Ford CIO wage pact ends impasse with 18 cent rise
Ford Motor company and the UAW CIO reached an 18 cent an hour wage increase settlement. The effective date and production details will be announced soon, aiming for implementation no later than soon. The deal reduces the union's demand from 30 to 16.3 percent, easing a broader General Motors strike affecting about 175,000 workers.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
CIO
United Auto Workers
Vaw-Cio
Eee Cae Ae Eee
Uaw-Cio
General Motors
Ruling Denies Mandamus On Champaign School Religion Policy
Mrs. Vashti McCollum of Urbana Atodo y Champaign challenged the Champaign board of education over religious instruction in public schools. Judges Martin E. Morthland and Grover W. Watson ruled no constitutional or statutory rights of the relator are violated and denied the petition for mandamus based on the record of the school system’s religious education practices.
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Urbana
Champaign
Vashti McColee
Martin E. Morthland
Decatur
Grover W. Watson
Farmer City
McCollum
Champaign Board of Education
March of Dimes Tag Day Keeps Up In Cold Weather
Girl Scouts from troop 2 braved near freezing temperatures to collect for the March of Dimes on the square. Twenty five volunteers from the Scouts assisted, with Mrs Edward Eusch leading the effort and sales overseen by Mrs Lynch and Mrs Myles F Pember at the gas company office. Tickets for three programs to be held Tuesday night Jan 29 went on sale, handled by Epsilon Sigma Alpha members.
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Edward Eusch
Lynch
Myles F. Pember
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority
Fatal Burns Reported in Racine Woman
Racine County Coroner James Heibering said Mrs Josephine Sokolowski aged 62 suffered fatal burns yesterday while applying rubbing alcohol to her upper body. She received third degree burns to the chest arms neck and shoulders and died at St Marys Hospital early this morning.
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Racine
Racine County
James Heibering
Josephine Sokolowski
Heibering
St. Mary’s Hospital
Demo Leader Attacks GOP and Big Business in Labor Row
Washington reporting on a sharp labor dispute as Senator Morse accuses the GOP and GM of pressing a strike strategy. Walter Reuther testified to a Senate committee while McCormack and Thomas urge anti union action and repeal of tax provisions to fund strike breaking.
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Washington
Repulican Party
General Motors
CIO Auto
Morse
R-Ore
G-M
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
Walter Reuther
McCormack
Republican Party
Wes
America
Labor Committee
C. E. Wilson
Senate
Thomas
Ellender
D-La
Wilson
Arctic Blast Hits Most of Nation With More Cold Ahead
Arctic cold spell grips much of the United States with subzero readings in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Park Falls logged a 41 degree drop, La Crosse and Land O Lakes fell around 40 degrees, while New England faces a continued cold front and light snow across the Great Lakes.
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Associated Press
New England
Oklahoma City
Iowa
Miami
Michigan
Great Lakes
Omaha
Chicago
Wichita
Kansas City
New York City
Des Moines
Fargo
N. C
Alaska
Yukon Territory
Wisconsin
Park Falls
Land O'Lakes
la Crosse
Madison
Two Vehicle Crashes Injure Two. Poles Break Off
Two motor vehicle accidents occurred with telephone poles broken and two people injured. Mrs. Elizabeth Sacker, 1400 23rd Avenue, was hit by Fred Kueng at 9th Street and 22nd Avenue, suffering slight injuries. A delivery truck struck in the right rear by Chester Stele near 14th Street and 18th Avenue, forcing the truck onto a pole, the driver Elmer Steig hurt slightly.
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Elizabeth Sacker
23Rd Avenue
9Th Street
22Nd Avenue
Fred Kueng
Juda
Sacker
14Th Street
18Th Avenue
Kundert and Elmer
Ernest Buhlmann
21St Avenue
Chester G. Stele
11Th Avenue
Steig
August Carlson
Darlington
Truck Kills 9 Year Old Samuel Owsley Jr
A Milwaukee boy aged nine, Samuel Owsley Jr., was killed on his way home from school when struck by a truck. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Samuel J. Owsley.
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Milwaukee
Samuel Owsley, Jr
Samuel J. Owsley
Fire Gutters Milwaukee Southside Block Hardware Store Fire
A south side Milwaukee fire gutted a two story frame block housing the Edward W. Druse hardware store a barber shop and a plumbing shop. Two firefighters were treated for frostbite at Johns ton emergency hospital. Occupants of two second floor apartments were relocated.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Fire
Johnston Emergency Hospital
Edward W. Druse
Marshall Gerow and Miles Accused as Pearl Harbor Scapegoats
General Short testified before a Senate House committee claiming Generals Marshall Gerow and Miles and the general staff shifted blame for Pearl Harbor. He said the war department failed to provide timely information that could have produced an all-out alert to deter the Japanese task force.
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Washington
Mae
Walter C. Short
C Marshall
Gerow
Sherman Miles
Pearl Harbor
Senate
House
Ferguson
War Department
Short
General Staff
Marshall
Geron
War Plans Division
Miles
Iran Premier Selection May Shift UN Security Council Action
The report notes Iran may appoint Qavam es Salaneh as premier, possibly yielding a temporary victory to Russia in a Security Council dispute. Britain and the United States push for a swift London General Assembly windup and a move to a U S site, while Russia denies interference claims.
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London
Qavam-es-Salaneh
Iran
Russia
United States Security Council
Bebastian
Neh
Moscow
Usecu Council
Britain
Soviet Union
Ukraine
Greece
Dutch East Indies
General Assembly
UNO
United States
Soviet Ukraine
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Security Council
Two Ex soldiers Held in Kidnaping and Car Thief Claim
Milwaukee deputy district attorney John Barry says warrants are issued for two former soldiers Schoebel 21 and Swope 30 on charges of kidnapping and taking a taxicab without consent They allegedly forced cab driver Felix Grabner to drive them on trips into the city and toward Madison before police intervened The end of the chase involved a cruiser and several officers as reinforcements arrived
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Milwaukee
John Barry
Es Schoebel
Charles Swope
King
Ting
Lac
Swope
Madison
Felix Grabner
Pan Motorcye Trolman
Emma “Carlin
Dr. Leslie G Kindschi Advanced to Lieutenant Commander
Dr Leslie G Kindschi a former Monroe clinic physician has been promoted to lieutenant commander at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station where he has served since 1943 His wife and children stayed in Monroe during his tour and now reside in Waukegan Illinois
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Leslie G. Kindschi
Monroe Clinic
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Monroe
Kindschi
Waukegan, I
Reuther Rejects Magic Formula in Labor Legislation
Walter P. Reuther CIO Auto Workers leader told the Senate labor committee that fixing labor disputes with a magic formula is not the answer. He urged genuine collective bargaining and opposed congressional programs aimed at an instant solution.
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Washington
Walter P. Reuther
CIO Auto Workers
Senate Labor Committee
CIO-UAW to push higher GM wage increase than 18 cents
President R. J. Thomas of the CIO United Automobile Workers said the union will insist on more than 18 cents an hour from General Motors. He noted Ford settled at 18 cents, adding GM must raise since its rates are lower. Walter Reuther backed a 19-cent rate a finding board headed by Lloyd K. Garrison.
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Washington
R. J. Thomas
CIO
United Automobile Workers
General Motors Corporation
Ford Motor Company
Act
General Motors
Thomas
Ford
Walter Reuther
Cio-Uaw
Union
Lloyd K. Garrison
Avalanche of Good Clothing on Final Day
Volunteers from local Boy Scouts supervised a Victory Drive collection point at the Burgess Battery store square as citizens donated large piles of clothes for the needy. By mid afternoon the floor was stacked with garments and more arrivals continued.
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Boy Scouts
Burgess Battery
Tax Payments Loom in County Ledger
County Treasurer Emmanuel Stauff reports advance tax payments from Jordan town totaling 10000 dollars, Monroe city 25000 dollars, and Monroe town 10000 dollars, reflecting early settlements on state and county taxes.
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Emmanuel Stauff
Jordan
Monroe
Railroads and unions agree to arbitration on wages
The nation’s major railroads and 18 of 16 rail labor unions reached an agreement to arbitrate wage demands for about 1.75 million workers, roughly 85 percent of rail employees. The mediation board reported progress after three weeks of talks and anticipated a similar accord with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
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Chicagoe
Wace
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Cleveland
A. P F. Whitney
The
Brotherhood of
Final Legal Step Ends AP Antitrust Case Status
Three federal judges signed an order as the final legal step in the government's civil antitrust suit against The Associated Press. The order stayed a provision on competitive factors in membership voting while by laws amended in 1945 remain in effect and control any AP member contracts. It also terminated provisions enjoining AP members from sharing spontaneous local news and canceled exclusive provisions of the news agreement with the Canadian Press.
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New York
Learned Hand
Augustus N. Hand
Thomas W. Swan
U. 2 Cees Sons
Capention
Associated Press
APAP
Canadian Press
Sam Boyd Injured Eye in Workplace Accident
Sam Boyd, a mechanic at B. H. Lywneh Sales, is confined to St. Clare hospital after suffering a severe left eye injury and eyelid laceration from an on‑the‑job incident on 1821 1ifth Street.
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Sam Boyd
1Ifth Street
B. H. Lywneh Sales Company
St. Clare Hospital
Surgeon Unravels Silk String Knot in Patient’s Stomach
Dr. A Charles Ericksen faced a tricky operation on Clarence Kimball after nearly 1000 yards of silk thread were found in his stomach. The string had remained from a prior procedure intended to widen the esophagus using steel bells, complicating the surgery.
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Sioux Falls
A. Charles Ericksen
Clarence Kimball
Mambeldt
S. 10
Ericksen
Kimball
Kim
Packing Workers Endorse Return to Work Amid Government Control
The CIO United Packing House Workers union urged its 193,000 members to return to plants under government control but did not call off the strike. AFL-CIO meat cutters said their 55,000 members were back at work or ready, aiming to restart meat production nationwide.
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Chicago
Cio-United Packing House Workers Union
Afl-Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
CIO
Uncle Sam
Lewis J. Clark
Clark
Union
National
Racine Council Approves Housing Loan for Demountable Homes
The Racine City Council approved a loan for the housing authority to construct 484 demountable homes. The project aims to expand affordable housing units in the city with support from city funds.
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Racine Housing
Racine
Pry Ice
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AFL
Earl Jimerson
AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen of America
Patrick
Jimerson
March of Dimes
Deep South
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Soviet
Dr. Kindschi
Herbert H. Bolles
Nebraska City
Neb
U. S
Frankfurt
Germany
Elsie Kaltwasser
Wetzlar
Bolles
Truman
Gee
Elease
Phil Murray
Gayle G. Armstrong
New Mexico
Anderson
Armstrong
CIO Packing House Workers Union
G. C. Armstrong
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