Strikes Surge as Idle Workers Top 350000 Nationwide
Strikes by building service employees and other labor actions push idle workers past 350000 across six states. In New York City the walkout follows a 10 000 strong return to work for AFL painters doctors and paperhangers after a two year contract. Pacific Northwest lumber and shipyard sitdowns add to the disruption as negotiations loom with Chrysler oil employers and wage demands of 30 percent in some sectors.
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New York
Altor
Pacific Northwest
Manhattan
AFL
Eeaoe
Preto
Pruerday
Chrysler
Detroit Automotive Oiis
Gulf
Socony-Vacuum
Cities Service
Globe, Shell
Standard of Indiana
Ohio
New Jersey
Pure Oil of
California
Great Lakes
Stanolind Pi Line Company
West Previs
Ial
Lakens Steel
Cortesville
Simmons Company
Acord
Cox Declines To Take Senate Post
Columbus September 3 1924 Frank J Lausche announced he offered the U S senatorship appointment to Governor Cox after conferring in Dayton for two hours He cited Coxs fight for world affairs and broad knowledge of internal affairs and said Cox would serve the people of Ohio fearlessly and honestly but Cox did not see a way to accept the post.
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Columbus
Frank Jov
Lausche
U.S
Dayton
Cox
Companion Says Witt Hancock Drowned In Japs Sink Ship
Associated Press wartime report says Witt Hancock of Bluefield drowned when the refugee ship Peelee Bras was sunk by Japanese dive bombers near the Indian Ocean March 7, 1942. He had been missing since Java’s fall and was aboard with William McDougall, who survived. Hancock worked for Bluefield Telegraph and papers in the Carolinas and had studied at Beaver High and Davidson College.
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Coop Bay
Page
Colombo
Ceylon
McDougall
South
Sumatra
Japan
Singapore
Wes Wan
Batavia
Java
Netherlands East Indies
Hancock
C. B. Hancock
Vineyard Street
Bluefielding
Carolinas
Beaver High School
Davidson College
Anxia
N.C
Ious Saas
New York
London
Moscow
Turkey
India
Archibald Wavell
Southwest Pacific
Istanbul
Calcutta
Bluefield
Washington
Bhneneia
St John
Russia Pushes Repatriation of Soviet Nationals at Big Five Meeting
At the foreign ministers conference in London on September 24, Soviet representatives raised an unexpected new issue seeking faster repatriation of Soviet nationals from European zones under Allied control. The move surprised American and British delegates who had pressed Europe’s inland waterways control as a priority. Divergent views persisted among Russia, the United States, and Great Britain over the repatriation and related river authorities.
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London
Russia
Temselves
Europe
Soviet Union
United States
Great Tain
Wise Election Probed By Wise County Grand Jury
Wise County grand jury began examining irregularities in the August Democratic primary for lieutenant governor candidate Charles R. Fenwick of Arlington after a petition by L. Preston Collins of Smyth. Judge Morton urged a thorough, slow-moving inquiry covering all phases from casting to penalties, with 31 witnesses subpoenaed.
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Wise
Wise County Grand Jury
Safe Con Ie Ee
Charles R. Fenwick
Arlington
L. Preston Collins
Smyth
J. A. Gardner
Fenwick
Collins
Commonwealth
John Roberts
Morton
Wise County
Eees Tee Rink Eevers
Plang Bg Mir
Heavy storm disrupts Parkersburg area and blocks roads
Severe storms hit the Parkersburg Clarksburg region causing a three inch rainfall washing out a 40 foot highway section near McElroy Run and a 20 foot hole trapping a trailer driver who escaped. Lightning damaged two houses in Clarksburg and isolation occurred in Middlebourne. Several counties reported slides and crop losses with no casualties.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Clarks
Rkersburg
Denver Chenowethe
Secon
Doddridge
Harrison
Pleasants
Tyler
Hiehie Mee Island
Middlebourne
New York City Elevator Workers Stage General Walkout
A general strike by building service workers halted elevators in Manhattan offices and lofts, affecting about 15 000 elevator and maintenance staff. The walkout followed a War Labor Board ruling on pay, crippling operations in the financial district and delaying thousands of workers.
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New York
New York City
War Labor Board
Hottest Day Of Year Recorded In Siena Area
O C Kenney weather recorder reported the hottest day of the season with 58 degrees at 7 am and 96 degrees by noon in Siena. The same day marked the first autumn warmth peak as 92 degrees was logged at 2 pm. By Sunday morning temperatures cooled to 62 degrees as Bluefield endured the heat.
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Sesena
O. C. Kenney
Siena
Ounier
Keeney Sumner
Snake Cultists Fined After Public Service Incident
A suburban religious service where live snakes were displayed led to fines for the cultists. Officers killed the snake, and Judge Fleming noted the breach of peace and public fear. Assistant City Attorney Gene Tatum explained the ordinance. The judge urged holding future services without live snakes or in a private setting.
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Gene Tatum
Fleming
Armada To Sail For United States Navy Day Tour
A U S navy armada will sail from Pearl Harbor carrying over 10 000 service personnel to separation centers then proceed to Navy Day ceremonies at ports including New York Baltimore and Boston before joining other units in the Canal Zone The force led by Vice Admiral Frederick Sherman will land crews eligible for discharge and will visit many eastern and southern ports with ships such as Randolph Wasp and Schroeder and carriers aided by destroyers.
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Frederick Sherman
San Diego
Calif
New York City
Baltimore
Ideista
Providence RT
North
Vi Va
Miami
Portland
Washington, D
C. Newport
R. I
Camden
N. 8
Wilmington, Rei
Wilmington
N. C
Brunswick, Ga
Sherman
Pearl Harbor
Canal Zone
New York
Pach Meged
Passen- Hobby
Welles
Renshaw
Sigourney
Aulick
Foote
Young
Illiterate gravedigger shoots wrong man in hate killing
Dan Miller a 59 year old illiterate gravedigger told authorities he mistook James M Bridges for Jess Green amid a family dispute over a river bottom shack Bridges was killed on a county road near Miller s shack Bridges wife watched as the shooting occurred local police charged Miller with first degree murder and a long feud among the Miller brothers was noted
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Shore
Dan Miller
James M. Bridges
Miller
Jess Green
Jess
Bridges
Green
Dan
Oliver
Emperor Hirohito Urged To Ignore Peace Plea
Marquis Koichi Kido says Hirohito followed war-mongering leaders' advice and did not oppose the rising war tide after U S peace appeals prior to Pearl Harbor. He cites Tojo's role and his own delivery of Hull’s 1941 memo, noting distrust of U S terms among Japanese ultraroyalists.
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Tokyo
Koichi Kido
Hirohito
United States
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Kido
Demera
Imperial Palace
Hideki Tojo
Roosevelt
Hull
Reiter Searle Kide
China
Washington
U. S
Board to review military sentences under new clemency boards
Washington reports that about 33 500 generals court martial prisoners will have their cases reviewed by newly created war govern special clemency boards. Four boards are functioning to aid the main clemency board led by Judge Sherman Minton with civilian, combat officer, and JAG representatives on each panel.
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Washington
War
Patterson
Pears
U. S
Sherman Minton
Judge Advocate General's Department
Senators Back Acheson as Undersecretary of State
The Senate voted 69 to 1 to confirm Dean Acheson as undersecretary of state after a 3 1/2 hour debate on whether he rebuked General MacArthur. Senator Wherry was the sole opponent, while others rejected a move to send the nomination back to committee.
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Washington
Dean G. Acheson
Senate
Douglas MacArthur
Wherry
Neb
Acheson
Barkley
Connally
Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Edwin Johnson
Colo
Chandler
MacArthur
15 Day Furlough Extension Granted
Fort George G. Meade Md Sept 24 Brig Gen C G Helmick announces an additional 15 days furlough for enlisted men at home on 30 day furlough. The extension applies to personnel en route to other posts and orders will be mailed to furlough addresses.
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Fort George G. Meade
Y Extension Alliance
Meade
C. G. Helmick
Army
Helmick
Vet Leader Criticizes Selective Service Rules
Washington reports a veterans leader blasting selective service as misinterpreting the law to favor superseniority for returning war veterans. James W. Cannon of the Veterans of Foreign Wars questions Congress's intent while the American Legion backs director Hershey. Cannon cites a handbook guiding boards to restore old jobs within 90 days of discharge and to assign jobs for all veterans drafted from the same position.
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Washington
James W. Cannon
Veterans of Foreigners
Congress
American Legion
Lewis
Eee
Cannon
Union
Saeeene Sons ED Se Ae
Polish Girl Prisoner Testifies at Nazi Camp Trials
In Oswiecim proceedings Mrs Sophie Litwinska a Polish Jewess testified about selections for the gas chamber at Oswiecim and Belsen camps She identified SS officer Franz Hessler as a killer and described being spared from the gas chamber before treatment at a hospital The testimony marked a major moment in the trial of 45 Nazis for crimes at the camps and included accounts of guards beating internees with riding crops.
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Lueneberg
Germany
Oswiecim
Sophie Litwinska
Belsen
Col
T. M. Backhouse
Franz Hessler
Untersturmfuehrer
Hessler
Litwinska
Juans
Irma Grese
Emperor Hirohito May Visit Boss Emperor
Tokyo reports say Hirohito may meet General MacArthur in a historic audience as U S decrees impose strict controls on Japan. MacArthur orders wage and price curbs, rationing, trade freezes, and removal of news barriers while appointing new financial leaders and restricting atomic research.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
MacArthur
U. S
Japan
Gangs Force Independent Butcher Shops To Close In Montreal
A mob roamed Montreal forcing independent butcher shops to close under threat of vandalism as they protested meat rationing. Some stores remained open, especially chain outlets, as initial action sought to end the Dominion government coupon system.
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Montreal
Dominion
Billy Wilson Dies In Jap POW Camp
Mrs. Franklin Wilson of 324 Parkway learned by telegram from the War Department that her son Billy Hayes Wilson died July 25 1942 in a Japanese prison camp in the Philippines. He reportedly was taken prisoner after the fall of Corregidor in May 1942 and enlisted in the Army Air Forces in November 1941 at age seventeen, going missing in action near Corregidor.
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Franklin Wilson
Parkway
Billy Hayes Wilson
Philippines
War Partment
Corregidor
Army Air Forces
Young Wilson
Corregl+dor
Wilson
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Witt Hancock
Ing Service Tional Union
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Transportation
Pollie
Empire State Building
Brooklyn
Armada
M’arthur
Russell Brines
William F. Frye
Emperor Hirohito
Domei Agency
Seinin
Central Malsor Board
Tkeda
House of
Mitsu
Associated Press
Admira Jugita
Sotaro Ishiwata
King
Billy Wilson
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