Unions Seek Retroactive Wages Across Federal Courts
Nationwide actions filed by unions seek nearly 790 million dollars in retroactive wage claims for portal to portal time. Total suits in nine cities push combined demand beyond 679.6 million with additional claims of 50 million against National Biscuit and 2 million against Mt. Clemens Pottery. Major targets include Ford Rouge and Willow Run plants, Bethlehem Hingham Shipyards, and thousands of wartime workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portal - To - Portal
Torday
National Biscuit Company
New York
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Rouge
Fords
Willow Run
CIO
Boston
Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyards, Inc
Immigration halt debate sparks Senate clash
Senator Elmer Thomas urges an immediate halt to all immigration with no race or nationality exceptions. President Truman cites refugee needs, while Republicans demand to review proposals before taking a position. Myers proposes an emergency quota approach amid reports of about 800000 displaced Europeans in camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Elmer Thomas
Truman
Thomas
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Senate Republican Steering Committee
Wiley
R-Wis
Judiciary Committee
Myers
D-Pa
New York
Investigation of butter price manipulation in New York
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson ordered an inquiry into yesterday's butter price drop in New York. The probe will review seven complaints that organized milk producers bought butter to keep January milk prices at December levels of 5.46 per hundred pounds, amid a broader price decline in farm goods.
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Washington
Anderson
New York
Agriculture Department
Chicago
Dairymen's League Cooperative Association
Plane Crash Report Near Westminster West of Walhalla
State highway patrol and residents chase reports of an unidentified aircraft exploding in midair and crashing in hilly Oconee County west of Westminster. Sam Albertson said to have seen a ball of fire and the plane go over a mountain while he was hunting. investigators from the Anderson district to inspect the area as forest rangers and local police report no wreck confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walhalla
S. C
Westminister
Oconee County
D. B. Darby
Sam Albertson
Thrift
Weather forecast for North Carolina December 28 1945
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight followed by cloudy conditions with rain on Saturday. Sunday turns colder with continued cold into Monday. Warmer Tuesday and Wednesday. Light to moderate showers in the weekend.
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North Carolina
Carolinas
Train wreck injures about forty on Panama Limited near New Orleans
The Illinois Central Panama Limited derailed at Ruddock Louisiana about 31 miles from New Orleans. About 40 passengers were injured with ambulances taking the more seriously hurt to Hammond and Ponchatoula hospitals. A broken coupling likely ripped off the last three cars. the first two of those three left the rails.
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New Orleans
Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago
McComb
Miss
Ruddock
Hammond
Ponchatoula
J. H. Price
Tobe Clements
Joseph L. Rickell
The
Illinois Central
Lakes Pontchartrain
Nauropas
Rickell
French Claim Victory In Indo China
Paris reports that French forces repelled a Christmas night attack in Hanoi with heavy Viet Nam losses including eight Japanese among the dead. Other clashes across northern Indochina followed as French columns moved toward Phulangihuong and Nam Dinh, with minor actions near Hue, Tourane and Haiphong.
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Paris
Indochina
Hanoi
France
Phulangihuong
Cap Cau
Viet-Namese
Nam Dinh
Hue
Annam
Tourane
Haiphong
No Ultimatum Talk Surprising Navy Leaders
AP reports Washington said the Soviet ultimatum to the U S navy courier ship at Dairen was not a formal demand. Cmdr Edgar L Yates and Adm Charles M Cooke Jr described the 20 minute deadline and warned of possible consequences. Soviet troops appeared at the dock during the two day stay, though no overt acts occurred.
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Shanghai
State Department
Washington
U. S. Navy
Dairen
Navy
Cmdr
Edgar L. Yates
Adm
Charles M. Cooke, Jr
Seventh Fleet
Ton
Yates
Ens. Tilghmann B. Koons
Lincoln White
Strike Ends and New Walkout Emerges at Gas Plants
Newark dispatch reports Public Service gas workers at Jersey City and Piscataway returned to work at 8 a m after a settlement ended their dispute for now. A larger, more extensive strike began at the Harrison plant, the state s largest gas works, and at the Newark substation, signaling broader disruption ahead. Frederick A ydecker, VP of gas operations, warned the new walkout would have far reaching effects.
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Newark
N. J
Public Service and Gas Company
Jersey City
Piscataway Township
Harrison
Frederick A.ydecker
Public Service
Allen Quits Position As RFC Leader
George E. Allen resigns as chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation effective January 22. The White House prepared release confirms the move, ending his term after a year since his nomination by President Truman.
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Washington
George E. Allen
Truman
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
White House
Allen
RFC
Senate
Soviet Delegate Absent From U N Atomic Meeting
Andrei A. Gromyko did not attend a United Nations atomic energy commission session on December 27 as discussions over Bernard Baruch's plan for atomic control began behind closed doors. Dr S P Alexandrov sat in Gromyko's place while speculation grew about Russia’s willingness to participate in future votes.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Andrei A. Gromyko
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
S. P. Alexandrov
Gromyko
Russia
Bernard M. Baruch
Gis Ag
Gromko
Poland
Baruch
United States
Sir Alexander Gadogan
Britain
U.N. Security Council
Rent Ceilings Raised for Converted Dwellings by OPA
OPA officials announced higher rent ceilings for buildings converted into dwelling units due to rising construction costs. New unit rents now cap at the area’s similar accommodations plus four dollars per month per thousand dollars of construction costs. FHA may seek to fix rents on conversion projects, while housing officials push for more rental housing and conversions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Federal Housing Administration
Office of Temporary Controls
FHA
Christmas Death Toll Tops 35 in Carolinas
Fatalities from traffic crashes drownings fires and shootings over a 30 hour period beginning Christmas Eve rise to at least 35 in North and South Carolina. Traffic accidents account for 13 deaths in NC and 6 in SC while drownings and a fatal house fire near Pamplico add to the toll. An 8 year old boy Paul Wayne Travis in North Carolina is among those mourned.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
South Carolina
Neuse
Pamplico
Paul Wayne Travis
State Gets Project Fund
Advances were made today by Major General Philip B. Fleming to finance the preparation of drawings and specifications for local public works in North Carolina. Funds for planning will be provided through the bureau of community facilities and are repayable when construction starts. The list includes Cleveland county education board additions to Boiling Springs high school and Piedmont high school, plus a sewer system at Trenton with specified costs and federal advances.
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Washington
Philip B. Fleming
Federal Works Administrator
North Carolina
Bureau of Community Facilities
Federal Works Agency
Cleveland County Board of Education
Boring Springs
Boiling Springs
Piedmont High School
Lawndale
Trenton
70 Percent Of Lend Lease Marked Paid
President Truman told Congress that 70 percent of wartime lend lease aid has been marked paid and that accounting will underpin postwar economic stability. He cited totals through Sept 30 of about $50.692 billion, with substantial recoveries from reverse lend lease and payments. Britain received 65 percent, the Soviets 28 percent. Russia invited to negotiate settlements.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
United States
Russia
Britain
Yugoslavia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Plane Crash Toll Tops Seventy One in Shanghai Disaster
Shanghai's Christmas night triple plane crash raises death toll to 71 with 11 injured survivors. Captain Ralph Brand Preus of Minneapolis among the injured. Investigators cite Lunghwa field's outdated equipment and lack of marker beacons as a focus. Airlines promise compensation to victims' families. One four year old, Wong Dee-Dee, survived. A fourth missing plane later landed safely.
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Shanghai
Ralph Brand Preus
Minneapolis
Preus
Lunghwa
Chinese National Aviation, Corp
Central Air Transport Corp
Wong Dee-Dee
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Inyokern
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Indo-China
William H. Newton
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Andreia Gromyko
Mickey Rooney, JR
Birmingham
Ala
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Australia
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Turkey
Uncle Sam
Canada
Dominion
South Africa
Norway
Greece
Netherlands
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Japan
China
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