GM Cuts Car Prices and Raises Cost of Living Payoffs
General Motors announced price cuts of 10 to 40 dollars on all cars and trucks effective immediately. The move accompanies a downward adjustment in the cost of living allowance for about 362,000 employees, with hourly workers losing two cents per hour and salaried workers receiving a 31 quarterly reduction. The changes tie to the Bureau of Labor Statistics index, marking the third such action in 12 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
General Motors Corp
Bureau of Labor Ltasiics
Voray
General Motors
Bureau of Labor
Chevrolet
Steel Freight Cuts Urged by Eastern Railroads
New York report says freight rates on iron and steel articles may drop after Eastern Railroads Traffic Executives Association proposes substantial cuts to meet highway competition. John J. Fitzpatrick, chairman, states meeting planned March 9 in Pittsburgh to gather views before tariff submission to the Interstate Commerce Commission. If approved, rates would offset recent steel price increases tied to industry tensions and strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John J. Fitzpatrick
Trafic Executives Association of Eastern Railroads
Fizpatrick
Executive Association
Pittsburgh
Interstate Com
Tource Commission
Solvay Plans 20 Million Structure Expansion Project
Solvay Chemical plans a 20 million expansion of the Solvay Process division building a new soda ash plant, landscaping and waste bed improvements, and land prep for potential purchase of the former Syracuse Municipal Airport at Amboy. The two to three year program hinges on success in acquiring the airport parcel and city land at Camillus for waste bed development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solvay Process
Allied Chemical & Eye’ Corporation
Solvay
Carlton Bates
Syracuse
Amboy
Camillis
Democratic FERC Bill praised as toothless in House vote
Marquis Childs notes editorial page critique of the Fair Employment Practices bill approved 240 to 177, criticized for lacking enforcement and compromise. Other features listed include comics, horoscopes, Amusements, financials, and various sections with page numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquis Childs
A . Ip
Pair of Hearts Lucky at Canasta Honeymoon
Elon Michigan reports a teenage couple wed by a judge after a three day canasta marathon on a country road. Arthur Cartsley 18 and Priscilla Manning 18 traveled with $20 and a canasta deck, learned Michigan had a five day delay, received telephonic parental consent, and married with judge William E. Doran permitting. They left with a puppy and planned a honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elon
Mich
Arthur Cartsley
Honeove
N. Y
Priscilla Manning
Rochester
Michigan
Ceputy
William MacAntyre
William E. Doran
Priscilla
Doran
Mock Rei 9 Wins Easily With Juicy Platform
In Menston England a nine year old boy running as a parody candidate swept a mock school election. His platform included hanging teachers and offering free ice cream for all children. He proposed a weekly government stipend of five shillings per child to British parents after the first child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menston
England
Dale Smith
Dale
Kin of Lewis Kills Himself
Springield Ti report states Thomas A Lewis 67 brother of John L Lewis head of United Mine Workers was found dead at his home with a gunshot wound to the head. Deputy Coroner Catherine Rutherford said ill health and a recent heart attack contributed to the suicide. Leonore Lewis wife discovered the body in a second floor bathtub. a revolver was nearby. The Lewis family suffered another death a week earlier when Mrs Ann Louisa Lewis mother of the United Mine Workers leader died January 12 at 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Thomas A Lewis
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Catherine Rutherford
Lewis
Ann Louisa Lewis
U.m.iv
Ls Reader
Custodian Fired Over Snow Shoveling Refusal
Werner, longtime city market custodian at Salina Street, was fired after refusing to shovel snow. Deputy Public Works Commissioner Dodge and officials pushed for dismissal, noting duties increased with the market duties. Werner, age 16, had served 21 years as custodian and 10 years as a Fourth Ward Republican alderman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ofto Werner
Werner
WN. Salina St
Raymond H. Dodge
N. Salinast
Oswego
Dodge
Ysigh
Public Works
Frank F. Harmon
Lawrence H. Werla
Oo Tames Jr
Aldeman
Black Panther Listed Worth 25 Dollars Dead or Alive
Readers in Syracuse and Onondaga County report a black panther seen by residents. Authorities issued a $25 reward for the animal dead or alive. The creature described is a long tailed, silent black panther observed by locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Panther
Police train reporters offer reward for real black panther
A garbled report notes Sigma Delta Chi members in Syracuse offering a $25 reward for capturing a genuine black panther said to be prowling in the county. The item mentions various misheard or mixed phrases about trains, strikes, and international politics, but centers on the reward and the alleged animal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Sigma Delta Chi Fraternity
Washington
Truman Loday
Burnet Pank
Banj
Hanley
Berl
U. S
Neue Zeitung
Ane
Bull
Red Army
Drew Bult
Slama Delta Chi
Russia
Buttpanther
Suly
Miners face contempt trial set for Monday
Judge Richmond Keech refuses to drop contempt charges against the United Mine Workers and orders a trial for Monday. Assistant Attorney General H. Graham Morison urges speed, noting no production gains since the Work order and a national coal supply crisis. John L. Lewis previously faced jury trials in 1948 and 1968. this time he is not a defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Richmond B. Keech
Keech
Iial
Weily X
K. Hopkins
U.M.W
H. Graham Morison
Morison
Hopkins
Reed
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Reech
Truman
Defense
Johnson
Mercy death trial details point to passing stop sign remarks
In Manchester New Hampshire a 13 member jury heard testimony from Miss Josephine Connor a Hillsboro County Hospital records keeper about a conversation with Dr Hermann Sander and a county medical referee. Sander on trial for first degree murder in the death of wife Abbie Borreto 59 included remarks he had broken laws before he had been through stop signs. The exchange underscored the gravity of the case as the proceedings continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
N. H
UPI
Hermann
Sander
Nercr
Josephine Connor
Hillsboro County Hospital
Abbie’ Borreto
Connor
Mercy slaying tied to drowning of crippled girl
MEAMI Fla. Bodies of jeweler Edwin Clark 28 and his five year old spastic daughter Dorothy Ann Clark found in Clark’s jewelry shop. Police say it appears a mercy killing. The girl drowned in a water filled tub, Clark died of poisoning. Assistant Louise Underwood reported Clark had been despondent. Meteorologist Kelletland forecast colder weather with snow flurries, temperatures dropping to five above zero tonight and rising to 22 tomorrow. Snow totals across Syracuse area noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meami
Fla
Dorothy Ann Clark
Edwin Clark
Louise Underwood
Clark
Syracuse
Tolstore
O. D. Henderson
Miss Underwood
Clarke
Andrew ‘P. Kelletland
Dorothy
Keller
Marsh
Nort Prn
Athen
Rome
Rochester
Buffalo
Watertown
Albany
Russians Ease Curbs on Traffic
Berlin reports indicate Russian authorities loosened controls on traffic entering West Berlin. West German barges carrying scrap metal reached Tamburg, and late morning volumes through Helmstedt showed improved flow with 45 vehicles waiting at dawn versus 100 delays yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Tamburg
Helmstedt
Car Shortage Sparks Anecdote From Salt Lake City Racer
Major John 2. Slade says many are in the same plight as Sam Jones, observed walking the street in a furious mood. A passerby asks about his odd arm movements. Sam replies they are signals for his motor car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John 2. Slade
Salt Lake City
Sam Jones
Sam
Plunge kills U S attache in Vienna tunnel death
Austrian police identified the fallen figure as Captain Eugene Karpe a close friend of Robert Vogeler the American businessman jailed in Hungary. The man died in a railway tunnel south of Salzburg after a fall from a sleeping car balance. Japanese war crimes suspects face new charges as parliament hears details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austria
Shayal
Budapest
Salzburg
Iczech
Sively
Ares
Eugene Karpe
Robert A. Vogeler
Americas
Hungary
Canberra
Australia
Robert G. Menzies
Parliament Today
Karpe
Josing
Election Deadlock Looms as Labour and Tories Trade Seats
London reports a near equal split in Parliament as Labour and Conservative totals hover around parity. With only 92 of 623 districts left, analysts warn a working majority may be unattainable, risking a fresh general election and potential shifts in government power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Labor
Labor Party
House of Commons
Attlee
Conservatives
Liberals
Douglas Clifton Brown
Llino
Wise
E.S.T
Morgan Phillips
Twoid Jan
Laborites
Lupetyon
Liberate
Brita
Transport House
Piccadilly Circus
Trafalgar Square
Coluhin
Manstein War Crimes Sentence Shortened in Hamburg
Hamburg Germany The sentence of former German Field Marshal Erich von Manstein on war crimes charges was reduced from 18 to 12 years by British authorities today. He was convicted last December for alleged atrocities by German troops in Poland and Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Germany
Erich von Manstein
Avas
Poland
Russa
Ezio Pinza A Wonderful Guy Origins Revealed
A feature in the American Weekly explores Ezio Pinza’s start as a bicyclist before his opera rise and switch to Broadway. The piece details how his early training and career path shaped his celebrated stage success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezio Pinza
South Pacific
Also Mentioned on This Page
G. M
U.S
BATES
Onontaga Lake
Camnilius
Ompieley Abanconen
Ida Jean Kain
Dr. Dea
Amaty Haworth
City Life
Winewell
Towsar's
Fage
Canasta
Associated Press
Mock Rei
Onondaga
RILK
Charles Ross
Associated, Press
Churchill
Roveré E. Biron
Bond Drive
Eugene Karpb
Plunge
Goui
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!