Ford's Contract a Union Victory
Detroit June 21 unionization of the automotive industry reached a milestone with Ford Motor Company and the United Automobile Workers C I O signing a historic pact in Washington. The agreement includes a union shop dues check off and applies to main plants and future branch plants nationwide. Wage rates will match the highest in the industry and wage negotiations begin next week. The NLRB will dismiss charges against Ford and several other cases still pending.
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Detroit
Ford Giotnt Company
C. I. O. United Automobile Workers
Ford Company
U.a.w.c.lo
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Ford Motor Company
R. J. Thomas
U.A.W.C
United Automobile Workers
Altho
River Rouge
Tiearhorn
Lincoln
Ford
Hie
NLRB
Henry Ford
Flashes of Life and Helpful Hounds Across States
A 16 year old rancher in Hood River Oregon owes his life to a pet ram that charged a 350 pound boar saving him after a fierce attack. The ram leaped fences and battered the boar into submission as the youth crawled to safety. In Oklahoma City a hearing ear dog named Peewee now notifies Mrs. Keller she has visitors by rubbing her leg. Centralia Illinois plans to curb city noise a campaign led to have railroad whistles and engine bells regulated with revisions under consideration.
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Hood River
Oreg
S. Kusachi
Ram
Kusachi
Oklahoma City
J. D. Keller
Peewee
Centralia
Shells Go With Wind in Training of Artillery
Capt Herman F. Schuster of Salina Kansas commands wind aware training for the 130th Field Artillery at Camp Robinson Arkansas. He explains how a 15 mile cross wind can push a shell off course by about 115 feet at 5000 yards and that moisture alters trajectory. He relies on his tables for sighting rather than direct line alignment.
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Camp Robinson
Ark
Herman F. Schuster
Salina
Kan
130Th Field Artillery
35Th Division
Schuster
Lindbergh urges staying out of war to save civilization
Col Charles A Lindbergh told a Hollywood audience that the only path to save European civilization is a negotiated peace ending the war quickly. He warned that an Allied or England-focused war would risk a Hitler victory, potentially harming America and urged continued American preparedness. The crowd gave an ovation with some boos.
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Hollywood
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
Europe
America
England
British Isles
Germany
Lindbergh
Far West
Ex Lawrenceites Picnic Draws 200 in Pasadena
More than 200 former Lawrence residents attended the annual basket picnic at Brookside park in Pasadena California on June 15. The group plans another picnic in Balhea Park San Diego on August 10. The last meeting was one of the largest gatherings of former Lawrence residents in California.
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Brookside Park
Pasadena
Calif
Paul Schuert
Balhea Park
San Diego
California
Schubert
Farmers protest wheat quota in Randolph meeting
A group of farmers from Riley Marshall Pottawatomie Clay Osage Wabaunsee and Washington counties gathered at Randolph High School to protest the federal wheat marketing quota. Speaker Dan Casement claimed wheat was 78 cents a bushel and warned of penalties and enforcement, while farmers debated the price and risk. The meeting produced no formal resolution.
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Randolph
Kan
Randolph, High School
Riley
Marshall
Pottawatomie
Clay
Osage
Wabaunsee
Washington
Dan Casement
Riley County
AAA
State Committee
United States Attorney General
Joe Lenhart
Nazi Cruiser Prinz Eugen Damaged in Major Naval Battle
London reports the 10 000 ton German cruiser Prinz Eugen was hit and badly damaged by a salvo from British battleship Prince of Wales before escaping to Brest. The engagement coincides with the sinking of the Bismarck. British claims say Prinz Eugen burned brightly, with other German ships sighted at Brest amid air attacks.
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London
Prinz Eugen
Brest
Bismarck
George V
Germany
Gneisenau
Scharnhorst
Fatally Hurt in Crash Near Waverly Kansas
In a highway collision on a road near Waverly six others were injured and Mrs. Guy Ellis of Waverly died from her injuries. Also in critical condition were Mrs. Grant Martin of Los Angeles and Mrs. Leslie Black of Kansas City Missouri. The Ellises and Blacks were en route to Dodge City with George Diegel of Dodge City escaping uninjured. Virgil Bill of Hiawatha was named Brown County sheriff to fill the unexpired term of Charles W. Haggard who died June 13.
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Emporia
Kan
Guy Ellis
Waverly
Waver
Grant Martin
Los Angeles
Leslie Black
Kansas City
Copnle
Mrs. Ellis
Mrs. Martin
Connie
Mrs. Black
Doder City
George Diegel
Dodge City
Brown County
Topeka
Payne Ratner
Virgil Bill
Hiawatha
Charles W. Haggard
Four Day The Great Dictator and More Film Lineup
A Sunday four day run features The Great Dictator with Paulette Goddard and Jack Oakie. Other films include Reaching for the Sun with Joel McCrea Ellen Drew and Eddie Bracken and Man Hunt with Walter Pidgeon Joan Bennett and George Sanders. The program also presents Under Age with Nan Grey Tom Neal The Great Mr Nobody with Eddie Albert Joan Leslie Too Many Husbands with Jean Arthur Melvin Douglas and Fred MacMurray The Saints Vacation with Simon Templar The Singing Hills with Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette and Mary Lee and The Devil Commands starring Boris Karloff.
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Walter Pidgeon
Joan Bennett
George Sanders
Under Age
Nan Grey
Tom Neal
Great Mr. Nobody
Eddie Albert
Joan Leslie
Jean Arthur
Melvin Douglas
Fred MacMurray
Hugh Sinclair
Simon Templar
Singing Hills
Gene Autry
Smiley Burnette
Mary Lee
Boris Karloff
North Carolina Symphonic Choir To Perform July 6
Forty high school singers from the North Carolina Symphonic choir will perform at First Baptist church at 9 30 p m under director Lewis Sidney Bullock. The open concert marks a transcontinental tour as ambassadors of North Carolina and a state federation of music clubs delegate to the Los Angeles convention next Tuesday.
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North Carolina
First Baptist Church
Lewis Sidney Bullock
Charles W. Thomas
Federation of Music Clubs
Los Angeles
John Finley Williamson
Westminster Choir College
Westminster Choir
Princeton
N. J
United States
Woman to do calling pastor hires assistant pastor
Tulsa June 21 Reverend C A Pankey head of Bald win Methodist church said he hired Miss Morean Murry as assistant pastor to handle visiting duties in summer. He cited embarrassment at scantily clad housewives as reason for delegation.
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Tulsa
Okla
C. A. Pankey
Pankey
Baldwin Methodist Church
Manhattan Boy on Sub Marvin Barry Feared Missing
Marvin D. Barry of Manhattan Kansas is believed lost aboard the sunken submarine O-9. He enlisted in the Navy last August, trained at Great Lakes, and later served at a frame school after graduating Manhattan High in 1940. He has two brothers in service. Wallace and Vernon are in military programs elsewhere.
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Manhattan
Kan
Marvin D. Barry
Charles Barry
Barry
Navy
Great Lakes Station
Manhattan High School
Wallace
Naval Air Training Corps
Dearborn
Mich
Vernon
Army Air Corps
Glendale
Calif
Barry Farm
Model Airplane Contest Near City After Rain Delay
A model airplane contest sponsored by Blevins Bicycle Shop will be held tomorrow at 2 PM, south of Twenty Third and Louisiana. Prizes include cash and merchandise, with consolation winners receiving theater tickets donated by local theaters. The event was postponed from June 8 due to rain.
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Twenty-Third
Louisiana Street
Blevins Bicycle Shop
Kansas City youth joins U S Army after French service
P Lucien E Conein a French born Kansas City Kansas youth who just returned from 18 months in the French army has earned entry into the United States army. Rejected for enlistment in the regular army due to citizenship status he volunteered for selective service and was accepted. He will be inducted July 2 and joked about returning to fight the Germans noting a bomb scar on his arm as a souvenir from his past.
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Lucien E. Conein
Kansas City
Kan
Conein
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