A F of L Orders Strike at Army Anti Aircraft Range
Craft workers tied to the American Federation of Labor walked out at Camp Davis North Carolina on the $15 million anti airplane firing range project. Five thousand workers backed the action over a preferential shop policy. Government conciliators met company union reps to avert broader walkouts at International Harvester plants and Ford units in Lincoln River Rouge and Highland Park. Perkins called for talks with IH and CIO farm equipment workers to resolve differences in Washington. Michigan law requires a 30 day strike notice for defense contracts, and mediation efforts continue as Ford denies union claims of unfair labor practices.
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American Federation of Labor
Camp Davis
N. C
L. H. Rouse
Wilmington
Trades Council
International Harvester Company
Lincoln
River Rouge
Highland Park
Ford Motor Company
Perkins
Parley
International Harvester
CIO Farm Equipment Workers Organ Committee
Washington
Illinois
Indiana
James F. Dewey
Ford
CIO
United Automobile Workers
yThe
Michigan
Wagoner
Ate Mediation Board
Senate Votes Tuesday on Auto License Diversion Bill
Ohio Senate prepares to pass a $5,000,000 auto license diversion bill shifting tag revenue from highway use to general operating expenses and services. Republican leaders cite city gains of $1.4 million while counties lose funds, with a vote expected this week and revenue distribution planned for April.
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Senate
Columbus
Ohio Senate
Frank E. Whittemore
Grant P. Ward
Survey Shows Gain In Ohio Traffic Toll
A state wide survey finds traffic fatalities rose in January across most Ohio metropolitan areas. Franklin County reported fewer deaths, while C vi had the highest increase. Officials cite increased traffic and winter driving hazards as the main reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Franklin County
C vi
Infantryman Dies in Auto Crash Near Picayune
CAMP SHELBY Miss An army infantryman died in a car crash when a vehicle carrying six soldiers crashed into a bridge near Picayune on a return from a New Orleans weekend. Pvt Sherman Campbell of Company I 37th Infantry was killed and the others were injured.
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Camp Shelby
Miss
Hamilton
Picayune
New Orleans
Pvt
Sherman Campbell
Gee
Man Dies After Auto Crash In Sabina
Daniel McKinney 65 was fatally injured Sunday when struck by a car on a Sabina street. The incident occurred on a nearby road as authorities investigated the crash and identified the vehicle involved.
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Wilmington
Daniel McKinney
Sabina
Rickenbacker Shows Slight Improvement After Crash
Eddie Rickenbacker, hospitalized after a Eastern Air Lines sleeper plane crash near Atlanta, is slightly improved. Doctors report he slept better, with temperature 100, pulse 110, and blood pressure 120, still seriously ill but not in immediate danger. The famed aviator received a blood transfusion and remains under oxygen in a private tent.
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Atlanta
Eddie Rickenbacker
Eastern Air Lines
Here
Rickenbacker
EAS
Taxi Blaze After Hit-Skip Near Coolville
Raymond Richardson aged 40 of Indianapolis was driver of a taxi hit by an unidentified vehicle on Route 50 near Coolville. The taxi went into a ditch and burned. Passenger K O Smith aged 23 from Fort Benjamin Harrison was treated for second degree burns. Richardson and four companions suffered minor injuries while en route to an army camp.
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Raymond Richardson
Indianapolis
Ind
Coolville
K. O. Smith
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Aken
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Richardson
Traffic Accidents Kill Three in Toledo Area
Three men died from traffic injuries in the Toledo area during the weekend. Arthur Holtfreter 27 a former high school football player was killed in a collision five miles southeast of Toledo. John Fritz 54 was killed by a hit and run driver Saturday night and Thomas Griffin 43 died in an automobile collision.
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Toledo
Arthur Holtfreter
John Fritz
Thomas Griffin
Police Officer Beaten To Death in Kentucky
Coroner Pas Gaelic attributes the fatal assault of William Combs 71 to unknown assailants in Hazard Kentucky. Combs was found beaten on a sidewalk near his home. his pistol and holster were missing and coins were recovered, suggesting robbery as the motive.
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Hazard
William Combs
Combs
Fields
French concessions to Siam revealed in Nazi era talks
In Vichy France officials acknowledged territorial concessions to Siam in support of Japanese demands but denied surrendering entire provinces. They described the concessions as large and stated the French yielded to Japan, not Thailand, without detailing which territories.
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Vichy
France
Thailand
Siam
Tokyo
Japan
Debate on Aid Bill In Third Week
Washington AP report on Senate debate over the lease-lead aid bill in its third week. Walsh warns of a world war if enacted, while Smathers and Tunnell counter that the bill will not cause war. Senate rushes toward a vote by Saturday, but opponents expect lengthy speeches and more than 20 amendments before action.
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Washington
Walsh
D-Mass
Congress
America
Smathers
N. J
Tunnell
Del
Germany
Reich
Senate
George
Foreign Relations Committee
Barkley
Flood Control Grant Favored for Ohio Projects
Army engineers recommended spending 21 million dollars in Ohio for flood control and navigation improvements in the new fiscal year. They reported the Muskingum River Valley project with 14 dams across 16 counties completed at a cost over 36 million dollars, creating lakes for recreation.
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Washington
Ohio
Army Engineers
Muskingum River Valley
Willkie Shelves Trip Plans Law Practice
Wendell L. Willkie, the 1940 Republican presidential nominee, has shelved his plan for a look-see trip to China. He spent several days in Indiana and has returned to New York to prepare for private law practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wendell L. Willkie
China
Indiana
New York
Fire in Cincinnati apartment forces 21 families from homes
Fire started in a basement area yesterday in Avondale displacing 21 families. The blaze caused about 3500 dollars in damage. In Benton Ridge near Findlay a chimney spark fire damaged the Evangelical Church causing an estimated 15000 dollars in losses.
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Cincinnati
Avondale
Benton Ridge
Findlay
Aeeteee
Evangelical Church
Million Pounds of U.S. Mail Lost at Sea
The war effort has cost the United States mail, with eight ships carrying mail sunk and 14 501 sacks lost. A sack holds about 2 500 letters, making the toll near a million pounds or about 3 600 000 pieces of mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Davy Jones
United States
Post Office Department
U S Exports Hit by Restrictions in National Defense
A Maxwell survey shows about 35 percent of January U S shipments required licenses or were barred, affecting large parts of Russian and Japanese purchases. Roughly one third of the nation’s four billion dollar export trade is controlled, with some effects spilling into supplies for Russia and Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Russell L. Maxwell
Export Control
Violators of Blue Law Arrested in Delaware
Wilmington report says more than 500 orders were issued statewide in a drive to enforce the blue law forbidding all employment on Sunday with penalties up to four dollars or one night in jail. Milkmen motormen delivery boys and radio executives faced law summons.
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Wilmington
Del
Delaware
One Killed in Chicago Elevated Train Crash
One man died and about 20 others were injured in a collision on Chicago’s west side. A three car Chicago, Aurora and Elgin electric line train struck the rear of a Garfield Park single car at Central Avenue and Lexington Street as it moved east toward the loop.
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Chicago
Central Avenue
Lexington Street
Chicago, Aurora
Elgin
Loop
Garfield Park
Expansion of FSA loans eyed to curb farm migration
A House committee urged a vast enlargement of the Farm Security Administration rehabilitation loan program to keep thousands of farm families from joining migrants on the move. Chairman Tolan said 1,200,000 families still needed loans, and defense displacements worsened the strain, calling for at least 150 million dollars for the next year.
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Washington
Congress
Farm Security Administration
FSA
House
Tolan
D.-Calif
Agriculture Department
General Rains Prevail and Cold Snap Expected
Weather notes from Ohio show rain washing away snow and ice while a brief warm spell is forecast to give way to another cold snap. Forecasters warn of freezing rain or snow tonight and Tuesday with temperatures near 60 in the daytime, followed by colder, unsettled conditions.
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Ohio
Los Angeles
Wilshire
Greek Quake Area Bombed
The Greek ministry reported that rescue work in Larisa paused during an hourlong Italian air raid yesterday on the earthquake struck town. Seven dead and 23 injured were taken from debris as civilians faced continuing tremors and homelessness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ministry of Home Security
Larisa
Income Tax Returns Show Big Early Increase
Washington reported that early income tax payments were about 55 percent ahead of a year ago under the defense tax system. Officials cautioned the March 15 filing deadline for 10 million taxpayers could alter the trend as less than half had filed so far and initial gains may not be conclusive.
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Washington
The
Treasury
First Witness Called In Anti-Trust Suit
The government’s anti-trust suit against major glass container manufacturers began in federal court here Judge Frank L. Kloeb presiding. F Goodwin Smith president of the Hartford Empire Co was the first witness called for cross examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Federal District Court
Frank L. Kloeb
F. Goodwin Smith
Hartford Empire Co
Surplus Food Stamp Plan Aids Needy Families
Needy families eligible for help under the surplus food stamp plan used more than seven million dollars worth of farm products in January. The release notes large consumption as the program operates to distribute surplus agricultural goods to low income households.
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Washington
Dardanelles Mined as Turkey Prepares For German Onslaught
Ankara says the Dardanelles waterway is mined and closed to ships without permits as Hitler's legions push toward the Turkish border. Reports say a high German official may visit Ankara while Bulgarian moves toward Greece and Turkey escalate the crisis.
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Ankara
Dardenelles
Turkey
Adolf Hitler
Bulgaria
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Istanbul
Associated Press
Sukru Saracoglu
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Free French Forces claim new Libyan oasis victory and other war updates
In London the Free French said southern Libya forces captured Curia and 1,000 prisoners, implying control of the oasis district. British troops near Cheren breached a northern pass while operations push toward Asmara. Western raids on Brest and air dromes followed Sunday attacks along the German and Dutch coasts with light English damage reported. Emperor Hirohito met Foreign Minister Matsuoka amid talks on Indo China settlement terms, with Vichy approval and French hesitation for better terms.
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London
Charles de Gaulle
Free French
Libya
Curia
de Gaullists
Oasis
Ohio
Cheren
Asmara
Brest
England
Hirohito
Yosuke Matsuoka
Domei
Japan
Vichy
CAA Raises Landing Ceilings After Atlanta Crash
The Civil Aeronautics Administration tightens landing rules raising minimum ceilings at all airports by 200 feet. Airports previously closed at 300 feet will now close at 500 feet, tightening conditions after the Eastern Airlines crash near Atlanta last week.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Eastern Airlines
Atlanta
CAA
Gasoline Shortages Hit Akron as Strike Closes Stations
Akron faces gas shortages as a truck drivers strike closes many filling stations. More than half of the 700 stations in Summit and Medina counties failed to open, with supply expected to run out by noon. Pumps in Portage and nearby counties also ran dry as drivers seek fuel.
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Akron
Summit
Medina
Portage
New Proposal Tops Ohio Penal Report
A 1940 Ohio Penitentiary report highlights a new intermediate penal institution as the top proposal. Warden Frank D. Henderson suggests enlarging the Junction City and Roseville brick plants for special inmate groups to address housing needs.
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Ohio
Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
Frank D. Henderson
Junction City
Roseville
Export U K Granted 138 War Products Authority
Washington grants blanket authority to export 138 key war products to Great Britain and Northern Ireland including aluminum and aircraft parts. A daily check will monitor shipments to choke off supply if volumes prove excessive.
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Washington
Great Britain
Northern Ireland
United States
Liner Hayes Refloats After Minor Disaster
The new 3,000,000 dollar liner President Hayes was back in port after running aground near the Cape Cod Canal on its maiden 29,000 mile voyage. Irving T. Sorge of Boston for American President Lines said the vessel was refloated without assistance, indicating no serious damage.
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Boston
President Hayes
Cape Cod Canal
Irving T. Sorge
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Charles H. Bonesteel
Sixth Corps
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Willkie
Softa
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U.S
Sea of Marmara
George W. Rendel
Boris III
Britain
Foreign Office
Greece
Ploesti
Yugoslavia
Balkans
Viktor von Heeren
Paul
Anthony Eden
John G. Dill
Berlin
Balkan
Salonika
Aegean Sea
Plovdiv
Italy
Bere ‘Tin
U. K
Hayes
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