Lewis Protests Ickes Fines on Coal Strikers
The miners resist government fines as John L. Lewis denounces the action as brutal and illegal while the War Labor Board prepares a final settlement. Operators show flexibility. the Office of Price Administration signals possible coal price hikes. Labor leaders push to oppose stricter anti strike legislation amid wage dispute tension.
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Lewis
Ickes
John L. Lewis
UMW
America
Apple Cart
War Labor Board
Illinois
Central Pennsylvania Producers Association
Office of Price Administration
Coveredditta
Tenho
Washington
Nits
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Philip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Churchill Notes Allied Political Military Accord
London reports Prime Minister Churchill said at Parliament that complete agreement on forward steps has been reached between Churchill Roosevelt and Allied governments. He noted Stalin’s absence and Russia bearing the heaviest burden, citing 190 Nazi and 28 satellite divisions on the Soviet front. Allied aims include air bombing and other methods to destroy the Axis. Brig. Gen. Daniel Noce pledged invasion forces by sea air and land when time comes, with softening Italian outposts as an initial phase.
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Churchill
Stalin
Russia
Daniel Noce
London
Gifts Rationed for Families of Overseas Servicemen
In San Francisco and across the United States families receiving rationed gifts from soldiers overseas must present the required coupons to collect them. The Customs Service opens packages and notifies recipients to collect their points. Popular gifts sent by U S troops include New Zealand butter, Canadian bacon, Canal Zone coffee, and Mexican shoes.
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San Francisco
U.S
New Zealand
Dry Land Ship Built For Seebee Training
Navy construction battalions known as Seebees underwent intensive training at Williamsburg Virginia and built wooden models of a ship and a Liberty ship replica to teach cargo handling. Recruits learn to prevent shifting cargo, tiered loading, and rapid unloading under potential enemy fire at piers.
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Seebee
Washington
Navy
Navy Department
Civil Engineering Corps
Williamsburg
Postman Rings Twice In Iowa Towns
DES MOINES Iowa February brought dread to Shenandoah and Red Oak residents as 37 and 26 telegrams reported missing in action after Kasserine Pass. By June 1 the War Department listed only one Shenandoah and two Red Oak GIs missing, with 59 prisoners in Germany or Italy.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Shenandoah
Red Oak
Kasserine Fass
North
Africa
War Department
Germany
Italy
Merchant Vessel Tanker Collision Off East Coast
Navy reports a ammunition laden merchant ship collided with a tanker off the East coast. Eighty three missing and sixty seven survivors landed at Norfolk. The munitions ship and tanker sank after a massive explosion as debris showered nearby ships.
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Washington
U. S. Navy
Navy
Norfolk
Press Association
Coast Guard
Naval
New Submachine Gun Entered Production in mud resistant model
Washington reports a new M 3 submachine gun now in production with a simple muzzle seal to resist mud sand and water. It measures 22 inches and weighs nine pounds and is said to be steady and accurate with a 20 dollar unit cost on large scale. In related news the Savage Arms Plant in Utica New York produced the millionth Thompson submachine gun.
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Washington
Savage Arms
Utica
N. Y
Fourth term limits eyed in U S Senate debate
Washington notes show Democratic Senator Bailey of North Carolina proposing a constitutional amendment to limit presidents to two terms while Roosevelt's presidency looms large. The piece covers war mobilization plans, labor suggestions, and the Supreme Court adjournment along with tax law changes and projected production figures.
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Senate
Bailey
N. C
United States
Sen. Bailey
Roosevelt
White House
War Mobilization Committee
James F. Byrnes
Bernard Baruch
War Industries Board
OWM
Philip Murray
CIC
Byrnes
State Department
United Nations
Britain
Russia
China
Supreme Court
Washington
Navy
War Production Board
Congress
Laval’s Vichy Radio Speech Signals Axis Alliance
Pierre Laval, acting as France’s leader, vowed Vichy would stand with the Axis if invaded. He warned of Bolshevik spread against an Allied victory, noted French volunteers in Russia, announced 1942 youth labor drafts, and promised harsh action against black market traders while lamenting ration hardships. He did not mention Algiers unity but aimed to counter it.
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Pierre Laval
Hitler
Vichy
Vichy France
England
America
Tunisia
France
Europe
Russia
Laval
Algiers
Tunisian Hero? Pvt Weiller Held in Guard House
Pvt Robert Weiller 22 of Long Island City New York, showed up AWOL wearing sergeant stripes, a Purple Heart and a Silver Star while speaking at a Disabled Veteran Convention in Pittsburgh. An Army MP questioned him on dates and places he could not answer, and he returned to service in custody.
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Pittsburgh
Robert Weiller
Long Island City
N. Y
Tunisia
Weiller
Pvt
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United Mine Worker
House of Commons
North Africa
Ovely
Dorothy Lamour
Herbie Kay
Capt
William Ross Howard
USAAF
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