Northwest Lumber Tieup Shrugs War Effort With Walkouts
A broad wave of labor actions hits the nation as eight or more walkouts disrupt production. Estimates place idle workers from 8,500 to 40,000 in the Pacific Northwest and 7,000 in Detroit amid wage disputes and war-time restrictions. Government seizure debates tie up Montgomery Ward, while unions press for wage gains and return-to-work pledges.
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Northwest
Production Board
Pacific Northwest
Detroit
Michigan
St. Louis
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
W. F. Burt
Roosevelt
Europe
CLO. International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
San Francisco
Washington, D. C
Ramspeck
D-Ga
House
Montgomery Ward and Company
Chicago
Ward
Senate
Judiciary
Biddle
Spokane
Washpina
C.I.C. International Woodworkers of America
Parke Davis & Co
General Motors
Chevrolet
Saginaw
Mich
Muskegon
South Bend
Ind
Bendix Products
Granite City
IH. Steel Company
Union Electric Company
C.I.0
Semariean Ridge Cmpany Shipya
Ambridge
Queen Mary Keeps Busy On 77th Birthday
Queen Mary observed her seventy seventh birthday by continuing her work on her country estate. She maintains high health and energy, often clearing undergrowth and tending gardens despite the war. Notable visitors included Omar Bradley John Curtin and the Maharajah Din Kashmir as villagers planned celebrations and soldiers prepared a concert. Congratulatory messages arrived from across the British empire.
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London
Upi
Mary
Omar N. Bradley
United Kidom
John Curtin
Australia
Maharajah Din
British Empire
Germany preps for next war per birth rate manual
Stockholm May 26. A German high command manual warns of declining birth rates and states that every boy born in 1943 will become a soldier in 63.7 years. The copy received here yesterday outlines preparations for future conflict.
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Stockholm
Germany
Three Year Illness Ends R. O. Thomen Death in Gardner
Pi R D Thomen 88 longtime Junction City businessman died last night in a Gardner hospital after a three year illness. A resident of Junction City for 78 years he served as president of the Citizens Buildings and Local Association and remained a director at his death. Active in magonic organizations he was survived by five daughters and three sons.
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Gardner
Kan
Pi.r. D. Thomen
Junction City
Gardner Hospital
Citizens Buildings
Magonic
Bulldozer Takes Littoria As Allied Forces Liberate Town
Littoria in the Pontine marshes falls to American and British American units after German withdrawal. Capt. Joseph Lombard and combat engineers bridge canals and clear approaches while a scouting party enters the shell-battered town with minimal resistance. Civilians greet the liberators as Mussolini era landmarks suffer air and artillery damage.
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Littoria
Italy
UPI
Benito Mussolini
Pontine
Joseph Lombard
Hartford
Conn
Fifth Army
Stephen Rossetti
Charlestown
Mass
Fascist Party
Mussolini
Bible School Planned at Trinity Lutheran
Trinity Lutheran will start Bible School Monday morning May 29 at 9 00 a m and run for three weeks. Classes run 9 00 to 11 15 every weekday. The youngest will be first graders and the oldest may be senior high age. Children of the Church material used for grades one through six and Life of Christ studies for older students. Mrs H D Rednour is general supervisor.
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Trinity Lutheran Bible School
H. D. Rednour
Women to Lead School After Superintendent Change
The superintendent and twelve other women will be in charge of the school, outlining a leadership team set to govern operations and policy decisions.
Washington Creek Mother's Day Services Featured Eldest and Youngest Moms
Mother's Day services were held with pastor Hodgden leading and a display of flowers for the oldest and youngest mothers. A Women’s Work Wednesday gathered for sewing and quilting, with missionary reports and social visits throughout the day.
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Hodgden
Ep Mailter
LaVerne Kemper
Clinton
Community notices of visits and gatherings in a Kansas town
Last Sunday neighbors gathered at Mr and Mrs Jank Selchs home to bid farewell to the Selchs moving to Colorado Springs for health reasons. A bedspread was given as a gift and many local families and friends attended, including the Wulfkuhle and Damm families, Koehler and Franks households, and guests from Topeka and Lecompton. Other items note engagements, trips, and social visits, including Rolland Craft and Christine Traynor wed at Stull Evangelical Parsonage and plans to reside in Stull.
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Ass Postme
Frank Haag
Ralph Hodgden
D. H. Hoover
Postmato
Misa Mary Hean Morler
Lawrence
Ben Mohler
Melva Dene Hoover
Topeka
Otta Hoover
D.H. Hoover
Lloyd Simon
LaPier
Frank Haas
Jease Flory
Milas Theda Flory
Lone Star
Glenice Cox
Kansas City
Harry Richardson, Jr
Christine
Ottawa
Topet
Mra
Hodaden
Fam
Peka
Ralph Hode- Sen
Bonnie and Merrill
Orje Smith
Raymond Koehler
Smith
H. A. Turner
Henry Dravies
Stull
Carl Boer Kircher
Boerkircher
John Koeh
William Kingery
Walter Kampschreder
Clinton
Clarence Hoover
Calvin Hoover
John Nottingham
David
Sarah
Bruce
Ben Garber
Garber
Vanita
Verna Garber
Floyd Garber
Jank Selch
Colorado Springs
Colo
Mr.Selch
Ed Tee
Arthur Wulfkuhle
Lille
Erma
Clarence
Wayne
Clinton Groyd
Henry Delster
Elmer Nichols
Delma
Doris
Reymond
Ernest Damm
Charles
Norma
Betty
Sophia Damm
John Damm
H. A. Buchheim
Mirs
Albert Kampschroeder
Marian
Helen Koehler
Leona Rake
Erma Wulfkuhle
George House
Will Worthing
Gene Krespa
Florida
Richland trio visits Lavin’s home Sunday
Ung has been returned to Kelly theatre ae avin ant and Ily, of Richland, spent Sunday at Lavin's home.
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Ung
Kelly
Ily
Richland
Lavin
Bethel Families Attend Visits and Travel Mentioned
Bethel residents join Mrs Mildred Hoffman and families in Ottens as Mary Wilson returns to Nebraska after visiting her daughter and other relatives in Kansas City Overbrook and Ottawa. Belle Albright and friends from Ottawa attend a movie. Mrs Bechtel, Turner, and Collins visit. Mrs Salsbery travels to Abilene Texas to be near husband stationed at Camp Barkley.
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Mildred Hoffman
Ottens
John Hoffmen
Ben Baker
Mary Wilson
Holton
Ann
Aliee
Carl Johnson
Folke Carlson
Alvin Anderson
Albin Swanson
Yates
Kansas City
Ernest Albright
Mary
Martha
Overbrook
Marie Bechtel
Albert Turner
Bert Collins
Ottawa
Bechtel
Fred Lynns
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Thomen
Bible School Planned
Trinity Lutheran
Washington Creek
Tee
Orlyn Vaughn
Worden
Red Cross
Raymond Koshler
3. F. Burton
Jayhawk Plunge
Yarnold
Bethel
Gibbs
Rayon
Gabardine
Board
Indiana and
Maine
Pool
the Rapid Transit CO
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