Seek decision on reopening of coal mines
Washington and New York dispatches report John L. Lewis and Myron C. Taylor delaying a firm decision after three hours of talks with President Roosevelt on the captive coal mine strike involving 53,000 workers. Senator Ellender urges labor leaders to oust Lewis. aviation union official expects a Bendix Air Associates takeover announcement.
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Bulletin
Washington
John L. Lewis
Myron C. Taylor
Roosevelt
White House
New York
Charles H. Kerrigan
Aviation
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Army
Air Associates, Inc
Bendix
N. J
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Taylor
Mayflower Hotel
United States Steel
United Mine Workers
Mr. Roosevelt
Stephen Early
Congress
Ellender
Senate
Labor Organizations
United States Steel Corporation
Labor and Industry Clash Shapes Postwar Policy Debate
The article surveys ongoing talks between John L. Lewis and Myron C. Taylor amid pressure for labor and management restraint. It weighs defense needs, potential political curbs, and the push for patient, reasoned negotiation to avoid overreach. It cites Knox on swift defense, White on free speech, Scout leadership against militarization, and public anger over shortages and matches.
Woman Booked For Drunk Driving After Parked Cars Are Hit
Mrs. Phyllis Dykes twenty six of 1644 Second Avenue SE was booked on a drunk driving charge Tuesday evening and released after midnight on her agreement to appear. Assistant County Attorney Carl Hendrickson ordered the release after a physician said she was near hysterical. Police traced the hit and run to Dykes vehicle in the 1600 block of Second Avenue East with Marion Busby of Marion as a passenger.
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Phyllis Dykes
Second Avenue SE
Carl Hendrickson
Steve Stolba
Second Avenue
Bill Remington
Marion Busby
Marion
Nye says Greer invitation to torpedo exposed in senate debate
Sen. Gerald Nye charges the Greer incident gave a German submarine an engraved invitation to attack and accuses President Roosevelt of concealing facts. He predicts the repeal of neutrality act limits will push the United States toward war, calling the debate heated with Tobey citing Alsop and Kintner.
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Washington
Gerald Nye
N. D
United States
Greer
Senate
Sen
Connally
Tex
Nye
Sen. Tobey
N. H
Germany
Roosevelt
Iceland
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Tobey
Joseph, Alsop
Robert Kintner
Great Britain
Nazis Claim Sinking Of 14 Ships In Convoy
Berlin reports a six day U boat chase destroyed 14 ships totaling 47 000 tons in a British convoy sailing from Gibraltar to England. A British destroyer is claimed sunk by seven torpedoes. The German claim was publicized as a major sea victory.
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Berlin
Germany
Gibraltar
England
Germans Harvest Scale in Ukraine Grain Heartland
Frederick C. OECHSNER reports a 265 mile Nazi supervised survey of Ukrainian granaries showing large grain stacks and fall plowing. German authorities claim about half the land is plowed and that harvests will resume in spring, with women doing much of the work and kolkhoz "New Life" employing 400 workers before German grain gains.
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Uman
Ukraine
Berlin
Europe
Soviet Union
Staviszeze
New Life
ASCAP and Air Chains Reach Music Contract Peace
ASCAP announced a settlement with NBC and CBS ending a ten month dispute over music rights. The deal allows ASCAP songs on NBC and CBS networks starting Thursday and requires payments of 2.34 percent of network commercial income and 2.0 percent from individual stations. Mutual had a separate ASCAP agreement earlier.
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New York
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
ASCAP
Mutual Broadcasting System
CBS
NBC
Weather Stays Above Freezing in Cedar Rapids
Over the last 24 hours Cedar Rapids saw temperatures near freezing with a 2:30 pm reading of 44 degrees and 50 percent humidity. After peaking at 48 degrees on Tuesday, the thermometer fell to 34 degrees by 7 pm and hovered near 38 degrees by 7:30 am Wednesday.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Iowa Reports First Snow Flurries in Spirit Lake
Des Moines IA reports light snow flurries at Spirit Lake marking the season start. Intermittent rain expected Wednesday night and Thursday, likely turning to snow in northwest sections.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Spirit Lake
Northwest
First Snow Falls in Minnesota Marking Early Winter Taste
Snow began in Minnesota with Fergus Falls reporting light snow from 9am at 31 degrees above zero and Mankato noting its first snow Wednesday morning as colder weather looms across the state.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Fergus Falls
Mankato
Knox Signals U S Will Not Announce Sunk German U Boats
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox said the United States may withhold announcements of German submarines sunk by U S forces. He cited secrecy to erode German morale and noted announcements will follow what benefits fleet safety and U S interests, while actions against surface raiders would be reported.
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Washington
Frank Knox
U. S
United States
Knox
North Atlantic
United States Navy
Great Britain
Destroyer Kearny Aided Merchant Vessel Before Sinking
A Navy report states the American destroyer Kearny was aiding a merchant vessel against a submarine before a torpedo struck her amidships. The blast damaged the boiler room and midsection, killing 11 and wounding 10. one torpedo missed, another arrived before, and a third impacted after depth charges.
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Washington
Kearny
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Thugs Rob Sack Buyer Of $300 In Truck Heist
Two armed men stopped Nathan Marcus of Chicago on Mount Vernon Avenue near Fifteenth Street SE noon Wednesday. They forced him to drive, searched him at Van Vechten Park, and took all his money except 51.
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Nathan Marcus
Chicago
Marcus
Mount Vernon Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Twelfth Avenue
van Vechten Park
Times Are Tough Getting Tougher Says Goebbels
Berlin AP Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels vows in a Berlin appeal that weeks ahead will be hard. He urges residents to stay resolute, noting wives queuing for vegetables and families sent to the countryside, with coal shoveling and air raid shelter nights ahead.
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Berlin
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Reich
New York mayoral race grows tense with charges and threats
The New York mayoralty contest heats up as Mayor LaGuardia challenges Flynn and Kelly to publicize campaign funds while Dwyer earns Tammany backing. Lehman condemns LaGuardia's language after a court voids a state comptroller election.
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F. H. LaGuardia
Tammany Hall
Flynn
Kelly
Brooklyn
William O'Dwyer
Christopher Sullivan
Tammany
Edward J. Flynn
The
Bronx
Frank V. Kelly
LaGuardia
American Labor Party
City Fusion
O’dwyer
Herbert H. Lehman
Mr. LaGuardia
State Court of Appeals
Morris S. Tremaine
Lehman
Joseph V. O'Leary
O'Leary
ALP
Democrats
Nazis Break Through Into Crimea And Press On Rostov
German forces reportedly pierced into the Crimea after ten days of fighting and moved toward Sebastopol while other columns pressed on Rostov on Don. Soviet reports claim counterattacks along the Moscow front as Pravda warned of great danger, with battles described as raging in snow and cold.
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Russia
Sebastopol
Rostov-on-Don
Ukraine
Red Army
Rostov
Don River
Caucasus
Berlin
Maikop
Adolf Hitler
Crimea
Perekop Isthmus
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Moscow Front
Reich
Pravda
Donets
Kuibyshev
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