Railroads Win 10 Percent Pay Rise for Mail Hauling
The Post Office Department approved a 10 percent increase in mail-hauling pay to railroads, lowering the scale from a proposed 45 percent. Spokesmen say the move raises about 30 million dollars yearly, versus 140 million under the higher request, and the rate boost aims to cover costs amid intensified mail transport demands. The deal awaits approval by Secretary Pigrs ere Nn, with railroads noting the 10 percent rise may still be insufficient to fully cover costs.
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Post Office Department
U.S
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Sleeping Beauty Castle in Berlin Prep for Four-Power Talks
Cleaners dust the former Allied control authority building known as Sleeping Beauty Castle in Berlin’s American sector. The site, off Potsdamer Strasse, may host the January 25 four-power foreign ministers conference. Russia favors East Berlin, but Western Allies resist recognizing the East German regime. The building, built 1914 as the Prussian state palace of justice, housed the Allied control authority 1945 to 1948 and now stands largely unused except for a few meetings after Moscow lifted the blockade in May 1989. The site features numerous conference rooms, a restaurant, bar, and barber shop, all awaiting return to active use.
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Allied Control Authority
Wassily Sokolovsky
East Berlin
Russia
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State Palace of Justice
Kammergericht
Supreme Court
Tte
Hitler
der Fuehrer
Unemployment Figures Seen No Cause For Alarm
Washington reports that unemployment rose by 422000 in December to 1.85 million, yet officials say the 1953 employment picture remained unusually favorable overall. Farm labor withdrawals skewed totals, but annual unemployment averaged about 1.5 million, the lowest since WWII. The share of jobseekers was about 3 percent, near December lows. Local briefs note a judge’s misbuttoned suit, a lost ring found, and a high school student’s suicide attempt plan with his girlfriend.
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Ed Langstad
Roseville
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Chicago
Lawrence J. Fitzhenry
Marlene Bubar
Lawrence
Mae
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