Chrysler Strike Called Off By Union
Detroit reports say the Chrysler strike idling about 11 785 workers was halted by local 490 CIO United Auto Workers. Strikers were ordered back to work a day before a meeting with the UAW CIO international board. George Addes urged workers to ignore picket lines and return to plants.
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Chrysler Corporation
Unit'i Automobile Workers
CIO
Uaw-Cio
R. J. Thomas
International Executive Board
George J F. Addes
International
Thomas
lJabor
International Uaw-Cio
Addes
Teane
Highland Park
Michigan
Forke Davis & Co
National Labor Relations Board
Saginaw
Muskegon
Cause Of Sparta Blast Is Unknown
SpartaWis reports say surveys of the blast area failed to determine a definite cause after an explosion at 8 a m damaged the Wall Gift shop the Van Antwerp barber shop and Genevra Thome book store on North Water Street Charles Van Antwerp 76 a serious burn victim remains in the hospital Fire Marshal and city officials conducted a thorough probe with gas company reps examining shutoff of lines and damaged meters while underpinning work continues nearby, no conclusions reached.
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Oscar Baumbach
O. O. Bergman
W.T. Meyers
Street Comme Fire Department
Ralph Sieben
Chicago
Central Wisconsin Gas Company
H. J. Reekie
Sparta
Wall
Sieben
Otis George
Dr. F C. Thome
Allied Air Assault Pounds Hitler’s Europe In Allied Day Raid
The United States and Britain launched a day-long strike with up to 3500 Allied aircraft hitting French and German targets. American Liberators and Fortresses led daylight bombings while 1000 plus British night bombers attacked Dortmund Brunswick and rail hubs Orleans and Le Mans. Losses totaled 6 American planes and 35 RAF planes with German fighters contesting airspace over France and western Germany.
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Hitler
Europe
Dortmund
Brunswick
Germany
U. S
Vichy
Thunderbolts
RAF
France
Orleans
le Mans
Ludwigshafen
Belgium
Japs Allow Relief Supply Purchasing
Washington reports Japanese approval for $25,000 worth of relief supplies for prisoners and civilians in the Philippine islands. American funds are available, with items including YMCA services, as the United States presses for broader aid and neutral inspection moves.
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Washington
Philippine Islands
Philpartment
YMCA
Ile
4th Term Big Issue In Texas
A pro Roosevelt Texas Democratic faction walked out of the state convention after a second loss on a binding delegates proposal. Led by Mrs. Alfred Taylor the Travis county delegation backed a slate to vote for Roosevelt at Chicago as divisions deepened.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Roosevelt
Capitol
House of Representatives
Alfred Taylor
Travis County
Chicago
Bids Opened on State Road Contracts in Wisconsin
Bids on 17 highway maintenance projects were opened at the state highway commission offices in Madison. The work costs about 228000 dollars with low bidders including Clarence Weiss for 11.3 miles of crushed stone surfacing on state trunk 54 in Jackson and Trempealeau counties at 37740 dollars and Lampert & Lampert Inc for 15 miles on U. S. 12 in Monroe county at 4446 dollars or 4030 dollars for crushed stone surfacing by Arthur Overgaard.
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Madison
Wis
State Highway Commission
Commission
Jackson
Trempealeau
Clarence Weiss
la Crosse
Monroe County
U. S. 12
Lampert & Lampert, Inc
Oshkosh
Arthur Overgaard
Transfer Of Cruiser To Russia Reported
Senator Bridges stated he was informed that an American cruiser was transferred to Russia and demanded full disclosure. He warned such a move would complicate wartime policy amid lend-lease totals and a Japan dominated naval war, noting Russia's peace with Japan and a 1946 non aggression pact. The president previously said Russia would receive part of the Italian fleet, details undisclosed.
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Washington
Bridges
Senate
Russia
America Navy
New Hampshire
Japan
Roosevelt
Swancutt’s Mother And Wife Testify In Murder Trial
In Rochester New York the murder trial features testimony from Swancutt’s mother and wife. The proceedings detail the events surrounding the alleged crime and the relationships involved. Jose Iturbi announced his resignation as conductor of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra citing movie contract demands.
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Swancutt
Rochester
N. Y
Jose Iturbi
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
L. Dudley Field
Civic Music Association
Iturbi
Battle for Myitkyina Faces Monsoon Delays and New Crossings
Monsoon rains slow Allied drive to seize Myitkyina Burma as Stilwell presses the fight to link the Ledo road with China. Chinese forces reach Chefang near Lunling, narrowing the gap to Stilwell’s units. Japan reports Marcus Island air strikes while Allied forces push into Wakde airstrip and Burma resistance tightens near Kohima.
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Myitkyina
Marcus Island
Radio Si
Joseph W. Stil
Stilwell
Ledo
China
Chefang
Lunling
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo
Marcus
Defense Attorney Seeks Insanity Defense in Swancutt Case
Lieut Beaufort Swancutt faces murder charges after a March 5 shooting that killed four. His wife and mother testified to lifelong mental lapses and a history of delirium, fevers, and amnesia. She described four life-threatening acts including gas, drowning, and a wrist slash in 1942.
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Campanza
Calif
Beaufort Swancutt
Army
Caroline Swancutt
Detroit
Gertrude Swancutt
Swancutt
Delphine Rasco
Mary la Barge
Wausau
Wis
Lieut
la Crosse
Charles A. Thomas
Dorothy Douglas
Lourdine Livermore
Aubrey G. Ser
Bridgeport
Light
Britain Feels Invasion Anxiety Amid Train Cutbacks
Britain faces tense days as drastic reductions in main line passenger schedules strand thousands. Troop movements receive priority on remaining services while German air scouts circle over Britain. A controversial report on Allied POWs in Stalag Luft II fuels anti Nazi sentiment and prompts calls for a full investigation.
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London
Britain
Stockholm
Daily Express
Stalag Luff II
House of Commons
Anthony Eden
RAF
Sweden
GI Shoe Soles Save Gunner In WWII Turret Hit
Liberator tailgunner Sgt. Raymond G. Giwomna of Thorp Wisconsin praised his GI shoe after a flak hit pierced the turret floor but was stopped by the shoe’s sole. He called the footwear a proven asset in today’s attack.
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London
Raymond G. Giwomna
Thorp
Wis
Five plead innocent to CPA gasoline fraud charges
Five men Sam Beer 41 Sam Brancato 32 Ralph N Adamczyk 25 Joe Leicht 40 and Philip H Packer 45 pleaded innocent in federal court to an indictment accusing them of conspiring to defraud the government by violating CPA gasoline regulations Judge Michael L Igoe set September 18 for a hearing Adamczyk is from Cudahy Wisconsin the others from Chicago
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Chicago
CPA
Sam Beer
Sam Brancato
Ralph N. Adamczyk
Joe Leicht
Philip H. Packer
Adamczyk
Cudahy
Wis
Michael L. Igoe
Henry enters race for Congress in Wisconsin second district
Robert K. Henry a member of the state banking commission announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for representative in Congress from Wisconsin’s second district. Henry a Jefferson banker previously served as state treasurer as a Democrat in 1932 and sought the governorship in 1938 before shifting to the Republican party. He says he subscribes to the GOP platform adopted at the Milwaukee state convention.
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Madison
Wis
Robert K. Henry
State Banking Commission
Congress
Henry
Jefferson
Milwaukee
Clark Directs New Push as Allied Forces Break German Lines
Allied forces on the Anzio beachhead unleash a major offensive while the 8th Army advances from the east along the Hitler line. The 5th Army also shells Nazi defenses 22 miles along the coast as Lieut. Gen. Clark personally oversees the tank assault toward Cisterna and the Alban Hills near Rome.
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Noland Norgaard
Naples
Anzio
8Th Army
Italy
5Th Army
Mark W. Clark
Cisterna
Rome
No Man’s Land
Day of Destiny For Beachhead in Italian Campaign
Allied forces launch a major assault from the Anzio beachhead as American and British units breach German lines along the Appian Way toward Rome. General Clark directs the push with tanks, heavy artillery, and air support as 5th and 8th armies strike in coordination north and east of Cisterna and Littoria.
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States
Italy
Aprilia
Cisterna-Littoria
Clark
5Th Army
U. S
Former Bund Leader Gives Up Citizenship
Chicago reports former head of the Chicago unit of the German American Bund, Dr Otto Wilumeit, surrendered his American citizenship Tuesday just minutes after his denaturalization trial began.
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BUND
Chicago
Otto Willumeit
Nazi People’s Courts To Try Allied Pilots
London reports German peoples courts will try Allied pilots shot down in raids on trains and communications in Germany. The move follows German propaganda charges that attacks targeted women and children and farmers during a recent Allied fighter sweep. The threat echoes last December’s pledge to try captured airmen as war criminals.
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Germany
Stockholm
Svenska Dagbladet
Kharkov
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