Confusion Reigns As Southerners Ignore Coal Parley
The coal conflict widens as Southern operators skip a joint wage conference with the United Mine Workers and northern operators. The CIO union urges a regional agreement while fretting an industry-wide $7 a day cap and a 40 cent wage gap.
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New York
Southern
United Mine Workers (Cio
Appalachian
Washington
UMWA
John L. Lewis
Boston
New England
Battle for Greece Intensifies as German Forces Advance
Dispatches report 50,000 German dead and 120,000 troops pressing Allied lines in northern Greece amid heavy RAF raids on Berlin. Yugoslav capitulation frees manpower for Greece, while British, Australian and New Zealand troops fight on Mt Olympus as Greek defenses falter and lines contract toward a shorter front.
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Yugoslavia
Greece
Balkans
Middle East
Aegean
Athens
New Zealand
Mt. Olympus
Hitler
Holland
Berlin
London
Grevena
Albania
Rome
Klisura
Germany
Trikkala
Britain Strikes Heaviest RAF Bombing Of Berlin
The Air Ministry announced the RAF carried out its heaviest raid on Berlin last night with very powerful bombs causing substantial damage. Eight RAF planes were lost, while Germans claimed six shot down. The attack used new high explosive charges dropped by four motor Stirling bombers, described as the strongest in use.
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London
The
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Berlin
Herbert Morrison
Home Security
London Defense
RAF
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Cologne
Germany
Cherbourg
France
Morrison
Hitler
Portsmouth
Fractures Leg In Driveway Fall
Eugene Hartsock age 29 of 617 Hill Street suffered a fracture of his right leg after falling in a driveway near his home. He is listed in Holston Valley Community Hospital with the injury.
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Eugene Hartsock
Hill Street
Holston Valley Community Hospital
CIO Threatens GM With Strike
The CIO United Automobile Workers threatens a five day strike at General Motors in about 30 Michigan plants and potential sites in other states over a one year wage and conditions pact. Demands include union shop recognition wage gains and extra vacation. A Buffalo, New York American Car and Foundry plant dispute nears settlement after a CIO led election demand.
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R. J. Thomas
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Michigan
American Car and Foundry Company
Buffalo, N. Y
AFL
Great Britain
Trenton
N. J
John A. Roebling’s Sons Company
Nine Hurt As Building Collapses In Tennessee
A section of a new addition at the Tenite building on Horse Creek road collapsed around 12 45 pm injuring nine workers. W D Harkleroad and James Jackson were seriously hurt while seven others sustained minor injuries. The injured include Ridge Construction Company employees and Tennessee Eastman workers. Foreman Jim Steigall survived without injury.
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W. D. Harkleroad
Kingsport R. 2
James Jackson
Harkleroad
Ridge Construction Company
Jackson
Tennessee Eastman
Horse Creek Road
Congress Backing Roosevelt Tax Plan Faces Detailed Release
Washington reports broad congressional support for the administration’s plan to raise about 3.5 billion dollars in new revenues. Higher income and excise taxes, new sales levies, and possibly a wage tax are expected to affect both rich and poor. Treasury experts prepare details for the Ways and Means Committee next week. The president may outline further specifics in a radio address to the nation.
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Washington
America
Treasury
House
Ways and Means
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
War Crisis Pushes U.S. to Swift Defense Measures
National move to mobilize defense follows mounting war crisis. The government calls for 500,000 civilian volunteers for air raid spotting and trims auto production by 20 percent to arm for defense. Four freighters are loaned to Britain and a cooling-off rule for defense strikes advances in Congress.
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Washington
Britain
House
George C. Marshall
New England
New York
William S. Knudsen
Rep. Vinson
Naval Committee
Roosevelt Popularity At All-Time High
Franklin D. Roosevelt reaches an all-time personal approval high in the American Institute seven year Presidential popularity index with 73 percent of voters expressing confidence. The survey notes Roosevelt’s standing during wartime crisis influences and distinguishes general approval from policy support.
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Princeton
N. J
Roosevelt
American Institute
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Institute
France
England
British Institute of Public Opinion
Churchill
Europe
Roosevelt on tax raise stance and sales tax doubt
Roosevelt said he had no idea how to raise 3.5 billion dollars in taxes while opposing a sales tax. London warned it would begin systematic bombing of Rome if Athens or Cairo were attacked.
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Washington
Roosevelt
London
Rome
Athens
Cairo
Egypt
Britain Declares Yugoslavia Enemy Occupied Territory
The British government announced that Yugoslavia is henceforth to be regarded as enemy occupied territory.
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London
Yugoslavia
Roosevelt says public war awareness rising in Europe crisis
President Roosevelt expresses belief that American public opinion lacks full appreciation of Europe war acuteness but is growing more aware as events unfold this week.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Europe
British and Allied Forces Hit Axis in North Africa
Middle East communique reports heavy casualties for axis units in mechanized and bayonet fighting near Tobruk and Salum. Five axis officers and 72 men captured. Mediterranean fleet shells west of Salum aiding troops. East Africa reports contact with Fascists 14 miles south of Dessie and progress toward Addis Ababa.
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Cairo
Egypt
RAF
Middle East
Tobruk
Salum
North Africa
High Command
Dessie
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Relations Pleasant Washington to Sidney Hill Statement
Washington associate director of the Office of Production Management told editors that the industrial relations picture is far more favorable than at any time of equal industrial activity. John L. Lewis said firearms have been shipped to several southern coal companies.
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Washington
Sidney Hillman
Office of Production Management
New York
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
Nashville Execution Of Van Gilmore At State Penitentiary
Van Gilmore a 31 year old Black man died in the electric chair at 5 23 a m after a single current cycle. He was strapped in at 5 20 am and confessed to the attack on a Memphis housewife and assault of others. The case followed a swift trial and a brief jury deliberation.
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Nashville
Memphis
van Gilmore
State Penitentiary
Gilmore
Supreme Court
Cooper
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Philip Neame
M. D. Gambier-Parry
Associated Press
Italy
Dorothy Dix
Edson
Hollywood
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General Motors Corporation
Tennessee Eastman Corporation
Jim Steigall
Bristol
Steigall
Congress
Fdr
U. S
Center Street
Board of Mayor and Aldermen
Ralph Stewart
J. W. Rich
George E. Bradley
W. P. Major
Howard Wilson
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Bradley
Gallup
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Mussolini
Premet
Argirocastro
Porto Palermo
Adriatic Sea
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