FDR May Ask Mine Workers To Bob Lewis
In Washington Nov 21 the national defense mediation board led by William H Davie sought to clarify the Appalachian agreement as the captive mine strike loomed. President Roosevelt weighed arbitration or open shop for the duration of the national emergency and expressed patience while lawmakers urged action.
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FDR
Bob Lewis
Arthur Hachten
Washington
INS
William H. Davie
National Defense Mediation Board
Docison
Roosevelt
United Mine Workers’ Policy Committee
Davis
Comrea
Onetbee
Hss
UMW of America
Lewis
Mediation Board
Sen
Tam Connally
Dtex
War and Navy
Petr
Congress
John L. Lewis
Betea
Chading
Bailey
D-N. C
Repo Dies
D-Tex
Cox
D-Ga
Smith
D-W. Va
Gun Battle Wounds 15 Pickets In Fayette County Mine
Fayette county sheriff Charles T. Frock asked Governor Arthur H. James to send state motor police into the Edenborn mine dispute after a gun battle wounded 15 pickets earlier. An 11th man was hurt in a separate, unrelated shooting at H. C. Frick Coke property.
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Pittsburgh
Navy
INS
Arthur H. James
Pennsylvania
Fayette County
Charles T. Frock
Edenborn
H. C. Frick Coke Company
First Captive
Ther Commercial
James
Frock
Harrisburg
CIO Acclaims Phil Murray Reelected President at CIO Meet
Detroit November 31 Phil Murray won a second term as president of the CIO by acclamation at its annual convention. The 55 year old labor veteran urged government and business to cooperate with labor in good faith and to resist attempts to place legislative shackles on unions. A 34 minute demonstration signaled his strong position as the CIO’s top leader. He addressed Roosevelt and business leaders urging acceptance and joint industry council efforts.
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Detroit
Murray
CIO
John L. Lewis
Roosevelt
Industry Council
Milk price war hits Charleston stores at 14 cents a quart
Fifteen retailers offered Grade A pasteurized milk at 14 cents a quart as Charleston officials recessed an ordinance hearing. Distributors defend the price rise to cover higher costs while a consumer petition urges keeping monopoly sections. Attorney Thomas alleges the state anti profiteering panel pressed for a 3.8 percent butterfat cut, which the attorney general denies. The hearing pauses with no date set.
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Charleston
James Kay Thomas
Atorney
Atty
Clarence W. Meadows
State Committee
Henry Butts
Carl Davis
Sai
West Virginia Coal Strike Halves Output as 50,000 Miners Walk Out
A broad sympathy strike in West Virginia cuts coal output by half with 50,000 idle miners across about 200 mines. The drive, led by the United Mine Workers, aims to enforce a union shop and spreads through counties including Mingo and Mercer, Fayette, and others, halting up to 30 percent of production.
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W. Va
Skinny
South
Littlle
Dourts
Mingo
Mercer
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Fayette
Germans claim massive Soviet losses and advances in Russia
Berlin reports German sources claim 10,000,000 Soviet casualties by five months of war, with German forces pushing on the central front toward Moscow and Donets, encircling Leningrad, and overrunning much of Crimea. They cite captures of prisoners, planes, tanks, guns and vessels, while Sevastopol remains contested.
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Crimea
Sevastopol
Adolf Hitler
England
Cold Snap Sweeps Over Mid Plains
The Associated Press reports a first real cold snap of the season spreading from the northern Great Plains into Montana North and South Dakota. Frigid air from Canada brings blustering winds and snow flurries as temperatures drop to around 20 above in northern Illinois and Indiana by Saturday morning and near 10 by Sunday. Snow falls in Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan as the cold front moves east toward Chicago South Bend and the northeast.
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Associated Press
Great Plains
Montana
South Dakota
Canada
R. E. Gumpt
U. S. Weather Bureau
Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigam
South Bend
Ind
Gumpf
Reds Retreat Near Tula Area Amid Frontline Battles
From Kuybyshev Russia November 21 the Moscow radio reported a serious new situation southwest of Tula on the Moscow front with Red forces apparently retreating. Tremendous fighting raged NW and W of Moscow while the Red lines held in other sectors near Rostov and in the Don basin. German Jaeger troops battered Soviet defenses but no progress was claimed.
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Leningrad
Lake Ladoga
Moscow
Donets River
Tula
Kalinin
Arctic
Hankian Jaksha
White Sea
Murmansk -Leningrand
Kuibyshev
Russia
Moscow Radio Tonight
Crimea
Red Army
Rostov on-Don
Jaeger
Don Basin
Red
Duchess Spinelli the Duchess Dies in Gas Chamber
Evileta Juanita Spinelli, known as the duchess, headed a holdup gang and was executed in California. She died for the murder of her own gang member, 19-year-old Robert Sherrard, after a fatal holdup. Sixty spectators watched the 11 minute process in San Quentin.
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San Quentin
Calif
Evileta Juanita Spinelli
California
Robert Sherrard
San Francisco
Sacramento
Siam Raid Halts U S Jap Parley
The eleventh hour bid to avert a Pacific war seemed failing as reports of a raid into Thailand by Japanese controlled forces derailed talks. Secretary Hull stayed at the White House for a cabinet meeting with Roosevelt while no meeting with the Japanese envoys was scheduled.
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Washington
INS
U. S
Japan
Pacific
Thailand
Siam
Cordell Hull
White House
Roosevelt
State Department
Hull
Saburo Kus Rusu
Kichisaburo Nomura
Australia
U S Holding Man With Nazi Tattoo
An American-born German man named Odell Dowdy alias Odell Dowd of Monroe Louisiana was charged in Gulfport Mississippi with violating the selective service act for lacking a registration card. He was bound over $500 bond after arraignment following arrest for intoxication and exhibiting a swastika tattoo.
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Gulfport
Miss
John W. Savage
Odell Dowdy
Odell Dowd
Monroe
Dowdy
Savage
John Payne
Payne
U. S
Alabama
France May Align With Axis Amid Europe Tensions
New York reports reliable sources in Europe indicate French and German leaders including Adolf Hitler and Marshal Petain may meet soon to discuss relations. The talks could explore new collaboration with France possibly seeking a capitulation or full Axis membership.
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New York
Associated Press
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Marshal Persin
France
Axi
U. S.-Made Tanks Turn Tide in North Africa Battles
British Imperial forces claimed victory in three furious tank engagements near Tobruk and Sidi Omar with American made machines aiding the advance. Axis losses included hundreds of tanks as Germans and Italians retreated under relentless air and naval bombardment.
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W. P. Saphire
Cairo
INS
Tobruk
Sidi Omar
Sid Rezegh
Britain
Sidi Rezegh
Bir Sid Omar
Bardia
Gambut
Bir El-Gobi
Halfaya
Siar
Sidi’ Omar
German Libyan forces struggle as British ring tightens
Cairo reports indicate General Erwin Rommel's Libyan forces try to break a British containment line while conditions grow harsher for the Axis. Remmel allegedly lost about half of his deployed tanks, with three Axis tanks sunk per British one. British forces also capture Rezegh airfield in a brief encirclement, near El Adem airbase.
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Cairo
Erwin Komimel
Remmel
Rezegh
el Adem
Indiana Battleship Christened at Newport News Launch
The 45,000 ton battleship Indiana slid into the James River at high tide amid a splash of grease marks six months ahead of schedule. Secretary Frank Knox called it a symbol of resilience in wartime while Gov Schricker and Booth Tarkington attended the christening by Mrs. Lewis C. Robbins of Wichita Falls. About 600 Hoosiers and officials observed the launch as the ship began its glide into the water.
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Newport News
vPi
Indiana
James River
U. S
Frank Knox
Lewis C. Robbins
Wichita Falls
Tex
Henry F. Schricker
Payne
Booth Tarkington
Prisoner Admits Wreck Killing 24
C Alexander 24 of Cleo Springs Oklahoma confessed to wrecking the City of San Francisco passenger train near Hamey on August 12 1939, killing 24 and injuring 108. He said he planned robbery but fled after hearing screams. No charges filed yet. arrested on a minor count near Doyle.
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Susanville
Calif
Olin S. Johnson
C. Alexander
Cleo Springs
Oklo
Southern Pacific
City of
San Francisco
Hamey
Alexander
Doyle
Johnson
Portrait of Lewis in a Tug of War with the President
The Washington Merry Go Round editors offer a pen portrait of John L. Lewis and his power over the nation as he confronts the elected head of the United States. The piece frames the labor leader as a titan in a high stake clash crucial to the republic.
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John E. Lewis
United States
Our Republic
Lewis
Washington
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