No Overtime Railroads Settle Wage Controversy
The Railroad Operating Brotherhoods accepted a nine cent hourly pay increase awarded to engineers and trainmen in arbitration, resolving wages for 350,000 operating railroad workers. Affected workers include firemen conductors and switchmen, while 1.1 million non operating shop clerks and others remain seeking overtime pay. A House subcommittee approved transferring wage authority to the Railway Mediation Board.
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Washington
Railroad Operating Brotherhoods
Roosevelt
House Interstate Commerce Subcommittee
Fred M. Vinson
Railway Mediation Board
White House
Brotherhoods Chieftains
J. Pelley
Association of American Railroads
New Social Security Bill Explained by Senator Murray
Senator Murray urged the CIS committee to back the Wagner Murray Dingel Bill S 1161 to broaden Social Security. The plan would extend benefits to 15 million more citizens, raise old age payments, liberalize unemployment and disability benefits, and unify employment offices into a national system with service wage credits and enhanced medical care and hospitalization. He argued opponents push a freeze on payroll taxes and oppose stronger unemployment insurance.
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New York
Murray
D.-Mont
CIS. O. Committee For
Engineer Killed As Trains Collide in Darien
In Darien Connecticut engineer John J. Garrity of New Haven died when two eastbound passenger trains collided at the station at 11 02 PM. Fireman Dalton Schellmaker, also of New Haven, was uninjured. The rear of the standing train, two baggage cars and two unoccupied passenger cars were badly smashed.
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Darien
Conn
John J. Garrity
New Haven
Leslie Tyler
Dalton Schellmaker
Tyler
Man Held for Questioning in Woman’s Fatal Stabbing
Elmira detectives said a man is being held for questioning after the fatal stabbing of Ruth Butler, 23, who died in a hospital a few hours after the attack. Detective Clarence A. Davies identified the woman and reported the investigation is ongoing.
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Elmira
Clarence
A. Davies
Ruth Butler
Arms for All Knox Urges Compulsory Army Duty
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox urged compulsory military training for every boy at 17 or 18 to preserve liberties. He told the Cleveland Boy Scout Council banquet that unpreparedness offers no safety, and proposed a year of training on land or sea. He called for improved physical standards, frequent public school medical exams, and teaching outdoor self‑reliance, suggesting Scouting be part of public schooling.
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Cleveland
Frank Knox
Cleveland Boy Scout Council
Marine Corps
Knox
Legislature Advances Low Income Sick Insurance Plan
Albany lawmakers moved a bill to create a state health insurance fund for low income groups despite Governor Dewey urging a commission study. Assemblyman Hulan E. Jack reintroduced the 1943 measure to fund a 13 member board appointed by the Governor, with a $100,000 appropriation and a $10,000 commissioner salary. The plan proposes contributions from employers, employees, and the state, with cash benefits starting July 1, 1945 for maternity and broad medical care.
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Albany LLP
Dewey
Assemblyman
Hulan E. Jack
New York City
Night Attack on Reich Follows Daylight Raid on French Coast
Allied air power, possibly 1400 planes, struck northern France along the rocket gun coast. A RAF night raid on Germany followed, with heavy bombers escorted by Thunderbolts and Mustangs. German claims say Nazi fighters offered strong resistance as Berlin reported a brief alert.
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London
France
DNB
Germany
United States
Reich
Stockholm
Berlin
Explosive Bombs Found in Oranges Shipments From Spain
British authorities report time bombs hidden in orange cargoes from Spain discovered on two ships with a third still to be searched. No crew casualties occurred though damage was noted aboard a vessel. Authorities suspect Nazi agents in Valencia and tightened unloading procedures at a Scottish port.
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London
Spain
England
Ministry of Food
Foreign Office
Britain
Palestine
Food Ministry
Valencia
Noiseless Nazi Plane Bombs London Theater
An enemy aircraft penetrated London's defenses last night dropping a bomb on a suburban theater, killing seven and wounding 31. The raid occurred without an alert and sparked speculation of a new silent bombing method. The blast struck the roof near the orchestra pit. a neighboring dance hall was crowded but unharmed.
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London
British Press Association
Senate Tax Bill Action Delayed by Long Oratory Session
The Senate yesterday completed revenue sections of the 2.2756 billion tax bill but was delayed by a prolonged debate on issues from soldiers voting to food subsidies. A Saturday session set the stage for amendments to the War Contracts Renegotiation Law while Finance Committee planned a Monday meeting to consider compromises. The panel’s George may propose a compromise, while a four member minority opposes terms favorable to war contractors. The Senate also approved a 20 percent tax on cosmetics and toilet preparations, higher than the House 2 percent and current 10 percent rates.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
George
D.-Ga
Army
Navy
House
Indian Congress Party Leader Dies in Lucknow
Pi-R S. Pandit, brother-in-law of Jawaharlal Nehru, died yesterday in Lucknow. He was about 5, had two daughters Chandralekha and Nyantara students at Wellesley College, and had been released from prison recently after heart seizures. He had been detained with his wife Vijaya Lakshimi Pandit and other Congress leaders under defense regulations.
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New Delhi
R S. Pandit
Congress Party
Jawaharlal Nehru
Lucknow
Pandit
Chandralekha
Nyantara
Wellesley College
United States
Vijaya Lakshimi Pandit
Nehru
India
Ration Tokens Will Ease Dealer's Work
Walter Straub the national OPA director of food rationing said tokens to begin February 27 will save the retail food industry about 35 million dollars yearly in time and cut storekeepers rationing work by half. He added the tokens will reduce the need for new ration books saving taxpayers around 1.5 million dollars.
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New York
Greeks Admit Germans Have Upper Hand
Newly arrived refugees in Cairo reported guerrilla activity in Greece to be collapsing after 18 months. They said Athens and Piraeus districts were heavily mined and the Marathon dam defended the city’s water supply. Any resistance prompted German burns of villages and mass executions of men.
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Cairo
Greece
Athens
Piraeus
Marathon
Slavs and Nazis Locked in Battle near Karlobag
Yugoslav Partisans and German forces fought near Karlobag on the upper Adriatic coast opposite Pag island. Tito's communique broadcast by Free Yugoslav radio did not clarify if Germans sought to recapture Pag or establish a beachhead on the mainland.
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London
UPI
Karlobag
Adriatic
Pag
Josip Broz
Tito
Free Yugoslav Radio
Fiume
Germans Flee From Russian Advances In Pripet Marshes
Russian forces under Generals Rokossovsky and Vatutin reported breakthroughs in southern White Russia and into old Poland. Kalinkovichi and Mozyr were captured with heavy German losses as rail lines and towns fell. In a swift thrust toward Pinsk, Wehrmacht units abandoned guns and ammunition, with hundreds of prisoners taken and dozens of tanks and guns destroyed.
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Lenucn UP
Constantine Rokossovsky
White Russia
Kalinkovichi
Mozyr
Pripet Marshes
Moscow
Red
Nikolai Vatutin
Horyn
Old Poland
Stepan
Tutovichi
Rovno
Pripet
Rokossovsky
Skrigalov
Pinsk
Kotsury
Vatutin
WLB Endorses Westinghouse Incentive Plan
The War Labor Board approved a company wide incentive plan at Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing for its thirty plants, allowing non production and production workers to share efficiency gains. The nine to three vote split along industry versus public and labor members, with three industry dissenters. The decision followed a public hearing and is expected to influence industry, including General Electric where the same union also serves as bargaining agent.
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Washington
CPI
War Labor Board
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
C. I. O. United Electrical Workers
Reuben B Robertson
George H Mead
Horace B. Horton
John P. McWilliams
General Electric
Poles Seek US and UK Mediation With Russia
The Polish government in exile asked the United States and Great Britain to mediate talks between Poland and Russia to resolve outstanding disputes. They rejected unilateral changes to borders and urged a just Polish-Soviet agreement, citing Curzon line proposals and past conflicts as context.
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London
Russia
Curzon Line
United States
Great Britain
Poland
Britain
Soviet Union
United Nations
Polish Republic
Viscount Curzon
MacArthur Says 3000 Japs Killed In Pacific Drive
Allied reports say American Marines have killed about 3000 Japanese as they push to expand footholds on New Britain and Australian forces advance toward Madang on New Guinea. Sio is bombarded and Nambariwa captured, with additional strikes on Makassar, Balikpapan, Ceram, and other enemy bases in a broad southwest Pacific campaign.
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Associated Press
New Britain
MacArthur
Madang
New Guinea
Sio
Nambariwa
Cape Gloucester
Bergen Bay
Ithe
Makassar
Celebes
Balikpapan
Borneo
Ceram
Australa
Southwest Pacific
War Captives Work Aids U S Budget
Washington reports the Treasury expects to collect two million dollars in fiscal 1945 from services of civilian internees and prisoners of war. The plan projects fifteen hundred thousand dollars this year ending next July. POW labor adheres to the Geneva convention with workers paid at community wages and 80 cents of daily earnings credited to the prisoner, the rest to the Treasury. Costs of maintaining prisoners exceed returns.
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Washington
Army says Allied cause weaker if Russia hadn’t attacked Finland
The Army cites a 1939 Soviet invasion of Finland and the seizure of the Baltic states as a military fact that strengthened the USSR’s western defense. The guidance book urges cooperation with Russian colleagues and avoiding moral judgments while noting the outcome would have weakened Allied efforts without Soviet action.
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Washington
Russia
Finland
Baltic States
Fuasia
Baltic
Germany
U.S. S.R
U.S.35. R
Don't Be Too Sure G O P Told
Rep Margaret Smith warned New York Republicans against overconfidence heading into the 1944 presidential campaign. She cautioned party unity, urged support for Republican voters at the polls, and urged consideration of war effort realities while debating administration sponsorships and the armed vote.
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New York
Republican Party
Republican Arty
Mrr
Roosevelt
Guards Fire Tear Gas at Workers in Mobile Plant
Mobile Alabama report says guards at Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Corp Pinto Island plant fired tear gas to disperse workers milling about after a shift change. Vice president Fr Spencer cites altered payoff hours as cause. Welders and night shift workers describe long hours and delayed egress with high transport costs.
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Mobile
Ala
Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Corp
Pinto Island
Fr. Spencer
E. L. Cox
Robert Smith
Tom Walters
Time Mobile Register
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