Packers Wage Deals Hint at Industry Peace
AFL and CIO unions reached wage agreements with major packers, including Swift and Cudshy, boosting hourly pay and benefits while cutting regional differentials. Back pay disputes loom after a Supreme Court ruling, with industry suits filed for millions. Royal intrigue swells as Prince Philip and Princess Elizabeth rumors stir Britain-Greece ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AFL
CIO Packinghouse
Swift
CIO United Packinghouse Workers of America
CIO Union
Tobin Packing Company
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Great Britain
Philip
Greece
Elizabeth
Walter Johnson Big Train dies at 59
Baseball great Walter Johnson, famed as the Big Train, dies aged 59 after a 21 year career with the Washington Senators. He won 413 games and 280 losses, set a modern strikeout record, and pitched 56 straight scoreless innings in 1912.
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Valhalla
Walter Johnson
Johnson
Washington Senators
New York Yankees
Freight Rates Boost Granted by ICC Across Carriers
The Interstate Commerce Commission issued a unanimous order boosting rail and water carrier freight rates by an average 17.6 percent and authorizing a 10 percent rise in rail passenger fares. Wage costs since 1941 have climbed by 1.382 billion annually, the ICC said the hikes are needed to maintain and develop the transport system and move traffic efficiently. Commodity rates rose 20 percent, agriculture and livestock tariffs up 18 percent, with maximums set to preserve regional competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Supreme Court to Decide Soft Coal Strike Issue
John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers says the costly strike will end by Supreme Court ruling. He states the court will determine the issue, and the union will accept its decision as final.
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Federal District Court
High Tribunal
UMW
Lewis
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
U. S. Supreme Court
John F
Supreme Court
German ministers set Moscow talks on German treaty next March
Big Four foreign ministers agreed to tackle a German treaty in Moscow next March after cleaning Balkan peace pacts. The United States and Britain seek to unify their occupation zones to speed Western Germany's recovery and cut relief burdens while Europe lags in reconstruction. Secretary Byrnes secured press freedom assurances Molotov promised reporters will have access and facilities for coverage.
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Moscow
U. S
Britain
Germany
Europe
Reich
Molotov
Byrnes
Whooping Cough Toll Surges in Early 1940s Data
Northwestern National Life Insurance warns whooping cough kills more children yearly than infantile paralysis and scarlet fever combined. Public Health Service totals show 1944 deaths 1,878 from whooping cough versus polio 1,861 and scarlet fever 422, with 1945 preliminary figures at 1,726, polio 1,189, scarlet fever 349 as cases rise through winter toward spring.
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Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
United States Public Health Service
UN censure of Franco echoes in Madrid crowd
The United Nations Security Committee adopted a resolution calling for withdrawal of ambassadors from Spain while urging free elections for the Spanish people. The U S abstained as Spaniards protested foreign interference, with Franco declaring the regime a matter for Spaniards alone.
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Madrid
Generallasimo Franco
United Nations Political and Security Committee
Lake Success
N. Y
Spain
U. S
Franco
Rocket Plane Test Flight and Middle East Tensions
Test pilot Chalmers Goodlin described a Bell XS-1 flight as beautiful after reaching 35 000 feet and 650 mph while the craft was designed for 1700 mph. The article also notes Russia’s Near East diplomacy, Iranian and Greek tensions, Greek civil conflict, and Bulgaria’s alleged involvement, along with miner pay discussions led by John L. Lewis and Inland Steel’s Wilfred Sykes.
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Chalmers Goodlin
Goodlin
Army
Russia
Near East
Iran
Greece
Turkey
Tne
Azerbaijan
Corymbos
Bulgaria
Home hazards prompt safety drive against accidents
A National Safety Council summary notes home accidents kill one person every 15 minutes and injure another every six and a half seconds with 4.8 million injuries yearly. Public campaigns push safer designs including cordless irons, auto lighting switches, wall knife racks, non-radiant space heaters, vacuum grip bath mats, and safer step stools to reduce falls and burns at home.
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National Safety Council
Rural youths to raise dogs for Army corps initiative
The Army Dog Association plans a program inviting rural youths in the New York metropolitan area and surrounding regions to raise German shepherd dogs for the K-9 corps. The project targets teens but may include younger participants, emphasizing patriotic service and farm-animal experience.
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Army
Army Dog Association, Inc
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Hudson Valley
Long Island
Boy Scouts
Arizona Old-Time Cow Hands Oppose High-Toned Fox Hunt
In Phoenix Arizona cowhands ridicule an English style fox hunt planned near Tucson. President John Edward Dalton laments the idea of pink clothing and rifle fox chasing, calling it ridiculous and un-Arizonan. The new group forms to oppose the high toned hunt amid cattlemen’s western hunting traditions.
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Yhoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Arizona Old-Time Cow Hands
Tucson
John Edward Dalton
Arizong Country
Psychologist Gives a Dull Boy a Break
Lincoln Nebraska Dr D A Worcester director of the University of Nebraska educational psychology clinic says many children are labeled dull in public schools due to remediable defects. He notes speech hearing and sight deficiencies and misent blocks as common causes after testing over six thousand children in ten years.
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Lincoln
Neb
D. A. Worcester
University of Nebraska Educational Psychology Clinic
Mirror Trap Traps Monkeys in Brookfield Box
In Chicago a mirror trap for migrating monkeys backfired as the curious animals entered a two compartment box lined with mirrors and bananas. The clever device trapped the monkeys, saving labor and footwork for attendants who sought to guide them into winter quarters.
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Chicago
Brookfield
Aviation notes spark mix of flights and air industry gains
Eighty nine planes carried 260 Wisconsin Elks to Milwaukee for a breakfast flight despite gusty winds and returned in 28 minutes. Inland Airways plans a January Washington state feeder link with Beechcraft D18Cs led by Perry Cole. Iowa airport executives form a clinic group to share operating ideas. A forced landing in Kearny NJ saw football players assist and resume play. Washington state crops were dusted by planes on 52,850 acres, with farmer Victor Carlson advocating aviation on farms. TWA adopts symbols to speed air cargo off-loading, assigning landmarks to destinations from New York to Calcutta.
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Elks Lodges
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Washington State
Walla Walla
Seattle
Kennewick
Inland Airways, Inc
Perry Cole
Iowa
American Association of Airport Executives
Des Moines
Walter Beisworth
Sioux City
Virgil B. Day Jr
Kearney
N. J
Oval
Day
State of Washington
Army Cancer Cure Sparks Edits in Wartime Policy
A Washington dossier alleges Walter Reed General Hospital made cancer progress but kept it secret. Lieut. Col. Milton Freedman faces career fallout over disclosure disputes while Surgeon General Kirk critiques wartime medic waste. The piece also previews GOP power plays, Edith Rogers, and postwar relief plans for Austria Greece and Italy.
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Army Cancer Cure
Washington
Walter Reed General Hospital
Milton Freedman
Walter Reed Hospital
Norman Kirk
Medical Corps
Kirk
Freedman
Surgeon General
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Midland
Mich
District 60
Royal Romance
Mediterranean
Near Bast
Ays
Ry Water
Newspaper Union
Editon
Entern Newspaper Union
Princess Elizabeth
Prince Philip
London
U.N
Slap Franco
Bluff Reds
Wilfred Sykes
Inland Steel Company
The
Safety Council
Army Corps
Plese
Victor G. Carlson
Cherokee
Carlsons
Carlson
Don
Melen
Jack
TWA
Cairo
Loop
Detroit
Capitol Dome
Rome
Paris
Bombay
Calcutta
Navy
Antarctic
North Carolina Yankee
Max Gardner
North Carolina
Court of St. James
Gardner
Kent USA
USA
Uip
Edith Nourse Rogers
Massachusetts
Veterans Committee
Pacific Islands
South America
Truman
Republican Congress
Austria
Italy
Seer
Sewing Circle Needlecraft
W. Randolp St
17Th St
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Maine Electric
Wapello
Hiway
Ethel E. Vale
Stuart
Jaws
Ercy Hospital
Merced
California
Ponderosa
Idaho
Chisholm Retail Lumber
Bonnery Ferry
Chisholm Cedar CO
Idahe
Ercoupe
New
Tomei Ghisnore - Corydon
Lowe
Palrhanks-Morse
Nelson's
Pou! Ip
Davidson Groves
McAllan
Tex
Wailert & Guntzler
Saint Louie & Mo
B. Meniel
St-Josephva
Arcee
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