Drive To Recapture Kiska This Year Seen Imperative
Washington reports growing urgency for an American amphibious strike on Kiska to recapture the Japanese base this year. Weather in the Aleutians, likely to deteriorate with sleet and blizzards by October, shapes timing. Amchitka and Attu flank Kiska, offering blockade but risking another winter siege if left intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Washington
Kiska Island
North Pacific
Kiska
Attu Island
Aleutians
Attu
Amchitka Island
Amchitka
Side
Japan
ODT Restricts New Taxicab Firms And Operations
The Office of Defense Transportation issued new rules to conserve transportation services. No new taxicab companies not operating on September 1, 1942 may be formed. Existing fleets are capped at their September 1, 1942 counts. Restrictions ban cruising for passengers, trips beyond 10 miles past city limits, outbound trips without return fare, and trips over 25 miles. cab firms receive copies of the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Defense Transportation
Comany
Petition to represent Haw River cotton plant dismissed
The National Labor Relations Board dismissed a petition to investigate and certify representatives for Tabardrey Manufacturing Company in Haw River North Carolina. The filing by W L Stewart sought to bar contracts with the Textile Workers Union of America CIO which had been certified by the board in 1939 as the exclusive bargaining agent for hourly and piece rate workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Tabardrey Manufacturing Company
Haw River
N. C
W. L. Stewart
Emer Group
Textile Workers Union of America, Cio
TWUA
Coal Owners Fear Ickes Roosevelt Plan as Labor War Looms
Appalachian mine operators regret not negotiating with John L. Lewis directly, warning that Roosevelt and the NWLB may nationalize coal. They allege the Bureau of Mines under Dr. Sayers will push costly safety schemes and profit from intra company ventures, risking higher consumer prices.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
John L. Lewis
Roosevelt
National War Labor Board
United Mine Workers
United States Bureau of Mines
Harold L. Ickes
R. R. Sayers
White House
John L
James F. Byrnes
Harry L. Hopkins
NWLB
Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
Harold
Winning the War by Albert Leman
Donald Nelson’s account shows production rising beyond world records despite slow-ups in some areas. Military secrecy has kept hidden the salvage experts behind the lines delivering a brilliant wartime feat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Leman
Donald Nelson
Pasadena Uses Sheep to Mow City Lawns
Pasadena California drafts twenty black and thirty white sheep to graze and mow city owned grassy areas as a conservation measure reducing labor and fuel usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
Editors and Publishers Gather For State Press Meet
Editors and publishers from across North Carolina arrive for the 71st annual North Carolina Press Association meeting in Winston-Salem. Highlights include talks by Alan J. Gould and Eddy Gilmore on war fronts and Russia, with sessions by Beatrice Cobb Hoyt and Paul Gray Hoffman on production and employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
North Carolina Press Association
North ‘Carolina
New York
Associated Press
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Russia
Beatrice Cobb
Morganton
W. K. Hoyt
Paul Gray Hoffman
Indianapolis
Ind
Studebaker Corporation
Committee For Economic Development
Joseph
Ardleigh
Research Institute of America, Inc
Associated Dailies
Frank Daniels
Raleigh
John B. Harris
Albemarle
Gerald Campbell
G.C.M.G
Washington
Coleman W. Roberts
Charlotte
Postwar Planning Committee to Hear Dutch Mission
The Charlotte Postwar Planning Committee and Dr. A H Philipse of the Netherlands Economic Financial and Shipping Mission will be heard. A business session will review committee reports and conduct elections.
Prisons Boost Food Output with Farm Yields Rising
Prison farms produced 12000000 in value last year and are expected to reach about 15000000 this year as War Production Board figures show increased plantings and outputs across facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Production Board
Book Plates for "Vv" War Effort by Melted Sets
One American publisher contributed 116 extra tons of etal to the war effort by melting over 700 sets of book plates.
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War Food Administration
WPB
Petroleum Administration
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Wallace-Jones
Corporation World
Hopkins
Harry
Mr. Roosevelt
Rhodes
Hellenic Islands
Dodecanese
Rome
Athens
Versailles
Dodacanesian National Council
Number Ten Downing Street
England
London
John Bull
Isles
Crete
Cyprus
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Flanders
Orel-Kursk- Kharkov
State Press Meet
D. P. Blend
Mott's
California Und
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Tbo
sviTr
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Mason Fruit Jars
Bors
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