GM offers workers ten cents an hour increase
In Detroit on April 12 the General Motors offer to the CIO UAW proposes a 10 cent per hour cost of living rise for 265000 GM workers and a August bargaining session. The UAW Chrysler dispute mirrors the wage talks with Chrysler 75,000 workers facing a 30 day strike notice after stalled negotiations since October.
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Detroit
General Motors
CIO
United Auto Workers
Auto Union
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
Uaw-Cio
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
Washington
Russell Nixon
Automobile Electrical Workers
Umstead Clarifies Gag Rule Statement in Chapel Hill
Rep John W Umstead Jr Orange county clarifies his remarks on the gag rule saying it was not necessary for a state wide liquor referendum He says a liquor vote would likely not have passed even without the gag rule and corrects a misquote from a Rotary club address in Chapel Hill April 12.
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Chapel Hill
John W. Umstead
Orange County
Umstead
Weather summary of temperatures and rainfall by area
Weather report lists temperatures and rainfall for key growing areas and regions. Data includes readings for Washington and others with station figures and max min values, reflecting conditions across several locales.
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Washington
Max
Ashwiltle
Key
Kinestine Tl AG
Los Angeles
Miami
King Christian Noted With Unimproved Condition
In Copenhagen on April 12 authorities reported King Christian's condition from a heart attack worsened with a temperature rising to 100.76 degrees and continued fatigue. A royal bulletin noted the 76-year-old monarch had eaten little and no further bulletins were planned.
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Copenhagen
Christian
Reynolds Off On Fast Trip Around World
Milton Reynolds, Chicago pen manufacturer, begins a round the world flight with a leg from Gander to Shannon Ireland aboard the Reynolds Bombshell. Flight director Frederick Lamb cited 376 mph average, with 2000 gallons of fuel planned before the next leg to Paris.
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New York
Milton Reynolds
Gander
Mid
Shannon
Eire
Trans World Airlines
Frederick Lamb
Reynolds
Ind
la Guardia Field
Lamb
Goose Bay
Labrador
Labrador Field
Trans World Airlines International
Paris
TWA
Chicago
Southeast to close all flights in North Carolina Tuesday
President W. C. Teague of Southeast Airlines announced the company will suspend all North Carolina operations by Tuesday after the CAB denied their applications to fly mail passengers and cargo. Southeast has served cities including Winston-Salem Greensboro High Point Raleigh Durham Rocky Mount Greenville Asheville Charlotte New Bern and Wilmington. The carrier will file a formal protest and may pursue a court challenge, after the CAB awards routes to Piedmont Airlines.
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Raleigh-Durham
Rocky Mount- Greenville
Asheville
Charlotte New Bern
Wilmington
Southeast
Cincinnati
Norfolk
Wilmi
Wallace Shies At Third Party
Wallace says he will probably not lead a third party in the United States while hinting Sen. Claude Pepper might. He spoke after a British tour at a United Nations group in mid England and warned state election laws would defeat a third party. Washington reports say Vandenberg urged Truman to answer Wallace’s charge of imperialism over Greece and Turkey.
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Store - ON - Trent
Eng
Henry A. Wallace
United States
Claude Pepper
Florida
Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
England
Trumani
White House
Wallace
Greece
Turkey
Truman
Missouri
President Visits His Sick Mother on Anniversary
President Truman spends the second anniversary of his accession visiting his mother in Grandview Missouri He arrives from Washington aboard The Sacred Cow with family and aides present He plans a dinner in Kansas City and a medical check up for his mother the next day keeping his health described as fine by him but noting ongoing crises in his presidency
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Grandview
Washington
Margaret
Independence
J. Vivian Truman
U. S. Marshall
Fred Canfield
T. J. Strickler
Strickler
Wallaces
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Roosevelt
Muehlebach
Kansas City
Wallace H. Graham
Joseph W. Greene
General Graham
Babson Associate Buys Acre Near Utopia Site
An associate of Roger W. Babson paid 1000 dollars for one acre of raw land near Babson's proposed Utopia settlement nine miles north of Eureka Kansas. Ted Putney of Wellesley Hills Massachusetts bought from E Bowman Greenwood county farmer as an investment. Babson said the purchase is not connected with his Utopia college project and urged investments in local farmland as safe in war and time of plenty.
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Eureka, Kas
Roger W. Babson
Babson
Utopia Settlement
Eureka
Ted Putney
Wellesley Hills
Mass
E. Bowman
Putney
Poor's Manual
Utopia College
U S Steel And Unions Still Negotiating
Pittsburgh April 12. Steel and its unions near the year’s end of goodwill face a possible strike as contract talks falter between U S Steel Corp and the Clo United Steel workers. A lag in agreement risks paralyzing production and crippling the industry. The talks proceed under a self imposed censorship with 30 day strike notice served by the union.
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Pittsburgh
Steel
U. S. Steel Corporation
Clo-United Steelworkers
Lewis Reopens Coal Mines After Sudden Policy Shift
John L. Lewis orders United Mine Workers district presidents to reopen mines immediately where there is reasonable ground to believe safety conditions exist. The move reversed last week's stance requiring formal safety certification, as government officials anticipate coal production nearly back to normal by Monday.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers District
Lewis
Greensburg
Pete Ihes
Afl-Amw
Hughes
Centralia
Federal District Court
Greeks Clear Guerillas From Pindus Mountains
Athens reports Greek government troops hold 1,550 to 1,175 square miles of guerrilla held terrain in the Pindus range. Guerrillas offer sporadic resistance while Thessaly and Macedonia operations press on surrounded fighters. Government says few casualties and leaflets offer safe conduct to civilian courts and amnesty.
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Athens
Pindus Mountains
Thessaly
Macedonia
Mayor O Dwyer urges city wide smallpox vaccination plan
Mayor William O Dwyer announced a city wide drive to vaccinate every New Yorker within three weeks. The effort uses civilian defense volunteers and aims to vaccinate about 100000 people at a cost the mayor said money would be no object.
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New York
William O'Dwyer
O'Dwyer
Civilian Defense Organization
Willerd Parker Hospital
Carmen Acosta
Upstate
Millbrook
Here
Health Department
Cherry Praises 1947 General Assembly Legwork
Governor Cherry lauded the 1947 General Assembly staff for their work and patriotism in a radio address. He highlighted a record $192,000,000 appropriations bill for the next biennium and expected all time high general fund receipts totaling about $52,000,000 this year. He noted corporate franchise tax cuts to $1.50 and insurance changes boosting revenue.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Cherry
North Carolina
WPTF
Assembly
Hitler Doubts London Agents After Bombing Confusion
Fragments of Hitler’s captured staff notes reveal his doubt over London agents as he laments not knowing how many houses were burned in London. Discussions with Generals Jodl and Korten, and Sweden’s ambassador, show reliance on Swedish and Swiss sources for Allied plans and disbelief at incomplete bomber results. Cromwell.
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Frankfurt
Adolf Hitler
Uehrer
U. S. Army
Hitler
London
Fuehrer
Sweden
Alfred Jodle
Korten
Stockholm
Dawson Convicted of Manslaughter in Highway Fatality
Judge Joe Dawson of Kinston is sentenced to three to five years after being convicted of manslaughter in the October 13 collision that killed a Trenton sailor and injured his wife. The verdict came after a five day trial with witnesses alleging Dawson’s car weaved and state officers citing suspected intoxication. Dawson plans an appeal and a 90 day window was granted to perfect the motion.
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Kinston
Recorder’s Court
Joe Dawson
Trenton
Duplin County
Q. K. Nimocks
Dawson
Fec
Robert Bruce Johnson
T. W. Fearing
18 Foot Ocean Swells Threatening Hawaii
Honolulu authorities warned that 18 foot sea swells were expected to strike all northern shores of the Hawaiian Islands today and tomorrow. The Weather Bureau cited a moderate storm center about 600 miles northeast of the islands, with winds not exceeding 24 miles an hour.
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Honolulu
Atort Shafter
Hawaiian Islands
U. S. Weather Bureau
Bell Rejects Proposal For Negotiations In Bell Strike
The NFTW pressed President Truman to intercede as Bell officials rejected industry wide bargaining. NFTW reports 335,000 idle across the country as the strike enters its sixth day while Beirne considers government operation of lines. Private talks resume over the weekend as unions dig in for a longer idle period and Bell maintains its position for separate negotiations.
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Norman Walker Washington
Truman
Bell Telephone System
Schwellenbach
Joseph A. Beirne
National Federation of Telephone Workers
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
NFTW
Beirne
Vance
New Jersey
John L. Crullood Louis
Federation Policy Committee
A. T
Bell
Schnellenbach
T. Hassa
Pennsylvania
Illinois
California
Bell Sytem
Labor Picture Not Promising This Week End
Congress debated labor bills as a nationwide auto and telephone strike loomed. The House committee approved a bill to curb union bargaining, sent to the floor for likely passage, while the Senate debated consolidating labor measures for a presidential decision. CIO leaders warned of wide effects, and Walter Reuther announced a 30 day notice for 75 000 workers at a major auto plant.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Labor Committee
House
Senate Republican Ference
Trumas
CIO
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto
Ryster Automobile Corporation
Truman
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