NLRB Opens Hearings in UE and IUE Labor Battle
The National Labor Relations Board starts hearings in a major labor dispute between United Electrical Workers and the new International Union of Electrical Workers. Cases involve 25,000 GM Electric workers in Dayton, 5,000 Sperry Gyroscope, and 500 Wurlitzer employees, with more slated as Westinghouse and GE units seek quick elections. Denham disputed secrecy claims and urged swift action to avoid elections delaying contract expirations.
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National
Labor | Relations Board
United Electrical Workers
U.E
D.so
New International Union of Electrical Workers
ULE
LTE
U.K
Dayton
General Motors Electrical
New York City
Buffalo
N. Y
Rudolph Wurltzer
Westinghouse Manufacturing Co
Pittsburgh
General Electric
Westinghouse
C.so
Cleveland
C.L.O
U.S
Communist Party
C.lo
GLO
James B. Carey
Hclo Union
Carey
NLRB
Geéral
Robert N. Denham
Denham
Truman
Steel price hikes spread among major firms
Five more steel companies including Jones & Laughlin Bethlehem Pittsburgh and Wheeling Steel joined U S Steel in raising prices. Bethlehem lifted by two to six percent while Jones & Laughlin Pittsburgh and Wheeling averaged about four percent. Allegheny Ludlum increased silicon electrical sheets by 15 to 416 percent.
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Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corporation
Jones & Laughlin
Allegheny Ludlum
Bethlehem
Wheeling Steel
Wheeling
U. S. Steel
Christmas Probation Keeps Thief With Family This Christmas
Walter Tomaszewski 21 was sentenced to a year in prison for fraud but was placed on five years probation after the judge allowed him to stay with his wife Dorothy and their two month old baby for Christmas. The scene in Detroit included the baby crying as the judge granted the deferred outcome.
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Detroit
Mich
Walter Tomaszewski
Cart
Frank A. Picard
Dorothy Tomaszewski
Tomaszewski
Shaw Answers Questions From Assembly-Line File
George Bernard Shaw uses a card file to reply to letters with ready made notes. He mails out applicable cards and declines many activities due to age and time limits. In Detroit, a detective finally uses a warrant after three years to arrest Louis Wendell on a swindling charge connected to selling deposit slips on portrait photos.
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New York
George Bernard Shaw
United Press
Shaw
Bernard Shaw
Detroit
Peter J. Wohlfelder
Louis Wendell
Wendell
Hunger Strike Shakes Gaekwad Palace in Bombay
In Bombay 3000 workers stage a one day hunger strike urging 15 palace servants of the Gaekwad of Baroda to resume eating. The 15, jailed, have led a 10 day hunger protest with 250 colleagues in a longer orthodox strike seeking union recognition and higher pay. Sympathy strikes erupt among other workers as unrest rises in the city.
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Bombay
India
Tol
Gaekwar
Baroda
Maharajah
Chrysler Promises Cars Designed For Comfort And Safety
A Chrysler advertising piece touts four new cars the 1950 Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto, and Chrysler. It emphasizes practical design over flashy form, highlighting safety, spacious interiors, easy handling, and low operating costs while inviting customers to see the models at dealers soon.
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Don
Plymouth
Dodge
Chrysler
de Soto
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