Chrysler Walkout Halts 89,000 Jobs Over Pension Fight
Detroit January 25 AP a nationwide strike by 89 000 auto workers at Chrysler ends the pact talks with the UAW over pension plans After months of talks the union orders locals in 25 plants to walk out Production lines across Detroit and other plants halt with most of Chrysler 110 000 employees idle Briggs Manufacturing the main Detroit body supplier lays off about 23 000 workers as the strike spreads The union seeks a trust fund financed pension plan while Chrysler offers a 100 a month pay as you go plan plus company run pension rules The dispute marks a renewed UAW walkout at Chrysler the second in less than two years and follows steel industry precedent where a trust fund was used"}
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Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
Congress of Industrial Organizations
United Auto Workers
Heafares
Chrysler
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Briggs
UAW
Walter Reuther
Hinsdale golfer leads pro am in Hogan Open prelude
Dale Andreason of Hinsdale Illinois led finishers in the pro am at the Phoenix Country Club for the Ben Hogan Open. He posted 66 as professionals including Jack Hardin of El Paso Frank Moore of Los Angeles Smiley Quick of Culver City and Al Zimmerman of Portland shot 70s. Best-ball totals with Dr John Fahrendorf and James Ewert stood at 64 while Moore Dresser Monti Mathis Ulrich La Prade paired for 67s.
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Dale Andreason
Hinsdale
Phoenix Country Club
Jack Hardin
el Paso
Tex
Frank Moore
Los Angeles
Smiley Quick
Culver City
al Zimmerman
Portland
Ore
Andreason
John Fahrendorf
Glendale
Hardin
James Ewert
Phoenix
Moore
Chuck Dresser
Eric Monti
Darrell Mathis
Wally Ulrich
Loren la Prade
Downey Push Delays Central Arizona Project Debate
Senate Majority Leader Lucas postponed floor action on the Central Arizona Project Bill by one week at the urging of Senator Sheridan Downey. Arizona’s Senators Hayden and McFarland agreed to the delay as Downey prepares amendments including a possible Supreme Court test on Colorado River water rights.
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Washington
Senate
Scott W. Lucas
Illinois
Sheridan Downey
California
Lucas
Downey
Arizona
Carl Hayden
E. W. McFarland
Supreme Court
McFarland
Hayden
Senate Interior Committee
Upper
Colorado River Basin
Truman Faces National Coal Crisis Amid Emergency Talk
WASHINGTON Jan 25 AP The Bureau of Mines chief Dr James Boyd told Senate Labor Committee that a national emergency in coal may exist or appear imminent. He sent a report to the White House last night warning of worsening coal shortages and potential Taft Hartley action. About 75 000 miners were idle as three day work weeks bite.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
Truman
James Boyd
Bureau
White House
Boyd
Senate Labor Committee
John L. Lewis
Senate
Hiss Sentenced To Five Years In Federal Penitentiary
Alger Hiss was sentenced to five years in prison on two perjury counts after a federal conviction. He pledged to appeal and denied ever delivering secret state documents to Whittaker Chambers. The former State Department official spoke with his wife Priscilla present as U.S. marshals led him from the courtroom.
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New. York
Alger Hiss
State Department
Whittaker Chambers
Henry W. Goddard
Hiss
Priscilla
Roosevelt
Yalta
U. S
Whittaker
Abductors Get Prison For Kingman Robbery
Kingman, Jan. 25 AP A man and woman who abducted and robbed Constable Walter Black were sentenced to long terms. Lloyd Joiner 39 and Polly Bennett 35 pleaded guilty to robbery and grand theft. Kidnapping charges were dropped. Joiner eight to 16 years for robbery plus three to six years on two grand thefts, minimum 14 years. Bennett eight to 16 years for robbery and three to 16 for grand theft. Sentences run concurrently.
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Kingman
Walter Black
Lloyd Joiner
Polly Bennett
J. W. Faulkner
Joiner
Flying Arrow Captain Bluffs Way Out Of Communist Hands
The Flying Arrow at Tsingtao faced heavy Communist obstruction in January as Captain David Jones of Chicago threatened to radio American destroyers to compel release of clearance papers. After tense negotiations and delayed docking, the ship finally departed Kobe. Quarantine officials and soldiers boarded, seizing the radio and guns, prolonging the wait before Red clearance was granted to dock.
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Flying Arrow
Kobe
Japan
Tsingtao
David Jones
Chicago
Red
China
Shanghai
Jones
Communist Navigation Bureau
Baussel
Yangtze
Isbrandtsen
Brooklyn Heights
Paintings Go On Exhibition Here Monday
The Encyclopaedia Britannica Collection of Contemporary American Painting will open Monday at the Fine Arts Center on the State Fair grounds, showcasing 127 American artists. Sponsored by the Phoenix Fine Arts Association and Oakley National Bank, the loaned works come from Senator William Benton. Admission is free and the show runs through February 12.
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United States
Fine Arts Center
State Fairground
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Phoenix Fine Arts Association
Oakley National Bank
William Benton
Connecticut
Arizona
Fire destroys new J. C. Penney store in Huntington Park
Fire swept the nearly completed J. C. Penney Company Store Building in Huntington Park last night, causing about 250,000 dollars in damage. The blaze raged for more than an hour, turning the structure into a towering furnace that lit the night sky.
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Huntington Park
Calif
Ins
J. C. Penney Company
Truman Agrees To Bar Draft Except In Case Of Emergency
President Truman backs a draft bar unless Congress acts or a presidential proclamation declares an international emergency. Defense Secretary Johnson told the House committee that inductions would resume only after National Security Council review and a finding that conditions warrant. The administration seeks a three year extension as insurance against future crises, with standby status and no inductions without a joint congressional resolution.
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Truman
Washington
INS
Congress
Defense
Louis Johnson
House Armed Services Committee
Johnson
Carl Vinson
Georgia
National Security Council
Vinson
Committee
House
Senate
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense Secretary
Five Die As Fire Destroys Wartime House in Hatboro
In Hatboro Pennsylvania a wartime housing project blaze killed five Morrows, including Claire Morrow 41 who escaped naked then re entered to rescue her family. Horace Morrow 39 and daughters Virginia 14 Patricia 9 Loretta 2 perished. son Jack 21 in the Navy in Florida. Fire marshal investigation ordered. Neighbors awakened by screams as flames trapped the family on the second floor.
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Hatboro
Claire Morrow
Horace Morrow
Willow Grove Naval Air Station
Virginia
Patricia
Loretta
Jack
Navy
Florida
Montgomery County
Senate backs proposed constitutional equality amendment
The Senate today approved a proposed constitutional amendment intended to grant women equality of rights with men. Separate reports note that in 1944 Russians sought 16 tons of uranium materials from former war secretary Henry L. Stimson but were refused. Also, CIO President Philip Murray revoked the charter of the California State Industrial Union Council.
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Senate
House
Henry L. Stimson
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Philip Murray
California State Industrial Union Council
Markets At A Glance New York Opening Levels
Markets at a glance show bonds down amid a broad retreat of about 11 percent while cotton trades irregular as commissions sell. In Chicago wheat moisture affects the winter belt and oats rally toward the close. Hog futures steady to 75 cents higher with a case price around 5.
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New York
Chicago
Truman Plan Faces Battle To The End
Southern senators pledged to resist to the end against President Truman s FEPC bill warning of a filibuster when the Senate takes up a commission to ensure fair hiring practices. House tactics and Roosevelt Jr amid furor as Powell accuses him of seeking glory while FEPC support grows.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Scott W. Lucas
Illinois
Franklin D
Roosevelt, Jr
FEPC
Roosevelt
House
Adam C. Powell Jr
New York
Powell
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Claude Pepper
Florida
Frank P. Graham
North Carolina
Russell
Brooks Hays
Arkansas
White House
Hays
Bitter Cold Hits Montana and Five States
Bitter cold swept across five North Central states with heavy snow. Montana logged record depths with 33 below zero at Cut Bank and 26 below at Great Falls. Highways froze as trains crawled behind snowplows amid blizzard conditions across the region.
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International News Service
North Central States
North Dakota
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Montana
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Great Falls
Helena
Dickinson
N. C
Denver
Colo
Rocky Mountains
Midwest
New Frost Forecast in Valley
A frost advisory states heavy frost expected in the Valley tomorrow morning with sunny skies and much colder air. The U S Weather Bureau projects zero degrees at Flagstaff and 24 to 26 at Phoenix Sky Harbor. Readings vary with 26 at 30th Avenue and Buckeye Road, 40 at Phoenix Weather Bureau Office, 36 at the airport. winds gust up to 50 mph in Winslow, Yuma and Tucson.
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United States Weather Bureau
Flagstaff
Phoenix Sky Harbor
30Th Avenue
Buckeye Road
Phoenix Weather Bureau
Grand Canyon
Winslow
Yuma
Tucson
Phoenix
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Ben Hogan
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North Central Area
Mont
Chester
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