General Motors Third Shift Pay Rise In Labor Board Order
Labor board grants a 7.5 percent wage differential for General Motors third shift workers retroactive to October 194? at about 100 plants. Union requests for a general wage increase and other demands were denied or deferred. Widespread talks involve Chrysler and Briggs plants with potential for a broader wartime shutdown, as mine workers plan wage negotiations and price controls loom amid rising labor tension nationwide.
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Way Labor Board
General Motors
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Ofto
Aluminum strike closes Detroit plant over layoff dispute
In Detroit Hamtramck the Detroit Aluminum and Brass plant halted production as about 1000 workers walked out protesting a steward's three-day layoff. W B O Reilly said union and company officials were working toward a settlement with labor conciliators present. The move affected parts for heavy truck program and the K 28 Super Fortress.
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Iabar Board
WLE
Chrysler
Briggs
Idte
Dodge Main
DeSate-Warren
Dodger Truck
Windsor
Mightland Park
Tani
Arsenal
Mack
Vernor
Milwaukee
Eight, Mile
Meldrum Storage
Hamtramck
Senate
House
Detroit Aluminum and Brass Corporation
W. B. O'Reilly
Ui A. W.C
Kompany
Randolph Field Airfield Contract Awarded to Two Firms
Two San Antonio firms, M. B Killina and W. DL arriy ang company, won a $4.0 million airfield construction contract at Randolph Field. Mayor Gus Mullerinimy was notified by telegram from Senator O Daniel that the War Department approved the award. Work will be supervised by Fort Sung Houston to widen runways and prepare facilities for B 29 aircraft.
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W. DL Arriy Ang Company
San Angetita
Randalpn Field
Gus
Gonalay
W. Lee O'Daniel
Renator O Daniel
Ang
Fort Sung Houston
Randolph
Vet Tells of Jap Fury In Pacific War Tales
Private Collins of the 41st Division returns to San Antonio with wife and child after serving in three Pacific battles. He recalls Japanese fighters as fierce and fuelled by drugs, noting brothers Frank and Clark Collins overseas in France and the South Pacific, and Clarke Edgar Collins in San Francisco awaiting ship duty. Father works as a war worker on propeller blades.
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Collins
San Antonio
Marie LG. Colllins
Bink Islage
Coldua Aalee
Etary
Colina
Frank Colling
France
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South Pacific
Clarenes Edgar Collis
San Francisco
Wiens Boys
Kelly Fleled
Hades
Janitor Accused of Slaying and Burning Woman
Chicago police report janitor Joseph Wischt, 30, confessed to slugging 68 year old Rose Michaelis and placing her body in a furnace at an apartment building. Officers sifted ash and clinker for evidence while investigators search for more proof of the missing woman’s fate.
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MSI
Chicago
Joseph Wischt
Rose Michaelis
Edward Kelly
Nisent
Michaelis
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Nischt
Polarus
Midhdelis
Broken Power Line Kills Man Near Garden Fence
In Little Rock on March 3 a man named Perdue, 74, was electrocuted when a broken power line fell across a garden fence about 18 feet from his body. Fire crews turned off the power before removing the body. the incident began when Perdue used a metal umbrella to reach for a fire alarm after a garden fire.
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Little Rock
Ars
Lila
Pertue
Perdue
D. Williams
Army Warehouse Damaged by Fire
Fire destroyed a Biggs Army warehouse at EL FASO. Damage was unofficially estimated as high as 300000 dollars. The blaze, late yesterday, was the second warehouse to burn at the field in two weeks. German prisoners worked there. officials declined to comment on sabotage or theories under development.
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Veya
Biggs Army Fire Field
Feld
San Antonio Light March 4 1945 edition notice
The San Antonio Light issue from Sunday March 4 1945 presents news briefs, local notices, and community items reflecting wartime and postwar concerns, with early spring events and civic updates typical of a daily city newspaper.
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San Antonio
Plea Differences in Narcotics Case at Federal Court
Stella Hendy age 21 pleaded not guilty at a Saturday morning hearing before U S Commissioner A V Knight on a narcotics charge. Donald Pogue 29 pleaded guilty. Hendy held for trial after failing to post 1000 bond. They face possession of marijuana and morphine charges. Pogue also faces burglary and theft in a separate county case at Liberty Drug Store.
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Stella Hendy
Quten
Saburday
United States
Pogue
Te Liberty Drug Store
South Gevers Street
Hendry
Virg Hendry
Germany
Judge Hannay Rules Test Texas Tax Case Unconstitutional
Judge Allen B. Hannay of Houston ruled the 1942 revenue act unconstitutional in a test state community property tax case. The decision favored Henry Rompél Jr. as administrator for the Herbst estate of New Braunfels, seeking $8527.74 in taxes, against the federal government. The ruling, tied to the Fifth Amendment, marks Texas as a lone state where this act’s constitutionality is challenged. Assistants cited include Paul Jackson, H C Weeks, and Palmer Hutchinson.
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Allen B. Hannay
Houston
Texas Bar Association
Henry Rompél Jr
New Braunfels
Hannay
United States
Texas
Greshgt
San Antonio
Goleyntee
Bar Associaton
Grestam
Wiles
Allormius Paul Jackson
Nalles
H. C. Weeks
Fort Worth
Palmer Hutchinso
Issueton
Colonel to Speak At Hero Program Milam Square
Colonel to speak at Milam square on Tuesday March 5 at 2 20 p m commemorating Texan independence heroes. Event sponsored annually by De Zavala chapter of the Texas Historical Landmarks Association with Miss Frances Donecker in charge. A bugler will play taps and a wreath will be laid at the Brave Wreaths ceremony near Fernanda cathedral.
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Miler Annaworth
Wees
Brandfather
Milam Square
de Zavala
Texas Historical Landmarks’ Association
Frances Donecker
Bon Mina
Milam, Square
Fernanda
Three Killed in Del Rio Crash Event
A Del Rio crash during a routine cadet training flight near Laughlin Field killed 11 men including Capt. James M Peters and Richard B Crout. The base commander confirmed fatalities and identified the injured and missing as part of the exercise.
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Miki Prideround
Laughlin Field
Crot
Richard B
Mitchell
Medford
Mass
James M
Peters
Wisner
Charies A
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Special Check Books For Southpaws In Chattanooga
A Chattanooga bank sued today to reverse the order in left handed check books. Depositors will see the checks on the right and the stubs on the left reversed to suit southpaw users. The note mentions synthetic sapphires used in precision instruments.
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Tent
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