Wage drive and CIO plans loom over postwar industry
The piece traces CIO leadership including Murray and Reuther pushing for higher wages amid fears of rising living costs. It notes earlier pattern-setting settlements in steel, auto, and coal and predicts 1947 deals and potential strikes as the Big Three meet in Pittsburgh to coordinate wage demands and enforcement.
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Murray
CIO
Reuther
United Automobile Workers
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Philip Murray
Lewis
United Steel Workers
United Auto Workers
United Electrical Workers
Pittsburgh
General Motors
Truman
Congress
A Challenge To Mr Reece on Southern Politics
The Atlanta Constitution notes Carroll Reece’s claim that the South needs a two party system for political and economic growth. It questions GOP plans and candidates in the region, suggesting cautious dissent on the party switch and its implications.
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South
Carroll Reece
Reece
Atlanta Constitution
Glamor And Scandal In Sports Interests Decline In Youth
United States Attorney General Tom Clark invites sports writers to Washington to form a national group promoting clean sports for youth. The piece delves into comments on sports glamor, Durocher Raft graft issues, and the link between sports and Hollywood underworld figures, plus gambling in football and media influence on public perceptions.
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Westbrook Pegler
New York
Tom Clark
United States
Washington
Bill Corum
Waldorf
Wedgewood Room
Tower
Guttersnipes
Hollywood
Moving Picture
Norway
The
District Attorney
Durocher
Raft
Broadway
Miamis
Siegal
Leo Durocher
Brooklyn
George Raft
Moving Pictures
Owen Madden
Bugsy Siegal
Nevada
al Capone
Branch Rickey
Raft-Durocher
Fatty Arbuckle
Hollywood Reporter
What Makes A Business Enterprise
A General Electric leader argues a business is a living social body in a community. It relies on workers investors and facilities yet earns neighbors’ respect, taxes and civic duties. Conduct determines what it receives in return.
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Charles E. Wilson
General Electric Company
Christian Science Monitor
1932 Berlin election results cited by Los Angeles Times
The last free balloting in Berlin showed Communists at 30 percent. In the recent election they dropped to 19.8 percent, prompting reflections on American policy in Germany. Critics claim American administrators pushed Germans toward Communists, but the Times argues this is not true.
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Russia
United States
Leon Trotzky
Mexico
Stalin
Franco
Spain
Yugoslavia
Romania
Bulgaria
Ukraine
France
Poland
Hitler
Europe
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Berlin
Germany
Los Angeles Times
Little Gains Big Losses in New York Talks
Paul Mallon argues that despite congenial appearances at New York conferences, the United States made little progress against Communism. He cites Russian budgeଟs, site tactics, and disarmament stalls, warns of Communist gains in Latin America and Europe, and claims a hidden revolutionary push under the surface.
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Washington
New York
United States
Latin America
France
Italy
Balkans
Britain
Japan
China
Russia
Geneva
San Francisco
Stalin
Europe
Germany
Austria
Auction of Benny Fields’ Office Goods Sparks Washington Banter
In Washington, Grover Whitney McKeister eyes Benny Fields’ auctioned office items after Fields fell into tax trouble. McKeister notes two mahogany bars and a yellow floral love seat among what was sold, lamenting missing the chance as the auction ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo Washington
Grover Whitney McKeister
Benny Fields
Blossom Seeley
Benjamin Franklin Fields
Garsson Brothers
Grover McKeister
Mr. McKeister
Washington
Mr. Fields
Benny
Gallant Bess the rewrite horse visits Washington city room
In a 1946 King Features column a horse named Gallant Bess appears in the Washington city room, impressing editors and prompting jokes about replacements for Harry Gabbett. The tongue in cheek piece notes Pieris about OPA moves and alphabet bureaus in Washington.
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Nixon
Washington
Brooklyn
Harry Gabbbett
Gallant Bess
Mr. Tankersley
Gabbett
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Danes Study U S A Slang in New Published Dictionary
A Danish slang dictionary by Victor Skaarup and Kris Winther explores how Danes interpret American film and literature. The collection notes phrases like palooka oozing from town and musicians chewing licorice to improve a splendiferous sockeroo performance as part of translating modern works.
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U.S.A
Denmark
Victor Skaarup
Kris Winther
Christian Science Monitor
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Tucson Daily Citizen
George E. Sokolsky
Tito
Mr. Reece
Scandal
Ding
Paul Mallon
Bits
Assembly
Parties of Liberty
Labor Party
Dom
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