Strikes Halt Defense Orders Across Industrial Centers
Strikes and labor disputes halt production on defense orders totaling millions. Allis-Chalmers Milwaukee work stoppage delays 45 million dollars in equipment affecting 9 000 workers for nearly four weeks. CIO United Mine Workers walkout at Niagara Falls 400 workers push wage demands. A settlement reached at Allis-Chalmers. other plants cited include International Harvester Chicano Rock Falls Illinois Farnsworth Marion Indiana Motor Wheel Lansing Foster Wheeler Carteret Vermont Rutland Railroad dispute board set.
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National Defense
East
Midwest
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Milwaukee
Vanadium Corporation
CIO United Mine
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Roosevelt
Rutland Railroad
Vermont
Chicano and Rock Falls
International Harvester Company
Richmond
Ind
Motor Wheel Corporation
Lansing, Mich
Farnsworthelevision and Radio Corporation
Marion, Ind
Foster- Wheeler Corporation
Carteret
Lindbergh Books Withdrawn From Alberta School Lists
Edmonton officials say certain Charles Lindbergh authored publications will be pulled from Alberta school book lists due to lack of demand. Protests were received after Lindbergh testified against the British aid bill in Washington.
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Edmonton
Alta
Charles Lindbergh
Alberta
Department of Education
Educational Department
Lindbergh
Washington
Robbery in Miami Beach Jewelry Worth Huge Sum Reported
Mr and Mrs N F Kriezvoge of New York reported to police that they were robbed of jewelry valued at 38575 dollars and 120 dollars in cash on Saturday in Miami Beach.
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Miami
Miami Beach
Fila
N. F. Kriezvoge
New York
Enteres Reserves George R. Bowers Named
The War Department announced George R. Bowers of Laurelville has accepted appointment as second lieutenant in the field artillery reserves.
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Washington
War Department
George R. Bowers
Laurelville
Field Artil
United States Sees 100,000 Certified Pilots by June
The Civilian Aeronautics Administration estimates 100,000 pilots of all grades will be certified by June 30. Since Feb 1939 the program has grown from 23,236 to 41,000 by July 1, 1940, with 75,000 now estimated and 19,000 in the third and final 1940-41 session under Col. Donald H. Connolly.
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Washington
United States
Civilian Aeronautics Administration
Donald H. Connolly
Civil Aeronautics
CAA
American RAF Pilot Dies Chasing German
The first action fatality of the American Eagle Squadron serving with the RAF was announced. Edwin E. Orbizon, 23, of Oklahoma, was killed during a training flight while pursuing a German plane. He is the second American pilot to die, the first being Howard Lekrone in a noncombat flying accident.
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London
Eagle
RAF
Edwin E. Orbizon
Orbizon
Howard Lekrone
Amendments Accepted on Aid to Britain Bill
President Roosevelt is said to be satisfied with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved Aid to Britain bill in its present form. The panel added a requirement for presidential approval before manufacturing war equipment for foreign nations and directed funds from foreign buyers to Treasury until June 30 1946. Opponents plan restrictive amendments while supporters forecast quick action within two weeks.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
House
Congress
Treasury
General Fund
Administration
George
D-Ga
Barkley
Kentucky
Austin
R-Vt
Foreign Relations Committee
Britain
Clark
D-Mon
Wheeler
D-Mont
Two Convicts Wounded In Escape Attempt
Two convicts wounded by guards while attempting to escape from the Junction City brick plant were identified as Charles Gartin and Elwyn Howell. Gartin, from Franklin County in 1937, and Howell, from Cuyahoga County in 1936, were serving 10 to 25 year terms for robbery.
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Columbus
Junction City
Frank Henderson
Ohio Penitentiary
Charles Gartin
Franklin County
Elwyn Howell
Cuyahoga County
United States and Britain to exchange scientific information
The United States plans closer wartime collaboration with Great Britain sending Dr. James B. Conant of Harvard to London to share defense and offensive research. The move supports the lend-lease program and aims to study new war equipment and early-stage inventions, with further missions to follow.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
James B. Conant
Harvard University
London
Britain
Dr. Conant
Roosevelt
White House
America
National Defense Research Committee
FBI Arrests Bridges Will Hold Hearing
SAN FRANCISCO Harry Bridges longshore leader known on the Pacific coast was arrested by the Department of Justice and held on bond for a deportation hearing. He is charged as a member of an organization advocating violent overthrow of the U S government. Bridges, an Australian native, is to appear March 31 at district immigration headquarters for a new hearing based on evidence from the FBI.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Pacific Coast
Department of Justice
California Cio
West Coast
United States
Bridges
Australia
District Immigration
U. S
Robert Jackson
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ohio to Tax REC Plants Under New Policy
Ohio Tax Commissioner William S. Evatt announced that personal property taxes will apply to buildings erected by the Defense Plant Corp a Reconstruction Finance Corp subsidiary. Manufacturers will face limited depreciation on equipment for government orders. Evatt said the revenue would be tremendous though exact totals are not yet known.
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Columbus
Ohio
Defense Plant Corp
Reconstruction Finance Corp
William S. Evatt
Portsmouth Teacher Defers Manslaughter Sentence
Orvy May a 24 year old Adams County school teacher convicted of manslaughter in the traffic death of State Highway Patrolman John Hough of Versaillés last Sept 19 was fined 100 dollars and sentenced to 60 days in jail by Common Pleas Judge B F Kimble Saturday. The judge deferred the sentence until the end of the current semester subject to school board concurrence. May struck Hough as he helped a motorist on the highway to repair a tire.
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Portsmouth
Orvy May
Adams County
John Hough
Versaillés
B. F. Kimble
Kimble
May
Hough
C&O Reports January Coal Loadings Figures
Huntington West Virginia January coal loadings total 3 746 540 tons for the month and 516 095 tons for January 1940 as announced by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Marge of Myrt and Marge Dies in Childbirth
Englewood New Jersey radio team member Mrs Peter Fick aged 29 died Saturday in childbirth. She was on the air Friday as usual for the Myrt and Marge program.
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Englewood
N. J
Marge
Peter Fick
Myrt
Treasury readies drive to fund defense with small savers
The Treasury plans a national fund-raising campaign tapping savings from children, housewives, and low wage earners to cover up to 9 billion dollars needed for defense in the coming year. It seeks postal savings stamps, savings certificates, and Baby bonds sold at post offices with a thrift emphasis and no sales quotas, avoiding coercion.
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Washington
Treasury
House
Senate
Morgenthau
National Defense
Pos
Postal
United States Savings
Higher Price And Rationing Of Sugar Seen
Clarence R. Bitting head of the U S Sugar Corporation predicts government rationing of sugar and price controls as wars hazards grow. He notes reliance on offshore producers supplying about 70 percent of U S consumption and cites rising shipping costs from the Philippines. He warns prices could rise 10 to 30 cents per pound, with Cuba losing market to distant islands.
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Baton Rouge
Clarence R. Bitting
U. S. Sugar Corporation
Philippines
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Bitting
U. S
Cuba
Navy Expansion Bill Approved by House Naval Committee
The House Naval Committee endorsed about 400 million dollars in expansions to shore bases and approved naval share of Atlantic bases from Britain. Admiral Harold R. Stark testified on defense work at Samoa and Guam. A last minute addendum funds a 40 million dollar Marine Corps training and aviation center in North Carolina.
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Washington
House Naval Committee
Navy
Atlantic
Britain
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Pacific
Samoa
Guam
Marine Corps
North Carolina
Trio Admits Sabotage In Train Wreck Plot
Three Sacramento men, questioned by FBI agents, reportedly confessed to removing spikes and angle irons from a 24 foot track section near Towle on Feb 8 and sending a $50 000 extortion letter to Southern Pacific. The confessions were written and the men were held for further questioning.
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Sacramento
Calif
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Southern Pacific
Nat. J. L. Pieper
San Francisco
FBI
Towle
Here
Law to curb parking near accidents targets ambulance chasers
Columbus reports Rep. John E. Seymour introduces a bill to punish drivers who park within 300 feet of an accident with up to a 500 dollar fine and six months in jail. The measure focuses on ambulance chasers seeking business for lawyers and repair shops.
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Columbus
John E. Seymour
Lucas
Relief Worker Fatally Shot at SRA Headquarters
In Bakersfield California Elizabeth Tarbox 29 an employee of the State Relief Administration was shot and killed at the SRA headquarters. Sheriff John Loustalot said Walter Fairbanks 59 blamed Mrs Tarbox for delay in sending his relief check and shot her in the back with a rifle.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Elizabeth Tarbox
State Relief Administration
SRA
John Loustalot
Walter Fairbanks
Six British Convoy Ships Safe at Madeira Port
Six ships from a British Atlantic convoy reached Funchal Madeira after German raiders attacked. A German report claimed 14 ships were sunk with one afloat and the 15th held as a prize of war. Survivors named Blair Athol Margot Volturno Clune Park Polyktor and Anna Mazaraki among the vessels attacked.
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Funchal
Madeira
Berlin
Blair Athol
Margot
Volturno
Clune Park
Polyktor
Anna Mazaraki
Logan Dentist Burned by Exploding Steam
Logan reports Dr. Harry Eastman sustained facial and chest burns when a vulcanizer exploded in his dental office. He was taken to his son in law and daughter Darley Kitchen’s home for treatment and observation, with doctors unsure if his sight remains affected.
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Logan
Harry Eastman
Darley Kitchen
Emory Glander Named Bricker Executive Secretary
Columbus man Emory Glander was chosen as executive secretary to Governor John W Bricker succeeding Harry Miller who was recently named to the state utilities commission.
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Columbus
Emory Glander
John W. Bricker
Harry Miller
State Utilities Commission
Egg Prices Slip as Government Buys Stabilize Markets
Chicago markets see egg prices fall 1 to 2 cents per dozen to the lowest since last summer as government agents buy eggs to stabilize values. Extra Firsts and Firsts drop to about 16 cents, with large fresh arrivals and government purchases totaling roughly 178 260 dozen, amid record seasonal production and favorable conditions.
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Chicago
Ges
France
Stock Market Tests War Risks as Prices Sink
New York investers faced a third severe test of stock and bond values since the European war began as prices fell last week to lows not seen since 1933. Despite higher industrial output for defense and Britain, market woes persisted amid war uncertainties and global tensions.
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New York
America
Europe
Wall Street
Britain
Army Skiers Trek Through Alaska Blizzard Four Days
Ten soldiers reported safe at an Alaska railroad section house after a four day trek through a raging blizzard. They had left Anchorage with five days of supplies to test cold weather warfare equipment and methods.
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Anchorage
Alaska
United States Army
Des 16 Yearold Verrie Ireland Body Recovered in Quarry
The body of Verrie Ireland age 16 was found yesterday in an abandoned quarry west of Sandusky. He was discovered clutching a pair of skates. Authorities investigation is ongoing.
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Port Clinton
Verrie Ireland
Sandusky
146 Year Old Defense Idea Used by England
The British revive medieval sea fortresses called Martello Towers along the southeast coast as a defense against invasion. Modernized towers sit in the sea near key towns, housing artillery and troops with bunkers and mess halls. Originating from Corsica in 1794, these forts were expanded and reinforced with steel to withstand modern threats.
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England
Hitler
Martella
Corsica
Cape Martella
Ireland
Axis Spring Assault May Open in Italy
RAF long raid on the Axis coast from Ostend to Boulogne hits Dunkerque Gravelines Calais and Boulogne with hits on Cap Gris Nez guns. London faces alerts as raids strike Liverpool and other areas. Parachute saboteurs reportedly land in Southern Italy while battles spread across the Mediterranean and Balkans.
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Italy
English Channel
Ostend
Boulogne
RAF
London
Strait of Dover
Dunkerque
Gravelines
Calais
Cap Gris Nez
Britain
Liverpool
Isles
Europe
Africa
Mediterranean
Rome
United States
Naples
Tyrrhenian
Palermo
Sicily
Ministry of Information
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Allis-Chalmers
Canada
U.S
Jane Withers
Jackie Cooper
Ralph A. Bard
Cleveland
Lewis Compton
Logan Dentist
Bricker
Aide
Chisimaio
Indian Ocean
Kenya
Klisura
Bitolj
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