Strike Halts Six Bus Lines and Labor Struggles
Labor disputes idle about 255000 workers as a 24 hour drop. APL Board seeks strike vote from 50000 Western Union employes after wage talks fail. Union demands 25 percent raise and condemns a War Labor Board five cent hike as unfair. In San Francisco Bay area 45000 AFL CIO machinists idle, 200 plants halted, carton plant closure threatens milk deliveries. Truman speech spurs new wage demands, Walter Reuther presses General Motors over a 30 percent raise.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
New York City
APL
War Labor Board
San Francisco Bay Area
AFL
CIO
San Francisco
Truman
Detroit
Walter P. Reuther
United Automobile Workers
General Motors Corporation
GM and auto unions push wage talks amid strikes
Workers at Ford, Chrysler, GM and Westinghouse vote or threaten strikes as wage disputes surge. Ford schedules talks with CIO-UAW for November 20 after a November 7 ballot. Westinghouse seeks renewed bargaining as 106,800 workers face a vote in 28 cities after a $2 a day demand was rejected. Philadelphia GE plant ends six day walkout with a return to work and parallel hospital strikes in New York involve Beth-El Beth Moses and Israel Zion workers over wage directives. some nurses remain on duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Motors
Chrysler Corp
Henry Ford I
Ford Motor Co
Cio-Uaw
Ford
Pittsburgh
Cio-United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Westinghouse Electric Corp
New York City
Beth-El
Beth Mosés
WLE
CIO
Israel Zion Hospital
Israel Zion
Beth- el
Beth Moses
Governor Rides In New 1946 Ford Auto
Governor O'Conor rode in a new 1946 Ford shown at Sharrett Motors and photographed with Ford officials in front of the Executive Mansion in Annapolis. About 5000 people have viewed the car since its display, according to R L Sharrett of Sharrett Motors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Governor
O’conor
Sharrett Motors
Ford
Executive
Annapolis
R. L. Sharrett
Women Describe Orgy Of Rapine In Manila Fire Probe
Eight Philippine district women testified in a closed session about the February Manila fires and Japan occupation. They recounted mistreatment at Miramar and said Yamashita faced responsibility for his troops actions. A witness said Japanese officers claimed an order from the high command to harm civilians including white women.
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Yamashita
Philippines
Manila
Miramar
Amiss
High Command
Blue Ridge Service Not To Be Impeded
Blue Ridge officials reported no changes to bus service between Hagerstown and Baltimore Washington Pittsburgh Harrisburg and Winchester despite a strike by Pennsylvania Greyhound drivers and maintenance workers The strike remains limited to the Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines and does not affect Richmond Greyhound Lines Blue Ridge buses or smaller affiliated lines but may hinder travelers to distant points and could boost local activity if the strike lasts longer
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Hagerstown
Baltimore
Washington
Pittsburgh
Harrisburg
Winchester
Pennsylvania
Greyhound
Blue Ridge
Pennsylvania-Greyhound Lines
Richmond Greyhound Lines
Outcry Over Rail Stops Delays Baltimore Hagerstown Trains
In the Editor's Mail Box a reader argues that numerous flag stops between Union Bridge, Hagerstown, and Baltimore waste time. He notes No. 3 and No. 2 trains endure 33 and 53 stops, lengthening trips from morning to afternoon, and urges the Public Service Commission of Maryland to allow strategic discontinuations for faster service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Bridge
Hagerstown
Baltimore
Cumberland
Western Maryland Railway
Public Service Commission of Maryland
Legion Plans Armistice Day Parade At Armistice Parade
The American Legion moves ahead with plans for a large Armistice Day parade on Monday November 12 with many organizations and floats already announced for participation. Howard Mowen is parade chairman and others are urged to join. A veterans homecoming celebration is planned later by Morris Frock Post. Armistice events include services at Zion Reformed Church November 11 and a gathering at the courthouse tablet November 12. Legionnaires will meet at the Legion Home at 7 PM November 11 to proceed to services.
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Legion
Howard Mowen
Morris Frock
Zion Reformed Church
Court House
Legion Auxiliary
Legion Home
Payday patterns shift through the week in local firms
The C P Telephone Company and Hagerstown Shoe and Legging pay on Thursdays while Moller y Organ Works and Victor Products Corporation pay on alternate Thursdays. Production workers often receive weekly payrolls, while executives and office staff are paid twice monthly. Businesses spread paydays across the week, with some retailers paying Saturday nights, a change from old practice.
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Tion
C. & P. Telephone Company
Hagerstown Shoe and Legging
Mollery Organ Works
Victor Products Corporation
Two Sailors Discharged From Naval Service
Charles Frederick Moats SE 3/c son of Mrs Edith G Moats from Clear Spring and John Bowman BM 2/c son of Mr and Mrs John W Bowman from Roessner Avenue Hagers Town have been honorably discharged at the Bainbridge Maryland separation center Moats served 30 years Bowman 28 months.
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Charles Frederick Moats
Edith G. Moats
Clearspring
John Bowman
John W. E. Bowman
Roessner Avenue
Hagerstown
Naval Service
Bainbridge, Md
Moats
Bowman
Police mistake ends with detection at San Diego theater
In San Diego on November 1 police dispatched cars to watch two men in a green sedan with motor running. Other units converged and found the car to be a police vehicle with two detectives observing a suspicious man outside a theater where ticket receipts were being counted.
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San Diego
Calif
Basic dress pattern No 2830 for many sizes
The pattern No 2830 offers a soft basic dress with curved shoulder yokes and clever gores for fullness. It comes in sizes 12 through 48, with 36 needing 3 3/4 yards. Send name address and style number with payment 15 cents for pattern and sewing guide from Hanoverstown Daily Mall Pattern Department, New York.
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Lée
Hangverstown Daily Mall
W. 19Th St
New York
N. Y
Altman Brothers Return From War In Four Days
Lincoln Illinois story notes four Altman brothers returning home on four successive days with honorable discharges Archie served in the Seabees Frank in the Army Air Force Darnell in the Navy and William in the Marines all from the family of Mr and Mrs Frank Altman.
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Lincoln, Ill
Altman
Frank Altman
Archie
Frank
Darnell
William
Seabees
Army Air Force
Navy
Marines
Brazilians Promise No Discrimination In New Liberty
Rio de Janeiro November 1 The cabinet of President Jose Linhares announced its priority to prepare the nation for the December 2 presidential election. A new justice minister may seek repeal of Vargas era decree forcing state polls to align with national voting. Doria stated no one can be arrested for being a Communist or an atheist. Brazil remains the only Portuguese speaking independent nation in the Americas.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Getulio Vargas
Jose Linhares
T. Sampaio Doria
Vargas
Sampaio Doria
Bandits kidnap 63 year old man in mountains and flee
Two assailants abducted Jake Beckel in the mountains after stealing his car. They forced him to promise not to call police and promised to return his bowling gear. They said the car would surface in Las Vegas, Nevada, in a few days.
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Salt Lake City
Jake Beckel
Beckel
Las Vegas
Nev
Fugitive Burns Seeks Georgia Pardon After Return
The fugitive Burns asked the State Board of Pardons and Paroles for a pardon or commutation, arguing to wipe out the rest of his six to ten year sentence after returning to Georgia. He had escaped twice, later led a Chicago magazine, then became a tax investigator and head of a firm, while his case drew extensive public attention and a libel suit.
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State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Burns
Chicago
Georgia
New Jersey
Prison Commission
Arnall
New York
British Planes Attack Diehards in East Indies Conflict
The report describes a Batavia meeting hosted by Lt Gen Sir Philip Christison where Soekarno urged Indonesians to lay down arms and cooperate with Allied forces to disarm Japanese. Britain seeks a fair resolution to improve East Indies prestige amid calls for recognition of a de facto Indonesian government. The piece also notes a separate note on potato seedling growth boosted by ethylene or propylene treatment.
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Soekarno
Batavia
Philip Christison
Netherlands East Indies
Britain
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