Chrysler Strike Ties up 75,000 Workers Across States
Detroit May 13. An $8,000,000 strike kitty finances the CIO United Auto Workers walkout at Chrysler Corp. More than 75,000 production workers walked off to demand 17 cents more per hour, signaling a long siege with orderly picket lines at 12 plants in Michigan, two in Indiana and one in California. Newcastle Ind. plant shut down fully. Briggs Manufacturing laid off 11,000 workers. 13,000 more to follow. Governors and officials weigh legality and potential wider impact of the strike across Michigan.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Chrysler Corp
Auto
Big
Chrysler
Emily Mazey
UAW
Newcastle
Briggs Manufacturing Co
Michigan
Bolins Move to Muskegon Vacation Spot
Mr and Mrs C W Bolin relocate to Pere Marquette Park in Muskegon Michigan where Bolin accepts a position with Hall Electric Company at the noted resort area.
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Michigan
C. W. Bolin
Pere Marquette Park
Muskegon, Mich
Bolin
The
Hall Electric Company
Local Temperature And Rainfall Summary
Neat record shows last night’s low temperature and today’s rainfall total. May rain to date stands at 4.36 inches with a May quota of 3.57 inches, exceeding by 0.79 inch.
Government Control Kept Rail Unions On Jobs In Dispute
The three railroad brotherhoods will run trains while the government controls the system. They expect a permanent restraining order to bar strikes during control. They demand a 30 percent wage rise and 23 working-rule changes. The Army may mediate if it chooses.
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Washington
Steeweedenee
Finack
T. Alan Goldsborough
Phone Workers Plan To Strike Nationwide
Washington May 13. The CIO American Telephone Workers Union announced plans for a nation wide strike of long distance operators. Led by John J Moran the union represents 23000 workers in 42 states after wage disputes with American Telephone and Telegraph. Conferences with Federal Mediation Services conciliators sought a settlement though no strike date was set.
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Washington
CIO American Telephone Workers Union
John J. Moran
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
A. T. and
Federal Mediation Services
Moran
Dealers Ready Fight to Keep Beer in County
About 150 wholesale and retail beer dealers formed the Gaston County Malt Beverage Association to oppose a county vote on banning the sale of beer and wine. Bill Bailey was named temporary chairman and an executive committee elected. Ministers' petitions exceed 5,000 signatures as a push to force a August election, with 3,000 valid signatures needed. Bill Johnson of Asheville urged preparedness for a 50 50 chance, urging liquor outlets to clean up or close.
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Gaston County
Bill Bailey
City Cafe
Gastonia
Gaston
T. L. Cashwell
East Baptist Church
James Mullen
Lincoln
Cleveland
Rutherford
Bill Johnson
Asheville
North Carolina Association of Beer Distributors
Johnson
Gaston Beer
Mr. Johnson
Setback For Communists Pro American Candidates Win South Korea Election
Pro American Dr. Syngman Rhee and allies won at least 61 of 200 seats in the South Korean Constituent Assembly. Rhee's party took 50 seats, the Dai Dong Youth Party 11, with the Korean Democratic party at 27 and others including 12 for miscellaneous groups and 82 unaffiliated. Communists boycotted and violence claimed nearly 500 lives. results reflect an election confined to the American zone with North Koreans barred.
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Seoul
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Constituent Assembly
Dr. Rhee
Society For the
Dai Dong Youth Party
der. Rhee
Korean Democratic Party
de. Rhee
Daniel Chai
Springfield
Mass
National Election Committee
Chai
United Nations Committee
Rhee
Democratic Party
Kim Sung-Soo
Move to Aid Europe Splits Senate Committee
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee remains split over pledging military backing for non Communist Europe as Vandenberg drafts a working paper resolution to guide President Truman. The plan urges regional defense treaties within the UN framework and to discard the big power veto only short of force, while avoiding charter revisions until other options fail.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Truman
United Nations
Lunswerving
State Department
Lana Turner in Britain Ends With Tepid Press Hush
Lana Turner and husband Henry J. Topping faced a chilly British press reception at the Savoy Hotel. Reporters tracked her arrivals and a staged press conference while London's papers largely ignored or downplayed the event, noting her 18 suitcases and a coy public demeanor.
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London
Lana Turner
Savoy Hotel
Henry J
Bob) Topping
British Press Association
Britain
Miss Turner
Eleanor Powell
Press Association
Topping
Graphic
The
Telegraph
Mirror
Truman Opposes Outlawing Red Party at Home
President Truman said world peace prospects have not improved from the American Soviet note exchange and he opposes outlawing the Communist party in the United States as contrary to American principles. He backed Secretary of State Marshall, who outlined the U.S. position, and refused a general Russia conference, urging concrete UN solutions instead.
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Washington
Truman
Communist Party
Marshall
Russia
United Nations
Warning To FRP Nations Bans War Goods Trade With Reds
Washington May 13 The United States will cut economic aid to any European nation that supplies war machinery to Russia ERP Director Paul Hoffman told the Senate Appropriations Committee He said aid would be stopped if such shipments continue and that the ECA will ship abroad only goods that can be spared He stressed continued U S prosperity supports European recovery and that control of translations of goods and funds is essential
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Washington
United States
Russia
ERP
Paul Hoffman
Foffman
Senate Appropriations Committee
Cordon
R-Ore
Hoffman
ECA
Jewish Forces Mobilize as Palestine Proclaims State
In Jerusalem on May 13, Jewish leaders called all fighting age people 18 to 35 with military training to report for the zero hour when the Jewish state is proclaimed one minute after midnight, as Britain ends its mandate. An Arab league plan and martial law moves by Egypt, Syria, and Lebanon accompanied the tense scene. The Haganah planned to seize Jaffa, while Tel Aviv prepared a declaration draft for the state.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Haifa
Egypt
Holy Land
Syria
Lebanon
Arab League
Haganah
Jaffa
Cairo
Russia poised to build atom bombs by 1950 says expert
Livy Culbertson testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee that American leaders defend an impotent United Nations and allow the Soviets to develop atomic bombs with impunity. He warned Russia will have sufficient bombs by 1950 to threaten many American cities.
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Washington
Livy Culbertson
Russia
United Nations
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Joe Louis Headline: Champion Fights Walcott at Yankee Stadium
Joe Louis born May 13 1914 near Lafayette Alabama rose from poverty to heavyweight champion. He has earned over two million dollars in the near decade he held the crown. His title will be challenged in July when he faces Jersey Joe Walcott at Yankee Stadium.
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Joe Louis
Barrow
Lafayette
Alabama
Joe Walcott
Yankee Stadium
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Bud Beezie
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Tommy
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