near settlement at rubber firms plant
U S Rubber foot wear division in Akron faces slow progress as union and company race toward a compromise on an 11 12 cent hourly raise amid wage protests and pressure from Goodyear Goodrich and Firestone. Officials said a midnight accord could be signed after renewed talks failed to produce a firm agreement.
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Cer
U. S
Ta St
J. M. W Buckingham
Big Four
L.S. Buckmaster
Lavender cars least involved in accidents says patrol captain
In Lincoln Nebraska a Seward motorist asked Captain J C Sanders of the state safety patrol which color automobile least often figures in accidents. The captain replied probably lavender.
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Lincoln, Neb
Seward
J.C. Sanders
State Safety Patrol
Poland reconverts steamship Sobieski for peacetime voyage
Poland begins reconversion of the steamship Sobieski, a wartime troop carrier, for peacetime travel. Two hundred workers aim to complete the liner for its first postwar voyage to South America by April.
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Gydnia
Poland
Sobieski
South America
Greece and Turkey policy hearings resume in Washington
The House foreign affairs committee will continue hearings on Greece and Turkey with Callagas as the first witness. Under secretary of State Will Clayton will discuss economic affairs, followed by Secretary Patterson and Navy Secretary Robestal. Senate committee plans a broader review of diplomatic policy with Secretary Acheson as a witness.
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Greece
Turkey
Greens
Armiies
Talaat Pasha
Enver Pasna
Dardanelles Straits
House
Callagas
Will Clayton
Patterson
Navy
Robestal
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Acheson
Msig
Debated German Future—Soviet Western Plans Diverge
A fragment discusses rival Soviet and Western outlines for postwar Germany. Key points cover representation methods, direct suffrage, central versus state powers, and the danger of requiring 10 percent votes to stay on ballots, seen as a safeguard against splinter parties.
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Utinng Systen
Cleus
Gerhar
U.S
Rcores
Weimar Republic
Communist Party
Legs Left Behind In Pittsburgh Mystery
Police report two artificial legs were found abandoned and wearing socks garters and shoes. The legs appeared recently worn. The note mentions the waltz as a German dance that spread to France by the end of the eighteenth century.
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Pittsburgh
Rhine
France
Talmadge To Speak On Program With Gerald L. K. Smith
Georgia Governor Herman Talmadge confirmed he would speak on a spring program organized by Gerald L. K. Smith of the Christian Crusade, prompting questions from aides about a possible triumvirate with Smith and Roy V. Harris. Smith said Talmadge was chosen for the first National Christian Crusade rally, with an expected crowd of 10,000 at Winnfield and Fort Worth dates listed. Talmadge denied plans for a southern speaking tour or any alliance with Smith.
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Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Gerald L. K. Smith
Christian Crusade
Talmadge
Smith
Roy V. Harris
House
Herman
M. E. Thompson
Harris
Talmadoe
George Long
Louisiana Kingfish
Wuey Long
Talmadge Wold
Fort Worth
Tex
Winnfield
Kingfish
Lovejoy
Long
Alexandria
South
Gerald Smith
Eugene Talmadge
Christian Crusaders
Wingfield
Farmers seek local experiment system support in Alabama
Dr Foucher outlines benefits of cooperation for better disease and insect control and lower county costs. The group votes unanimously to ask the State Legislature to back a local experiment system, but Clatston and Chilton County farmers push for a competing field, with changes discussed last week.
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Foucher
Clatston
Ala
Chilton County
Tuouston County
Funches
Inaugural Banquet At Headquarters At 7 P M
Number 21 will host an inaugural banquet at headquarters at 7 p m Saturday with award presentations and installation of new state officers. Joe Washichek of New York will deliver the principal address as a prominent Jaycee member. Cedar and fir prices rise to new highs in Portland. A recent Douglas fir sale brought 25.11 per thousand feet. In Keene Ohio a warm day left four year old John Oles found shoeless in overshoes on the street.
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Joe Washichek
New York
Anderson
Portland
Keene, N. OH
John Oles
State teachers seek funds from income tax to raise pay
AEA president urged caution as state faculty threaten not to sign new contracts without raises. Fol gom plans talks with legislative leaders Monday after Washington, while some expect a second extraordinary session if the school riddle can be solved. Tax proceeds total about 26 million with 13 million earmarked to retire floating debt leaving a 13 million surplus. Teachers seek diversion of about 6.5 million yearly to sustain an 1,800 dollar average salary, but current funds would cover only about one year.
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AEA
Folgom
Washington
Mia
O. H Finney, Jr
Senate
House
Folsom
Birmingham
Truman orders loyalty program rules for federal workers
The White House outlines costs and scope of a new loyalty program. It targets executive staff with possible firings for any sympathetic ties to subversive organizations. The Attorney General would designate groups deemed inimical, while broader counter espionage measures are urged but not actioned.
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Civil Service Commission
FBI
White House
Truman
Loyalty Commission
United States
United
Lilian Wald Credited With Foundation Of Public Health
Lilian Wald, a prominent American sociologist, is recognized for founding public health nursing and advancing child welfare and community health efforts in the United States. Her work laid the groundwork for modern public health practice and urban health reform.
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Lilian D. Wald
Flood Waters Break Through Dikes In English Fenlands
AP reports flood waters burst through sandbagged dikes in Norfolk Fen lands affecting 25 000 acres. Troops German POWs and farmers worked to plug breaches as roads flooded and farmers evacuated. No deaths reported though two years may pass before full productivity returns to the bread basket region.
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London
Norfolk
England
Trent Valley
Midlands
Gloucester
Scotland
Thames Valley
Poland Reclaims War Assets From Germany After War
The Polish press reports Hungary or Poland seizes German properties valued around 900,000 since end of the war. Items include an arms factory at Pionki, plant at Skatzysko, rubber and cable works, electric bulb plants, textile machinery and spinning mill at Lodz, plus hundreds of lathes and textiles, horses, and a library and museum collection returned. Noah Webster proceeds from the spelling book theme over two decades as he prepared a dictionary.
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Warsaw
Poland
Germany
Zycie Wertany
Preers
Pionki
Skatzysko
Portes
Lods
Thrown From Their Homes In Thames Floods
Describes vast flood damage with thousands displaced and millions in crop losses. Two fatalities recorded a little girl and a man swept away on the Thames last week.
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Naugztuck
Conn
Edward J. McGrath
Dothan Service League
Follies
Phillip Mclauchlin
Southernaires
Philadelphis
Akron
Youngstown
Chapman Housing CO
Johnny
English
Noah Webster
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp
Dothan Federal Savings & Loan Assn
Foater St
SFARS
J. C. Higgins
Monty Sack
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