Mine Workers Split Widens Over CIO Reaffiliation Rethink
Cincinnati dispatch reports a growing bloc of United Mine Workers delegates favor reaffiliation with the CIO while others threaten violent opposition. A committee will present officers’ report and resolutions seek CIO per capita tax payment as tensions rise within the 37th biennial convention.
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Cincinnati
United Mine Workers of America
Congress of Industrial Organizations
CIO
John L. Lewis
UMW
United Press
Lewis
Wendell Willkie
Henson Recommended for Potter County Selective Service Board
Ben Henson a Amarillo realtor was named by the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce board to replace A D Lydia on Potter County Selective Service Board No 1. Lydia resigned two weeks ago and the chamber directors were asked by state headquarters to suggest a successor. The recommendation goes to Austin and appointment is expected in days.
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Ben Henson
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
A. D. Lydia
Potter County
Selective Service Board
Lydia
Chamber of Commerce
The
Selective Service
Austin
Henson
Scrap raid nets precision tools and metal in local loss
Sheriff Bill Adams reports a gaming raid case where precision tools and pry bars, along with old auto parts and lights, were salvaged for scrap from storage rooms. A heavy iron bar linked to a killing incident was recovered. Also noted is Marvin Judd writing from Alaska asking his parents to send song books to sailors at the naval base.
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Bill Adams
Marvin Judd
Globe News
Alaska
Naval Base
T. M. Judd
Buchanan Street
Marvin
Navy
Wounded man shot near ice docks in city call
Henry L. King of 604 Arthur Street lies with a bullet wound in the side at Northwest Texas Hospital after police brought him in from a Fifth Avenue and Hayes Street incident. He said a man shot him but did not attempt a robbery near the ice docks at Fifth and Hayes. A reference notes one eighth of England and Wales agricultural workers are women and girls.
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Henry L. King
Arthur Street
Northwest
Texas Hospital
Fifth Avenue
Hayes Street
Fifth and
Hayes
England and
Wales
Bootlegging Accepted Practice in France
Paris residents rely on the black market to dodge wartime shortages with bootlegging and ritual cross border evasion. Germans watch interzone lines, while Frontalier papers and disguised crossers help supply cigarettes sugar shoes and cognac amid rationing chaos and moral debate.
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Vichy
France
Free
Senator La Follette Attacks Tax Bill as Regressing Poor
U P reports Senator Robert H. La Follette Progressive of Wisconsin says the tax bill taxes bread out of the mouths of low income families and still falls about 1.269 billion dollars short of potential revenue. He frames the measure as unfair to the poor.
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Washington
U.P
Robert H. la Follette
Progressive
Wisconsin
Children vote MacArthur best general in U S history
Reed poll of 8 to 14 year olds across the country finds 75 percent foresee economic causes of a future war yet expect world unity after the current conflict. More than half fear U S defeat. MacArthur tops Washington Pershing and Lee as greatest general. Ninety eight percent would be willing to die for country.
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Chicago
Reed
Mooseheart
Tll
United States
U. S
Gen
Douglas McArthur
Washington
Pershing
Robert E. Lee
Gallup
Prices drift higher as black market goods surge before war
The text notes drastic price jumps on illegal unrationed goods. It cites costs such as 50 francs per quart before the war now rising to 750 francs, 1,000 francs for cigarets, 120 francs per pack, 250 francs per pound of butter, and 2,500 francs for a ham, reflecting steep shortages and black market activity.
Roosevelt's Fourth Term Hopes Stir Debate Abroad
The article notes centrist opinion on President Roosevelt seeking a fourth term. It mentions near unanimous youth sentiment on one issue and cautions that history will be harder to study after the war.
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Roosevelt
Pupils Must Slow Vocabulary Growth in Reading
Educators across grades aim to reduce vocabulary burden by focusing on core meanings and repeating key words. L Katherine Clarke of Washington University notes readers use fewer words per grade, with deeper understanding emphasized.
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Chicago
L. Katherine Clarke
Washington University
St. Louis
Miss Clarke
University of Chicago
Laxative Help for Constipation and Tongue Coating
Ques. Can any laxative help when listless or coated tongue due to constipation? Ans. Yes if those effects come from constipation. Ques. Why has Black Draught been a favorite laxative with four generations? Ans. Purely herbal and usually gentle thorough and prompt when directions are followed. Ques. Another reason for Black Draught popularity? Ans. It costs only 25c for 25 to 40 doses. Don’t wait get Black Draught today in the yellow box.
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West
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