GM wage plan ties pay to living costs in new contract
The new GM pact links production workers' base wages to living costs with an 11 cent baseline and possible adjustments up to five cents, setting a floor of $1.56 to $1.59 in year two while permitting increases if costs rise. No wage reopenings are allowed during the two-year term, ending May 1950, according to GM vice president Harry W. Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Motors
G.M
Harry W. Anderson
T. A Johnstone
UAW CIO union leaders weigh GM contract proposal
The UAW CIO endorsed accepting GM's contract offer at a Friday meeting of about 90 plants leaders. The union threatened a postwar strike if not settled by Friday. Negotiations began March 12 with a 25 cent per hour raise 16 cents of which would fund a pension plan. GM agreed and the union dropped non wage benefit demands while securing a dues checkoff plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uawcio
G.M
Dawlio
Prominent Publisher Becomes Governor of Washington
A longtime Phoenix native and member of a prominent pioneer family, he rose from newspaper publisher to governor of Washington. The report notes his life largely centered in Phoenix and highlights his ascent to state leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Trade Pact Plea Unearths GOP Clinton Era Debate
The article reports a dispute over renewing the Trade Agreements Act set to expire June 12. President Truman seeks a three year extension, while GOP forces push HR 6556 to limit tariff adjustments. Marshall defends the treaty as vital to U S foreign policy, urging renewal without crippling amendments. Gearhart challenges Marshall’s critique, arguing the bill merits support. Democrats decry what they call a gag on debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Tariff Commission
Truman
Rep
Coughton
Ways and Means
Marshall
Congress
Rep. Gearhart
R-Cal
State Department
Allies Committee
Cooper
D-Tenn
Rayburn
Tex
Musical Air Show Planned By Broadway School Pupils
Final rehearsals are underway for an outdoor Musical Air Show to be held Wednesday at 1 45 PM by Broadway School pupils from kindergarten to grade six. The program features balloon rhythms by grade two, a lite dance by grade three, and a rhythm band. After the show a sixth grade model airplane contest will be judged by Mrs Eddie Kuhn Mrs Henry Covington and Mr Sprecher with entrants named. Special invitations go to incoming kindergarten and grade one pupils registered for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway School
Marguerite Stark
Catherine Lehman
Jean Lehman
June Mahone
Highway Workman Struck by Truck Near Boonsboro
Ernest W. Hoffman of Boonsboro Rt 1 was injured with a fractured nose and head wounds when struck by an Eldridge dairy truck driven by James I. Skoog along the Dual Highway east of the city. He was hospitalized at Washington County Hospital after the collision. A second note mentions Costa Rica bull fights where bulls are unharmed but horns are sawed off to protect participants.
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Ernest W. Hoffman
Boonsboro
Costa Rica
Lewis Refusal to Bargain Casts Shadow Over Contempt Action
Denham accuses Lewis of refusing to bargain with the Southern Association and pressuring employers to choose a bargaining agent. Moody cites contract breakdown. Lewis says the association cannot negotiate since it did not sign the last contract. The Southern Association group includes 20 companies and associations, about one third of U S soft coal output, employing 125000 miners. Goldsborough weighs swift action as June 30 deadline nears and the Taft Hartley injunction seeks dissolution after a government brief notes no current strike risk. No ruling date set on dissolution.
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Denham
Lewis
Southern Association
Moody
The
Goldsborough
UMW
Justice Department
Department
Taft Claiming Big Dixie Vote in Republican Contest
Taft claims strong southern support across 15 states with blocs in Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Virginia West Virginia Texas Oklahoma Kentucky and more. Dewey counters with 145 unchallenged votes including New York Oregon New Hampshire and other states.
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Florida
Stassen
Tennessee
Taft
Car Lell Reece
Ohioan
Alabama
Arkansas
Dewey
Staasen
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Perry Howard
N. Carolina
South Carolina
Reece
Virginia
W. Virginia
Texas
Oklahoma
Kentucky
Cooper
R-Ky
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Qchican
Philadelphia
Ohio
Wlinois
New York
Oregon
New Hampshire
Legislature Plans Quick Session Amid Bill Deluge
Tonight the legislature begins a two to three day session with over 60 bills ready for introduction and more than 80 routed to legislative reference for processing. The administration aims to pay raises and welfare measures, while the Legislative Council has approved twelve bills. Local bond issues for schools and roads appear among the proposals, with potential housing issues if delays occur. Traditional Navy housing week follows as June starts.
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Welfare Department
Department of Legislative Reference
Sesson
Legislative Council
Assembly
Council
Maryland State Police
House
Senate
Ways
Judiciary
Rules Committee
Naval Academy
Arabs Seek UN Plea To End Fighting Ceasefire Debate
Arab leaders consider the UN demand to halt fighting amid tensions over Jerusalem and Jaffa. London sources say Arabs may suspend treaty commitments including arms supplies to King Abdullahs Trans Jordan Legion. The Jews accept the TN plea and ceasefire talks continue as both sides claim gains and losses.
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Abdullah
United Nations
Jerusalem
Jaffa
Arab Legion
Old City
Associated Press
Daniel de Luce
Nonsupport cases heat up court docket
Several defendants faced nonsupport judgments. Lauren Leroy Myers received a six month suspended sentence and must pay 6 dollars weekly for his child. Charles Green of West Washington Street owes 20 dollars weekly for his wife and three children with a suspended one year term. Clarence T. Hume gets six months in the House of Correction and 4 dollars weekly. George E. Swisher of Baltimore receives six months suspended and 8 dollars weekly for three years. Leonard Leroy Maffitt must pay 10 dollars weekly for his wife and child.
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Lauren Leroy Myers
Charles Green
West Washington Street
Clarence T. Hume
House of Correction
George E. Swisher
Baltimore
Leonard Leroy Maffitt
Flood of visitors fills Annapolis with early rental contracts
Over the weekend crowds are expected to swell as Annapolis prepares for influx. Local homeowners report rooms and apartments booked for weeks and months ahead, with many rentals already under contract before peak visitation begins.
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Annapolis
Mount Union and Chicago Educator Headlines Local Graduation
Dr Brumbaugh leads the way as Mount Union College graduates its first junior college cohort alongside an up to date faculty at Hagerstown Junior College The program includes a baccalaureate sermon by Rev Robert W Koons at St Johns Lutheran Church May 30 and a rollout of approximately twenty four graduates seeking four year degrees from liberal arts engineering and business fields The final roll and degree awards will be announced after final examinations with many continuing to four year colleges and the group includes leaders in education from Mount Morris College and the University of Chicago
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Mount Union College
Ohio
Mount Morris College
Ilinois
University of Chicago
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Robert W. Koons
Hagerstown Junior College
Graduating Class in Academic Costume Processional
The graduating class in academic costume will follow the church choir in the processional into the church.
Republicans Rally Against Truman Social Security Plan
The message proposes a sweeping social security expansion including raising old age benefits by at least 50 percent with eligibility changes for women at 60 to 66 and higher earnings limits, boosting tax on wages, extending unemployment benefits to Federal workers and small firms, adding sickness and disability insurance, and expanding federal matching aid for needy relief payments.
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Danzer Metal Works Company
Lea St
Hagerstown
Mare
Consumers Credit Service, Inc
Potomac Street
Nagerstown
Maryland
Washington
Russell
DGA
Senate Appropriations Committee
Goucher College
Rarold &. Stassen
Minnesota
Thomas E. Dewey
Gurney
R-Sd
Senate Armed Services Committee
Agriculture Department
Portland
Ore
Supreme Court
Wiliam C. Douglas
Democratic Party
Douglan
Shockey
Jonathan
GOP
Big Dixie
Rusco
West Church Street
General Acceptance Corp
Gut Menges
U.N
Haganah
Israel
Jordan Valley
Sea of Galilee
Dead Sea
Sha’ar Hagolan
Casada
Samakh
Bradley
Hammaker Bros, Inc
S. Potomac St
Capitol Rock Wool Insulation
Standard Insulation Company
Thomas & Sons, Inc
Atney Pant Co
Baltimore, Maryland
W. Franklin St
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