Street Railway Strike Closes Detroit Auto Factory
A city street railway strike paralyzed Detroit transport and forced Hudson Motor Car Co to send 9,000 workers home. Automat production at two plants halted as many Hudson workers rely on transit. Mayor Jeffries closed the system to prevent violence, affecting up to 300000 workers. defense orders at Hudson largely untouched.
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Detroit
Hudson Motor Car Company
Hudson
Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees
AFL
da. m
Edward Jeffries
Twins Marry Twins in Twin Ceremony at Davenport
Ruth and Ruby Martin aged 19 of Welcott Iowa wed Roman and Raleigh Kraft aged 35 of Davenport in a ceremony conducted by Rev. E. J. Culp of Kansas City. The couples plan a six week honeymoon and will live together on a farm near Davenport Iowa.
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Kansas City
Davenport
Iowa
Ruth
Ruby Martin
Welccit
Roman
Raleigh Kraft
E. J. Culp
Woman Covers Overdraft With Apology Check
A Coudersport woman received a bank notice that her account was overdrawn. She promptly wrote an apology note and enclosed a check from the same bank to cover the overdraft, illustrating fiscal responsibility amid unexpected bank charges. An unrelated line mentions that an earthquake shock could travel through the earth in 26 minutes.
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Coudersport
Every Life as a Center of Gravitation
A reflective essay urges readers to consider the influence of their actions on others. It likens life to tracks in the snow, noting that people follow the paths we set and our words and deeds endure in others. It calls for responsibility for the pull we exert.
Union Accepts Settlement at Steel Plant
CIO officials backing a five point settlement formula ended the Worcester Massachusetts Wor cester plant strike involving 300 workers over aircraft crankshaft production. No terms were released and company officials would consider the plan. The action followed protests over eight dismissals and affected other large scale manufacturing and shipbuilding sectors nationwide.
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United Press
CIO Steel Workers
Worcaster
Mass
Leland-Gifford Company
Office of Production Management
CIO
Kearny
N. J
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Natural Defense Metitation Board
CIG Marine Shipbuilders Union
Str
Bethlehem Steel
Sparrows Point
Nen
Union
Emiances
Michigan City
Ind
Brotherhood of Railway Car
Pullman-Standard Company
Three Mexia Men to Enlist in Marine Corps
Three Mexia youths Roland Arcack Kertson and Gorden Rencker will leave Wednesday for Waco to join the U S Marine Corps. From Waco they will go to Dallas and then be sent to the Marine base in San Diego California for training and assignment.
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Wednesoas
Waco
U.S. Marine Corps
Roland Arcack
Kertson
Gorden Rencker
Tn Dallas
Marine Base
San Diego
California
New Crisis in U S Japanese Relations Near Collapse
Tokyo officials warn a new U S Japanese confrontation may arise within 20 days as American munition ships head for Vladivostok. Tokyo accuses Washington of pressuring Japan while the Soviet Far East supply line is tested.
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Tokyo
URI
Vladivostok
United States
Japan
Far Eastern
Kok Ishii
Government Information Board
Imperial
Washington
U. S.-Built War Planes Set for Middle East Run
Defense officials said hundreds of American-built war planes will reach British Middle East forces via a south Atlantic ferry to counter a potential Nazi winter thrust toward the southern Black Sea. Facilities for the new route should be ready by November or December as Pan-American Airways plans to file for a CAB permission to operate a commercial service between the United States and the African west coast.
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Washington
Britain
Middle East
South Atlantic
Black Sea
Roosevelt
Pan-American Aviwals
Civil Aeronautics Board
United States
African West Coast
San Antonio Man Chosen Texas American Legion Commander
Andrew Dilworth of San Antonio was elected commander of the Texas American Legion. El Jaso was chosen as the 1942 state convention site. Dilworth, present judge advocate, succeeds Fd Riedel of San Angelo as state commander. Judge Royal Watkins of Dallas was named judge advocate. El Paso won next year’s convention after a close race with Beaumont.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Uri Andrew Dilworth
San Antonio
Texas American Legion
el Jaso
Dilworth
Fd Riedel
San Angelo
Royal Watkins
Dallas
el Paso
Beaumont
Russians and Nazis in gigantic test of strength on eastern front
News from the Eastern Front reports intense fighting across three main sectors. Russians push back Germans through five villages near Moscow while Luftwaffe bombards Odessa region and naval losses rise. Allied leaders coordinate efforts and warn of continued threats as war production and morale are emphasized.
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United Press
Leningrad
Ukraine
Dnieper
Moscow
Red Army
Smolensk
Odessa
Berlin
Luftwaffe
Tallinn
Lake
Ladoga
Odia
Red
London
Morocow
Iran
Washington
Roosevelt
Spies and Saboteurs Lend Air of Reality to Louisiana War Games
A Louisiana report describes a World War II era simulated war game by the Third Army with Blue and Red forces. An officer shows a concealed armband signaling allegiance, highlighting the realism and complexity of the exercise.
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Louisiana War Games
Leon Kay
United Press
Third Army
Louisiana
United States
Texan Dies in Fall From Hospital Window
Denver police report 37 year old Wichita Falls Texas man Kennedy died from a skull fracture and internal injuries after jumping or falling from a hospital window. He collapsed at the Denver ordnance plant while seeking work as a plumber and was taken to a hospital where he fell 50 feet.
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Denver
U.F K
Cornelius Jozeph Kennedy
Wichita Falls
Tex
Kennedy
Denver Ordnance Plant
Ickes Warns U.S. In Grave Danger Of War
Spokane dispatch reports Secretary Ickes says the United States faces grave danger of war and predicts rationing of gasoline and oil may extend to the Pacific coast to ease shortages. He spoke as defense coordinator and noted the nearing risk depends on who is being spoken to and where.
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Spokane
Wash
Interior
Harall L. Ickes
United States
Pacific Coast
Ickes
Defense Sil
Pacific
Travcier
West Coast
St Coast
Army Officer Says Morale Is Generally Good
An unnamed senior Army officer said morale among soldiers is generally good, though a few cry babies exist in the large organization. The officer linked Army morale to civilian morale and noted some troops have become soft, while Osborn’s nomination signals ongoing concern for morale leadership.
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Washington
Life Magazine
Ben Lear
Second Army
P. Roosevelt
Frederick H. Osborn
New York
Army
James A
Osborn
Emmett Boyd Sails to Local Cotton Bale Record
Emmett Boyd brings in the first local cotton bale from his farm near Commerce. The bale weighs 1640 pounds and yields 1640 pounds of fiber sold in bundles at 42 dollars per ten. Boyd anticipates a premium award from the Mezia Chamber of Commerce for the top local yield.
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Emmett Boyd
J Boyd
Mer. Doyd
Boyd
Mezia Chamber of Covmarcr
No Bombs Drop on Iceland Raid Near American Troops
A German bomber crossed into Iceland at 7 a.m. near Reykjavik but dropped no bombs. American Tomahawk fighters and British planes pursued the raider for about four minutes before it escaped into clouds. The raid marked the closest American troops have come to active war.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Paley
Americas
Atlantic
Roosevelt
Rescue party reaches wreck of airliner in Brazilian jungle
SAO PAULO Aug 20 A rescue party is en route with four injured survivors from a Panair transport plane crash that killed eight. The bodies and injured have lain since Monday noon amid wreckage on a curtain top about seven and a half miles from the city of more than 1,000,000 inhabitants.
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Sao Paulo
Braazik
Todey
Panair
Man Burns to Death in Trailer House
A 14 year old boy J L Stevenson of Newcastle died when a trailer house burned while he slept ten miles from Wichita Falls Texas. He is survived by his mother Mrs Vera Allen of Newcastle.
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Trailer
Wichita Falls
Tex
J. L. Stevenson
Newcastle
Wichita Fall
Vera Allen
Legionnaires Attend State Convention in Fort Worth
Wiley Flint commander and O F Watkins adjutant of Novlin Post 124 American Legion returned from Fort Worth where they attended the state Legion convention Sunday through Tuesday. Flint served on the rehabilitation committee during the event.
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Wiley Flint
Dodge O. F. Watkins
Novlin
American Legion
Fort Worth
State Legion
Dr. Flint
Selected Stocks Show Varied Prices Across Markets
A list of stocks with mixed figures including Allied Stores Am Can 82 Am Px 144 Beth Steel 69 Chrysler 54 Gen Elec 21 Gen Foods 39 Sears Roebuck 70 and others appears alongside a stock average note. Trading activity references 490000 shares.
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Allied Stores
Am Can
Am Px & Lite
Alaconda
Bendix Aviation
Beth Steel
Chrysler
Curtiss Wright
Gen Elec
Gen Foods
Gen Sotors
Geocyear
Int Harv
Int
Lock- Reed
Mont Ward
Packard Meters
Philips Pet
Pure O
Sears Roebeck
Cal
Ind
Tezas Corp
C S Steel
Hemble
Lore Star Gas
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E. H. Hudson
Chungking
Sir Arthur Blackburn
Borber
Arthur
W. D. Allen
Pratt-Whitney
Harfford
Conn
United Aircraft Corporation
Marine Corps
Ishii
Harvid L. Ickes
Russia
Los Angeles
U. S
Coolidge
Shanghai
Foreign Office
Ishiisato
Cott Field
267Th Quartermaster Department
John Herron
Mid-East
W. L. McKenzie King
Canada
Robert G. Menzies
Australia
Thailand
Singepore
Red Forces
Wes Meerld
Charles Hunter
45Th Division
Humser
43Th
NEA
Texan
Legionnaires
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