U S Board Fails To End Coal Dispute
The National Defense Mediation Board failed to resolve the coal strike deadlock between CIO United Mine Workers and northern operators and southern mine owners. John L. Lewis and southern owners were called to a committee session after the board admitted failure. Roosevelt proposed retroactive wage settlements to resume mines.
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Senate
Defenserogram
National Defense Mediation Board
Roosevelt
William H. Davis
Mediation Board
Fairchild Aviation Corporation
CIO
United Electrical,Radio and Machine Workers
New York
Buffalo
N. Y
AFL
Defense Mediation Board
Washington
Philip Murray
DMB
Thomas Kennedy
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Radio-Controlled Model Bomber Crashes in Test
Verlin Haines of Marion and his radio assistant James Gornflo attempted a Port Columbus test flight of a gasoline powered model bomber. The craft stayed aloft for two minutes before its controls stuck causing a crash. Haines said the damage is repairable.
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Columbus
Verlin Haines
Marion
Haines
James Gornflo
Port Columbus
Nine Die In Ohio Weekend Auto Mishaps
The Associated Press reports at least nine deaths from Ohio weekend accidents. One victim, Boston Towne, a circus side show operator, died in a collision involving a circus truck and a commercial transport north of Delaware. Towne resided in Oakland California.
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Ohio
Boston Towne
Delaware
Lancaster
Marion
Towne
Oakland
Calif
Violinist Fritz Kreisler Improves After Skull Fracture
New York reports Fritz Kreisler age 66, renowned violinist and composer, injured when struck by a truck. He is at Roosevelt Hospital described as continuing to improve though still semi conscious.
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New York
Fritz Kreisler
Roosevelt Hospital
Six Year Old Dies From Burns in Hospital
Bertha Grubbs 6 died in a hospital here from burns after her clothing caught fire while she played with matches. She had been six years old last Thursday.
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Burns Kenton
Bertha Grubbs
Patterson
Burns
Senate Panel Adds 380000 to State Budget in Columbus
In Columbus the Senate Finance Committee added about 380000 to the biennial appropriation bill, boosting total operation funding for 1941 42 to about 351.8 million. Gov Bricker cites a 450000 surplus projection for 1942, while the panel approved park land purchases and facility upgrades totaling 190 000 plus other items. The measure awaits Senate vote then House concurrence as May 8 tentative adjournment looms.
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Columbus
Senate Finance Committee
94Th General Assembly
House
Fred Adams
John W. Bricker
General Revenue Fund
Senate
Lake Erie
Cleveland
Finance Committee
Sine
Four Ohio fires cause damages and one fatality
Four fires across Ohio towns caused thousands in losses over the weekend. Wells Junior High School in Steubenville suffered a major blaze wiping out its main building, while the Comstock Chevrolet plant east of there faced about 35000 in damage. A construction shack fire in Columbus killed 67 year old James McNeff as kerosene was used to start the blaze. Kent firefighters reported several thousand dollars in damage at the Davey Compressor Co. paint shop.
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Ohio
Wells Junior High School
Steubenville
Ron Smith
Chesapeake
Comstock Chevrolet Co
James McNeff
Columbus
Robert Clark
Kent
Davey Compressor Co
State Guard Bill Signed in Ohio
Gov. John W. Bricker signed a bill creating the Ohio State Guard. Adj. Gen. Roland E. Lee announced the unit will include 140 officers and 2,000 enlisted men to serve during the National Guard absence at Camp Shelby, Miss. Col. Robert N. Haubrich to command. The force has two infantry regiments, a quartermaster battalion and a medical battalion with HQ at Findlay and units in Findlay, Hillsboro, Athens, and Cleveland. the Cleveland unit will be composed of Negroes.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Ohio State Guard
Adj
Roland E. Lee
Robert N. Haubrich
National Guard
Camp Shelby
Miss
Findlay
Clarence E. Rowe
Fostoria
Hillsboro
Athens
Cleveland
Berlin Critics Churchill Speech Draws Harsh Comment
Berlin authorized sources call Churchill’s Sunday address the most negative and defeatist since the war began. Commentators warn that any nation aiding Britain will be ruined by that aid.
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Berlin
Balkan
Britain
Five Escape Chillicothe Prison Inmates Recaptured
Five inmates escaped from the federal reformatory after a prison motion picture show. One was captured within an hour and two others were found today. The remaining two fugitives are Eugene M. Cannon, 19, of Wheeling West Virginia, and Clarence E. Crawford, 20, of Hinton West Virginia.
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Chillicothe
Federal Reformatory
Eugene M. Cannon
Wheeling
W. Va
Clarence E. Crawford
Hinton
Meigs Veteran Harry Delaney Dies at Rutland
Funeral services for World War veteran Harry C. Delaney will be held at the Baptists Church in Rutland Tuesday at 1 30 PM. He served his country and resided locally, with services to follow.
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Rutland
Harry C. Delaney
the Baptists Church
Manufacturers OK Tax Bill
National Association of Manufacturers signals endorsement of the treasury tax package amid House Ways and Means hearings. NAM cites defense spending forecasts rising from 15 to 17 billion dollars this year to 20 to 25 billion in 1942 as a rationale to shield the public debt from larger outlays.
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Washington
National Association of Manufacturers
Treasury
NAM
House
Ways and Means Committee
Association
Defense Securities Sale To Start This Thursday
The treasury plans to sell at least 3 billion dollars of new defense securities in the next 18 months. They go on sale Thursday morning in post offices and banks with later availability through department stores and other outlets. The issue includes 10 cent stamps for children, baby bonds and larger bonds up to 10000 dollars.
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Washington
Federal Defense
Treasury
Three Drownings After Sunday Muskingum River Boat Outing
A Sunday boat outing on the Muskingum River south of Zanesville ended in tragedy with the drownings of Harry Leas, 40, his 10 year old daughter, and Lois Jean Newburn, 11, of Annapolis. Leas' sons Dale, 14, and Glenn, 15, were rescued by motorists after the craft capsized.
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Zanesville
Muskingum River
Here
Harry Leas
Joe May
Lois Jean Newburn
Annapolis
O. Leas
Dale
Glenn
Japs Ready to Aid Axis in Cutting U S War Aid
Il Popolo Di Roma reported that Japan may join Germany and Italy to block U S war supplies to Britain. The paper claimed Tokyo already declared readiness to act under the three power pact.
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Rome
Il Popolo di Roma
Japan
Germany
Italy
United States
Britain
Churchill Praises Roosevelt on Atlantic Patrol Aid
Churchill lauded President Roosevelt's decision to patrol Western Hemisphere waters, saying American aid strengthens the Battle of the Atlantic. He warned Britain faces a long, hard fight but voiced confidence in victory and stressed the need to keep supply lines open and coordinated with the United States.
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London
Greece
Churchill
United States
America
Balkan
Percy C. Spender
Sydney
France
Atlantic
Manchester Guardian
The
Daily Herald
Britain
Washington
Winston Churchill
United States Navy
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
Five Killed in Bread Riots in Syria and Lebanon
Police opened fire on protesters during bread riots in French mandated Lebanon and Syria, killing five and wounding twenty. The flare up touched Hama and Aleppo as disorders have persisted for weeks.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Syria
Hama
Aleppo
Cincinnati Foreman Dies in Gallipolis
G N DeWitt a 65 year old Cincinnati foreman for American Telephone and Telegraph died of a heart attack while working in Gallipolis. Local staff reported he collapsed and died at the scene.
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Cincinnati
Gallipolis
G. N. DeWitt
American Telephone and Telegraph
Lindbergh Resigns From Air Corps Reserve Over Roosevelt Criticism
New York Col. Charles A. Lindbergh resigns his reserve commission in the U S Army Air Corps in a letter to President Roosevelt. He cites the president’s remarks at a White House press conference as making his continued service impossible and states he will serve as a private citizen. Roosevelt had remarked that a Nazi victory was not inevitable and compared Lindbergh to appeasers in earlier conflicts.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Roosevelt
United States Army Air Corps
Lindbergh
White House
Air Corps
United States
Army
United States Army Air Corps Reserve
Air Corps Reserve
Churchill Praises U S Navy Patrols Stirring Debate on Convoys
Washington reports indicate Prime Minister Churchill highly valued the U S Navy offshore patrols as aiding Britain's North Atlantic lifeline. Roosevelt stressed defense reasons for the extended patrol, while Senators Norris and Russell urged sending more U S ships to Britain before any convoy policy.
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Norris
Russell
U. S
Britain
Atlantic
United States
Japan
Pacific
Kemper opposes strikes and urges restraint on defense efforts
President James S. Kemper warned the United States Chamber of Commerce against a hysterical derangement of production as defense needs rise. He urged higher taxes and cutting non military spending to pay for armament bills, opposed anti strike legislation, and backed voluntary mediation to resolve labor disputes.
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Washington
James S. Kemper
United States Chamber of Commerce
Kemper
Vast defense plan outlined for 1942 43 wartime expansion
Washington officials map expansion of the arsenal of democracy with plans for new bomber and ammunition plants and other facilities. Congress may be asked to provide billions to build and operate the expanded output as 1943 needs are assessed. Second munition program has $1.5 billion approved. full production to come later in 1942.
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Washington
Democracy
Congress
United States
Churchill warns war may spread but England must be beaten first
Britain faces a broader war as Churchill says Hitler can win only by conquering England or severing its lifeline to the United States. Nazis prepare Mediterranean actions to gain oil from Iraq, food from the Near East, and Egypt cotton, while Britain bolsters forces to defend the Suez Canal and El Alamein front.
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Churchill
Hitler
England
United States
British Isles
Berlin
Mediterranean
Fuehrer
Russia
Soviet
Ukraine
Britain
Blitzkrieg
Europe
Iraq
Near East
Egypt
Suse
Adolf Hitler
Grecian
Peloponnesus
B.E.F
Turkey
Iran
Suez Canal
Free French
Charles de Gaulle
French Somaliland
East Africa
de Gaullist
Daouanleh
Zeila
British Somaliland
Eritrea
Ethiopia
United Kingdom
Atlantic
Portsmouth
Empire
North Africa
Middle East
Egyptian
Salum
Salumh
Supreme Court Upholds Board in Wagner Act Case
Washington The Supreme Court upheld a labor board order requiring Phelps Dodge Corp of New York to hire and back pay two workers who were found to have been denied employment due to union membership. The case involved the Bisbee Arizona copper mine where a June 10 1935 strike preceded the Act taking effect July 5 1935.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Labor Board
Justice Frankfurter
Phelps Dodge Corporation of
New York
Bisbee
Arizona
Glass Company Reports Million Dollar Profit
Anchor Hocking Glass Corp and subsidiaries reported net profit for the year ended March 31 of 917 520 dollars after a 463 506 dollar loss on the Long Island City plant sale. The profit equals 1.03 dollars a common share versus 1.26 dollars a share and 1 171 234 dollars in the prior year.
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New York
Anchor
Hocking Glass Corp
Long Island City
Cleveland Steel Worker Dies Under Coal Pile
Cleveland police report Michael Dutkowski a 50 year old steel worker was found smothered to death under a coal pile at the Otis Steel Co yesterday.
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Cleveland Steel
Cleveland
Michael Dutkowski
O Otis Steel Co
Nazi Campaigns Rally In Eastern Mediterranean And Ukraine
Germany eyes a broader eastern drive including Turkey and the Ukraine while pressuring Greece. Berlin reports show Luftwaffe strikes on British forces as Athens falls, and De Gaulle forces gather near French Somaliland amid Allied troop movements in the region.
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