FDR Rejects Lewis Argument on Shutdown of Captive Mines
President Roosevelt repudiated John L. Lewis claims that lack of a union shop in captive coal mines endangers 400,000 CIO workers. He said the Appalachian agreement remains in force and would not affect UMW pay hours or bargaining in any Appalachian mine. Lewis replied that miners cannot honor open shop tendencies and Roosevelt urged caution on defense strike legislation.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
CIO
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Pei A
Steel
Sun
Eatt
Loal
Congress
Pease
Troopers Sent To Gary Mine In West Virginia Strike
About 200 state troopers moved into the Gary Mine area as a six mine U S Steel subsidiary faced a five state strike over union shop rules. Two Black workers were shot as pickets clashed with miners. No 10 mine opened after heavy picketing while two mines reported partial shifts. Independent union leaders appealed for federal and state protection from President Roosevelt and governors.
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Gary
John W. Bosworth
W. T. Nunally
Independent Associated Miners un_ion
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
Neely
Lucian Fry
McDowell County
Independent Union
U. S. Coal and Coke Company
U. S. Steel
William Hairston
William Lawson
West Virginia
Gary—Blnod
Neely Orders Probe Into Coal Mine Violence
Governor Neely ordered a thorough investigation into violence at a U S coal and coke mine in Gary. He vowed prompt and vigorous enforcement of the law if charges by the Independent Associated Miners' Action of Gary are verified, to protect citizens’ life and liberty.
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Neely
U. S. Coal and Coke Company
Gary
W. T. Nunnally
Associated Miners’ Action of
West Virginia
CIO OKs Roosevelt Policy as Lewis Faction Murmurs
In Detroit at the CIO convention delegates voted full support for President Roosevelt's foreign policy. A faction loyal to John L. Lewis sat in glum silence as Lindbergh was hissed and the pact urged broader aid to Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and China. After CIO President Philip Murray led the endorsement, the majority cheered while Lewis' United Mine Workers held back.
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Detroit
Roosevelt
Congress of Industrial Organizations
John L. Lewis
Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh
Hisses
Great Britain
Soviet Union
China
CIO
Philip Murray
United Mine Workers
Lick Lewis or Lay Off Hitler, U S Told
Walter B. Fuller, president of the National Association of Manufacturers, urged cooperation between labor government and industry. He claimed 24,000,000 hours of production were lost due to strikes since the defense program began and warned against shaking defense output.
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New York
Uck
John L. Lewis
Hitler
Walter B. Fuller
National Association of Manufacturers
Fuller
Monongalia Mines Stop in Sympathy
Monongalia county coal mines halted operations as more than 3,000 commercial miners joined a sympathy walkout with captive workers. Two more mines supplying fuel for the open market and at least one in Marion county were affected, boosting idled miners to about 4,500 in a defense area tied to the Morgantown ordnance works project.
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Morgantown
Monongalia County
Marion
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt urges defense drives as coal accord frays
AP dispatch from Washington reports President Roosevelt pressing CIO defense production and rejecting John L. Lewis on open shop in captive mines, while labor tensions flare in Gary and Pittsburgh as walkouts loom. CIO endorses aid to Britain but mine workers’ delegates hold back. Manila and Midwest truck drivers also face wage disputes.
10 Day Cooling Off For U S Labor Legislation
Washington reports a 10 day cooling off period on labor dispute legislation as Democratic leaders and President Roosevelt weigh a plan to slow battles over strikes. Sen. Connally backs a speedy bill on plant and mine work conditions with hearings set next Friday, as defenses and price controls loom.
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Washington
INS
Congress
Connally
Roosevelt
White House
Tom Connally
D.-Tex
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Thie Central
Robert P. Patterson
Connally Hill
House
Prentice Ashton Dies at 66 Charleston Hotel Executive
Prentice Ashton 86 died at home after a brief pneumonia illness. He headed the Ashton-Crowley wholesale tobacconists and was president of Holley and Kanawha hotel companies. Burial in Flemingsburg KY planned with services at his Charleston residence.
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Prentice Ashton
Charleston
Binman
Ashton-Crowley Company
Holley Hotel Company
Kanawha Hotel Company
Wallace M. Alston
First Presbyterian Church
Flemingsburg
Mr. Ashton
Charlton
Harriett Dudley Ashton
St Albert Hotel
Ruffner Hotel
George Taylor
Mr. Taylor
Lake Charles
Ashton
Tado
Amy Harbeson
Diet in Tokyo Whetting Plan For Total War
Tokyo dispatch reports the Diet nearing the end of its extraordinary session as it passes rapid mobilization measures. Premier Tojo and government leaders declare Japan fully prepared for any contingency and push toward completing the east Asia co pro prosperity sphere amid fierce rhetoric about U.S. world hegemony and empire preservation.
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Tokyo
INS
Saburo Kurusu
Washington
Japan
Diet
Tojs
Hideki Tojo
House of Representatives
East Asia
Toshio Shimada
U. S
Shimada
Udet Killed Testing Secret Weapon
Berlin reports General Ernst Udet famed aviation hero and Luftwaffe builder died after a test of a secret weapon. The 44 year old ace was injured yesterday and died en route to hospital. Hitler ordered a state funeral and renamed Pursuit Squadron 3 in his honor. The body was moved to Berlin under military escort. Further details awaited.
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Berlin
Ernst Udet
Luftwaffe
Air Ministry
Udet
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Pursuit Squadron 3
Red Grip on Kalinin Pivot Halts Nazi Plans
A Soviet stand at Kalinin blocks German advances along the Kalinin front and along the Archangel line. Germany’s by pass attempt via the Leningrad Vologda route falters as Moscow’s defenses tighten the siege ring. The battle shapes the fate of Moscow and Russia’s northern supply corridor.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Kalinin
Moscow
Tula
Upper Volga
Archangel-Vologda
Volokolanak
Volga
Russia
Ural Mountains
Leningrad
Vologda
Archangel
Very Hopeful of U S Poet Says Nomura
U S Japan talks extended beyond two days as Hull signaled exploratory talks and planned another meeting. Nomura and Kurusu expressed optimism, while U S officials said Japan must reverse its East Asia policy for a possible conclusion.
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U. S
Nomura
Washington
INS
Japan
Pacific
Hull
State Department
Roosevelt
Kichisaburo Nomura
Saburo Kurusu
Hail
China
Nippon
Far Pacific
East Asia
Kurusu
State Deepartment
Rome Holds U S Rector Spy Suspect
Italian police arrest Rev. Hiram Graber Woolf of Simbra rector of St. Pauls American Episcopal Church in Rome and detain him after notifying the U S embassy the case is under suspicion of intelligence activity. He planned to read President Roosev soms Thanksgiving Day proclamation at a service.
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Richard G. Masseck
Rome
Hiram Graber Woolf
Simbra
St. Pauls American Episcopal Church
U. S
FDR
Dresden
Munich
Germany
Roosevelt
Stefani
la Stampa
Turin
Ifalso
British Shake Up High Army Staff
London announces Gen Sir Alan Brooke will head the imperial general staff, replacing Gen Sir John Dill on Christmas Day amid hints of a new British offensive front. Brooke, 6 years younger than Dill and a tank warfare advocate, will oversee overseas actions and home defense.
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London
INS
High Command
Alan Brooke
Imperial General Staff
John Dill
War Office
Brooke
Adolf Hitler
Beitsin
Home Forces
Britain
Home Army
14 Cent Milk Sold At Three More Outlets
Milk sold for 14 cents a quart at Summers Market Howard Grocery and Mrs. Frank Audin's store after petitions denouncing price hikes circulated. Demand grew as several east Washington street shops already offered the reduced price and more stores planned home delivery.
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West Virginia
Greenbrier County
Tole Lowing
Summers Market
Brooks Street
Howard Grocery
California Street
Frank Audin
Washington Street
East
Lowen Cash Market
Sam DeFranco
State Anti-Profiteering Committee
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Adamantin
Willie Willis
By Robert Quillex
Gary Mine
Geta
John J. Pelley
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Association of American Railroads
A. Johnston
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
George Harrison
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Charles Fahy
James M. Mead
Lick Lewis
Monongalia
Associated Press
CIO Iiet
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Manila
Washington—Labor Department
Defense Mediation Board
AFL
Sen. Connally
Island
Tikhvin
Vologda Junction
Faad
U. S. Rector
St. Paul’s
Dill
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