Union Back Pay Advances Set At 30 Million In Steel Wages
Pittsburgh January 25 An hourly wage standardization pact between U S Steel and the CIO United Steelworkers will entail more than 30 million dollars in back pay for workers across five principal subsidiaries plus about 17 million in raise benefits for roughly 173000 employees. The agreement retroactive to January 4 1944 groups 25 000 jobs into 30 classifications lifting base wages from 96 1/2 cents to as high as 1.98 dollars per hour.
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Pittsburgh
U. 5
C. I. Or
United Steelworkers
Avayne
National War Labor Board
Top Officials To Testify In May War Profits Trial
The Justice Department will call Secretary of War Patterson and senior officers to testify against former Representative Andrew J. May and co defendants in the Garsson war profits conspiracy trial. Prosecution cites witness list including Maj. Gen. Porter and Maj. Gen. Waltz as May allegedly sought aid from Garsson firms. The case probes a $78 million munitions combine with May described as a guardian angel on the House Military Affairs Committee.
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INS
Justice Department
Patterson
Andrew J. May
Garssen
May
Henry M. Garsson
Murray Garsson
Joseph F. Freeman
William N. Porter
Alden N. Waltz
Garsson Companies
Garssons and
Freeman
Garsson
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House
United Nations Human Rights Commission Opens First Session
The 18 nation commission begins its first session at Lake Success with Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt taking a leading role. It aims to draft an international bill of rights, study press freedom, minority protection, and anti discrimination ahead of the February 28 Social and Economic Council meeting.
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Lake Success
N. Y
INS
Security Council
United Nations Commission For Human Rights
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Social and Economic Council
Clever papers end chores dusting and polishing
Ecience introduces two new paper products that simplify dusting and silver polishing. Housewives hail relief from drudgery as Duo-Duatin Sheely dusting paper and Dis- Feeable polish furniture and keep hands clean.
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Ecience
Mesa
Cattlemen Rush Inspections to Halt Hoof and Mouth Spread
Fort Worth dispatch reports twenty five field inspectors from the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association and state Livestock Sanitary Commission were sent to the Mexican border to curb hoof and mouth disease. Officials, including C. E. Weymouth and J. H. Rasco, coordinate actions at ports of entry as legislation moves to empower agencies to block cross border spread. Cattle herds in the U S remain unaffected so far.
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Fort Worth
vPi
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers’ Association
Livestock Sanitary Commission
Texas
Association
C. E. Weymouth
Amarillo
Weymouth
Washington
Henry Bell
J. H. Rasco
Commission
Beil
Austin
Rio Grande
Federal
Saddles Stolen From Riverside Amusement Park
San Antonio police may search for a horse thief after two saddles were reported stolen from Riverside Amusement Park on Mission Road this past Saturday.
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San Antonio
Riverside Amusement Park
Mission Road
Four Hurt in Collision Near San Antonio Castrovile Road
Four people injured in a two-car crash four and a half miles from San Antonio on the Castroville road. Vehicles were driven by attorney Joe Lee Hensley and James Adamek. Hensley suffered cuts, Adamek a severe head cut, while passengers Bernard and Alton Grimm sustained rib and back injuries. The report cited Patrolman Luther Moore. Bilbo Improves New Orleans update noted Senator Theo G. Bilbo is said to be recovering well.
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San Antonio
Castroville Road
State Highway Patrol
Joe Lee Hensley
Funston Place
James Adamek
St. John Street
Luther Moore
Hensley
Adamek
Bernard Grimm
Callaghan Street
Alton Grimm
Guest Artist Weede Well Received By San Antonio Audience
The San Antonio Symphony featured guest baritone Robert Weede replacing Robert Merrill on Saturday night. The program included Rachmaninoff Second Symphony conductor Max Reiter edited, Mendelssohn scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Mozart overture to Don Giovanni, and Shostakovich polka from The Golden Age. Weede sang Figaro passages in The Barber of Seville and gave strong renditions of Where Ever You Walk and Air from Comus.
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James Williamson
Symphony Society
Robert Weede
Robert Merrill
Merrill
Weede
Mr. Weede
Municipal Auditorium
San Anonio
Rachmaninoff
San Antonio
Max Reiter
Mendelssohn
Mozart
Dimitri Shostakovich
Leningrad
Geneva
Vigoro
Everlyou Walk
Handel
Comus
Daredevil Flights Backdrop Blaze of Noon Stunt
Paul Mantz famed pilot performs under the Brooklyn Bridge in the Paramount aviation epic Blaze of Noon using a derelict mail plane. Inez, Bendix winner, assists as the stunt team repeats the stunt twenty times in rehearsals and filming.
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Paramount
Paul Mantz
Inez
Brooklyn Bridge
Fatal Shooting Ends Union Row
INDIANAPOLIS January 25 194? Herman Longer a 44 year old Indianapolis steamfitter died today after a shooting at a two hour union meeting Local 440 United Association of Steamfitters AFL in Indianapolis last night George Johnson 60 followed Longer after the debate over admitting new members without investigation a scuffle ensued and Longer collapsed Police said Johnson fired after Longer shoved him claiming he meant to pitch him in the nose
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Indianapolis
Herman Longer
Longer
George Johnson
Johnson
Record
Hero’s Flag Ceremony For Fallen Marine Cordova
Mrs. Joseph Cordova will present the flag that covered the coffin of Pte Joseph Cordova to the Catholic Veterans post at Guadalupe Church Thursday night. The ceremony at Alazan Courts hall will include installation of officers and presentation of the state charter led by State Commander Clyde Wilson.
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Joseph Cordova
Jima
Catholic War Veterans' Post
Bank robberies haunt jailed Opal Dixon as husband released
Opal Dixon 35, jailed in Polk County on two bank holdups in St. Louis and Des Moines, vents anger at her husband Jesse's release. Dixon faces $50,000 bond, pleaded not guilty to earlier Des Moines charge. judge sets next Tuesday to enter a formal plea as Switzer files new information to speed prosecution.
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Des Moines
Jan
Opal Dixon
Jrunette
Tom Wattson
Polk County
Carroll O. Switizer
Dixon
Watson
St. Louis
Russell Jordan
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National Tube Company
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
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Dustin Sheets
Munising Paper Company
Chicago
Jazi
Chleer
Bilbo
New Orleans
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Theo G. Bilbo
Union
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Husband
Aviation Services OF Texas, Inc
Sagray & Son
G. W. Sherman
Texas’ Greatest Jewelers
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East
Houston Street
Gunter Hotel
Ayi
Violets
Shady Forest Hall
Tan Eng
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Yellow Pine Sully
Frio City Road
Hiway
Kelly Field
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