UAW G M Strike Targets Pay Rise and Parts Chain
The United Auto Workers strike against General Motors involves 175,000 members seeking a 30 percent postwar wage boost to restore take home pay. GM cites current pay averages and warns a broader shutdown could ensue as parts from GM affect Chrysler Ford and other manufacturers. Meanwhile Nazi leaders face Allied charges in a world conquest case with Goering resisting court authority as Adm James Richardson recalls Roosevelt’s Hawaii fleet debates.
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CIO
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General Motors Corporation
John W. Gibson
G.M
UAW
Ford
Chrysler
OPA
U. S
Robert H. Jackson
Mhitler
Germany
Jackson
Goering
Warn Against Postwar Credit Boom Dangers
A Northwestern National Life Insurance report from the family economics bureau warns that liberal installment credit could trigger a postwar boom and bust. With high consumer cash savings and demand, excess consumer credit risks repeating past booms as total credit nears 9.8 billion dollars, about 6 billion in installment credit in fall 1941.
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Family Economics Bureau
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
Peace Pattern Bishops Report Warns Against World War III
The Catholic hierarchy in the United States urges realistic adjustments with Russia to avoid atomic conflict. It calls for support of overseas relief, condemns mass vengeance, forced transfers, slave labor, and harsh treatment of POWs, and endorses peacetime training.
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U. S
Russia
U S
Dangerous Trend in Civil Air Safety Warns of Rising Accidents
Col George C. Price of the Army Air Forces warned that civilian air accidents since V J Day through October 31 rose 70 percent over the prior year. With 300000 planes in the air over five years he predicted up to 48000 serious crashes and 5000 fatalities annually in the early 1950s. He noted war era losses but said peacetime rates were higher, and offered Army safety expertise to civilian agencies to reduce hazards.
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George C. Price
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Price
Economic efficiency rises despite worker cuts by 50 percent
The National Bureau of Economic Research reports that in 40 years ending 1939 production in agriculture manufacturing and public utilities fell 50 percent per unit of product while total output grew 200 percent and employment rose only 75 percent. The bureau notes quality gains explain the apparent decline.
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National Bureau of Economic Research
American Legion Ends 27th Convention in Chicago
The American Legion closed its 27th annual convention in Chicago with calls for compulsory military training for youths, civilian control of atom bomb research, civilian scientific boards, aid to friendly nations, and unification of military services. John Stelle was elected national commander, with vice-commanders Fred LaBoon and Dudley Swim honored.
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Army
Navy
John Stelle
Illinois
The
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Fred LaBoon
Chickasha
Okla
Dudley Swim
Twin Falls
Idaho
MASS TRANSFER Move Germans Across the Reich
Allied plans aim to relocate about 6 million Germans from Poland Czechoslovakia Austria and Hungary by next summer. Distribution targets include 3.2 million to the U S zone 2.75 million to the Soviet zone 1.5 million to the British zone and 150000 to the French zone. Churchill protests the mass migration citing dispossession and suffering.
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Poland
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Austria
Hungary
U. S
East Prussia
Winston Churchill
Textile Revolution Fueled by Chemical Advances
Science today notes a textile revolution as chemistry yields fabrics from grass and seaweed, plus rayon alternatives. The American Chemical Society journal cites new synthetics including satins, silk-like fabrics, nylon threads, and Viyon with full recovery after stretching.
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American Chemical Society Journal
Congress Delays Key Bills Until Christmas Break
Washington reports Senate Floor Leader Barkley stating that the CIO unemployment and full employment bills will be delayed until Christmas to pass through before holiday recess. President Truman backs youth draft and army navy unification, while public opinion grows mixed and the Pearl Harbor probe stalls with political infighting.
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Senate
Barkley
White House
CIO
Truman
Pearl Harbor
Committee of Inquiry
Navy Department
Eisenhower early amid party divides in 1909 Abilene tale
The article recalls Dwight D. Eisenhower’s 1909 year in Abilene Kansas when he spoke at a Democratic banquet while preparing for West Point. It notes his later cross party endorsements from local editors and his early stance favoring the underdog and wealth distribution. The piece traces a partisan split among Kansas Republicans and Eisenhower’s Democrat leanings as a youth.
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Philippines
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J W. Howe
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Taft
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Abilene Chronicle
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Abilene Reflector
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Harger
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George H. Hodges
Europe
Ike Eisenhower
Ike
J. W. Howe
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