Ford Mediator Aoria Parley at Detroit Ford Plant
A first joint meeting is anticipated between Ford Motor Company representatives and striking United Auto Workers in Detroit. James Dewey, a mediator, announced ongoing separate talks with company and union leaders to break the River Rouge plant deadlock. Contents reported include union claims for recognition, wage gains, seniority, grievance procedures, abolition of the service department, and rehiring of workers allegedly discharged for union activity.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Balted Auto Workers
Dewey
Quiel
River Rouge
Ford
Laurence A. Lyon
Lyon
WGTG
Witon
Sultley
Temoraw
Rouge
Comepany
Nazis Declare More German Attacks Over England
Berlin reported renewed German raids targeting the English coast and the North Sea convoy routes. A harbor on the east coast was attacked, a large convoy off Scotland was sacked, and bombers struck northeast of Tynemouth. One 4000 ton merchant ship was hit and listed. another 3000 ton vessel damaged. A 2000 ton freighter was sunk this morning, with further reports of sinkings to follow.
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Berlin
England
Enpilzh Weat
Secorthng
Dnb
Offeral
Scotland
Tynemouth
Tost
Aly
Nazi Warship Sunk In British Air Attack Off Northwest France
April 7 1944 London reports a German destroyer believed sunk after an Allied air strike near the northwest French coast. The communique notes further raids on Brest and Ostend, with several ships damaged or hit and multiple German aircraft shot down over Cap Griz Nez. British pilots logged a 61st mission and several direct hits on German vessels in the Low Countries.
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London
Als
Brest
Schostuhorst
Geneisenau
France
H. AF
Lamuiden
Netherlande
Trance Abt
Commuunique
Ealals
Ostend
Gennaunard
Low Countries
French
Messerschmidt
Cap Griz Nez
Atland
Suffolk Coast
Istry
Hewes
Kfar Atteiter
Air raid alarms in Hungary and Romania report
April 7 Budapest was warned of an air raid as six British planes were shot down by Hungarian fighters over Szeged. Six bombs were said to have fallen near Pees and Yugoslav planes were reported to have bombed Arad in Romania.
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Budapest
Cri
Hungarian Views Agency
Szeged
Pees
Aaid
Gombed
Arad
Rumania
Armor Plate Plant Mechanics Strike In Coatesville
In Coatesville Pennsylvania on April 7 a strike by mechanics at Tarkens Steel’s armor plate plant halted the machine. Organizers say 30 workers walked out and threaten wider action, as the plant held the world’s largest steel plate rolling operation for defense production.
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Coatesville
Ab Tarkens Steel Company
Arn Jolson
Labor Secretary Seeks Cooperation to Speed Defense Production
Secretary Perkins told the House Military Affairs Committee that employers and workers must cooperate to avoid delays in defense output. She warned against over and under emphasis of labor conditions in defense plants. Perkins endorsed mediation and conciliators to foster collective bargaining and faster, fair labor relations.
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Washington
Perkins
House
Military al- Inlcs
Greek Blitz Near Maginot Line Report
Descriptive dispatch from a correspondent describes heavy artillery and machine gun fire on a Greek front. German troops advance alongside dive bombers as observers note tremor along long trenches and rising smoke from bombardment near an unidentified Greek theater.
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Berlins
Greece
Prot or Fearg Revolt in Usa Headlines
Detroit April report quotes Dr. J Frank Nurs at Temple Baytise urging warning against internal revolt. He warns Uncle Sam faces threats from domestic communism and sabotage, linking European unrest to internal dangers and calling for vigilance to defend American values. The speech critiques allied governments and cites anti American sentiment shaping the national mood.
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Detroit
America
J. Frank Nurs
Temple Baytise
Sam
Europe
Asia
France
Blum
Ephyates
Tigris
Persian Gulf
Morvan
CLO Strikes Plant of Phelps-Dodge in New Mexico
The article reports a plant strike at Phelps-Dodge in Anabeth, New Mexico, with about 1700 employees walking off. Officials of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers anticipate similar actions at other company plants, including in Los Angeles, as rational defense contracts face disruption.
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CLO
Phelps-Dodge
Dazabeth
Roy Nolidays
Phelps-Dodge Cooper Corporation
Os United
Fork
Wayne
Fel
Los Angeles
GOAL CONTRACT APPROVAL NEAR
April report from New York says contract talks on a nationwide coal diggers wage boost near completion. Northern and Southern operators clash over terms as a 9 day wage hike and a $440 raise for Southern workers loom. Telser standfunt in White Plains plans to reject the proposed pack amid a schism among operators.
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New York
Bouther
Telter Standfunt
Witte
Atanstant Stacy
Fords Evade Subpoenas in US Injunction Case
United States Marshal John Bare reports Ford family members Henry Ford Edsel Ford and Bill Ford failed to appear in federal court for subpoenas tied to injunction proceedings. Subpoenas were issued Friday to compel their testimony before UAW counsel in Detroit.
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Defroyn
INS
United Blates
John Bare
Ivis Inebiity Fa
Getroit
Paresonages
Henry Ford
Edsel Pard
Bary Benet
Wage pact reaches extended steel labor talks end
Pittsburgh April 7. The United Steel Workers and management announced a wage agreement extending the current contract set to expire. The industry wide talks continue with a retroactive pay rise and improved working conditions, affecting U.S. Steel plants nationwide.
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Pittsburgh
Hewoten
Os Steel
Comnitter
U. S
Wniter
Wattonal Steel Corporation
Pw Steel
Garnegie-Uinols, Steel Corporation
U.S
Harvesters Propose Six Day 40 Hour Week Change
The International Harvester Co proposes a six day forty hour week for selected plants with overtime pay. The plan would apply only to plants with sufficient orders and includes a time and a half overtime provision. Richmond plant employees have accepted the proposal as likely Chicago McCormick and tractor works and Rock Falls may follow pending mediation board settlement. The company faces over ten million dollars in orders.
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Chicago
International Warvester Company
Richmond
McCormick and Tractor Works
Rock Falls
Iediation Board
Esfonsa Ordeis
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