General Strike Threat By John L Lewis For War Time
The article discusses John L Lewis and the United Mine Workers defying Roosevelt by threatening a general strike if workers do not return to work by Saturday morning. It warns such a strike would defy law and order, mobilizing miners across states and risking national war efforts, with government options to prosecute Lewis and district chiefs or target individual draft boards granting deferments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
Stout
Lewis
UMW
Top Generals Called to U S for Conference
Washington April 194? top American military figures Stilwell and Chennault were summoned home for high level talks with Secretary Stimson and General Marshall. The visit, linked to China India Burma operations, also ties to Mediterranean supply routes and Casablanca war aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirke L. Simpson
Wirshington
Tunisia
Washington
China-India- Burnie
Leak
Joseph W. Stilwell
Maj
Get. Maire L. Chennault
Secrehay Stimson
War Department
Burma
Chiang Kil - Shek
Chennault
China
Stilwell
Atlantic
India Ocean
India
Casablanca
Buroau
Epidemic of German Measles Reaches Demic Levels
In April, health officials reported a significant German measles outbreak spanning several areas. State health authorities note the surge appears to be near peak, with 1,472 cases this year versus 54 at the same point last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polinde Hoek
Shite Howl Department
W. OH. Gray Sunt
Raymond Cole’s Sentence Shortened in 1921 Slaying Case
Raymond Cole, 62, Montgomery county farmer, had his life term reduced to 80 years making him eligible for parole. Convicted in Montgomery circuit court on a first degree murder charge for the shotgun killing of Mrs. Anna McKennon in rural We county. clemency recommended by Circuit Judge Url Witt, Sheriff John Johnson, and county officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lille Rock
John Johnson
Curtis Stidoway
Max Witt
Montlycomery County
Japs Claim Strategic Pacific Bases
The Associated Press reports Major General Nakao Yahagi announced in Nagoya that Japan has completed strategic bases in the Southwest Pacific, including Timor Island, northern New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands. He says these bases enable new operations and that Japan has rebuffed enemy counteroffensives, with a defense ring now within 3,100 miles of Dujaaar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tokyo
Yudin
Nakao Yahagi
Imperial Headquarters
Nagoya
Japan
Southwest Pacific
Timor Island
New Guinea
The
Solomons
Australia
Yohugi
New York
Dujaaar
OPA Revises Meat Rationing Values Today
The OPA today revised meat rationing values effective Sunday, shifting American demand from round steak and center pork chops to ribs, brats, tongues, and other cuts. Beef and veal prices rose on several items, while hamburger stayed at five points per pound, and canned fish, oils, cheese, and butter saw minor changes amid overall ration adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Vis
Wien
South Arkansas Band Clinic Opens Here This Weekend
The South Arkansas School Band Clinic and Festival opens Friday at 2 p.m. in Hope with participating bands and a marching contest at Harvars Stadium to follow. Hope High School performers will host a dance, with sessions over the weekend featuring bands from Nashville, El Dorado, Camden, Prescott, North Little Rock, Arkadelphia, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Arkansas
Anual South Arkansies
Hope
Yi Hope Fish School
Haruvarrs
Dares Bible
Wwe
Thomas Lavin
Pmiday Anerning i. Eludent
Nashville
el Dorado
Camden
Prescott
North Lite Hook
Lesarkuna
Stumps
Lewis Believed Ready to Let Miners Strike
Washington reports John Lewis, leader of the United Mine Workers, faces a pivotal decision as a nationwide coal shutdown looms. President Roosevelt demands an end to strikes by Saturday or risk wartime power measures. Unions pledge to stand firm while Congress weighs jail penalties and seizure authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Washington
John Lelwellen Lewis
Bory
Miers
United Mine
Roosevelt
Wi Wim
Army
Navy
Werehous
Thomas Kennedy
UMW
Aly
War Labor Board
Mideight
Cour
Moosevelt
Queuo
Dietalap
Connally o'Texass
Congress
American Federation of Labor
Labor
CIO
Philip Murray
Hisnner
United Mine Workers
More Rigid Methods for Price Control
Price increases in farming goods prompt debate on stricter government controls. Officials note nearly a 2 percent rise from mid-April to mid-May and a March farm income surge to about 4 billion dollars for the first quarter, supported by Bureau of Agricultural Economics figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovid A. Martin Washington
Roosevelt
War Food Administration
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Bureau
Hitler and Laval Hold Conference
Berlin radio said Adolf Hitler met with Pierre Laval at the Führer's headquarters in Berlin with Joachim von Ribbentrop and Giuseppe Buzanini present. The AP tape reported complete understanding on pending Axis France questions after talks following prior meetings with Mussolini and Axis satellites.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Adolf Hiller
Pierre Laval
Furmer
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Walian
Giuseppe Bus- Uaninin
France
Mitler
Mussolini
Norway
Bulgaria
Oldster joins Tennessee Suite Guard in Chattanooga
UP Attorney L. Dixon, age 60, joined the Tennessee Suite Guard and joked that two older men were in the unit, lamenting only one regret about the move. He hoped to be the oldest man in the group.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
L. Dixon
Tennessee Suite Guard
Tam
Ivy Wye
GOP Backing FDR Urged On Coal Strike Crisis
Washington reports Republicans ready to support President Roosevelt if he seeks to strengthen actions in the soft coal crisis. Senator Taft floated authority to seize plants or mines and injunctions to curb labor-led stoppages, while awaiting the president’s stance on proposed legislation and enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roukeveld
Ensie LiMenk
Taft R Ohiat
Taft
Connall
Ohio
Watt
Senate
Connally
Roosevelt
Reds Say Coming Month to Decide War Outcome
Soviet Izvestia declares the coming month will start an intensive summer land campaign that could decide the war’s outcome. Editorial notes may mark May as a threshold of decisive action as air battles rage along the front amid reports of red gains and heavy losses on both sides.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Russia
Izvestin
Javestia
Kuban
Caucasus
Transocean
Berlin
Black Sea
Taman
Krech Strait
Crimea
Russian Artilley
Krasnodar
Sermman
Britain
Pacro
Memphis
Elineer Allison
Little Rock
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Dallas
Suvivors
Olive Allison
M. Lt. Baker
Wilmer
Norman
Oklo
Slayer of Wealthy Woman Pays Penalty
Ossining New York April 30 P li Shonbrun 35 died last night in Sing Sing electric chair. He had served with memory of a letter from Madeline Webb his former partner in crime. John Cullen 45 the forgotten man in the case followed him to death chamber. Webb the Bullwater Oklahoma girl and Madeline Webb were convicted of strangling Mrs Susan Flora Reich a wealthy Polish refugee in a New York City hotel thirteen months ago. Webb in Bedford Hills women’s prison awaits life sentence.
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Ossinging
MN. Y
Ili Shonbrun
Sing Sing
Madeline Webb
Tove
John Cullen
Madeline
Bullwater
Okla
Susan Flora Reich
New York City
Webb
New York
Bedford Hills
N. Y
Shonbrun
Dutch Soldiers Urged to Fight Interment
London reports the Netherlands government pleads with Dutch veterans to resist internment by German authorities. Do not register, keep quiet, disregard ords and decrees, try to make yourselves unfindable. Berlin says reinternment was ordered for officers and men after Holland’s capitulation, with threats of severe penalties for noncompliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Netherlands
Radio Orange
Holland
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Friedrich — Christiansen
Germany
Neidlerands
Fuehrer
Wilhhem
Advance on Both Wings of Front in Tunisia Area
Allied forces edged forward on both wings of the Tunisian front as First Army engaged German counterattacks in the Medjez El Bab area. U S troops pushed toward Bizerte and Tunis, with advances near Lake Achkel and Sidi N’Sir while mines and booby traps slowed progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
William B. King
North Africa
K. A. N.derson
Medjez - el -Bab
Tunis
Tunisian
Bizerte
United States
Lake Achkel
Lake Bizerte
Sidin
Djebel Tahent
Mateur
U. S
Bernard Montgomery
Eighth Army
Segulor
Medjez - el - Bab
Medjerda River
Roger Greene
Associated Press
Frelisin
First Army
Medjez-i-Bab
Berhard L. Montgomery
Russia
Moscow
Caucasus
Drich
Hatland
Netherlands
Southwest Pacific
Ambuina
Dutch Indies
Burma
Arakan
Tunsiign
George
S. Patton, Jr
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Alex. H. Washburn
Raymond Cole
Pacific
England
America
Virginia
Hitler
Laval
Maine
Middlewestern Lakes
City of
Arkansas
Albert Graves
City of Hope
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