War Chest campaign launches October 8 for $3.2 million goal
The local War Chest aims to raise 3.2 million dollars starting October 8 to aid home front services in Hamilton County and 19 foreign relief agencies. About two thirds supports local needs, with remaining funds divided among USO, United Seamen's Service, War Prisoners Aid, and a contingency.
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United States
USO
United Seamen's Service
C. M. Bookman
War Chest
Hamilton
War Prisoners Aid
Contingent Fund
Bookman
National War Fund
United Seamans’ Service
Native Fascist Is For Dewey
Mrs Eliza beth Dilling a Washington sede tion trial leader says she will vote for Thomas E Dewey in November in the latest issue of her Patriotic Research Bureau publication She urges Americans to act and supports a Republican sweep to oust Roosevelt and to impeach Dewey if he aligns with Jewish Red International She contrasts her choice with Gerald L K Smith who runs on the America First ticket saying Smith uses the campaign for propaganda for Christian Americanism
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Chicago
Elizabeth Dilling
Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
Patriotic Research Bureau
Roosevelt
Dewey
Red International
California AFL backs Roosevelt and Truman endorsement
The California AFL Executive Council joined numerous state and local AFL bodies in endorsing President Roosevelt and Harry Truman this week.
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San Francisco
California
AFL Executive Council
AFL
Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Safety Talks Are Offered by Cincinnati Traffic Council
Cincinnati's Traffic Safety Council offers ten minute speakers to labor groups and public meetings to address rising postwar traffic hazards. Council warns victory over Germany and gasoline rationing end soon, risking higher accidents unless safety talks are arranged. Contact Charles F. Wheeler at City Hall Room 209 Cincinnati 2 CH 5300 line 345.
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Cincinnati
Traffic Safety Council
Germany
Council
Safety Council
Charles F. Wheeler
City Hall
War Veterans Return To Fur Workers Union Local 214
Fur and Leather Workers Union Local 214 welcomes back two servicemen Carey Hubbard and Leroy Davis to Oak Leather Company. Davis spent 15 months overseas and was wounded in the South Pacific. Dale Zysman, midwest director, is transferred to New York. Herman Dickerson praised for keeping production steady during wartime.
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Fur and Leather Workers
The
Oak and Leather Company
Dale Zysman
New York
Carey Hubbard
Leroy Davis
Oak Leather Company
Army
Davis
South Pacific
George Grigsby
Herman Dickerson
Book Review Hokes Black Mail Exposes Fascism Plot
A Book Review praises Henry Hoke author of Black Mail as a patriot who uncovered how propaganda and hate mailings spread fascist influence in America before and during the war. It details his undercover five year campaign revealing German and Japanese links, Congressional isolationist ties, and front organizations.
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New York City
America
Henry Hoke
Hoke
United States
Black Mail
Fascist Propaganda Front
Campaign canvass reports and union mentions in Eighteen Ward
Field reps from PAC and Wrights discuss canvassing in the Eighteen Ward to register voters. Beulah Billings hosts they described, with her son W H Billings a Wrights worker. Several labor figures including Philip Ziegler and Al Whitehouse appear, praising cooperation and noting anti labor concerns, with contact offered for future meetings.
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William Hopper
PAC
Cal Frech
Wrights
Roosevelt
Hopper
Beulah Billings
Richmond Street
W. H. Billings
Dewey
CIO Wins Four to One at Chickasaw Ordnance Plant
Memphis Tennessee four to one NLRB election victory ousted the expanding du Pont empire securing a large blow to the southern operation at the Chickasaw Ordnance works. Chickasaw is the region’s only major duPont plant with a union while Old Hickory rayon plant maintains a company union.
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Memphis, Tenn
CIO
duPont
NLRB
Chickasaw Ordnance Works
Chickasaw Works
duPont Rayon
Old Hickory
Tenn
Nashville
Anti-Labor Cartel Indicted Over Global Borax Monopoly
A grand jury in San Francisco indicted a giant international cartel run by British and Nazi firms via Potash and Chemical Corp. for creating a worldwide borax monopoly, boycotting Allied buyers and padding prices to aid Axis nations.
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San Francisco
American Potash & Chemical Corp
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Lee S. Scheuer
Frank H. Lamping
Scheuer
Organized Labor
Ben Herman
Greater Cincinnat Industrial Council
John J. Hurst
Central Labor Council
Afl-Cio Industrial Public Relations Council
Fur Workers Union
Miliar
U. S
Rep
Ham Fish
By Loriie Covert
Philip Ziegler
Brotherhood
San
al” Jordan
Usa-Cio
al Whitehouse
Dies Committee
Congress
Bernie Woolis
Communications Association
Keith
Marie Gorrell
Kroger Grocery and Packing Co
Joe Sepate
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Red Cross
Sepate
Win du Pont
Anti-Labor Cartel
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