Labor Deals Tilt on Coal Wages and Shipyard Labor
The Associated Press reports a prime labor focus as southern coal operators prepare a wage offer to the CIO United Mine Workers amid a broadened coal wage dispute while the San Francisco Bethlehem shipyard signs a closed shop contract with the AFL Bay City Metal Trades Council. The Navy opens civil service rolls to machinists to resume shipyard production and mediators seek to settle AFL machinist strikes at Piper Aircraft in Lock Haven with wage demands for unskilled and skilled workers.
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Southern
San Francisco
Navy
Civil Service
CIO United Mine Workers
Appalachian
Senate Committee
National Defense Mediation Board
Bethlehem
AFL Bay City Metal Trades Council
CIO
Trades Council
Metal
AFL
Piper Aircraft Corporation
Lock Haven
Farm Bill Nears Passage After Long Senate Handoff
A record breaking 1 060 500 063 farm bill to aid 30 million agricultural workers awaits final Senate action. Coupled with a new mandatory crop loans act the measure aims to peg major crop prices and boost farmers prosperity. Senate leaders expect speedy approval this week after three months of legislative maneuvering.
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Washington
Senate
Enjoy Ohio Journey Heads for Portsmouth Tour
The Ohio tourism caravan begins in Cincinnati and travels to Portsmouth and Marietta. About 45 newsmen and travel agents will visit Shawnee State Forest and the rock bound Hocking State Parks on the 60 000 acre itinerary in eastern Ohio.
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ATI
Ohio
Cincinnati
Portsmouth
Marietta
Shawnee State Forest
Hocking State Parks
Two Children Drown After Ohio River Raft Incident
In Cincinnati, George Holland aged 10 and Carlos James aged 13 fell from a makeshift raft into the Ohio River and drowned. Local authorities investigated the accident and urged caution on improvised river craft.
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Cincinnati
George Holland
Carlos James
Ohio River
Pontifical Mass Opens Ninth National Eucharistic Congress
In St Paul a pontifical mass by papal legate Dennis Cardinal Dougherty opened the ninth National Eucharistic Congress today, marking the start of the event with a high profile religious ceremony.
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ST. Paul
Dennis Cardinal Dougherty
Bright outlook seen for coal miners in this district
Ohio educators report defense industry demand is raiding vocational schools with 20 000 plus students in 670 courses across 171 schools in 63 counties. Dietrich notes funds needed to sustain after July 1 while production forecasts for 1941 call for 26 million tons in Ohio and 323 million nationally to meet defense needs.
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Columbus
Ohio
E. N. Dietrich
Dietrich
Congress
FPC Chairman Fears German Power Gain
Leland Olds head of the Federal Power Commission warns Germany already leads the United States in electric power and may gain more sources if victorious in its war against Russia He urges rapid buildout of the St Laurent navigation and power project as essential to industrial mobilization for defense before the House Rivers and Harbors Committee.
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Washington
Leland Olds
Federal Power Commission
Germany
United States
Russia
St. Lawrence
Olds
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Hitler
Cleveland educators face 10 percent pay cut this year
The Cleveland Board of Education voted a ten percent salary reduction for teachers and other employees in the city schools for the last four months of the year to help meet a potential 54000 dollar deficit.
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Cleveland
Board of Education
War 'Today' Editorial Rereads Mein Kampf for Foreign Policy Insight
The piece analyzes Hitler’s Mein Kampf to question his true aims and notes contradictions in his foreign policy. It argues Hitler may seek eastern expansion by seizing land from Russia after failing against Britain, posing a danger to the West.
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Fred Vanderschmidt
Moscow
Rome
Tokyo
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Britain
Italy
Russia
Germany
Somone
England
Men 28 May Be Deferred In U S Draft
Ohio's 330 draft boards were told to decide for themselves on deferments for men 28 years of age or older. The guidance followed a Senate bill before the House granting presidential power to defer all men reaching age 28 by July 1. Boards were told to await final congressional action.
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Columbus
Ohio
Selective Service
House
Selective Service Headquarters
Congress
Goodyear Proposes Wingfoot Lake Air Base to Government
Goodyear Tire officials await government response to turn Wingfoot Lake base into a training station for lighter-than-air operations. President Edwin J. Thomas announced the offer after a barrage balloon demonstration. The site trained over 3,000 military personnel in the last war.
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AKRON
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Wingfoot Lake
Goodyear
Edwin J. Thomas
Great Britain
Danville Dog Delivers Paught Pups Orphaned Reward
James Gentry deputy town marshal tests a strange tale of a stray dog that sheltered four pups in an old school basement and, after they were weaned, left one pup at each of four Danville homes yesterday.
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Danville
Ind
James Gentry
Rain Damage to Roads Estimated at 250 000 to 300 000
Heavy June rains caused damage to Ohio highways estimated at 250 000 to 300 000 by Highway Director Hal G. Sours. Heaviest destruction occurred in Southeastern Ohio with washed out small bridges and culverts, eroded shoulders, and pitted secondary road surfaces.
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Columbus
Ohio
Hal G. Sours
Pickford to Stay at Cleveland Clinic for Observation
Mary Pickford remains in the Cleveland Clinic for observation through the week, per Dr. Charles Higgins. Officials say she is not seriously ill and not receiving visitors at this time.
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Cleveland
Mary Pickford
Cleveland Clinic
Charles Higgins
Allottment Made for Building of Storehouse
The War Department allotted 2,275,000 dollars for construction of a storehouse at the Erie Proving grounds LaCarne Ohio where guns scout cars and other vehicles are tested.
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Washington
War Department
Erie Proving Grounds
LaCarne
Aid to Russia Gains Support With Senators
Senate backs aiding Russia in its fight against Germany with support for a State Department stance. Senator Clark denounces Stalin and compares communism to Nazism while the chamber leans toward a policy aligning the United States with Britain and a limited economic role for the Soviet Union against a common foe.
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Washington
Russia
Germany
Senate
Clark
Stalin
Hitler
State Department
United States
Britain
Four More Civil War Vets Attend Jubilee
Ohio's Grand Army of the Republic marked the start of a five day diamond jubilee in Columbus. The encampment welcomed four additional veterans to raise the attendance to eight, including Lewis M Heiston 91 of Pleasantville Byron W Joslin 96 of Sidney John G Smick 93 of Kenton and Frederick Pfeister 95 of Cincinnati.
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Columbus
Ohio
Grand Army of the Republic
Lewis M., Heiston
Pleasantville
Byron W. Joslin
Sidney
John G. Smick
Kenton
Frederick Pfeister
Cincinnati
Armored Columns Sweep Deep Into Russia and Three Towns Fall
Axis forces push 120 miles into Southwest Russia in two days as Brest Litovsk thrust nears Minsk and three frontier towns fall. Phalangists parade in Madrid signaling support for Germany while Tokyo reads of rising Japanese sympathy and a move toward Moscow.
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Russian
Ukraine
Red Army
Japan
Spain
Ankara
Turkey
Russia
Soviet Losses Heavy as German Drive Advances in Eastern Front
The German news agency reports Nazi forces breaking Soviet fortifications in the center of the eastern front with heavy fighting. Soviet high command says two Nazi columns were repulsed with heavy losses and notes Brest Litovsk, Komna, and Lomza fell, all in Polish territory. Romanian troops allied with Germany reportedly occupy northern Bucovina. Eden welcomes Russia as ally and Moscow accepts British coordinating missions.
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DNB
Estern
Poland
Adolf Hitler
Brest Litovsk
Germany
Komna
Lomza
Bucharest
Reuters
Germny
Bucovina
Russia
Romania
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
London
Moscow
RAF Attacks Germany as Soviet Frontiers Hold Line
London reports say the RAF conducted a 13th consecutive night raid targeting Cologne Dusseldorf and Kiel while Berlin cites German losses as civilians killed and wounded. Soviet frontiersmen push back German columns as Moscow notes 5000 Nazi soldiers captured and 300 tanks destroyed amid renewed Allied pressure.
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Britain
Reich
London
Cologne
Dusseldorf
Kiel
Germany
High Command
United States
Pravda
Communist Party
Russia
Moscow
Berlin
DNB
East Prussia
Baltic Sea
Latvian
Coal Miners Win First Paid Vacation in UMW History
The United Mine Workers announce a five day paid vacation for miners this summer in 1941 due to low coal reserves and national defense needs. Eligible members with at least one year of service receive a $20 vacation bonus, with southern operators differing on terms.
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UMW
United Mine Workers of America
Foster Day
Washington
Day
Southern
Southern Coal Company
Ezra van Horn
Cleveland
van Horn
U S to Build 1300 Housing Units in Ravenna
Under a Roosevelt backed housing expansion, defense workers near Ravenna Ohio will receive 1300 housing units for the $30 million arsenal project. C F Palmer defense housing coordinator says 500 homes and dormitories will be built, with 300 trailer units to house workers until permanent housing is ready.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ravenna
C. F. Palmer
Defense
Meatless Milkless Days May Be Avoided
Chicago report says U S Agriculture defense chief Townsend believes shortages can be averted under the aid to Britain program. He notes possible shortages in evaporated cheese eggs pork and vegetable oils but says steps are fixing them.
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Chicago
U. S. Department of Agriculture
M. Clifford Townsend
Office of Agricultural Defense Relations
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Nelsonville
National Coal Association
Wall Street Journal
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Morris
Ohio Coal Foundation
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FPC
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Madrid
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Prussia
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Ruska
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