Threatened defense strikes noted by mediation board
The National Defense Mediation Board in Washington received a list of 12 threatened strikes involving about 63 1000 workers that could affect defense programs. Violence was limited today at Bethlehem Pa and Chicago Ill as police kept order surrounding Bethlehem Steel and International Harvester works.
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National Defense Mediation Board
Washington
Office of Production Management
Secretary of Labor
Bethlehem
Chicago
Ill
Bethlehem Steel Company
International Harvester Company
McCormick Works
Pennsylvania
Chicago Harvester
CIO Steel
CIO
Chilean Legation Announces Carol I to Move to Lisbon
The Chilean Legation in Portugal said former King Carol I of Romania and his companion Mme Magda Lupescu are in Portugal and will soon take up residence in Lisbon, signaling a new chapter for the exiled royal couple.
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Carol
Chile
Lisbon
Portugal
Legation
Carol I of
Romania
Mme
Magda ‘Lupescu
Ile
Dem Leaders Reject Plan To Outlaw Strikes
Washington report says Democratic House leaders rejected proposals to outlaw strikes in defense industries due to the National Defense Mediation Board. Chairman Norton urged workers to cooperate to complete the defense job amid potential anti-strike legislation. Brig Gen Fleming noted voters back home are writing Congress about defense worker wage disputes as conscripts earn 21 to 30 dollars monthly.
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Washington
Democratic House
National Defense Mediation Board
Norton
D-N.j
House Labor Committee
Philip B. Fleming
Providence
R. L
Congress
Fleming
Ohio to Share Flood Funds Allocation Unveiled
Washington reports Army Engineers allocating 6 million for Ohio from a 70 million general flood control appropriation urged by Roosevelt. Additional 1.129 million批准 for a Huntington West Virginia flood wall. Ohio local allotments include Portsmouth New Boston 1.068 million Cincinnati 1.8 million Massillon 1.8 million and Muskingum district relocations 1.365 million.
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Washington
Army Engineers
Ohio
Congress
Roosevelt
Budget Bureau
Huntington
W. Va
Portsmouth
New Boston
Cincinnati
Massillon
Muskingum Conservancy District
Earl Browder Begins Term in Federal Pen
Earl Browder former Communist party chief surrendered after conviction for passport fraud and started a four year sentence in a federal penitentiary. He was guarded by two deputies and transported with two Negro prisoners to Atlanta on a Seaboard line train. Browder had been held by the U S Supreme Court prior to surrender.
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New York
Earl Browder
Communist Party
United States
Seaboard Line
Atlanta
Browder
U. S. Supreme Court
Ohio Retail Sales Show Increase for February
Ohio retail data show February gains across sectors. Ohio independent retailers rose 16 percent from a year earlier with motor vehicle dealers up 34 percent and building materials dealers up 29 percent, per the Ohio State University Bureau of Business Research.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University Bureau of Business Research
Infant Dies After Burn Incident in Copley
Gary Dedding two years old of Copley died last night from burns suffered when he fell into a pan of boiling water two weeks ago.
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Arron
Gary Dedding
Copley
Miners and Operators Hold Wage Talks Over $11 Day Rise
Negotiators for most of the soft coal industry resumed talks with the United Mine Workers CIO demanding an $11 daily wage increase for 330,000 Appalachian miners and 120,000 displaced workers. John T. Tewie, now a formal negotiator, did not join today’s session amid debate on contract timing before the March 31 expiry. Ezra Van Horn said the wage issue involves many technical questions and may need several more days, tied to demands for 200 guaranteed working days a year and two weeks paid vacation if the wage is settled.
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CIO
ERP
Steel
Bethlehem
Harvester
Chicago
AFL
John Stege
Yestern
NEW York
United Mine Workers of America
John T. Tewie Umuwa
Nracidant
Ezra van Horn
Cleveland
Charles Weber Dies at Home After Illness
Charles Weber aged 71 of Athens died Tuesday night at 105% N Lancaster St after several months illness. Funeral at 3 pm Friday with Dr A Y Wilcox in charge. interment West Union Street Cemetery. Survived by wife Sophronia and five children Fred Otto Carl Carey Nelle. two siblings Reinhold and Mrs L K Louks.
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Charles Weber
Athens
N. Lancaster St
A. Y. Wilcox
West Union St
Keystone Furnace
Jackson County
Weber
Fred
Otto
Carl Weber
W. F. Carey
Washington, D. C
Nelle Weber
Reinhold Weber
East Palestine
State Liquor Revenue High in Early 1941
Ohio liquor stores sold 10,016,479 in January and February 1941, up 937,831 from the same period in 1940 and 1,635,478 from 1939, due largely to price increases. Operating expenses fell, giving a net sales expense ratio of 5.57 percent for the two months, compared with 6.25 percent in 1940 and 7.17 percent in 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
No Mass Furloughs For 37th Division
Army officers said there will be no mass Easter furloughs for Ohio's 37th Division as in Christmas, though about 300 members will be allowed to return home from CAMP SHELBY Mississippi.
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Camp Shelby
Miss
Ohio
Fashion Invasion Of Spring Opens
The spring fashion invasion is on as reconnoitering parties enter stores seeking ideas for outfits. Merchants have their lines ready for the season. Read about it in Thursday's Messenger in the multi page Fashion Edition.
Naval Plane Kills Woman Ensigns Held in Tragic Incident
Two Ensigns Joseph C Thompson and Paul C Brown face possible court martial after a Navy plane decapitated Mrs. Robert Phillips in a turnip field near Robertsdale Alabama. Commander W D Sample said the pilots returned to the Pensacola air station and were detained at quarters. Sheriff W R Stuart said the dive appeared meant to frighten workers.
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Pensacola
Fila
W. D. Sample
Naval Air Station
Robert Phillips
Robertsdale
Ala
Sample
Joseph C. Thompson
Healdsburg
Calif
Paul C. Brown
Chicago
W. R. Stuart
Navy
Small Loan Cap Faces Attack in Columbus
In Columbus the fight over a $500 limit on small loans drew opposition from A W Geissinger chief counsel for the Ohio Association of Personal Finance Companies. The senate Banks and Loans Committee weighs Sen H T Phillips plan to revamp the uniform small loan law reducing the max rate from 3 percent a month on 200 dollars to 2 1 2 percent on the first 100 and 2 percent on the next 200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
A. W. Geissinger
Ohio Association of Personal Finance Companies
Senate Banks and Loans Committee
H. T. Phillips
Athens
Chillicothe Publishers Hold Open House in New Capitol-Replica Plant
Chillicothe publishers of The Chillicothe Gazette News Advertiser and Sunday Gazette and Advertiser will host an open house on April 6 in their new building a replica of Ohio's first Capitol and touted as a leading modern small city plant.
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Chillicothe
Chillicothe Gazette
News-Advertiser
Sunday Gazette and Advertiser
Ohio
Ohio Senate Debates Semi annual Auto Inspections
Ohio lawmakers clash over a proposed twice yearly state auto inspection with a 50 cent fee viewed as a tax by critics. Senator Nickels backs the bill while Governor Bricker opposes new taxes. Other measures include accident reports and licensing revisions as debates continue.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
Wayne L. Hays
Belmont
John W. Bricker
Walter G. Nickels
Tuscarawas
Senate
House
State Highway Department
State Highway Patrol
Nickels
Kentucky Police Seek Slayer of Salesman
BATAVIA Ohio authorities pursue a theory that Herbert G Beatty a Kentucky traveling salesman was shot on a Clermont County country road and his car parked in Cincinnati at the same spot he would have used had his March 11 trip continued. Sheriff deputies will question residents near the dead end road where Beattys body was found as they corroborate a report of shots heard between 1 30 and 2 oclock that afternoon.
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Batavia
Herbert G. Beatty
Ashianat
Clermont County
Cincinnati
Beatty
Ray Bradford
Ray Franks
Batavia Township
National Defense Budget Nears Forty Billion Mark
The cost of the U S defense program nears 40 billion dollars with a British aid appropriation totaling 7 billion. An additional 3.5 billion in orders from Great Britain raises total commitments since 1940. A 312.9 million army fund increase is sought to expand posts and air corps and boost pilot training from 12 000 to 30 000 yearly.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Great Britain
Britain
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
Air Corps
George C. Marshall
Army
Willkie Seeks Postwar Union of Democratic States
Wendell L. Willkie spoke at Windsor Station in Montreal to a cheering crowd after his return from the city. He said he hopes after the war to see a great confederacy of Democratic states to prevent future menace and that he has dedicated his life to liberty and its preservation.
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New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Montreal
Windsor Station
Bobcats Return Amid Cheers Acclaim
Ohio University at Athens honors its basketball team led by coach Dutch Trautwein after a hero’s welcome at the depot. Thousands cheered as bands, banners, and a parade accompanied the players to the Men's Gymnasium where a key to the city was presented.
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Athens
Athens — University
Ohio U
W. J
Dutch) Trautwein
Madison Square Garden
Rog
Er Connor
New York City
Ohio University of Athens
Mike
West Athens
Ohio University
Phillip Braff
Boosters
Cliff Cornell
Trautwein
Rise in Rail Freight anticipated from Ohio River shipments
W E Callahan of Cincinnati told the Ohio Valley Transportation advisory board that machinery boilers cement and other materials will move in greater volumes over the next three months boosting rail freight 11.6 percent from a year earlier. The board also opposed the St Lawrence waterway project saying it would hinder defense needs.
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Columbus
Ohio River Valley
W. E. Callahan
Cincinnati
Association of American Railroads
Ohio Valley Transportation Advisory Board
Pomeroy, C
Ohio River
Kentucky
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
St. Lawrence Waterway
One Binge Wipes Out Entire Inheritance
Cleveland court hears Haldon Mc Fadden 29 plead guilty to intoxication after starting with 1700 of an 1800 inheritance Monday night and losing it by Tuesday. Judge John J. Busher suspended sentence saying the defendant had suffered enough.
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Cleveland
Haldon McFadden
McFadden
John J. Busher
Sentor
Reeves Ordered Back to Ohio as Fugitive Faces Federal Charge
Jonas William Reeves, 24, was ordered removed from Chicago to Cleveland to answer federal charges for failing to report his new address after moving from Alliance, Ohio, to Chicago on November 15. Reeves was arrested in Chicago.
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Cleveland
Jonas William Reeves
Chicago
Alliance
Alliance Draft Board
Reeves
End Detroit Produce Terminal Strike Ends Agreement
An inter union dispute over two days tied up about 300000 dollars of perishable foods at the Detroit Produce Terminal. An independent union has dissolved and joined the AFL Teamsters Union to end the strike.
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Detroit
Detroit Union
AFL Teamsters Union
Warren seeks rapid end to steakhouse slaying case
Police pressed to close the steakhouse murder of James Munsene 52 and his nephew Felix Monfrino 29 after tracing efforts fail to locate the getaway coupe used by two armed assailants.
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Warren
James Munsene
Felix Monfrino
War shifts to threshold of Americas with Greenland blockade
German threats extend sea blockade toward Greenland within three miles of the Western Hemisphere as U S Coast Guard ships patrol Greenland waters. Washington defends Monroe Doctrine while Britain fights to sustain convoys. political turmoil erupts in Belgrade with Axis-linked violence and diplomatic moves pace the war.
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Germany
Great Britain
Iceland
Greenland
Hemisphere
U. S. Coast Guard
Washington
Icesland
United States
Britain
Western Hemisphere
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Dragisa Cvetkovic
Vienna
Britain Aims for Postwar Economic Cooperation
Lord Halifax says Britain's main postwar goal is economic cooperation among nations and that Britain will remain armed until Germany participates. In a public address to Americans the ambassador states Britain's vital war aim is to win the life and death struggle for human freedom.
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New York
Britain
Lord Halifax
Germany
United States
Striker Convicted of Assault and Battery in Conneaut
Harold Johnston, a Burke Machine Tool Co. striker, was convicted on three assault and battery counts. Fines and costs totaled 174 dollars. Three non union workers filed the charges amid a strike led by the AFL International Association of Machinists now in its fourth week, with plant operations continuing.
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Conneaut
Harold Johnston
Burke Machine Tool Co
AFL International Association of Machinists
Safety Ornament Proposed Left-Hand Red Reflector Rule
Springfield Ill motorists would wear red reflector buttons on their left hands at night under a bill introduced in the high house by Rep Lloyd Harris.
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Springfield
Ill
Ré@p
Lloyd Harris
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Slayer of Salesman
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Willkie
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