Hillman Criticized Over Defense Housing Contract Advice
Senator Brewster of Maine charged Sidney Hillman with dangerous powers for advising against awarding a Wayne County Michigan defense housing contract to a nonlow bidder. Brewster pressed for granting the contract to the lowest bidder amid the national dd probe context.
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Hillman
Brewster
Washington
Maine
Sidney Hillman
Wayne County
Mich
Senate
Nationsidd
Hill
Detroit defense contract delay sparks labor tensions
Mars testified that action could trigger civil war in Detroit labor circles. Brewster pressed Hillman for more testimony as lawmakers questioned delaying an award to P. J. Currier, noting Currier’s CIO affiliation after years battling AFL unions. Brewster warned against letting irresponsible elements steer policy, fearing a labor driven government.
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Mars
Detroit
Brewster
Senate
Hillman
P. J. Currier
Detroit Lumber Company
Currier
CIO
AFL
Tulipomania and weather notes from early reports
Weather summary shows temperatures around 37 to 50 through morning hours with fair to partly cloudy conditions in South Dakota Iowa and Minnesota. Tulip mania in Holland and France is noted as a historical curiosity about speculative bulb dreams.
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South Dakota
Iowa
Minnesota
Holland
France
Advise Against Killing Rabbits State Officials Say
Pierre October 23 The game government stressed the fur crop value to farm youth with two announcements One urged hunters to leave jackrabbits unmolested as fur not yet set and valuable later A new trapping season law opens November 1 Every dead jackrabbit loses at least 25 cents to a farm boy The rabbit industry put 300000 into farm youth pockets last season A $2 license is required for all over 15 except those trapping on own land New laws ban dens digging and poison gas or smokers on mink raccoon and skunk habitats Hunting mink or muskrat with a dog is unlawful.
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Pierre
South Dakota
Missouri River
Prosperity Ahead for U S Farmer Harnings Tripled
Government estimates foretell 1942 farm income near 13.05 billion dollars as hogs head toward a 15 year high and cash returns double 1932 levels. Prices farmers receive rise about 25 percent over 1941 while input costs lag.
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U.S
Harnings
William Ferris
Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Department
Priorities System Seen As Help To Highway Building
Representative Case of South Dakota reports PRA officials view the priorities system for defense materials as aiding road construction and reducing bid uncertainty. He cites a Hill City to Clust er project with previously rejected bids and notes PRA says most roads projects hold an A priority rating, removing contractor doubts and lowering bids though concerns over non defense work affecting the state road program persist.
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Wasa Lun
Public Roads Administration
Representative Case
South Dakota
Republican
Thomas H. MacDonald
PRA
Case
Hill City
Cluster
Highway contracts awarded by South Dakota commission
The South Dakota highway commission awarded multiple contracts totaling over 350000 dollars. Trottman Brothers received 59013 for grading 10.243 miles of State 7 from Mitchell south in Davison County. Peter Kiewit Sons Company and G W England and Son got 114143 for grading 17770 miles of U S 18 from Pine Ridge east in Shannon County. Booth and Olson won 18993 for bridge work on the Shannon County Project. Willis Bonesteel Wagner and A L Hyde were granted 23909 for bridge and culvert work on State 37 in Davison County. Inland Construction Company won 10483 for resurfacing 11.7 miles of Mount Rushmore Hill City road. Central Construction Company earned 4018 for resurfacing 10019 miles of U 281 north and south of State 34 in Jerald County.
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Omaha
Central Construction Company
Sioux Falls
U. 281
State
Jerald County
Six Are Drowned When Tug Capsizes
Six crew members of the tug America drowned in the Detroit River after the vessel capsized at 2 a.m. during an attempt to free the grounded freighter B. F. Jones. Captain Ralph Millard was injured. Captain Raymond Damas and the rest on deck were tossed into the river or rescued. The accident occurred near Peche Island as the tug moved the Jones from mud back toward the channel from Lake St. Clair.
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America
B. F. Jones
Detroit River
Ralph Millard
Toledo
Great Lakes Towing Co
Raymond Damas
Janerica
Jones
Peche Island
Lake St. Clair
Weather and War Fronts Baffle Soviet Defenses
A Hitler field bulletin claimed a broad front breakthrough despite severe weather as German armor pressed toward Moscow. Soviet dispatches note slight gains near Maloyaroslavets, with heavy Russian counterattacks near Mozhaisk and Orel. Street fighting rages in a city labeled N, while in the Crimea Germans claim large tank concentrations and fresh assaults on Sevastopol. The Moscow radio reports heavy German and Romanian casualties at Odessa and fighting near Leningrad while the war widens across Ukraine and the Caucasus.
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Moscow
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Orel
Kalinin
Ukraine
Crimea
Russia
Black Sea
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Red Army
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Dnieper
Donets
L Odessa
Les Perekop
Perekop
Armyansk
Pravda
Communist Party
Caucasus
Ore Observer
Moscow Radio
Taganrog
Azov
Berlin
Leningrad
Soviet Front Fights On Amid Snow and Shifts in Command
Reports from London say German forces, slowed by winter snows, rely on parachute troops as battles rage for every inch of Soviet soil. Zhukov replaces Timoshenko to lead the western front while Timoshenko moves to another post as Moscow tightens defenses.
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London
Moscow Front
Supreme Soviet
Central Front
Gregory E. Zhukov
Semeon ‘Timoshenko
Gen. Zhukov
Red
Moscow
Timoshenko
Prisoners and weapons seized in Russian front clash
Reports say 1,600 prisoners and 33 flame throwers were captured from a Russian division. German long range guns shelled a British convoy in the English Channel as RAF bombs hit Dunkerque Calais Boulogne and northwestern Germany. German night raiders attacked Merseyside Liverpool shipping area.
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Dunkerque
Calais
Boulogne
Germany
Merseyside
Liverpool
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