Wage talks swirl as steel, auto unions press for gains
Pittsburgh April reports say President Murray and United States Steel vice president Stephens reached a waste agreement in principle after talks that caused a one day postponement of a CIO Steelworkers meeting. GM meanwhile offered 11.5 cents plus holidays. UAW called it unsatisfactory and negotiations to resume in Detroit.
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PITTSBURGH
Philip Murray
CI.Q
John A. Stephens
United States Steel Corporation
Murray
Stephens
C.I.C.United Steelworkers’ executive board
United Auto Workers
CTO
General Motors Corporation
United Electrical Workers
General Motors
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
auto workers
DETROIT
United Automobile Workers
CIO
CIC
Fittsburgh
Walter P. Reuther
UAW
Harry W. Anderson
Chrysler Corporation
Ford Motor Company
United States
Move Fast On Control Bill
Ottawa April 19 government price control provisions of the main control bill were approved by the commons with little dissension and one amendment. Justice Minister Isley proposed making prices board officials subject to damage actions for deliberate harm in duty. The section authorizing the continuation of the prices board for another year was adopted as clause by clause study continued. A free vote on the amendment was discussed to let parliament decide the board’s future. Montreal April 19 theft of 340000 in Victory bonds from Theo Phenix flour company office at St Hyacinthe Que reported to police.
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OTTAWA
commons
Justice
Isley
prices board
tms
house
Tisley
MONTREAL
Theo Phenix
St. Hyacinthe
Murray Canal remembered by western readers
The Left Hand Corner recalls the Murray Canal and its history from Lake Ontario to the Bay of Quinte. It notes a decline in water traffic as autos rose, mentions Sir John A. Macdonald delivering a dedication speech beside the canal, and reflects on changing travel patterns and popular summer getaways along the route.
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Murray Canal
Lake Ontario
Bay of Quinkc
Lafe
Thousand Islands
lethbrider
John A. Macdonald
Canada
Sir John
MacNicol Bill Creates National Wildlife Week in Canada
Ottawa April 19 In the house of commons late last night members gave third reading to a private bill by John R. MacNicol for Toronto Davenport. The bill would establish a national wildlife week beginning each year on April 30, Sack Miner’s birthdate, a noted Kingston Ontario conservationist. The measure now goes to the senate.
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OTTAWA
C.P
house of commons
John R. MacNicol
P.C
foronto-Davenport
Canada
Sack Miner
Kingsville
Ont
senate
Fire Gutts Large Leeds Flour Mill Plant
A massive blaze swept the International Flour Milling Company plant in suburban Leeds in mid April 1947, nearly destroying the facility. Firefighters saved about 1599,000 bushels of wheat stored in concrete tanks, with damage estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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SIOUX GITY
Internsional Flour Milling Company
Leeds
Steel Magnates Plead Innocent in War Crimes Case
German steel magnate Friederich Flick and five associates pleaded innocent as American prosecutor Taylor accused them of sharing blame with militarists for Nazi crimes. The group faced charges of aiding the Nazi rise, financing the regime, using slave labor, and plundering occupied territories.
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Flick
Krupp combine
Telford Taylor
Bate
Naz
Taylor
Constable Dies After Bomb Blast Near Tel Aviv
JERUSALEM April 19 A constable wounded in four attacks yesterday on Smath personnel died in a hospital, raising the death toll from reprisals by Jewish underground extremists for the hanging of four Irgun Zvai Learn members. A bomb blast destroyed an armored car on Alleney Road in Tel Aviv. A second officer was seriously wounded, two officers fled after the taxi attack, one civilian was killed and two wounded. Attacks appeared to end at sundown, the start of the Jewish Sabbath, after three ambushes of British police and one raid on a military leave center where a sentry was shot dead.
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JERUSALEM
Smath
Irgun Zral
Alleney Road
Tel Aviv
Natanjsa
Winnipeg waitress wins $240000 from Minneapolis bachelor
A 68 year old Winnipeg waitress named Margaret Laxdal was willed $240,000 by Minneapolis bachelor Thomas B Campbell. The will, written by hand in Canada, was upheld by Probate Judge James J. Kehoe. Laxdal plans careful use of the fortune for a home, charity, and better living, with plans to avoid frivolous spending.
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WINNIPEG
Minneapolis
Thomas B Campbell
Marlage
Margaret Landal
Campbell
Million Dollar Find Amid Texas City Disaster Cleanup
Paul Stokes, working 24 hours a day, uncovered $10,000,000 in company fire policies and workers' life policies in ruined rooms at the Texas City Terminal Railway site. Rescue crews, including Stokes, have recovered 85 bodies and race to reach others beneath debris as fires burn and the area remains under tight security.
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HAL BOYLE
TEXAS CITY
Tex
Paul Stokes
Stokes
Texas City Terminal Railway company
W. H. Sandberg
Sandberg
Stukes
GALVESTON
Roy E. Hanna
mainland
Galveston News
Monsanto
Texas Rangers
Seek Treasure On Blasted Island
Reuters reports German fishermen violated orders and secretly reached Heligoland after yesterday's explosion while Royal Navy patrols chased them away. Marshal Sir Sholto Douglas flew over the island as observers noted coastal batteries and submarine pens were demolished. Naval officials said the mission aimed to demilitarize the fortifications and scientists and technicians would survey effects ahead of further actions.
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CUXHAVEN
Germany
Reuters
Heligoland
Marshal
Sholto Douglass
Gereman
Queen Elizabeth Sails From Southampton in Delay
The Queen Elizabeth sailed for New York from Southampton on April 19. The liner was 60 hours behind schedule after running aground near her home berth earlier in the week, causing a mid voyage delay.
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SOUTHAMPTON
England
New York
berch here
Averting Walk-Out Nears End for Telegraphers and Bell Workers
Washington reports a national walkout by Western Union telegraphers was averted as 50,000 workers would gain a five cent wage rise and other benefits under a tentative agreement. The AFL unions pressed for a 25 cent hourly increase, with ratification pending by related unions. Ronald W. Haughton said the deal would keep peace for six months, after which terms could reopen. Bell system workers await Truman’s conference to press for higher pay for about 340,000 employees.
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Ennion
Truman
United States congress
New York
West_ern Union Telegraph company
Telegraphers Union
A.F.L
C.7.U
Telegraph Workers Union
Telegraph Employees Union
Ronald W. Haughton
federal
caneiistor
souness
Bell system
Doctors Fight To Save Quads In Lancashire
ECCLES Lancashire April 19 Reuters doctors at Hope hospital strive to save four premature quads born to 38 year old Marian Love of Seedley Salford during a three hour span. The two boys and two girls, two months premature, are feeble and too weak to be weighed. The mothers condition is described as fair. The quads are in oxygen tents.
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Lancashire
Eng
Reuters
Hope hospital
Marian Love
Seedley
Salford
Lawes
C.F
Marian Lowe
Lane
Stedley
Convicted of Murder in Juneau Grocery Slaying
Austin Nelson, 28, was convicted on Friday of first degree murder for the December 22 slaying of Jim Ellen in his grocery store. The jury returned its verdict after two hours of deliberation.
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JUNEAU
Alaska
ot Austin Nelson
Jim Ellen
grotery
Princess Elizabeth Birthday Obs in Britain and Africa Tour
London reports the 21st birthday of Princess Elizabeth will pass largely unobserved in Britain while celebrated in South Africa where she travels with family. Flags fly on government buildings as part of the observance, with plans for a carnival and electric display canceled to support a wartime era restraint. Rumors swirl about marriage to Philip Mountbatten and a rise in income from crown rents, plus potential changes to her title and status as a royal.
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STUART UNDERHILL
LONDON
South Africa
Princess
Eliza
beth
ithe
chee
prineres
Philp Mountbatten
Philip of
Greece
Reyal
Princess of Wales
Deadly Texas City Blast Death Toll Rises
Texas City toll from the Grandcamp disaster climbs past five hundred with the Red Cross listing 580 dead, though some duplications exist. Bodies recovered from the Monsanto plant number about 35, improvised morgue holds 295, as teams clear wreckage amid smoke and fires. A "dead body commission" is named to handle identifications after unauthorized removals. Experts say the exact cause may take years to determine, with nitrate cargo and ammunition aboard the Grandcamp cited as factors.
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Grandcamp
Texas City
Monsanto Chemical Corporation
Red Cross
J. C.Trahan
Tye
John A. Rios
Galveston
Tex
Willam
T. Butler
Buller
coast guard board
Butler
coast guard
END SLAUGHTER QUOTAS OTTAWA CRISIS
The Prices Board announces hog slaughter quotas will be discontinued after midnight tonight. Pork price ceilings remain unchanged.
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OTTAWA
Prices Board today
Last Chance On Austria In Moscow Conference
The Big Four foreign ministers pressed to resolve Austria frontiers at State Secretary Marshall's urging. Yugoslavia sought southern Carinthia, Russia favored it, while western powers backed the demand. A final deadlock on this issue, following a German assets stalemate, could derail the Austrian treaty for now. Marshall and Bevin eyed a swift windup, but reporting suggests little chance of a full agreement on German or Austrian treaties.
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MOSCOW
Marshall
Austria
Yugoslavia
Carinthia
Russia
Bevin
United States
Russa
Greece
Furser
Depth charges used as precaution in Haifa harbor
In Haifa harbor British authorities dropped depth charges as a precaution against further attacks on deportation ships by militants deemed to be swimmers with mines. Heightened security followed four attacks on British personnel in Palestine seen as reprisals for the hangings of four Irgun leaders.
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Haifa
Palestine
Jewish underground
Irgan_ Zrai Leumi
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