Striking Aluminum Workers Press for Wage Boost
International Aluminum Workers Union urged a general strike if the War Labor Board does not reconsider its denial of a wage increase. CIO leader Nick A. Zonarich said the board’s ruling endangers the aluminum program and called a meeting of union committeemen with CIO Auto Workers. The Aluminum Company employs about 32,000 workers across seven plants.
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Pittsburgh
The
Aluminum Workers Union
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
Nick A. Zonarich
CIO
Zonarich
United Auto Workers Union
Aluminum Company of America
Vernon, Calif
Little Steel
Aluminum Company
Difference
New Kensington
Detroit
Edgewater
N. J
Alcoa, Tenn
Bauxite, Ark
Badin
N. C
Bridgeport-Fairfield
Churchill Stalin Moscow conference and the one front war
DeWitt MacKenzie writes as Glenn Babb. The Moscow talks underscore the Soviet push for a single front until allies unite power for a second front. Japan’s absence in the communique hints at Stalin’s insistence while leaders confront Hitler. The danger lies in a Japan-led eastern front before Western力量.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Glenn Babb
Russia
Moscow
Soviet Union
Japan
Mame
Joseph Stalin
Hirohito
Manchuria
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
United Nations
Germany
Europe
United States
Britain
Siberia
America
Kwantung
British Bomber Chief Hails U S Raiders In Europe
Air Marshal Arthur Harris, RAF bomber chief, congratulates Brig. Gen. Ira C. Baker for leading the first all American raid on German-occupied France. Harris notes Yankee Doodle flew a plane named Yankee Doodle and praises the raid as a well earned feather in the cap.
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London
Arthur T. Harris
RAF
Bomber Command
U. S. Army Air Forces
Reich
Ira C. Baker
U. S. Bomber Command
Britain
France
Europe
Harris
Yankee Doodle
Baker
Movie Bookers Defendants In Bribe Suit
New York August 18 The Local 306 Moving Picture Machine Operators Union and the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employes AFL filed a 3.75 million dollar damage suit in state supreme court naming Loews Inc Marcus Loew booking agency and RKO Service Corporation as defendants They allege a 150000 bribe was paid to George E Browne and William Bioff and that the payment helped Browne force a 10 year contract with wage cuts from 2.12 to 1.58 per hour in 1935 The unions seek 2 million from Loews and 1 million from RKO plus 750000 for future wage losses through 1945 and claim the payments were to avert a strike in New York City and vicinity.
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New York
Loew's, Inc
Marcus Loew Booking Agency
RKO Service Corporation
State Supreme Court
Moving Picture Machine Operators Union
International Alliance = of Theatrical and
AFL
George E. Browne
William Bioff
New York City
Browne
International Alliance
Bioff
Loew’s
RKO
Steel firm accepts general wage rise while opposing retroactive pay
United States Steel accepted a 5 cent per hour general wage increase in a War Labor Board hearing but contested the CIO steel workers demand that the raise be retroactive to February.
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Washington
United States Steel Corporation
War Labor Board
CIO
Soviet Newspapers Call Allies to Push War to Germany
Soviet state papers Izvestia and Tzvestia urged the United Nations to carry the conflict to Germany with all power. They cited Churchill and Stalin talks, showed leaders in photos, and argued the Red Army bears heavy losses while drawing resources for an Allied victory.
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Germany
Moscow
United Nations
Kremlin
Churchill
Stalin
Izvestia
Britain
United States
Tzvestia
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Red Army
Eleven Reynolds Plants Slowed by Labor Dispute
In Louisville, 11 Reynolds Metals Company plants slowed by a labor stoppage linked to the firing of Ray Stober, CIO Aluminum Workers of America chairman at No. 7 plant. Company officials refused comment while union leaders call it a lockout and discrimination amid stalled contract talks under wartime policy. Edward H. Weyler of the Kentucky Federation of Labor cites expiration and War Labor Board involvement, expects workers to return soon as CIO actions are challenged.
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Louisville
Reynolds Metals Company
R. W. Pasnick
Field Representaive
International Union
CLO Aluminum Workers of America
Ray Stober
Edward H. Weyler
Kentucky State Federation of
Kentucky State Federation of Labor
American Federators of Labor
Reynolds
War Labor Board
Weyler
CIO
No. 7
King
Negro Firemen Open 52nd Convention in Warren ton
Negro firemen of the North Carolina Volunteer Association gather in Warren ton for the 52nd annual convention marking a historic regional gathering and official opening events as August 18 proceedings begin.
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Warrenton
North Carolina Volunteer Association
Curtin Defends Censorship As War Necessity
Prime Minister John Curtin, defending wartime censorship, argues the public must accept restrictions as part of national security. He cites alleged enemy knowledge of Solomons actions and frames censorship as a Labor Party versus opposition political issue while signaling potential electoral stakes.
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Curtin
Sydney
Australia
John Curtin
Solomons
Labor Party
Ernest J. King
U. S. Navy
Solomon Islands
Bilbao bombing kills or wounds 200 at religious ceremony
Reuters quoted the Vichy radio reporting a bomb explosion at a Bilbao religious ceremony in Spain. About 200 persons were killed or injured, and Gen. Jose Varela, the Spanish army minister, was present but escaped harm.
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London
Reuters
Vichy Radio Today
Bilbao
Spain
Jose Varela
Allied Planes Battering Jap Ships and Harbors
United States Marines win solid footholds in the Solomon Islands as Allied airmen target Japanese ships and harbors. MacArthur's headquarters and the Navy report rapid landings in Guadalcanal Tulagi, with Japanese forces pressured and air attacks inflicting minor damage on day two.
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Associated Press
General MacArthur
Australia
United States
Solomon Islands
Pacific
South Pacific
United Nations
United States Navy
MacArthur
Navy
Washington
Solomon's
Guadalcanal-Tulagi
Tulagi
Southwest Pacific
Guadalcanal
America
Guadalcanal- Tulagi
Owner Warned To Obey Labor Board Order
War Department disclosed Undersecretary Patterson telegraphed H. C. Dodge of S. A. Woods Machine Co to accept membership maintenance and arbitration clauses in a contract with the United Electrical Workers. The Labor Board set 2 PM as deadline and called defiance an employer strike against the government. it would refer the matter to the president if unmet.
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Washington
War Department
Robert P. Patterson
H. C. Dodge
S. A. Woods Machine Company
South
Boston
Mass
War Labor Board
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
Cio
Labor Board
Aviation giants clash over cargo plane output disputes
J H Windelberger of North American Aviation challenges Henry Kaiser Henry Ford and Glenn Martin pledges to mass produce cargo planes. He cites shortages of steel aluminum and engines and warns newcomers may take three to five years to reach volume production. Other manufacturers echo private doubts as WPB officials face pressure.
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Ray Tucker
J. H. Windelberger
North American Aviation Company
Henry J. Kaiser
Henry Ford
Glenn Martin
Washington
West Coast
Whaiser
Ballyhoo
Turning Point in Pacific War Hinges on Solomon Battles
A Melbourne Herald correspondent argues that the Solomon Island battles may decide control of sea routes north of Australia. He notes that Allied footholds exist, but victory depends on keeping supply lanes open while Japan may launch counter blows elsewhere if overmatched at sea.
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Melbourne
Solomon Island
Australia
Melbourne Herald
South Pacific
Solomon
Japan
Solomons
New Britain
Papuan
Axis Vessels Sunk or Damaged in Mediterranean and Norway
The admiralty announced a large Axis supply vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean by a British submarine. Two supply ships were considered sunk off Norway. One Italian cruiser hit during last week's convoy battle had 60 feet of its bow missing. Another Axis supply ship was almost certainly sunk and a further torpedoed vessel is left sinking.
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London
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Norway
New Peak for Debt as August War Bond Sales Underperform
Washington reports the federal debt rising by 33.65 billion to 75.38 billion dollars in the first half of August. War savings bond sales for the fortnight totaled 365.9 million, well below half of the monthly quota of 815.0 million dollars.
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Washington
Plain Private Better Lover Than Officer
In Tampa on August 18 a Drew Field private courted a Tampa bound girl on a bus. He married her two days after arrival, while the lieutenant sought to contact her but found she had wed. The officer retrieved his engagement ring and withdrew, admitting the winner was neither sailor nor marine.
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Tampa
Fla
Army
Drew MacDill Fields
Drew Field
MacDill Fields
Chinese see relief in U S attack in Solomons
Chungking reports U S forces strike hard in the Solomon Islands and expect relief from Japanese pressure on China. A government spokesman calls the battle epoch making and a proof of American might.
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U. S
Solomons
Chungking
United States
Solomon Islands
China
America
Vargas Denounces Nazis in Brazil Over Ship Sinkings
President Getulio Vargas denounced Axis submarine sinkings as acts of piracy in a speech to a tumultuous crowd outside the presidential palace in Rio de Janeiro. Five Brazilian ships were sunk in three days, sparking national fury.
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Vargas
Rio DE Janeiro
Getulio Vargas
Counter Blow Struck South of Stalingrad
Soviet forces counterattacked southwest of Stalingrad and forced German retreat while Germans pressed into Don bend defenses and crossed the Kuban River in Krasnodar. Red Army regained some ground near Kotelnikovski as Pravda noted a Russian descent group penetrated the German rear, with 300 enemy killed.
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Moscow
Red Army
Stalingrad
Don Bend
Kuban
Krasnodar
Kotelnikovski
Stalingrad - Novorossisk
Volga
Semeon Timoshenko
Don
Red Star
Lower Volga
Pravda
Axis Sub Raids Shifted To Off South America
The Navy reports another sinkings off the northern coast of South America in July as Axis submarines move from the Caribbean to easier targets near Brazil. Brazil confirms five coast ships including two troop-carrying vessels were sunk in the last three days, raising its war losses to 16 ships sunk and three damaged.
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Associated Press
Caribbean
South America
Navy
Brazil
North Atlantic
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
Axis
American Medium Bombers Enter Action on African Front
Cairo report cites U S Army Air Forces operations against Tobruk and Matruh on August 14 and 15. Medium bombers joined heavy bombers in raids, destroying an Axis merchantman near Tobruk harbor and damaging Tobruk installations. All planes returned safely and enemy fighter interception by German and Italian forces did not occur.
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Cairo
Middle East
United States Army Air Forces
Tobruk
Mediterranean
Matruh
United States Army
United States
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