John L Lewis Seeks $2 A Day Wage Rise For Miners
UMW head John L. Lewis demands a $2-a-day wage increase for 450,000 bituminous miners, a move seen as a body blow to wage and price controls. The strike threat looms as the War Labor Board weighs lifting the Little Steel formula, with Byrnes or Roosevelt likely to decide.
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John L. Lewis
Washington
U.P
United Mine Workers
War Labor Board
Little Steel
Lewis
WLB
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Roosevelt
Philip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
UMW
Vo Globe News
Clean False Teeth This Quick Easy Way
Denture cleaner Kleenite removes stains and yellowing without brushing. Just place teeth or bridges in a glass of water with Kleenite and wait. Dentists recommend Kleenite. money back if not delighted at Pool Drug Company and All Good Drug Stores.
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Pool Drug Company
Radio Schedule Highlights for Amarillo Station
A detailed listing of 24 hour programming for KGNC and NBC affiliates. Includes Fred Waring Pleasuretime and Victory Tunes, Abbott and Costello, Bob Burns Arkansas Traveler, and many daily soap operas, music Hours, news, and farm reports through Friday afternoon and into the evening.
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KGNC
Fred Waring
NBC
H. V. Kaltenborn
Aldrich Family
Bob Burns
Arkansas Traveler
Ata
Wes Izzard
Alr
Sier Ore
Vic and Sade
Star Village
David Harum
Winstop Duzzit
Battle of Wits
News Hute
Snows Wg
the Guiding Light
James L. Gordon
Victory Ads
Milt Herth
News
Evelyn Boyd
Society
Ma Perkins
Pepper Young
Amarillo Field News
K Ranchers
Screen Farm
West Texas War Effort Scraps Book to Roosevelt
Senator Tom Connally presented the President with a mammoth scrap book detailing West Texas war contributions. The volume covered 112 communities and measured two feet by eight inches, then given to Maj. Gen. Edwin M. Watson before Connally delivered it to President Roosevelt.
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Washington
U.P
Tom Connally
Texas
Roosevelt
West Texas
Connally
Edwin M. Watson
New Tire Shops Get OPA Stock Limits
In Dallas on February 4 the Office of Price Administration announced rules for opening new tire shops. New entrants must hold 18 tires and 18 inner tubes with a split of 12 grade three tires and six grade one or two tires. Existing shops may choose between an 18-item stock or a variable allotment tied to 1941 passenger tire and tube sales.
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Dallas
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Lonely Marines posted on tiny Pacific island watch for ships
Five Marines from across the United States are stationed on a small Southwest Pacific island to flash a signal warning of any unidentified craft. Pfc Bruno Pistochini of California Pfc Leslie Pelton of Arkansas Pfc Dale Slig of Oregon Pvt Charles Kayeska of Minnesota and Pvt Calvin Bergenfield New Jersey man a lookout atop a mountain sighting craft beyond 30 miles. The assignment details come from Marine Corps combat correspondent Serg Joseph Bell.
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Washington, Feb
Southwest Pacific
Bruno P. Pistochini
Martinez
Cal
Leslie N. Pelton
Benton, Ark
Dale R. Slig
Portland
Ore
Charles P. Kayeska
Chasta
Minn
Calvin FP
Bergenfield
N. J
Marine Corps
Serg
Joseph ©. Bell
Avenue B
Brownwood
Texas
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William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Murray
Tunisia
Diamond Shop
Polk
Jackson St
Johnson's
Notte
Jc" Cleanser 'Siource Lee
Tor Lux
RINSO
Ibe
POLO
Gm eSentor Ha
Pfiterzer
News and Globe
West 7Th Ave
the Sky Pilot
Rise
the Trading Post
Lew White
the O'Neills
Newen Air
KFDA
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Mbs
Johnson
Charlie Agnew
Orch
Skyline Patrol
TSN
Treasury Star Parade
Abe Lyman
Orchestra
Blue Network
Raymond Clapper
RADIO
Globe-News
Leete
Gracie Barries
Texas Wranglers
Gospel Tabernacle
Mr. Farmer
Russ Morgan
Central Baptist Church
Andrews
Karl Zomar
Bill Hall
Edgewood Arsenal Chemical Warfare Center
John Josey
Palmer House Concert Orchestra
Cedric Foster
Leslie Nichols
Stanley Quinn
Arthur Mann
the Ranch
Adonnia
Jergen’s
Blue
Chambray
Sanfor
Tex
New
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Hollywood
Esther Williams
Victory Gardens
Thomas Jefferson
Abyssinia
Mendace
Mendaco
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