CIO Officers Chosen Again at Westinghouse Plant
In east Pittsburgh at the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing plant, a mail-ballot reelects CIO officers amid U.S. Congress un American activity concerns. Two incumbents highlighted by Rep. John McDowell as endorsing Communism, Charles Newell and Margiwin Darin, head the slate with other officers including Eoin Metcalfe, Patrick Welsh, A M Piefferman and Logan Burkhart.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
John McDowell
R.-Pa
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing
McDowell
Dies Congress
George Bush
C1os Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers Union
Local 601
Charles Newell
Margiwin Darin
Eoin A. Metcalfe
Patrick Welsh
A. M Piefferman
Wiliam Simpson
Newell
Logan Burkhart
Logan Waller Seeks Quorum and Year-End Actions
The article notes efforts to obtain a quorum for action and extend sessions to year end, Barkley views a light start for the new Congress with a heavy post inauguration schedule. Defense funding will lead, tax reviews will follow, and debates on raising additional revenue and neutrality policy toward Britain are outlined as priorities.
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Barkley
D.I
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
Morgensaut
Britain
Great Britain
Eye Witness Reports Desert Siege and Capture of Nibeiwa
Distilled seawater tents cover vast camps as British forces push through a 70 mile desert front. Three months of labor with water pipelines precede a swift breakthrough. Nibeiwa, 19 miles south of Barrani, falls in an hour as a captured officer describes Tai officials.
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Tue Ls
Wah Japor
Nibeiwa
Barrani
French Vichy grants Admiral powers over Western Hemisphere possessions
Admiral Georges Robert named High Commissioner for the French West Indies with dictatorial control over defense for West Indies French Guiana St Pierre and Miquelon and plenipotentiary authority to negotiate with the United States and other American nations under Vichy conditions.
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Western Hemisphere
Georges Robert
French West Indies
West Indies
French Guiana
St. Pierre and
Miquelon
U. S
Central
Surrender and Allied Breakthrough at Sidi Barrani
Dramatic war dispatches report British and Allied forces pushing through Egyptian defenses at Sidi Barrani after tank-led assaults. General Gallino and staff captured. British advance to Malila and west forts amid heavy fighting with Italian Blackshirts and Luftwaffe elements.
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Talia
Pietro Maleu
Fen
Cheast
Dumar
Eng Lash
Sidi Barrani
Malila
Gallino
Striain
Egypt
Permusion
GOP Leaders Call Moratorium Amid 1944 Election Debate
GOP leaders urge a temporary halt in certain policy actions as 1944 presidential candidates, including a leading figure, spar over wartime priorities. The stance reflects internal tensions within the party during a pivotal election year.
Baker's COAL Belverea Run of Mine Item
The note records a ran related to coal at Belverea run of mine with quantities of ten bushels and seventy one units noted as porked crt designation THONE and We bu in a compact OCR fragment.
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Baker's Coal
Belverea
X Ray Testing of Draftees Promises Tuberculosis Detection
Dr Logan Clendening discusses a plan to use four by five inch X ray plates during physical examinations for the draft. The method aims to detect active, closed, and inactive tuberculosis in large groups, offering lower error rates than stethoscope alone and cheaper costs than older fluoroscopy. The piece cites potential savings from preventing TB cases among draftees and outlines the broader wartime and postwar costs of tuberculosis.
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Geon- Gener Department
Electors Hold Formal Meets Washington
Electors meet to cast ballots as required by the constitution in state capitals. Electoral votes will be counted January 6. Roosevelt won the 1940 election with 449 votes to Willkie’s 82. Roosevelt’s popular vote totaled 27,241,938 against 22,427,226.
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Washington
Roseevelt
Law of the Land
Electoral College
Collewy
Congress
Rosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
GREEKS SEIZE OSS OF LAND AND ATMAN FRONT
British reports say Italian forces resist on the Libyan border with Bardia as Gaziani reinforces Libyan defenses. Greek troops gain ground along the Yugoslav Albanian frontier despite winter storms. Greek artillery, supported by air action, repels Italian counterattacks and advances against fortifications. Local notices call for a musical club concert tomorrow at eight.
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Rodolle
Graziani
Bardia
Salum
Salim
Soldiers Helped Through Snow Drifts in Mountain Passes
In harsh winter conditions marching units were aided by locals in shawls who shoveled routes through four foot snow drifts in mountain passes aiding the troop movements.
Red Cross seeks broad aid for Europe and Spain
The report says the Red Cross as a neutral humanitarian body led by Norman H. Davis insists any relief to Spain must also reach unoccupied France and other suffering areas in Europe. Britain permits some food shipments from South America to Spain amid ongoing war restrictions. A $1,000,000 American food shipment to Spain is contemplated to aid urgent needs in the region.
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Germary
Europe
Spain
Britain
South America
United States
American Red Cross
Norman H. Davis
Red Cross
France
Ilan Expansion Plans For Weirton Steel Works
National Steel officials announced expanded facilities at Weirton West Virginia including a 360000 ton blast furnace and 64 coke ovens as part of the ILAN expansion plans discussed yesterday
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Plitsburgh
National Steel Corporation
Weirton
W. Va
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