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A five-year strikeless period for General Motors was guaranteed in a comprehensive, new contract agreed upon yesterday with the United Automobile Workers, C.I.O. The new contract, hailed as a milestone in labor relations, may not be reopened until May, 1955.
Mayor O'Dwyer lays cornerstone for Owl's Head project; illus; comments; sees property owners paying new city sewer rental charge by June 1 of about 1/3 of present water rents
Drs W A Holla and M W Wells rept 3 1/2-yr test, 2 NY towns, shows ultraviolet light curbs airborne diseases; project, financed by Westchester County and Milbank Fund, described
W Reuther hails GM-UAW 5-yr pact as most significant development in labor relations since orgn of mass production industries in '36-37
House approves; Sen debates
1950Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English field marshal and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India (born 1883)[†]
Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, was a senior officer of the British Army. He served in the Second Boer War, the Bazar Valley Campaign and the First World War, during which he was wounded in the Second Battle of Ypres. In the Second World War, he served initially as Commander-in-Chief Middle East, in which role he led British forces to victory over the Italian Army in Eritrea-Abyssinia, western Egypt and eastern Libya during Operation Compass in December 1940, only to be defeated by Erwin Rommel's Panzer Army Africa in the Western Desert in April 1941. He served as Commander-in-Chief, India, from July 1941 until June 1943 and then served as Viceroy of India until his retirement in February 1947.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]