The Wilmington morning star. [volume], March 04, 1945, FINAL EDITION, Page 5, Image 5

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0IUL MOTORS'
WORKERS RECEIVE
fUlffPAV HIKE
rtjTTtffVrON’. Marc& 3. (/P)——
«S"fSb»r Board Way
The . , a fringe" increase but
PiDt* uaW-CIO request for a
denie< , age boost in 100 General
£6"era' corporation plants involv
Motors uo'F
300.000 employes'
ing r „.ral Motors spokesman
A n! that the WLB grant of
estimated th6> differential for
anincr? ilt workers would cost
Considerably under $5,000,000 an
frunion bad requested1 an in
lne f 5 per cent in the dif
creSSte3ls for both the second and
ferj shifts which, the company
t-nird would have cost $22,
ejtimaieO'
Cvftbe WLB denied any
H°v'e fnr dip second shift and
i;crfd onV half, or 2 1-2 per
the "requested rise in the
cf« Jfal for the third shift,
facte Co October 5, 1943, ex
pjtion date of the P«or agree
Hand-Some
For
Easter
w|p nana into on« of these
ramies. Long, short or medium
lengths—seme with cuffs, gome
with smart stitch
ed trim. All our
Stoves are lovely
to took at . . .
Perfectly fitted
sr>d oh so hand
some.
From
98c
To
92.98
rr, rienving the union request for
g eneral wage increase, the
L ,aid that, a* in other major
01 cs,es which involve de
!$. outside the Little Steel for
ni'a the denial was "without
7'Ciife'' to reconsideration if
tre is any change in national
:;2e stabilization policy.
Vne union’s request for mdus
, ,vi(je wage rate stabilization
and elimination of all inter-plant
differentials in wage rates in
plants of the corporation was like
wise denied
However, the board set March
"3 as the start of a public hearing
on a study of the operation <)f the
"bracket system" — relating to
rates for jobs in new establish
ments and new job classifications
in going establishments "as they
jifect companies with plants in
more than one labor market.”
Specifically, this hearing will
je on the issue between the union
and the corporation's Delco-R%my
division plant at Bedford, Ind.,
,ad tre Diesel engine division
plant at Grand Rapids, Mich.
No division was made on &e
union’s request for an 11 cent
hourly increase for skilled main
enance workers. A hearing on
Ibis issue was set for March 16.
Both the corporation’s demand
that the maintenance of member
ship clause in the master agree
ment be elimina*ed and the union’s
demand that no new 15 day escape
period be ordere by the board
were denied.
Tae union’s request for a guar
intee of full employment and 48
wurs of pay per week was denied
is "outside the authority of the
card.”
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Release Of Penicillin 1
For General Civilian
Use Reported ‘Imminent’
NEW YORK, March 3—(#}—E.
J. Squibb and Sons reported today
that War Production Board release 1
of penicillin for general civilian 1
use was “imminent.” i
The drug firm announced that '
5,300 pounds of penicillin would "
be flown from here tomorrow to
its Chicago and Los Angeles dis
tribution points “so th^t when im
minent WPB' permission for gen
eral civilian use is granted, on
the-spot supply will be available
in all sections of the nation.”
Tomorrow’s shipment will fill an
airfreighter with enough penicillin
to save 5,000 lives, the company
said. The drug was manufactured
at the company’s New Brunswick,
N. J., laboratories.
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HICKMAN YOUTH
SERIOUSLY HURT
—
Eugene Hickman, six-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Hick
mar^. of 165 Spofford Mills, who
suffered a fractured neck when
struck by a car operated by Mrs.
p. W. Lewis Jenkins, 1109 Mercer
Avenue, at 6 p. m. Friday, was re
ported yesterday as being in a
“serious” condition at James Wal
ker Memorial hospital.
The child also received lacera
tions of the legs and body bruises.
The 1940 model Studebaker op
erated by Mrs. Jenkins is owned
by Mrs. Leslie Begore of 129
Colonial village, state highway
patrolmen who investigated the
accident said yesterday.
The officers reported that the
child was playing in front of his
father's car, parked in front of his
home. As the automobile operated
by Mrs. Jenkins approached, the
boy ran out from in front of the
other vehicle into the front of the
oncoming one.
No arrests were made. The pa
trolmen said the father of the in
jured child told them he thought .
the accident was unavoidable. ,
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Frenchmen Sentenced
For Black Market Deals
PARIS, March 3—(JPh-A French
man convicted of black market
operations yielding about five mil
lion francs ($100,000) profit from
the sale of stolen U. S. Army gaso
line and oil was sentenced to four
years in prison and fined 200,000
francs ($4,000) by a French mili
tary tribuntal today.
The Frenchman, Charles Lafaite,
was charged with acting as an
intermediary for deserters from
the American Army in the sale of
the stolen products to French buy
ers.
Listed as alleged purchasers
among the 30 persons summoned
to trial were directors of three
Paris newspapers and a member
of the provisional government con
sultative assembly. These defen
dants did not appear. Of the 30
only Lafaite and one other de
fendant who was acquitted, appear
ed.
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SERIOUSLY ILL
Heywood Green, Colored, of
(Vrightsville1 Sound, who worked
tor many years at Lumina for the
ride Water Power Company, is
seriously ill in Community hospital.
MAIN FLOOR
fflBBY EXHIBIT
PLANNED HERE
A city-wide Hobby exhibit is
ilanned at the Woodrow Wilson
'Ut from 3 to -10 p. m„ March 21
inder the joint sponsorship of the
unior Sorosis club and the City
Recreation department, it was an
nounced yesterday.
All interested persons are invited
to exhibit their hobbies and it is
believed that a wide range of en
deavor will be represented.
Some of the hobbies already sug
gested for display are collections
of jewels, curios, stamps, photo
graphs of war relics; crafts such
as carving, woodwork, metal work,
knitting and homecrafts; and na
24 PIECE SET OF
Silver
EDITH PATTERN
$14 75
A very neat pattern of silver plate with plain grooved edge
around the handles, packed in attractive chest with knife holders
!" the cover and eight satin covered spoon and fork holders in
tne bottom.
The set consists of 6 knives with stainless steel blades 6 forks
o soup or dessert spoons and 6 tea spoons.
fidk-(tiUianu> fit.
ture hobbies of various kinds. Any I
other hobbies will be welcome. I
Further information and entry
blanks may be obtained from Mrs.
Carl Powers, 2-1104. or the Recrea
tion department 2-8997, 223 Prin
cess St.
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The first Coast Guard lifesaving
station in the United States was
located at Sandy Hook, N. Y, It
was erected in 1836.
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APPOINTED
NEW YORK, March 3.—(AV-Dan
iel P. Woolley, OP A regional di
rector, announced today appoint
ment of Major Thomas F. Barrett,
former banker honorably discharg
ed last September from the Army
Air Corps, as director of a regional
veterans service division.
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