Mediation in Bay Area shipyards after wage talks
An AFL official said wage increases were negotiated while the strike was deemed unauthorized. Workers earned 65 cents an hour, seeking 90 cents. Three of eleven San Francisco Bay shipyards closed 12 days by a machinists strike reopened as AFL craftsmen crossed picket lines. The yards hold $500 million in defense orders and questions linger on operating without machinists. Strikers demand $1.15 hourly pay and double overtime. operators offered $1.12 and time and a half for overtime.
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Price Fixer Is Challenged By Senate Panel
Washington May 22 The price fixing power of Leon Henderson was challenged by Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Smith who demanded Henderson explain his authority. The Roosevelt administration designated Henderson to run the Office of Price Administration. A White House conference with Roosevelt, Henderson, and Wayne Coy suggested possible further price controls amid defense demand. Smith said Henderson would testify on a resolution by Senator Thomas for an inquiry into prices of essential farm products.
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St Mary's Church To Hold Supper And Meeting
The St Marys Episcopal Church congregation will hold a supper meeting at 6 30 tomorrow night in the parish house. Rev Howard S Hartzell rector says all families attending should bring a covered dish.
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St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Howard S. Hartzell
Paris extended zone of operations prompts invasion theories
Observers view Paris as an extended zone of operations suggesting a prelude to intensified Nazi attempts to invade England from French bases or to cut off information from the occupied zone. George Washington reportedly received every electoral vote twice. Cleveland municipal stadium capacity noted as about 80,400.
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England
George Wrshington
Unpadlocked Places Warned By Friddle To Abide By Terms
Chief of Police W G Friddle warned operators of reopened padlocked venues that any law violation will trigger immediate closure. He praised Judge Macraes strict conditions and vowed continual oversight, saying penalties would be swift and permanent if rules are broken. Eleven of sixteen raids remain closed. five reopened under stringent terms.╗
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D. C. Macrae
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MacRae
Arch K. Schoch
Robert Martin
Ben Herman
Municipal Court
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Tommy C. Taylor
Taylor
Lewis"e. Teague
Teague
Finch To Serve Employers At Public Hearing
Finch, president of Thomasville Chair Company, named to an employers committee to study economic and competitive conditions in wood furniture and to propose a minimum wage not exceeding 40 cents an hour without major job loss. The group will also hear cases for lumber and timber products, with Thomasville's John E. Justice among fellow North Carolina appointees. The committee includes public, employers, and employes representatives from several states and unions.
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Thomasville
Philip B. Fleming
U. S. Department of Labor
John EB. Justice
Oak Furniture Company
North Wilkesboro
William Homer Spencer
Chicago, Il
Leslie H. Buckler
Charlottesville
Clyde E. Dankert
Hanover
N. H
G. Allan Cash, Jr
Philadelphia
Royal E. Montgomery
Ithaca
New York
George E. Osborne
Palo Alto
Cal
Arthur F. Raper
Greensboro
William G. Rive, Jr
Madison
Wisconsin
Admiral Sees Losing Battle in Atlantic War
Rear Admiral William Glasford, commander of the U S Yangtze naval patrol, warned in Shanghai that the Atlantic battle is being lost by the Allies. He urged urgent action to stop sinkings of Allied ships and to build a colossal merchant marine to aid England. He endorsed convoys as a key solution but cautioned its implementation remains unclear.
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United States
England
Atlantic
Navy Reopens San Francisco Bay Shipyards Amid Strike
In Oakland on May 22 the Navy moved to reopen strikebound shipyards on San Francisco Bay. More than 40 Navy and Marine vehicles ferried about 800 workers to Moore Drydock Plant and General Engineering Shipyard while 13,000 idle due to the 13 day stoppage. Admiral Greenslade and Captain Gaddis directed convoys as AFL leader John P. Frey led the back-to-work effort.
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AFL
CIO
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12Th Naval District
Moore
W. P. Gaddis
12Th District
John P. Frey
AFL Metal Trades Union
Invasion of Crete Gains Early Ground in WWII Battle
British and Greek defenders hold key points on Crete as German forces reportedly land a full air division of about 7,000 men. First day losses cited include up to 1,000 Germans killed or captured, with fighting centered around Canea, Malemi, Rethymno, and Candia. The German news agency claimed successful hits on a battleship and other vessels in the Eastern Mediterranean.
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Suez
Vairo
Arund Canea
Suda Bay
Malemi
Rethymno
Candia
Salt Content in Sea Water Questioned
A claim states there is about a pound of salt in every gallon of sea water, suggesting high salinity levels. Experts note variation by location and depth, with typical salinity near 35 grams per liter, about 7.5 pounds per gallon, challenging the phrasing of the statement.
Durham Raleigh Airport OKayed
Raleigh May 22 Construction of the proposed 1 235 853 Durham Raleigh airport was assured when WPA State Administrator C C McGinnis approved an application for WPA funds for the project. The WPA will supply about 60 percent of the total cost with 20 percent from a Congress fund for defense projects. Plans for an administration building and hangars were not approved yet.
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WPA
C. C. McGinnis
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W.C. Olsen
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War and Navy Departments
Look and Learn by A. C. Gordon quiz answers
A quiz titled Look and Learn by A. C. Gordon presents questions and answers. It lists Benjamin Franklin as the lightning electricity pioneer, about 9,000 earthquakes yearly, the cat lands on its feet, a quorum is the legally competent number, and treason as the only crime defined in the Constitution. It ends with an exhortation on timeliness and notices for newsboy collections and used furniture ads.
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U.S
Bejamin Franklin
French Tanker Scheherazade Intercepted at Sea
London officials report the 13,467 ton French tanker Scheherazade bound for Casablanca from a United States port was intercepted by British naval patrols in the Atlantic. The vessel was granted a navicert after repairs in New Orleans and prior Gulf trade with France, with ties to the fall of France and Vichy government actions in Syria noted.
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Casablanca
North Africa
United States
Syria
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Jett
Houston
Texas
New Orleans
France
Modern Etiquette Tennis Question and Answer
The passage discusses whether praise or censure is wiser for self interest and cites La Rochefoucauld on preferring useful censure to deceptive praise. It adds a tennis example: a doubtful point should be replayed if fair, with a good sportsman calling the point in the opponent's favor.
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la Rochefoucauld
Not All Americans Will Be Treated Alike Berlin
Berlin May 22. Not all the 140 American survivors of the S. S. Zamzam will be treated alike, authorized quarters said today. It is likely some will be held longer than others. Nurses and children captured by the German navy are considered less important than men of the ambulance corps about to enter service against Germany.
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