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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1944
Page
2
A Steel Corp executive told a WLB panel that USO-United Steel Workers wage and guaranty demands would, at best, resemble a steel workers WPA and, at worst, create a government controlled economy with workers as bureaucratic puppets. He argued the union seeks national, not company, gains.
The article fragment discusses a projection of a dividend and government capacity to contribute funds. It mentions a figure of 5 million dollars and 882 million over amounts, with terms about guaranteed annual water payments and customer receipts. Names such as Voorhees appear in the fragment.
Detroit workers return after United Automobile Workers Local 490 ends strike amid war time orders. 11885 workers back at Chrysler plants while parallel actions at Parke-Davis and other sites in Saginaw and Muskegon affect thousands. Lumber mills in the Pacific Northwest suspend output. Tacoma and Seattle plants idle as broader labor protests spread.
The Navy discloses a secret periscope camera by Eastman Kodak enabling still and motion pictures from submerged subs. It records ship hits and sinkings, adjusts for light via shutter speed, and includes a portable darkroom for commanders. The device also aids shoreline photography and quick access to results.
New York May 23 Tokyo radio claimed Maj. Gen. Kunto Osohoye, described as an authority on jungle warfare, died while in service. The FCC recorded broadcast did not specify location but likely on the Burma front.
Reeiving prices on watermelons to become effective soon set at levels that will make the retail price to consumers in the San Antonio district about 7 or 3 cents a pound. Welden M. Fielder district OPA price attorney acting price executive during Citizen George Jr. illness. Shipping point prices up to July 4 will be 33 dollars a ton and after July 1 to season end 26 dollars per ton. These prices subject to retail mark ups translated into consumer dollars and cents ceilings.
The LSM invasion ship enters service as part of the navy’s new fleet. Described as an ugly ship, it weighs over 200 feet, carries 48 crew plus five officers, and can host 50 tanks or light armor. Diesel powered, it features a 20 mm gun and sections for tanks and troops.
In a sedition case in Washington, defense attorney Henry H. Klein claimed Communists control the government and that the U S is on the verge of becoming Communist. He named Justice Frankfurter Sidney Hillman and Harold Laski as instruments of Communism and alleged a Jewish conspiracy. The trial nears the testimony stage after over five weeks.
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