Independent union wins NLRB election at two Bohn plants
The Independent Magnesium and Aluminum Workers union won the right to represent workers at the Adrian Bohn Aluminum and Magnesium Fabricators plants. In a runoff, 394 of 782 votes were for the Independent union, 222 for UDAW-CIO, and 152 for UAW-AFL. A final official tally will be filed by the NLRB.
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Independent
Magnesium and Aluminum Workers Union
Adrian
Bohn Aluminum & Hrass Corporation
Magnesium Fabricators
National Labor Relations Board
Independent Union
Udaw-Cio
Uaw-Afl
Vas
NLRB
Detroit
Henneth Scott
Uaw-Cio
Raobert
Travis
Emery
Bohn
George Halverson
New Draft Regulations Ready to Correct Defects
Lansing reports new draft rules allow registrants to correct minor physical defects at personal or government expense before induction or be drafted for correction by army doctors. Denial defects will be emphasized. common issues include hernias visual defects and venereal diseases. Local boards will be informed which corrections can be done in a reasonable time and cost, with options to choose a physician and facility, including veterans hospitals, for treatment.
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Lansing
Feb
Selective Service
National Director of Selective Service
Veterans’ Hospital
Congressmen Argue Over New Pension Law
Washington February 6 Congressmen are split over a two week old pension law for retired Senators and Representatives. Some Senate members call the measure a blunder and want repeal while House members debate its merits. Ramspeck says he authored the provision and sees no reason lawmakers should be denied pensions. Capper calls pensions for elective officials socially immoral and doubts the bill would have passed with close scrutiny.
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Washington
Senate
House
Ramspecki+Gal
House Civil Service Committee
Congress
Kamspeck
Capper
P-Kan
Counter Attacks Of Germans Fail
Russian troops push on in the south with reports from Vichy that Petropavlovka fell near Dnieperopetrovsk. Moscow radio cites violent fighting on the Kelinin front northwest of Kyiv and in the Kursk Kharkov area. Dnieperopetrovsk dam site remains a direct Soviet objective. Fighting nears an unnamed town designated as V.
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Associated Press
London
Vichy
Today
Petropavlovka
Dnieperopetrovsk
Moscow Radio
Kelinin
Xursk-Kharkov
Adrian Residents Give Blood To Red Cross Traveling Unit
Adrian citizens donate blood as a Red Cross traveling unit operates from the First Presbyterian Church. A medical setup fills the basement hospital with six cots and glass equipment for blood collection. Richard Camburn leads organizing efforts. more than 100 donors expected, each giving one pint to support blood plasma reserves for sailors and soldiers.
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Adrian
Red Cross
First Presbyterian Church
Red Cross Blood Donor Service
Vy Wallyws Orineman
Cap Lsirian
Ast
Moscow
H. C. King
Alry
Kalinin
Richard Camburn
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Adrat
Detroit
United States
Phyllis Terry
Adrian Canteen
George Fein
Elizabeth Sector
Anne Maki
Allied Western Pacific Situation Rated Very Serious
Washington reports military experts deem the allied position in the western Pacific at the end of February highly serious with potential reverse moves likely. Despite bold Philippine Singapore and Dutch Indies defense efforts and Japanese losses exceeding 100 ships, only massive reinforcements could turn the tide. Japan holds time and initiative, but Allied factory power remains. Strong emphasis on need for effective air reinforcements to blunt Japanese advances. Atlantic and global theater demands divert materiel.
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Associated Press
Washington
Western
Pacific
Philippines
Singapore
Dutch Indies
Pearl Harbor
America
England
Russia
Africa
Orient
Japanese occupy Samarinda Borneo in swift advance
Batavia Feb 6. Japanese forces have occupied Samarinda on the east coast of Borneo, a key feeding point for Balik Papan oil and a coal center at the Kutai River mouth with about 12 000 residents. Civilians have begun evacuating as a Japanese raiding force of 46 bombers and 20 fighters attacked Surabaya naval base, losing two fighters and possibly two bombers with three Dutch aircraft downed.
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Batavia
N. E
Samarinda
Balik Papan
Borneo
Netherlands Indies High Command
Kutai
High Command
Aneta
Soerabaja
Vision of a German Soldier in Russia War Diary
A Nazi eastern front notebook describes endless snow and cold, forest ambushes, and relentless fighting in Russia. The account contrasts French quick defeat with grim Russian campaigns, noting despair, flooded trenches, swamps, and scenes of destruction as Soviet forces press the conflict on the winter front.
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Russia
France
British desert fighters halt Axis push near Tobruk
London dispatch reports British forces stabilizing lines about 50 to 60 miles west of Tobruk as RAF bombers hit Axis supply runs. Italian claims of advancing near Ain El Gazala and Tmimi are disputed by Cairo briefings. Roosevelt says Pacific council active. Treasury to borrow 1.56 billion dollars next Friday.
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London
Tobruk
Cairo
Chrenaica
Tmimi
Ain EL Gazala
Field Mart
Bethlehem
Erwin Rommel
Green Mountains
el Akdar
Pany
General Motors-Itaw
Washington
Roosevelt
Pacific Council
Activitiea
Jebel el Akdar
Dundee Youth Hurt As Car Turns Over Near Britton
Special to TAI Telegram The youth, son of Mr and Mrs Earl Lidster of Ding, was injured in a two turn crash on Route 2 north of Britton near the Soases. He was taken to a Tecumseh hospital with head injuries after skidding, the car then rolled over twice before hitting a bridge. An ambulance was summoned and he was later returned to the farm home near Clay Cross.
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Britton
Floyd Lidster
London
Earl Lidster
Ding
Dundee
Tecumseh
Atlantic
United States
Milwaukee Road
Lidster
Atlantic Ufeline
Ces
Clay Cross Farm
Seven Waves Attack Rangoon Telegraphed by Warfront
Allied fliers claim ten raiders downed as Rangoon sustained a multi wave bombardment from seven Japanese bomber waves. RAF and volunteer Allied fighters report heavy fires, plus dawn daylight raid sees another Japanese plane shot down amid Salween River fighting. Government urges stiff resistance along the Salween line, with British and Indian troops ordered to hold every inch.
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Associated Press
Rangoon
Burma
Coventry
Salween
Aisteiet
RAF
Plate
Salween River
War Labor Board Takes Over GM Bethlehem Disputes
The War Labor Board assumed jurisdiction over disputes involving General Motors and Bethlehem Steel to reach a no-strike, no-lockout war production settlement. CIO UAW seeks time and half for Saturday and double time for Sunday, while GM pushes to remove extra pay to enable seven day round the clock production. Bethlehem Steel wage and bargaining talks in 14 plants with about 90,000 workers collapsed in New York. Conciliator James F. Dewey urged referral to the board for settlement.
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General Motors
Union
Corporation
EB. Wilson
William H. Davis
Roosevelt
Washington
America
Bethlehem Steel
War Labor Board
CIO
United Automobile Workers Union
CIO Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
Bethlehem Steel Company
New York
James F. Dewey
Labor Department
Federal men raid near Mare Island Navy Yard
Federal agents arrested nearly two score Axis aliens, mostly Japanese, in Vallejo near Mare Island Navy Yard. Agents seized navy signal flags, maps, weapons, and radios in rapid, coordinated raids led by Nat Pieper of the San Francisco FBI office.
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Vallejo
Calit
FBI
Nat Pieper
San Francisco
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mare Island Navy Yard
Greeks Starving as Germans Seize Food Across Greece
Washington reports describe Greece enduring famine under Axis occupation. Sumner Welles states Germany has ruthlessly taken food reserves, elevating infant mortality and widespread hunger in Athens and other cities. Reports note bread shortages and rationing collapse, with fish supplies insufficient and even fish offal sought for food.
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Washington
D. C
Greece
Sumner Welles
State Department
Welles
Department
Athens
Bresd
Corregidors Guns Destroy Japanese Emplacements
Washington reports Japanese gun emplacements on Manila Bay seaward shore destroyed by American artillery from fortifications. Nine Japanese transports reportedly debarking troops at Lingayen Gulf to reinforce concentrations on Luzon. Philippine theater notes a lull in the Battle of Batan with minor patrol actions. In Java, U S P 40 fighters engaged a superior bomber force. one bomber and one pursuit plane were shot down. one American plane is missing.
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Associated Press
Washington
Manila
Bay
Corregidor
War Department
Lingayen Gulf
Manila Bay
Batan Peninsula
Luzon
Batan
Netherlands Indies
Java
Japanese claim Dutch and US cruisers sunk in Java Sea clash
Tokyo announced that two Dutch cruisers were sunk and two more Dutch ships plus one American cruiser of the Marblehead class were heavily damaged in a Java Sea battle. A later Domei release refined the tally, saying only some ships were sunk or damaged and that one US cruiser was not definitively confirmed.
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Tokyo
Java
Domei
Soerabaja
Netherlands East Indies
Kangean Island
Stmk
Shore of Singapore Bristles With Guns
Singapore endured heavy bombardment as mortars cannons and air attacks raked the Johore Strait front. Allied sentries manned beaches and inlets while air defense fought off waves as the Far East command reported ongoing artillery exchanges and limited damage with some aircraft losses and one RAF fighter missing.
Promoter admits guilt in Baruch syndicate swindle case
Chicago February 6 A promoter J Dewey Abraham 52 surrendered with $30 claiming guilt to embezzlement charges tied to a get rich quick scheme. He said the promised $27 million Baruch syndicate was a dream, admitted using the name but denied knowledge of Bernard Hatush and said dividends were paid to keep investors optimistic.
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Chicago
Bernard Baruch
J. Dewey Abraham
C. Vernon Thompson
Abraham
Rose Karant
Thompson
Baruch
Peter
Paul
Abroaham
Bernard Hatuch
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Reds
Presbyterian Church
Mh. Puour
Weston
Mich
Fred C. Greenwald
Auctoneer
Clayton
Zinchyn
Hudson
Virgil Pifer
Western Pacific
Ratan Peninsula
Jin
Malay Peninsula
Borne
Imphal
India
Chittagong
Wunthe
Lashio
Jmandalay
Burima
Kenrung
Gmal
Thailand
Moulmein
Thaton
Arrow
Martaban
Toungoo
Mandalay
Gulf of Martaban
China
Britain
The
Treasury
Brittoh
WAR Board
Ani Alens
U. S
C. Yates McDaaney
Citalect
No-Man’s-Land
Johore Strait
Communioué
Litte
Johore Bahru
Far Eastern Command
Malayan
Promoter
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