United Steelworkers voted unanimously to begin a nationwide steel strike on January 14. 700,000 workers planned to walk out to back up demands for a $2-a-day increase in wages [REF].
A B-29 Superfortress set a new coast-to-coast time record, flying from Burbank, California to Brooklyn, New York in 5 hours, 27 minutes and 6 seconds [REF].