Political showdown over coal strike and wage demand
About 400,000 coal miners threaten a midnight strike unless John L. Lewis wins a $2 daily wage increase. Roosevelt and Lewis face off as Murray and Green align with Lewis, while Brain Trust members back the President. The piece notes inflation tension, OPA critiques, and possible political theatre with broad implications for workers, policy, and wartime effort.
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John L Lewis
Washington
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Indica
Phillip Murray
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Brain Trust
Murray
Mr. Green
Green
OPA
White House
Hitler
Milam County Surges in War Bond Purchases
Milam County and Cameron reflect strong Central Texas demand in the Second War Loan. Through Thursday noon Milam County total reached 1,717,243.97 with Cameron at 1,131,373.97 as individuals drive ongoing bond buys.
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TY OF Cameron
Milam County
Texas
Emory B. Camp
Chaiman
The
War Council
Cameron
Government Wheat Available to Feeders
Jos Slavik of Marak publishes a notice in today's Herald that orders are being taken for another car of wheat at First National Bank. Orders close Wednesday May 5 and no smaller than 10 bushels. Slavik says the feed is excellent and this marks his second car sale this month. W W Blocker of Pleasant Hill visited Cameron Monday.
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Jos
Where Will Money Come From in War Loan Speech
A speech explains funding the thirteen billion dollar Second War Loan. It argues income equals production, and after taxes people have more income than goods available, creating a surplus. The surplus should be invested in government securities to extinguish the deficit, urging citizens to lend their money.
Malvina Olson to Wed Staff Sergeant Howard McElroy
The Daily Texan notes Miss Malvina Olson of Cameron will marry Staff Sergeant Howard McElroy, currently an instructor at Laughlin Army Air Field Del Rio. McElroy, son of Mr. and Mrs. J R McElroy, farms near Austin and runs a power house for Texas Quarries. He will turn 21 on May 24.
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Daily
Texan
Texas University
Malvina Olson
J. T. Olson
Cameron
Howard Air Force
Laughlin Army Air Field
J. R. McElroy
Austin
Texas
Sergt. McElroy
Ben Walker Prominent In Activities At Teachers Col
Denton April Cameron senior student Ben Walker at North Texas State Teachers College played a key role in the 1943 May Fete. He escorted Mary Arden Club’s representative and helped form the May Queen court for Miss Elnora Westmoreland of Elysian Fields. Walker is an English major and son of J E Walker of Cameron.
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Denton
Ben Walker
Cameron
North Texas State Teachers College
NTSTC
Walker
Mary Arden Club
Elnora
Axis Ships Sunk in the Mediterranean Amid Allied Push
Ten Axis ships are sunk in the Mediterranean as Allied naval forces and bombers press Tunisian battlefronts. Air activity rises in Russia with Reds repelling German advances on the Donets. Japanese submarines reported off Australia. Relatives notified include Nat Wofford of Beaumont and Robert Busch of Rockdale visiting Cameron.
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Mediterranean
Tunisian
Russia
Donets
Australia
Tunisa
RAF
Essen
Germany
Nat Wofford
Beaumont
Robert Busch
Rockdale
Cameron
Rockdale Man Registers as County Superintendent Caller
J. L. Eiland of Rockdale was a caller at the county superintendent's office Friday.
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J. L. Eiland
Rockdale
Mrs Alfred Price in Cameron Hospital Convalescing
Mrs Alfred Price of Cameron is in Newton Memorial Hospital convalescing after an operation. T F Cloud Sharp School superintendent visited Cameron on Friday.
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Alfred Price
Cameron
Newton Memorial Hospital
T. F. Cloud
Sharp
Texas Officials See Cameron on Church Roadwork Loop
Carl Hatcher of the Texas Highway Department in Temple visited Cameron on Tuesday. Mede Miller of the Liquor Control Board in Temple is in Cameron on Friday on business.
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Carl Hatcher
Texas Highway Department of Temple
Cameron
Mede Miller
Liquor Control Board
Temple
Cameron Boy Promoted From Navy Radiomen School
Cameron, Ohios Martin A Hearne Jr 18 son of Mr and Mrs M A Hearne Cameron has graduated from the Navy radiomen school at Miami university and promoted to petty officer third class He is among 113 in the 16 week course with 97 raised to petty officer rank He awaits assignment to fleet duty or a shore station after recruit training and radio code instruction earned from aptitude tests at boot camp.
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Oxford, O
Miss Glen Stafford Visits Cameron From Chicago
Miss Glen Stafford sister of W H Stafford arrives in Cameron for a month from Chicago where she has lived for years. native of Cameron she taught art and later schoolwork before joining Stewart Warner Corp in defense work. Cameron friends welcome her, and George Smoke Martin, recently ill and now recovering in Waco, is reported improving. Claude Loftin and family from New Braunfels visit his mother. he volunteers for the Navy and will leave for West Virginia.
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Glen Stafford
W. H. Stafford
Chicago
Miss Glen
Cameron
T. C. Stafford
Stewart-Warner Corp
Miss Glen i Z
George
Smoke) Martin
Waco
Winfrey
Martin
Cameron Hospital
Claude Loftin
New Braunfels
Navy
West Virginia
Granville Weaver Visits Cameron on Food Stamp Duties
Granville Weaver district supervisor of the Food Stamp program in Waco spoke in Cameron on Tuesday on program business.
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Granville Weaver
Waco
Cameron
NYA field rep visits county superintendent office
S. and Gafford, field representative of the NYA school in Waco, met with the county superintendent on Friday on school business.
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Ment
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Arizona
Sudan
Esslinger Produce Company
Cameron Boy
Penney’s
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