Tomato Juice Controversy: A Union Magazine Critique
Editor criticizes the International Teamster publication for attacking Morgan Packing Co. and tomato juice used by the Army. Argues the piece risks harming morale on the home front and urges union discipline for editorial missteps while defending Army food quality and federal law compliance.
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International Teamster
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Wa Housemen and Helpers
AFL
Morgan Company
Morgan Packing Co
Austin
Ind
International ‘Teamster
Teamsters
Wwal
United States Army
Teason
Teamsters’ Union
Pacific War Update From New Guinea Front
Allied air and sea forces attacked Japanese supply lines in New Guinea theater as fighting persisted near Efogi and Owen Stanley mountains. Reports say no further advances by Japan toward Port Moresby, with both sides regrouping for renewed assault on the vital base.
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Pacific
Generali Watthur
Australia
Guinea
Iso
Owen Stanley
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Efogi
30 Mile Hour Saves Tires
President Roosevelt urged wide publicity of a chart showing tires wear less at 30 mph than 50 mph. The Baruch committee urged a 35 mph national speed limit as part of a broader set of recommendations to be acted on Monday. The chart, prepared by the automotive and rubber industries committee, scales tire life with speed, illustrating substantial savings at moderate speeds.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Tiesan
Baruch Rubber Investigating Committee
White House
Automobile and Rubber , Industries Committee
Society of Automotive Engineers
Compere Advocates Expanded Service in Four Months
Brig Gen E L Compere state Selective Service director for 11 counties spoke in Hope city hall about manpower needs for fighting forces. He urged cooperation of farm owners plant heads and employers as he outlined local board instructions and projected heavier service in coming months.
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E. L. Compere
Arkansas
Hope City Hall
General Compere
Patmos Youth Promoted to Army Sergeant
Ollace Rider of Patmos has been made a sergeant and will enter training school in Eileen Texas on September 25. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Rider and was recently appointed to the sergeant rank.
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Ollace Rider
Patmos
Armed Services
Eileen
Texas
Young Rider
Oscar Rider
Tanguay Aims For Comeback At 64 In Sing-Along Plan
Hollywood veteran Iya Tanguay now 64 hopes to return not to a high wage dancing act but to sing a little song to lift wartime sadness. Once a vaudeville wild child and $2,000,000 earner, she has fought arthritis for four years and lives in a palm shaded cottage court while seeking a hopeful comeback.
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Tanguay
Hollywood
Iya Tanguay
New State Police Chief for District Named in Wynne
Douglas G. Morris of Wynne is appointed state police chief for the district replacing Sergeant L. Dillihunty who resigns to join Kansas City Southern Railways. Dillihunty leaves after serving as sergeant and will transition duties to Morris.
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Douglas G. Morris
Wynne
L. 5
Dillihunty
Ser Beant
State Police
Re. Ornily
Kansas City Southern Railways
FBI Hunts for Soldier Slayer in Wisconsin Murders
FBI issued a nationwide hunt for Walter Taylor Bailey, an army deserter, in connection with the sex slayings of two Wisconsin workers near Tomah. Bank employee J T Peterson identified a photo as Bailey, who deserted from Fort Bragg on Sept 1. Bailey allegedly forged a victim's name to cash a check and stole a .45 revolver. He is 21, 5 feet 11 inches, 141 pounds, brown hair and eyes, and a plumber by trade, with prior minor arrests in Missouri and Arkansas.
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St. Paul
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Clinton Stein
Walter Taylor Bailey
Wisconsin
Tomah
Wis
Stein
FBI
J.T. Peterson
le Sucy
Bailey
Fort Bragg
N. C
Neil Pietrangeli
Dorothy Baun
Kabhe
Army
Fayetteville
Ark
Clarksdale
Miss
Nattiesburg
Tein
Start Life Saving Course In Hempstead County
Boys and girls aged 12 to 16 in sound condition may enroll in a free life saving course taught by H A Spraggins, Red Cross official. Participants receive a Red Cross certificate and a Life Saving Emblem. The first meeting is Monday at 6 30 PM at City Hall, with subsequent sessions at Pines swimming pool.
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Gil
H. A. Spraggins
Hempstead County
American National Red Cross
Red Cross
Pines Swimming Pool
Fire destroys Roland Fulmer home near Hope
The Hempstead county farmer Roland Fulmer lost his home five miles south of Hope when a kitchen flu ignited the house. The blaze caused an estimated $500 in household goods loss with fire spreading rapidly and making the dwelling a total loss. Termites or roaches are not cited as causes. A separate Lakeland item notes John Wesley Jones’s lost car stamp and police record remark about a disappearing $5 sticker observed by Officer A B Clark.
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Roland Fulmer
Hempstead
Hope
Lakeland
John Wessley Jones
A. B. Clark
Jones
John Wesley Jones
Plane Strikes Building Killing Ten and Injuring Thirty Nine
Buffalo dispatch reports a Curtiss-Wright plant blast after a pilotless Curss plane dive-bombed a building. Ten dead and 39 hurt, many critically burned by gasoline. Pilot J Bertrand Purnell parachuted to safety after the fiery crash. Authorities note engine fire unknown cause. several named victims identified among the injured.
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Buffalo
Curtiss - Wright Airplane Division
J .Bertrand Purnell
Parnell
Francis Ryan
Kenmare
N.Y
Lester Glenn
U.S. Army
Paul Chase
Glens Falls
Martin Till
Frank Warda
Salvatore Palmeri
Joseph Sciolina
Carlson Rauh
Norman Savage
William Davey
Purnell
Curtiss
Philadelphia
Montgomery, Ala
School of Aeronautics
American Eagle
Omaha
Neb
Wichita
Kas
Mississippi Insoles of Aeronautics
Jackson
Iss
Local Golfers to Play at Nashville
Local county club golfers will travel to Nashville Sunday for a match with the Howard County Players. About ten players are in the party, with the event set to begin shortly after noon.
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Nashville
Howard County
Flashes of Life and Odd News from the Nation
A collage of quirky local items: a bank night winner in Willoughby wins $300. burglars in Denver steal candy, gum, pies, and a jukebox record. A man in Italy seeks help after a rattlesnake bite scare. In Savanna, a deputy sheriff joins the Army as a recruit. In Santa Fe a child’s scrap metal pickup misfires when a toy wagon supplies the “truck.”
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Willoughby
Dewey Lamo- Teaux
Denver
Santa Fe
N.M
OCD
E. H. Oakley
High Court to Hear Lumber Problems
Warren Sept 12 VPI The question whether lumber companies are liable for unemployment compensation contributions for sawmill operators and loggers supplying materials under contract with the companies was headed to day for a supreme court decision. Labor Commissioner W J McCain filed notice of appeal from Chancellor G Mammock's ruling restraining him and the employment security division the Southern Lumber Company for the benefit of certain sawmill operators. The chancellor ruled that the operators and loggers were independent contractors with contracts to the company and were not company employees on which contributions were due.
Alton Strikers Return to Jobs After Back to Work Order
Alton Illinois September 12 171 employees at Western Cartridge company East Alton plant return to work under a blunt order from AFL President William Green. Several thousand strikers ratified a return to work agreement after warnings to maintain war production. War Labor Board hearings set for September 21 in Washington. Francis Bunzy local president not returning to work under suspended status pending WLB decision.
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Alton
Western Cartridge Company
East Alton
APL
William Green
Fred Olds
AFL
Green
Washington
Unio
AFL Chemical Workers
War Labor Board
Jast
WLB
Francis Bnzy
Butizy
War Department
Bunzy
Bad News for Price Violators
Washington reports that the Office of Price Administration will shift from education to enforcement against price gouging in retail ceilings and rationed goods. Prosecutions reveal organized tire rings sold artificially inflated stock to agents who sold at double price, with juries often reluctant in Prohibition cases. Public support for rationing strengthens enforcement, and violators risk prosecution. Continued on Page Four.
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John Grover
Jack Stinnett
Washington
Priga
OPA
British Columns Driving Rapidly Into Madagascar
British imperial columns push swiftly across Madagascar toward Tananarive amid limited opposition. Gen. Sir William Platt reports 90 miles advanced from the coast on the road to the capital, with Vohemar seized on the northeast coast and more landings expected along the island.
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London
Madagascar
Tananarive
Sir
William Platt
British East African Command
Vohemar
Diego Suarez
Nosy-Be
Ambanja
Commuunique
Vichy
Port Louis
Mauritius
Pierre Laval
United States
Paris
France
Jacques Doriot
French Popular Party
Mediterranean
Doriot
U.S
Marcel Dent
Tapidaly
East Africa
Platt
Mahaho
India
Middle East
Russia
Atack
Wns
Urges British to Swallow Pride on India Mediation
Lord Strabolgi urged Labor Party members in Basingstoke to invite the U S president to arbitrate on India as a fighting India is essential to defeat Japan. He warned against repeating Burma’s experience where groups favored Japan after London rebuffs and urged recognizing an impartial mediator now.
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Basingstoke
England
Lord Strabolgi
The
United Lates
India
Labor Party
Japan
Burma
London
Nazis Reflect British Bombing Tone in Das Reich Memo
New York reports quote Goebbels noting a rising urgency as RAF raids intensify. BBC broadcast to CBS cites Das Reich claim urging Cologne Hamburg and Duesseldorf citizens to assist in urban bomb removal and cope with a lifeless, unrestful cityscape.
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New York
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Germany
BBC
CBS
Goebbely
Das Reich
Cologne
Hamburg
Duesseldorf
Goebbels
RAF
Three New Producers In Midway Weld Field Oil Week
Special Correspondent reports three new producers completed in the Midway Weld area raising regional total to 26. Barnsdall Oil Company’s McClain No. 4 flowed 18 barrels per hour, porosity 6450 to 6475 feet. McClaine No. C flowed 18% barrels per hour with oil saturation 6418 to 6465 feet. Arkansas Fuel Oil Company Creek No. 1 flowed 280 barrels in 24 hours with 18/64 inch choke. Gravity measured at 30.5. Other activity includes Powell No. 4 drilling below 4800 feet, Southwood Oil moving in three new tests Hodnett Nos. 2, 3, 4, Turner No. 2 preparations, and related deep gas and drilling updates near Stans.
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Lafayette County
Midway Weld
Barnsdall Oi Company
McClain
Arkansas Fuel Oil
Comany’s Creek No
Midway
Barnsdall
Powell No
Southwood Oil Company
Hodnett Nos
Arkansas Fuel Oil Company
Turner
Riddel Petroleum Corporation
Layneive
Baptismal Service Set For Sunday Afternoon
A baptismal service will be held in Ue Guernsey Community Sunday afternoon after a preaching service by Rev. William R. Hamilton. Several candidates will be baptized in Sandy Bois d Arc Creek at 4 p.m. following the 2:30 p.m. schoolhouse sermon. The public is invited. Britain is producing 40 000 big guns a year.
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Ue Guernsey
William RB
Hamilton
Sandy Bois d’ Arc Creek
Britain
Induction Center Shift For South Arkansas Boards
Due to overload at the Lite Rock induction center, selectees from 15 south Arkansas boards will be inducted in Shreveport Louisiana in October and possibly November. The move, ordered by the Eighth Service Command, is temporary. Boards sending inductees include Miller Howard Chleot Hempstead Lite River Sevier Ashley Calhoun Bradley Union A and 8B Nevada Lafayette Columbia and Ouachita.
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Shreveport
Miller
Howard
Chleot
Hempstead
Lite River
Sevier
Ashley
Calhoun
Bradley
Union A
Nevada
Lafayette
Columbia
Ouachita
Stalingrad Menace Deepens From Northern Front
Russian and German forces clash around Stalingrad as fresh German advances threaten the city from the north. Leningrad survivors push a counteroffensive near Sinyavino while Soviet defenses report heavy German losses and continued fighting along the Volga front amid harsh winter conditions.
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Moscow
Pgrad
Leningrad
Sinyavino
Tme
Volkhier
Terek
Grozny
Iso
Stalingrad
Volga
Red Army
Geromans
Red Novorossisk
Mozdok
Central Caucasus
Voikhe
Cen
Inform 1On3
Caucasus
Io Volga
Iian
Cauc
Acre
Germ
Red
von Bock
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Sen. Compere
China
Shanghai
Woosung
Dumbo
Charlotte
N.C
Dumbo Fles
Mortis Field Army
Disney
Fival Fleischer Studio
Hollwood
Richard Ly
Italy
Tex
J. A. Smith
Smith
Savanna
Okla
Pittsburgh County
Phima Lynn
Oklaouta City
High Court
Associated Press
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