GE and Firestone workers win eight percent wage rise
Leaders of the CIO United Electrical Workers approved an eight percent raise for 125,000 General Electric employees after 17 weeks of talks. The boost adds about nine to 15 cents per hour to the current average pay of 55.99 dollars weekly and takes immediate effect. Separately in Pittsburgh the union rejected a six percent offer.
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New York
CIO
United Electrical Workers
General Electric Company
Pittsburgh
Cleveland boilermakers approve new 1 3 cent raise pact
About 350 construction boilermakers in the Cleveland Akron Canton Erie area signed a new contract with 25 boiler contracting firms and Lodge No. 744 AFL. The agreement raises pay by 1.71 cents an hour, sets the wage at 2.30 per hour, and runs for one year from June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Cleveland-Akron-Canton-Erie
Boiler Makers Union
AFL
Wage hikes debated at Westinghouse and Goodyear unions
Westinghouse proposes a percentage wage increase for 75,000 workers with union critics saying gains fall short of rivals while General Electric workers prepare for a June 25 vote on a 1950 contract extension. In Akron Firestone URW pact grants 11 cent hourly rise for 23,000 workers, marking a first in the Big Four wage campaigns with Goodyear and U S Rubber negotiating and Goodrich planning a strike vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron, O
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
CIO
United Rubber Workers
Firestone
URW
Goodyear
le Rubber
Goodrich
Children Vanish With Car After Ice Cream Trip
Police search for a stolen car containing three Bosley children Erlene 11 Doris 10 and Curtis 8 who were eating ice cream when a stranger drove off the vehicle They were with their older sisters Mary 16 Sarah 17 and Jean 15 waiting to be picked up and return home Their parents are Mr and Mrs Charles Bosley.
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Columbus
Erlene
Doris
Curtis Bosley
Mary
Sarah
Jean
Charles Bosley
Democracy Is Danger Warns OSU Graduates Speech
Chief Justice Carl V. Weygandt warns that democracy is the most dangerous form of government because it places the greatest responsibility on individuals. He urged Ohio State University’s largest graduating class to defend democracy against those who would destroy it and to use their education to prevent power from slipping away. Seven emeritus faculty members received Honorary Doctor of Laws degrees, and Erle C. Smith earned the University Lamme Medal for engineering eminence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, O
Carl V. Weygandt
Ohio Supreme Court
Justice Weygandt
Ohio State University
James R. Hopkins
Boyd H. Bode
C.C. Stillman
William Lloyd Evans
Joseph A. Leighton
Verne A. Dodd
Bus Drivers Refuse Hike In Springfield Strike
Springfield AP report: a proposed pay raise formula failed to end six day walkout by Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes. drivers rejected 19 14 cent hourly hike and arbitration. Lorain end of four day strike with service resuming. Springfield union to decide next move after company offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ohio City
Amalamated
Association of Street,ectric Railway and Motor Coach Employes of America
Lorain
Assermcea
Transit Lines, Inc
Springfield City Lines, Inc
Landslide Kills Worker in Cincinnati Area
A roadway landslide in Arlington Heights, near Cincinnati, killed Irvin Nelson, 42, of Cleves. Nelson was employed on a local road construction project when the collapse occurred yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Irvin Nelson
Cleves
Nelson
Arlington Heights
Carmody's Grade High for Chief in Midlothown
Chief hopeful is Detective Lieutenant Carmody Jr after placing first in civil service exams. City Civil Service Board President Joseph Baker announced results at City Building as Carmody nears confirmation by the City Commission. Remaining exams will fill the post of assistant chief and open sergeant rank. captain slot remains vacant after Charles Porter’s death.
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Tom Carmody
Middletown
Joseph Baker
Civil Service Board
Carmody
Tytus Ave
James H. Davis
Ralph Bauer
Joseph Newkirk
John H. Fitzgerald
Charles Porter
Wieland Gains Degree 31 Years After Leaving OSU
Arthur J. Wieland executive vice president of Willys-Overland Motors earns a business administration degree from the University of Toledo after leaving Ohio State University in his senior year to serve in World War I. He enrolled in night classes last fall to complete the degree.
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Toledo
Arthur J. Wieland
Willys-Overland Motors
Wieland
Ohio State University
University of Toledo
Sea Tragedy Death Toll Believed At 200
AALBORG Denmark AP some 200 persons are believed to have drowned when the passenger steamer Kjoebenhavn struck a war mine and sank within ten minutes near Kattegat on a Copenhagen to Aalborg run. The ship owned by United Steamship Company listed 261 survivors but the full list perished. initial counts ranged up to 400 or 450 aboard.
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NEA Radio-Telephoto
Kjobenhavn
Kattegat
Jutland
Copenhagen
Aalborg
Denmark
Kjoebenhavn
United Steamship
Comany
Copence
Fire damages Columbus foundry. estimated at 150000
A South Columbus foundry, M. Hertenstein and Company, was damaged by fire yesterday. The loss was pegged at 150000 dollars. Firemen could not determine the cause of the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
M. Hertenstein and Company
Move to Berlin freight: Soviet embargo lifted
Berlin dispatch reports Soviet blocking of western zone freight overnight, then agreement to restore traffic. U S officials cite talks with Soviet, American, British, and French transport chiefs. Gen. Lucius D. Clay said air ferry could return to subsidize supplies if needed. Six British trains held in Soviet zone would be released. Soviets claim congestion, while Western officials push for immediate lift and resumed normal flow through the Russian zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
U. S
Lucius D. Clay
Frankfurt- Berlin
Theussian Zone
Clay
Anhalter
Taxes and Tariff Bills Dominate Congress Action
Congress works overtime aiming to adjourn next week after handling a broad package of taxes tariffs farm price supports and social security measures. The House plans a rare Saturday session to advance these bills while the Senate debates extending the Reciprocal Trade Act and a three year tariff extension. A tax revision proposal worth about 400 million dollars seeks to clean up inequities in the tax code.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Knutson
R-Minn
Quartets Vie For National Honors At Convention
Oklahoma City AP reports the tenth annual SPEBSQSA convention crowns five top quartets from 40 regional champions. Pittsburghers and Westinghouse Quartet from the Smoke City reach the national finals, joining Mid-State Four, Four Shades of Harmony, and Clef Dwellers. Finalists were chosen before 4,500 spectators. nationwide broadcast will announce the winner at 9 p.m. Central. Additional finalists included Buzz Saws of Columbus and Jolly Fellows of Dayton.
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Pittsburghers
Westinghouse
Buzz Laws of Columbus
Jolly Fellows of
Dayton
Smoke City
Chicago
Four Shades of Harmony
Terre Haute
Ind
Clef
Oakland County
Michigan
Linda
Mutual
Buzz Saws
Columbus
The
Jolly Fellows
Queen City Churchmen Object to Strip Tease Ruling
In Cincinnati, church leaders denounced Judge Stanley Struble’s ruling freeing Oscar Lerner over obscenity charges, declaring no law defines obscenity and condemning the strip tease photographs. Church groups plan to challenge the decision, pressing police and moral standards.
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Queen City
Cincinnati
Midwest
Commen Ee Court
Stanley Struble
Oscar Lerner
Struble
Kemper G. McCombs
The
Council of Churches
Council
John E. Kuhn
National Catholic Organization For Decent Literature
Arabs and Jews Clash Over Truce Violations
In Cairo Arab governments threaten swift action in response to what they call criminal Zionist attacks while Jewish leaders warn that violations could trigger counter attacks. The Palestine truce enters its second day with reports of breaches in several sectors as mediator Bernadotte and aides depart Cairo for Rhodes to begin peace talks.
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Cairo
Palestine
Arab League
United Nations
Folke Bernadotte
Bernadotte
Rhodes
Trans-Jordan
Jerusalem
Subpoena Issued in State Liquor Dept Probe
A new subpoena targets Daniel Delcreto as the Franklin County grand jury probes state liquor abuses. Prosecutor Bartlett leads the inquiry after indictments against three men. Oppenheimer seeks leave. Gov. Herbert weighs in on the case amid prior bribery charges against inspectors and other department officials.
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State Liquor Department
Columbus
Ralph J. Bartlett
Franklin County
Daniel Deloreto
Raconna
Delcreto
Veterans of Foreign Wars
State Liquor Control Board
Bartlett
Dilcreto
George E. Shields
Portage County
Sher
Iff Shields
Grand Jury
A. E. Oppenheimer
Dale Duniton
Grand
Oppenheimer
Hugh Ruel
Portsmouth
Scioto County
Tracy
Franklin County Grand Jury
John R. King
Ruel
Pack
Liquor Department
Youngstown
Joseph Hollard
Cleveland
Leonard Strauss
Middletown
Innocence Plea in Morris Abbott Slaying Case
Two innocence pleas were filed today in the Morris Abbott murder case. Cyril Gordon and Marie Conn Abbott each pleaded not guilty and faced bail or pretrial matters as the July trial date looms. A large courthouse crowd watched as the widow and the farm hand are charged in the husband’s death last June 1.
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Morris Abbott
Cyril
Scotty
Gordon
Ted Weiss
Joseph Marr
Hamilton
William Hopkins
Cincinnati
Marie Conn Abbott
Fred B. Cramer
Military Help To Europeans Seen In Vote
Washington report notes the Senate approved a foreign policy resolution 64 to 4, signaling U S support for regional defense groups under UN aims. Senator Vandenberg says the measure defines America’s role in collective peace, favoring cooperation within UN framework rather than automatic military alliances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Vandenberg
R-Mich
U. S
United Nations
America
Driver dies in Newark auto crash on Route 40
Richard Hooper aged 37 from Zanesville died in an auto truck collision on U S Route 40 near Newark yesterday.
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Newark, O
Richard Hooper
Zanesville
Newark
Dikes Weaken Threatening New Northwest Flood
In Oregon and Washington the Columbia River worsens flood threat to three industrial zones. A $43,000,000 aluminum plant area near Portland faces rising water while levees fail along a 100 mile belt. In Trail British Columbia homes wash away and in Richland Washington engineers plan evacuations as Truman signs a $10,000,000 emergency housing bill amid rising fatalities.
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Portland
Ore
Columbia
Pacific Northwest
Truman
Oregon
Washington
U. S
Canada
Trail
British Columbia
U. S. Army
Richland
Hanford Atomic Energy, Works
Congress
Vanport
President Truman Says Stalin Prisoner of Politburo
President Truman described Joseph Stalin as a decent man who is a prisoner of the Politburo and unable to keep agreements, while aboard the Truman train en route to Berkeley for a major foreign policy speech. He stressed American leadership for world peace and avoided Congress in his remarks to Oregon townsfolk.
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Truman
Berkeley
Calif
Joe
Stalin
Politburo
University of California At Berkeley
Russia
United States
Eugene
Ore
Congress
Auto makers raise prices as UAW seeks wage gains
Nash announces a 75 to 90 dollar price increase on Nash cars and Packard follows with a price hike and 13 cent hourly wage boost for UAW workers. Ford begins bargaining talks next Tuesday while GM and Chrysler kept prices steady after recent wage scales.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Nash Automobiles
Packard Motor Car Company
Ford Motor Company
Auto
Auto Workers Union
Ford
General Motors Corporation
Chrysler Corporation
Fhay
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General Electric
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Edward J. Matthews
International Union
Albert J. Fitzgerald
Car
OSU
University Hospital
William E. Henderson
University Lamme
Erle C. Smith
Cleveland Heights
Republic Steel Corporation
U.S General
Cay
Oklahoma City
Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop
Msgr. Kuhn
J. Otis Young
Methodist Church
Lausche
NASH
Packard
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