Strike by Worker Directors Shuts Columbia Conserve Plant
Indianapolis dispatch reports workers who own 67 percent of Columbia Conserve stock walked off to strike. They elected the company board yet refused 52 weeks of employment guarantees, laboring as AFL members and stockholders. The walkout shows tension between union duties and owner status.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Associated Press
Labor Sun
Columbia Conserve Company
AFL
Russia
Germany
U.S
Franco Ouster Sways Spanish Foreign Policy Debate
Reports say General Franco accepted the removal of Serrano Suner from the foreign ministry as a mild shift. Axis and British observers differ, with some deeming it a weakened neutral stance while others call it a political maneuver to balance Axis ties and Allied aid. News from Rome, Vatican, and Mexico echoes mixed interpretations.
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kBy
Associated Press
Amon Serraco Suner
Generalissimo
Onco
Tions
Francois
Goiey
Transocean
Alice Today
Franco
Rhern Dispatches
Serrano Suner
Rome
Mexico
Diego Martinez Barro
Alvaro de Albornaz
Ie Axis
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
All Draft Board Resigns in Texas County
Fisher county boards resign after deferring seven of 42 men on August 28 draft call. W. W. Morton, George Wey, and A. B. Hilburn say state headquarters arbitrarily deferred a farm and ranch hand, 98 percent of registrants. Ed McClainahan resigns in San Antonio in protest over Washington deferment of Negro editor Ames Andrews.
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Rotan
Tex
Fishter County
Andover
San Antonio
Ed McClainahan
Boxer County Board No. 8
Washington
Fisher Country Board
W. W. Mortah
George Wey
A. B. Hilburn
Austin
Adj
J. Watt
McClannahan
Fisher Country
OPA Moves to Control Meat Pricing Nationwide
The Office of Price Administration will license all meat packers wholesalers and custom slaughterers effective Sept 8 enforcing price controls on dressed hogs beef veal and lamb carcasses and most wholesale and retail cuts. Investigations target 115 firms for overcharging and upgrading with injunctions filed in 18 cities while retailers remain licensed under existing rules.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
GPA
Mncat
Draft age change debate reaches Senate committee
Washington reports Senator Reynolds of North Carolina says he will seek a War Department recommendation on the necessity of drafting 18 and 19 year olds. Senator Gurney of South Dakota urged lowering the induction age to 18 to tap about 2.6 million potential draftees and prepare troops for future conflict with Germany. Senator Bilbo argued drafting married men might be preferable to youths still in school.
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Washington
Chatman Reynolds
D-Nc
Senate Military Affairs Committee
War Department
Reynolds
Gurney
R-Sd
Bilbo
Germans Use 25 Divisions in Stalingrad Drive
German forces massed 25 divisions in a Stalingrad assault as Soviet defenses wavered. Red Army counterattacks limited gains northwest of the city while Germans surged from the southwest. Reports from the Don bend and Novorossiysk highlighted intense fighting, with Soviet forces claiming the destruction of tanks and anti tank guns amid stubborn resistance.
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Europe
Henry CG. Cassidy
Moscow
Fedor Ven Boek
Stalingrad
Red Army
Fuss
Red Star
Egypt
France
Herat
Volga
Cosnian
Don
Kretskaya
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Mozdok
Central Caucasus
Terek
Mozdek
Grozny
Caspian Sea
Vitya
Rei Army
Jap Force at Milne Imitates Marines
General MacArthur's headquarters reported at Australia on September 4 that Japanese forces in Milne Bay New Guinea included naval landing troops resembling Marines. Captured equipment showing the anchor symbol of the Japanese Navy was analyzed in Australia along with flame throwers light and heavy automatic rifles hand grenades and mortars brought for study.
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MacArthur
Australia
Milne Bay
New Guinea
Feasibility of a 5 Percent Sales Tax Studied
Washington observers report Congressional tax experts told the Senate finance committee a 5 percent retail sales tax would be feasible and could yield about 2.5 billion dollars annually. The discussion covered Treasury ideas for taxing individual expenditures and a possible stamps plan to collect sales levies, with debate on rebates and distribution of wartime revenue.
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Washington
Congressional
Senate Finance Committee
Colin F. Stam
Congressional Staff
Treasury
Slum
Randolph Paul
George
D-Ga
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Danaher
R-Conn
Dahoher
Americans Bag 5 Jap Ships in Solomons Fight
Washington reports a major Allied surge in the Solomon Islands as U S forces destroy five Japanese ships and attack installations. MacArthur and Navy communiques note reduced Japanese air resistance in New Guinea, periodic enemy attacks, and ongoing Allied bombing and patrols around Salamaua Kokoda and Milne Bay as Marines hold Solomons positions near Guadalcanal.
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John H. Wiggins
Washington
Solomon Islands
Southwest Pacific
MacArthur
Australan
Navy Department
New Guinea
Solomons
Japan
Navy
Salamaua
Japanese New Guinea
Upper Solomons
Faisi
Baku
Sista
Japangae
Kokoda
Port Moresby
Milne Bay
Guadalcanal
American Guadalcanal
Santa Spable Island
Newspapers Race Salvage Drive For War Material
Washington reports publishers agreed to a three week scrap salvage campaign after WPB chair Nelson warned the nation we are not winning the war. Leaders cited steel shortages, with two Chicago furnaces closing and major cities in poor shape, urging bids to collect at least 14 million tons of scrap in six months.
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Washington
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
R-W. Wolcott
Lukens Steel Company
Nebraska
Omaha World- Herald
Brehon Somervell
Army Services of Supply
Bureau of Procurement and Materiel
Robinson
Paul Abot
Local Girl Wins National D. A. R. Essay Contest
Miss Carolyn Trimble of Hope Arkansas won first place in the national D A R essay contest. Forty seven other contestants from all states submitted essays. Trimble, an honor student and Hope High School graduate, had previously been chosen to represent Arkansas in the D A R pilgrimage to Washington.
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Carolyn Trimble
Frank Trimble
Hope
Miss Trimble
Arkansas
Washington
D. A. BR
Ifope High School
Ask Co operation in Mosquito Control Hope
The Chamber of Commerce urges residents to join a two day effort to curb mosquitoes by hauling rubbish and cans to the street for city collection. Ward One and Two pick up on Tuesday September 8, and Wards Three and Four on Wednesday September 9. The text notes an unrelated estimate of 2000 dollars to train a blimp pilot.
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Chamber of Commerce
U S Air Raiders Hit Nanchang and Lake Poyang
United States airmen scored direct hits on Jap headquarters at Nanchang and probably sank seven steamers on Lake Poyang while damaging others in the Singtze Hankow channel. The raids struck Kiangsi and Hupeh provinces, with fighters claiming several air victories over Hunan and Chekiang fronts.
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Chungking
China
United States
Nanchang
Sigtze-Hankow
Lake Poyang
Kiangsi
Hupeh
Joseph W. Stilwell
L,anchi
Kinhwa
Chekiang Province
Poyang
Hankow
Yangtze
Lingtze-Hankow
Narby Wuchang
Kiukiang
Yangsui
Tokyo Radio
Lingling
Hunan
Mde
Kweilin
Hengyang
U. 5
Hunan Province
Chamber says five miles of Highway 28 paving underway
The Chamber announces work has started to complete five miles of blacktop on Highway 28 south of Hope. Gravel hauling is active across the three mile stretch into Lafayette county near Lewisville. Road bed work is in Laf ayette with a goal to finish asphalt before December 1.
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Chamber of Commerce
Highway
Hope
Lafayette County
Lewisville
Lafayette
Jap Evacuees to Continue Studies
American-born Japanese students evacuated from the west coast to escape the war may continue their studies. War Relocation Board said many colleges and universities in the midwest and east will admit some of the 1900 evacuees. Eligible students must have been enrolled or about to enroll when war began and will face intensified surveillance by the BI.
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Washington
West
War Relocation Board
Middlewest
East
War and Navy Departments
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Shoot Square Says Humphrey on Political Code
Little Rock reports J Oscar Humphrey the State auditor and longtime politician shares a rule for success. He urges officials to act by conscience, avoid rival races, and focus on their own duties while steering through Arkansas politics. He notes his past electoral strength and loyalty to friends.
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Sam G. Harris
Little Rock
VPI
J. Oscar Humphrey
Arkansas
Humphrey
State Welfare Department
Flashes of Life Aboard Wartime Locale Snippets
A-P dispatches relay light, odd incidents from camps and cities. A sergeant at Camp Blanding demands his money back after a juke box mishap yields $1.50. a cowboy musician at a Los Angeles club and his wife face court over a fed dollar. AFL Labor Day parades planned in Los Angeles and San Fernando Valley to donate blood. A Seattle penny scale hides a live snake, prompting humane society staff to remove it.
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Associated Press
Blanding
Fla
Garland Morris
Black Mountain
N.C
Sgt. Morris
Los Angeles
Jack D. Hogg
Hogg
AFL Meat Cutters Union
San Fernando
Ley
Red Cross Station
Penny Arcade
Seattle
West Seatle
A. P. Layman
Humane Society
Layman
Pate
Allied Forces Maintain Pressure Near Alamein
Cairo dispatch reports Allied forces under U S Army Air Forces and RAF pressure Rommel near the Ruweisat Hemeimat sector west of Alexandria. British and Axis losses mount as air and ground operations continue, with cautious notes that the battle remains in early stages and a showdown may still unfold.
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Cairo
HAF
Alamein
Alexandria
Ruweisat-Hemeimat Seeim
Lef
Nota
Oes
Copester
U. 5. Army
RAF
Rommel
United States Force
United States
United State
Ruweisat’- Hemeimat
Toomi
US States Army Air Forces
B. L. Montgomery
Eigh Army
Axis
Uni
Italy
Sripplin
Indica
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Alex. H. Washburn
Sking Franco
Draft Board
Milne
U. S
Ask
War In Pacific
Canton
Sunti
Cantonad
Metopolis
Min River
Foochow
Fukien
Chekiang
Sky Dragons
U.S. Army Air Forces
Stilwell
Lewisville Road
Africa
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