Critique of Thurman Arnold and union power in wartime labor
The author questions Thurman Arnold's anti trust efforts against unions in war jobs claiming he protects crooks and Communists by elevating a covert labor government. The piece portrays Arnold as a fall guy for the New Deal, arguing unions act like invisible sovereigns opposing interstate tariffs and taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurman Arnold
Arnold
Supreme Court
Frankfurter
Carpenters’ Union
New Deal
Government considers seizing Federal Shipbuilding plant in New Jersey
A Washington defense official said plans to seize the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock plant at Kearny New Jersey were ready at the Navy Department. If the firm does not end its strike halting defense orders the navy could assume operation within 48 hours or follow mediation board recommendations. Pressure on management includes the OPM and ex United States Steel director E R Stettinius Jr. If no settlement by Wednesday night seizure appears likely.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Kearny
N. J
Navy Department
Defense Mediation Board
C. I. O. Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
OPM
E. R. Stettinius, Jr
United States Steel
Japan Placed On Economic War Footing
Tokyo August 11 The Japanese government invoked full provisions of the general mobilization act placing the economy on a war footing including control of the stock exchange and marine transportation. A two step prelude to a possible break with the United States was outlined by big business voices calling for an embargo and severance of consular relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
United States
Kaname Wakasugi
Washington
Chugai
Wakasugi
Konoye
Stock Exchange
Nichi Nichi
Los Angeles
Thailand
Puppies Born to Obstructing Dog Delays Project Move
In St Louis four puppies arrive for Muzzie the dog who halted a 10 million dollar defense project. The Boundy family refused to vacate the last house before demolition for a government plant addition, then moved last week after pressure from Uncle Semim. Two and four year old Mutzie’s pups and family are reported doing well.
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St. Louis
Muzzie
Mark J. Boundy
Boundy
Rightie
Way
Sem
Mutzie
Boston
Mut
Boun
Suntan man suffers severe sunburn after long lakefront nap
Edward Allen, 22, wearing shorts, stretched out on the concrete at the lakefront and slept six hours to gain a suntan. He endured first degree burns over about 80 percent of his body, collapsed at a drug store, and was taken by ambulance to a hospital.
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New Orleans
Edward Allen
Lakefront
Allen
Purchase Levy Proposed On Non Essential Goods
The Investment Bankers Association urged a non essential purchase tax as an alternative to steep income tax hikes. A 5 percent tax would apply to mid range goods, 1 percent on luxuries, with exemptions for essentials like food and housing. Estimates project about 602 million in extra revenue, while calls to moderate income tax increases persist. J C Willever urged changes to telegraph and cable rate plans amid revised taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Aug
Investment Bankers Association
Senate Finance Committee
Harcourt Amory
Boston
Federal Taxation Committee
Association
Amory
Great Britain
J. C. Willever
Western Union Telegraph Company
Russo German War Bloodiest Phase Claims Tough Toll
Edward E. Bomar reports tentative military estimates in Washington on the Russo German campaign. Germans maybe suffer over a million casualties including killed wounded prisoners and missing while Russian losses are believed higher. The article compares these losses to World War I figures and notes unprecedented bloodshed and a vast front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Avg. U—(P
Wehrmacht
Berlin
Russia
Rus
Heat Wave Strikes City As Temperatures Hit Highs
City records show 100 degrees near city hall on Monday with 99 on Sunday. Two stenographers fainted downtown and an elderly visitor suffered heat distress Sunday night. none of the illnesses were serious. Local airport data cited 92 degrees Monday morning and 94 near 1 pm. Weather forecast calls for fair skies tonight and partly cloudy Tuesday with a high near 100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selman
CAA
Monroe
Gordon Avenue
Farm and Home Week Opens With 2000 Farmers Registered
In Baton Rouge on August 1 the vanguard of about 2 000 farmers registered for the 27th annual Farm and Home Week. The event runs to Thursday with courses in agriculture and home management, awards, receptions, and entertainment. Governor Sam Jones and L A A president Campbell Hodges greet delegates. four couples will receive master farmer certificates. Mrs Jone McKinnon is keynote speaker. state home demonstration council hosts a tea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Agricultural Extension Department
Louisiana State University
Sam Jones
Campbell B. Hodges
W. C. Lassetter
Sally Hill
Progressive Farmer
Jone §. McKinnon
North Carolina
State Home Demonstration Council
Hodges
Jones
Death Delays House Voting On Draft Bill
Secretary Hull warned the failure to extend army service would create an exceedingly bad psychological effect on the international scene. House leaders agreed to concede to pass the Roosevelt extend service bill but first votes were delayed due to Representative Rutherford's death as the House met for a brief session.
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HOUSE
Washington
Aug. N—P
Hull
Congress
Roosevelt
Rayburn
Albert G. Rutherford
Pennsylvania
Air raid observers named for Loop Road post in district
Observers and alternates for the Loop road air raid post were appointed at a Sunday meeting. Chief observer is Dr. R. L. Wood with assistants James Sparks and W. D. Rodriguez. Assigned hours include 12-2 am F. M. Goldsmith and Sid Moore, 2-4 am James Montgomery and Bill Simpson, 4-6 am Joe Trammell and Vergil Garnett, 6-8 am Edwin C. Crowley and D.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loop Road
R. L. Wood
James Sparks
W. D Rodriguez
F. M. Goldsmith
Sid Moore
James Schneider
Curtis Seamon
James Montgomery
Bill Simpson
Joe Trammell
Vergil Garnett
P. G. Rowe
Glen Walker
Edwin C. Crowley
Bayou Blitz Armored Unit to Use Rail Excursions
The 3rd armored division nicknamed Bayou Blitz will use excursion trains for weekend trips instead of motor convoys to ease road congestion during maneuvers. The plan covers the weekend of August 16-17 with trips to Beaumont or Port Arthur. Major A C Cameron confirms the unit will not participate in the maneuvers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Polk
3Rd Armored
America
Louisiana
A. C. Cameron
Ars Division
Beaumont
Port Arthur
United States Watches Vichy Decision On Free French
The United States stakes its future relations with France on Vichy's cabinet meeting and any German collaboration demands. A possible recognition shift to General de Gaulle’s Free French is discussed, while the State Department keeps a cautious stance amid fears of Nazi bases in French Africa and the Caribbean.
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Washington
United States
Marshal Petain
Vichy
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaullists
State Department
Atlantic
Vieny
Paris
Fernand de Brinon
de Brinon
France
Germany
Martinique
Caribbean
Africa
Roosevelt
French Dakar
Americas
Slaying Shocks New Orleans Bench-Sitter District
In New Orleans old French Market area a bench-sitter is killed during a 5-cent robbery. Police arrest Alvin Tassin and Joseph Simon, both charged with murder after witnesses say two men attacked the victim and fled. the body found in Bienville Plaza.
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New Orleans
Bienville Plaza
Philip Montelepre
Paul Poissenot
Thomas McBride
Alvin Tassin
Park
Joseph Simon
Former Guard Defies Plea in Prison Break Fatal Shootout
In McAlester Oklahoma a Sunday prison yard break left Warden Jess Dunn dead and two convicts plus a former guard dead after four long term inmates seized a warden and engineer. Deputy sheriff Bill Alexander intercepted the escape and opened fire after the warden urged restraint. The fleeing convicts shot Dunn and the others while escaping in a car outside the wall.
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Francis E. Barden M’alester
Okla
Jess F. Dunn
Oklahoma Penitentiary
Dunn
Bill Alexander
Alexander
J. H. Fentriss
Whitney Ends Prison Term After Wall Street Loses
Richard Whitney, former NYSE president, leaves Sing Sing a free man after 40 months with a small gain. Paroled from a 5 to 10 year sentence for stealing $214000, Whitney plans to supervise a Barnstable dairy farm in Massachusetts. His brother George, a J F Morgan partner, met him at the gate.
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Ossining
N. Y
Richard Whitney
Wall Street
Sing Sing
New York Stock Exchange
George
Whitney
J.F. Morgan
Barnstable
Mass
Robert J. Kirby
55 000 Soldiers Start Maneuvers In Louisiana
In Alexandria Louisiana August 11 thousands of selectees less than a year from school and farms began tests to show the nation how its army will perform. Some 55 000 troops from the 31st Dixie 43rd New England and 4th motorized divisions of the Fourth Army started a command post exercise and field problems near Pollock Louisiana in the largest US military operation to date.
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Alexandria
Louisiana
Union
United States
Dixie
New England
Fourth Army Corps
Pollock
German gains widen front as the war progresses toward Leningrad
Front reports claim German forces deepen two flanks on a 1200 mile line, nearing Leningrad by 60 miles and threatening Odessa as Smolensk falls. Berlin says retreating Red armies are in rapid pursuit while Moscow reports Luftwaffe raids and a Russian defense tightening. Far East alarms rise as Australia warns Japan and predicts actions toward Siberia before August.
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Associated Press
Leningrad
Black Sea
Odessa
Hitler
Ukraine
Smolensk
Moscow
Kremlin
Berlin
Red Air Fleet
Reich
Far East
Menzies
Japan
Singapore
North China
Siberia
Russia
Wacky Week Bubbles Through Quirky News Bits
A mix of oddball tales from Gladwin Hill includes Japanese beetles hitching rides on airplanes, a navy tip to sand pants shine, a one room jail sold for a dollar, skunks in gas shelters at Fort Lewis, and a dozen more zany incidents. A Kentucky clerkship candidate campaigned from an army camp and aster modeled parking tickets amuse Tulsa.
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Gladwin Hill
New York
News-Star Special News Service
Navy
Anda Scarsdale
N. Y
Charlotte
N. C
Philadelphia
Jenks
Okla
Fort Lewis
Wash
Hopkinsville
Kentucky
Lewis
Kansas City
Haverhill
Mass
Tulsa
Rockford, Ill
Oklahoma City
Kingstree
S. C
Schenectady
Sam
Germans Drive Deep on Ukraine Fronts and Near Leningrad
German forces push 60 miles toward Leningrad in the north and threaten Odessa in the south as Nazi columns advance from multiple axes. Reports say Nikolaev is imperiled and the Dnieper bend may be split, with Soviet resistance described as rapidly shrinking in places.
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Associated Press
Germany
Leningrad
Black Sea
Odessa
London
Nikolaev
Dniester
Ukraine
Adolf Hitler
Semeon D. Budgonny
Red Army
Dnieper
Kiev
DNB
Lake Iimen
Lake Ilmen
Soltsi
Pskov
Bayou Blitz Unit Names Young Top Kick
Bayou Blitz unit boasts its youngest top kick in the army. Jordan F. Moody Jr from Miami Florida, 19 years old with under a year in service, serves as sergeant in the 45th medical battalion after his July 1 appointment by Lt Col Frank Chamberlain.
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Camp Polk
Aus
3Rd Armored
Jordan F. Moody, Jr
Miami
Fla
Moody
Frank
Plan offers $80 million oil line to feed New York
Petroleum Coordinator Ickes announced an $80,000,000 pipeline plan to deliver 250,000 barrels of crude daily from the southwest to New York. Ten large firms prepared the project, which would start after Ickes approval and a presidential proclamation. The network would include 22, 16, and 24 inch lines, totaling about 1,200 miles, with two new corporations to build and run segments.
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Washington
Ickes
New York
Shreveport
Texas
Salem
Wood River
Oklahoma
Kansas
Mid-Continent
Illinois
New York and
Phil
Ladelphia
N Defense Pipelines
Incational
Emergency Pipelines, Inc
East Texas
Safety Record Summary For Year To Date
Accidents this year three versus twenty eight last year. Personal injuries this year forty three versus forty eight last year. Deaths this year four versus four last year. Traffic rule requires display of Louisiana license plates and bans masking or obscuring plates with a light at night to keep plates clearly visible.
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State of
Louisiana
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