AFL Workers Return to Jobs Amid CIO Pickering at Harvester Plant
About 3,500 AFL workers reopened the Chicago McCormick Harvester plant after CIO picketing, with police escort restoring production halted since Feb. 28. The move followed court-ordered reduction of picket lines and ongoing defense contract work across eight plants valued at $10,000,000.
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United Press
AFL
CIO
International Harvester Co
Chicago
McCormick Works
Defense Industries
Mll
FEWCC
FEWOC
Aluminum Company of America
Edgewater, N. J
CIO Aluminum Workers of America
Inglewood
Calif
Harvill Die Darting Corp
CIO Die Casters
Cnt
Harvill
Bethlehem, Pa
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Los Angeles
San Francisco Bay Area
CIO Steel Workers’ Union
National Labor Relations Board
United Automobile Workers
AFL Machinists’ Union
Pacific Coast Drydock Association
California Metal Trades Association
Phillip Murray
Uaw-Cio
Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Milwaukee
Wis
Bridgeville
Vanadium Corporation of America
Office of Production Management
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce Directors Meet Wednesday
Directors and directors-elect of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon on Wednesday. Members are still submitting the questionnaire on objectives for the next fiscal year, with manager Carl Hinton noting rising interest in the program.
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Amarillo
Triplice alliance loops Japan Russia in wary balance
J W T Mason reports that Moscow hosts Japan’s foreign minister Yosuke Matsuoka amid talks on a non aggression pact and the triplice. Neither side expects an unlimited non aggression deal to bind Russia and Japan, given Tokyo’s pledge to Germany and Stalin’s caution toward Axis ambitions.
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J. W. T. Mason
United Press
Moscow
Yosuke Matsuoka
Japan
Berlin
Russia
Germany
Matsuoka
Tokyo
United States
Europe
Hitler
Balkans
Orient
Stalin
America
Britain
Matador Garza Vows Postseason Bullfight Redemption
Mexico City reports Lorenzo Garza, famed matador of the Magnifico name, vows to redeem his honor in a special corrida against six bulls. Manager Luis Rodriguez says the showdown will feature the largest, bravest bulls in Mexico, with Garza facing them one by one on April 6 or April 13.
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Mexico City
Lorenzo
Magnifico
Garza
Luis Rodriguez
Mexico
Matador
License plates to be issued by next Tuesday
Authorities announce a rush to issue 7000 to 9000 motor vehicle licence plates by next Tuesday midnight. Only 3500 passenger cars have been registered and very few trucks, as of this week in 1940.
Oil refineries on Curacao defy oil presence
The excerpt notes Curacao lacks oil wells yet hosts the world’s largest oil refineries. It mentions plates expiring April 2 and growing crowds at a tax office with long lines expected by Tuesday afternoon, stretching into corridors and stairs.
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Island
Curacao
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