Wage Increases Ordered for Tobacco Workers
The Regional War Labor Board ordered wage hikes of one to five cents an hour for about 15,000 employees at R. J. Reynolds and Brown and Williamson Tobacco. Chairman M. T. Van Hecke said the action resolved dispute cases involving the Reynolds Company.
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Atlanta
Regional War Labor Board
R. J. Reynolds and
Brown and Williamson Tobacco Companies
M. T. van Hecke
Reynolds Company
Tobacco firms cut wages in Winston-Salem plants 1944
The Reynolds and Brown and Williamson plants in Winston-Salem and Petersburg Florida face wage reductions and scale adjustments. A board order lowers increases above a 59 cent minimum for common labor, with step increases of one to four cents for various wage bands and a five cent top-rate raise in Brown and Williamson’s Petersburg plant.
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High Point
N. C
Enterprise
Winston-Salem
Tobacco Workers Organizines Tee
CIO
The
and Williamson Company
W. Winston- Salem and
Petersburg Fla
Tobacco Workers International Union
AFL
Brown and Williamson
van Hecke
Teesburg
Red Army advances threaten Berlin front in Poland and East Prussia
Soviet forces under Rokossovsky pushed on the Vistula aiming at a major rail hub 29 miles southwest of Dabrowka, with prospects of opening a route to Berlin. In the north, East Prussia faced fierce Nazi counterattacks around Gumbinnen and Goldap as gains remained small. Romanian troops aided in Transylvania as Satu Mare and Carei fell, while Kirkenes was seized as Meretskov’s Arctic army and the Red fleet pressed the Murmansk corridor. Malinovsky reinforced Szolnok area near Budapest amid uncertain front news.
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Warsaw
Rokossovsky
Berlin
East Prussia
Vistula
Dabrowka
Poland
Gumbinnen
Goldap
Transylvania
Satu Mare
Carei
Kirkenes
Murmansk
Arctic
K. A. Meretskov
Red Fleet
Norway
Petsamo
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Szolnok
Budapest
Americans Close In On Samar Leyte With Multi-Ship Push
Allied forces completed shore to shore movements seizing the southern coast of Samar and pushing toward Tacloban. The operation cut Japanese supply lines, while carrier planes repelled a large Japanese daylight raid as battleships and cruisers were heavily damaged or sunk in Sibuyan Sea actions. The three day battle left Japanese ships crippled and fleeing as Third and Seventh Fleets racked up losses.
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Samar
Leyte
Philippine
San Juanico Strait
Tacloban
Masbate
Leyte Gulf
Sibuyan Sea
Sulu Sea
Nimitz
Third Fleet
Halsey Mitscher
Seventh Fleet
Adm
Thomas C. Kinkaid
United States
MacArthur
Halsey
Navy Battle Summary Reveals Major Japanese Losses Near Formosa
Nimitz reports two engagements in the Leyte Gulf and Formosa theatres. American forces destroyed a large Japanese task force southeast of Formosa, sinking one big carrier and severely damaging another. Japanese losses include a battleship, two cruisers, and a destroyer with further damage to a carrier.
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Pearl Harbor
Midway
Philippine
Nimitz
Formosa
U. S
Princeton
MacArthur
Seventh Fleet
Leyte
Imperial
Philippine Sea
Philippines
Adm
William F. Halsey, Jr
Marc A. Mitscher
Imperial Navy
Allies Reach Moergesteren Area After Tie Break in Netherlands
Allied forces report general progress as they advance northward in the zone east of the Antwerp Breda road. They have captured Zorgen 12 miles southwest of Hertogenbosch and cut a Nazi escape route over a Maas bridge. Troops move toward Moergeste near Tilburg.
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Page
Zorgen
Her H
Hertogenbosch
Maas
Moergeste
Tilburg
Antwerp-Breda Road
Pattern 4647 Toddlers Outfit Includes Embroidery Transfer
Cha Oblans advertises pattern 4647 offering a one yard fabric outfit set for jacket jumper and blouse in toddler sizes 1 through 6. It notes yardage needs for size 2 and blouse. Also mentions patterns 69 and Anne Adams pattern book with additional offers and free hat and muff bag pattern.
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Anne Adams
Milwaukie Drugstore Proprietor Locks Up By Mistake
In Milwaukie Oregon the drugstore owner locked the shop for night unaware a woman named Lorene Wetley remained inside a telephone booth. She pressed another nickel and called police, who released her without incident.
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Milwaukie, Ore
INS
Milwaukie
Lorene Wetley
Nazis Cleared From Savio By Eighth Army
Allied communique reports Eighth Army breaking German lines along the Savio and Bevano in the eastern Po valley. Forces moved from Cesena bridgeheads toward Forli and Bologna, with Forte dei Marmi and Ronco river areas reached as advances continue northwest. South of the Po, British Indian and Polish troops clear mountainous terrain.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Savio
Ces
Forli
Bologna
Cesena
Spying Network to Aid Luzon Offensive Under Cloak
The war effort emphasizes covert intelligence work. Filipinos will serve as ears and eyes for American forces as MacArthur advances into Luzon, providing information to strike the Japanese from multiple directions.
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MacArthur
Luzon
Court Battle in New York Ends Without Proof
Two fighters and a referee were present as Magistrate Peter M. Horny ruled the case insufficient evidence. Solly Kreiger, a former pugilist, and James McGrattan, an ex boxing champion, were the principal figures with McGrattan prosecuting Kreiger on bookmaking charges.
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New York
INS
Queen Court
Solly Kreiger
James McGratan
Kier
McGrattan
Ansistant
Peter M. Horny
Giannie
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Freeport
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At & Sf
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Murray Corp
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Hoot
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Joan Leslie
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George Bryon
Ruth Terry
Monogram Pictures
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