Railroad Unions Demand 30 Percent Wage Increase
Five major railroad operating unions representing 350000 workers announce a national campaign for a 30 percent wage hike with a minimum $1.80 daily increase. They will present the demand to railroads on June 10 under the mediation board provisions.
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Chicago
National Railway Mediation Board
Brotherhoods of
Locomotive Engineers
Switchmen's Union
Order of Railty
Conductors of America
United States
Solons Hurr y Bills Through Washington
Congressional leaders push six major measures backed by the administration as they seek to preserve a victory record this session. A potential summer recess is floated if administration goals are met. Prior actions include Britain aid and large military appropriations. Pending are tax increases and reconstruction plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Great Britain
Strands and Dixies Share Grafton Stage Tonight
The Grafton Sentinel invites Miss Ruth Maria of 152 Maple Avenue to tonight’s screenings The Road To Zanzibar at Strand Theatre starring Bob Hope Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour and The Strawberry Blonde at Dixie Theatre with James Cagney.
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Grafton Sentinel
Ruth Maria
Maple Avenue
Settle Anthracite Strike and Parley Near Ends
New York May 19 tentative agreement between United Mine Workers and Pennsylvania hard coal operators would raise wages for about 100000 workers ending a brief stoppage. John L Lewis UMWA president urged locals to await further word as talks continue in coal regions. Charleston WV May 19 soft coal output remains high as talks on a southern wage pact resume under mediation board extension until Friday.
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New York
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
Pennsylvania
John L. Lewis
UMWA
Charleston
West Virginia
National Defense Mediation Board
United Mine Workers
William H. Davis
Mediation Board
Washington
Statewide Safety Commission Proposed by Bosworth
Charleston May 19. State Police Superintendent John W. Bosworth proposes a new state commission to coordinate safety activities across departments. He will ask Governor Neely this week to create the body with Highway Safety Director C. W. Boone, a move described as a nerve center to prevent conflict and overlap in safety efforts with no new expenditures. Semi official groups would collaborate statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
John W. Bosworth
Neely
C. W. Boone
Bosworth
Police Chief Mobbed At Mine Workers' Meet
WHITESVILLE May 19 A factional meeting of United Mine Workers autonomy group ended in fisticuffs. Police Chief E C Wilson was bruised when attacked while restoring order between rival UMWA factions. Magistrate Raymond Cootz said the gathering broke up before starting. The autonomy faction seeks district representatives elected rather than appointed by headquarters.
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Whitesville
United Mine Workers
E. C. Wilson
Dream Comes True Baby Left On Woman Porch
BLUEFIELD May 19 A woman, Mrs G J Patton, dreamed three nights of finding a baby on her front porch and then found one. Police Captain Roy Bond said she woke to the reality and called police. The infant was wrapped in a blanket and placed in hospital care while officials decide next steps.
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Bluefield
G. J. Patton
Hull Demands Safeguarding of Shipments
Secretary of State Hull declared a mortal danger to America and pledged a way to guarantee adequate supplies to Great Britain. He outlined five peace points for a postwar settlement and insisted the tide of force must be turned back. Senator Wheeler urged the president to push for negotiated peace in Europe.
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Washington
Hull
America
Great Britain
Britain
Wheeler
D.-Mont
Roosevelt
Europe
The
Montanan
U S Seeks Far East Accord With Japan, Soviet Press Says
Moscow reports the United States took the initiative in pursuing a Far East accord with Japan. Tass quotes New York Herald Tribune Tokyo correspondent revealing an unofficial Japanese proposal for a China J apan mediation agreement and notes U S initiative may come from Washington rather than Tokyo.
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Moscow
United States
Japan
Tass
New York
Tokyo
New York Herald Tribune
Mother and two children found beaten to death near Newark
State police reported a mother Ethel Webb age 30 and her two children, six year old Clarence and seven month old Judith, were beaten to death at their farm home five miles south of Newark. An axe was suspected. occupants were tenants on a 100 acre poultry farm owned by H. B. Palmer who discovered the bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Del
Ethel Webb
Clarence
Judith
Webbs
H. 8. Palmer
Sunken Egyptian ship report lists actors son aboard
A sunken Egyptian steamer Zamzam in the South Atlantic is linked to prominent names. Philip Faversham, 33, editor of The Nation and Evans of Clark, among 24 Americans aboard. Ray Colcord Jr., 24, Tulsa oil heir, also listed. James W. Crudgington, 91, Cincinnati, is named among others on the list.
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New York
Freda Kirchwey
Philip Faversham
the Nation
Evans
William Faversham
Clark
American Century Fund
Ray Colcord, Jr
Zamzam
James W. Crudgington
Cincorps
Cinnati
Robert L
Firemen Called To Rescue Retriever From Sewer
Philadelphia May 19 Police officer George Dougherty retrieved Mrs Daniel P Fairbanks dog Rowdy a cocker spaniel from an 11 foot storm sewer after the dog chased a ball into the opening. Dougherty needed firemen to lower a ladder and pull him to safety once the dog was brought up.
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Philadelphia
George Dougherty
Daniel P. Fairbanks
Dougherty
Pan American nations plan ship seizure
The inter American financial advisory committee will hear proposals from 21 republics to use nearly 200 idled foreign ships in hemisphere ports. Officials will report ship numbers tonnage and conditions while outlining plans to return vessels to service to ease cargo space shortages in regional trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Lehreas
Washington
inter-American Financial Emic Advisory Committee
America Nations
U.S
Inter- American Committee
United States
Plane missing with two Cleveland business men
A nine state search was launched for a Warner-Fairchild four seat monoplane carrying Daniel Stone and Earl H. Waltz, last seen taking off from Washington Saturday morning. Civil Aeronautics authorities urged pilots east and southeast of Cleveland to watch for the overdue craft, with routes unclear between direct return to Cleveland or a stop in Philadelphia.
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Cleveland
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Washington
Warner-Fairchild
Daniel Stone
Earl H. Waltz
Appalachain
Pennsylvania
Stone
Philadelphia
Syrian Commissioner Urges Resistance to British Attacks
General Henri Dentz, high commissioner of French Syria and Lebanon, called on Syrians to resist what he called British aggression. He cited British assaults on the French fleet at Mers-El-Kebir and Dakar and said Britain was attacking airfields in Syria without warning assisting Axis forces at Iraq’s side.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Henri Dentz
Syria
Mers-El-Kebir
Dakar
England
Petain
Dentz
Iraq
Mystery of Zamzam Disaster Leaves 120 Americans Missing
Alexandria Egypt May 19 The fate of 120 Americans aboard the Zamzam remains unknown after the 8,299 ton steamer sank in the South Atlantic en route from New York to Alexandria Authorities say the cause is unclear as British officials presume the ship lost The master Captain William Gray Smith is missing The Zamzam built 1909 in Belfast carried missionaries and British American ambulance drivers to Africa and Egypt with fertilizer trucks and machinery noted among its cargo
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Alexandria
Egypt
Zamzam
South Atlantic
New York
Recife
Pernambuco
Brazil
Capetown
Union of South Africa
Alexandria Navigation Company
London
William Gray Smith
Ministry of Information
United States
Central Africa
Smith
Raye divorce final. Perry payroll case opens trial
Martha Raye finalizes divorce from David Rose and eyes future nuptials with Neal Lang. In Charleston, Lester Perry of Logan county is chosen by the prosecution as the first of nine defendants to be tried on payroll padding indictments after two grand juries investigated charges.
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Hollywood
Martha Raye
David Rose
Comedienne
Neal Lang
Miami Beach
Fla
Raye
Buddy Westmore
Walter Mason
Charleston
Lester “Bus” Perry
Logan County
J. Blackburn Watts
Kanawha County
Intermediate Court
Libya border battle rages in North Africa
British Desert Forces defend a barbed wire frontier along the Egyptian Libyan border as Axis forces concentrate near Fort Capuzzo 29. The front line has shifted hands six times since the war began with few German or Italian troops remaining on Egyptian soil.
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Edward Kennedy
North Africa
Mussolini
Egypt
Fort Capuz- 29
Salam
State Board Seeks Rosier Successor At Charleston Meeting
The West Virginia State Board of Education, meeting in Charleston May 19, will seek a successor to Dr. Joseph Rosier who resigned as president of Fairmont State Teachers College to become a U.S. senator. The board will also review faculty appointments for all state colleges and consider pension applications under the 1939 retirement act before changes take effect.
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Charleston
Joseph Rosier
Fairmont State Teachers College
U.S
State Board of Education
David Kirby
Senator Lee Speaks To 500 Huntingtonians
Senator Josh Lee of Oklahoma told about 500 Huntington residents that Hitler is waging war on the United States economically psychologically morally and spiritually and that America must aid Britain with American ships and guns He warned Hitler speaks only one language force and urged preparation to answer with force.
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Huntington
Hitler
United States
U. S
Josh Lee
Okla
Italian Army at Alma Alaji Defeated
Cairo May 19 about 7000 Italian soldiers surrendering in Ethiopia today and their commander at Aima Alaji the Duke of Aosta and staff will surrender at noon tomorrow British announced officially. The capitulation follows one day allowed for wounded collection. In Africa Axis columns crossing into Egypt were forced to withdraw. No change at Tobruk Iraq and Habbaniyah quiet. In northwest Ethiopia natives captured an important position in the Gonder sector.
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Cairo
Egypt
Ethiopia
Aima Alaji
Duke of
Aosta
Trezzani
Gonder
Sot Amba Alaji
Fascist coup aid to wavell collapses Italian force surrenders
Dewitt Mackenzie reports the surrender of the Royal Duke of Aosta, Italian Viceroy of Ethiopia, and a force of 35 000 to 38 000 troops. The capitulation comes as the Axis offensive grows in the Near and Middle East, aiding British strategic aims.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Duke of
Aosta
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Near
Middle East
150 Catholic Daughters Open Biennial Meeting
Approximately 150 delegates from 15 West Virginia courts registered for the 11th biennial convention of the Catholic Daughters unit in Pairmont. Mrs Anna Ballard of East Milton Mass national treasurer addresses sessions as the meeting opens.
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Pairmont
Anna Ballard
East Milton
Mass
Catholic Daughters of Atetica
West Virginia
Vocational Sheet Metal Course Offered For Defense Program
In response to national defense needs, a short course in sheet metal work will be held at the Main Street shop formerly occupied by I. C. McCue. Open to boys 17 to 25, the course runs until June 27 with enrollment on May 20 or 21 at 6 PM. E G Kuhn, Superintendent of Schools.
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National Defense
Main Street
I. C. McCue
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Frances J. Olcott
Tripoli
Royal Air Force
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United States of Europe
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Pan-American Nations Plan
Hemisphere
Mar
Martine
Ee State
Perry
Logan
Libya
State Board
Rosier
Senator Lee
Alma Alaji
Rome
Wavell
E.G. Kuhn
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