Strikes Eased as Workers Return at Chrysler and Rubber Firms
The Associated Press reports optimism that strikes at six Chrysler plants and four major rubber companies may largely end today. A War Labor Board decision on coal miners is unlikely before tonight, while Goodyear, Goodrich, and Firestone see mixed return-to-work progress as wage disputes and union tensions unfold.
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Associated Press
Chrysler
War Labor Board
Chrysler Corporation
Detroit
CIO
Akron
Ohio
George
Khiva Temple Ceremonial Nears in Amarillo
Plains Shriners plan a large Amarillo ceremonial with Farwell and Palmer County novices. war bond drive reports expect above average results. Noble Wilkinson and Ross Rogers lead county campaigns while all 40 counties prepare for the Victory ceremonial in Amarillo.
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Farwell
Palmer County
Amarillo
James C. Wilkinson
Panhandle
South Plains
Noble Wilkinson
Parmer County
T. W
Bill” Gilstrap
Ross Rogers
Parnell
Khiva Temple
Khiva
Noble Rogers
Joe Nice Warner
Morton
Cochran County
Sons of the Desert
Mystic Shrine
Pickets barricade gates at Goodyear plant in Akron strike
Sporadic fisticuffs erupted as 44 000 idle Akron rubber workers formed a shoulder to shoulder barricade at the gates of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Companys largest plant. Several thousand pickets blocked three gates to Goodyears No 1 factory on the east side in protest of a War Labor Board wage decision. A man urged workers to go home if they would not work and avoid disturbances.
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Akron
Firestone
Goodrich
Goodyear
War Labor Board
WLB
CIO
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Weather Outlook Amarillo Vicinity Tuesday Winds Rise
The Amarillo area forecasts gentle to moderate winds Tuesday with winds increasing in the afternoon. Texas shows little temperature change, while New Mexico reports warmer conditions in the east with little change in the west and scattered thunderstorms possible in the mountains Tuesday afternoon. Sunrise at 6:37 AM and sunset at 8:51 PM.
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Amarillo
Warner
Texas
New Mexico
Ceiling on Meat Prices Ordered
The Office of Price Administration announced June 1 ceilings on wholesale prices for about 58 meats and by products across beef veal lamb mutton and pork. Retail ceilings will follow. the move backs prices to March 1942 levels and reduces grade distinctions at retail.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Santa Fe Bonds Called on California Arizona Lines
Directors of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway authorized calling the California Arizona Lines 4 1/2 per cent bonds on September 1, 1943. There are $33,132,000 bonds outstanding with $4,970,000 in the treasury. The note appears in the May 24, 1948 circulation.
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Chicago
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Court Challenge of Rent Control is Dismissed
The Supreme Court dismissed a suit challenging the Emergency Price Control Act and the price administrator’s powers as collusive. Edward McKee filed the case via a friendly suit with landlord Dick M. Johnson, seeking triple damages for overcharged rent. Adjournment in other cases possible. rulings on state unemployment coverage for maritime workers and a Camp Claiborne death sentence case noted.
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Washington
Supreme Court
South Bend
Ind
Federal District Court
Edward McKee
Edward Roach
Dick M. Johnson
Office of Price Administration
McKee
Johnson
Justice Department
New York
Louisiana
Camp Claiborne
Army Post
Sugar canning coupons limited to 25 pounds per person
County boards announce canning sugar coupons No. 15 and 16 for 5 pounds each are valid now. Potter and Randall counties report the 25 pound per person limit will stand, with no new mail applications accepted. Some individuals already at 25 pounds may have used all 25 but not the extra 10. Coupons expire October 3.
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Potter County
Randall County
Randall Board
Battlefronts May 24 1943 gains and losses
RAP record attack pulverizes Dortmund and silences heavy anti-aircraft fire. Pantelleria fighter base knocked out by repeated Allied raids with 305 Axis planes smashed in five days. Five of 16 Japanese bombers raiding Attu knocked down. Nazis rush up new materials for third Red offensive.
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Dortmund
Ruhr
Pantelleria
Attu
Pantelleria Bombardment Tightens Allied Strikes In Med
Allied forces mounted a major blitz on Pantelleria aided by U S medium bombers and Warhawks and RAF Wellingtons. The attack, part of a five day campaign, destroyed ships and facilities on the island while boosting Axis losses to at least 317 in the theater.
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Middle East
San Giovanni
Aegean Sea
Greece
Pantelleria
Attu Assaults Foiled by Navy In Aleutians
Desperate Japanese counter moves to retake Attu failed as the navy reported a second large air assault by twin engine bombers. About 15 bombers on Saturday and 16 on Sunday attacked Attu but were repelled while American land troops force Japanese from the island. A Tokyo radio broadcast claimed an American battleship and cruiser were sunk by a Japanese submarine, but no corroboration exists.
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Washington
Attu
Navy
Aleutian
London
Tokyo Radio
Reuters
Aleutians
I Carried a Crash Basket on Guadalcanal
A Guadalcanal veteran writes a graphic war story after serving as a litter bearer. He submitted his piece to the War Department for censorship and publication in the Amarillo Globe News. The novelette titled I Carried a Crash Basket on Guadalcanal will appear soon.
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Guadalcanal
War Department
Washington
Amarillo Globe News
RAF Pounds Dortmund in Heaviest Raid of War
The RAF unleashed more than 2000 tons of bombs on Dortmund in the heaviest air attack to date destroying Luftwaffe defenses. The strike boosted total British bomb tonnage on Germany to 100000 since the war began.38 bombers failed to return as Dortmund burned and 37000 civilians were reported homeless.
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London
Germany
RAF
Dortmund
Europe
Air Ministry
RAF Bomber Command
Nazis Send New Tanks to Kuban Front
May 24 Moscow reports new German tanks and troops at the Kuban front as fighting spans from Leningrad to the Kuban. A Moscow broadcast cited Soviet air and artillery losses near Bataisk and Sevsk with several German battalions dispersed and local operations on the eastern front.
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Kuban
Moscow
Russia
Leningrad
Berlin
Associated Press
Eastern Front
British Albacore fighters sink E boats off Isle of Wight
British naval Albacore fighter bombers sank at least three of eight German motor torpedo boats and damaged the rest twenty miles off the Isle of Wight. Air ministry confirmed the attack was more successful than earlier reports. The E boats were caught on a line in the English Channel as the planes dropped several sticks of bombs.
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U.S
Pantelleria
RAF
Sardinia
Northwest African Air Force
Carloforte
Iglesias
Reuters
Axis
London
Isle of Wight
Air Ministry
English Channel
Irresistible Fire Destroys Dortmund Area Quietly
A described blaze swept through Dortmund delivering a powerful display across the eastern Ruhr city. The account notes intense destruction with fire at a ratio of over eight pounds per resident across its half million population.
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Ruhr
Dortmund
FDR and Churchill Renew Talks at White House
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill resumed their conference after a long discussion. They spent the weekend at the British embassy and returned to the White House last night. Only two outside appointments were scheduled, one with George Harrison of the railway brotherhoods and one with Marriner Eccles of the Fed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
White House
Executive Mansion
George Harrison
Railway Brotherhoods
Marriner
Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Aerial Fleets to Grow for European War Effort
London reports United States bombers and fighters will flood the European theater in increasing numbers before 1943 ends. Col. Paul E Burrows, commanding the new European wing of the U S Army Air Forces transport command, says groups are already leaving from Labrador and other bases. The Labrador field, over a mile long, cost 12 million dollars and is run jointly by U S Canada and Britain.
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London
United States
Paul E. Burrows
United States Army Air Force Transport Command
Burrows
Labrador
Britain
Attu Air Battle: Lightnings Engage Near Amchitka
Army Lightning fighters engage near Attu as bombers reportedly head from Amchitka. Five of sixteen bombers are shot down. two American fighters lost with one rescued. Possible sources include Paramushiro or carrier-based Japanese planes. U S forces maintain pressure on entrenched defenders on Attu.
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Attu
Amchitka
Paramushiro
Kurile Islands
North Pacific
U. S
United States
Jap Attempted To Encircle Bay
An Adv anced RAT Island base report dated May 14 notes 150 Japanese landing behind Holtz Bay forces in barges under fog and transferring heavy rifles to Chicago Harbor for cross fire. Navy and air bombardment responded with hits and Liberator bombs as Attu forces face ongoing pockets of resistance.
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Rat Island
Massacre
Holts Bays
Holts Bay
Eleventh Air Force
Chicago Harbor
Holtz Bay
Attu
Chicago
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