Federal labor law revision proposed for wartime powers shift
A tentative plan for sweeping changes to federal labor laws would suspend the 40 hour standard, ban strikes in war industries, bar closed shops, restrict union political contributions, create a new war labor board with broad but limited powers, and revive anti trust and anti racketeering scrutiny of unions.
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Alex H. Singleton
Washington
Congress
War Labor Board
New War Labor Board
CIO
AFL
The
National Association of Manufacturers
United States Chamber of Commerce
U S Anti Tank Guns Superior To Germans
A U S general in Tunisia says the 7 millimeter anti tank guns are a match for Germanys 88s and that American infantry fight better than seasoned German troops. He notes U S medium tanks outfight German Mark IVs as tank crews repair a damaged General Grant amid action near Medjez el Bab. Corporal Robert Eller, 23, Marlow Oklahoma, is among the wounded and ready for more combat.
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Wes Gallagher
Tunisia
Medjez-el-Bab
United States Army
United States
General Grant
Amarillo Officer Wins Marksman Honors at San Diego Base
Lieut. Eugene Jordan famed as a gunner specialist at the destroyer base in San Diego boasts a remarkable record, once teaching reluctant recruits to shoot. His wife recounts the family’s Texas pride, wartime rationing, and a move toward commanding a ship as he awaits new assignment after a West Coast base visit.
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Amarillo
Eugene Jordan
San Diego
Panhandle
Lieut. Jordan
Eugene
West Coast
Pampa
Texas
David
Norene Blackburn Lane
C. M. Norman
Navy
Jordan
Sacramento
Pearl Harbor
New York
Bus crushed by landslide kills 22 near Aliquippa
A cliff collapse on a highway near Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, buried a bus with 22 dead and four survivors. The crash occurred as the bus carried steel workers and Christmas shoppers from Aliquippa to Ambridge, after rock and dirt slid from a 600 foot cliff known as Deadman's Curve. Police and volunteers excavated for eight hours to recover bodies. the four survivors escaped through the rear window.
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Aliquippa
U.P
Ohio River
Ambridge
Dympro Karapin
Fair Oaks
Joseph Manko
Texas Might Tighten Belt In Wartime Budget
In Austin on December 23 Texas faces a lean budget for 1943 due to war economy. Lawmakers plan restraint rather than new taxes, focusing on reducing state operating costs while deferring tax shifts to federal funding. The 48th legislature convenes January 12 and will tackle finance, welfare, and numerous policy areas under wartime constraints.
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Texas
John Lee Smith
Senate Finance Committee
Board of Control
Coke R. Stevenson
Congress
Democratic Party
A. and M. Club Plans Night Dance at Nat
The A. and M. Club will hold a dance at the Nat tonight at 9 30 oclock. Bob Moore, president, announced. All ex Aggies and Aggie friends were invited to attend.
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A. and M
Bob Moore
Aggies
Aggie
Inspectors Meeting Scheduled in Potter County Courtroom
Attention called to a Tuesday 2 PM meeting of all inspectors in the Potter County courtroom for latest information and instructions. Bill Boyce, chairman of the tire panel on the local rationing board, urged full attendance for important guidance. Globe News Want Ads Get Results.
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Potter County
Bill Boyce
Gravitational Irregularity Tracked From Texas Experiment
A 150 pound pilot at 40 000 feet weighs six tenths of a pound less due to reduced gravity. The University of Texas gravimeter measures daily gravitational fluctuations of about one part in a billion, indicating tides in the earth and crust and offering potential earth tide gauges for quake warning with further study.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Austin
University of Texas
Texas
Texas University
Romberg
la Coste
A. E. Lockenvitz
Lockenvitz
Tiny Gravitometer Records Subtle Earth Movements
A highly sensitive gravitometer detects minuscule scale changes via a beam and photo-electric cell. Electrical amplification marks inch-scale vertical shifts on a chart while the device remains shielded from pressure changes and kept at an ultra-stable temperature. Only earthquakes disrupt automatic gravity recordings.
Christmas Dinner for Yankee Soldiers
Hereford cattleman Walter Stradley told Globe News he will host three Yankee soldiers for a traditional Christmas dinner. He spoke by telephone this morning and emphasized his family will welcome the guests as a gesture of seasonal hospitality.
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Globe News
Walter Stradley
Hereford
Stradley Seeks Newcomer Guests for Christmas Dinner
Amarillo cattleman announces a Christmas plan to host visiting "Yankees" in his West Texas ranch for a festive meal. He notes the window banner honors three sons in service and says Amarillo may struggle to seat all soldiers on Christmas Day. His daughter Mrs Pete O'Brien will join the trip to the ranch and back to town.
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Amarillo
Mr. O’brien
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Marlow
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LT. E. FE
Los Angeles
America
Constantino Panunzio
Panunzio
University of California
Japan
Clobe
Jones and Laughlin Steel Mill
Buthkov
H. V. Robertson & CO
Oliver Eakle
William E. Keys
Taxpayer
Uncle Sam
A. & M. Club
Mes Oy
Wenruce
Ee Badger-Herring Sales & Drug Co Inc
Whiteface
Odessa
Leto
Cretney Drug
Prug J Store
Taylor
Bot Steier
Southwestern Public Service Company
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