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...present Administration, was precisely what Alexander Whitney and the railroad unioneers wanted. Ten months ago, mindful that many war-plant workers were making more money than the highly skilled railroad men, the five unions had asked for a minimum $3-a-day wage increase. A special Government Railroad Labor panel, considering the case from every angle, after an interminable length of time gave them 4? an hour-32? a day-instead. Economic Stabilizer Fred M. Vinson hurriedly approved the raise. But the unions cried "Insult," turned the proposal down...
...real wildcat strikes could be expected from another railroad quarter. The 1,100,000 members of the 15 non-operating railroad unions (maintenance men, etc.) were just about as mad. To their demand for a 20?-an-hour wage increase, another Railway Labor panel countered with an increase of 8? an hour. By last week the "non-ops" having negotiated for 13 weary months, had not yet got up their nerve for a strike vote, had agreed to resubmit demands to a new panel...
...Author Hughes's novel Rostov does not fall to Nazi might alone. In the beleaguered city sat the Russian traitor, Colonel Blazonny. Every night he slid through a secret panel into a secret room, radioed secret information to the Germans. But Boris was after him. Boris was 6½ ft. tall and hair grew in swirls all over his body, but he managed to steal unnoticed in & out of the German lines on NKVD (secret police) missions. Boris did his best, but though Traitor Blazonny fell at last (with five bullets through his body), so did Rostov...
...Willoughby. Said the Broadway Association of her effort: "In depicting the Four Freedoms, Miss Willoughby has created several modifications of the original theme as developed by Norman Rockwell [TIME, June 21]. . . . Freedom of Speech . . . will show separate scenes. . . . Freedom from Want has been designated for the west panel. Here is portrayed Cornucopia pouring out its bounteous contents. . . . The fourth panel . . . will delineate Freedom from Fear. The ever-protecting element of mother love will be indicated by a mother holding her child in her arms. The carefree yet rhythmic motions of the nature dancer complete the theme for this panel...
...radio operator had been wounded. We were getting pretty banged up. Then a fighter made a quick pass at us and sent a shell crashing into the cockpit. Our copilot, Steve Bellovay, was hit clean through the breast pocket. He slumped over the instrument panel, but the pilot never wavered a second. He held her steady, straight on toward the target...