Packers Sign Wage Agreements and Rate Relief Across Unions
AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen reach a 7 percent hourly rise with Swift plus eight holidays and night pay gains. CIO United Packinghouse Workers of America signs with Cudahy for 15 cents hourly boost and sick leave. Back pay suits rise after a June Supreme Court ruling. Dow Chemical settles $4.656 million for 1,200 workers in District 50.
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AFL
CIO Packinghouse
Swift
CIO United Packinghouse Workers of America
Cudahy
CIO Union
Tobin Packing Company
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Supreme Court
Mount Clemens Potters Company
CIO United Steelworkers
CIO Auto
Cleveland
Ohio
Republic Steel Company
American Steel and Wire
Ohio Crankshaft Company
Dow Chemical Company of
Midland
Mich
John L
ICC approves rate hikes and wage-backed freight increases
The Interstate Commerce Commission unanimously approves rail and water carrier rate increases averaging 17.6 percent with rail passenger fares up 10 percent. Agricultural and livestock tariffs rise 15 percent while other commodities see 20 percent boosts to sustain the transport system and move high volumes efficiently. John L. Lewis downplays strike resolution, deferring to the Supreme Court, which sets January 14 for arguments on government-operated industries. Great Britain and Greece royal engagement rumors surface with political implications for Near East alignment.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Lieve
Federal District Court
High Tribunal
UMW
Lewis
Germany to hold Big Four talks on German treaty in Moscow
The foreign ministers of the Big Four plan a Moscow meeting in March to tackle a German treaty as the United States and Britain move to unite their occupation zones to speed Western Germany's recovery. Molotov promised Byrnes broader press access after complaints about reporting conditions at the previous Moscow meeting.
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Moscow
U. S
Britain
Germany
Europe
Reich
Molotov
Byrnes
U N Resolution Shames Franco as Spaniards Rally
At Madrid 300000 protesters gathered to denounce foreign interference while the U N political and security committee in New York urged Spain’s diplomats be withdrawn. The United States abstained as the resolution passed with mild wording. Franco claimed Spain’s government is a domestic matter and touted neutrality and economic openness.
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Madrid
Franco
United Nations Political and Security Committee
Lake Success
N. Y
Spain
U. S
Walter Johnson passes at 59 marked baseball greatness
Walter Johnson known as the Big Train died at age 59. The Washington Senators star pitched 21 seasons, won 413 games, struck out 3497, and posted 114 shutouts. He blanked the Yankees three times in four days in 1910 and had 56 straight scoreless innings in 1912.
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Valhalla
Walter Johnson
Johnson
Washington Senators
New York Yankees
Whooping Cough Toll Exceeds Other Illnesses
Northwestern National Life Insurance warns whooping cough causes more child deaths annually than infantile paralysis and scarlet fever. 1944 U S Public Health Service figures show 1,878 whooping cough deaths vs 1,361 polio and 422 scarlet fever. preliminary 1945 counts are 1,726, 1,189, and 349 respectively. Cases rise through winter with a peak in March or April.
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Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
United States Public Health Service
Labor Disputants Must Heed Public's Interests
An analysis from WNU Service discusses labor unions, coal strikes, and political shifts as Congress nears opening sessions. It cites union member discontent with leadership, fears of depressions, and calls for consumer-focused bargaining to balance management and labor.
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WNU Service
Eye Street
N.W
Washington
D. C
Friends of Labor
Congress
20Th Century Fund
Barbs by Bankhage political note
The column lampoons political trends with remarks on new presidential contenders and March 1918 war baby records. It notes education issues and the idea of schooling versus enlightenment. It mentions Spanish colonists and turkeys and a quip about Chiang Kai-shek resigning as a real ruler rarely gets the chance.
Glycerine Used More in Paint and Varnish Manufacturing
Glycerine, once rarely considered in paint and lacquer production, has become a significant factor due to its extensive use in making synthetic resins and ester gums used in coatings. This shift boosts protective and decorative coating formulations with specialized properties.
Torque signaling devices in assembly operations
The article notes tightness precision in assembly work. It describes devices such as a neon flash and a preset torque that triggers a click a dial reading and a hand-contact bump. Workers respond instinctively to the wrench stopping at the preset torque.
Commercial Sponges and Harvesting Methods
Many sponge species cannot be used commercially due to glasslike needles in their tissues. True commercial sponges vary from yellowish gray to coal black. Detaching the liverlike flesh from the skeletal network is done by letting it decompose on lonely island shores near harvesting beds.
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Lonely Island
Car Registrations in Japan End of 1940
At year end in Japan about 140000 vehicles were registered including 64000 trucks 27000 buses 43000 passenger cars and around 7000 smaller cars.
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Japan
Water in Eggs and Hens’ Response to Watering
The note states that each dozen eggs holds about a pint of water. It claims that supplying hens with unlimited water increases their egg production.
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Packer
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
U.S. Supreme Court
Great Britain
Philip
Greece
Elizabeth
Mediterranean
Russia
Near East
Princess Elizabeth
Prince Philip
London
U.N
Slap Franco
Chalmers Goodlin
Goodlin
Army
Bluff Reds
Iran
Turkey
Azerbaijan
Corymbos
Bulgaria
Wilfred Sykes
Inland Steel Company
White House
Harry Truman
John Lewis
Senate
House
Taft
Ball
Thurman Arnold
Walter Hamilton
New Republic
Bankhage
Chiang Kai-shek
Miles Nervine
Miles Laboratories, Inc
Elkhart
Ind
Miles
Milea Laboratories, Inc
Elkhart, Ind
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Bon Ace
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