Nash Pension Arranged Without Strike
Detroit March 16 The UAW CIO and four smaller unions reached a settlement with Nash-Kelvinator Corp ending a walkout at Chrysler relief talks. The agreement creates a pension plan giving $1000 monthly to eligible workers, with social security benefits and industry pattern wage features. Nash funds a seven cent daily pension into a protected fund and preserves union influence in pension administration.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Nash-Kelvinaster Corp
Chrysler
Uaw-Cio
Nash
UAW
Washington
Keep Informed for a Stronger Democracy
James Marlow reports on a speech by Gordon Dean of the atomic energy commission noting surveys show 28 percent of Americans hadn’t heard of the atomic explosion in Russia. He argues democracy requires an informed public and that citizens must read, listen, and discuss to hold Congress accountable. He stresses media must inform well and citizens must stay engaged.
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Marlow
Washington
Gordon
Dean
Atomic, Energy Commission
Pulsetalers
Truman
Rusia
Congress
Isolation not needed in polio treatment
Rock, March 11. Dr. William A. Reilly of the University of Arkansas medical school, chair of pediatrics, says elaborate isolation facilities are unnecessary for polio treatment. Diagnosis often shows contagion risk has passed, and patients should be treated in their own communities. He anticipates another polio wave next summer but not as severe as last year’s nearly 1,000 cases and about 50 deaths.
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Site Rock
PIA University of Arkansas Medical School
William A. Reilly
Department of Pediatrics
Pollo
Reilly
Arkansas
Plead Not Guilty in Red Kidnaping Case at Court Martial
Salzburg March 15 two American soldiers Sergeant Join Frankey of New York City and Corporal Karl Abel of Bolivar Mo pleaded innocent before a court martial accused of common law kidnapping false imprisonment private correspondence with a foreign power and misuse of an army vehicle Abel also faces theft of an army radio transmitter If convicted they could face life imprisonment Abel allegedly contacted a Russian directed kidnapping ring last September while trying to sell a radio transmitter in Vienna and the pair were hired to abduct Oswald Eder from his home in the British sector of Vienna and turn him over to Soviet agents outside the city The kidnapping allegedly occurred November 11 they reportedly were paid 7000 Austrian schillings about 250"}
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Austria
Join Frankey
New York City
Karl Abel
Bolivar
Abel
Vienna
Frankey
Oswald Eder
Schillings
Uninformed voters threaten democracy by ceding power
The passage argues that when the uninformed abstain from informing themselves they let others decide laws and influence policy. It warns this concentrates power in few hands, risks irresponsible lawmakers, and could bring in congressmen who oppose the general welfare.
Plans Formed for Crackdown on Gambling
Washington reports a joint local state and federal plan to curb big time gambling begins to take shape. Mayor Thomas Clesandra of Baltimore chairs a two day session at the justice department with officials to outline cooperation and potential new laws, aiming to curb organized gambling as FBI Director Hoover notes.
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Washington
Thomas Clesandra
Baltimore
Justice Department
McGrath
FBI
J. Eds J Hoover
Underworld
D‘alesandro
Fire destroys large Goodyear warehouse in Kansas City
A massive blaze at Goodyear Tire and Rubber in north Kansas City destroyed about 60,000 rubber tires and 70,000 inner tubes, with damage estimated over 2.8 million dollars. Fire raged for hours, burning through the night as crews fought the heat and planned to continue into today.
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Kansas City
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
City leaders form subcommittees on federal and state gambling laws
D Alesandro names a federal legislation subcommittee led by Pittsburgh Mayor David Lawrence and a state laws panel, with Nevada Attorney General Alan H. Bible chairing the latter. A municipal legislation subcommittee will be run by John P. McGrath of New York City, and a cooperation subcommittee by Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher Brown. Reports and recommendations due by April 15 to the Denver executive committee headed by Mayor Quigg Newton. aim is action on federal legislation in the current congressional session.
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D'Alesandro
David Lawrence
Pittsburgh
Alan H. Bible
Nevada
John P. McGrath
New York City
Fletcher Brown
Los Angeles
Calif
Congress
Quigg Newton
Denver
Fire damage hits Bellas Hess building complex
A fast moving fire across the street from the nine story National Bellas Hess structure caused heavy smoke and water damage to the larger Bellas Hess complex. The building houses Bellas Hess, Percy Kent Bag Co Inc and Stern Slegman Prints, a clothing manufacturer.
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National Bellas Hess
Bellas Hess
Percy Kent Bag Co., Inc
Stern Slegman Prints Company
Pioneer Woman Suffrage Leader Alice Blackwell Dies
Cambridge March 16 Alice Stone Blackwell 92 a pioneer in the women's suffrage movement died yesterday at her home. She was daughter of Lucy Stone Blackwell an international leader in the fight for women's rights. Her family organized the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association.
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Cambridge
Mass
Alice Stone ‘Blackwell
Miss Blackwell
Ucy (Stone) Blackwell
Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Asso
Women’s Journal founder and editor in suffrage era
The text notes a 19th century origin in 1870, the founding of the Women’s Journal, and Miss Blackwell serving as editor-in-chief when the Journal merged in 1917 with the Woman Voter published by the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
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Riation
Women's Journal
Miss Blackwell
Woman Voter
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Doan's Pills Promoted For Backache and Kidney Relief
An old time advertisement touts Doan's Pills to relieve backache fatigue and headaches caused by overexertion cold or damp conditions. It claims kidney support though the copy uses outdated phrasing and asserts broad success for over six decades.
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Dean
Doan
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