Pay Hike Talks Stall as Coal Strike Persists
Washington AP reports pay concessions for soft coal miners falter with union leaders and operators at odds over a $2 daily increase. UM W President Ray Errison and operator spokesmen clash as Senate and House debate secret ballots and cooling off periods amid farm bill controversy and crop insurance doubts.
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Ard R. Burke
Southern Appalachian P
John L. Lewis
U.M.W
Lewis
Nois
Um.w
Ray Edndson
Illinois
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
Agricult Committee
Churchill Briefs Commons On War Progress And U Boat Fight
Prime Minister Churchill reviewed London war conferences in Washington and North Africa and urged intensified air raids on Germany while warning against over confidence. He praised North Africa commanders, noted Tunisian and Stalingrad disasters for Germany, and said Allies aim to wear down German and Japanese air forces with long range patrols and U boat strikes, calling May and June pivotal in the sea war.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Washington
North Africa
Germany
Commons
Stalingrad
Hitler
United States
U.S.A
Tunisia
Jena
Napoleon
Argentina Declares Neutrality Under Ramírez Government
The Pedro Ramírez administration pledged neutrality and loyal cooperation with American nations in line with existing pacts. The move follows a sudden change of leadership after Arturo Rawson’s provisional government, toppled amid a Friday revolution that ousted isolationist Ramón Castillo.
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Buenos Aires
Argen
Pedro Ramirea
Americas
Ramirez
M. Arturo Rawson
Ramon S. Castillo
McNutt Urges Fathers to Appeal Induction Delay
Commissioner Paul V. Me sa id that some draft boards violated the ban on induction of fathers. He urged men of this status to appeal or renounce involved boards.
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Tnutt
Paul V. Met
McNutt
Tae
Nelsonville Woman Named State Officer
In Columbus Ohio, Mrs Ha wnard of Portsmouth and Hezel Coon of Nelson were elected Keeper of Wampum in the Improved Order of Red Men as part of a state officer slate. Sir font Hayes 8 Noble of North Mercer County receives the Medal for aiding a serious fire at the fire motor park in North Ire.
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Pocahontas
Imber Order of Red Men
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Portsmouth
Wenondh
Willers
Hezel Coon
Nelson
Wampum
Wchioan
Serfont Hayes
Noble
North Meverr
Wience County
North Ire
Chinese Rice Bowl Is Saved By New Drive
CHUNGKING China declares Japan failed to sever Hunan Sichuan communications or destroy the Chinese rice bowl. Army spokesman says Japan plundered only a few granaries and the loss was limited as Chiang Kai-shek's counter offensive on the upper Yangtze River yields victory.
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Chungking
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Yangtze River
Japan
Hunan
Szechwan
Widow of Civil War Vet Dies at Chester
Mrs. Janey Greene Wood 84 died at her daughter’s home in Chester after months of illness. Her husband John A. Wood, a Civil War veteran, died in 1892. Survived by sons Jack Marion Chester. daughters Chloe Bailey Selah Mora Trud E Frank Nelsonville. 24 grandchildren seven great grandchildren. Funeral at Chester Methodist Church Wednesday 2:30 p m Eastern War Time with Chester Cemetery interment.
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Janey Greene Wood
T. H. Mora
Wood
John A. Wood
Jack
Marion
Chloe Bailey
Selah Mora
Gertrude Frank
Nelsonville
Chester Methodist Church
FDR Affirms Allied Unity For Postwar Peace
President Roosevelt said the united nations will stay united after victory to solve peace problems. He cited the epoch making food conference as proof Allies are truly united, bringing new hope for freedom from want and fear.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United Nations
Roosevelt kin update from war wounds and deaths
Wounded Capt. Quentin Roosevelt, 23, son of Brig Gen Theodore Roosevelt Jr and grandson of the president, is recovering from Tunisian wounds at a Staten Island hospital. His uncle Maj Kermit Roosevelt has died in Alaska, another uncle Quentin was killed in World War I.
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Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Staten Island
N. Y
Maj
Kermit Roosevelt
Alaska
Quentin
Ohio Miners Vote To Return To Jobs Today
About 3,500 miners who did not join the back-to-work movement voted to resume work and six of Ohio's largest coal shafts returned to production as mines reopened after more than a week.
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Washington
Tors
United Mine Workers
Ohio
Inous
Air Cadet Survives Plane Plunge Into Lake
Youngstown area in Ohio reports 19 year old Akron air cadet Harry Johnson was pulled from a submerged trainer plane after the aircraft struck utility wires. He swam to shore with no injuries, returning safely after the Yankee Lake descent.
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Youngstown
Harry Johnson
Akron
Youngstown College
Yankee Lake
Here
Zoot Suit War In Los Angeles Downtime Disorder
Civil and military police dispersed thousands of servicemen and civilians after nights of clashes in downtown Los Angeles. More than 1000 youths in zoot suits were jailed and dozens were injured or stripped by uniformed bands, with police declaring a general riot and ordering Main Street off limits.
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Los Angeles
Ideputies
C. B. Horrall
Navy
Main Street
Horrall
Chavez Ravine
Carrier Pigeon Walks When Unable To Fly
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE Md Clarence the carrier pigeon drew sympathy from recruits after a 16 mile hike from Odenton Md He delivered a message but could not fly when found the next afternoon his wing feathers coated with oil leaving him unable to fly
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Fort George G. Meade
Clarence
Odenton
French Chiefs In Session To Arm Cabinet
Algiers reports a full dress session as the new French empire government moves to form a war cabinet. The Central French Authority seats in Algiers with 60 million subjects, 300 thousand troops, and a vast African domain. General Giraud is named commander in chief and likely head of the war cabinet. De Gaulle’s exact role remains unclear.
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Algiers
Committee of National Liberation
Henri Giraud
Charles DeGaulle
Giraud
North Africa
de Gaulle
London
King and Nimitz Discuss Pacific War Plans
Admiral Ernest J. King met on the west coast with Admiral Chester W. Nimitz to review war plans. The informal talks followed North Africa conferences involving General George C. Marshall and General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Officials indicated Marshall and King had shared plans developed by Allied leaders and the Roosevelt Churchill talks.
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Washington
Ernest J. King
Chester W. Nimitz
North Africa
George C. Marshall
Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Marshall
King
United States
Roosevelt
Churchill
U. S
Eisenhower
General Marshall
Signal Corps
Farm Bureau Co-Op Cited in Ceiling Case
The Regional Office of Price Administration filed a federal action against Farm Bureau Co-Operative Association of Columbus, alleging violation of wholesale poultry price ceilings. An affidavit says 502 live springers were sold in May at 37 cents per pound instead of 34.1 cents. Enforcement attorney Howard R. Hirsch seeks an injunction against further violations.
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Cleveland
Office of Price Administration
Farm Bureau Co-Operative Association, Inc
Columbus
Co-Operative
Howard R. Hirsch
OPA
Ray Earns Doctor of Philosophy at Ohio State
Kenneth C. Ray state education director will receive a PhD from Ohio State University at commencement for about 700 graduates. He completed most work while superintendent of schools at Zanesville and in Athens County before joining the state education post in 1941.
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Columbus
Kenneth C. Ray
Ohio State University
Ray
Zanesville
Athens County
Unions Block Federal Order To Ferry Trucks
In Cleveland unions blocked an Office of Defense Transportation order directing trucks to be ferried from Cleveland to Detroit. The program to divert over the road traffic to Lake Erie started at 8 a m yesterday, but pickets in Cleveland and Detroit prevented loading of trucks onto boats.
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Cleveland
AFL Teamsters Joint Council
Office of Defense Transportation
Detroit
Lake Erie
Bull and Young Beef Bring Record Price at Auction
An 11 month old shorthorn bull and 38 head of young beef cattle set price records at a Chicago sale reported by the American Shorthorn Breeders Association. The yearling bull sold for 8000 dollars, a 25 year high for the breed, while the 38 head totaled 54205 dollars, averaging 1426 dollars each, the highest in the last quarter century of shorthorn history.
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Chicago
American Shorthorn Breeders Association
Argentine Revolt Leaders Address Crowd in Buenos Aires
Generals Pedro Ramirez and Arturo Rawson, aligned with the Allied cause, appear on a government house balcony in Buenos Aires to speak to a cheering crowd. The photo was broadcast from Buenos Aires to the United States.
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Pedro Ramirez
Arturo Rawson
Government House
Buenos Aires
U. S
Food outlook 1943 warns belt tightening and diet tweaks
The Agriculture Department says rationed foods on hand plus expected production should maintain current U.S. eating levels through 1943, but unrationed foods including eggs cereals fruits and vegetables are expected to be scarce in fall. Vegetable output runs 13 percent below last year while fruit crops suffer from early freezes. Egg supplies in fall and winter will be well below current levels and livestock could be hit without strong grain yields. Butter and cheese stocks remain plentiful for the year.
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Bureau of Economics
Will Expand Joy Ride Ban to Midwestern States
A Petroleum Administration for War spokesman told eastern state congressmen that action on extending the pleasure driving ban beyond the seaboard rationing area is expected soon. Maj Jubal R Parten, PAW transportation director, said PAW has studied extending the ban to District 2 covering 15 middle west states from Ohio to the Dakotas and from the Canadian border to Tennessee and Oklahoma.
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Washington
Petroleum Administrator For War
Seaboard
Maj
Middle West States
Ohio
Dakotas
Canadian
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Officers Plead Guilty in Sandusky Foundry Fraud Case
U S Judge Frank L Kloeb deferred disposition until next Monday for six Sandusky Foundry and Machine Co officers and employees who pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the government by delivering faulty castings used in shipbuilding.
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Toledo
U. S
Frank L. Kloeb
Sandusky Foundry and Machine Co
Sandusky, C
Navy Plans Vast Ship Program Worth 3.9 Billion
Rear Admiral E L Cochranes testimony to the Senate Appropriations Committee disclosed a new 3.9226 billion ship construction plan. It envisions 480000 tons of vessels from small craft to aircraft carriers and heavy cruisers, adding to 600 ships the Navy hopes to complete in the coming fiscal year starting July 1.
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Washington
Navy
Congress
E. L. Cochrane
Bureau of Ships
Senate Appropriations Committee
Cochrane
Yankee Fighter Planes Hit Jap Encampment in Burma
American fighters raided a Japanese encampment at Wehsi north of Myitkying in Burma. Two barracks were burned, two motor vehicles destroyed, and the formation used fragmentation bombs and machine gun strafing. Also, Sergeant Howard Cole aged 26 was killed in a traffic accident in Steubenville while on furlough.
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New Delhi
Burma
Wehsi
Myitkying
10Th Airforce
Steubenville
Howard Cole
North Africa
Nazis Rely On U Boats To Fight Off Invaders
Berlin sources cited by a Stockholms Tidningen correspondent warned of an Allied invasion across the English Channel. They described a first wave of about 50,000 attackers supported by air power, with 13,000 landing to establish a bridgehead while German U boats and aerial attacks aimed to wreck landing plans.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Stockholms Tidningen
Belgium
French
France
Italy
Balkans
Attack Upon Italian Base Is Reported
The report states an Italian base was attacked as Allied plans for a large amphibious invasion near Europe are foreshadowed. Prime Minister Churchill hints at imminent complex operations, with Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox calling his remarks conservative.
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Churchill
Europe
Washington
Frank Knox
Allied air battle sinks and damages Japanese fleet near Russell Islands
United States fighter planes downed 19 Japanese Zero's and damaged six more near the Russell Islands in the Solomons. Seven US planes were lost, three pilots saved. The raid followed a heavy American strike on Bougainville where a Japanese destroyer was sunk and 15 planes shot down. Churchill addressed parliament as Allied plans emphasize force in Europe and the Mediterranean.
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Washington
United States
Russell Islands
Solomons
Navy
Bougainville Island
Meat firms fined for violating price ceilings
Two meat companies were fined a total of 13 664 dollars by Federal Judge Frank Kloeb for violating meat price ceilings.
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Toledo
Frank Kloeb
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