Packard Grants 13 Cent Raise and Price Hikes
Packard Motor Car Co raises hourly wages by 13 cents for 10 000 hourly workers and increases car prices by 75 to 200 dollars starting June 14. UAW CIO local 190 accepts the raise through Aug 1 1950, with collar workers getting a 9 percent raise. Projected 1948 costs rise by 6.25 million dollars. Ford plants shut a day. GM plans a weeklong layoff for about 230 000 production workers due to steel shortages and parts delays.
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Detroit
Packard Motor Car Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Packard
Uaw-Cio
George T. Christopher
Packard-Uaw
Ford Motor Co
General Motors Corp
Ford
General Motors
Michigan
Bidault Favors German Accord
Paris June 11 Foreign Minister Georges Bidault told the French parliament he had no enthusiasm for the six power western Germany accord but called it the best France could obtain. He warned nothing is final until parliament approves. Observers expect eventual approval, possibly by a narrow margin, as Premier Schuman risks his government on parliamentary backing.
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Paris
Georges Bidault
Germany
France
West Germany
Robert Schuman
Bres to address VF W at 28th annual meeting banquet
Maj. Gen. Edward S. Bres will speak at the Veterans of Foreign Wars 28th annual meeting banquet in La Posada hotel Winslow. Space limits ban on attendance to 200 delegates. James L. Curtis of Winslow will be master of ceremonies.
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Winslow
Edward S. Bres
Arizona Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
la Posada
Bres
Office
Secretary of the Army
Washington
James L. Curtis
Gen. Bres
A. M. Tuthill
Arizona
James A. Murphy
Minneapolis
VFW
Evelyn Monaco
Gallup
N. M
Uneasy Truce in Palestine Opens Armistice Period
A four week Palestine armistice began at 1 a.m. EST amid sirens and gunfire as UN mediator Folke Bernadotte sought partition terms. Both sides claimed partial compliance though incidents continued around Latrun and Jerusalem. Britain refused to recognize Israel during the truce, while Rhodes talks loomed as a path to lasting peace and Arab leaders warned against Jewish domination.
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Palestine
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Folke Bernadotte
Damascus
Latrun
Tel Aviv- Jerusalem
Arab Legion
Trans-Jordan
Holy City
Great Britain
Israel
Rhodes
U.S
Tewfik Abuda
Trans- Jordan
Bevin
Ernest
AFL Ladies' Garment Workers authorize 1 million loan to Israel
The AFL International Ladies' Garment Workers' union general executive board authorized a one million dollar loan to the new state of Israel. President David Dubinsky led the action after recommending the loan. He also noted the union has donated 220000 this year to Haganah.
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New York
Israel
AFL International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
David Dubinsky
Dubinsky
Haganah
Judge May Hit Coal Deadlock
Washington June 11 Justice T Alan Goldsborough again may force a settlement of the months old pension deadlock between John L Lewis and the soft coal operators The parties meet Friday after Goldsborough ordered inclusion of the Southern Coal Producers association in bargaining The current contract expires June 30 and they differ on post expiration arrangements Ezra Van Horn seeks a court order to stop spending welfare funds without his approval while Lewis advocates negotiation not court action and criticizes the operators spokesman O Neill as mum
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Harold W. Ward Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Goldsborough
Southern Coal Producers’ Association
Charles O'Neill
United Mine Workers
Ezra van Horn
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
van Horn
UMW
O'Neill
Mexico to begin domestic paper production, says expert
Jose De La Macorra, who studied Mexico's paper industry, predicts domestic production will meet needs. He will present findings at the 64th general congress of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers in Mexico City, meeting June 21 to 25. Currently most of Mexico's paper is imported from Canada and the United States.
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Mexico City
Jose de la Macorra
Mexico
de la Macorra
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Canada
United States
Garvey to Decide Next Week on Democratic Governor Nomination
Acting Gov. Dan E. Garvey said a decision on seeking the Democratic nomination for governor will come next week. Earlier he indicated a decision within a few days.
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Phoenix
Dan E. Garvey
Westinghouse offers 6 percent raise to unions
The Westinghouse Electric Corp announced it offered three unions a six percent wage increase and an additional paid holiday for hourly paid employees. The company said the offer equates to an 84 cent hourly increase.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Bernadotte Orders UN Observers to Probe Palestine Truce Violations
Count Folke Bernadotte announced he ordered United Nations observers to investigate and report quickly on complaints alleging four violations of the Palestine truce by Jewish forces.
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Catro
Folke Bernadotte
United Nations
Palestine
Dike Break Floods Portland Airport Area
The Columbia River breached a dike guarding Portland’s $6.5 million airport as flood waters advance toward a $43 million Reynolds metals plant in Troutdale. Eight hundred men battled to save the barrier while evacuation of a two mile wide strip continued.
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Portland
Ore
Columbia
U. S. Army
Reynolds Metals Co
Troutdale
Multnomah County
Coast Guard
Pacific Northwest
Huge Crop May Cut Food Prices
A government crop report on June 11 1949 boosts hopes for cheaper meat dairy and poultry as corn and wheat prospects improve. Officials note a bumper oats and barley year with full planting progress versus widespread floods a year earlier. Prices may fall late next year once production expands.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Drownings After Mine Strike Destroys Danish Vessel
AALBORG Denmark June 11 about 150 Danes drowned when the passenger vessel Kjoebenhavn struck a World War II mine and blew up ten minutes after dawn. The 1,668 ton ship with 400 passengers sank off Kattegats coast en route from Copenhagen to Aalborg. The company listed 621 survivors while divers searched for additional victims and nine bodies were recovered by patrolling craft at sea.
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Aalborg
Denmark
Kjoebenhavn
Kattegat
United Steamship Co
Copenhagen
Jutland
Thhem
Dewey Bidding For 26 North Carolina Votes
Thomas E. Dewey returned to New York after a 300 mile swing through North Carolina where he spoke 13 times in 13 hours before about 13 000 people. He sought 26 uninstructed delegates to the Republican national convention in Raleigh Lexington and Morganton during a one day campaign.
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Charlotte
N. C
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
North Carolina
White House
Raleigh
Lexington
Morgantown
Housing Bill Faces Stumbling Blocks
In Tucson heat, temperatures reached unofficial highs near 114 as officials forecast 101 for Friday. Democrats seized control of the 27 member House Banking Committee, advancing the Taft-Ellender-Wagner housing bill, while Wolcott’s rival measure was ousted. The issue now heads to the House Rules Committee before floor consideration.
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Washington
House Committee
House Banking Committee
Senate
House Rules Committee
Wolcott
House Considers Peacetime Draft Ahead of Adjournment
Washington June 11 House Republican leaders push a peacetime draft law for quick passage after the Senate approved a selective service revival by 78 to 10. Speaker Martin said the bill will reach the floor Tuesday or Wednesday, with Rules Committee vote set for Monday and adjournment imminent.
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Washington
House
Senate
Truman
Martin
R-Mass
House Rules
Leo E. Allen
R-Ill
Rules Committee
Allen
New Ford's Party Signals Modern Motor Era Shift
June 11 report from New York describes Henry Ford II presenting a lavish debut for a new Ford model at the Waldorf Astoria. The show spans 35,000 square feet with 150 hotel suites and a half million dollar production, contrasting with Henry Ford Sr.'s austere past and teetotaler stance.
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New Ford
Henry Ford, Sr
Sam Dawson
New York
Henry Ford
Waldorf- Astoria
Henry Senior
Grandpa
Midtown Manhattan
Henry
Lizzie
Kaiser-Frazer Grants Raise
Kaiser-Frazer and the CIO United Auto Workers reach a 13 cent hourly wage rise. The agreement covers 1,500 salaried employees with a 9 percent boost and runs to May 1, 1949, contingent on ratification by 10,000 hourly production workers. A new jointly administered social security fund is included.
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Detroit
U.P
Kaiser- Frazer Corporation
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Ed Cote
Kaiser-Frazer
UA Inaugural Bills Rejected By Frohmiller
State Auditor Ann Frohmiller refused to pay 1084 for a University of Arizona inaugural tea party and luncheon claiming no public purpose. University official J Byron McCormick said regents approved expenses though the party included delegates, with further costs anticipated between 3000 and 5000.
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Ann Frohmiller
University of Arizona
Associated Press
Phoenix
J. Byron McCormick
State Board of Regents
Frohmiller
Dan Garvey
John Anderson
University Comptroller
Board of Regents
Anderson
Vandenberg urges Senate to back peace resolution
Sen Vandenberg of Michigan appeals for quick approval of a plan to organize peace and guide UN procedures to deter Communist aggression. He says the measure does not force open end aid and stays within UN and US constitutional authority, signaling world peace possibilities.
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Washington
Sen. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
Vandenberg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United Nations
America
United States
Congress
Baseball scores from leagues with late games
American League games include Cleveland at New York Chicago at Boston St Louis at Philadelphia Detroit at Washington. National League results feature Brooklyn 3 Pittsburgh 2 in 13 innings Chicago 3 New York 1 with Boston at St Louis and Philadelphia at Cincinnati also on tabulated night.
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Cleveland
New York
Chicago
Boston
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Detroit
Washington
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Secretary Marshall Warns ERP Cuts Risk Failure
Secretary of State Marshall told the Senate appropriations committee that house reductions in European Recovery Program funds threaten the ERP’s goals. He recalled his warning that the plan was a calculated risk and urged restoring the full allocations despite a house cut potentially totaling up to 2 billion dollars. Hoffman urged maintaining the authorized 5.3 billion, warning cuts would hit industry revival and European output.
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Washington
Marshall
House
Europe
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Paul G. Hoffman
Hoffman
Congress
Vandenberg
Sen
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
John Taber
R-Ny
Ways and Means
ECA
Hoffiman
Flags Welcome Truman to Los Angeles Visit
Downtown Los Angeles festooned with welcome flags four days before President Truman arrives for an eight hour visit. He will address the Greater Los Angeles Press Club at luncheon with six military bands and an air show by 400 planes. Schoolchildren will be excused for a parade after his arrival. A split in Southern California Democrats surfaced as Patrick J. Cooney criticized state leaders and formed a 250 member group to campaign for Truman against James Roosevelt and allied Hollywood advisors.
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Los Angeles
Truman
Greater
California
Patrick J. Cooney
Cooney
James Roosevelt
Democratic State Committee
Wallace
Truman flies over flooded Columbia basin to boost campaign
President Truman conducted an aerial tour of the flooded Columbia river basin to highlight his campaign efforts. The trip, reported from June 11, underscores a strategic outing as he presses supporters and critics alike ahead of the election.
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President Truman
U.P
Truman
Columbia River
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