WLB Moves To Halt Spread of Houston Strike
The War Labor Board ordered 28 Houston Teamsters to resume delivering Magnolia Airco Gas products to Brown Shipbuilding yards in Houston. It directed the Houston Metal Trades Council to end picketing and warned parties to appear in Dallas for a show cause hearing. Navy trucks are delivering oxygen as guards deny Navy involvement.
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Dallas
War Labor Board
Houston Teamsters Union
AFL
Magnolia Airco Gas Products Co
Brown Shipbuilding Corp
Houston
WLB
Houston Metal Trades Council
Brown
Teamsters
Washington
Metal Trades Council
National War Labor Board
Labor Board
Teamsters Union
Magnolia
AFL Brown Ship
Scme
Gulf Coast
Magnolia Airco
Trade Council
Navy
Hearings To Begin On Kansas Black Market
Federal grand jury in Wichita opens Treasury Department tax evasion case against Kansas black market operators. Judge Helvering orders strict secrecy. about 150 witnesses expected. indictments not expected until next month.
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Wichita
Kans
Treasury Department
Ai Kansas
Treasury
Guy T. Helvering
Steam Engineers Estimate Coal to Power Ratio
Steam engineers estimate that converting ten tons of black coal into steam yields one horsepower.
Chinese Reported Only 10 Miles From Kweilin
Chinese forces gain daily in a drive to reconquer southern China bases near Kweilin Liuchow and Pingsiang come under pressure. Reports say Japanese may withdraw from Kweilin as Chinese troops push toward Liuchow and Wuchow with bases at Nanning Liuchow and Kweilin within reach.
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China
Kweilin
Liuchow
Kwangsi
Indo-China
Pingsiang
Indo- China
Canton-Hongkong
Claire L. Chennault
14Th
U.S. Air Force
Nanning
Hunan Kwangci
Liangchiangyu
Ishan
Kweichow-Kwangsi
West River
Canton
Tengyun
Wuchow
Camp Maxey Dedicates Ernie Pyle Field in Tribute
Camp Maxey names a new Ernie Pyle Field to honor the late war correspondent. Col. Robert O. Annin orders the field’s dedication as eight infantry battalions stand at attention during Infantry Day events on June 15. The nationwide tribute highlights Pyle’s Pacific theater reporting.
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Ernie Pyle
Camp Maxey
Robert O. Annin
Camp Headquarters
Infantry Advanced Replacement Training Center
Whys
Pacific
Maxey
Infantry
America
Aunt of Deputy County Clerk Dies in Cooper
Mrs. Elvie Jones, aunt of Deputy County Clerk Miss Lucille Jones, died at her Cooper home Saturday afternoon. Funeral services were held there this afternoon. Miss Jones traveled to Cooper on Monday to attend.
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Elvie Jones
Lucille Jones
Cooper
Miss Jones
Railroads Facing Critical Shortages for Grain Shipments
J J Mahoney Santa Fe transportation chief said the railroad faces the most critical boxcar shortage in its history. Despite a bumper wheat crop, gondolas stock and refrigerator cars will be used in an emergency for the harvest season.
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Chicago
J. J. Mahoney
Santa Fe Railway
Santa Fe
Mahoney
Murderer of 17 Year Old Wife Indicted in Texas
Jose Leura, 45, who confessed to killing his 17 year old wife by nearly severing her head with a knife, was indicted today by a Harris county grand jury. The murder occurred at the home of her parents in Humble.
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Houston
Tex
Jose Leura
Harris County
Humbie
Tribute Paid Eisenhower By Britishers
London honored General Eisenhower with the freedom of the city at Guildhall and decorated him with the Legion of Merit at Buckingham Palace. He praised practical Anglo American cooperation and became one of a select few to receive the honor.
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London
U.P
Britain
Eisenhower
Ancient
Guildhall
Buckingham Palace
Magnesium Plant Starts Partial Operation Near Velasco
The Dow Magnesium plant in Velasco will begin partial production next Wednesday to supply magnesium for incendiary bombs. Plant officials expect to need about 1,000 more workers, bringing staff to over 1,600, with full operation planned for August and monthly output around 6 million pounds.
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Houston
Dow Magnesium
Velasco
Don May
Truman Asks for Salary Raise for Congress
President Truman urged an immediate wage raise for members of Congress. He proposed a limit tied to the Little Steel formula of wage stabilization, capping the annual increase at 1500 dollars.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
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