Pact of Pattern May Signal Union Extensions
Pittsburgh january 25. Ins. The United Steelworkers extended Big Steel’s collective bargaining contract with five U. S. Steel subsidiaries to April 30. Labor leaders see a pattern for other CIO unions to extend wage pacts. Walter Reuther and Albert Fitzgerald reportedly met with Philip Murray to discuss the move amid uncertainty over legal issues and transport-based suits. Murray said the extension was requested by Big Steel Vice President John A. Stephens and ratified by the union’s wage policy board and executive committee.
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Pittsburgh
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Big Steel
United Steel Workers
Walter Reuther
Automobile Workers
Albert J. Fitzgerald
United Electrical Workers
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Philip Murray
Reuther
Fitzgerald
Auro and Electrical
Steelworkers
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Rae
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Ena
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John A.*stephens
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New Construction Methods Promoted in San Antonio
Builders in San Antonio tout modern methods for high rise work. They aim to use shale aggregate instead of gravel in concrete floors and explore steel and ground-floor innovations for a 160 foot rear addition to the St. Anthony hotel keeping above ground floors accessible.
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San Antonio
St. Anthony
Berg Hampers Byrd Expedition During Antarctic Unloading
The Byrd Antarctic expedition resumed unloading at Little America on Jan 25 as ships faced ice hazards. A monster iceberg forced a temporary exit from the Bay of Whales, though the transport Merrick later returned to resume unloading after the berg crashed into bay ice. Rear Admiral Richard H. Cruzen supervised operations and kept a wary eye on icebergs.
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BYRD
Antarctic
INS
Little America
Bay of Whales
Richard.h. Cruzen
Merrick
Shortage of Nurses Tied to 60 Deaths in Bay State Hospitals
In Massachusetts and Rhode Island reports, 60 deaths are linked to nurse shortages amid an influenza diarrhea outbreak. Commissioner Clifton Perkins cites 2500 vacant state hospital posts and 36 000 patients, with 40 elderly patients dying in six weeks and 20 deaths in 12 days at Rhode Island mental hospitals. Officials warn families but say the mental health departments are addressing the crisis. The Rhode Island superintendent reports the virus was severe but now under control.
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Rie
Clifton "T Perkins
Massachusetts
Public Wealth
Bay State
Department of Mental Health
Department of
Rhode Island
Gay
Jonn.o
Pastore
Ahreenian Commission
John F. Regan
Rhone Island
O Daniel Attacks Suits In Senate Hearing Over Pay
Senator O'Daniel of Texas blasts salary suits as legalized hijacking in a statement for a senate subcommittee. He notes lawmakers consider bills to cap back pay claims, with one proposal seeking more than four billion dollars. In Tokyo, Allied HQ reports 45,796 Japanese repatriated from Soviet areas Jan 1–19. over one million remain in Soviet custody.
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Washington
Eco Portal
O'Daniel D
Texas
Senate
C.T
Tokyo
Texas Polar Ship Set To Sail For Antarctic Expedition
In Beaumont Port the crew prepares to launch the Ronne Antarctic expedition aboard a converted naval vessel. Commander Finn Ronne leads 22 members, with a 1948 summer voyage planned to study minerals, oil resources, cosmic radiation, weather, magnetism, and electronic equipment outfitting completed at Penn-Ter Pennsylvania Shipyards.
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Shaumont
Mons
Finn Ronne
Bean- Ronne
Mont
Hoon
Beaumont
Penu-ment
Ter Aylvania
End of Spring Expedition Plans Reportedly Studied
A fragmentary notice describes a spring expedition based near Marguerite Bay Falmerland peninsula Antarctica. It mentions the 1941 Byrd camp site, Fair weather, and a predicted high of 76 degrees as Ronne acts as second in command.
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Marguerite Bay
Falmerland
Ninsula
Coati
Texas
Ronne
Gulf Coast
End Near For Capone in Palm Island Villa
Capone, the ex-Chicago gangster, remains critically ill at a Palm Island villa where he occupies a 25 room residence. Two physicians said his condition worsened after a stroke on Tuesday and pneumonia in both lungs was diagnosed yesterday.
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Miame Brach
Pia
Scarface al Caponelay
Palm, Island
Chicago
Dean Jagger to wed Chinese girl in California ban stokes dispute
In Santa Monica California film star Dean Jagger and Gloria Ling planned to marry in Albuquerque New Mexico but a county clerk refused a license under a California law barring interracial unions. Deputy County Clerk Zelle Serjent said Ling's father was born in China prompting the denial.
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Santa Monica
Calif
California
Dean Jagger
Gloria Ling
Albuquerque
WN. M
Zelle Serjent
Belcause
Miss Ling
China
Arabian Prince Visits A and M Campus in College Station
Crown Prince Ibn Saud of Arabia visited Texas A and M today, touring the campus in honor of graduates who worked on irrigation projects abroad. He flew to College Station from Port Arthur, continuing a tour that highlighted international ties with the university community.
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Houston
INS
Ibn Saud
Arabia
Texas A
College Station
College Staton
Port Arthur
Adultery Case Dropped In Grand Rapids Church Scandal
A Grand Rapids adultery case involving a Methodist minister Reverend Daniel L Reely aged 54 and a 40 year old choir singer was dropped after the singer's husband Paul Cowles withdrew charges. Reely admitted a 10 day Texas trip with Mrs Marii Guerite Cowles and hoped to restart his ministry elsewhere. Cowles blamed his wife's nervous condition for the affair and requested dismissal of the case.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Jan
Daniel L.reely
Texas
Mariiguerite Cowles
Paul Cowles
OPA Rules Out Flat Rent Boost
Washington report on January 25 says the Office of Price Administration revised regulations to ease rent increases in hardship cases. Officials were unsure how about 16 million rental units under ceilings would be affected, but predicted small property owners would benefit most.
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Washington
OPA
Benatit
Plane Crash Kills 14 in London At Croydon Airport
Fourteen people are feared dead after a transport plane faltered after taking off from Croydon and crashed back onto the runway. The craft, chartered for Rhodesia, collided with a parked airliner, both catching fire. Among the 18 aboard were several children and Sisters of Mercy.
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London
Croydon
Rhodesia
Sisters of Mercy
Elier
MacArthur Observes 67th Birthday in Tokyo
Gen. Douglas MacArthur marks his 67th birthday in Tokyo on January 25. He will have a quiet day centered on a family lunch with his wife and son. He contemplates retirement from public service while remaining in good health and condition.
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Pokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Continental
United States
MacArthur
Stalin Pact Move Hailed Explanations Clear Misunderstanding
London diplomats hailed Stalin's move to clear up a mis understanding about the Anglo Soviet treaty of alliance. They noted Stalin's acceptance, in principle, of extending the pact from 25 to 50 years, in his reply to Bevin's December explanation.
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London
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Ernest Bevin
Pravda
Stall
Navy Plane Crash Near Halifax Injures Six
A United States Navy transport plane overshot a landing field near Halifax Nova Scotia last night while en route from Floyd Bennett Field New York to a North Atlantic base. Seven aboard six injured including a servicewoman two crew seriously hurt four passengers with minor injuries.
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Halifax
N.S
Floyd Bennett Field
New York
Atlantic
P B O s Collide Two Pilots Killed At March Field
March Field California report of a midair collision between two B.G.D. jet planes left pilots Lt. Ronald R. Rice of Norwalk Connecticut and Maj. Felix B. Williamson of Cordele Georgia dead. Williamson's plane disintegrated and Rice's was destroyed by fire after a spin crash.
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March Field
Calif
Ronald R. Rice
Norwalk
Conn
Felix B. Williamson
Cordele
Williamson
Ricci
Red Divisions Routed in Central Manchuria Raid
China's government dispatches report that Communist divisions sweeping south into central Manchuria have been routed. The decisive clash occurred near Chitamu, about 60 miles northeast of Changchui Peiping, with Chittamu recaptured by government troops three days earlier.
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Nanking
Manchurie
Chitamu
Changchui
Peiping
Chittamu
Maverick Sr. Dies at Ranch Home
Albert Maverick Sr. 92, patriarch of the Maverick family, died of pneumonia Friday night at Sunshine Ranch on Babcock Road. A San Antonio native born May 1854, he was the last surviving son of Samuel and Mary Adams Maverick, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Surviving are his widow Jane and nine children and more than 60 grandchildren. Funeral services are planned for Monday at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church.
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Maverick
Sunshine Ranch
Babcock Road
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
San Antonio
Typyers
Dees
Samuel and
Mary Adams Maverick
Samuel Mavericks
Mutry Maverick
Congress
Jane Maverick
J.S. McNeel
Norma
J. Welsh
Universi!irginiage
Heolame
iMiss
Déannié Maury
Charlottesville
Europe
England
France
Fredericksburg
Weekend Weather Outlook With Temperatures Shifting
Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies Saturday afternoon and night and Sunday with cooler kph. Saturday high near 70 with a 40s low Friday’s high near 73 and Saturday night around 40. Sunday expected high about 76 with a low in the 40s.
Fire destroys Textex Battery and Lone Star Paper plant
A Friday night blaze gutted a building at 312 Vera Cruz Istreet housing Textex Battery and Lone Star Paper companies. The fire caused about 4000 in damage and prompted a second alarm due to nearby oil drums.
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Textex Battery Company
Lone Star Paper Company
Vera Cruz Istreet
Nee
City Commission Delays Salary Cut Request
Harlingen Texas January 25 The city commission postponed action on Mayor R J Kroeger s proposal to reduce his salary from 2400 to 1 a year citing good city finances Kroeger said William P Briscoe could handle affairs for the next two years the commission will decide at its next meeting
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Harlingen
R. J.kroeger
Kroeger
William P. Briscoe
Stalin Opposes Exchange of Soviet and British Officers
Moscow dispatch reports that Stalin informed Field Marshal Montgomery he frowns on an exchange program allowing Soviet and British officers to study in each other’s military academies. The Tass feed notes the stance follows ongoing wartime coordination in the Allied alliance.
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Moscow
Tass
Stalin
Lord Montgomery
Guest soloist Robert Weede to perform in San Antonio concert
Metropolitan baritone Robert Weede will be the guest soloist at the season's ninth subscription concert in the auditorium this Saturday night. Tickets labeled Robert Merrill should be used by subscribers as Weede replaces that singer. Conductor Max Reiter also announced the first San Antonio performance of Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphony No 2 in E minor.
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Robert Weede
San Antonio
Robert Merrill
Weede
Max Reiter
Sergei Rachmaninou
Maine teen reportedly kills father in village home
Sheriff Louis A. Gendron said a 47 pound Maine high school freshman told him he fatally beat his father with a baseball bat to protect his mother during an altercation at their isolated village home near here. The 43 year old Theodore Anderson died from a fractured skull after an abuse claim, as his wife and two other children were present. The 15 year old sister Jean was quoted as considering using a poker but fled. Jean, four feet two inches tall, is detained for further questioning with no charges yet filed. The family lived in Agassiz Village, a deserted winter area near Lewiston and the Burroughs Foundation camp adjoining the village.
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UPI
Louis A. Gendron
Maine
Here
Jean Anderson
Gehdron
Jean
Theodore Anderson
Burroughs Foundation
Agassiz
Lewiston
Andersons
Judith
Dimes Gift Stolen at Southton School Break‑in
San Antonio official reports a break-in at Southton school where $100 in March of Dimes donations from children was stolen. Sheriff Crow notes the incident occurred Saturday at the cotton mill office. authorities seek clues to recover the money.
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Sheriie
Ft Worth Crash Kills Woman in City Injury Report
Fort Worth police report a fatal crash last night injuring two others. Eula Mae Gaston, 34, of Fort Worth died after a car struck her, her son John Gaston, and daughter in law Helen Gaston were treated for leg and hip injuries.
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Ft. Worth
Fort Worth
Eula” Mae Gaston
Fost. Worth
John Gaston
Helen
Two Guilty in Meat Fraud
New York officials say two men linked to a major meat fraud ring were convicted of fraud conspiracy and use of counterfeit ration stamps. Albert Merl and Siegried Hermann operated Sanest companies in New York and Chester. They were found guilty of defrauding the government of 263000 dollars in subsidies and forging meat ration checks worth 12 million points. Each faces up to 278 years in prison and 590000 dollars in fines.
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New York
U.S
F. A Metiohey
Ini
Gine
L A Gangs Fight Ends With Stabbings And Shootings
Three people were hospitalized after a gang clash in the 900 block of Seguin Road when a bottle was hurled at a car. August Taylor was shot in both thighs and joined by Manuel and Santo Hernandez who were slashed. Police detained several youths as a wider flare up followed in the West Poplar Street area.
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August Taylor
Rummels Street
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Pital
Manuel
San Ago Hernandez
France
Jelsco Hernandez
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Sylvester
DeAro
Celedonio Ramirez
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