C I O Chiefs Plan to Purge Member Ranks
The article reports on C I O efforts to purge radicals from the United Automobile Workers and related unions amid war production strikes at Curtiss Wright in Pittsburgh and Consolidated Aircraft in San Francisco. It notes wage talks, proposed contract terms, and federal mediation actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Curtiss Wright Company
Defense Mediation Board
A. F. L. Machinists Union
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
San Francisco
Army
Navy
Britain
Senate
House Military Affairs Committee
House
Connally
Council of the International Association of Machinists
Mediation Board
Roosevelt
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company
Washington
Curtiss Wright
C. I. O. United Automobile Workers
Pacific Coast
Richard T. Frankensteen
Frankensteen
Union Negotiations Stretch Over Closed Shop Demands
Slow moving talks continue as union pushes for a closed shop a 75 cent hourly minimum replacing 50 cents and a 10 cent rise for higher skilled workers, seeking broader wage gains amid the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Condated
Damascus and Beirut fronts heat up as British push advances
British forces drive toward Beirut and Damascus after crossing the Jordan frontier. Sidon port reportedly reached with naval support while French lines hold Kissoue and Sidon amid heavy clashes. Turkish sources claim Hasseh tied to British advances toward Aleppo and Palmyra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidon
Beirut
Merdjayoun
Damascus
Litani
Rayak
Trans-Jordan
Syria
London
Iraq
Hassethe
Iraq Frontier
Aleppo
Palmyra
Kissone
Deir-ez-Zor
Ministry of Home Security
Brit
Auto firms urged to rescind hires amid price concerns
Henderson sent telegrams to Ford, Chrysler, Nash-Kelvinator, Studebaker, and Hudson urging immediate action to withhold new hires to conserve gasoline and oil. He said recent price increases hurt the industry's earnings and would be adjusted if hardships arise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hook
San Francisco
FBI Arrests Kidnap Suspect Ralph Smith in New Orleans
FBI agent H B Fletcher announced the arrest of Ralph Smith, 32, at a rooming house in New Orleans on June 13. Smith had been sought since February on charges of kidnaping and automobile theft in North Carolina and Tennessee. A pistol taken from an officer was recovered in Smiths room. Fresh water is noted as a luxury in parts of the Cape Verde islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ment
Department
Smith
Orleans
New Orleans
H. B. Fletcher
Ralph Smith
North Carolina
Tennessee
Cape Verde Islands
Demand Struggles Between Hitler and Stalin Amid War Front Moves
Reports from Moscow and London describe German demands on the Soviet Union over grain, troop movements, and Russian routes. In Syria the six day war expands with Circassian cavalry under French training fighting for Britain near Damascus, Sidon, and Beirut while RAF raids hit the Ruhr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Germany
Russia
Middle East
Damascus
Syria
Reuters
Ger
Ruhr
Messerschmitts
Dover
Beirut
Lebanon
Sidon
Hawkins Wins Oil Rights on 375 Acres in St Landry Parish
W. W. Hawkins of Lafayette was awarded oil gas and other mineral rights on 375 acres of state owned land in St Landry parish. His bid included a 1912.50 bonus plus a 1 96 overriding royalty and annual rental of 956.25 for the tract comprising the bottoms of Bayou Petite Prairie and its tributaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
W. W. Hawkins
Lafayette
St. Landry Parish
Hawkins
Bayou Petite Prairie
Also Mentioned on This Page
BY William Ferguson
NEA Sef
S&s
Faulk-Collier
Faulk-Collier’s
Ce Joice - Houe
Aisua
Damascus’ Fall
Ish
Vichy
Kissoue
G-Man
Hitler
Stalin
Better Buy Bee Brand
Las Bs
U. S
Canada
Alaska
Ouachita Natl
Monroe, LA
China
Monroe
West Monroe
St. John, Monroe
Trenton
Ycoll
Aboudoir
M'Cartney
Olla
Ruth Flowers
Y. W. Flowers
Olja
Robert McCartney
Wallace McCartney
Jena
Home Appliance CO
N. Grand
Schaeffer
Eversharp
Stationery Company
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!