Lumberman's Strike Deepens Across Northwest
AFL and CIO leaders of 30 000 lumber and sawmill workers held exclusive talks after NWLB chair William H. Davis demanded return to work. The strike affected more than 100 plants from Oregon to Montana, with unions accusing the board of sloppy procedure and bad faith.
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Detroit
AFL
Browne and Sharpe Manufacturing Company
Providence
Rhode Island
Ball Brothers
Muncie
Indiana
WLB
Portland
Ore
CIO
Northwest
National War Labor Board
William H. Davis
NWLB
Northwestern Council of Lumber and Sawmill Workers
Davis
War Labor Board
Oregon
Washington
Tolah
Young Chinese Boy Uprooted to War Front at 13
Ma Kuo Kwang known as Marvin is a 13 year old with the Chinese Expeditionary Force in the Mogaung Valley. He is a two year veteran who drives a jeep, handles a mule, and speaks six languages. He joined in Burma after fleeing Rangoon and avoiding Japanese attacks.
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Mogaung Valley
Ma Kuo Kwang
Marvin
Burma
Rangoon
Sashio
Lashio
Naga
Assam
Englis
Pretty Dancer Found Dead in Hollywood Home
Mary Cook former dance band singer and ex wife of Elisha Cook Jr was found dead in her Hollywood residence a glass with mothballs nearby reported by bartender Armand Saetta police said the death may have been an accidental mothball cocktail she had just returned home after midnight and was found in nightclothes by the bed the incident follows Cook’s divorce from the actor last year OPA ration news looms with lumber strike and coupon issues in Washington and Portland and Pierce county boards over B and C coupons.
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Hollywood
Pretty Mary Cook
Elisha Cook, Jr
Miss Cook
Armand Saetta
Saetta
Cook
Ted Lewis
Christensen
Pierce County
Washington
Portland
Oregon
OPA
Memorial Day Parade Route Details At Main And Fremont
Memorial Day parade by V F W and other service organizations will start at 10 a m from the corner of Main and Fremont streets. The message requests your presence at 0 a m.
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Main
Fremont
Open Eye Club Turns Safety into Countywide Pledge
Beaver Dam Wisconsin May 27 A 16 year old campaign for safety via editor Joseph E Helferts Open Eye Club has produced a remarkably low rate of youth highway fatalities in Dodge county. Helfert began in 1928 after a boy was hurt near his Milwaukee assignment. The club claims a million pledged participants with efforts through schools teachers and parents. The pledge bans playing in streets crossing only after looking both ways never taking rides from strangers never playing with matches and obeying parents and teachers. The Open Eye Club has earned national state and newspaper awards and inspired similar efforts in several states.
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Beaver Dam
Wis
Dodge County
Joseph E. Helfert
Milwaukee
Helfert
Open Eye Club
CIT Safety Foundation
American Legion
Citizen
Tennessee
New York
Illinois
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Oklahoma
Iowa
Kansas
Safety Club
War Photographers Take Aim in Battle Film Feats
The War Department reports air force motion picture cameramen have shot down enemy planes with machine guns while filming. Lt James M Bray and SSgt Jack Sterling credited with air kills. total combats include three Me 109s one Fw 190 two Zeros and more. Medals awarded include Silver Stars Distinguished Flying Crosses Air Medals Purple Hearts and Presidential unit citations. Several photographers killed filming Memphis Belle and other combat moments.
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Washington
Army Air Force
Camerman
James M. Bray
Virginia
Hollywood
Jack Sterling
MGM
Richard R. Batcheller
S. Vista
Los Angeles
Memphis Belle
Eighth Air Force
Europe
War Department
Air Force
Mosi
Knifer Disarmed by Police Outside Horseshoe Cafe
A knife-wielding man waved a blade at G L Nelson on a running board near the Horseshoe cafe Friday afternoon, causing a crowd to gather. Two officers disarmed and detained John W Willige, who was drunk but still dangerous, and took him to the city jail with Chief Harry E Miller and Officer George Allom responding as shift change approached.
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G. L. Nelson
Horseshoe Cafe
Nelson
Willige
Harry E. Miller
George Allom
Kaiser Seeks Labor Pact With Share of Profits
Edgar Kaiser, general manager of the Kaiser shipyards in the Portland area, proposed a new labor contract model that would grant workers a share of the profits. He did not offer concrete details beyond the concept of proportionate profit sharing in future management labor agreements.
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Portland
Ore
Edgar Kaiser
Kaiser Shipyards
Burglary Reported at Dr York Home and Office
Las Vegas police received a report from Dr F W York that his home at 629 South Ninth and his office were prowled on two separate occasions Friday. The office filing cabinet was ransacked but nothing was missing including money or narcotics. The home showed disorder but no items reported stolen.
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Las Vegas
F. W. York
South Ninth
Officer Wins Lottery Prize But Fails to Claim It
Lieutenant Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt of the U S navy won five pounds in a Queensland lottery last September but never collected the money. An official said they notified him but he has not claimed his prize. Vanderbilt is attached to a PT boat unit.
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Sydney
Australia
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
U. S. Navy
Queensland
Two Navy Officers Die In Ventura Bomber Crash Near Palmdale
Two naval officers died when their Ventura bomber crashed and burned two and a half miles southeast of Palmdale California. Navy officials said the names were withheld pending next of kin notification. The plane was believed to have departed Reeves Field Terminal Island California.
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Los Angeles
Palmdale
California
Navy
Reeves Field
Terminal Island
Nevada Mining Booms Then Slump Cited by State Official
Jay A. Carpenter director of the state bureau of mines notes Nevada saw a wartime boom in metal mining followed by a price and production slump. He cites policy actions, new purchase programs, and the rise of magnesium output reaching 9 million pounds monthly with 12 000 mining jobs by end of 1943 and population growth to about 140000.
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Nevada
Jay A. Carpenter
State Bureau of Mines
Carpenter
United States
Reno
Getchell
Bat
Tle Mountain
Winnemucca
Jean
Basic Magnesium, Inc
Las Vegas
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Chrysler Corporation
Highland Park
Cio Auto Workers Union
International Union
R. J. Thomas
Internaional Uaw
CIO United Gas, Coke and Chemical
Parke Davis and Company
Mountanawaay
Missoula
Seattle
John M. Christenson
Northwest District Council
Pretty Dancer
Pearl’s Dress Shop
East
Editor's Safety Club
Paul L. Kaiser
Camermen
Riser
India
Huttagong
China
Siam
Thailand
Chiengmal
Chiengmai
Bangkok
Dibrugarh
Chittagong
Irrawaddy
Kaiser
Ronzone
Daily News
KENO
1400
Sandale
Anne
Bert
Arnie Artman
America
Accordionist
Aca
Jeanne Holden
Garwood van and His Orchestra
Ramona
Sullivan Sisters
Bornson
E. F. Bladholm
HOTEL
Last Frontier
M.C
Rot
Zacchaeus
Mandan
Green Shack
Boulder Highway
City Limits
Eddie Dillon
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