Small Firms To Benefit Under Nelson Plan
War Production Board outlines a partial return to civilian production favoring small manufacturers. General Electric and the National Association of Manufacturers support use of aluminum and magnesium for civilian goods starting next August with many household items to follow. Army opposes and warns the reconversion plan may delay wartime output. Nelson says three months are critical yet plans for postwar products are essential.
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Nelson
Fay Baca
Electri Appliase Iciance Division
Mansfield
Army
100 Frenchmen Hanged As Nazis Seize Town
German troops retook Assel in PORT BOU Spain marching into the guerrilla village and executed 100 French civilians in the town square in a Paris dispatch reported today.
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Radio Programs Schedule for Republican Convention Coverage
AP list of tonight and Tuesday broadcasts across NBC CBS MBS and others with keynote address by Governor Earl Warren and platform report. Includes Roz Bepsy Corbin Mary Margaret McBride Vox Pop and multiple music and drama programs with timing notes and notes on possible last minute changes.
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Jos. W. Martin, Jr
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NBC
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Quincy Howe
News
Hop Harrigan
Mbs
Tim Mealy
Denver
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Se Sullavan
Volney Hurd
Lowell Thomas
Nbc World News
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Mercer
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Horace Heidt
His
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Cecil Brown
Biu
Nick Carter
Howard Barlow
Arlene Francis
Voorhees
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Wisconsin Labor Federation set to hold 52nd convention in Oshkosh
The Wisconsin State Federation of Labor announces its 52nd annual convention in Oshkosh beginning in August. Unions must elect delegates early to secure housing and avoid harming war work. Officials urge timely travel arrangements and note anticipated convention actions affecting affiliated organizations.
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Wisconsin State Federation of Labor
Oshkosh
Hall
Labor union meeting notices by craft and date
Workers No 316 7 30 p m painters and decorators No 374 7 30 p m Operating Engineers No 139 7 30 p m Wednesday June 28 Office Workers No 22152 7 p m Friday June 30 Hodcarriers and Building Laborers No 140 8 p m
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Hod Carriers’ and Building Laborers’ Union
Office Workers’ Union
Hodcarriers
Manufacturing fuel and power spending in 1929
American industries spent about 1.5 billion dollars on all kinds of fuel in 1929 and purchased electrical energy valued at nearly 500 million dollars.
Oshkosh Man Elected Wisconsin Postmasters President
Ray Novotny of Oshkosh was elected president of the Wisconsin chapter of the National Association of Postmasters at the end of a three day convention in Wisconsin Dells. Dr Clark G Keubler president of Ripon College spoke at a banquet on freedom saying it is won by effort and struggle across generations.
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Wis
Ray Novotny
Oshkosh
Wisconsin
National Association of Postmasters
Clark G. Keubler
Ripon College
Keubler
Yanks Take Piombino Port as 5th Army Advances
American forces of the 5th army seized the port of Piombino with no opposition, gaining a vital supply base for west coast advances while Allied troops moved on Siena. The front saw heavy use of 88 mm guns and updates noted 24,000 prisoners since the offensive began, plus disillusioned German youths and a strict company strength limit for reforming units.
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Kesselring
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France
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Perugia
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Prairie Sailor Wounded in Action Reported to Parents
Prairie du Chien Wisconsin Special Leon Sebastian son of Mr and Mrs Leonard Sebastian has been wounded in action the navy department informed his parents Francis Leonard Sebastian waters tender first class has served since 1937 and spent two and a half years overseas a brother Pfc Robert Sebastian serves in the air corps in California telegram notes wounded in the service of his country with details to follow.
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Wis
Leonard C. Sebastian
Navy Department
Francis Leonard Sebastian
Sebastiano
Navy
Pfc
Robert Sebastian
Air Corps
California
Sebastian
Navy cautions on divulging ship names amid war risk
A wartime directive from Vice-Admiral Randall Jacobs warns officers to withhold ship and station names to avoid aiding enemies. The message stresses immediate action and appears in official communication as part of personnel security doctrine. Sicily reportedly produced 100,000,000 gallons of wine in a single year.
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Navy
Sicily
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