Contempt R. J. Thomas Defies Texas Union Card Ban
The Detroit CIO vice president was jailed for three days and fined $100 after violating a Texas court order by soliciting union membership without proper registration and an organizer card. He argued the Texas law and injunction were unconstitutional and questioned the reach of state authority over union speech.
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R. J. Thomas
Detroit
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Texas
Thomas
Pelley
Supreme Court
Panhandle District Medical Society Meeting Closes Amid Praise
The Panhandle District Medical Society concluded its two day conference at the Hilton hotel with 78 doctors from 32 counties in attendance. Officials will meet again in Amarillo to elect officers and finalize resolutions while discussions noted mixed views on new painless childbirth methods including caudal analgesia and demeroil analgesia.
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The
Panhandle District Medical Society
Amarillo
Hilton Hotel
Nelson aims faster aid to China during war crisis
Donald M. Nelson returned from Chungking and outlined plans to speed up war supplies to China. He described a serious but not hopeless situation with major industrial cities under Japanese control, railroads seized, and under 6,000 trucks for materiel and civilian needs. He urged that China should become a leading industrial nation in the Orient as Japan's counterpart.
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Nelson
Chicago
Donald M. Nelson
Chungking
China
War Production Board
United China Relief
U. S
Japan
Future butter supplies still problematic in winter
E W Brockenbrough, rationing head for fats oils and dairy, told the 51st Minnesota convention that butter stocks remain unreassuring with no improvement expected before January. The report also notes widespread Normandy losses affecting about 250000 civilians following the invasion by Allied forces.
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Minneapolis
Minn
E. W. Brockenbrough
Washington
Minnesota
Airman from town recalls World War II mission history
Donald Mecalaun and Alexander McGlain were among airmen in the 15th Air Force Bomber Group. McGlain flew 50 missions as a B-24 pilot over Southern Europe, facing heavy flak and long, cold flights. Donald parachuted from his Fortress after April 24, landing near a school. locals fed him before he was captured and later evacuated by air in late August.
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Mecalaun
A. C. Alexander
Donald
O. D. Mecaun
Alexander
Air Roe
Italy
France
Germany
Romania
Austria
Hungary
Czechslovakia
Lyle
Pashaugh —Povert
Ro- Saaie
Tecchet
Agee McGlain
Bucharest
Coventry Air Raids Toll Surges in Official Count
An official report lists 1,252 dead from Coventry during German raids between August 18 1940 and August 3 1942. It records 1,859 wounded and 1,199 with first aid treatment. The first major attack occurred November 14 15 1940 with 1200 bombs 30000 incendiaries and 50 parachute mines.
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Coventry
London
Eisenhower invasion chair and desk go on display
The Smithsonian displays the chair and desk from which General Dwight D. Eisenhower commanded the Allied invasion of fortress Europe with Eisenhower and War Department consent. The article also notes that Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovered Brazil on April 22, 1500.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Fortress
Europe
Smithsonian Institution
Eisenhower
War Department
Brazil
Pedro Alvarez Cabral
Court clears Loyd in cap explosion prank case
The court ruled Loyd was not responsible for the dynamite cap prank after a truck explosion incident. The decision followed the suggestion that misused caps were gathered up and inadequate safety measures contributed to the blast.
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Loyd
State Security Agencies Outlined at National Conference
Ewan Clague director of the Bureau of Employment Security described how state security agencies could bridge the gap during reconversion while preserving productivity. He said keeping money in workers’ hands supports agencies’ main function of providing aid to the unemployed.
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Jome Security Agency
National Conference of
Ewan Clague
Bureau of Employment Security
Social Security ‘Board
Ashington
Clague
Allied Forces Destroy Last German Weather Station in Greenland
Washington reports American forces have destroyed what is believed to be the last of Germany's hidden weather stations in Greenland, an Army Air Force official disclosed today.
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Panen
Washington
Greenland
Army Air Force
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