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June 2, 1947

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TWU CALLS RALLIES IN TRANSIT DISPUTE; TWU Calls 2 Meetings to Discuss Its Quarrel With Transit Board

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TWU to meet to discuss bds alleged unfairness in picking IND div runs; O'Dwyer takes neutral role; Local 100 pres A Hogan declines to discuss repts that slowdown will be resumed and extended to BMT and IRT; says workers are obeying rule book; bd supervisory employees and TWU members keen check on one another for evidence to be used in case of action taken under civil service law or Condon-Wadlin act; dispute called war of nerves; bd to start hearings with labor groups

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Notable Deaths

John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton

1947John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, English sailor and politician (born 1867)[โ€ ]

John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, was a British businessman and Conservative politician. Gretton won two gold medals in the 1900 Olympic Games. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for 46 years, representing three midlands-based constituencies in that period.