General Motors Signs Long Pact to Stabilize Auto Labor
Detroit May 24 The major auto makers GM Ford and Chrysler along with independents signed two to five year labor pacts with the UAW. The GM agreement runs five years with no wage reopenings before 1955. Ford allows one wage adjustment request before 1952. Chrysler permits two reopenings in its three year term. The unions say the deals could set patterns for many smaller firms.
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General Motors
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Ford
Chrysler
C.S.C
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Partly Cloudy Weather Report Boreas Issue
The weather bulletin notes partly cloudy conditions with temperatures around 62 at 6 am and 9 am, 7 at noon, sunrise at 5 30, sunset at 6 05 and a river stage of 5.2 feet and steady.
Pennsylvania Railroad reorganizes with Southwestern division
The Pennsylvania Railroad will form the Southwestern division on June 1 through consolidating the Indianapolis and St Louis divisions. A. L. Hunt becomes superintendent with L. A. Evans as assistant superintendent. headquarters will be in Indianapolis. Terre Haute repair shop remains a key freight car facility under the new plan.
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Southwestern
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Paul E. Feucht
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Railroad
Philadelphia
A. L. Hunt
L. A. Evans
Southwestern Division
Feucht
Terre Haute
St Louis
Trafic
British Field Marshal Wavell Dies at 67
London May 24. Field Marshal Earl Wavell 67 a leading British commander in World War II died today at a nursing home after abdominal surgery May 5 and a relapse Sunday. Born Archibald Percival Wavell he rose from Winchester to high command in the Middle East and later served as viceroy of India shaping wartime support for the Allied effort. He authored books on military and literary topics and received numerous honors.
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U.P
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Britain
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Middle East
India
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Winchester
Winston Churchill
Postmaster Vacancy in Terre Haute Remains Open
No steps have been disclosed to fill the Terre Haute postmaster post created by Jerome F. Shandy's death. Regulations allow promotion from local staff or open civil service exam. If no promotion occurs, an acting postmaster likely will be appointed during the interim pending exam results.
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Terre Haute
Jerome F. Shandy
Terre Haute to name acting postmaster after Shandy death
The post office department said the Terre Haute Indiana assistant postmaster will likely become acting postmaster after postmaster Jerom e E Shandy died last weekend. Postmaster General Donaldson will submit a White House recommendation for a regular successor. Indiana GOP leaders will supply names for the choice.
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Post Office Department
Terre Haute
Ind
Jerome E. Shandy
Donaldson
White House
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Congress
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Indiana
Local Conditions Report Highlights Mild Weather
Yesterday saw the highest temperature at 61 degrees with no precipitation. Last night’s low was 61 degrees and no rainfall was recorded.
Weather Outlook for Terre Haute and Nearby Areas
Terr e Haute and vicinity show partly cloudy skies with a warm trend. Tonight lower 65. Thursday partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers and a bit cooler, highs around 85. Indiana portions follow similar pattern, cooler north and west, with local thundershowers. Illinois also partly cloudy, cooler north, with possible local thundershowers and turning cooler south.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Truman reshuffles federal posts appoints new chairmen
President Truman created a Federal Maritime Board and named Maj. Gen. Philip Fleming undersecretary of commerce for transportation. He also named Mon Wallgren to lead the Federal Power Commission and James M. Mead to head the Federal Trade Commission, with Harry A. McDonald chairing the SEC.
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Truman
Federal Maritime Board
Philip B. Fleming
Mon C. Wallgren
Federal Power Commission
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Nelson Lee Smith
James M. Mead
New York
Postman Floats Law Rings Twice Display Day
Alexandria report says a local postman rang twice and delivered mail ahead of schedule. He explains he saw stacks of mail awaiting next day delivery and decided to bring it in person to the display firm yesterday.
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Alexandria
Six more killed in quake area in Cuzco Peru
In Cuzco six people died in the past 24 hours as earthquake aftershocks toppled buildings. Four young girls perished when a girls school collapsed and two elderly women died from a falling wall. Nearby Huancapi village was reported destroyed. A five year old girl was found alive after two days buried neck deep in debris, doctors said she remained in serious condition.
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Peru
U.P
Huancapi
Memorial Day Parade Plans At Steel Park
Clarence E Campbell chairman of the parade committee announces Memorial Day plans for May 30. The parade forms at 2 p.m. from Sixth and Ohio to Wabash avenue then to Steeg park for a 3 p.m. program. Grand marshal Charles Lybarger presides with aides and divisions forming on specified streets as police fire and armed forces participate. Continued on page 9 column 3.
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Charles Lybarger
Mary Ohm
Lawrence Jewell
Truman Utterback
Ralph Berry
Rex Stevens
John H
House to Act on Draft Law and Defense Spending
The House planned quick action on a two year extension of the Selective Service Law with debates to set a free standing emergency basis for inductions, plus two defense bills authorizing nearly a billion dollars for naval modernization, submarines, missiles ships and housing.
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Congress
Senate
United States
Continental
No Guided Missiles Ready For Combat Tests For Years
Los Angeles report notes rocket authority E P Wheaton of Douglas Aircraft says guided missiles are now in the engineering stage after progressing beyond research and development. He tells the American Rocket Society that no missiles will be ready for combat tests for several years though progress is encouraging.
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Los Angeles
U. S
E. P. Wheaton
Douglas Aircraft Company
American Rocket Society
Forger John Lawson Held After Indiana Chase
State police capture John Elisha Lawson 47 in Delphi after a restaurant sighting. Lawson admits forging checks in 28 Indiana cities and several in Illinois while detailing weekly runs averaging 22.50 with farm labor notes. He allegedly cashed four 100 checks in Terre Haute with his wife managing accounts.
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John Elisha Lawson
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Terre Haute
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Monticello
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Seymour
Bus Trolley Crash Kills Seven in Glasgow
A speeding trolley crashed into an overturned double decker during the morning rush in Glasgow. Seven people died including a 17 year old girl, and 43 were injured, with twelve in serious condition.
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Scotland
Britain ready to resume UN atomic talks with Russia
Britain said it was ready to resume atomic energy negotiations in the United Nations with Russia once the China representation deadlock is resolved. Foreign Undersecretary Davies disclosed Lie discussed atomic energy with British officials in London and with Stalin via Lie’s Moscow visit.
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Two World War Era Cranes And Russian Spy Case Share Page
In Rustwell Texas a captive whooping crane named Josephine nears hatching of the first in captivity, while Philadelphia chemist Harry Gold faces a $100000 bail for allegedly receiving atomic bomb secrets from Klaus Fuchs for Soviet Russia. Federal officials announce the arrest in Washington as a judge sets a June hearing date.
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U.S
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Mass Rally Draws 60 000 Youths in East Berlin
A four day rally in eastern Berlin with 60 000 communist youths billed to attract 500 000 opens Saturday. East German President Wilhelm Pieck will open a tent city for visitors as West Berlin braces for large scale police and troop patrols along the 103 mile border.
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U.P
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Wilhelm Pieck
Moscow
Waldemar Schmidt
AEC Plans Nonradioactive Pilot Plant at Wabash River
The Atomic Energy Commission announced a plan to build a non radioactive chemical processing pilot plant on the Wabash River at Vermillion county Indiana near Newport. The $500000 facility aims to run 18 to 20 months and employ about 800 workers during construction with under 30 operators once complete.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Wabash
Indiana
Wabash River
AEC
Cleaning Plants Resume Operation After Strike Ended
Fisher Cleaning Company plants at 146 North Sixth Street and 1731 South Seventh Street resume operations after Local 156 of the Cleaners and Dyeworkers union is recognized as bargaining agent. Pickets withdrawn and an agreement signed with Felix Cleaning Company at 1120 Ohio Street.
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Cleaners & Dyeworkers
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South Seventh Street
Thomas Morford
Felix Cleaning Company
Ohio Street
Arrest of Gold as Spy Stuns Quiet Philadelphia Street
In Philadelphia on May 24, neighbors describe Harry Gold as a colorless bachelor living with his brother and father on Oxford Cider Street. Gold was arrested on espionage charges for allegedly handing atomic secrets to Russia, leaving a stunned and wary community. His brother Joseph, a navy supply clerk, said he was shocked by the admissions.
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Harry Gold
Gold
Russia
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Man Freed in Girl's Murder in Kentucky
Lon Moles, 60, longtime Prestonsburg school board member, was acquitted by a Pikeville jury of murder in the June slaying of 27-year-old Muriel Baldridge in Prestonsburg. The verdict followed 1 hour 52 minutes of deliberation. Dotson’s case was dismissed for insufficient evidence.
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Pike Circuit Court
Lon Moles
Muriel Baldridge
Prestonsburg
Moles
Elbert K. Dotson
Commonwealth
Dotson
Moses
Hail Storm Lashes Central Indiana Causes Death
A central Indiana hail storm injured a nurse and husband as a car skidded on wet pavement. Four month old Roxie Ann Scott died when the car struck a curb in Indianapolis. The infant rode with Ezekial Scott, Harold Brown and Mrs Scott. A $20,000 barn at Eddie White’s home was destroyed by lightning with grain and equipment lost.
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Indiana
Roxie Ann Scott
Ezekial Scott
Harold Brown
Brown
Scott
Eddie White
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