Public safety drive prompts plant take over at Inglewood
The North American Aviation plant in Inglewood California was placed under army control after workers struck and rejected mediation. The editorial argues the move is not a solution, urging production first and urging both labor and management to back impartial government recommendations, noting broad support for cooperation despite the crisis.
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North American Aviation
Inglewood
Calif
National Labor Organization
C.L 0
United States
Aly
Congress
Southside traffic lights urged at Dunklin corners
A Southside observer urges traffic controls at Dunklin and Madison, Dunklin and Jefferson, noting near misses and parking near blocks. The safety council studies the area as blinking signals fail to curb snarls and calls for marked lanes and 50 foot corner clearances. The piece faults current measures and suggests remedial legislation.
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Fast-Tribune
Southside
Dunklin
Madison
Jefferson
The
Safety Council
Bolivar Street
Jefferson City
Washington Daybook on daylight saving in 1941 clash
Washington Daybook surveys the 1941 daylight saving debate, tracing historic lines in Congress between farm and city interests. It contrasts opposition claims about darker mornings and farm routines with defense arguments that daylight saving boosted wartime efficiency and health, predicting a major congressional battle ahead.
Man About Manhattan in Rainy Rockefeller Center Notes
George Tucker narrates a rainy New York day from Rockefeller Center, sharing brief desk discoveries. He lists items from Lanny Ross, William B. Reily, Ruth Brown of Oxford University Press and WPA state guides of Michigan and Wyoming, plus theater chatter about Old Blue and Maplewood.
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Rockefeller Center
Lanny Ross
East Side
Lanny
Sec
New Orleans
Wm. B. Reily
Mr. Reily
Louisiana
Luzianne
Reily
Ruth Brown
Oxford University Press
Wyoming
America
State Writers Projects
WPA
Michigan
Blue Barron
Blue
Chicago
Kansas City
Ble
RKO
Ronald Colman
Pierre
Jean Dalrymple
Broadway
Maplewood
N. J
Helen Hayes
Maplewood Theater
British Fight Across Litani River In Syria Front
Allied troops led by Australians press a first major assault in the Syrian campaign crossing the Litani north of Sur Tyre. They attack under heavy fire from French positions with naval and air support, forging the river with shock troops and pontoon crossings as engineers clear roads for the advance toward Beirut.
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Henry T. Gorrell
Syria
Litani
Sur
Tyre
Nagoura-Sur
Beirut
Churchill Leads Britain in Fight for Victory, War Fears Rise
Fred Vanderschmidt assesses Winston Churchill as Britain's key obstacle to a peace deal. His latest Commons speech emphasizes continued war, naval losses near Brest, and the need for unity. The piece notes potential risks if Churchill falls and warns that peace negotiations could gain traction without his leadership.
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Fred Vanderschmidt
Winston Churchill
Britain
RAF
Prin Euzen
Brest
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Brittany
Mr. Churchill
House of Commons
Atlantic
Crete
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Churchill
House Approves Health Bill to Curb Syphilis in Missouri
The Missouri House gave unanimous approval to the McReynolds baby health bill providing prenatal blood tests for expectant mothers. The measure, urged by physicians and welfare groups, heads to Gov. Donnell after Senate concurrence in a house amendment requiring doctor consent tests.
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Missouri
Forrest C. Donnell
Senate
McReynolds
House
Howard Elliott
St. Louis County
Walter’s. Clark
Sullivan County
Elliott
Allen McReynolds
Carthage
State Board of Health
Roy Hamlin
Marion County
Lulu Burns
St. Clair County
Phil M. Donnelly
George A. Rouzier
Perryville
Lebanon
Claude C. Earp
Hulen Attacks Metropolitan Press in Missouri Address
Democratic State chairman C. M. Hulen told ninth district women’s clubs rural papers defend press freedom while denouncing metropolitan papers as vicious and traitorous. He cited Goebbels in accusing big city papers of propaganda tactics to undermine rights and democracy.
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Mexico
C. M. Hulen
Women’s Democratic Clubs
Missouri Press Association
Hulen
Big City
Lawrence McDaniel
Dr. Goebbels
Foods and services price control bill limits profits in England
The board of trade earned to-day the power to fix maximum prices for goods at all production and distribution stages. The foods and services price control bill seeks to prevent excessive price rises and may define prices by money, cost, or profit margins. Retailers could be required to display the maximum prices and the measure covers second hand goods.
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London
Board of Trade
Foods and
U. C. Hag Best Dive Bomber Experts Assert
United States tests reveal a Curtiss-Wright built dive bomber, experimental XS B2C-1, superior to German Stuka in speed range and payload. Navy acceptance tests slated. Lt. Hugh R. Neiman Jr and pilot Lloyd Child describe a high speed dive demonstration with a 2,000 pound bomb load and 2,000 hp Wright Cyclone engine. Eleven correspondents toured defense plants witnessing demonstrations of Curtiss Hawk and Bell Airacobra fighters.
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Buffalo
United States
Curtiss-Wright Aeronautical Corp
Navy
Hugh R. Neiman, Jr
Curtiss - Wright
Lloyd Child
Curtiss- Wright
Earth
Child
J. F. Tuthill
Curtiss-Wright
Bell
Flashes of Life and a Separation Suit
A New York wife Stella Peters sues for separation claiming her German-born husband Herbert imitated Adolf Hitler at parties. She cites his habit of waking her at night to listen to shortwave German broadcasts instead. Court reserved decision amid note of her French descent.
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New York
Adolf Hitler
Stella Peters
Germany
Herbert
Squab-Fed 0106's Interitange Fought in Boston
In Boston on June 11 a suit seeks to restore a list of beneficiaries to the will of Clara I Dodge who died last September. The bill seeks equity over $26,766 and argues Dodge was of unsound mind after illness in 1938. Dunn and wife contend changes removing them were made in 1939.
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Boston
Patricia
Superior Court
Clara I. Dodge
Miss Dodge
Nellie Clarke
Brookline
Henny S. Dunn
Equity
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