West Coast Machinists Back on Job After Strike
Machinists in 11 San Francisco Bay area shipyards return to work on a $500 million defense program. CIO's 600 members reaffirmed a return, with AFL’s 1,100 workers having ended their walkout earlier. A coastwide master contract sets $1.12 hourly pay plus overtime at time and a half. Negotiations continue on wage demands.
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San Francisco Bay Area
CIO
AFL
United Automobile Workers
Wire
Electric Auto Light Corporation
Port Huron
Mich
Navy
White Motor Company
Cleveland
Richard E. Reisinger
German Processors’ Union
W. K. Kellogg Company
Battle Creek
Chrysler Corporation
Marysville
United Mine Workers
Dow Chemical Company
Midlands
Transport Workers Union
New York
Woman's Body Found in Akron Hotel
The knife stabbed body of Miss Patricia Frances Patrick age 30 of Akron was found in a downtown Akron hotel room occupied by a New York man. Deputy Detective Inspector Gilbert Mosely said evidence showed a violent struggle and the woman was stabbed 11 times in the back abdomen and chest. a telegram indicated she had asked the Brooklyn resident to meet her at the hotel. The man left without paying his bill and police asked New York authorities to help locate him.
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Akron
Patricia Frances Patrick
New York
Gilbert Mosely
New Yorker
Brooklyn
Mosely
Accuse 3 Marines of Shooting and Theft
Findlay Ohio reports three Marines are to face charges of auto theft and shooting with intent to kill after a 10 day leave incident at a Virginia Marine bar ended in a state highway patrol chase. One Marine wounded, two captured. Gilbert Marcus, 35, identified them as abductors who took his car and left him in his underwear near Chicago.
Young Wife Killed by Lightning in Michigan Lake Incident
In Detroit Michigan Mrs Margaret Milnar 28 and her husband Robert Milnar 24 faced a deadly lightning strike while seeking shelter under a tree near Seneca Lake Hart investigates the accident. The couple were aboard a bridge island when the lightning struck sending both to serious injuries. Authorities describe the event as a tragic weather accident with the couple from Detroit.
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Margaret Milnar
Detroit
Mich
Robert Milnar
Seneca Lake
Paderewski Dies After Long Career Of Music And Statesmanship
Ignace Jan Paderewski famed pianist and former president of Poland died of pneumonia after a two day illness. He toured America since 1891 earning vast sums and led Polish forces in World War I before becoming president in 1919. Separately FBI capped its nation’s largest spy hunt, arresting 26 men and three women on espionage charges, with 18 in the New York area.
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New York
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Paderewski
America
United States
France
Poland
Hoover
G-men
Atlantic
New Jersey
Michigan
Wisconsin
Lightning Kills Two in Ohio Storms Claim Three Lives
Weekend thunderstorms brought relief from heat but caused two deaths by lightning. George Pacay a 67 year old farmer was struck near Warren as he sheltered under a tree. Perry Thompson 45 died watching a barn fire lightning strike near North Baltimore. Nine year old Robert Nye Jr drowned in a Dayton pool.
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Associated Press
Ohio
George Pacay
Warren
North
Baltimore
Perry Thompson
Robert Nye, Jr
Dayton
Two Youths Die In Odd Motorcycle Accident
In Lima Ohio two Allen County youths Ralph W. Miller age 16 of near here and Gale Sherer age 17 of Elida were burned to death when their motorcycle skid under an approaching auto and caught fire according to investigators.
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Lima
Allen County
Ralph W. Miller
Near Here
Gale Sherer
Elida
Fear 475 Traffic Toll For July 4th Holiday
The National Safety Council warned motorists to drive with extreme caution during the Fourth of July weekend. Up to June 1, 13,760 people were killed in auto accidents, about 2,000 more than the previous year, and the council estimated 475 more fatalities would occur during the three day holiday.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
New Lexington's Last Civil War Vet Dies
New Lexington Ohio George W. Daddy Funk 95 last Civil War veteran died after brief illness. He served with Company G 31st Ohio Regiment burial planned for Wednesday.
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New Lexington
George W
Daddy” Funk
31St
Ohio Regiment
Hoover Urges Prepared But Peaceful America
Former President Hoover presents a seven point program calling for a prepared America, continued aid to Britain and China, defense of the Western Hemisphere, and a peaceful world order. He argues freedom and strength must coexist to prevent disaster and promote lasting peace.
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Hoover
America
Chicago
Herbert Hoover
Britain
China
Western Hemisphere
Congress
Olin B. Stout Dies After Illness in Chillicothe
Olin Byrd Stout known as Dick Stout dies Sunday noon in a Chillicothe hospital from peritonitis after ruptured appendix. He fell ill at a Cincinnati ball game and was brought to Chillicothe. blood transfusions failed to save him. A Middleport resident for 20 years, he led community efforts as Heath Methodist Church member and Rotary Club trustee. He helped organize the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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Middleport
Olin Byrd
Dick) Stout
Chillicothe
Cincinnati
Stout
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Woman Slain and Home Burned in Jefferson Case
Sheriff deputies and prosecutor investigate the death of 62 year old Catherine Nemick found after a fire at her farm home. Autopsy cites concussion of the brain from a probable blow and the victim had been dead about a week. Daughter says up to 500 dollars was kept at the home, suggesting a robbery motive.
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Jefferson
Catherine Nemick
Roland Pontius
Pontius
Woman Pleads Guilty In Husband Murder Case
PORTSMOUTH Mrs Gol die Pauley 30 pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the fatal Jan 20 shooting of her husband Lee 42 at their Candy Run home Judge B F Kimble sentenced her to an indeterminate term in the Marysville Reformatory for Women She had previously pleaded innocent to first degree murder and cited risk of harsher jury verdict.
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Portsmouth
Goldie Pauley
Lee
Candy Run
Common Pleas
B. F. Kimble
Marysville
Ohio Farm Lands Rank 18th in Nation
Columbus reports Ohio's 21,907,523 acres of farm land valued at 819,044,149 dollars rank 18th in the nation based on a 1940 survey from the state department of agriculture.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Department of Agriculture
Boy 18 Drowns at Mt. Vernon
An 18 year old boy drowned at Mt. Vernon while swimming. Earlier reports say a 13 year old named Dewey Carpenter also drowned here today. Authorities are investigating the incidents.
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MT. Vernon
Dewey Carpenter
Roosevelt Hyde Park Library Dedication Pageant
Hyde Park New York crowds gathered as the Roosevelt Library was dedicated in a stone Dutch colonial building. Six million documents are stored recounting Franklin D. Roosevelts 30 year career from state senate to national leadership.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
America
New York State Senate
Jackson O. K. d As Justice of Supreme Court
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved unanimously the nomination of attorney general Robert H. Jackson to the Supreme Court. Senator Tydings testified that Jackson was unfitted by character philosophy and judicial temperament.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Robert H. Jackson
Supreme Court
Senator Tydings
D-Md
Tydings
Jackson
Drew Pearson
Robert Allen
Works Progress Administration
Maryland
Charges Police Used Force To Get Statement
Albert Junkens 57 under indictment for first degree murder in Ruth Zwicker Easter slaying. His lawyer claims extreme violence used to obtain a new statement from the church janitor. Prosecutor says grand jury will be asked to re indict Lukens for first degree murder while assault suspected. Lukens allegedly choked the victim.
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Akron
Albert Junkens
Ruth Zwicker
George Farr
Lukens
Garbage Strike Halts Youngstown Trash Collection
In Youngstown 27 garbage truck drivers and helpers walked off the job halting citywide collection from 40 000 residents and businesses. A union committee demanded restoration of 25 cents to wages, stating pay fell from 1.95 to 1.70 in six months.
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Youngstown
John C Litton Found Dead Beside Railroad Tracks
The body of John C Litton was found on his 18th birthday beside railroad tracks where he had been walking. Police investigated the scene and began reviewing nearby accounts and footage for clues.
Army to call up about 50,000 trainees monthly this year
The army plans to induct about 50,000 selective service trainees each month in the last half of the year with many new registrants aged 21 soon available for service. An executive order set 9,000,000 as the fiscal year trainee maximum and confirmed current enlistees will finish their duty year as scheduled.
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Washington
Army
Selective Service
Mst
OL Wase
Army High Command
White House
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Price Fixing Plan Rejected by Congress
Washington report states the administration proposed compulsory price and rent control limited to defense areas. Leon Henderson and aides presented the plan to Speaker Rayburn and congressional leaders, but it was torn to pieces and rejected by legislative leaders.
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Washington
Congress
Rayburn
Leon Henderson
Dispute Over Surplus Fund Delays Bills
Washington report on a clash over 35 million dollars tied to two large appropriation measures the relief bill and the agriculture bill Congress aims to send both to President Roosevelt before midnight The fight centers on funding for disposal of surplus commodities and whether to treat it as relief or agricultural spending, with conferees trimming the allocation from 50 million to 35 million.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Senate House
Farm Bloc
Delegates To Discuss Ship Work Contracts
Representatives of shipbuilders, their employees and the government reconvened today in Chicago to draft a uniform agreement for Great Lakes ship yards. Aims include uniform wage rates, overtime pay, work shifts, preventing worker migration, averting strikes, and stabilizing employment.
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Chicago
Great Lakes
Federal Union delegates back plan for a world of workers
The Federal Union convention approved Russell Davenport's resolution backing Clarence K. Streit’s plan for a democratic world of workers. The program seeks higher global incomes, expanded productive power secured by a decency standard, and economic expansion through lower trade barriers to widen world markets.
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Cleveland
Federal Union
Clarence K. Streit
Russell Davenport
Fortune Magazine
Wendell L. Willkie
Streit
Davenport
Nazis Claim Big Advances Against Reds
German panzer columns advancing toward Moscow reportedly broke through Soviet defenses and captured Minsk and Lwow, with Smolensk in sight. Nazi bulletins claimed encirclements and heavy tank and air force down numbers, while Soviet dispatches reported stalling defenses and counterattacks near Minsk and Lwow. Meanwhile Allied forces pressed toward Homs as weather limited RAF raids on invasion ports.
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Moscow
Russia
Lwow
Poland
Berlin
Minsk
U.S.S.R
Adolf Hitler
Smolenski
Smolensk
Hitler
Germany
Baltic
Lithusania
Latvia
Karelian
Finland
Viipuri
Gulf of Finland
Leningrad
Red Army
Murmansk
Barents Sea
Luck-Lwow
Ukraine
Luck
Kiev
Bialystok
Old Poland
Vichy
Homs
Lebanon
Beirut
Tripoli
RAF
Cleveland Woman Dies in Cottage Fire
Mrs. Mary Senald, 50, of Cleveland, was fatally burned when a cottage in Geapoa County burned down. Firefighters battled the blaze, and the cause is under investigation.
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Cleveland
Mary Senald
Geapoa County
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Olin B. Stout
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