Gals Revolt at Ford Ban on Risky Dresses
DETROIT June 8 The Ford Highland Park plant barred dresses, leaving office girls idle as they protested by staying in their work area. Ben Garrison of the UAW CIO pledged to press for their jobs and those of 300 to 400 colleagues. Some 29 to 57 girls joined the dress revolt.
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Bernice Clark
Ford Company
Emma Box seeks waitress and farm work in Amarillo notice
Young woman Emma Box requests employment, offering waitress and car hop experience and willingness to try any job. Provides address 1315 East Tenth Avenue and phone number 5232 to contact for work and mentions seeking farm chores and light house duties through A B Ruggles Route 2 Box 305 Amarillo.
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Wanted ads and Hollywood gossip mix in Amarillo notices
Community classifieds offer farm help seeks house charge for a widow with two sons and a farm job for a 17 year old boy. teens seek childcare. lost dog reward. nursing and housework offers. radio and cinema gossip from Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood with era notes on stars and films.
200 Caddies Needed at Ross Rogers Municipal
Miller Caddy Master seeks about 200 caddies for June 9 to 13 at Ross Rogers Municipal Golf Course. Wage is $1.00 for 18 holes. Assistance requested to recruit workers.
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Market roundup of Kansas City and Chicago livestock sales
Hogs and cattle forward with openings lower in Kansas City markets. Slaughter steers and yearlings inch higher while cows and bulls stay firm. Sheep steady with lambs and clipped lambs leading demand. Chicago sees sparely higher slaughter figures with top hogs and brisker cattle demand. buyers eye prime bellwether lots. Irrelevant note about X ray machines sorting citrus after a frost appears appended.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Coal industry urged to end strikes amid wartime shortages
Secretary Ickes announced 11 9 million tons of coal lost due to mine idle ness as 500 000 miners returned to work under a two week wage dispute truce. He telegrammed John L Lewis urging immediate resumption of duty and no further interruptions to secure coal for winter and war needs.
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Glen Alden Coal Company
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Ration Applications Must Be Mailed by June 10
The Regional Office of Price Administration warned that over 1.5 million families in Texas Oklahoma and Louisiana must mail War Ration Book No 3 applications postmarked by June 10.
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Office of Price Administration
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
States Placed 1.7 Million of 3.26 Million Applications Here
OPA said applications expected from three states total 3 262 000 but only 1 707 960 have arrived. The deadline is midnight Thursday June 10 for immediate handling.
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One convict killed in Kansas prison break attempt
LANSING Kansas June 8 One convict was killed and two others wounded during an abortive escape attempt at the Kansas penitentiary authorities said.
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Lansing
Kan
U.P
Negro Disappears After Wife Dies
Police hunt Elmo Shields after his wife Jessie May Shields dies from head injury in the 900 block North Jefferson Street. Officers say Shields claimed another man killed her and fled after reporting the incident.
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Pantelleria Bombing Compared With Malta Scolding
American airmen reported Pantelleria suffered a ferocious bombing they claim Malta never endured, describing Pantelleria as Il Duce’s outpost in the Sicilian narrows and noting the intense attack in a short period.
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Malta
North Africa
Il Duce
Sicilian Narrows
Lampedusa Under Repeated Allied Bombardment and Naval Attacks
The island, heavily fortified but lacking subterranean defenses, endured continuous Allied air bombing and six sea assaults by the British fleet. A British disembarkation attempt at Lampedusa was repelled as defenses sank several naval barges. The Italian high command noted Allied barge concentration at Sousse, Tunisia.
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Lampedusa
Sousse
Raid repels assault as enemy barges sunk
London reports said the raid repelled the attack and sank several barges while annihilating landing troops. Allied forces would not break radio silence to report from Lampedusa, which lies 90 miles off.
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Lampedusa
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