Coal Strike Ended Resolute Return to War-Time Coal Output
The third general war time coal strike ends as miners return to work under UMW policy, with government operation of mines to October 31. Full production expected Thursday though disputes linger over portal-to-portal pay and the contract. WLB chair notes possible compliance. questions remain on government control and future labor dispute rulings.
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Associated Press
Washington
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
UMW
John J. Lewis
Steel Company
WLB
Appalachian
War Labor Board
Lewis
United States
William H. Davis
Restoration of Spanish Monarchy Urged on Fr ancisco Franco
Monarchist leaders urge General Franco to restore the Spanish monarchy with Prince Juan as king. A letter signed by over 30 Spaniards including Ventosa and the Duke of Alba reportedly pressed Franco for unity and possible peace with former Republicans. Juan Ventosa reportedly met British leaders in London, while Franco shows little concrete action beyond lip service to restoration.
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Duke of Alba
London
Franco
Juan
Alfonso
Spain
Sail
United Nations
Tuan
Lake Geneva
Mis
Ron Ie
Besinge
Fireworks Explosion Kills Two in Ashland Railway District
Two railroad workers were killed and five injured when a shipment of fireworks exploded while being loaded onto an Erie express train in Ashland Ohio. The dead include Gene McMurray, 48, and a crew member named Wellie from Meadville Pennsylvania. Injured are Henry Duriner, Oliver Highman, Merle Crandall, William Gray, and Clarence Beck, with the blast shattering windows within 500 feet of the station. Police say the cause is not yet known.
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Ashland
Erie
E E. Feazel
Gene McMurray
Wellie
Lwhose
Meadville
Busy Day Friday At Draft Board Report Delays
Three groups of draftees will report Friday at Selective Service headquarters in Detroit and Ann Arbor. The 24 men on two weeks leave depart at 7:20 a.m. for Port Custer, the 58 head to the induction center in Detroit at 7:45 a.m., and a final group of 10 reports at 10 a.m. for a further physical check at the board in Ann Arbor.
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Selective Service Headquarters
Detroit
Port Custer
Visoey
Ann Arbor
Tecumseh Flour Mills Strike to Support War Needs
Hayden Flour Mills, Tecumseh’s oldest industry, reports not directly producing flour for the army but shifting to meet war needs.President Perry Hayden notes reduced protein and equipment supplies push the mill to sell six times as much poultry feed as last year while expanding Caramelized Wheat Germ production shipped nationwide. Vice president William Beardsley says enriched flour supports national nutrition and vitality for people and livestock, aligning with the war effort.
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Hayden Flour-Mills, Inc
Tecumseh
Michigan
Perry Hayden
Tecummseh
Union
Jeading
Hayden ‘Mills
William Beardsley
Subsidy Fight Moves to Senate Floor in CCC Legislation
Washington June 23 Congress battles over the dead price rollback program shift to the Senate as Hill agrees to take up a two year extension of the Commodity Credit Corporation and raise its borrowing power by 2 billion dollars. The dispute centers on subsidies, loans, and price supports for farm commodities with the administration seeking a wide rollback and opposition demanding congressional oversight. The Banking Committee weighs an Al Taft amendment to require permission for subsidies and to cap other aid at 250 million dollars, while calls to raise the ceiling to 1 billion were rejected.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Hill
D-Ala
Commodity Credit Corporation
Commurnity Credit Corporation
CCC
Senate Banking Committee
Sen
Alor Taft
Ohio
U S
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction, Finance Corporation
Taft
Nazi Airdromes Battered by Reds in Midday Bulletin
London June 23 Russian bombers hammered Nazi airdromes behind the lines last night. The midday Russian communiqué reported about 20 German planes destroyed on the ground near Leningrad and three enemy planes downed near Rostov. Russians claimed heavy losses for Germans and nine Russian fighters lost in aerial combats.
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London
Red Army
Leningrad
Rostov
Associated Press
Moscow
Berlin
Volkhov
Lisichansk Regiaiels
Sant
Meat Shortage Closes Detroit Packing Houses
Detroit faces a deepening meat shortage as 20 of 38 independent packing houses suspend operations. Benjamin V. Unwin, secretary of the Detroit Independent Meat Packers Association, cites Office of Price Administration price ceilings and demands government relief to enable viable processing, noting most beef businesses are unable to cover costs under current subsidies.
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Detroit
Benjamin V. Unwin
Detroit Independent Meat Packers ' Association
Office of Price Administration
Unwin
OPA
Imitation Bourbon and Pineapple Gin in Hawaii Liquor Shortage
In Honolulu stores during wartime, clerks described locally produced imitation bourbon at 3.07 per quart and noted Hawaii's liquor shortage. Pineapple-based Hawaiian gin and other quick-made spirits like vodka and native ti plant liquor appeared, with bootleg prices reaching 25 per quart. Mass dealers may rise as standards decline, while martial law initially banned all alcohol after Pearl Harbor.
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Honolulu
T. H
Pearl Harbor
Muelheim Battered by British Bombers
London reports heavy Allied air raids on the Ruhr targeting Muelheim and Oberhausen as part of a sustained offensive. RAF and US bombs caused fires and damage at main steel and rail repair centers, with losses of bombers and fighters noted in daily tallies.
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Associated Press
London
Mielheim
Ruhr
Europe
Krefeld
Huls
Muelheim
Trecords
Air Ministry
Ening Pique
Rhineland
U.S. Flying Fortress
RAF
Holland
France
Duisburg
Rhine
Ruhe
Germany
DNB
Bertline
Oberhausen
Troops Drill With Full Packs Awaiting Detroit Orders
Michigan State Troops carry full packs and equipment during tele mobilization drill at Rio Park and Adrian armory. Major Lauren Merillat leads Company A and Company B, with readiness orders issued. Drill calls schedule from 7:25 a.m. to 4 p.m. include noon and afternoon sessions. guards patrol outside the Adrian armory as men remain on standby.
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Detroit
Michigan
Rio Park
Ithe
Lauren
Merillat
Psnakeari
Adrian
Governors urge fight against federal bureaus after war
Utah Governor Herbert Maw urges 48 governors to wrest federal aid control from Washington bureaus. He says postwar period will see bureaus expand, threaten state sovereignty, and proposes Congress delegate road, welfare, and unemployment programs to states. He warns bureaus are non political but wield huge influence.
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Columbus
Herbert D 'Maw
Utah
Washington
Congress
Civil Service
Maw
Seay “Poday
Supreme Court delay sought in Max Stephan hanging
Attorney Nicholas Salowich of Detroit said he would ask the U S Supreme Court to stay the July 2 execution of convicted traitor Max Stephan. He noted the 6th Circuit upheld a district court denial of a new trial and said no reversible error appeared in the record.
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Washington
Nicholas Salowich
Detroit
Supreme Court
Max Stephan
Biddle
Daniel Cyons
Justice Department
Salowich
6Th Federal Circuit Court
Cincinnati
Federal District Court
Stephan
Michigan Boys State Declares Martial Law in Jest
EAST LANSING June 23. Wolverine Boys State session at Michigan State College adopts playful martial law imposed by Lt. Gov. Robert Hull to curb attention from coeds near the Red Cedar bridge. Militia commander orders labor battalion for violators as 700 delegates conduct opening sessions and debate anti shaving and food waste measures while planning a blackout after a vaudeville show.
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East
Lansing
Uf- Fhe
Wolverine
Michigan State College
Robert Hull
Highland ‘Park
M. S.C
Red Cedar Bridge
Louis B. Jones
St. Joseph
Hull
Santora
Sandy) Pecls
Detroit Central
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Australian Forces Hold Lababia Ridge Assault At Mubo
Allied communique reports Japanese patrols large in Lababia Ridge area south of Salamaua were repulsed with heavy casualties. Beaufighters and Liberator bombers attacked Taberlane float-plane base near the Arafura Sea. one float plane shot down and others damaged.
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Ts Cirt
Salamaua
New Guinea
Lababia Ridge
Mubo
Fapusa Peninsula
Huon Gulf
Salaimaua
Laehi Litle
Mube
Taberlane
Darwin
Wilhelmina Guest of Roosevelts at Hyde Park
The White House said President and Mrs Roosevelt hosted Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands at their Hyde Park home in North Carolina last Sunday. Officials stressed the visit was social with no expected policy discussions, and the Queen soon returned to Canada after touring Ottawa.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. C
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Ottawa
Roosevelts
Canada
Hough
White Howse
Wilhalmina
Primie M
England
Detroit calm after days of race riots
Detroit faced a state of calm as more than 3,500 army troops patrolled Negro districts after deadly street clashes left 29 dead and hundreds injured. Governor Kelly and Mayor Jeffries weighed a special grand jury while prosecutions targeted rioters among 1,000 prisoners. white and Black residents mingled as curfews remained and production and services slowly resumed.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Edward ‘J. Jeffries
Lansing
Kelly
John S. .Bugas
Federal Bureau ‘of Investigation
John P. Scillen
House of Correction
Belle Isle
Detroit River
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Federal
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Vinson
Orfer
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Stilwell’s
FBI
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