Boom Sale in Durable Goods Stuns Trade Experts
New York reports show a durable goods boom with higher car and household gadget demand. Experts cite factors from postwar marriages to war scare fears, while the Commerce Department notes varied auto sale sensitivity and flat incentives for price reductions. The May census shows 8 percent higher retailer sales led by lumber furniture autos.
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New York
Commerce Department
Paul G. Hoffman
Studebaker Corporation
Hoffmann
Moscow
Census Bureau
Tariff Threat Seen By Glove Industry
Milwaukee glove workers at the International Glove Workers Union convention warned that reduced tariffs threaten domestic production. Delegates cited cheaper imports from Japan Mexico France Malta and Puerto Rico and plant closures costing about 200 Wisconsin jobs.
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Milwaukee
America
International Glove Workers’ Union
Violet Schellsmidt
Japan
Mexico
France
Malta
Puerto Rico
Otto Weddell
Marinette
Joseph LeBouton
Joseph Goodfellow
International
Wisconsin
Goodfellow
Germany
Milan Textile Strike Paralyzes Industry Nationwide
About 580000 Italian textile workers walked out for 24 hours demanding a new work contract. Unions from both communist and anticommunist factions joined the action to pressure employers to sign agreements.
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Milan
Ruling Denies Chiang Kai-Shek in Japan or Okinawa
Top American military authorities denied rumors that Nationalist Chinese President Chiang Kai-Shek was in Japan or Okinawa. The rumors had circulated from Hong Kong and Formosa where Chiang had retreated from the Communist mainland of China.
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Tokyo
Chiang Kai-Shek
Japan
Okinawa
Hong Kong
Formosa
Chiang
China
Agreements Set To End Two Transit Strikes
The nation moves toward calmer labor tensions as tentative pacts end the Los Angeles transit standoff and allow 20 000 miners in Kentucky and Tennessee to return to work after a four day walkout. Union leaders expect rapid resumption of service and arbitration on remaining disputes.
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Los Angeles
Kentucky
Tennessee
Seattle
Wash
Portland
Ore
Pittsburgh
AFL Transportation Union
Atlanta
Georgia Power Co
State Public Service Commission
United Mine Workers
UMW
Harlan County Coal Operators Association
Bakers
AFL
Long Beach
San Bernardino
Santa Ana
Santa Barbara
Teens recount hours hidden in car trunk during chase and shootout
In Mingo Junction two teens Nick Cursi and Joseph Zomerchick described being held in a car trunk by Joseph Pacific for about 43 hours after a hitchhiking ride. Pacific killed by police following a chase sparked by his wife Matilda's escape and a gunfight at a flower shop.
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Mingo Junction
Joseph Pacific
Canonsburg
Matilda
Nick Cursi
Joseph Zomerchick
Cokeport
Pacific
Cursi
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Santa Fe Railroad
Capitol Steel and Iron Co
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National Geographic Sociey
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Oder
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West Virginia
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