Long Auto Strike At Chrysler Looms With Big Kitty
Detroit AP Gov Kim Sigler may intervene in a two day Chrysler strike of 75000 production workers to mediate the dispute with the CIO UAW and to test if the state can require a strike vote. The UAW raises an 8 million kitty as 12 plants set picket lines across Michigan Indiana and California.
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Detroit
Kim Sigler
Chrysler
CIO
United Auto Workers
Chrysler Corporation
Emil Mazey
UAW
Michigan
Indiana
California
Newcastle
Ind
Norman Matthews
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Michigan Labor Mediation Board
Philip Weiss
James B. McNally
Wayne County
McNally
Harry S. Toy
Strike Ends at Caterpillar Plant After 85 Days
The CIO United Farm Equipment Workers Union called off an 85 day strike at the Caterpillar Tractor Company plant in Peoria. Operations resumed as workers returned to duty and police maintained security around the plant. The NLRB election outcome barred the union from naming a bargaining agent due to non Communist affidavits issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Caterpillar Tractor Company
CIO United Farm Equipment Workers
NLRB
CIO
CIO Farm Equipment Workers Union
CIOs Board to Determine Red Pledge
CIO Steelworkers delegates vote to let the executive board decide on Taft-Hartley compliance after Philip Murray said major steel firms would not negotiate without it. Murray said the board would meet Sunday in Boston to decide, with a potential deadline in the Inland Steel affidavit case extending to Monday due to NLRB hours.
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Boston
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Inland Steel
Arthur Goldberg
NLRB
U S Will Withhold Aid If Nations Aid Russia
ERP director Paul Hoffman told the Senate Appropriations Committee the United States will cut economic aid to any European nation that ships war materiel to Russia. He said countries must stop such shipments or aid will be halted, and that ECA will export only goods that can be spared.
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Washington
United States
Russia
ERP
Paul Hoffman
Hoffman
Senate Appropriations Committee
Gordon
R-Ore
ECA
Tree planter invented at Columbus Ohio
Forester H. P. Garritt of the Muskingum Soil Conservation District announced a machine that can plant 18 to 20 trees a minute. It was engineered and built by R. L. Erwin of Ohio State University's agricultural engineering staff with aid from the Harry A. Lowther Company of Joliet Illinois.
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Columbus, C
H. P. Garritt
Muskingum Soil Conservation District
R. L. Erwin
Ohio State University
Agricultural — Engineering
Harry A. Lowther
Joliet, Ill
Gray Market Prices Offered Ford Steel Firm Sues
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp filed damage suits in Detroit and Chicago accusing Harry C Edwards and Howard Kimble of offering to sell 7500 tons monthly of J and L steel ingots to Ford at a gray market price of 75 dollars per ton. The suits seek at least 100000 dollars against Kimble, with restraining orders sought.
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Pittsburgh
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Detroit
Chicago
J. and L. Steel
Harry C. Edwards
Edwards Industrial Engineering
Howard Kimble
Edwards’ Associates
Edwards
Kimble
Ford Motor Company
Wayne County
Michigan
Illinois
United States
Ben Morrell
U. and L
Jones and Laughlin
Jones and Laughlin Steel
Lana Turner Drama At Savoy In Humble Press Visit
London reporters chasing Lana Turner, newlywed to Henry J. Topping, endured a timed, awkward interview routine at the Savoy. Turner praised Britain as the lush countryside awaited, while British papers split on coverage with the Graphic showing a photo only and the Telegraph filing a small piece.
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London
Lana Turner
Savoy Hotel
Holyon
Yeserday
Henry J
Bob) Topping
British Press Association
Britain
Miss Turner
The
Graphic
Telegraph
Mirror
Truman Sees No Peace Boost From Russia Note Exchange
President Truman said current notes between Russia and the United States do not lift hopes for peace. He backed Secretary Marshall’s call for action over talks and noted he would meet with Soviet Premier Stalin only if such a meeting ever occurs, promising to announce topics if it happens.
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Washington
Truman
Russia
Marshall
United Nations
United States
Stalin
Actor Douglas Mac Lean divorces Barbara Barondess Mac Lean
LOS ANGELES AP The 10 year marriage of comedian Douglas Mac Lean and his third wife former actress Barbara Barondess Mac Lean has ended in divorce. Mrs MacLean 40 an interior decorator obtained the divorce after testifying that her husband wanted none of the responsibilities of marriage and frequently disappeared for weeks at a time.
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Los Angeles
Douglas MacLean
Barbara Barondess MacLean
Commissioner of Palestine to be Sought
Lake Success AP The Jewish Agency charged today the new US plan for a Palestine high commissioner is an attempt to set aside the United Nations partition project. A spokesman said the American proposal would increase disorder and conflict in Palestine instead of peace. The United States asked for appointment of a UN high commissioner in a last minute effort to force UN action as the Assembly sought an agreement before the British leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assembly
Holy Land
Taft to vote for waterway cut in large funding bill
Washington AP Sen. Robert A. Taft says he will back a 200 million dollar reduction in the 640 million dollar water ways bill. He favors the cut proposed by Bridges and two other Appropriations members. The committee approved the bill 16-3 and a vote was expected later. The measure funds 94 rivers and harbors projects and 279 flood control projects for the year starting July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Bridges
Senate
Appropriations Committee
CIO Plans 250000 Campaign Workers Nationwide
Atlantic City AP report says CIO Political Action Committee director Jack Kroll will mobilize 250,000 assistants for the presidential campaign and organize 250,000 members for full and spare time electioneering across 154 congressional districts. He noted no presidential candidate is chosen before July.
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Atlantic City
N. J
CIO
Jack Kroll
PAC
Kroll
Parasite Plane Tested by Navy to Escort Bombers
New York AP reports ground tests of the McDonnell XF-85 parasite jet designed to ride in a B-36 bomber bay. It features 21 ft wingspan, 15 ft length, foldable outer panels, retractable landing assist, in-flight fueling, and 650 mph top speed with 3,000 lb thrust. Baltimore AP notes Glenn L. Martin announces first flight of the XPS-M-1 patrol flying boat for the Navy, highlighting a new hull and large vertical tail to improve flying boat performance.
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Navy
New York
Air Force
Westinghouse
Baltimore
Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Company
U. S. Navy
Dayton Laborer Puts Family In $12-a-Day Hotel Suite
Dayton AP report: day laborer Charles Bremer 32 of Dayton with wife and four children, evicted when rented house sold, found lodging in a $12-a-day Gibbons Hotel suite after a five month search for housing. Bremer plans to stay five days while city seeks housing. he will bill the city for half the hotel cost. Children aged one to five included. another son age 15 staying with friends.
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Dayton
Charles Bremer
Bremer
Gibbons Hotel
Pro-American Korean Wins of Precincts
AP reports Pro-American Dr. Syngman Rhee and his Society for the Rapid Realization of Korean Independence won at least 61 of 200 seats in the Constituent Assembly. Rhee’s SFRRKI tally includes 50 seats. Dai Dong Youth 11. The Korean Democratic Party has 27 seats. miscellaneous groups 12. independents 82. 18 seats remain unfilled.
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Seoul
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Dr. Rhee
Society For the Rapid Realization of
Sfrrki
Dai Dong Youth Party
Rhee
Korean Democratic Party
German Women Stage Food Parade Across Munich Protests
About 5 000 German women marched on Adolf Hitler's former parade ground in Munich to protest food shortages shouting that they and their children are hungry. Another 800 protested before Coburg City Hall demanding an end to the hunger government. Thousands of men in the American zone also struck over shortages in Munich Nuernberg and Augsburg.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Munich
Coburg
Nuernberg
Augsberg
Truman Opposes Outlawing Communist Party
President Truman at a news conference spoke against banning the Communist Party in the United States. He discussed the Mu nat bill to require Communist registration, saying there are sufficient laws to deal with those who advocate overthrow of the government and that outlawing a political party conflicts with American principles.
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Washington
Truman
Communist Party
Phone Workers Ready Strike Nationwide Walkout Looms
CIO American Telephone Workers Union plans a nationwide strike of long distance operators over wage, work week, and pension demands. Led by John J Moran, 23 000 workers in 42 states seek 30 cent an hour raise, shorter week, and larger pensions. Moran to confer with CIO President Philip Murray in Boston amid mediation talks with AT&T.
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Washington
CIO American Telephone Workers Union
John J. Moran
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
A. T. and
Federal Mediation Services
Moran
Boston
CIO
Philip Murray
Proclamation of a Jewish state in Palestine near at hand
Jewish forces called for universal mobilization of trained men and women ages 18 to 35 for duty as the state is proclaimed in Palestine. The provisional government in Tel Aviv planned to declare the Jewish state early Friday night, with the mandate ending at midnight. Arab League nations prepared an Arab civil administration while tensions rose across the region.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Haifa
Egypt
Syria
Lebanon
Arab League
Haganah
Ara Jaffa
Jaffa
Interior Ministry
Holy Land
Great Britain
League of Nations
Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha
Damascus
Army Officers In Cleveland To Run Rails
Eleven Army officers from Fort Knox Ky are assigned to Cleveland to supervise rail operations during government control. Major Curry N Vaughn will work at Erie Railroad offices and Major August F Kapp at Nickel Plate road under Col Gustav Metzman New York Central president.
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Cleveland
Gustav Metzman
New York Central
Curry N. Vaughn
Erie Railroad
August F. Kapp
Fort Knox
Ohio Court rules prenatal injuries can support suit
The Ohio Third District Court of Appeals held that a child may sue for prenatal injuries if damages occur beyond the embryo stage. The $50,000 claim by Mina Margaret Williams’ father against Marion Rapid Transit Co. reverses a lower ruling. case now awaits Ohio Supreme Court review due to procedural conflict with a Seventh District decision.
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Lima, .O
Ohio Third District Court of Appeals
Mina Margaret Williams
Marion Rapid Transit Company
Marion, O
Marion Commons
Ohio
Seventh District Appellate Court
Third District Court
Ohio Supreme Court
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