Rail Express Strike Threat Looms Over Wage Demands
George M. Harrison president of the AFL Brotherhood warned a strike against Railway Express Agency may be necessary if wage demands are not met. Union members back a strike to enforce settlement after the agency refused to accept the president's fact finding board recommendations. Harrison planned to call L. G. Head to deliver an ultimatum as the board had urged a 10 cent hourly increase for 42 000 express workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Harrison
AFL Brotherhood of Railway and Steamshie
Railway Express
Harrison
Railway Express Agency
L. G. Head
Railway Express Agentcy
New York
Mrs. Holcombe Named Nurses Aide Chairman
Mrs. Homer A. Holt announced the appointment of Mrs. W. Eugene Holcombe as chairman of the Charleston Red Cross chapter nurses aide corps. Aides must commit 150 hours yearly and receive an 80 hour Red Cross sponsored training course as the chapter aims to enroll over 100 women ages 18 to 50 to help offset nurse shortages nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Eugene Holcombe
Charleston
Office of Civilian Defense
Mexico Allows Troop Movements Through U S Territory
Washington dispatch reports the United States authorizes Mexican troops to transit U S soil from Nogales Arizona to Tia Juana, Lower California. The movement could begin December 10, with a sizable force involved as defense of the California frontier is reinforced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S
Mexico
Lower California
State Department
Nogales
Ariz
Tia Juana
Lower Calif
San Diego
Happy Chandler Told To Keep Senate Post
The War Department notified Senator Happy Chandler of Kentucky that he should remain in the Senate rather than join the Army. Chandler volunteered yesterday, holds a reserve commission, and is a veteran. General Marshall's office said he would be more valuable in the Senate, where he serves on the Military Affairs Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
J A. B
Chandler
Kentucky
Senate
Army
George ©. Marshall
Mickey Rooney to wed Carolina girl soon in Hollywood
Mrs J B Gardner of Rock Ridge North Carolina said her daughter Ava will marry film star Mickey Rooney in Hollywood soon. Gardner will attend the wedding. Ava Rooney has been in Hollywood months under an MGM contract and Rooney confirmed the engagement.
Return orders for Staff Sergeant Ben G. Hiner
Staff Sergeant Ben G. Hiner of Charleston received orders to return immediately to Sheppard Field Wichita Falls Texas. He had been on a 16 day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs E F Hiner of 1001 Locust road and left his post December 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben G. Hiner
Charleston
Sheppard Field
Wichita Falls
Tex
USO Building Near Completion at Kelly Field
The new USO building on Kelly Field is nearly finished and slated for completion by Sunday, December 21, with dedication planned. Maj. Frank W. Salfidgere notes utilities installed and final finish work and landscaping remaining, as Kuhn Construction completes both this site and the South Charleston project. The facility will serve defense area recreation needs and later host municipal recreation activities, offering a theater, showers, canteen, dance floor, and indoor sports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USO
Kelly, Field
Frank W. Salfidgere
Zone Construction Quartermaster
Kuhn Construction Company
South Charleston
E. H. Morris
R. M. Mallory
Anna
Red Cross Seeks Volunteers In Charleston Area
South Charleston groups resume sewing for Navy today from 10 a m to 4 p m and Thursday at the South Charleston Woman's club, volunteers urged to knit sweaters socks and caps. Red Cross production chairman Mrs Roy H Arthur lists contact numbers 42 333 and 4 855. Evening workers met at the First Presbyterian Church production center. A long list of members attended and community groups met for Christmas program planning at multiple local clubs and churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan B. McBride
South Charleston Surgical Dressings Groups
South Charleston Woman's Club
Navy
Roy H. ‘Arthur
Red Cross
First Presbyterian Church
Mesdames A. J. Donoghue
J. H. Medley
T. J. Rosic
Thomas Fisher
Lois Knauss
Frank Henry
Gus Larmoyeux
Merta Willliamson
Herbert Beddow
Mound Garden Club
J. Paul Rusk
London ‘Heights
Stanley Cavendish
Jerry Baker
Kenneth Bowyer
Thomas Martin
George Delforge
H. S. Kyle
Louis Cablish
W. G. Glean
R. H. Dunn
South Charleston
Fred Miller
Frank Carter
C. S. Thacker
B. T. Dudding
A. E. Raspilierie
W. B. Cooke
H. O. Snyder
J. O. Jarvis
C.H. Gordon Hamill
G. H. Law, Doughty
Fenell Anderson
Schaffner
Russell Foglesong
Annie Laurie Leonard
John Henry Purse
Massey Circle
Audrey Thomas
L. C. Swacker
Ninth Avenue
F. A. Dandois
Nancy Burtnett
A. 5S. Powers
Stanton Avenue
Woman's Society of Christian Service
St. Paul's Methodist Church
E. H. Morris
L. A. Heron
J. Marion Bailey
Spring Hill
Judge Moore Studies Plea of Axis Citizens
Federal Judge Ben Moore said he has not yet decided on admitting Germans and Italians to citizenship. Fifty six petitioners, including Italians and Germans, are set for preliminary examinations today and tomorrow and to appear before the jurist Friday morning. Federal Judge William C. Coleman denied yesterday in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Moore
William C. Coleman
Baltimore
War rhetoric targets Germans and Italians in citizenship ban
The speech denounces Germans and Italians with “until further notice” citizenship suspension while labeling Japan as a puppet ally and declaring total war against the trio. The piece cites home-front measures and wartime propaganda amid public health and consumer ad blurbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Germany
Italy
U. S
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Rail Express Agency
Joyce
Barbizon
Mrs. Holcombe
Nurses Aide
Lower Coast
Mickey Rooney
Carolina Girl
Bryn Rite
America
Hecause
Sheei
Kelly Field
Dewey
AK Lee
3. H. Kinder
S. Charleston News
Wildy 18 Club
Garden Club
Forest View Garden Club
John Allen
John C. Retinger
W. H Pilson
Mesdames Alten
Frank Jarvis
Roy Littke
Leon Milligan
E. W. Mockobey
Jolyn C. Retinger
H. L. Thornburg
Burl
Combsey
Quarris
Wis
Jurist
Woufman Bros
Britain
Cohen Drug Company
Ant Drug
Bane Weald
Wamka
Dorothy McGuire
John Galden
Claudia
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