Strikes Idle 20 000 Workers Across US War Plants
Massive work stoppages in vital war industries idle about 20 000 employees, with 18 000 glass workers in four states threatening to halt operations. President Truman orders seizure of select plants as labor unions press wage and seniority disputes. Army seizures, draft-evading lines, and widespread plant slowdowns ripple from Alabama to Illinois and beyond.
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Office of Defense Transportation
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Midwest
T Truman
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Chicago
ODT
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Miss
Triee
Alabama
Louisiana
Missouri
Illinois
Kentucky
Tennessee
Arkansas
Texas
Painesville
Ohio
Troy
Pittsburgh Plate Company
Comother
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass
P.m
Dewar
Ford Motor
AFL
Packard Motor
CIO
Unclear: Fragmented Notices From Various Cities
Fragmented OCR text mentions Dr Beverley Randolph 71, satrist internationally for pellagre studies and Richmonds Tucker hospital in Acemond Virginia. References to Dr Ernest Three 2 Vanderbilt university and Allan V. Ritchie 59 of a Texas company storatory in New York Beacon.
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Associated Press
Acemond
Beverley Randolph
Richmonds Tucker Hospital
Marville, Tenn
Ernest Three
So- Vanderbilt University
York
Allan V. Ritchie
The
Texas Companys
Beacon, N.Y
Mamer Registrar Olin Meade Dies at 76
Olin Meade former registrar at Mamer College died Tuesday in Mpleton Wisconsin at age 76. He served as registrar for many years and was noted for his long tenure and community service. The death was reported by local officials.
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Mpleton
Wis
Local Area Men of 86th Arrive Home
Local and area service members of the 86th Blackhawk division returned to Wisconsin Monday. Homecoming listed include Corp. Dennis L. Syverson Pic. Robert Tomalka Pic. Burton Ander First Lieut. Dean D. Sparta Pfc. Merlin Schroeder Corp. Robert Steiner S. Sgt. Ernest Bright Jr. Corp. Virg il Lipke Pfc. Thomas Dagnon Pic. Russell Hanson Pic. Forest Amberger S. Sgt. Arland McKittrick S. Sgt. Leo Dull Pfc. Gerald Gschwind Pfc. Frederick Kohli among others from De Soto Prairie du Chien Viroqua Stoddard Soldiers Grove West Salem Monroe.
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la Crosse
States
86Th “Blackhawk
Corp
Dennis L. Syverson
Robert Tomalka
Burton Ander
Wisconsin
Dean D. Sparta
Merlin Schroeder
de Soto
Robert Steiner
Ernest Bright, Jr
Virgil Lipke
Thomas da
Yank Sergeant Leads Japanese Squad Into Machine-Gun Trap
U S 24th Division near Davao Mindanao Philippines report Staff Sgt Joseph F de Luca Belleville New Jersey led a Japanese squad toward a roadblock then ordered halt and drop rifles He drew fire and dove for cover before the grenade mis step ended the engagement The action occurred west of Davao during rugged fighting in the Philippines World War II.
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U. S
Davao
Mindanao
P. L
Joseph F. de Luca
Belleville
N. J
de Luca
Paris Night Club For GIs Sets Champagne At Eight Dollars
American enlisted men in Paris now have a private night club run under army supervision offering champagne at eight dollars a bottle and cognac for fifty cents a shot. The Big club Coliseum, operated by a Frenchman, draws soldiers, Wacs, British and French girls for a lively floor show and jitterbug dancing. In opening night, more than 1,000 patrons spent about four thousand three hundred dollars on champagne and cognac while the club stayed busy from 7:30 p.m. to 2 a.m.
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Paris
Army Special Services
Onan
America
Bizerte
Willis Atchison Promoted to Corporal in Aleutians
Willis R. Atchison of La Crosse Wisconsin has been promoted to corporal while serving with the 11th air force in the western Aleutians. An airplane and engine mechanic, he has 36 months of service with 24 overseas, and his unit supported bombing raids toward Attu Kiska and the Kuriles, striking the Japanese homeland for the first time since 1942.
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Eleventh Air Force
Aleutians
Willis R. Atchison
Main Street
la Crosse
Wis
11Th Air Force
Aleutian Islands
Davenport Johnson
Corp
Atchison
Wallace Atchison
11Th AF
Attu
Kiska
Kuriles
General Doolittle
Tokyo
Roman potter names found on Canterbury pottery
Excavations at Canterbury reveal early pottery fragments bearing names of potters from the first or second century. The discovery highlights ancient production and trade in Roman Britain and adds to the city’s archaeological record.
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Canterbury
England
New Canterbury
Conference speed work as Truman aims for early finish
On the West Coast at Olympia and near completion of talks, American delegates seek a quick close to the conference. The main hurdle remains how long United Nations debates may run as Australia presses stricter limits. Major charter items like the security council veto and trusteeship plans move toward final approval.
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San Francico
Truman
Olympia
Wash
United Nations General Assembly
Australia
Security League of the World Organization
Spain
United States
Correspondents Help Arrest Treason Suspect Delaney in Prague
Stars and Stripes reports two of its correspondents helped arrest Edward Leo Delaney in Prague. Indicted in the United States on treason charges for Nazi propaganda broadcasts, Delaney revealed during drinks he had been in Germany and Czechoslovakia during the war. He is identified as E. D. Ward who broadcast from multiple occupied cities.
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Stars and Stripes
Prague
Edward Leo Delaney
United States
Howard Byrne
Klaus Mann
Delaney
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Roosevelt
Byrne
Mann
Olney
Ill
Europe
U. S. Justice Department
E. D. Ward
Copenhagen
Oslo
the Hague
Brussels
Paris
Belgrade
Athens
Old Swiss plant now producing rayon with 1420 roots
A Swiss factory revived as a rayon producer traces its origin to 1420 when it began as a flour mill, marking it one of Europe's oldest manufacturing enterprises.
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Switzerland
Europe
La Crosse Tribune War News Briefs
June 20 1945 brief from La Crosse Tribune highlights ongoing World War II developments with local relevance. Reports focus on military actions, casualty updates, and home-front support efforts affecting Wisconsin communities.
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LA Crosse Tribune
Adequate Food Supply Predicted Nationally But Fats Shortage Seen
Agriculture department says prospective civilian food supplies this year will be more than adequate to meet essential needs with per capita supplies 2 to 4 percent above pre war levels but 5 to 7 percent below 1944 consumption. The Republican food supply committee warns of a serious fats and oils shortage, citing butter, lard, and tallow declines and noting hog and cattle policy gaps. AP survey notes rice shortage and scarce fats and oils, while Pittsburgh reports better egg supply and Chicago notes lower-priced home grown vegetables.
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OPA
Associated Press
Columbia
S. C
Pittsburgh
War Food Administration
Chicago
Red Star Targets United States as Reactionary Groups Denounced
Moscow dispatch notes the army newspaper Red Star urging continued wartime collaboration with the Big Three and condemning U S groups it calls reactionary. It cites Hearst and McCormick presses, Senator Taft, Wiley, Reynolds, Gerald L K Smith, John L Lewis, and Joseph McWilliams among Christian Mobilizers.
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Red Star
United States
Russia
IL. Yermashev
Hearst and McCormick Press
Taft
Ohio
Vg Wiley
R.-Wis
Robert Reynolds
D.-N.c
Gerald L. K. Smith
John L. Lewis
Joseph McWilliams
Christian Mobilizers
Amer
Notable Efforts to Break Up US Russia and Britain Ties
Institutions and individuals push to disrupt cooperation among the United States Russia and Great Britain amid ongoing diplomacy and strategic disagreements. The actors seek to limit joint ventures and counterbalance allied alignments in geopolitical affairs.
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Ican
Russia
United States
Great Britain
Boy Drowns In Milwaukee River
Six year old Ray Watson son of Mr and Mrs Richard Watson drowned yesterday after falling from an adjoining canal wall into the Milwaukee River. His body was recovered.
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Milwaukee
Ray Watson
Richard Watson
Martin Named War Production Board Chair for Cutbacks
John H. Martin formerly of Racine Wisconsin was appointed chairman of the production adjustment committee of the war production board to handle munitions cutbacks. He previously served as deputy chairman.
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Washington
John H. Martin
Racine
Wis
The
War Production Board
Martin
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