CIO Elects Murray as CIO Leader After Lewis
Philip Murray was elected by acclamation as president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations in Atlantic City. The Pittsburgh labor leader succeeds John L. Lewis, who steps down after guiding the CIO for five years, and pledges to honor the convention’s policy against fascism and Nazism.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Philip Murray
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Roosevelt
Pittsburgh
CIO
Murray
United Mine Workers of America
Wendell Willkie
Fist Fights Roil AFL Meeting As Dubinsky Pushes Out
In New Orleans three fist fights erupt as David Dubinsky, president of the International Ladies' Garment Workers, demands an AFL vice president be ousted. He accuses AFL leaders of breaking agreed conditions after his return from the CIO and claims the body is building a war chest while claiming peace.
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New Orleans
American Federation of Labor
David Dubinsky
Dubinsky
International Ladies’ Garment Workers
AFL
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Executive Council
CIO
Bricker Wins Largest Ohio Gubernatorial Lead Replaced by Turner Victory
Gov. John W. Bricker carried Ohio by a 364,000 vote margin over Martin L. Davey, the largest for a statewide race in state history, but Judge Edward C. Turner defeated Dennis F. Dunlavy with 806,153 votes to claim the top margin in the Nov. 5 election.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
Edward C. Turner
Supreme Court
Dennis F. Dunlavy
Mrs Trautwein's Mother Dies in Dover
Mrs Katherine Keuerleder mother of Mrs W J Trautwein of Athens died Thursday morning at her Dover Ohio home after a nine week illness. She lived most of her life in Dover at 423 E Third St and was a Lutheran Church member. She leaves two daughters Mrs Trautwein and Mrs John Hopkins of Cleveland.
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Katherine Keuerleder
W. J. Trautwein
Athens
Dover
O.C
Trautwein
Cincinnati
Ohio University
Keuerleder
Lutheran Church
Third St
John Hopkins
Cleveland
Public Health Service forms unit to study diseases of elderly
The U S Public Health Service has established a unit to study the diseases of old people. This move signals growing attention to aging health issues and may influence long term care research and policy discussions.
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Washington
U. S. Public Health Service
Nine Ohioans Die in Thanksgiving Day Traffic Tragedy
Ohio marked Thanksgiving with thirteen deaths including nine in traffic. A six year old fired a shotgun killing his brother. a man died after dismantling a boiler. another by self harm linked to draft anxieties. Victims span Cambridge Canton Columbus Akron Dayton and nearby towns.
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Ohio
Emerson Christman
Woodsfield
Alva
Falo
Mary Snndak
Salesville
Leona Smith
Cambridge
Columbus
Albert E. Gast
Canton
Clifford H. McPhee
Akron
Cecil S. Crotcher
Bellevue
Upper Sandusky
Albert Feighter
Dayton
Frank
Strike Closes Alcoa Plant in New Kensington
A CIO union strike shut down the Aluminum Company of America main plant in New Kensington Pa, amid protests over the dis charge of a mill worker who accused a union official of threats. The plant, employing about 7500, runs 24 hours a day on defense orders, while union and company officials condemn the action as unjustified.
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New Kensington
CIO
Aluminum Company of America
William Hawker
Aluminum Workers Union
Former Columbus Man Killed in Fog Collision
Kline L. Roberts 54 and his wife Mrs. Julian Ryan Roberts were killed and injured in a fog bound auto truck crash south of Antigo Wisconsin. Roberts helped organize Port Columbus City Airport and served as airport commission secretary. He was born in Portsmouth Ohio and worked as a reporter for the Ohio State Journal.
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Antigo
Wis
Here
Kline L. Roberts
Julian Ryan Roberts
Columbus
Roberts
D. H. Biddle
Athens
Port Columbus
Airport Commission
Portsmouth
The
Ohio State Journal
Chamber of Commerce
Pershing Declines Ambassador Post to France
President Roosevelt said General John J. Pershing refused the post as American ambassador to France. Pershing, 80, headed American forces in World War I and has been in poor health for years, declining the offer on medical advice.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
John J. Pershing
France
Pershing
Hemingways Tie the Knot in Cheyenne
In Cheyenne Wyoming on yesterday Ernest Hemingway and former Miss Martha Gellhorn wed in a quiet ceremony. The event marks a high profile union linking two famed literary figures and public figures of the era.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Ernest Hemingway
Martha Gellhorn
Thanksgiving Is Quiet Day Observed Across States
New York report notes sixteen states still celebrated Thanksgiving while others resumed work. Roose velt proclaimed an early holiday in 32 states, while overall traffic fatalities totaled 60, lower than the typical 90 for a November Thursday.
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New York
Roosevelt
National Safety Council
Recount Certified as Candidates Protest Ballot Tampering
Lawrence County Election Board certified recount figures for county commissioner showing George E. Clark Jr 9972 William Baldwin 10048 Curt Taylor 10132 and Roscoe C Porter 8452. Board members said they reported the count as found on orders of the secretary of state and Clark alleged 70 ballots in one precinct were tampered with before the recount began.
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Ironton
Lawrence County Election Board
George E. Clark, Jr
William Baldwin
Curt Taylor
Roscoe C. Porter
J. F. Wasmer
R. A. Crance
Clark
Fire at Portsmouth Wheeling Steel shop causes 30000 damage
Officials say a blaze in the machine shop at the Portsmouth works of Wheeling Steel Corporation caused thirty thousand dollars in damage last night. Origin of the fire remains undetermined.
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Portsmouth
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Trailer to Help Solve Housing Problem in National Defense
Ocala report notes National Association of Automobile Tourists predicts trailers will play a key role in addressing housing shortages caused by the national defense program.
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Ocala
Fla
National Association of Automobile Tourists
Santa Claus Town Prepares for Wartime Mail Boom
Santa Claus, Ind. post office eyes wartime mail surge as Postmaster Oscar L. Phillips reports receiving holiday letters for stamping with the Santa Claus postmark. Cards go to French British and Polish soldiers in German prison camps and solicit refugee relief funds.
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Ind
Indiana
Oscar L. Phillips
Santa Claus
Senate and House Roof Repairs Begun Today
Washington engineers brace Capitol roofs to avert collapse forcing lawmakers to vacate chambers. David Lynn says temporary braces will last about six weeks till the new Congress convenes January 3, with permanent work planned later, potentially six months. The House will relocate to a caucus room while the Senate may return to the 1859 obsolete chamber, once used by the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Senate
House
David Lynn
Capitol
Congress
Lynn
Supreme Court
Court
Capitol Square
Dies Committee to Follow German White Paper With Italian and Japanese Reports
The Dies committee announced it will issue companion reports on alleged Italian and Japanese activities in the United States after releasing a 500 page German White Paper. Chairman Dies vows to pursue suspected foreign agents, not innocents, and to seize records in multiple cities.
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Washington
Dies Committee
United States
Wreweo
Wan
Congress
Dies
D-Tex
St. Louis
Gestapo
Robert Stripling
Boston
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
Cleveland
New Orleans
Transocean
Berlin mocks Dies committee white paper
Berlin ridiculed the Dies committee report calling it three short laughs, while authorized sources declined to offer official comment on the U S House panel’s white paper.
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Berlin
Dies Committee
U. S. House of Representatives
Columbus Highway Chief Is Named Assistant Director
Glenn R. Logue of Columbus, chief engineer for the location and design division, was promoted to assistant director by Highway Department Director Hal G. Sours.
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Columbus
Glenn R. Logue
Highway Department
Hal G. Sours
War Today Highlights Two Ways Britain Could Win
The piece notes two paths for victory: achieving mechanical superiority via American supplies and winning in Africa. It warns of dark days, calls for stronger air power and a better equipped army, and stresses decisive action around Suez and the Mediterranean as the war shifts toward land battles and potential German support to Axis advances.
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Britain
Africa
Winston Churchill
Axis
Suez
Mediterranean
Italy
Egypt
Gibraltar
Turkey
Syria
Athens County Men Hurt in Fatal Mishap
Three Athens County men were injured in a wreck near Bluefield West Virginia on Wednesday. Harold Moody 30 Hubert Burchfield and Chester Swendryck were in a vehicle with Moody driving. One other vehicle in a funeral procession caused the collision. an elderly West Virginia woman and a man were killed. Moody and Burchfield were hospitalized with serious injuries Swendryck suffered a badly cut head. The workers were employed by Williamson Contracting Co. and were returning from Keystone to Bluefield for Thanksgiving. Moody’s father was at the hospital with him.
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Athens County
Bluefield
W. Va
West
Williamson Contracting Co
Keystone
Moody
Floyd Brothers Confess To Explosions In Ohio Bombings
Det. Verne Cross says Tilford Floyd of Waynesburg Ohio admitted a confession to three bombings last Sunday that killed Tilford’s brother Robert C Floyd age 29. The blasts caused 3500 dollars in damage to three under construction stores. Robert’s body was found with both arms blown off. The pair, members of the Operating Engineers Union AFL, worked on the sites with CIO labor.
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Akron
Verne Cross
Tilford Floyd
Waynesburg
Robert C. Floyd
Robert Floyd
Cross
Canton
North Canton
Floyds
Operating Engineers Union
AFL
CIO
Fumes From Oil Heater Cause Infant Deaths
Twin three month old sisters Marcia and Myra Shafer died of asphyxiation while sleeping in their crib in Cleveland. Coroner James Powell ruled accidental death from fumes produced by an oil heater at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lewis who planned to adopt them.
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Cleveland
Marcia
Myra Shafer
Elmer Lewis
James Powell
United Christian Youth Conference Opens in Columbus
A three day event to recruit youths for gospel outreach opens in Columbus. Sponsored by a committee representing 18 Protestant denominations and other agencies, the 1940 United Christian Youth Conference of Ohio expects about 2 000 participants.
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Columbus
United Christian Youth Conference of
Ohio
Restaurant Bombed in Midtown Philadelphia
A bomb exploded near a midtown Philadelphia restaurant early today. The blast blew out revolving doors and shattered windows along Chestnut Street while the large front plate glass window remained intact.
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Philadelphia
Chestnut Street
Polk County Seizes Commonwealth College Over Anarchy Fine
Polk County authorities in Mena Arkansas have seized Commonwealth College former labor school to satisfy a $2,500 fine on charges of anarchy and related actions.
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Mena, Ark
Polk County
Commonwealth College
William Jansen Found Dead in Jacksonville Home
William Jansen age 84 prominent miners unionist found dead at his Jacksonville home with a self inflicted .32 caliber bullet wound. Coroner says suicide a note reads Can t go it any longer Goodbye. He leaves three daughters and three sons. Funeral set Sunday at 2 p m at the Jansen home with Rev W M George officiating. Jacksonville Eagles to attend. Jansen was a charter Eagles member.
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William Jansen
Miners’ Union
Jacksonville
A. L. Pritchard
Jansen
Mr. Jansen
Jacksonville Aerie of Eagles
W. M. George
Nelsonville
Concord Cemetery
Eagles of Jacksonville
The
Aerie
Young Bride Dies in Crash on Honeymoon Island
In Tampa Florida a 16 year old bride Elaine Anderson of Dayton Ohio died in a car crash on the way to a honeymoon on Honeymoon Island. Her 19 year old husband Gene Floyd of Dayton was uninjured and shocked. The couple had eloped a week earlier and planned to stay in a Gulf of Mexico cottage sponsored by George Washburn.
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Tampa
Fla
Ohio
Jack Combie
Elaine Anderson
Dayton
Gene Floyd
Combie
Gulf of Mexico
Here
George Washburn
Floyd
Youths Form 22nd Medical Cadet Corps in Cincinnati
Seventy young men of Seventh Day Adventist faith oppose bearing arms and form a medical corps. They buy their own uniforms and equipment, meet weekly, and cooperate with Fort Thomas hospital medical detachment. The unit is designated the 22nd Medical Cadet Corps.
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Cincinnati
Fort Thomas
Medical Cadet Corps
State Patrol Reaches Full Strength With 14 New Officers
Columbus report states the state highway patrol added 14 new members today, reaching its full authorized strength of 200 for the first time. The batch includes Glen Pedicord of Glouster among the new officers.
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Columbus
State Highway Patrol
Glen Pedicord
Glouster
Supply Base Taken After 11 Day Fight
Koritza fell to Greek and Allied forces after 11 days of bitter fighting as Italian troops withdrew from the Koritza complex and Argirocastro came under threat. Greek reports claim heavy Italian losses while Greece seized Italian guns and matériel. Axis diplomacy shifts seen with Romania in Berlin and Bulgaria likely to press Greece for Thrace corridor.
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Mussolini
Greece
Koritza
Aegean
Albania
Italy
Argirocasto
Rome
London
Athens
Argirocastro
Rumania
Ion Antonescu
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Hungary
Britain
Bulgaria
Slovakia
Czechoslovakia
Balkan
Turkey
Yugoslavia
Deer Visit Camp While Hunters Hunt in Wain
In Staunton Virginia a deer encounter unfolds near a camp in Lone Valley as hunters are away. The cook clean dishes while eight does and one buck pass by the cabin.
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Wain
Staunton
Lone Valley
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