CIO officials to purge Pacific coast UAW leadership
Los Angeles June 13 A score of top CIO officials head to Los Angeles responding to Richard T Frank ensteen's call to purge Pacific coast leadership of subversive elements The meeting follows a wildcat strike at an American aviation plant and includes charges filed against Lew H Michener UAW west coast regional director The drive targets Douglas Aircraft Co and North American Aviation with about 20 000 workers to be organized Walter Smethhurst joins the delegation as work resumes after Army oversight and a constitutional amendment proposal to bar Communist party members from union office advances to the Buffalo convention
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CIO
Richard T. Frankensteen
Pacific Coast
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Teen
Aviation
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Olen
American Aviation
National Defense Mediation Board
Washington
UAW
Lew H. Michener
CLO
Frankensteen
Douglas Aircraft Co
North American
Walter ‘Smethhurst
National Aircraft Workers
Smethurst
Communist Party
Buffalo
Ancient City in ruins amid allied invasion update
A partial page one reprise notes no major progress near Ancient City in the last 24 hours as French civilians are urged kindness toward foreigners. Reports place fighting near Hissar ten miles south of Damascus, with British attacks stymied and coastal forces moving toward Beirut. British air raids on Beirut were repelled with minimal damage.
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Damascus
Sister
Brifortes
Beirut
Siden
London
State Road economy told to brace for cuts and curbs
Charleston June 13 Possible imposition of gasoline priorities and a drop in automobile production may cut income of the State Road Commission. Commissioner Ernest L Bailey says the outlook is clouded with uncertainty and urges conservation of materials, careful gasoline use, tire recapping where possible, and strict personal conduct to reduce lost time. He warns of more than normal difficulty ahead requiring intensified effort and resourcefulness as costs rise.
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Charleston
State Road Commission
Roead
Ernest L. Bailey
Bailey
Two Walkouts End Threats as Wage Pact Sets Hike
The executive council announced the end of two major threats to military airplane output and a walkout was avoided at two Pittsburgh plants. The two year pact raises hourly minimum from 50 to 55 cents with a possible 75 cent raise after six months, benefiting Consoli dated’s 14,000 workers by about 7 million dollars. Machinists voted to empower negotiators to call a strike, a result not disclosed.
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Army
Navy
Britain
Vice
Consolidated
Jon
Woman Awarded 1250 in Bus Injury Suit
Mrs Mary Kaufman won a federal court jury award of 1250 dollars in her 10000 damage suit against Atlantic Greyhound Lines over injuries from alighting a May 1938 bus ride in Huntington.
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Huntington
Mary Kaufman
Atlantic Greyhound Lines
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