Auto union strikes GM as war wage talks fail
The CIO demands a 30 percent postwar raise ignite a GM walkout by 175000 United Auto Workers. GM says production wages run $1.12 to $1.18 hourly and warns a broader shutdown risks parts shortages. Union funds mount as talks with Chrysler and Ford continue amid a looming winter dispute.
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CIO
United Automobile Workers
General Motors Corporation
John W. Gibson
G.M
UAW
Ford
Chrysler
OPA
Warn Against Postwar Credit Boom Dangers
Northwestern National Life Insurance reports that postwar installment credit risks a boom and bust. With high consumer demand and over 100 billion dollars in savings, liberal credit could dangerously fuel expansion. Consumers held about 9.1 billion in total credit in fall 1941, around six billion in credit.
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Family Economics Bureau
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
Peace Pattern Bishops Report Cautions on Postwar World
The Catholic hierarchy urges fair play between democracies and Russia to avoid atomic World War III and warns against mass vengeance, forced population transfers, slave labor, and mistreatment of prisoners. It calls for full U S support for overseas relief and criticizes European postwar trends after the Moscow 1943 conference.
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U. S
Russia
Army air safety chief warns of rising civilian crash toll
Col. George C. Price of the Office of Flying Safety cautioned that civil air accidents from V J Day to Oct 31 grew 70 percent versus the prior year. With 300000 planes in the air in five years, he warned of about 48000 serious crashes and 5000 fatalities annually in the early 1950s. The army cut crashes and losses during war but peacetime rates remained higher. Army safety experience would aid civilian agencies to reduce hazards.
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Army Air Forces
George C. Price
Office of Flying Safety
AAF
Price
Productivity gains hide reduced manpower in key sectors
The National Bureau of Economic Research reports that production agriculture, manufacturing and public utilities cut manpow er by 50 percent per unit of product over 40 years ending 1939. Total output rose 200 percent while employment grew only 75 percent. Bureau says quality improvements explain the apparent decline.
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National Bureau of Economic Research
American Legion Ends 27th Convention in Chicago
The American Legion wrapped its 27th annual convention in Chicago with calls for compulsory military training for all youths, civilian atomic research oversight, civilian science boards, foreign aid for constructive purposes, and unification of armed forces. Former Illinois Gov John Stelle was elected national commander, and two World War II veterans Fred LaBoone of Chickasha Oklahoma and Dudley Swim of Twin Falls Idaho were named vice commanders.
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Chicago
Ill
American Legion
Army
Navy
John Stelle
Illinois
The
Legion
Fred LaBoone
Chickasha
Okla
Dudley Swim
Twin Falls
Idaho
Mass Transfer Plans Germany Population Shifts Amid Shortages
The article reports a proposed winter mass relocation of about 6 million Germans from Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria, and Hungary to the Reich, with allocation across Allied zones. It notes Allied and political opposition and cites Winston Churchill’s protest over dispossession and suffering. It also highlights advances in synthetic textiles including grass-based cloth and seaweed rayon as part of a textile revolution.
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U. S
Robert H. Jackson
Hitler
Germany
Jackson
Goering
Reich
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Hungary
East Prussia
Winston Churchill
American Chemical Society Journal
UNRRA Test of Sentiment for World Co Operation
UNRRA faces a tough test in Congress as a 500 million dollar appropriation hangs on potential reservations. The piece notes American support is vital for a functioning world organization while arguing a positive UNRRA outcome depends on faith in collective security and postwar international co operation.
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WNU Service
Eye Street
N.W
Washington
D. C
London
Russia
Far East Advisory Commission
Argentina
Europe
UNRRA
Congress
U. S
United States
World Organization
Three wheeled bugs from Bankhage spark cheap transport
Barbs notes three wheeled tear drop cars powered by airplane engines will cost about a thousand dollars. The article also questions how long a laster can last and mentions 800 la sters in 26 shoe factories among strikers. The DOJ holds over 97 million fingerprint cards, including the author’s, and rubber makers forecast a revolution in sports wear and home decor with new oil and water resistant coatings.
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Laster
Three Generations Praise Faultless Starch in Letter
A Hamilton Kansas reader recounts how Faultless Starch colored three generations of brides. She notes that Mrs W O Smith began using it fifty years ago, followed by Mrs O T Smith and now her own daughter in law. The ad touts easy ironing and stain resistance.
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Hamilton
Kansas
W. H. Smith
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