Sunday double time pay may be suspended in war industries
Administration leaders pressed to suspend Sunday double time pay for the war’s duration by mutual consent of management and labor in arm industries. Proposals envision time and a half replacing current Sunday rate, amid hearings on wartime wage controls and possible industry codes to limit profits and standardize labor relations.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bataan
House Naval Committee
Senate
Pepper
D-Fla
NRA
Congress
More Men Sought for Lenawee State Troop Company
Recruiting for the second Michigan State Troops company in Lenawee County nears full strength with 40 to 50 men enlisted under Captain Guy Punches. The unit aims for 77 soldiers in two weeks and will request uniforms and rifles from state headquarters. Training sessions run Mondays 8 to 9 30 pm with gritty drill. enlistment remains open to county men, drawing recruits from several towns. First Lieutenant Robert L. Kiest and Second Lieutenant Elwood Müller lead the officers.
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Michigan
Lenawee County
Guy Punches
Punches
Robert L. Kiest
Elwood Mgller
Nazi Atrocities In Poland Told
New York March 19 a Polish government in exile release documents titled Polish White Book German Occupation of Poland detailing systematic slavery and Nazi crimes in Poland. It lists 200000 murders 1000000 driven from homes and mass sexual violence plus forced labor in brothels and repressive German economic decrees and food strangulation.
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New York
Poland
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Polish Information Center
Sai
Germany
Hitler
Boston Honors Supposed Sinkings With Citywide Celebration
Boston residents reacted with mixed emotion as air raid sirens and bells marked reports of 23 Japanese vessels sunk off New Guinea. Acting Mayor Linehan ordered the signal and broadcast tribute while officials and citizens sought to brighten the day amid speculation over the battle results.
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Boston
Linehan
Roosevelt
Stilwell Takes Command of Five Armies in Burma War
Lieutenant General Joseph W. Stilwell was placed in command of the Fifth and Sixth Chinese Armies allied with British forces defending Burma against Japan. Chiang Kai-Shek announced the action, marking the first time an American officer heads a major Chinese force. Stilwell, 59, from Palatka Florida, promoted to lieutenant general last month, is a 1904 West Point graduate with the Distinguished Service Medal from World War I.
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Washington
War Department
Joseph W. Stilwell
United States Army
Burma
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Komramuniqué
Stilwell
Chiang
Palatka
iPla
Military Academy
France
St. Mihiel
Death of Manchester store clerk stirs village alarm
In Manchester, 34 year old Orville E Wurster was found dead in a wooded area near town in what authorities term possible self infliction or murder. Sheriff Osborn noted no clear motive while villagers fear an unsolved case linked to a prior Detroit arson death. Relatives say Wurster had no enemies, was active in church, and unlikely to kill himself. Ain’t no suspects named yet and officials seek explanation or reward.
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Manchester
Orville E_’ i Wurster
John Osborn
Wallister
Hazel Briggs
Detroit
Lias
R. B. Haeusler
Briggs
Haeusler
Orville
Wurster
Dora Wurster
Old County
Men's Brotherhood
H. 5. van Rague
Emanuel Evangelical Church
van Stague
MacArthur Party Taken From Bataan By Torpedo Boats
A Melbourne dispatch, relayed by the New York Herald Tribune, reports General Douglas MacArthur his wife and child and a small aide party evacuated from Bataan by fast torpedo boats. The voyage began March 11, involved hiding in bayous, days of waiting for planes, and rough seas, with pilots attempting a Darwin landing while heavy air attacks persisted.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan Peninsula
Australia
Melbourne
New York Herald Tribune
Allen Raymand
MacArthur
Bataan
Philippine Islands
Raymond
Ausstralia
Feng_eowpeeee
MacArthurs
Darwin
Aussee
Thestralian
Army Pilots Die in Crashes Near Lima in Snowstorm
Four Army pilots from Detroit air corps ferry command were killed when their planes crashed in a blinding snowstorm six miles east of Lima. Victims were Second Lieutenants Edward H. Saunders Arnel al Kennedy Eugene H. Anderson and Earl A Houser, all ages mid 20s. All planes burned on impact within a half mile radius. A farm resident recalled a bright flash that seemed to darken local electric lights.
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Lima
Detroit
Air Corps Ferry Command
Here
Wayne County
Edward H. Saunders
Lake Village
Ark
Light Leater
Arnel al Kennedy
Oklahoma City
Eugene H. Anderson
Kewanee
Earl A. Houser
Pesotum
Government Would Pay Overtime Wages To War Effort
Washington March 19 A House Ways and Means hearing heard Joseph E Goodbar of New York advocate a tax plan adding 10 hours to the standard 40 hour week with the government collecting cash overtime as income tax. The proposal aims to free 16 million workers for war work, increase war output and reduce inflation, while preserving private enterprise until peacetime jobs return. Morgenthau said a defense bonds overtime plan would be delayed until July 1 to avoid near enforced buying and tied to bond sales policy.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Joseph E. Goodbar
New York
Goodbar
Gandhar
Morgenthau
Treasury
Japanese Move on Port Moresby
The Sydney Sun correspondent reports a sizeable Japanese force advancing overland via the Markham valley from Lae toward Port Moresby New Guinea. Australian forces include New Guinea volunteer rifles. Lae lies 180 miles from Port Moresby with mountains over 4000 feet. The plan appears to push toward the coast then southward to Port Moresby. Also Carloadings Up in a weekly U.S. rail report shows revenue freight loadings at 799,356 cars, up 3.7 percent from the prior week and 29.1 percent from 1940.
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Sydney
Australia
UPI
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Markham
Lae
Sydney Sun
Iecar
Washington
Association of American Railroads
Renewed Anglo American appeal to attack Nazi Germany
The Moscow News urged Britain and the United States to open a combined offensive against Germany. It called for coordinated strikes to leverage Red Army gains and warned that victory depends on the anti Hitler front, not world order abstractions.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Britain
United, ‘States
Germany
Moscow News
Kulby- Shev
Red Army
Hitler
United States
Europe
Norway
Finland
Arctic Sea
Russia
Lord Halifax
Washington
German Freedom Radio
Holland
Channel
Union to Demand Pay Increases in GM Pact Talks
United Automobile Workers plan a $1 daily wage rise with 90 day cost of living adjustments. Other demands include a $100 maturity bond in lieu of vacations, 30 minute paid standby, extra double time holidays, night shift premia, and Go-jay pay for military entrants. Contract expires April 28. negotiations to start tomorrow with retroactive effect possible.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers
CIO
General Motors Corporation
Unio
Go-jay
National Labor Relations Board
Senate Hears Early Passage on W A A C Plan
Washington March 19 Clear sailing was shown in the Senate for House approved legislation creating a Women's Army Auxiliary Corps of 150000 volunteers. The War Department backs the plan to organize a uniformed corps with army pay, living in barracks under army discipline and serving in air raid centers and other civilian jobs. The bill likely to pass easily.
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Washington
Senate
Jeaders
House
War Department
Reynolds
Senate Military Committee
Barkley
Kentucky
Langer
U S Bombers Based In Guatemala For Central Defense
U S bombing planes based in Guatemala carry out patrols in defense of Central America and the Panama Canal from a base established with Guatemalan cooperation. Lieut General Frank M Andrews leads the Caribbean defense command in inspecting the field as workers expand facilities and quarters for ground troops helping guard the base.
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Guatemala City
United States
Central America
Panama Canal
Guatemala
Pacific
Caribbean
Pearl Harbor
Frank M. Andrewa
Caribbean Defense Command
United States Air Force
Shield
Rural Michigan Schools Aid Wartime Effort With Drills And Salvage
Lenawee county rural schools led defense work by collecting waste paper and scrap metal for sale to fund defense stamps. Nearly all 148 rural schools participate in salvage and Junior Red Cross activities. Teachers emphasize air raid drills as games to prevent fear, with emphasis on take cover under desks and safe shelters, while knitting and patriotic programs continue.
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Lenawee
Rome
Ogden
Dover
Mre
Armstrong
Adrian
Rollin
Rigs
Ridgeway
Madison
Franklin Townships
Roisin
Red Cross
City issues air raid precautions and wardens plan
L B Kaney city air raid warden announced all 12 precinct wardens appointed and urged residents and wardens to prepare. Instructions include attic and basement clearance for firefighting access, cat walks, garden hose checks, blackout readiness, sand stock, attic opening, and ready tools. Wardens will interview residents, deliver first aid training, and designate fire watchers with help for the blind and feeble during raids.
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L. B. Kaney
Bond Purchase Plan Adopted at Gerity
Employees of the Gerity Arran Corporation join a 2 00 percent bond purchase plan via weekly payroll deductions. Local 726 CIO union approves a tiered system for bonds worth 1875 dollars, replacing defense stamp purchases. About 400 workers participate under officers Law Pence Measures Norman Wilt and Lee Benish.
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Gerity-Arran ‘Corporation
International Union of Mine, Mill 2Nd Smelter Workers Cio
Law‘pence Measures
Norman Wilt
Lee Benish
Girl Bitten by Dog While Riding Bicycle
Lois Heckinger of 1328 Michigan Avenue was bitten in the leg by a collie owned by Michael Silbert of 1158 Michigan Avenue as she rode past the Silbert residence on a sidewalk at 4 o clock yesterday afternoon. City dog warden Lloyd Van Etten investigated. The bite was on her right leg below the knee and a physician treated her.
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Lois Heckinger
Michigan Avenue
Michael Silbert
Silbert
Lloyd van Etten
Attack on Mediterranean Shipping Reported Successful
The RAP announced that torpedo carrying planes staged a successful attack on enemy shipping in the central Mediterranean on Tuesday night. One merchant ship was set on fire and a larger vessel was struck.
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Cainy
the Rap
Mediterranean
Bombs Hit Japanese Warship As Allied Air Offensive Rages
March 15 report from Melbourne details Allied bombers striking near Port Moresby and Rabaul as Japan presses toward Australia. US and Australian air crews raid New Britain and Timor while reconnaissance around Cape York targets shipping. Tokyo forces receive another air assault despite defenses.
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Melbourne
Australia
Bmforesby
Rebeul
New Britain
Rabaul ix
Southwest Pacific
United States
New Zealand
Hoepang
Allied air attacks and German missionaries drive on New Guinea
In Melbourne and Port Moresby reports claim Allied raids hit Japanese positions on multiple islands while German missionaries allegedly lead a northeastern New Guinea invasion effort. Canada announces fresh troops arriving in Britain. Ickes says rigid gasoline coupon rationing to begin in East and Pacific Northwest within six weeks, replacing current 20 percent reduction as cards are printed.
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Melbourne
Mar
Australia
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Washington
Petroleum Co
Ickes
East
Pacific Northwest
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Ottaws
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