Wage Stabilization Talk Explores National Conference
Washington May 31 A proposal backed by administration and War Labor Board figures calls for a national conference of employers and employees to draft a wage stabilizing agreement for war industries. Senator Hill urged a policy like the no strike pledge to curb inflationary pay rises and prevent worker shifts between firms. The War Labor Board’s role would be limited as it lacks power to curb wage increases, while labor shortages push employers to raise pay to attract and retain workers. The House plans to debate gasoline rationing and a 144 million dollar oil pipeline project in Florida as Senate resumes work on military pay adjustments.
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Mercury Reaches 94 in Local Reading
The United Fuel Gas thermometer showed a 94 degree high yesterday, nine degrees above the prior day. Barometer readings fell, signaling rain predicted for the valley today.
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Nation urged to salvage scrap rubber for victory
The War Production Board called on 30 million households to donate scrap rubber and other metals to the salvage for victory campaign. The appeal aims to ease a rubber shortage by collecting tires, hot water bottles, galoshes, shower curtains, and more, with millions of tons potentially available in homes. The WPB also urged people to contact salvage committees or charity groups and to strip metals to maximize recycling, while Congress debates a pipeline across northern Florida to link canals from Texas to Philadelphia via Jacksonville.
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Suspect Escapes After Charleston Holdups
Charleston's most successful hold up man fled Saturday night after shots were exchanged with Police Lt. W R Lacy and officers in the lane and woods near the Chesapeake and Ohio passenger station. A Jordan Tax driver identified the fugitive as a well known robber with multiple recent hold ups. The robber initially asked to go to the railway station then to a coffee shop district before fleeing.
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20 Foot Tidal Wave Kills 7 in Lake Erie
A 20 foot tidal wave on Lake Erie killed seven people and endangered others. Victims include Mrs. Walter Allen and Mrs. George Forr, both drowned on a Berea pier, while five others perished as boats were hurled and sucked under. One boy, Robert Michaels, 14, drowned near Perkins Beach. several others were rescued or survived. Cause undetermined.
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CIO Invites Lewis To Bring Charges
Washington May 31 A second rent war looms in the CIO mine worker split as the CIO national executive board plans to meet to consider charges of sabotage and treason against CIO officers. The board will also weigh the AFL bid for union solidarity and a plan for Anglo Soviet labor cooperation. Lewis and other miners leaders may be invited to present their charges at the meeting. Gewis has not said if he will attend, and the Alsunto policy committee plans to reconvene after a weekend recess.
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British Seize Edge in Libya Tank Struggle
British forces gain momentum in the Libyan desert near Tobruk after five days of fighting. RAF claims 400 Axis tanks and trucks destroyed in 48 hours, air supremacy 5 to 3, as Auchinleck commends troops. Front lines remain volatile with continued heavy combat and raids reaching Sicily.
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Barrage Balloons Guard West Coast
Barrage balloons similar to London’s are now placed along the California coast from the Canadian border to Mexico. Military officials say the project aims to shield vital installations while keeping locations and numbers confidential. Local observers note the balloons form a coordinated protective belt over the West Coast.
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Paris Food Riots Draw Fire and Police Deaths
Food riots in Paris left a police sergeant and a cycle policeman dead while three officers were wounded as a mob looted a left bank store. Authorities blamed Communist activity for the violence, and Laval pressed for labor and production amid German occupation talks.
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Reds Down 143 German Planes and Vessels Reported
Moscow reports destruction of 143 German planes in a single day, plus three enemy ships including a 10,000-ton transport. Soviet bulletin notes no significant ground gains on Sunday fronts as Kharkov campaign derails Nazi plan to push toward Caucasus oil. Observers call Timoshenko’s Kharkov thrust a triumph of Soviet generalship, halting Bock’s spring offensive. Oil route safe for now, enabling Soviet focus on next moves.
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Twenty More Executed In Heydrich Case
London May 31 Nazi firing squads in Prague executed 20 more persons in reprisals for the attack on Reinhard Heydrich. The Prague radio said among the dead were high officials of the agriculture ministry of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, bringing the total executed to 82 since the assault last Wednesday.
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Soviet Review Says Japs Face Rocky War Path in Pacific
The Red Army paper Red Star notes Japan struggles as allied forces pressure forward in the Pacific. An article by Col Tolchenov cites extended combat zones hindering Japanese offensives and Allied gains near Australia as signs of shifting momentum.
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Heaviest British Raid on Cologne Opens New WW2 Offensive
London reports more than 1,000 bombers from Britain smashed Cologne and Ruhr targets in a 90 minute raid backed by U S air power to come. Churchill calls the attack a herald of what Germany will face city by city. London awoke to raids but Germany faces bigger efforts with forthcoming U S involvement.
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Britain Uses Giant Planes In Major Cologne Raid
London reports the air ministry describing a May raid on Cologne by over 1,000 British bombers. Stirlings Lancaster Halifaxes and heavier aircraft delivered colossal loads, aided by 500 anti aircraft guns 120 searchlights and night fighters. Rail lines believed crucial to von Rundstedt may be crippled for weeks.
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Chinese Begin Anhwei Drive Toward Japanese‑Held Cities
Chinese forces under Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek launched a major Anhwei offensive, opening May 25 with eight centers attacked and rapid progress toward Anking and Hofei. Japanese landings near Kanmen on Yuhuan island followed a naval bombardment as fighting continued northeast of Wen Chow Bay.
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Nazis Claim 22 Ships Sunk In Atlantic Battle
Berlin reports a German communiqué stating 22 ships totaling 108 400 tons were sunk in the western Atlantic by U boats on the 26th anniversary of the Battle of Jutland. May total for May reaches 140 ships totaling 767 400 tons.
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Berlin Admits Great Damage in Cologne Raid
Berlin reported British bombers caused great damage in central Cologne in a night raid directed at civilians. The German high command claimed 36 bombers were shot down by night fighters and coastal artillery, with ten more downed off Dutch and channel coasts. Civilian areas, including three churches and two hospitals, were heavily hit amid fires.
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