Absenteeism and Pay Affect War Plant Labor
Absenteeism returns to trouble some war plants as green labor and cross region hiring rise to meet expanded production. Higher hourly wages lure workers to shop for better jobs, while housing woes and family illness keep others home. Men's average lost time is about nine days yearly, women about thirteen, with six day schedules worst. An Eastern metal plant notes absenteeism climbs as overtime nears 48 hours and drops toward 32 hours with five-day weeks. An equipment maker reports overtime periods increase absenteeism in defense orders.
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New York
National Industrial Conference Board
Whay
Board
Fairless Becomes U S Steel Chairman After Olds Farewell
Benjamin F. Fairless assumed full leadership of the United States Steel Corp after Irving I. Olds retired from the chairmanship. Olds ended his tenure earning 211000 dollars annually. Fairless remains president and was named chairman of the Board of Directors.
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New York
Benjamin F. Fairless
Irving 8. Olds
United States Steel Corp
Olds
Fairless
Pulitzer Prizes Awarded for 1951 Journalism and Literature
The St Louis Post Dispatch won five Pulitzers for public service meritorious reporting and local crime stories. Herman Wouk received fiction honors for The Caine Mutiny while Joseph Kramm won for The Shrike stage drama. AP reporter John M Hightower earned international reporting for Wake Island coverage alongside editorial, cartoon and local reporting prizes across major outlets.
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New York
Herman Wouki
Joseph Kramm
St .Louis Post-Dispatch
Internal Revenue Bureau
John M. Hightower
Associated Press
Puderes
Wustees
Columbia Universit
Joseph Pulitzer
Columbia
Pulitzer
Post- Dispatch
St.Louis
San Francisco Chronicle
George de Carvalho
America
China
Anthony Seviero
New York Times
Sevierg
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Wake Island
Louis la Coss
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
West Point
U. S. Senate
Fred L. Packer
New York Daily Mirror
Washington
Clark Is Ready To Assume Job In Far East Command
Gen. Mark W. Clark arrived in Tokyo to take over United Nations and U.S. Far East command from Gen. Matthew Ridgway. Ridgway departs Monday to become NATO commander in Europe. Clark pledged to use his power to push for an honorable armistice in Korea.
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Tokyo
Mark W. Clark
Matthew B. Ridgway
United Nations
U.S
Far East
Ridgway
Dwight D. Eisenhower
NATO
Europe
Clark
Korea
Cabell Sylvania Plant Is Closed in Huntington
Huntington plant of Sylvania Electric Products Co. shuts again after a wildcat strike and a walkout by five mechanics during grievance negotiations. Plant Manager H A Ehlers cites the walkout as the trigger. Local 608 CIO IEU leader George Dempsey says workers were locked out as talks broke down over 21 grievances.
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Huntington LA
Huntington
Sylvania Electric Products Co
HA. Ehlers
Wildcat
Pres
George Dempsey
CIO International Union of Electric Workers
Ehlers
Demspey
Defense Facilities Expanding in State West Virginia Tax Amortization Aid
Defense Production Administration issued certificates of necessity for accelerated tax amortization aiding new or expanded defense facilities in West Virginia. Edward Fields and Co of Dakota Marion County receives 63 percent tax write-off on a 12100 facility for ferrous scrap. Onia Apex Inc of Nitra gains 70 percent on SISL A05 phosphorus oxychloride. Midwest Steel Corp of Charleston obtains 63 percent on 71000 ferrous scrap.
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Richmond
Defense Production Administration
West Virginia
Edward Fields and Co
Dakota
Marion County
Onia-Apex, Inc
Midwest Steel Corp
Charleston
Paris Fashion Show Promotes Beam Bras and Sheer Bathing Suits
In Paris Jacques Rei unveils a risqué fashion lineup featuring beam bras and nearly transparent bathing dresses. Models sport two-strap coverings and front-buttoning beach wear while an orange nylon skirt overlays a black swimsuit. Brazen sculptured one-pieces reveal every curve as audiences react to the provocative styles. A separate ad promotes Bellans tablets for indigestion with bold claims of fast relief.
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Paris
Jacques Rei
Heim
20 Percent Shift in Textbooks Gets Beard's Approval
The State Board of Education in Charleston adopted elementary school textbooks with about 20 percent changes, under the law's 30 percent limit. State Supt. Trent opposed the changes. the board also awarded a $8,311 electrical renovation bid for West Virginia Tech and advertised for paving bids on a $2 road at Fairmont College. Next meeting May 15-16 will review 1953 budgets and salary plans for principals.
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Charleston
State Board of Education
Googe Boas
W. W. Trent
West Virginia Tech
Baylis and Ramey, Inc
Fairmont College
H. K. Baer
Phares E. Reeder
The
West Virginia Education Association
West Virginia
French Doctor Tests Shipwreck Survival Theory on Atlantic Voyage
A 27 year old French doctor Alain Louis Bombard plans a two month drift across the Atlantic on a floating laboratory raft with four companions. They will live on seafood and seawater mixed with pressed fish juices for thirst. Bombard has crossed the English Channel before and will sail from Gibraltar toward the Antilles via the Canary Islands and Cape Verde.
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Joseph E. Dynan Parise
Alain Louis Bloombard
Atlantic Ocean
English Channel
Bombard
Gibraltar
Antilles
Canary Islands
Cape Verde Islands
Rotterdam
Holland
Hope of Oppressed Lies in Few Poles Who Resist
The spark of liberty glows in Poland as peasants and city dwellers resist Soviet control. Underground cells persist amid arrests and executions, aided by the few leaders in exile like Stanislaw Mik. Citizens endure terror while awaiting a decisive liberation moment.
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Commie Army
Poland
Moscow
Stalin
Kremlin
Stanislaw Mikformer
Polish Peasant Party
United States
Faultless Concert Closes Season For Local Association
The Communi Concert Association wraped its 1951 52 season with Whittemore and Lowe delivering flawless performances at Woodrow Wilson High School Their varied program ranged from Haydn variations to Kreisler Stars in My Eyes and Rachmaninoff Tears with four encores including That Old Black Magic The concert boosted the drive for new members and was praised as among the best Community Concerts in Beckley with strong musicianship stage presence and a balanced mix of masterworks and modern pieces.
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Arthur Whittemore
Jack Lowe
Whittemore
Lowe
Und Televisiont Oppes
Fritz Kreisler
Solie
Clifford Shaw
Rachmaninoff
Guaracna
Sancitorium
Beckley
T.F.S
House Panel Cuts Foreign Aid By Over One Billion Dollars
The House Foreign Affairs Committee began final review of the foreign aid program and approved a total reduction of 1.0199 billion dollars, about 12.8 percent of the 7.9 billion dollars Truman asked for, targeting Europe.
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Washington II
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Europe
Truman
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Woodrow Wikson High School
Oscar Handlin
Harvard University
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Charles Evans
Washington Post
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