Union Clause Starts New WLB Battle
Industry members of the War Labor Board denounce the maintenance of membership policy as a step toward labor monopoly and demand a court test of authority. The Humble Oil case in Ingleside Texas pits industry against CIO oil workers union, widening internal WLB rifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Labor Board
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Ingleside
Texas
CIO Oil Workers Union
WLB
William H. Davis
James Tanham
Texas Company
MacArthur Rejects GOP Presidential Bid
Gen Douglas MacArthur flatly refused any bid for the U S presidency saying he would not accept and any movement toward nomination would harm the war effort He noted he had said before he was not a candidate and urged that his name not be linked to any nomination The Hollandia operation is cited as context for his stance in New Guinea comments continued on another page
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New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Nebraska
MacArthur
Ee MacArthur
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Sunday. Index Section 1 item unclear
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Sunday index section with garbled text. No identifiable persons organizations places or dates are readable. Summary limited to noting the existence of a Sunday index section reference and unreadable content.
Collins Radio Cafeteria Planned Near Main Plant
Construction of a new one story concrete block cafeteria building for Collins Radio in Cedar Rapids will begin early this week under war facilities authority. The 8800 square foot site located 100 feet southeast of the main plant will seat 500. A L Jackson Co of Chicago provides the contract. Albert Pick Co furnishes equipment. Axel Nielsen Cafeteria Co of Chicago will operate with Carl Sorenson as resident manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids News
Collins Radio Company
A. L. Jackson Company of
Chicago
Albert Pick Company
Axel Nielsen Cafeteria Company of
Carl Sorenson
Ward Action Upheld by WLB Chief
War Labor Board Chairman William H. Davis ruled the Montgomery Ward strike in Chicago within WLB jurisdiction citing wartime interference risks. He warned a broader strike pattern could disrupt war effort and cited Ward’s large payroll and manufacturing links. Congress debated seizure powers as House and Senate panels move toward investigations and wartime requisition bills.
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Washington
William H. Davis
War Labor Board
Montgomery Ward and Company
Chicago
WLB
Davis
Byrd
Dva
Senate
Ward
Roosevelt
Congress
Montgomery Ward
House Military Committee
Allied Bombers Strike Jap Bases West of Hollandia
Allied heavy and medium bombers hit Japanese installations at Wadke island west of Hollandia in Dutch New Guinea, dropping 79 tons of explosives and setting fuel dumps ablaze while destroying at least four planes on the ground. Japanese raids against Allied positions at Aitape damaged a troop ship and wounded several. one bomber was shot down.
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New Guinea
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Wadke Island
Douglas MacArthur
Aitape
Truk
Woleai Island
Carolines
Tami
Hollandia Bay
Fifth Army Air Force
Wewak
Hansa Bay
Madang
Solomons
Eten
Dublon
Dutch Open Indies Resources to World Access
Washington reports the Netherlands formally allows access by the rest of the world to oil and other resources in the Dutch East Indies. The note, broadcast from Radio Orange in London, ties the move to the Atlantic Charter assuring all states access. Officials interpret it as an open door policy for development.
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Washington
INS
Netherlands
East Indies
Indies
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
New Guinea
United States
Great Britain
Radio Orange
London
Federal Communications Commission
Seven Bodies Recovered In Navy Transport Plane Crash
Rain soaked workers in Flagstaff recovered 17 bodies from a burned navy transport plane wreck on a rock mesa after a snowstorm. One more body was sought as four survivors were hospitalized. The crash occurred near Winslow, Arizona while en route from Oakland to Winslow, with 18 aboard and 4 injured. Next of kin notified. crew included Rudolph John Schilder and Arie Schilder.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Navy
Mesa
Arizona
12Th Naval District
San Francisco
Coconino County
Winslow
Joe McDaniels
Olathe
Kan
Rudolph John _ Schilder
USNR
Arie Schilder
Pella
Iowa
Mail Clerk Tosses 120000 in Army Pay Out of Train
A postal clerk on a Marysville bound train accidentally pitched 120000 dollars in army payroll money from a window. The money fluttered along the tracks with soldiers guarding the car and 3000 dollars未 recovered after a search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marysville
Calif
San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank
Camp Beale
Central Pacific Cuts Leave Wait Time to May 1
The U S Army announces a new furlough plan in the Central Pacific making a portion of officers and men eligible for trips to the mainland after two years of service. The change lowers the overseas requirement from three and a half years and aims to provide more transport to personnel on leave amid shipping constraints. Lt Gen Robert C Richardson Jr notes the army will do everything possible to send troops home while acknowledging the return challenge. A monthly leave quota will be allotted to major echelon commanders.
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U.S. Army Headquarters
Central Pacific
Army
Robert C. Richardson, Jr
Bomber Crashes Into a House in Memphis Killing Seven
A twin engine army bomber crashed into a Memphis residence on Saturday killing seven people including a mother and her twenty month old child and Beatrice Withers. Airman victims include Capt Ralph J Quale Flight Officer Glen Trickel and Lt Leon Kleinman. Gas tanks exploded igniting the house and adjacent homes.
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Memphis
Norman C. Cobb
Beatrice Withers
Ralph J. Quale
H. G. Hill
Washington, D.C
Air Transport Command
Glen V. Trickel
South Bend
Ind
Eon. Kleinman
Edith K. Kleinman
Dallas
Tex
Strikes Hit Briggs Plants and Chrysler Tank Arsenal
War production at the Chrysler tank arsenal and five Briggs Manufacturing plants faced a strike spread Saturday night. About 1,700 workers were involved as a walkout began Friday in protest of the discharge of two Black women employees. Officials warned the stoppage could force the arsenal to close.
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Detroit
Chrysler Tank Arsenal
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Arsenal
Bevin Says Date For Allied Invasion Set
British Labor Minister Ernest Bevin announced that a specific time for the Western Allied invasion of Europe has been fixed, saying the hourglass is running out minute by minute. He spoke in Bristol while defending anti strike policy and urged focus on troops landing on the beaches.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Western
Europe
Bevin
Transport and General Workers Union
Bristol
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
West
Stockholm
Berlin
French
Berlin Makes Many Guesses On Invasion
Berlin reports the invasion air force is in action and invasion began a week ago as American and British air crews raided Europe. Rumors from Helsinki Istanbul and Stockholm swirl about landings near several coasts while Nazi nerves ride a nerve war as Rommel era standby orders surface and a new OWI broadcast to occupied Europe looms.
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London
Germany
Berlin
Europe
Finland
Helsinki
Sanomat
Channel
Atlantic Wall
Balkans
Istanbul
Bucharest
Romania
Black Sea
Denmark
Jutland
Associated Press
Stockholm
Erwin Rommel
U. S
OWI
Ten Die as Liberator Bomber Crashes in Nebraska
A Liberator bomber en route from Glenview Illinois to Kirtland Field Albuquerque New Mexico crashed in hills 17 miles northwest of Broken Bow Nebraska Saturday night killing all ten crew aboard. The stormy flight up a 300 foot canyon left the plane wrecked in muddy fields as tractors moved ambulances to the scene. Kearney army air base officers led the investigation.
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Broken Bow
Neb
Glenview
Ill
Kirtland Field
Albuquerque
N. M
Kearney
Army Air Base
Invasion Planning Room A Hushed Allied Command Scene
AP reports the bare planning room for Western Europe invasion where seven top Allied leaders meet twice weekly. Eisenhower presides as they discuss vital questions, with Montgomery absent from the group, and the sessions last about an hour. Ike moves from a hotel suite to a hilltop cottage in England for work and rest.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
England
Europe
Supreme Invasion Command
Hitler
Dwight Hisenhower
Arthur Tedder
Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Bernard L. Montgomery
Omar N. Bradley
Bertram Ramsay
Carl Spaatz
Eisenhower
Montgomery
Hisenhower
No. 10
Downing St
Churchill
George Marshall
Casablanca
Ike
Marshall
Mark Clark
Berlin Blitz Batters Berlin as Allied Air Fleet Drives In
Twenty three hundred American heavy bombers and fighters pound Berlin in daylight while other air fleets hit Toulon and French ports. RAF and U.S. planes clash with German defenses as the biggest daylight bomber concentration yet targets the capital. 63 German bombers and 14 fighters fall to Berlin raids. American losses rise.
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London
Berlin
Toulon
Norway
Mediterranean
Britain
Italy
R.A.F
Oslo
Continent
Germany
Luftwaffe
Oschersleben
Elbe
Kelly Sets Up Fund For Mom and Brother
Tech Sgt. Charles Kelly of the Commando unit, home on furlough from Salerno assignments, turned $15,000 into a trust fund for his widowed mother and his one year old brother Danny. The fund is intended to cover a home purchase or construction for the family and to provide magazine rights to his life story.
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Pittsburgh
Charles
Kelly
Salerno
Danny
Ie Kelly
Wes
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Marion
Section LY
Perret
Senee
Collins Radio
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Tehran
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Reconstruction
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Little Room
James C. McGlincy
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