Detroit Area Strikes threaten escalation in transit labor dispute
Detroit officials and unions face a widening transit walkout as AFL and CIO factions weigh broader actions. Amalgamated Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Operators push for bargaining rights and seniority protections while CIO allies threaten general sympathy strikes. the mayor resists exclusive bargaining and broader disruption looms.
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Detroit
AFL
CIO
Edward J. Jeffries
Association of Street Electricalway
Motor Coach Oper
Rank X. Martel
Wayne County Federation of R
Amalgamated
Workers Union
Ding Trades Council
Cionists
Tracy M. Doll
Greater Detroit Industrial Run Council
County Municipal Workers Union
Whreel
France
DSR
Russian Loans Are Approved in Early RFC Talks
Jesse Jones signaled readiness to consider an RFC loan to Russia amid talk of funds for relief to the German and Soviet fronts. He noted a loan to the Russian ambassador Konstantin Maisky was possible but not yet at the application stage. He did not state loan size but doubted it would reach a rumored billion-dollar scale and suggested a promissory note as security.
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Germany
Sov
Jesse Jones
RFC
Terday
Conntin Oumansky
Mats
Jones
Europe
Hitler
Urges Abolishing of All Income Tax Exemptions
Walter A. M. Cooper, chairman of the taxation committee of the American Institute of Accountants, urged the Senate Finance Committee to repeal all personal income tax exemptions. He also called for withholding normal income taxes at the source on salaries, dividends, interest, and other fixed or determinable income, aligning with social security tax collection.
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Washington
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Walter A. M. Coopr
American Institute of Accountants
Cooper
Relief Costs in Ohio Drop Again in July
The State Welfare Department reports July relief expense at 1,134,894 dollars, down 46,400 from June and over 730,000 below July 1940. For the first seven months, costs total 10,867,676 dollars, about 4,260,000 less than the 1940 period.
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Columbus
State Welfare Department
Group Release Of Soldiers Is New Forecast
Ohio military men say the army s 18 month average training edict will likely discharge selectees and National Guardsmen in groups rather than singly. Soldiers will be processed out for physicals and reclassification, possibly at camps or in trainload lots returned to induction stations like Fort Hayes Fort Thomas and Fort Benjamin Harrison. No statistics yet on how many Ohioans will be affected.
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Columbus
Ohio
Washington
Fort Hayes
Fifth Corps
Fort Thomas
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Mrs. Hovey Dies at Albany After Short Illness
Mrs. Rose Wilson Hovey died at her Albany home at 2 p m on Wednesday following a brief illness. She is survived by her husband Herbert a daughter Mrs George Bailes of Albany a sister Mrs Carrie Barr of Tuppers Plains and a brother Mr Fred Wilson of Pickerington. Friends may call at the home any time. The funeral will be at Alexander Presbyterian Church Hebbardsville at 2 p m Friday.
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Albany
Rose Wilson Hovey
Herbert
George Bailes
Carrie Barr
Tuppers Plains
Fred Wilson
Pickerington
Alexander Presbyterian Church
Hebbardsville
CIO Workers Continue Operation At Ohio Public Plant
Warren Ohio CIO workers keep the Ohio Public Service Company power plant running after postponing a midnight strike. A union government conference is set for Monday in Washington to resolve the dispute.
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Warren
CIO
Ohio Public Service Company
Washington
Roosevelt Says Compromise With Nazism Is Inadmissible
President Roosevelt told Congress that the Atlantic meeting with Prime Minister Churchill produced a clear eight point declaration of principles. He warned that accepting compromise would imply approval of Nazism and a peace that would dominate Europe Asia and the Americas. He noted gains in lend lease aid and outlined plans for conferences with Russia to aid its defense.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Churchill
Russia
Germany
White House
Augusta
Prolonged War Forecasts Rise From Roosevelt Churchill Certainty
DeWitt Mackenzie reflects on President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill predicting a lengthy conflict possibly extending into 1943. He contrasts their view with Italian editor Virginio Gayda who warns the war could last ten more years if Axis blockades persist, while noting Axis supply weakness and Allied steady gains.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Roosevelt
Britain
United States
F.D.R
Churchill
Virginio Gayda
Mussolini
Signor Gayda de
Sharp Cut in Auto Output Seen by Defense Bureaus
Defense and industry officials debated future production quotas as estimates suggest passenger car output next year could fall below 2.6 million, marking a third decline in a decade. After December, quotas may be fixed monthly with a possible 39 percent drop from 1940 levels.
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Defense
Washington
Auto Industry
William S. Knudsen
Office of Production Management
Knudsen
National women’s group urges shorter skirts to save fabric
The National Women's Under Garment Manufacturers Association calls on American women to cut skirt lengths by several inches to save millions of yards of cloth for dress and underwear fabrics. Associated Press fashion expert Helen Forrist Hall comments that skirt hems are already at the knee and questions the move.
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New York
National
Women's
Allies Demand Invasion Now
Unofficial English Polish and Norwegian strategists press for a British invasion of the Continent as the sole way to defeat Germany. RAF bombings are deemed insufficient. calls grow for a second front and landings at multiple European coastline points.
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London
Germany
Frank Owen
Lord Beaverbrook
Evening Standard
Posting of Deadbeats Brings Quick Results
Clem Pizzutelli a Monongahela grocer known for threatening to post names of debtors on an 8 by 24 foot billboard says his plan is working. He spent 150 dollars to erect the board in the industrial city near Pittsburgh and warned via registered mail that debts would be posted in 30 days. Debtors rushed to pay, and he had to work overtime to handle the swift collections.
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Monongahela
Clem Pizzutelli
Pittsburgh
Airplane Exhibit Captivates at Ohio State Fairgrounds Center
At the Ohio State Fairgrounds defense display shows airplane equipment bombs and machine guns under a 200 foot tent. Curtiss Wright Allison and Pratt Whitney power plants are guarded near the central amusement area.
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Columbus
Ohio State Fairgrounds
Curtiss-Wright
Allison
Pratt- Whitney
Mrs Eleanor Bodkins Dies at 80 in Albany
Mrs Eleanor E Bodkins age 80 died at her daughter Mrs Ray Johnson s Albany home Wednesday at 3 p m She leaves daughter and three grandchildren James Edward Kathleen Mae and Paul Raymond Friends may call at the home Funeral services set at Albany Baptist Church Friday at 2 p m Rev Hubbard will conduct burial in Hanning Cemetery
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Eleanor E. Bodkins
Ray Johnson
Albany
Johnson
James Edward
Kathleen Mae
Paul Raymond
Albany Baptist Church
Rev. Hubbard
Hanning Cemetery
Racing injuries fatal in Bedford Township accident
Howard Dauphin, 37, of Detroit, died after his midget racing car crashed before 5,000 spectators at Sportsman's Park in Bedford Township. The incident left Dauphin fatally injured and under investigation.
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Cleveland
Howard Dauphin
Detroit
Sportsman's Park
Bedford Township
Senator seeks proof of East gasoline shortage inquiry
New England Senator Maloney urged a Senate Commerce Committee probe to verify whether the East faces a gasoline shortage or if fears are psychological. Acting petroleum coordinator Davies said supplies are dwindling with usable stocks enough for about 10 days, amid cuts ordered to filling stations.
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Washington
New England
East
Defense Petroleum Office
Maloney
D-Conn
Senate Commerce Committee
Ralph K. Davies
Ickes
Office of Price Administration
U.S. Aluminum Output To Pass That of Nazis
The Aluminum Company of America expands with 52 million dollars in new plants, boosting employment from 25 000 to 50 000 and production from 760 million to 1 110 million pounds annually, aiming to surpass German output though power and ore shipment limits.
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U.S
Pittsburgh
Aluminum Company of America
Germany
South America
Louis Marlio
Brookings Institute
America
Alcoa
Repair British Vessel in U S
The Illustrious, a famed battle scarred aircraft carrier, is in an American shipyard for repairs. Capt. Lord Louis Mountbatten will command and supervise work. The British ministry of information confirmed the location but did not reveal the shipyard. The vessel, 23 000 tons, 30 knots, was heavily damaged in Axis air attacks near Sicily and Malta.
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New York
Louis Mountbatten
George VI
Ministry of Information
London
Sicily
Malta
Turkey
Dardanelites
Ankara
Bulgaria
Dardanelles
Thhree
Leningrad
Hitler
Gomel
Smolensk
Kiev
Red Army
East Anglia
Germany
Paris
Vichy
11Th Arrondissement
South Pacific
Robert G. Menzies
Labor Party
Shome
Domei
Kokumin
Britain
United States
Japan
New State Patrolmen Bring Ohio Force to 222
Twenty two new officers joined Ohio's highway patrol today to reach a total of 222 men the largest strength in eight years. The recruits from a 42 member class completed a 12 week training and were commissioned by Gov. Bricker this morning.
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Ohio
Columbus
Highway Patrol
John W. Bricker
Rural Carriers Present New State House Tree
A tree planted on the State House lawn was presented to Gov. John W. Bricker by the National Rural Letter Carriers Association at the convention in Columbus. The sapling came from Ross County hills and was planted with earth from 46 states.
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Columbus
State House
Ross County
John W. Bricker
National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
Bricker to Visit Bricker Camp Perry Units Drill Formations
Ohio State Guard units at Bricker Camp Perry complete drill formations in anticipation of Governor John W Bricker's visit tomorrow. Training emphasizes readiness and discipline in the lead up to the gubernatorial visit.
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Bricker
Perry
Ohio State Guard
John W.bricker
Deputy Loses Shirt in Break Up of Crap Game
Arcadia Oklahoma reports Deputy Ben Davis and Deputy Mike McGrew surprised 35 customers at a craps game. Davis lost his shirt and stood in the doorway as McGrew warned the last nine to jail, noting there were not enough cars to haul them all.
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Arcadia
Okla
Ben Davis
Mike McGrew
McGrew
Davis
Infant in Perambulator Killed by Truck in Poland
A garbage truck backed from a drive and into a 12 month old boy’s perambulator in Poland, killing the infant. Grandmother Mrs Saline Fleming who was pushing the carriage suffered a broken leg.
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Youngstown
David Mosley
Poland
Saline Fleming
Enlisted Men Start Drawing Increased Pay
Washington reports thousands of regular army enlistees will receive a $10 monthly pay raise after 12 months of service. Most draftees face eligibility later, with about 246,000 regulars expected to gain the increase, which lifts private pay to $40 monthly as the service period extends by 18 months.
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Washington
Army
Congress
War Department
Anti American Acts Reported in Occupied China
A campaign allegedly backed by Japanese authorities spreads through occupied China after the U S asset freeze. Missions and American businesses face picketing in Shangtung and South China. Americans report denied coal and essential goods in several areas.
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Shanghai
China
United States
Shangtung Province
Veto of Road Work Described as Mistake
Charles M. Upham of Washington D C engineer-director of the American Road Builders Association called President Roosevelt's defense highway appropriations veto a mistake. He argued many roads and bridges are inadequate to handle defense program transportation needs.
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Columbus
Roosevelt
Charles M. Upham
Washington, D. C
American Road Builders’ Association
Federal Priorities Hit Non-Defense Plants In Ohio
Ohio’s unemployment trends show 3 months of rising claims as defense priorities restrict raw materials. H. C. Atkinson claims consumer goods firms in Cleveland Dayton Mansfield and northern eastern centers cannot obtain supplies, urging shift of workers to defense industries and routing subcontracts through Ohio’s new defense council.
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Columbus
Defense
Ohio
H. C. Atkinson
State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Atkinson
Cleveland
Dayton
Mansfield
Defense Council
John W. Bricker
Germans claim Leningrad bulwarks crushed and Novgorod seizure
Berlin reports say German forces smashed three outer Leningrad defenses and took Novgorod while forcing the Red Army to defend Odessa and Kherson. Nazi high command asserts Soviet resistance fails to halt the push toward Britain as battles rage across Ukraine.
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Adolf Hitler
Leningrad
Berlin
Warsaw
Red Army
Russia
Black Sea
Odessa
Novgorod
Ukraine
Waffen S. S
Kherson
Dnieper
DNB
Novi
Dnieper River
Dnieperopetrovsk
Boulder Dam
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Kearny
N. J
Federal Shipbuilding and Dryk Company
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CIO Trial Union of Marine and Building Workers
Na- 1 Mediation Board
Frederick H. Osborn
AXIS
State Fair Center
Eleanor Bodkins
AIR Queen
Dolly Heberding
Ohio State University
THE
Associated Press
Great Britain
British Isles
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