Industries wrestling with 1951 price and material controls
Mirror of Business notes industries face tighter civilian use limits as defense orders rise. Copper, steel, aluminum and rubber curbs hit mills and auto supply chains, prompting layoffs and postponed civilian production. Officials stress a future ramp as defense production expands, but current pain persists for many workers and small manufacturers.
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Dawson
NEW York
Connecticut
Akron
Washington
Rail Unions Charge Railroads Stall Wage Talks
Four railroad unions claim carriers save 4 million dollars weekly by stalling wage talks over operating rules. They cite a 25 cent hourly raise for yard workers and 10 cents for road service plus a 40 hour week, costing over 200 million annually. Carriers blame slow operating rules overhaul to curb feather bedding.
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Harold W. Ward
Washington
White House
RFC loan to Saxony Hotel in Miami Beach studied by Senate committee
Senator Fulbright says a $1.5 million Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan to the Saxony Hotel is being examined as part of upcoming RFC loan practices hearings. An investigator has visited Florida to review the hotel and its operator George D. Sax of Chicago, while a separate inquiry into punchboard manufacturers was announced for Friday.
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Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate
Florida
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Saxony
Miami Beach
RFC
Senate Banking
Truman
White House
Donald Dawson
George D. Sax
Chicago
Sax
Special Crime Investigating Committee
National Guard unit trains at Camp Atterbury instead of earlier sites
The 37th Infantry Division of the Ohio National Guard will hold training from June 24 to July 8 at Camp Atterbury in Indiana. The camp change shifts plans away from Indiantown Gap Pennsylvania and Camp Pickett Virginia where it was originally slated to go.
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37Th
Infan Division
Ohio National Guard
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Indiantown Gap
Camp Pickett Va
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