Show 1 Truman ruman Move Aver h Ran Rail By United Press 9 The president moved to avert a threatened railroad strike Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- and the Ford Motor Co announced it would Ja lay ot off automobile workers because of steel and parts shortages Pre President Truman set up an emergency board to investigate a dispute on the state 14 Rock flock Is Island Island Island Is- Is land road automatically postponing ing for at nt least 30 days a strike set for 6 p p. m. m Wednesday The walkout had hod been called to protest the dismissal of or three without a fair Investigation After Mr Truman acted the Brotherhood o of Railroad trainmen called off the strike A At t Detroit Ford announced n a shutdown of Indefinite duration because of steel shortages Corny Company Company Com Com- pany officials said the shutdown third since Feb 1 had been aggravated aggravated aggravated ag ag- ag- ag by the wide nation coal strike A Ford spokesman said the thc Lincoln Lincoln Lin Lin- coln coin plant would close Wednesday I night because of a a. shortage of oC steel and parts from 36 strikebound strikebound strikebound strike strike- bound supplier firms The huge River Rouge plant near Detroit Is scheduled to close Thursday Other labor developments 1 1 Fifteen hundred independent white collar workers at Vesting Westinghouse Westinghouse house Electric Co plants throughout through through- out the nation accepted a c hourly wage increase 2 Hollywoods Hollywood's major m mot motion o t I Ion o n picture studios offered their em em- wage increases of 18 1St c an hour or 10 whichever is ia higher 3 Tho The Youngstown ln Sheet and Tube Cos Go's tin mill at East Chicago Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago Ind was shut down when crane operators refused to work in a dispute over rest periods pe pe- |