Ford and UAW Begin Delayed 1949 Contract Talks
Ford Motor Company and the CIO United Auto Workers opened negotiations covering 106 000 production workers. The talks focus on a company financed 100 month pension plan health and life insurance and a wage increase. A 5 p.m. deadline looms for selecting an arbitrator as Ford aims to resume full production within a week.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford
UAW
Harry Shulman
Ford-Uaw
House Democrats Stall On New Labor Act
Washington AP Democrats on the House Labor Committee failed again to agree on a compromise bill to repeal parts of Taft Hartley. The Senate is moving ahead with its own labor bill while Truman aides weigh options and possible veto outcomes.
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House
Washington
Senate
Truman Democrats
House Labor Committee
Truman
White House
Trumanould
Bound to jury in manslaughter case over OSU star death
Donn A. Schucker, 20, of Columbus, was bound over to the grand jury on a second degree manslaughter charge for the May 21 traffic death of Robert Lee Raidiger, 21, Ohio State University basketball star. Raidiger was struck while aiding a stalled auto near Columbus.
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Columbus
Donn A. Schucker
Robert Lee Raidiger
Ohio State University
Waverly
Cage Ace
Berlin Four-Power Governance Talks Face Split Over Veto
Western Powers and the Soviet Union remained at odds over reviving the Berlin four power commission. The United States Britain and France pressed for majority rule on secondary issues while preserving unanimity for major decisions. Russian Foreign Minister Vishinsky defended the veto and hinted at potentially narrowing the commission’s authority.
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Paris
Russia
Kommandatura
Berlin
Spur
U. S
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
Andrei Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Potsdam
West
Strike Settled in Cincinnati With Wage Increases
About 140 truck drivers and warehouse workers ended a 10 day strike by accepting weekly wage increases of 3 to 3.50 dollars. The new contract with 25 Greater Cincinnati furniture firms sets drivers at 59.50, helpers at 55.50, and warehousemen at 54.50 per week.
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Cincinnati
George Starding
Teamsters Union
AFL
Striking Teacher Wins $65 From State After Quit
ATLANTA AP A weary but resolute 54-year-old Dr. Willie Bomar, a Columbia University PhD and former economics teacher, ended a 53 hour sitdown strike by collecting $65.78 from the teacher retirement system after resigning. She sought a refund of $9.68 monthly contributions to fund cancer treatment and left for Mayo Clinic after negotiations.
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Atlanta
Willie Melmoth Bomar
Columbia University
J. L. Yaden
Yaden
Glenwood
Dr. Bomar
UN Development Plan Aims To Aid Undeveloped Nations
The United Nations outlined a program to spend about 35.9 million dollars in the first year and 50.1 million in the second year to spread technical know how and raise living standards in under developed countries. The plan requires approval by the Economic and Social Council and the General Assembly and likely won’t begin before 1950. It foresees decade long funding with no set figure for future years.
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Lake Success
United Nations
UN Economic and Social Council
UN General Assembly
Trygive Lie
Public Works Plan Aims to Ease German Unemployment
Frankfurt AP assigns American officials plan to fight Western Germany unemployment with public works. About 1.2 million jobless, nine percent of the workforce, may spark expansion through housing and power projects funded by ERP counterpart funds totaling 420 million marks. Norman Collison leads ECA, with German authorities to list viable projects.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Western Germany
Western
Economic Cooperation Administration
Norman Collison
ECA
Deportation Advised For Wife Of Eisler
Immigration inspector recommends deportation of Mrs. Gerhart Eisler from Ellis Island after a two hour hearing. Her counsel seeks bail and voluntary departure, while Eisler travels to East Germany to address a youth congress and future post at Leipzig University.
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Gerhart Eisler
Lumir Civrny
Prague
Czechoslovakia
England
Sone
Germany
University of Leipzig
America
Tom Clark
Un-American Activities Committee
Paris
Eisler
New York
Ellis Island
United States
Ralph Farb
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Mrs. Eisler
Poland
Watson B. Miller
Berlin
Soviet Zone
ADN
Dresden
Wilhelm Pieck
Max Seydewitz
Saxony
Leipzig
Tornadoes injure fourteen across four Midwest states
Fourteen people were injured as tornadoes swept rural areas in southwestern Iowa, northwestern Missouri, northeastern Kansas, and southeastern Nebraska. A Tarkio, Missouri region resident, about eleven people, and a family of three near Essex, Indiana, were reported injured as storms followed a day of showers.
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Chicago
Midwest
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Tarkio
Essex
Illinois
Wisconsin
Man Convicted Of Kidnapping In Federal Trial
Bernard J. Canniff of Youngstown Ohio, 44, was convicted by a federal court jury of kidnapping a New Castle Pennsylvania foreman and robbing him of 2500 dollars. Judge Nelson McVicar deferred sentence pending motions for a new trial. The victim, Ralph I. Johns, testified he was abducted at Farrell Pennsylvania last March and forced at gunpoint to drive to Masury Ohio.
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Pittsburgh
Bernard J. Canniff
Youngstown
Nelson McVicar
Canniff
New Castle
Ralph I. Johns
Farrell
Masury
Trumbull County
House Debates Increase in European Displaced Persons Quota
Washington AP reports the House faces a decision on boosting the displaced persons quota from 205000 to 339000 as part of a must pass bill. Administration seeks 400000. objections from Rep Gossett Bryson Tackett and others. Leaders discuss three year spread through June 1951 with possible compromises to 350000 or 375000 entrants.
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Congress
Spain
Curtis Calder
Army
Tidelands
Rayburn
Democratic Party
Des Moines
Britain
Gerhart Eisler
Washington
House
Europe
United States
Senate
Gossett
D-Tex
Bryson
D-Sc
Tackett
Judiciary Committee
Celler
D-Ny
Boy dies from head injuries after run with truck
John Bigler six died in Findlay from head injuries after colliding with a truck yesterday morning. The incident occurred here last night, AP reports.
Witness Charges Hiss Aided Russian Spy Ring
Whittaker Chambers testified that Alger Hiss turned over State Department documents to him and that films were given to J Peters who headed the Communist underground. The trial centers on whether Hiss lied to a grand jury denying involvement with a Soviet spy ring and how espionage evidence affects perjury charges.
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NEW York
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
State Department
Chambers
J. Peters
Samuel H. Kaufman
Congressional
Hiss
Charmbers
U. S
Thomas F. Murphy
Mur
Hickenlooper charges AEC with mismanagement
Senator Hickenlooper accuses the Atomic Energy Commission of violating the Atomic Energy Act as hearings begin on alleged mismanagement. He urges firing AEC Chairman Lilienthal and cites widespread emergency clearances in 1947 through 1949. Some senators consider calling Maj. Gen. Leslie Groves to testify on project delays.
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Washington
Hickenlooper
R-Ia
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
AEC
GOP
David E. Lilienthal
FBI
Communist Party
Ohio Turnpike Bill Signed By Lausche
Gov. Frank J. Lausche signed the toll turnpike legislation authorizing private bonds repaid by tolls and linking with a western Pennsylvania extension. The measure becomes effective in 90 days unless stalled by petitions. A four-member turnpike commission will oversee bonds, construction, and operation, with the state highway director. A recreation board bill failed 67-48 after rural opposition. a Lake Erie fishing and conservation study panel passed 92-29 with a January 15 1951 report deadline.
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Columbus
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Frank J. Lausche
Herbert S. Duffy
Lausche
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Commis
Carl Baker
D-Crawford
Gates testimony flags peaceful aims in Red conspiracy case
In New York, Communist Daily Worker editor John Gates testified in a Red conspiracy trial that the movement sought a peaceful approach to socialism and that armed conflict would only come if Wall Street interests blocked the will of the people. Judge Medina questioned the logic as Gates described the alleged plan of the eleven defendants.
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New York
United States
Wall Street
Communist Party
John Gates
Communist Daily Worker
Gates
Harold R. Medina
Harry Sacher
Defense Counsel
U. S. Red Politburo
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Pennsylvania Turnpike
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Indiana
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