Steel workers strike and union election battles across Ohio
Dozens of plants face closures and stalled production as SWOC seizes Mackenzie Muffler Co in Youngstown leaving about 200 idle. At Newark, AFL International Machinists wins an NLRB election at Shuler Engineering Co. Eight bus drivers strike in Ironton over dismissals, halting city service. Lima’s Superior Coach resumes as CIO actions ripple. Union pressures loom at Curtiss-Wright in Columbus and Du Pont Belle West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clo-Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
Mackenzie Muffler Co
Youngstown
SWOC
National Labor Relations Board
J. C. Starkweather
Newark
AFL International Machinists Union
NLRB
Shuler Engineering Co
Edward Baker
Newark Federation of Labor
Employes Bus Co
Ironton
Ralph Mittendorf
C. E. Fannin
Ashland
Blue Ribbon Bus Company
Kentucky
Superior Coach Company
Lima
Common Pleas
Marion D. Owen
American Federation of Labor Unionists
CIO
Office of Production Management
Washington
OPM
William S.knudsen
Curtiss-Wright
Columbus
Knudsen
Western Electric Company
John R. Steelman
U. S. Conciliation Service
Association of Communications Equipment Workers
Conciliation Service
du Pont Chemical
Belle
West Virginia
Japanese raid destroys Changsha mission buildings
Chinese Central News Agency reports Japanese planes bombed Changsha on Sunday, destroying buildings of an American mission likely the Methodist missionary society. The attack targets the mission in the center of the city, with no further details on casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Chinese Central News Today
Methodist Missionary Society
Changsha
California Man and Wife Killed in Collision Near Guysville
Two people died and a third was seriously injured in a head on crash on US 50 four miles east of Guysville. Sherman Prayne 28 from Los Angeles died instantly. Evelyn Prayne 26 died at St. Joseph's Hospital after injuries. Charles Harris 30 of Cincinnati survived with multiple injuries. Witnesses said Prayne appeared to lose control on the wet highway causing the collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
Pruynes
Prayne
A. L. Pritchard
Harris
California State Guard recruits women parachutists for hospital unit
The California State Guard plans a hospital battalion of women parachutists to land ambulance sections behind front lines. They will transfuse blood from powder or liquid blood and provide field hospital care. Major Nolan reports applications from several trained women parachutists and licensed pilots. 89 women have enlisted toward 402 needed for four companies, including a Negro unit.
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Los Angeles
California State Guard
Nolan
Dr. Bushong Appointed Head of Lima Hospital
Dr. R. E. Bushong, state commissioner of mental diseases since July 1, 1940 and 22-year veteran of state hospital service, is named superintendent of the Lima State Hospital for the Criminal Insane effective Sept. 8. He previously led Cleveland State Hospital for two years and served on the Athens and Toledo state hospital staffs.
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Columbus
R. E. Bushong
Lima State Hospital
Bushong
Cleveland State Hospital
State Hospital
Athens
Toledo State Hospital
Attorney Desk and Chair Crushed in Ashland Storm Damage
In Ashland Kentucky a large stone loosened by a storm toppled onto an adjoining building and crushed the desk and chair of attorney John McKenzie. McKenzie was visiting from out of town and represents C E Fannin owner of an Ironton bus line tied up by a driver strike.
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Ashland
John McKenzie
McKenzie
C. E. Fannin
Ironton
Ohio City
USO Receives $112 From Local 5096
Francis A. Lavelle announced a $112 donation to the USO Fund from Local Union 5096 United Mine Workers of America at The Plains. The gift adds to Athens County donations and was organized by secretary Mike Krivesti. Other district miners’ locals have also given liberally.
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Francis A. Lavelle
United Service Organization
United Mine Workers of America
Athens County
the Plains
Mike Krivesti
USO
Lavelle
Aluminum Drive Yields 14 Million Pounds Scrap
In Washington the Office of Production Management projected final returns from the aluminum collection campaign at 14,000,000 pounds of scrap, enough to produce 2,800 aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Washington
Office of Production Management
Dr Charles E Holzer reports Mexico in accord with U S
Gallipolis staff special Dr Charles E Holzer told Rotary Club members that high Mexican officials and civil leaders he met in Mexico City were in full accord with United States policies and eager for a continued friendly relationship. He visited the International College of Surgeons session and toured the country then traveled to Yucatan South America Havana and home via Savannah and Jacksonville. Mrs Roosevelt spoke with him about Friends of the Land of which he is vice president and she is a conservationist. He noted the stormiest Savannah to Savannah flight in over 20 years but Mrs Roosevelt remained calm. He said visitors are carefully screened in Mexico but once identified are warmly welcomed Americanos. He will show color reels of Mexican fights including a bullfight for club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Charles E. Holzer
Rotary Club
Mexico City
United States
Holzer
International College of Surgeons
Yucatan
South American
Havana
Friends of the Land
Savannah
Roosevelt
Mexico
Boy Killed After Jump Or Fall From Truck
Ten year old Lloyd Martin Caldwell son of Mr and Mrs Calvin Caldwell of Swan Creek area died at Holzer Hospital after skull fracture from an incident on Highway No 7. He was riding with his father and may have jumped or fallen from the truck near a concrete Swan Creek bridge. Coroner N H Foster ruled the death accidental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Lloyd Martin Caldwell
Calvin Caldwell
Swan Creek
Holzer Hospital
Highway No. 7
N. H. Foster
Nye Attacks Ban on Lindbergh Speech
Senator Gerald P. Nye denounced Oklahoma City authorities for banning Col. Charles A. Lindbergh from speaking. He warned intolerance would grow as the nation nears involvement in the European war. Nye planned a Bronx speech titled Two Men In A Boat about Churchill and Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gerald P. Nye
Men
Winston Churchill
Roosevelt
Self-Styled Director Will Wear Uniform
Private Roger M. Hostetler of Urbana was released from Fort Hayes guard house after promising to wear an army uniform. He initially refused citing conscientious objection, but his appeal was denied by the draft appeal board which said he was not part of a church where objection is a creed before the Selective Service Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Roger M. Hostetler
Urbana
Fort Hayes
Fifth Corps
Hostetler
District Draft Appeal Board
Planes collide at Blackpool station injuring 30
Two planes collided over Blackpool today. A plane fell on a central railway station injuring about 30 people. The other craft crashed on a house but caused no casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackpool
England
Removable Bridgework Approved by Army for Draftees
Columbus report states state draft headquarters announced that draftees with well fitting removable bridgework are now acceptable to the army. Previously only fixed bridges were allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Army
Greenberg Beached For Fast Driving At Fort Custer
Fort Custer Michigan Corporal Henry Greenberg former Detroit Tigers outfielder was arrested by military police at 12 30 a m for speeding on Fort Custer grounds The arrest disclosed he did not accompany the Fifth Division to maneuvers in Louisiana He and two others were left behind for housekeeping detail in the Second Infantry anti tank company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Custer
Mich
Henry Greenberg
Detroit Tigers
Fifth
Louisiana
Greenberg
Second Infantry
Army
U S Promises Continued Aid to Chungking Amid Mission
The United States announced a military mission to Chungking to reassure Chiang Kai Shek that aid to China continues unchanged. President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull dismissed appeasement fears as the mission heads out in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Chungking
Japan
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Churchill
Hull
Roosevelt
No Holiday in Steel Mills
Pittsburgh district steelworkers will skip Labor Day break to keep defense production at full pace. Carnegie-Illinois and Jones and Laughlin will pay time and a half, including continuous process workers who usually receive no overtime. About eight Carnegie-Illinois mills operate in the district. Nearly 60,000 Chicago area workers will also forgo the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Carnegie-Illinois
Jones and Laughlin
Chicago
Lewis Dyson Dies at Residence in Glouster
Lewis Dyson aged 74 died at his Braun Street home Tuesday evening after a long illness. Funeral services are set for two o clock Friday at Blower Funeral Home with calling hours until then. Dyson, born in Gore, came to Glouster in 1890 and is survived by brothers Levi and Frank in Glouster, sister Elisa of Manton Kentucky, Homer of Taylorsville Tennessee, and Mrs. Della Forsbach of Corning.
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Glouster
Lewis Dyson
Braun St
Blower
Mr. Dyson
Gore
Levi
Frank
Elisa
Manton
Homer
Taylorsville
Mrs
Della Forsbach
Corning
Bridge Control Taken by Ca bel County Court in Huntington
Huntington W Va. after extended litigation the Campbell County Court assumes formal control and operation of the Huntington Chesapeake bridge linking Huntington and Chesapeake Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Cabell County Court
Laval Shot by Opponent of Nazi Rule in Vichy France
Former Vichy vice premier Pierre Laval was shot in Versailles by an anti German faction during a meeting to register volunteers to fight Russia. Laval and Marcel Dent were wounded. Laval 58, is a long-time collaborationist leader, though he was ousted in a December shake-up. Mrs Laval hurried to the occupied zone.
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Vichy
France
Pierre Laval
Marshal Petain
Versailles
Laval
Germany
Marcel Dent
Air
Fightest
Russia
Chateldon
Marshal Fetain
Defendant Is Threatened at Murder Trial
In Lucas County Court a man leaped toward defendant Thomas Williams during the murder trial of Herman Arnovitz and Samuel Kander. Prosecutor O'Connor urged the death penalty as deputies restrained the assailant. Arnovitz and Kander, ages 57 and 26, were killed in a robbery at the Toledo Ice and Coal Co. office. cashier Ernest Zimmer was wounded.
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Toledo
Lucas County
Williams
Thomas O'Connor
Aronvitz
Kander
Toledo Ice and Coal Co
Ernest Zimmer
Start Work on Draftee Reemployment in Ohio
Lt. Col. C. W. Goble, state selective service director, asks Ohio’s 330 draft boards to appoint a member to arrange immediate reemployment for about 8,000 draftees expected to be discharged by December 10. Priority is for those 28 or older eligible under new legislation, with plans to expand to those released after training or due to need.
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Columbus
C. W
Goble
Selective Service
Ohio
Defense boom hits Richmond barbers on price rise
Richmond barbers who raised haircuts from 40 to 50 cents say rising living costs and long hours push them to charge more. Their attorney Benjamin Lowenstein argues they suffer from national defense more than other trades as people have less time for a haircut.
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Richmond
Benjamin Lowenstein
Tallinn in Flames as Soviets Near Sea Escape
Fires engulf Tallinn as German forces besiege the Estonian capital and allegedly block all land routes. Reports say Soviet troops suffer heavy losses with thousands killed or captured, while Berlin and London relay broader wartime developments across the Middle East and Asia.
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Tallinn
Estonia
Helsinki
Finland
Gulf
Gulf of Finland
London
Iran
Middle East
Oil Kingdom
Tabriz
Crisis grows as Japan protests American gas exports
The United States defends freedom of the seas amid a dispute over American gasoline shipments to Vladivostok. Japan, via Domei, protests to Washington and Moscow, while Hull notes policy and Tehran contemplates terms as Iran’s oil fields face pressure. British bombers strike in Western Europe amid ongoing World War II hostilities.
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Russia
Japan
United States
Far East
Domei
Vladivostok
Siberian
Tuyku
Tokyo
Hull
Pacific
Foreign Office
Iran
London
House Republicans Press Move to Override Veto on Wheat Policy
House Republicans plan to fight Roosevelt's veto of wheat marketing legislation when Congress resumes in September. Ohio and Michigan growers protest a 49 cent per bushel penalty on wheat sold beyond federal quotas, fueling the bipartisan push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Roosevelt
Congress
Ohio
Michigan
Army Ordnance Association Calls Strikes Outlawed and Prices Capped
The Army Ordnance Association condemns strikes as a disgrace to defense progress and urges outlawing them. It also presses for a ceiling on all prices, saying delays have raised defense costs and risk inflation. The editorial in Army Ordnance praises leadership and industrial cooperation despite critiques.
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Army Ordnance Association
Washington
Ordnance Organization
Army Ordnance
Army Ordnance Officers
Civilian Ordnance Engineers
OPM
WPA Workers Out on Strike
Alleging favoritism, 162 WPA construction workers on a flood escape road project at Gallipolis struck this morning. All work stopped by noon. Gallipolis officials and Gallia County commissioners, co sponsors, referred the strikers committee to WPA offices in Zanesville for adjustment. Work had been underway for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
WPA
Gallia County
Zanesville
Gas Price Ceiling Fixed To Prevent Profiteering
Government draft plans to curb gasoline profiteering. Leon Henderson signals a motor fuel price ceiling to shield 10 million Atlantic Seaboard motorists from unwarranted increases as a Senate committee plans to begin investigations into the Eastern Oil shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Leon Henderson
Atlantic Seaboard
Auto Production To Continue Next Year
SOUTH BEND. Paul G. Hoffman president of Studebaker Corporation said during the annual press review that production of passenger cars will not cease during the latter part of 1942 or early 1943. He indicated steady output for new models despite wartime demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Paul G. Hoffman
Studebaker Corporation
Roosevelt joins Donovan staff as information coordinator
Captain James Roosevelt son of the President has joined Col. William J. Donovan's staff as coordinator of information. He becomes part of the office handling wartime publicity and intelligence liaison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James Roosevelt
William J. Donovan
Woman Dies in Kitchen Fire Near Waynesville
Mrs. Sarah Pickering, 77, died from severe burns suffered when her clothing caught fire as she poured coal oil into a kitchen stove near Waynesville yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesville
Sarah Pickering
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