Walkout halts Adrian war plant work by AFL action
Construction on the Defense Plants Corporation factory on East Beecher Street in Adrian paused as Lenawee Building Trades Council AFL affiliates strike walkout. About 200 workers, including carpenters and truck drivers, cite wage disputes and alleged delays by Krieghoff Construction. Union officials insist the action aims to force timely, fair pay while government-approved wage rates remain in place. No picket lines formed. a small sympathy group stood outside. Local War Production Board rep visited but no action taken.
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East Beecher Street
Defense Flants Corporation
Krieghoff Construction Company
Detoit
Lenawee Building Trades Council
AFL
Detroit
Toledo
Winion
Krieghoff
Ned Krieghoff
Adrian Construction
Washington
John P. Coyne
AFL Building, Trades
Joseph Bashaw
Adrian
Bashaw
Coyne
Earl W. Dryer
Carpenters
Focul
War Production Board
WPB
Bohn Adminum & Brass Corporation
East Maumee Street
Flying Boats Instead Of Ships Proposal Shocks Navy Press
Benny J Kaiser, a west coast ship builder, urged turning nine U S shipyards to producing giant aerial freighters to counter submarine threats. He cited 200 to 500 ton air vessels carrying 10 000 troops and a Mars class flying boat capable of landing 500 000 troops daily, arguing air fleets would be immune to enemy attack and keep supply lines open to Britain and beyond. He asked maritime commission, Roosevelt, and the armed services to consider the plan.
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Portland
Ore
Benny J. Kaiser
West Coast Shipbuilding Genius
Kaiser
Harvey W. Scott
Jules Verne
Glenn L. Martin
Mars
England
Britain
Maritime Commission
Roosevelt
Armed Services
Synthetic Rubber Program Defended in Senate Fight
Democratic Leader Barkley vowed to oppose a move to create an independent rubber supply agency. Senators Thomas and Gillette sought to place the measure before the Senate, aiming to grant a director broad power to push synthetic rubber production from Brain alcohol. Republican Leader McNary said he would back the bid, while Nelson argued the plan would split responsibility for the program he leads as war production chief.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Thomas
Dokla
Gillette
Dla
McNary
Oregon
Nelson
Heat and Traffic Take Lives of 29 in Weekend Toll
The Associated Press reports Michigan endured a brutal weekend with 29 deaths from heat and traffic. Among the incidents were 13 prostrations including nine in Detroit, six traffic fatalities, and eight drownings. Mrs Mildred Wheeler of Adrian and her son Max drowned at Pleasant Lake near Hillsdale. funeral services set for Wednesday.
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Adrian
Hillsdale
Associated Press
Michigan
Detroit
Hillsdale Earte
Tecgram
Buddy
Dutchers Funeral
House Oks 6.15B wartime revenue bill in late vote
Washington July 20 1944 The House passed a wartime revenue bill totaling about 6.15 billion dollars after a last minute shift to 90 percent excess profits tax and 40 percent corporate surtax. Chairman Doughton led the Ways and Means Committee in dialing back rates before final passage. The measure would tax individuals at higher rates and raise corporate levies while expanding excises. total revenue poised for the postwar period.
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Washington
House
Senate
Ways and Means
Doughton
D-Nc
Rep
Knutson
R-Minn
Coughton
George D-Ga
Finance Committee
Soldiers Practice Invasion Defense in Carolinas
WADESBORO N C July 20 194? An invasion of the continental United States is envisioned in the army s first wartime maneuvers. Maj Gen J Dawley maneuver director urged preparations for any eventuality and said an attack on our coasts should be envisioned here. He outlined how such an invasion might occur and how to defend against landings and fast moving columns inland.
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Wadesboro
N. C
Continental United States
Sixth Army Corps
Carolinas
J. Dawley
Dawley
Michigan closed tennis meet cancelled at Flint
Flint July 20 The Michigan closed tennis tournament scheduled for August was called off. James R. Burroughs, president of the Flint Tennis Club, cited conditions casting doubt on running the meet. The event had been held here in the last two seasons.
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Flint
Michigan
James R. Burroughs
U S Planes Bomb W F Chinese Fields in July RAID
U S bombing raids hit Canton airfield housing 50 60 planes leaving six fires. Linchwan Kiangsi base attacked with strong results. Chinese forces recaptured Wenchow and Jujan seaports and broke Japanese railway hold in Chekiang. Yenshan battle yielded victory with Sin yang attack pending.
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United States
Canton
Joseph W. Stilwell
Linchwan
Kiangsi
Linchwan Et
China
Wenchaw
Juian
Chekiang
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Iyang
Hengfeng
Wenchow
Jujan
Hanchow
Yenshan
Henan
Sinyang
Yensha
Yantze
Yellow Rivers
Beer Truck Tire Rules Limit Unessential Haulers
Washington July 20 new tire rationing rules bar new or recapped tires for unessential trucks after July 28. Privately operated trucks carrying alcohol tobacco candy flowers furs radios comforts musical instruments and other luxury goods are excluded unless such items are incidental to core service.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Navy reports torpedoing of two U S merchant vessels in Atlantic
The Navy announced two medium U S merchant ships were torpedoed in the Atlantic several hundred miles off the northern coast of South America. Survivors have landed in east coast ports. Also, heavy U S Army Air Forces daylight raids hit Tobruk in eastern Libya. British warships bombarded Mistruk, Rommel’s Egyptian sea base, with limited reported damage.
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Washington
Navy
United States
Atlantic
South America
Cairo
United States Army Air Forces
Tobruk
RAF
Middle East
British
Economand
Libya
London
Mstruk
Erwin Rommel
Admiralty
Kiska Harbor Turns To History In Pacific Bombing
US bomber strikes on Kiska Harbor amid Aleutian campaign as Japanese ships and Kawanishi flying boats suffer heavy damage. Catalinas and B-24 Liberators attack from 2,800 to 18,000 feet, sinking a submarine, damaging cruisers and destroyers, while Japanese defenses struggle to fend off the raid.
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Rest Witeeler
Chicago Times, Inc
Kiska Harbor
Honshu
Kiska
United States
Fle
Midway
Aleutian
Siska Harbor
Navy
Army Fortress
Singiy
Volcano
Eashward
Catalina
Dre Catalina
Axis Prisoners Captured in Egypt by British
Cairo dispatch reports 2,000 Axis prisoners captured by British forces in Egypt over the past week. British HQ says positions held and RAF harassing the enemy with hits on tanks. Axis aircraft destroyed near the battle area. Allied air raids hit Vegesack yard centers and depots west of Alamein. several bombers missing in operations.
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Cairo
Egypt
Claude Tuchinleck
RAF
Tobrek
London
Royal Air
Germany
Vegesack
Zl Alamein
Veges
Erwin Hommel
Iack Fs
Bre
Tocal
Ger
Gerdays
Mans
L'Iyhr
Luebeck
Flensburg
RAF Fliers
Boston
Stalingrad
Voronezh
Boguchar
Millerorme
Volga
Red
Don
Murmansk
Persian Gulf
Semeon Timoshenko
Caucasus
Mostow
Rostov
Donele
Venezuelan Volcano or Wyoming Wildcat Starlet Shown False
Hollywood reports reveal Burna Acquanetta, billed as Venezuelan, is a full-blooded Arapahoe Indian from Wyoming. She touted a South American persona, won a long-term Universal contract after a minor role, and surfaced when passport checks exposed her true origin. In Flint, Dave Ward and Doug Blom beat pros Mutra and Shook 5 4 in a Red Cross relief match. Ward had three straight birdies on 12.
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Hollywood
Burna Acquanetta
Republic
Plains
Wyoming
New York
Universal Studio
Screen Actors’ Guild
Flint
Dave Ward
Saginaw
Doug Blom
Mor'tie Mutra
Detroit
Lorin
Shook
Red Cross
Ward
Blom
Data Wa
End of 3 Day Strike At Buffalo Magnesium Plant
Production resumed at American Magnesium Corporation Buffalo plant after a three day strike. Workers agreed to submit their complaints to the War Labor Board in Washington today. CIO Local 12,238 leader calls the walkout unauthorized. A wage dispute had been raised with a June War Labor Board hearing already on record. Separately in Philadelphia two robbers forced a garage attendant to surrender 11.60 then demanded the replacement of worn tires before departing in a new car.
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Magnesium
Buffalo
N. Y
American Magnesium Corporation
Army
War Labor Board
Washington
J. E. Dick
Walker HL Morris
CIO United Mine Workers
Philadelphia
Leroy‘ Shields
Shields
Medical Attention Urged for Polio Outbreaks
Lansing reports Dr. Allen Moyer state infantile paralysis outbreaks spike in summer and early autumn. He cites 15 polio cases in the first six months, 141 last year, and 256 in the last half of 1941 with monthly counts. Early doctor visits enable prompt diagnosis and reduced paralysis risk. Minor fever and nausea signal early illness.
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Lansing
Allen Moyer
Hore-Belisha warns of possible Japan attack on Russia
Devonport July 20 former war secretary Leslie Hore-Belisha warned in a speech that Russia might face an attack from Japan at any moment. He said the opening of a second front would bring victory closer and that Russia’s flexible territorial margin was narrowing.
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Devonport
England
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Russia
Japan
Germans Aid for Key to Caucasus Drive On
July 20 dispatches report the Russian army retreating toward Rostov as German forces mass with superior numbers to seize the Don steppes. Voronezh remains contested with Russian counterattacks recapturing bridges and repelling German attempts.
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Stalingrad
Berlin
Don
Rostov
Caucasus
Voronezh
Moscow
Don Steppes
Semeon Timoshenko
Voroshilor
T5th
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