Allies Push Toward Damascus From Beirut Front
Allied armored divisions drive from Beirut toward Damascus after repelling German paratroop attempts. Free French and British units moved into southern Lebanon, closing on Damascus as Beirut gate approaches. Reports say fighting is fierce around the Lebanon capital and that Allied forces near 20 miles from Damascus threaten to seize southern Syria.
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WPA Funding Cut Sparks Debate Over Job Relief
The Appropriations Committee voted to reduce the current WPA request to 95 thousand dollars, 35 percent below Roosevelt's recommendation for a July 1 start. The panel warned it would cut WPA employment and shift 350 million of the total to the Agriculture Department for food stamp expansion, while calling for a ten million dollar reduction in other program spending.
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Committee
Agriculture Department
South Gives Up Coal Pay Differential
Washington reports that northern and southern coal operators and the United Mine Workers accepted Defense Production Board recommendations to settle the soft coal dispute. The move ends a long pay differential by tying southern daily rates to the northern $7 per day, paving the way for immediate contract negotiations. Wage scales by tonnage were unchanged.
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United Mine Workers
Defense Mpuration Board
William H. Davis
Liabor
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United’ Mine Workers
Coal Costs Up 3.5 Cents a Ton Under Wage Settlement
Industry sources say ending the southern wage dispute will raise production costs by 3.5 cents per ton of soft coal. The Defense Mediation board's plan eliminates a 40 cent southern wage differential and sets a $7 daily rate, easing stoppages in West Virginia Kentucky Tennessee and Virginia. West Virginia accounts for most southern Appalachian output at about 150 million tons annually.
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Defense Mediation Board
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Appalachian
Insurrection label used in North American Aviation strike
Attorney General Robert Jackson denounced the Inglewood California strike at North American Aviation as disloyal, framing it as a Companhist like insurrection. He backed President Roosevelt’s order to seize and operate the plant for national defense, arguing the president must act to keep defense production going.
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Robert Jackson
North American Aviation Corporation
Inglewood
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Roosevelt
Jackson
U.S. A
North American
Héilo Goodbye $85 Shocking Theft On Shopping Trip
In Cincinnati on June Sere Natale Mazzel called home during a shopping trip. A male voice answered and laughed. Returning, she learned her husband was away at a movie and the thief had stolen $85. She reported the call and mischief to police, noting the thief kept the line open.
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Cincinnati
June
Sere Natale Mazzel
Robin Moor sinking reported near equator amid lifeboat search
U S Ambassador to Brazil said a Brazilian steamer rescued survivors from the merchant ship Robin Moor, torpedoed May 21 between Brazil and West Africa. Sixty members remained. three women and a child among eight passengers missing. Brazil orders nearby vessels to aid in locating three lifeboats.
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Jefferson Gatffrey
State Department
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Navy Department
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Figures Like Daydreams as U S War Plants Grow
Cleveland dispatch reports U S wartime factories poised to produce massive arms output. Targets include 10 000 airplane engines and 400 tanks monthly, 300 anti aircraft guns and 240 medium tanks weekly, with daily boosts expected. Engineers and officers anticipate surpassing continental Europe in time.
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Edwin Stout Cleveland
Army
Navy
Work-or-Fight Edict Issued by Hershey
Washington June 9 draft headquarters announced a sweeping work-or-fight edict as the army in charge of the North American Aviation plant declared the strike there virtually broken. Lawmakers cheered an amendment to deny part of a 10 billion army appropriation to workers or employers who refuse to heed mediation board recommendations for up to 10 days.
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National Defense Mediation Board
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Aluminum Plant Walkout Halts 7000 Workers in Cleveland
In Cleveland the Aluminum Company of America faced a walkout by 7000 workers as the CIO skilled trades union halted work over wage demands. The strike paused after Washington talks with a mediation board while pickets displayed strike banners and a few nonstriking workers were escorted from the site.
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Aluminum Company of America
CIO Dlecasters
Washington
Veterans to Elect Officers at State Encampment Banquet
Veterans and auxiliary gather at the Ruffner hotel for the annual state encampment events. Officers will be elected at 4 p.m. today concluding the three day program with a banquet where national auxiliary president Mrs Betty Bassett will speak.
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Betty Bassett
California
John Brawley American Legion Post
Garnet High School
Industry Accidents To Be Investigated By Labor Dept
Labor Commissioner Charles J F Sattler announced the department will study and curb industrial accidents that burden defense related work. The effort will tabulate reports to the workmen's Compensation commission to identify common injuries and frequent plants, with inspectors sent to target recurring causes such as a Petersburg firm crank on a concrete mixer. A Wheeling company with 1600 workers illustrates action under way.
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Charles J. F. Sattler
Department
Workmen's Compensation Commission
Petersburg
Loss of Jobs Now Threatens Plane Strikers
Los Angeles June 9 AP The government seized the North American Aviation plant amid a five day strike. Army troops banned picketing and arrested strikers while 3,400 troops moved to secure operations. CIO leader Frankensteen vowed to replace nonreturning workers and urged all returnees. The plant employs about 12,000 with 2,000 back at scale. production aimed to resume normal by tomorrow.
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North American Aviation Company
Inglewood
Calif
CIO
UAW
Los Angeles
Fort MacArthur
Richard T. Frankensteen
Frankensteen
Posta
United Automobile Workers ‘of America
North American
Charles E. Branshaw
West Coast
Army Gir. Corps
Yate
15Th Infantry
Col Branshaw
Robert B. Patterson
Roosevelt
Stephen Earry
Col. Branshaw
United States
Consolidated Strike Vote Set After Last Negotiations
In San Diego on June 9 a final session between Consolidated Aircraft management and labor leaders seeks to avert a strike that could halt defense production valued at 100 million dollars. A vote by 14 000 workers is slated for tomorrow unless a deal is reached. The IAM AFL demands higher wages a modified closed shop and job classifications.
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Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
International Association of Machinists
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Hull Assails Vichy Course in U.S. Warning
Secretary of State Hull sharply attacks the Vichy government for collaboration with Germany. He accuses France of failing to resist German occupation of air bases and questions French intentions in Syria and potential use of bases elsewhere. The note underscores Washington’s stance on Dakar and broader Western defense.
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Syria
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Cordell ‘Hull
Gaston Henri- Haye
Huth
Dakar
French
West Afalea
Roosevelt
Sabotage Suspected in Large Wheeling Factory Fire
Wheeling police believe a $200000 loss at Wheeling Machine Products, a defense contractor, resulted from arson. Chief Alonzo Hixenbaugh said investigators agree saboteurs started the Sunday blaze that halted 1000 in orders, with fir e crews hearing a man claim responsibility. Authorities pinpointed the fire in the locker room of the office department, not two separate spots as first thought.
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Wheeling Machine Products Company
Alonzo Hixenbaugh
Hixenbauch
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Labor Board Certifies Threatened Strike At Aluminum Plants
Washington dispatch reports Secretary of Labor Perking certified a threatened strike by the CIO United Automobile Workers union against Hoan Aluminum and Brass concerning 600 cm plates at seven plants. The plant faces defense orders for aircraft components and the dispute involves national defense work.
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Secretary of Labor
National Defense Mediation Board
Hoan
CIO
United Automobile Workers Union
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