Communists Ordered Maps At Celanese Plant
In Cumberland Maryland 1940 a Celanese Corporation of America plant worker and CIO organizer Charles Nicodemus testified that communists ordered map drawings of plant sections showing exits for security reasons. He said Sam Dean directed captains to map plant parts and hand over the details. The plant conducted defense related chemical research including synthetic rubber ingredients and magnesium flare materials. Nowell, a former Communist official, said a CIO United Auto Workers local pressured Ford to discharge workers in 1944. The trial recessed for Jewish holidays and resumes Friday.
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New York
Charles W. Nicodemus
Celanese Corporation of America
Cumberland
Britain
CIO
Nicodemus
Sam Dean
Maryland
CIO Textile Workers of America
Communist Party
Arthur Schusterman
Ford Motor Company
William O. Nowell
Detroit
Michigan
Nowell
United Auto Workers
Ford Company
Ford
Gerald L. K. Smith
Harold R. Medina
Lavoptik Eye Comfort Ad
Bright, persuasive ad touts Lavoptik for eye relief and comfort. Claims soothe tiredness burning soreness itching inflammation and irritated eyelids with a money back guarantee and years of success. Praised by thousands and promoted with promotional tone.
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Adv
Ford Workers Vote To Strike At Ford Lincoln Plant
UAW Local 900 votes 484 to 15 to strike pending International Executive Board approval. A Rouge plant vote of about 65,000 workers is due by Friday, with potential simultaneous action across Ford plants if approved. Contract talks with Ford begin May 15.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Corporation
Lincoln
International Executive Board
UAW
Uaw-Cio
Ford Rouge
Rouge
Ford
Snake Dance Is Approved by Maryland SPCA
Zorita uses a nine foot African bull snake named Elmer in an interpretive Grecian dance. The Maryland SPCA president Mary Butler Shearer visited the club act and saw no cruelty. Zorita, Catherine Pittello of Queens NY, was fined in New York for a similar act with a python. She says Elmer’s teeth are sharp but he wouldn’t bite.
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Baltimore
Maryland
SPCA
Zorita
Elmer
State Society For Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Mary Butler Shearer
Catherine Pittello
Queen’s, N. Y
New York
Coronetfish Abilities Highlight Backward and Forward Swimming
The cornetfish demonstrates bidirectional swimming with a trumpet shaped mouth for feeding. This compact note outlines its unusual mouth structure and locomotion, indicating a versatile mode of movement in its aquatic behavior.
Ohio State professor sued for divorce over alleged neglect
In Columbus AP report, Dr. John F. Cuber former director of OSU marriage counseling clinic is sued for divorce by wife Esther Cuber in domestic relations court. The university says he resigned four days ago to take a visiting professorship at the University of Southern California.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
John F. Cuber
OSU
Esther Cuber
Teachers sought Cleveland to fill 175 grade posts
Cleveland launched its annual teacher hiring with 175 grade school positions. A new $2,400 minimum salary is expected to draw more applicants than in past years, though numbers may remain modest.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Timber use relies on tropical hardwood share
Timber industry data show nine percent of all timber cut and used comes from tropical hardwoods. The figure highlights reliance on tropical species in national wood markets and affects supply diversification and import strategies.
Originator Of Fast Time Dies At 86
Robert Garland, famed as the father of daylight saving time, died at 86 in the Masonic home in Elizabethtown after a cerebral hemorrhage. An immigrant from Dungannon Ireland, he rose to prominence in Pittsburgh’s industrial and civic life over six decades.
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Elizabethtown
Robert Garland
Garland
United States
Dungannon
Ireland
Pittsburgh
Garland inventor championed daylight hour plan fades in and out
The article highlights a man who founded Garland Manufacturing Company, an electrical conduit firm in 1890, and served on the City Council. He chaired the War Resources Committee for western Pennsylvania and West Virginia during WWI and campaigned nationally for an extra hour of daylight. The idea, initially adopted then repealed, later gained countrywide traction. Separate notes mention waterspouts over a mile high observed at sea.
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Garland Manufacturing Company
War Resources Committee
Western Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Garland
Jury Selected for Carrollton Murder Trial
In Carrollton, a regular and special panel totaling 125 names were exhausted before jurors were selected yesterday to try Andrew Kertes, 28, for first degree murder in the holdup and shooting of 54 year old Hiram Berlin on August 3. A stray line notes dragonflies can fly at 60 miles per hour.
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Carrollton
Andrew Kertes
Kertes
Hiram Berlin
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DIAL
Westinghouse
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ABC Network
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American Trust
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