Pennsylvania miners vote to return to work in wage strike
More than 150000 United Mine Workers walkout members returned to jobs as 400000 had already ended their strike over wage talks. Districts in Pennsylvania show mixed trends with Revloc and Scalp Level locals resuming idle labor while others like Vesta and Midland groups weigh future actions. Union leaders warn a stalled contract risks renewed walkouts.
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Pittsburgh
Sama
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Revloc
Bac
Connellsville
Uniontown
William Hynes
U.M.W. District 4
Vesta BK
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Pitts Burgh Coal Company
Midland
Lewis
Butter and Cheese Quotas Shrink Next Year
Chicago June 29 The American butter supply will be cut to 4 pounds per person for the year starting July 1 J S Russell assistant war food administrator told the National Dairy Council Conference yesterday Cheese quotas will drop to about four pounds per person from a little over six pounds the previous year Consumers will receive 12 13 pounds of butter per person this year versus 16 17 pounds last year.
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Chicago
J. S. Russell
National Dairy Council Conference
Russell
Divorce Actions Filed in District Court Yesterday
Two divorce actions were filed in the district court yesterday. Alberta King seeks divorce from Henry G. King and Mary A. Transue sues Paul D. Tran. A complaint of assault and battery was filed in justice court against Paul Transue by Mrs. Transue in J. Lane Saturday.
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District Court
Alberta King
Henry
G. King
Mary
A. Transue
Paul D. Transue
Carrie M. Watson Dies Former KU Librarian
Funeral services for Carrie M. Watson former librarian at the University of Kansas were held at Trinity Episcopal Church with Rev. Donald O Weatherbee presiding. Burial followed in Oak Hill Cemetery with pallbearers R. H. Wagstaff L. C. Woodruff F. H. Guild C. M. Baker Wallace Lee Archibald Oliver R. B Stevens and Ogden S. Jones.
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Carrie M. Watson
University of Kansas
Trinity Episcopal Church
Donald O. Weatherbee
Oak Hill Cemetery
R. H. Wagstaff
L. C. Woodruff
F. H. Guild
C. M. Baker
Wallace Lee
Archibald Oliver
R. B Stevens
Ogden S. Jones
Albert McNish Dies at 70 in Midwest City Oklahoma
Albert McNish aged 70 died yesterday at his home in Midwest City Oklahoma. Funeral services are set for tomorrow at 10 30 A M from Funk chapel with Lawrence Masonic Lodge No 6 in charge. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Survived by wife daughter Miss Maurine McNish son Carroll McNish and two Reena all of Midwest City. Mr McNish was long active in bottling business in Lawrence in the 800 block on Vermont Street. The family left Base in 1928 for Midwest City.
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Albert McNish
Midwest City
Oklo
Funk Chapel
Lawrence Masonic’ Lodge No. 6
Memorial Park Cemetery
Maurine McNish
Carroll McNish
Reena
McNish
Lawrence
Vermont Street
Midwest
Union Pacific Agent Reports No New Slides Yet
Heard in Lawrence John Robinson, a Union Pacific agent, said this morning no new slides have appeared along the tracks since the one near Fall Leaf Sunday. He notes both tracks are in use between Topeka and Kansas City with several slow orders in effect.
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John Robinson
Union Pacific
Fall Leaf
Topeka
Kansas City
Paris Radio Quashes July 3 Invasion Talk
Paris radio dismissed the German claim that Allied invasion would begin July 3, noting the date falls on a Saturday and that no Englishman would take such news seriously over a weekend.
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Paris
London
Continent
Washington Letter on Italy Invasion Psychology
Edson in the Army notes a British American blend in Italy as Allied forces prepare for invasion. Italian sentiment favors Americans yet resents British dominance, with five million Italian-Americans tied to Italy and ready to help. Mussolini’s regime is unpopular, underground resistance exists, and sabotage of the Italian military effort is suspected.
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United States
Italy
U. S. Army
Sicily
Mussolini
Wallace Defends BEW Quinine Effort Amid RFC Bottlenecks
Vice President Wallace testifies that the Board of Economic Warfare pressed a quinine program using Philippines seeds found to fight malaria. He accuses Jesse Jones and RFC officials of delaying purchases and hampering BEW with peacetime red tape while urging direct funding to avoid bureaucratic obstruction.
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Wallace
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
MacArthur
Jesse Jones
Will Clayton
Defense Supplies Corporation
RFC
Costa Rica
BEW
Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Board of
Fischer
Department of Agriculture
Beltsville
Tropics
Southwest Pacific
Guatemala
Board of Economic Warfare
Latin America
Pearl Harbor
Local Servicemen Framed By Furloughs And Training News
Armed Forces Pfe Walter R. Jones is home on a 15 day furlough from Camp Rucker Alabama. Lieut Edward J Garich stationed with army air forces at a two engine advanced pilot training school in West Texas. The school is in the Big Bend 60 miles from the Rio Grande. Eleven pilot factories now operate in the southwest with a new school at Frederick Oklahoma joining Randolph Field. Bomber and fighter pilots earned wings at Frederick Altus Aloe Brooks Pampa Lubbock Blackland Ellington Eagle Pass Moore and Foster fields in Texas. Two Lawrence area men John A Means of McLouth and Merlyn I Rutherford Route 1 Tonganoxie are among graduates from Frederick and Moore fields. Eunice Smith learned her husband Leland Estes Smith is a sergeant somewhere in Iceland. Mrs Smith is at home with her parents on Route 3. Ed Elbel has been promoted to major and serves in the physical training branch at the Army Air Forces Technical Training Command in St. Louis. Glen Spitzer 342 Lincoln Street reports two letters from son Pfc Carl Spitzer somewhere in Africa.
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Edward J.garich
Edward J. Garich
Vermont Street
Army Air Forces
Big Bend
West Texas
Rio Grande
Frederick
Okla
Gulf Coast Training Center
Randollph Field
Southwest
Altus
Aloe
Brooks
Pampa
Lubbock
Blackland
Ellington
Eagle Pass
Moore
Foster Fields
Texas
Lawrence
John A. Means of
McLouth
Frederick Field
Merlyn I. Rutherford
Route 1
Tonganoxie
Moore Field
Mission
Tex
Eunice Smith
Leland Estes Smith
Iceland
Smith
Mrs. S. E. Owens
Route 3
Ed Elbel
Major Elbel
St. Louis
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Federal Judges Hear Testimony in Labor Suit
A three judge federal court in Kansas City Kansas heard testimony on the Kansas labor law forcing about 55000 workers to apply for licenses as union business agents in the first three months. Lawyers for the Kansas City Building Construction Trades Council and United Mine Workers clashed over the act’s interpretation with state and AFL-CIO representatives backing or opposing the measure. The hearing began yesterday and was to conclude today.
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Kansas City
Kan
Kansas
Cliff Langsdale
Kansas City Building Construction Trades Council
Langsdale
Louis R. Gates
United Mine Workers
A. B. Mitchell
Harry Clark
C.I.0
James H. Barhes
A. F. of L
July 1 report for V-12 naval program at KU campus
About 500 area youths will report to the V-12 naval program on Thursday July 1 on the University of Kansas campus. They will wear naval uniforms, register next week, mainly study engineering with some pre medics, and reside in seven fraternities and Templin Hall while dining at Memorial Union. They may participate in extracurricular activities if permitted by the commanding officer and not interfere with academics.
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University of Kansas
Templin Hall
Memorial Union Building
C.A. Mickelman
Tin can salvage drive to begin with three trucks
City engineer J. C. Harper announced a 8:00 am tin can salvage drive using three trucks to collect cans from every street in town. Cans will be sent to Kansas City for shredding to recover copper, aiding the war effort.
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J. C. Harper
Harper
West Lawrence
East Lawrence
Massachusetts Street
Seventh Street
Kansas City
Opal Hill Eliminated in Western Open Match Play
Kansas City veteran Opal Hill, once a golf star fifteen years ago, was ousted in the first round of the Women's Western Open by Medalist Patty Berg of Minneapolis, 5 and 3.
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Opal S. Hill
Chicago
Kansas City
Patty Berg
Minneapolis
Nazis adjust tactics after heavy losses in air battles
Moscow reports German aircraft losses over Leningrad area in the last 25 days. Nazi forces change methods by increasing escort fighters and varying raid times. Far north on the Rybachi peninsula weather complicates fighting as darkness never occurs and residents watch battles from huts and caves. The brief northern summer nears its end amid frequent storms and shifting weather.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Rybachi (Fisher) Peninsula
Murmansk
U S Squadron Celebrates 100 Missions Without Loss
A U S Army Air Forces squadron of Flying Fortresses completed 100 combat missions with no casualties after a raid on Leghorn. The unit, led by Capt Robert J Duval 24 of Los Angeles a former student at Los Angeles City College and former auto racing driver, returned to base.
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North Africa
Leghorn
Robert J. Duval
Los Angeles
Los Angeles City College
Belgian Patriots Shot by Germans Reported by Exile Government
The Belgian government in exile, citing the underground paper Linsoumis, says over 7,500 Belgian patriots have been shot by German forces since the occupation. It also reports that Henry Labro, a Flemish socialist leader and Belgian Quisling, was killed by patriots at Schaerbeek Brussels.
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London
Linsoumis
Quisling
Henry Labro
Flemish National Socialist Group
Schaerbeek
Brussels
Miners Return to Work in Arkansas-Oklahoma District
The back-to-work movement for about 6,200 union coal miners in the Arkansas-Oklahoma district was underway across Muskogee Oklahoma and nearby areas today, according to district UMW president David Fowler.
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Oklahoma
Muskogee
Okla
Arkansas-Oklahoma
David Fowler
United Mine Workers
Byrd Committee to Probe Army Waste and Extravagance
Senator Byrd announced an inquiry by the congressional economy committee into military expenditures. Senator Maloney assailed waste in a 71.5 billion war department bill, while LaFollette warned that halting funding could threaten the war effort.
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Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Senate
Congressional Economy Committee
Maloney
Dconn
War Department
Thomas
D-Okla
Appropriations
War
Navy
Treasury
LaFollette
Congress
Prison Guard Pleads Guilty in Leavenworth Smuggling Case
Wesley M. Fenn, guard at the Leavenworth federal penitentiary, pleaded guilty before Judge Ric J. Hopkins in U S district court to a conspiracy charge for smuggling contraband articles into the prison.
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Kansas City
Kan
Wesley M. Fenn
Federal Penitentiary
Leavenworth
Ric J. Hopkins
U. S. District Court
Prison Sentence Deferred Indefinitely in Fenn Case
The sentence was deferred indefinitely and Fenn was released on his original bond after the court proceeding.
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Fenn
Emergency Proclaimed in Iraq Report Questioned
Rome radio claimed a state of emergency in Iraq but the report was unconfirmed and offered no reasons. The Associated Press notes Iraq’s war role and recent axis propaganda tied to border issues, with no corroboration. A separate item reports 57,600 land bank loans totaling over 101 million dollars across four states in ten years.
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London
Rome
Iraq
Associated Press
Wichita
Kan
U. C
Governor calls resignation of federal food administrator a distinct loss
Topeka June 29 Governor Schoepppel termed the resignation of Chester Davis from the federal food administration as a distinct loss. Davis had served with confidence and the governor expressed regret at his departure.
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Topeka
Schoepppel
Chester Davis
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