Mine Workers Win Bargaining Board Decision
The union victory in a captive witness arbitration yields a 2 to 1 majority ruling against the United States Steel Corporation. Dr. Joan R. Steewnan and John L. Lewis support the decision, which prompts eight coal companies to sign the Appalachian wage agreement as the standard for the bituminous coal industry nationwide.
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U. S. Conciliation Service
John L. Lewis
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Cryptoquote puzzle and misprinted clues disjoint from prompt
A scrambled quotation is shown as AGX MTXRAKPA OXL ORJ RPC KV BPG ENXPASVLP LVQ RLU AGXL. QVFZVA The page also lists scattered crossword clues and a cryptogram teaser labeled Saturday's Cryptoquote TO BE ABUSED IN DISASTER 18 WORSE THAN THE DISASTER. SYRUS distributed by King Features Syndicate Inc.
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
Markets Tumble on War News and Mixed Congress Action
New York markets opened with stocks slipping 1 to 8 points amid U S Pacific clashes and congressional action. Volume reached about 2 million shares, among the highest since May 1940, with commodities moving higher and pork and cattle futures showing gains.
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Japan Attacks Hawaii as War Spreads in Pacific
News monitors report Japanese bombers hit Pearl Harbor and other Pacific targets while Tokyo declares war on the United States and Britain. Washington officials reveal Hull condemned the attack as treacherous and unprovoked as Allied nations rally to respond.
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Congress backs Roosevelt war policy after Pearl Harbor
Massachusetts Representative McCormack moved to vacate the House on its own resolution and adopt the Senate’s, sending the declaration of war to the White House for signature. President Roosevelt called December 7, 1941 a date which will live in infamy as Japan launched a broad attack across Hawaii and the Asia-Pacific, with battleships capsizing and ships damaged, prompting urgent defense measures and a unified national pledge to defeat the aggressors.
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Social notes and city court fines from Birmingham scene
Mrs. Kenneth Hennessey and Miss Eastelie Speer spent Saturday in Birmingham. Paul E. Wilson of this city and Birmingham enlisted in the U S Navy and will be First Class Petty Officer. Ten people were fined in city court for public Grenipanels and six for disorderly conduct plus four traffic offenses. Mrs I R Smith, 815 Grant street, was at Baugh's infirmary for an operation.
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Eastelie Speer
Birmingham
Paul E. Wilson
United States Naval Aegeat
I. RB. Smith
Grant Street
Baugh’s Infirmary
Reclassification Guidance From Alabama Draft Officials
Lieut. Col. C. C. Jarrell, assistant state selective service director, advised Alabamians who have been or wish to reenter to write the fourth corps area in Atlanta or await war department orders. He noted discharged draftees ask boards to send them back, but local boards cannot. Such men move to the reserves under active price and are subject to war grant orders.
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Selective Service
Fourth Corps
Atlanta
War Department
Jarrell
Roosevelt Declares War After Pearl Harbor Attack
President Franklin D. Roosevelt states that Congress must declare war on Japan, declaring a state of war exists between the United States and the Japanese empire following the December seventh attack and the White House notes dated December 8.
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Japan
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Tax men arrest 4 men over week end
Local alcohol tax unit agents arrested four men in two raids over the weekend and destroyed a still in Marshall County. The operation seized about 300 gallons of mash and involved P. H. Sandlin and other agents. Police also seized two motorcycles and an automobile with four gallons of moonshine found in the car.
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Marshall County
P. H. Sandlin
J. E
Pierce
Birthday Party Enjoyable Event at Rachel Mason’s Home
Rachel Mason celebrated her birthday at home on Bay Street West Saturday afternoon. Guests played games with prize winners Shirley Ann Corum and Marye Irene Johnson. Attending were Barbera Jean, Dorothy Woodruff, Billie Bree, Billie Lakey, Mexter Cagle, Bobby Cole, Sarah Hamill, and others. Moderately served refreshments followed.
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Irene Johnson
Markets at a Glance Across Markets Decline and Gains
New York stocks showed weakness amid wartime anxiety with leaders hit. Bonds slipped as federals moved lower. New Orleans demand supported sugar while metals held steady as steel operations eased. Wool rose in prices with strong demand. Cotton futures fluctuated, spiking after Pacific news then retreating to steady closes.
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Lions Store Success Shows Club Work For Blind
W Patton of the Lions Club reported the country store sponsored by the club last week closed Saturday with all stock donated by merchants. He called the outcome gratifying and said proceeds will advance efforts helping calieriched or blind individuals. The store was open each afternoon, attracting over a hundred visitors during the week.
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No Orders Yet for Draft Board In Carlisle Area
Carlisle Blackwell chief clerk of the Selective Service System Heart board No 1 said this afternoon that no orders had been received by the local draft board.
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Selective Service System
Heart Board No. 1
Local Boy Ensign Darrah Reported in Pacific War Zone
Lovehirtes Darrah of Decatur grandson of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Darrah is believed in the Pacific war zone after enlisting in the Navy last summer and being commissioned an ensign. He previously served at Pearl Harbor and may be aboard the destroyer John B. Ford as attacks began. In Hawaii, Dr Edwin Wyle’s daughter Mrs L Wnd Herbinband a Navy lieutenant commander and their three children Jacqueline Stephen Diana are stationed near Pearl Harbor with Mrs Cease living in Honolulu and Commander Gease aboard a Pacific ship.
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First Christian Church
Office Routine Hinted Amid SS Selective Service Orders
Mr Blackwell indicated today that he expected additional orders at any time for the Selective Service System to follow. The remark suggests upcoming directives may reshape the office routine and workflow.
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Selective Service
Bombing Casualties Reported in Honolulu and Philippines
Reports indicate about 4 000 casualties with nearly half fatalities and many wounded from bombs in Honolulu. Simultaneous coverage shows continued bombing of military objectives in the Philippines.
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Associated Press
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New York Harbor Put On War Basis
New York on full wartime basis as Army Navy and Coast Guard reservists report for duty. Rear Admiral Adolphus Andrews announced the Third Naval District was prepared for attack less than 30 minutes after Japan bombed Hawaii.
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Coast Guard
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Hawaii
Lanier High School Orders ROTC Training Expansion
In Montgomery Alabama principal J S McCants ordered all male students at Sidney Lanier High School to join ROTC training. The order aims to swell the ROTC unit from about 400 to 800 students, reflecting a drive to require military instruction for male students.
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Sidney Lanier High School
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Union Hill PTA to Meet on Tuesday December 9
The Union Hill School No. 61 PTA will meet Tuesday night December 9 at the Union Hill church. Twenty paid memberships were reported at the November meeting and officers were elected: President Verna Osborn, Vice-President Nora Owens, Secretary Joe Greenhaw, Treasurer Delmar Bagwell.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Union Hill
Church and All Friends
PTA
Verna Osborn
Nora Owens
Joe Greenhaw
Delmar Bagwell
Japanese Radio Says Guam Surrounded by Warships
Japanese radio from Tathoku Formosa reported that Japanese ships have surrounded Guam and that large buildings on the island were ablaze, as of the broadcast from Manila dated December 8.
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Tathoku
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Court reverses contempt rulings against Times and CIO leader
The Supreme Court reversed today contempt of court convictions against the Los Angeles Times and Harry Bird, a West Coast CIO labor leader, in a Washington decision dated December 8. The action overturns prior contempt findings amid ongoing labor dispute coverage.
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Supreme Court
Los Angeles Times
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CIO
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