Nationwide strike effects ripple through industries nationwide
Factory and union actions push wage gains as Detroit automakers Ford and Chrysler settle with the UAW for 18 and 12 percent respectively covering about 200,000 workers. Railroads, meat packing, RCA, trucking, steel, and mining follow with settlements and arbitration.
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Ford
Chrysler
United Automobile
Kaiser- Frazer Corporation
UAW
Willow Run
Radio Corporation of America
Midwest
AFL
Tioup
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
Missouri
Kansas
Dakotas
Philippines Independence Looms Amid Postwar Trials
John Foster Dulles cautions that decolonized nations could spark future wars as the United States readies full independence for the Philippines on July 4. Philippine ministers train in Washington, while a $450 million rehabilitation loan and a $100 million UNRRA grant seek backing.
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John Foster Dulles
UNO
America
Philippines
Washington
U. S. Senate
House
UNRRA
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
House Insular Affairs Committee
Crossroads tests atomic bombs on ships at Bikini Atoll
The article describes the Crossroads atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll with Admiral Blandy commanding a task force of 97 ships including the Nagato and Prinz Eugen. It notes three tests from May to next year with data collection by drones and shelters, and discusses expected damage from the blasts and waves.
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Adm. Blandy
New Mexico
Japan
Atoll
Eniwetok
Marshall Island
WWII Trials and War News Digest Notes
In Short Charged: Tokyo war crime trials allege POWs were forced to entertain at a party honoring Roosevelt's death. Denied: Byrnes says U.S. ships did not transport weapons to Spain. Died: Harry Hopkins, former Secretary of Commerce and WPA administrator. Voted: Clay County Neb farmers pass a strike against strikes seeking tools and appliances.
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Tokyo
Roosevelt
Byrnes
Spain
U.S. Army
Europe
Harry Hopkins
WPA
Clay County
De Gaulle Warns Atom War Risk in France U S Debate
The quote tracks a tense wartime debate as Gen Charles de Gaulle voices weariness and warns that if the United States faces an inevitable atomic war, action should begin now to secure supremacy in atomic bombs. The remarks reflect strategic jitters amid the war's escalation and the potential for a broader clash between nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles de Gaulle
France
Cellor
Chicago University
U. S
Radar Contact With Moon Sparks Hope of Alien Life
The Army Signal Corps beamed a radar pulse to the moon and heard its echo 2.4 seconds later marking a first man made contact. In Sydney, radio physicists claimed to record sun generated sound waves 92.9 million miles away, signaling potential for interplanetary communication. Maj. Gen. McClelland said sufficient power could send signals across space and perhaps receive intelligent replies.
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Army Signal Corps
Sydney
Australia
Earth
Harold McClelland
Army Air Forces
Yalta Conference Anniversary Noted for February Fourth
A brief notice marks the anniversary of the Yalta Conference held in February 1945. Leaders Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin shaped postwar diplomacy, with ongoing reference to the wartime alliance and its outcomes.
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Yalta
Justice Dept Plans Panel to Curb Juvenile Crime
The Federal Department of Justice launches a program to curb juvenile crime. Attorney General Clark will appoint a 25 member panel from church, education, business and welfare sectors to draft remedial measures. FBI finds rising teenage arrests with 21 percent under 21 and a 198 percent increase in girls under 18 since 1939.
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Federal Department of Justice
Clark
FBI
Butter Fire Rescue and Holiday Injuries Around the World
Tony Freese saved butter and his dairy truck after a 2100 pound butter load caught fire as he dumped 30 gallons of milk on the flames. In Atlanta a six year old boy, Jimmy Cash, was severely injured after being struck by a car and later spoke his first words after waking from a coma. In Moscow the Soviet population stood at 193 million with about 100 million born since 1917.
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CIO
United Steelworkers Union
Truman
Henry J. Kaiser
Fontana
Calif
Philip Murray
Murray
Miami
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
AFL
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Lewis
Labor
United Organization
Security Council
Trygve Lie
Lie
Reno Lee
Nomn
Soviet Union
Merly
Simitch
United States
Wincentymowski
U.S
Britain
Lesterson
Wington
UNO
R. Stettinius, Jr
Egates
Peace Organization
Paul Henri Spask
Belgium
The
Economic and Council
Long Beach
Tony Freese
Atlanta
Jimmy Cash
Jimmy
Santa
Moscow
Bilbo Promises 30 Day Senate Filibuster on FEPC
Sen. Theodore Bilbo of Mississippi vows a lengthy filibuster against the Fair Employment Practices bill. He boasts of a 12 percent marathon speech last summer and plans to speak for about 30 days. Supporters seek cloture to curb delays.
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Theodore Bilbo
Sen
Bilbo
Colleay
Pearl Ri
Senate
FEPC
Becaue
Oregon
Journal
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Detroit
Richard T. Leonard
John S. Bugas
Western Union
New York City
United Nations
New York
ARMY
William Councill
Nation
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Little Steels
Hiroshima
MacArthur
Virginia
W. Adm
W. H. P. Blandy
Naval Operations
Blandy Blandy
Navy
Annapolis
Naval Bureau of Ordnance
Crossroads
Pranes
Marshalls
Hungary
Laszlo de Bardossy
Budapest
Germany
Science
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Youth On the Loose
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