Experts Differ on Inflation in Strikes
Washington January 17 union officials and government economists clash over inflation from strikes. Officials say strikes pressure prices while some argue price drops could occur. OPA cites rising meat shortages and emergency buying as inflationary forces affecting consumers nationwide. In Flint Michigan, most of the 44 schools closed by strike impact 27,000 pupils with a 10 cent hourly pay demand.
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Houston Crown refinery workers gain 18 percent raise
About 400 employees at the Crown Central refinery in Houston received an 18 percent increase in hourly wages today. Half of the raise is retroactive to September 1, and a night shift differential was also granted by the company.
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Veterans picket in Panther Valley seek jobs for locals
In Gansford Pennsylvania leaders of veteran job hunters staged a picket that halted anthracite production in eastern Pennsylvania's Panther Valley. They plan to meet mine owners to protest outsiders hired during the war. the 65 activists, averaging 20 years in age, wore uniforms and banners and had not been employed before military service.
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Pennssylvania
Panther Valley
Strike in New York Paralyses 200,000 Electric Workers
Electric workers in a three day old strike shut down 79 plants of General Electric, Westinghouse, and General Motors electrical divisions across 16 states. No wage talks resumed as the CIO United Electrical Workers union presses for a $2 a day raise amid stalled steel industry negotiations.
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El Paso bus strike talks stalled as traffic jams grow
Negotiations for a wage and length of contract between the AFL union and El Paso City Lines stall while city streets see heavy private car and taxi traffic. The union rejects a company offer of a 5 cent rise and counters with a 10 cent increase or 90 cents an hour.
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el Paso City Lines
Leaders of six unions plan talks on Western Electric strike
In New York leaders of six Independent unions representing 58 000 Western Electric employees met to decide on strike action that could cripple firm facilities nationwide and trigger a second national shutdown. The unions were called to decide whether to strike in sympathy with the Western Electric Employees Association whose 17 200 members waited out 14 days ago in 21 plants around metropolitan New York seeking better than a 15 percent wage increase.
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Western Electric Company
Western Flectric Employes Association
City Health Plans 50000 Volunteer Blood Tests
The city health department aims to secure 50,000 volunteer blood tests as part of a venereal disease control campaign. Dr. Walter S. Green will outline the plan before the Community Welfare council meeting at the YMCA at 10:00 a.m. Monday. Mrs. Laura Wagel, secretary, has asked the council's 105 agencies to send three delegates each. The Ulm Know for Sure program will be shown, and blood tests of the delegates will be taken.
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Community Welfare Council
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Goner
Ulm
Wage Pact Talks Tripped by Three Ford-UAW Hurdles
Detroit Ford and the United Auto Workers resume negotiations over a postwar contract facing three sticking points. Ford rejects union demands on timing with volume production, plus company security against wildcat strikes, while both sides dispute wage figures and the method of implementing the raise. Ford reports a high daily production and outlines planned increases to meet future capacity.
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United Automobile Workers
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Scrapping of Ships Studied by House Panel
Washington January 1 A congressional inquiry opened into scrapping partly built warships with plans to salvage some by constructing new. The House Naval Committee led by Chairman Carl Vinson questioned Navy Bureau of Ships officials on 37 vessels at various finish stages with nearly 250 million dollars spent. Estimated to complete the Seattle craft runs about 198 million, covering carriers submarines and auxiliaries. savings from scrapping would fall short of prior expenditures. Representative W Sterling Cole urged reviewers to consider the cost and benefits of the plan.
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Bureau of Ships
House Naval Committee
Seattle
W. Sterling Cole
New York
Repuilican
Thief Steals Gun From Dallas Crime Expert
J M Welch head of the Dallas crime prevention bureau learned Jesson in crime today. Yesterday he left keys in the ignition of his car. A thief used the keys to open the glove compartment and steal Welch’s pistol.
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Jen
J. M. Welch
Dallas Crime Prevention Bureau
Jesson
Welch
GM Strikers Tighten Belts at Detroit Plants
Detroit area GM strikers describe dire pay cuts and depleted savings as walkout endures. Workers, weary but resolute, insist on concessions before returning to production. Veterans note contrast between wartime pay and current hardships while trusting union leadership.
GM wage figures dispute fuels UAW strike pressure
General Motors president E. J. Wilson defended GM pay against claims other automakers pay higher wages. He cited a September 1945 Detroit area average straight time rate of 1.20 dollars for GM factory workers and noted exclusion of night shift, overtime, and vacations. R. J. Thomas of the UAW CIO warned that striking workers are ready to press a 19 1 2 cent raise if a fact finding board’s recommendations are rejected, setting a Monday deadline and threatening a revert to a 30 percent demand.
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General Motors
G. M
Wilson
Detroit
Flint
Pontige
Lansing
R. J.thomas
International Uaw.cio
Inventor Unveils TanH Deicer for Winter Livestock Water
A new TanH deicer stock tank device appears to keep two holes open in ice on surface water tanks. It ensures cattle and other livestock have access to drinking water during winter by maintaining liquid channels despite freezing conditions.
Theater Row Stalled in St John High Dispute
In St John Missouri on January 11 workers of the stage hand union and Gem theater owners remain deadlocked over staffing as 30 pupils of St John High School have been unable to attend for 16 months. The theater burned and was rebuilt amid labor controversy as owners say they cannot afford more help.
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Missouri
St. John High School
St. Louis
Gem Theater
St. John
Gem
Bank Elevates Andres Rivera to Assistant Vice President
Andres Rivera, promoted Thursday from assistant cashier, becomes assistant vice president at the National Bank of Commerce. He will head the bank’s Mexican relations department and has served as treasurer of the Boys Club and on multiple Pan American and commerce committees. He was appointed to the Good Neighbor commission by Governor Stevenson.
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Andres Rivera
National Bank of Commerce
Boys Club
Chamber of Commerce
Good Neighbor Commission
Stevenson
Marring Picture Divorce Grounds
Milwaukee court grants divorce to Margaret Rousseau 23 citing husband's act of painting mustache and spectacles on a wedding picture as grounds. William Rousseau 25 named in filing. Case highlights personal affronts shown in unusual fault lines of separation.
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Milwaukee
Margaret Rousseau
William
Charge Filed After Stabbing Names and Addresses Added
Augustin Vasquez aged 18 of 220 Upson Street was booked for assault to murder after a stabbing of Arthur Vordiles at a bay in the 400 block of Main Avenue on Wednesday. Vordiles of 501 North Flores Street was stabbed several times and is in serious condition.
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Upson Street
Arthur Vordiles
North Flores Street
Main Avenue
Vordiles
Story Wins Freedom
Judge W. W. McCrory in Criminal District court Thursday suspended a four year sentence for Thomas Wilson after he pleaded guilty to burglarizing the residence of Jim Phelan on December 6. Wilson claimed intoxication led him to sleep at the scene. Wilson, address 519 Arthur Street, was involved in the De cember incident at 805 North New Braaufels Avenue.
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W. W. McCrory
Criminal District Court
Thomas Wilson
Arthur Street
Jim Phelan
New Brauafels Avenue
Restore Confidence With Fas Teeth Powder
A readable ad style claim for Fas Teeth powder to secure dentures with a pleasant taste free of gritty sensation. It markets steady plate fit, reducing slipping while eating, laughing, or talking, claiming alkaline nonacid action and no gum irritation.
Ruling hits idled vet in GM strike case
Washington January 17 a Veterans Administration ruling upheld Michigan unemployment compensation for John Cody a non union worker at A C Sparkplug a GM subsidiary The decision may affect hundreds of thousands of veterans and prompts plans to seek a GI bill amendment so veterans who are struck out of work may collect benefits The case centers on Cody who returned to work after military service but faced unemployment due to a strike Bradley states Cody is directly interested as he could gain higher wages if the strike succeeds
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Omar B. Ketchum
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Flint
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Armed Services
Sparkplug
Token Strike Hits Italy Government Workers
Rome reports the General Confederation of Labor prompted a token nationwide strike by government workers to press for a 1945 back pay equal to one month's salary. The action lasted an hour nationwide, with Sicily extending the stoppage to three days.
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General Confederation of Labor
Italy
Sicily
Death Race To Begin Occupation End Plan Reported
Brisbane and London dispatches report eight week old Cherylene Daily Express Berlin baby daughter of an American father and Australian mother. A plan calls for withdrawal of all occupying forces from Germany within five to ten years to seek a peace treaty. Doctors warn that the infant’s fontanelle may not close, risking death within 60 days without a timely medical response in transit to San Francisco. Passage for mother and child was authorized by Washington after an origin Brisbane departure.
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Australia
London
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Cherylene
San Francisco
Robert James Rabisan
Viret
Kansas
Miltenberger Nominated to Lead National Guard Bureau
President Truman nominated Brig. Gen. Butler B. Miltenberger of North Platte Nebraska as chief of the National Guard Bureau in the War Department with the rank of major general. Miltenberger would succeed Maj. Gen. John F. Williams and is an Infantry officer in the Nebraska National Guard who commanded the 134th Infantry 35th Division in the war and served as the division's deputy commander late in the conflict.
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Butler B. Miltenberger
North Platte
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War Department
Miltenberger
John F. Wiliams
Nebraska National Guard
134Th Infanty
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