Auto workers strike GM amid 30 percent wage demand
The CIO led UAW's 175000 members in a GM strike over a 30 percent postwar pay increase, threatening industry-wide disruption due to GM's parts dominance. GM cites shop wages at about 1.12 to 1.18 per hour, while UAW expects 1.46 to 1.53 per hour with a $4 million strike fund aiding the effort. In parallel, U.S. prosecutor Jackson opened the Nazi leaders case, arguing seizure of power in Germany was first step to world conquest, detailing the 1934 purge and labor suppression.
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CIO
United Automobile Workers
General Motors Corporation
John W. Gibson
G.M
UAW
Ford
Chrysler
OPA
U. S
Robert H. Jackson
Hitler
Germany
Jackson
U.S
Goering
The
Allied Court
Admiral Richardson Testifies on Pearl Harbor Policy and Roosevelts Plans
Star witness Adm. James O. Richardson testified at early hearings that President Roosevelt favored placing the Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor to deter Japan but feared undermanned readiness and security gaps. He recounted objections to base logistics and noted a 1941 plan for a Hawaii to Philippines cordon to blockade Japan, which was dropped after Japan took no belligerent action.
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Pearl Harbor
Big, Bluff
James O. Richardson
U. S. Navy
Roosevelt
Hawaii
Hawai
Richardson
Japan
U. S
Thailand
Dutch East Indies
Malaya
Philippines
Knox
Burma
China
U.S
Samoa
East,Indies
Warn Against Postwar Credit Boom Dangers
A Northwestern National Life Insurance report warns that expanding installment credit amid a postwar demand surge and $100 billion in consumer savings could trigger a dangerous boom and bust. It notes consumer credit peaked near $9.0 billion in late 1941, with about $6.0 billion in installment credit.
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Family Economics Bureau
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
Peace Pattern Bishops Report on World War III Risk
The Catholic hierarchy urges fair play recognition between democracies and Russia to avoid an atomic World War III after endorsing peacetime training. They decry Europe’s Moscow conference drift, claim Soviet independence and domination attempts, and demand U S aid for overseas relief alongside opposition to mass vengeance, population transfers, slave labor, and POW abuse.
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U. S
Russia
U S
Dangerous trend in civilian aviation safety urged
Col George C Price of the RAF office of flying safety warned that civilian air accidents from V J Day to Oct 31 rose 70 percent versus the prior year. With 300,000 planes in the air for five years, he projected up to 48 000 serious crashes and 5 000 fatalities annually in the early 1950s. He urged Army safety expertise to assist civilian agencies.
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Army Air Forces
George C Price
Office of Flying Safety
RAF
Price
Productivity Gains Outpaced Labor With 40-Year Study
The National Bureau of Economic Research reports that production agriculture, manufacturing and utilities cut manpower by 50 percent per unit of output from 1900 to 1939 while total industrial output rose 200 percent. Workers increased only 75 percent, and the Ogures did not show the real decline due to not reflecting product quality improvements.
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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 a stand on national issues. It urged one year of compulsory youth training with basic and advanced instruction, civilian control of atomic research, aid to friendly nations, unified military forces, and ROTC or schooling options. Former Governor John Stelle was elected national commander, and two WWII veterans Fred LaBoon and Dudley Swim were named vice commanders.
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Chicago
American Legion
Army
Navy
John Stelle
Ilinois
The
Legion
Fred LaBoon
Chickasha
Okla
Dudley Swim
Twin Falls
Idaho
Mass transfer to reshape territories amid postwar pressure
Millions of Germans are to be moved from Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria, and Hungary to form new populations in the winter. About 6,000,000 would shift by next summer with 3,200,000 to the U S occupancy zone, 2,750,000 to the Soviet zone, 1,500,000 to the British zone, and 150,000 to the French zone. Disposition of another 6,000,000 from East Prussia remains undecided. Churchill protests the mass relocation due to vast dispossession and suffering.
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Reich
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Hungary
U. S
East Prussia
Winston Churchill
Science today reports textiles revolution from chemistry
The American Chemical Society journal says new fabrics from chemistry may transform textiles including grass based cloth rayon from seaweed and a wide range of synthetics. The materials include silk like fabrics, satins, nylon threads for socks and sweaters, and 100 percent recovery vinyl.
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American Chemical Society Journal
Congress Ordered To Act On Legislation Before Christmas
Washington reports Senate Floor Leader Barkley saying Congress will recess for Christmas if needed to push two bills on unemployment compensation and the full employment program. President Truman also seeks to delay action on the youth draft and army navy unification, amid mixed public opinion and political maneuvering.
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Congress
Washington
Senate
Barkley
White House
Truman
War Department
Pearl Harbor
Committee of Inquiry
Navy Department
Eisenhower’s early party ties revealed in Abilene tale
The article recalls Dwight D. Eisenhower as a Democrat in 1909, speaking at the Abilene Kansas Democratic banquet while still a student. It notes he received endorsements from both Democratic and Republican factions, and highlights his early, informal mix of politics and preparedness in Abilene with contemporaries and local editors.
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Washington
Dewey
Philippines
Dwight Eisenhower
Admiral Dewey
GOP
Eisenhower
Abilene
Kan
Kansas
J. W. Howe
Emporia
Howe
Abilene News
Dwight
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Repubicans
Taft
Teddy Roosevelt
Abi- Jene
West Point
Phil W. Heath
Abilene Chronicle
Charles M. Harger
Abilene Reflector
Heath
Harger
George H. Hodges
Europe
Ike Eisenhower
Ike
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Warn
Science Today
Paul Mallon
George
Air Transport Command
Chiefs of Staff
Halsey
Nimitz
Balsey
George Committee
Clabber Girl
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