Simmons Workers Walk Out: Nash CIO Men Return to Jobs
About 2,000 Simmons Company employees in Kenosha walked out at 9 a.m. and formed a strike after alleging bad faith from management over a wage rise request of 25 percent. Union officials said negotiations stalled and the walkout closed one of the city’s largest plants as talks continued.
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Kenosha
Brass Workers
Uaw-Cio Nash
Simmons Company
Simmons
Martin M. Ferkin
Federal Labor Union, Local 18456
Sixth Region War Labor Board
Army Cuts Overseas Duty Points Exempt 300000
The Army lowered overseas screening scores and exempted about 300000 officers and men from future duty abroad effective immediately. Enlisted soldiers with a Sept 2 score of 36 or more or aged 37 or older or 34 with over a year of service will not be sent overseas. Officers face similar age and point thresholds by specialty. The changes exclude regular army members and volunteers to Overseas service.
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Washington
Army
United States
Medical Department
Medical Corps
Dental Corps
Veterinary Corps
Medical Administrative Corps
War Department
Regular Army
Dakota Indians Declare War Over in South Dakota Tribute
President Truman received formal acknowledgment from the Sioux of South Dakota that the war has ended. Senator Chan Gurney presented the White House with a peace pipe from Chief Henry Standing Bear and Chief Frank Goodlance honoring the president for ending the conflict. The pipe recalls Crazy Horse smoking it in 1876 after rejoining peaceful life following the Custer massacre.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
South Dakota
Sen
Chan Gurney
R.S.D
White House
Henry Standing Bear
Frank Goodlance
Crazy Horse
Custer
Montana
New Labor Disputes Increase Nation's Idle to 323000
Two new disputes entered the nation’s labor scene today swelling the idle to over 323000. In New York 11000 elevator operators and maintenance workers began a strike affecting 975 mid Manhattan office buildings during the morning rush. AFL lumber and sawmill workers in the Pacific Northwest halted work involving 348 mills and camps over wage and bargaining demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan
Empire State Building
AFL Lumber and
Pacific Northwest
Brass Strike Nears Resolution After Wage Dispute
About 1,200 Nash-Kelvinator plant workers returned to their jobs as Local 72 of the UAW CIO resumed operations after a 24 day plant closure. Negotiations continued with no new developments beyond a four man labor committee meeting to discuss issues other than the hot press dispute. The union demands include a guaranteed minimum annual wage of 2600 dollars and a general 35 cent increase, while the strike by Local 19322 AFL continues.
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Uaw.-Cio
Nash-Kelvinator
Brass and Copper
AFL
American Brass Company
D. C. Rowell
Brass Company
Fouranan Labor Committee
Tuesaday
Nash Motors
UAW
Nash
Local 72
MacArthur freezes Japanese funds and tightens postwar controls
General Douglas MacArthur issued an eight point directive to Japan ordering the freezing of assets outside the home islands, bans on gold and currency transfers, and strict wage and price controls. He also ordered stripping Domei of government press privileges and opening news dissemination to competition.
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Tokyo
U.P
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Truman
MacArthur
Domei
S Sgt Leo F Fleiss Receives Bronze Star For Skill
Staff Sergeant Leo F Fleiss, crew chief of a B29 in the 459th bomber squadron, awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service. He completed 25 combat missions without a plane mishap, increased to 31, and solved ground servicing problems while logging long extra hours. He is stationed in Guam awaiting furlough and recently married Florence Benuska. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Fleiss of Sturtevant Wisconsin and resides at 4820 Twenty fifth Avenue Kansas.
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Leo F. Fleiss
459Th
Army Air Corps
Mariannas
Air Corp
Guam
Florence Benuska
Kansas
Sgt. Fleiss
Lawrence Fleiss
Sturtevant, Wis
Florence Benuska Fleiss
Twenty Fifth Avenue
Mobile X-Ray Unit Offers Free TB Screening for Kenoshans
Westown merchants and their employees may be X-rayed today through Wednesday at the old engine house on Twenty-second avenue and Roosevelt under a Wisconsin Board of Health mobile unit. Over 90 percent of Wisconsin screenings in three years showed no lung disease. The schedule lists sites at Snap-on Tools and Wilmot High School with times from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., plus future stops at Vincent-McCall Co and other Kenosha firms through October 19.
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Westown
Twenty-second Avenue
Roosevelt
Wisconsin Board ‘of Health
Wisconsin
Kenoshans
Snap
Macwhyte Company
Fourteenth Avenue
Open Center
Kenosha Youth Foundation
Quaker
Sixtieth Street
Week-end wrecks leave one badly hurt in Kenosha
A 17-year-old Kenosha boy was seriously injured and four others suffered lesser injuries in 11 traffic collisions over the week-end in the city and county. John C. Stine, 17, riding a bicycle, was fractured skull when struck by Harold Uphill's car at Sheridan road and Twenty-seventh street at 9 p.m. Sunday. Stine was taken to Kenosha hospital in serious condition. Other incidents included Steven Pascucci, 54, injured when his bicycle hit a truck driven by Robert Backeleh at Fifty-second street and Twenty-fifth avenue. Several noninjury collisions were reported on Sixth avenue and Sheridan road. Further details continued on Page Two.
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Kenosha
John C. Stine
Fifth Avenue
Harold Morton
Uphill
Box
Eighth Place
Sheridan Road
Fifty Seventh Street
Fifty-second Street
Twenty-fifth Avenue
Backeleh
Pascucci
Eugene Zica ‘Reli
Pascuccci
Kenosha ‘Hospital
Louis Windorf
Eugenia Thompson
Green Bay
Sixth Avenue
Windorf
Thompson
Windort
Warren Spencer
Havens Avenue
Racine
Stephan Sergeant
Fifty-sixth Street
Spencer
Albert Molinaro
MacArthur to Receive Emperor Hirohito
Tokyo reports say General MacArthur will receive Emperor Hirohito at the American embassy with no date set. Sources note a decision on the meeting place was made at a conference with Admiral Fujita. Household Minister Sotaro Ishii was present during inquiries to the AP.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Emperor Hirohito
Fujita
Grand Chamberlin
Sotaro Ishi
Wate
Associated Press
French Voting Shows Strong Left Trend in Local Elections
In France the left gains dominate local government races as Communists win 23 seats and Socialists 102 with the center losing 53 and the right dropping 121. Runoffs set for Sept 30, national vote due Oct 23 to decide the Fourth Republic, with De Gaulle ministers largely victorious. One woman conservative elected and ex Premiers Herriot Queuille and Sarraut noted among candidates. A separate photo shows Maj. A K Wermuth, a "One Man Army" from Chicago, liberated at Mukden after WWII.
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Paris
France
Paul Reynold
Leon Blume
Socialist Party
Lille
Pas de Calais
Edouard Herriot
Rhone
Henri Queuille
Edouard Datadier
Albert Sarraut
Maj
A. K. Wermuth
Cataan
Manila
Mukden
Manchuria
Wermuth
Chicago
Signal Corps
Rule Vets Need Not Join Union
Washington U P Veterans with re employment rights cannot be forced to join a union to get old jobs back. A policy guide to local draft boards says during the year of guaranteed reinstatement the veteran’s rights take precedence over seniority. Union membership may not be required as a prerequisite to reinstatement. In border line cases the former job should be judged in the veteran’s favor. The policy clarifies the closed shop issue, believed to have been in effect for some time. In some cases unions and employers waive the closed shop for the guaranteed year.
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Washington
U.P
Selective Services
Selective Service
Belgium Appeals for Patriots Fund Donations
Belgium, scarred by Nazi occupation, seeks support from the Patriots Fund campaign October 16-19 aiming to raise $187,000. About $81,700 goes to national relief via Belgian War Relief, funding child care, food, clothing, and care for Belgian refugees in Britain.
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Belgium
Patriots Fund
Belgian War Relief Society
Britain
England
United States
Wherry Attacks Liberal Press Over Acheson Nomination
Senator Wherry charged a smear campaign against General MacArthur and urged blocking Dean Acheson’s undersecretary of state nomination. He cited the Daily Worker and PM, questioned Acheson’s answers, and noted a possible Eisenhower troop estimate dispute while citing Potsdam signatures.
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Washington
Wherry
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Senate
Dean A. Acheson
Daily Worker
Nebraskan
Acheson
British Novelist Thomas Burke Dies at 59
Thomas Burke, the British author of Limehouse Nights, died Saturday at age 59. A prominent novelist, Burke contributed to early 20th century literary circles and left a lasting impact on crime and urban fiction.
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London
Thomas Burke
Witness Testifies Nazi Camp Commandant Led Naked Parade
Sophia Litwinska tells of Oswiecim camp women lined up naked for a Christmas Day parade to the gas chamber. She says Commandant Hessler and two doctors selected victims. she survived after being pulled from the chamber and treated at a hospital.
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Lueneberg
Germany
Hessler
Truman Unifies Surplus Disposal Under State Department
Washington reports that President Truman orders the State Department to oversee global wartime surplus disposal. John W. Snyder says Europe faces about 6 million tons of surplus worth roughly $1,000 per ton, with Pacific figures pending. The plan transfers disposal duties from the Army Navy Liquidation Commission and the Foreign Economic Administration.
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Washington
Truman
State Department
John W. Snyder
Europe
Snyder
Senate
Pacific
Department
Army Navy Lquidation
Foreign Economic Administration
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William F. Halsey
Meiji Shrine
William C. Chase
U.S. First Cavalry Division
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National Labor Relations Board
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War Labor Board
WLB
Beatrice M. Lunte
Rome
Pat Leaveck
Box 172
Robert Schuch
Hirohito
DeGaulle
Charles DeGaulle
United Kingdom
China
Soviet Union
Tydings
Russia
Barkley
Hans
Charles Chamberlain
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