Labor Bitter Over War Labor Disputes Bill Veto Sparks Pledge
Washington June 26 The war labor disputes bill passed over President Roosevelt's veto prompting sharp criticism from labor leaders while AFL and CIO heads renew their no strike pledges. The act subjects violators to fines up to 5000 and a year in prison and the Justice Department enforces the ban on aiding strikes.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
AFL
War Labor Board
WLB
Justice Department
William Green
Philip Murray
CIO
Congress
Green
Delegation To Seek Explanations From Absent NYC Congressmen
The greater New York CIO council will send a 500 man delegation to Washington next Tuesday to demand full explanations from 13 New York City congressmen absent during the override of the anti strike bill veto. They urge immediate enactment of Roosevelt price roll back and subsidies, restoration of budgets for OPA and OWI, and banning all forms of racial discrimination.
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New York
Greater New York
CIO Council
Washington
New York City
House
CIO
Roosevelt
Office of Price Administration
Office of War Information
Saul Mills
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
National Cio
Steel drive to boost U S war steel output in half year
Washington reports a “steel for victory” campaign to add 2,000,000 tons of steel in the last half of the year. Chairman Donald M. Nelson of the War Production Board will lead the Pittsburgh drive, with CIO leader Philip Murray and WPB officials aiding. The plan aims to meet armed services needs and speed munitions production, including labor management cooperation and a broad expansion of furnaces and open hearths.
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Washington
Steel For Victory
Pittsburgh
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
WPB
Armed Services
Maritime Commission
Nelson
Philip Murray
CIO
Charles —Wilson
United Steelworkers of America
Pittsburgh Steel Producers Group
Benjamin FP. Fairless
U. S. Steel Corporation
Steel Division
Caedone Elson
Stalin Thanks Roosevelt for Unity to Defeat Common Enemies
Premier Stalin in a Moscow radio message to Roosevelt praises Allied unity and bravery of the Soviet people. He says conditions are set for final victory and urges joint blows from East and West against Hitlerite forces with confidence that victory will come soon.
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London
Stalin
Russia
Roosevelt
Moscow Radio
Soviet Union
Germany
North
Africa
Senate Rejects Food Subsidy Rollback in War Time Finance Move
The Senate joined the House in repudiating OPA food subsidy rollback and transferred subsidy authority to the War Food Administrator Chester C. Davis. The action follows Roosevelt veto override on an anti strike bill. The 46 to 29 vote killed the rollback and shifted subsidy power as Brown warns of inflation risk. The CCC bill was advanced with a $1 billion increase, while the House set $500 million for CCC.
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Jack Bell Washington
Senate
House
OPA
Office of Price Administration
Chester C. Davis
Congress
Roosevelt
Prentiss Brown
O'Mahoney
D.wyo
Brown
Commodity Credit Corp
CCC
Hill
Ala
Coal Output Likely To Be Normal Soon
Pittsburgh report says Appalachian fields show signs of resuming near normal coal production next week. Thousands of miners return to work in West Virginia Kentucky and Virginia while Pennsylvania sees continued walkouts. UMW district leaders expect most men back by Monday though absenteeism remains high in Pennsylvania Alabama and Ohio. A Kentucky group of 4500 in district 23 takes a 10 day vacation over unequal pay. officials say it is not a strike. Some mine leaders condemn the new anti strike law though no official protests are tied to congressional action.
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WLB
AFL
Beneft Ee Oe
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Appalachian
West Virginia
Kentucky
Virginia
United Mine Worker
UMW
Alabama
Ohio
District 23
Ed Morgan
Morgan
Congress
William Blizzard
Iron Production Sharply Curtailed in Birmingham District
Iron production in the Birmingham district dropped to a three year low as most Alabama coal mines stayed idle or partial. Republic Steel announced a second blast furnace banked at Thomas works while Gadsden furnaces ran at 7 percent. District furnaces 17 of 21 remained active, with two TCI furnaces down for refining for about 60 days. Steel output held steady as open hearths ran at capacity using more scrap iron.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Republic Steel Corporation
Thomas Works
Gadsden
I. Evans
Republic
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
TCI
Activities Varied At Service Men's Club
Frances Beason describes a Service Men's club thriving on homelike spaces. Lounge desks and writing materials replace the concert area, garden lights create a cool summer retreat, and residents enjoy cards, games, and sandwiches in a welcoming environment.
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Service Men’s Club
Frances Beason
Service Men's Club
Morgan County Bonds Paid Off and Solvency Shown
Audit of the Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control by state examiners covered Oct 1 1941 to Apr 1 1943, reviewing about half a million dollars. Report notes records are well kept, bonds totaling 151000 paid on an 1908 road issue, courthouse paid last November, jail costs 115000 with 62000 paid since construction, and the county within its constitutional debt limit for the first time since 1922.
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Morgan County Board of Revenue & Control
Morgan County
Sim L. Howell
New York
Howell
Board of Revenue & Control
War News In Brief Across Fronts
European offensive nears Ruhr valley destruction after seven nights of bombing as Germany acknowledges severe damage. Allied air forces strike Messina in the Mediterranean in a major raid aimed at isolating Sicily and crippling Axis defenses.
Raids Reported as Allied Air Forces Target Kiska
Navy reports sporadic raids by American and Japanese air forces in the North Pacific as Aleutian bombers launch three new attacks on Japanese installations at Kiska.
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Pacific
Navy
North Pacific
Aleutians Command
Kiska
Vote to return for Whitwell and Palmer miners
About 1,250 United Mine Workers in Whitwell and Palmer Tennessee cast ballots to resume production after a near shutdown since last Monday. The vote signals a move to restart mine operations and end the curtailment of output.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
United Mine
Whitwell and Palmer, Tenn
Submutiny Rumor Reported Among German Crews in Norway
Norwegian circles said six German submarine crews mutinied refused to reembark and were sent to Oslo Akershus prison. The report cites unnamed sources amid broader morale declines among German forces in Norway ahead of potential Allied actions near Trondheim and convoys to Soviet Russia.
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John Colburn Olm
Norway
Oslo
Akershus
Trondheim
Russia
Otto Cillax
English Channel
Tuskegee Gift to Library of Congress Papers of Booker T. Washington
The Library of Congress announced that Tuskegee Institute has donated Booker T. Washington’s papers, about 180000 items, including correspondence with Roosevelt Root and Taft. The collection is regarded as a premier source on Black history and will be moved to Washington in the fall to avoid disrupting Tuskegee scholars.
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Washington
Library of Congress
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Institute
Theodore Roosevelt
Elihu Root
William Howard Taft
Tuskegee
Bartlett Seeded No 1 At Southern Tennis Meet
Earl Bartlett of Tulane, a quarter finalist in the recent National Intercollegiate tournament, is seeded No 1 for the 58th Southern tennis meet opening tomorrow. New Orleans rival Jack Tuero is ranked second after winning the Southern junior championship for the second straight season.
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Atlanta
Earl Bartlett
Tulanence
New Orleans
Jack Tuero
Tuero
Propaganda Aid Declares Germany Attacks Weaken Morale
In London on June 26 a report described Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels and German propaganda as targeting cultural vandals and military barbarians to boost morale amid ongoing heavy Allied attacks.
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London
Paul Joseph
Germany
Week of heavy Allied bombing ends with new air raids
A large force of American heavy bombers attacked airfields and industrial targets in France by daylight, marking the busiest week yet in the Allied air offensive. Bomber crews reported destroying factories while heavy anti aircraft fire challenged pilots.
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London
France
Ruhr
Hitler
Messina Hit Hard in Allied Raid on Messina Harbor
Massed Flying Fortresses bombed Messina port and rail areas in a major Mediterranean attack as part of the effort to isolate Sicily. RAF Wellingtons struck Olbia in Sardinia and suffered three losses. both raids targeted docks, yards, tracks, and warehouses amid heavy anti aircraft fire.
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Mediterranean
Sicily
U. S. Army
Air Ministry
Continent
RAF
Ruhr
Dominion
Sky Fleet
Filer
Ministry
Bernay
le Havre
le Treport
Noland Norgaard
North Africa
Mussolini
Italy
Olbia
Sardinia
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