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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1941
Page
7
Union demands a 10 cent hourly wage increase for all workers. Management cites an average current rate of 69 9/10 cents. The firm, producing ball bearings, employs about 225 people. CIO employees of the Pittsburgh utility firm agree to mediation and continue work while negotiations proceed amid a dispute with a rival union over representation.
New Orleans migration authorities detained a man described as a German citizen employed on a U S vessel, name and ship not released. They await arrival of more ships to take three additional German sailors into custody under Washington orders barring German nationals from leaving the United States. The note adds that thirty million immigrants have settled in the U S since 1787.
A brief note highlights that about 4 000 nurses are serving in the United States army.
A report outlines possible German demands to Soviet Russia including return of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina, control over Ukraine resources, and Baltic withdrawal. Turkish, British, and American observers note mounting tension with Hitler signaling a bold move, while Finland reports troop shifts and Turkey seeks to balance allies.
The drive to recruit 13 000 American volunteers to build and man English wireless units continues as $20 650 000 more funds were added for secret navy devices. Detectors cost 54 700 each and the program includes radio mechanics and engine fitters training with pay. Towers about 237 feet high spaced 10 miles apart will emit a curtain of radio waves to detect approaching planes.
In Palo Alto on June 19 authorities disclosed part of the radiolocator program that warns of approaching Nazi air raids. Sources who helped develop the system credit Cyril F. Elwell, a former Stanford engineer, as originator of the idea.
In morning session the witness testified that voter counts showed 9 921 qualified on December 31, 2 545 on February 11 and 5 196 on February 15 when books closed She said copies of registered voters were given to the city council before the election and noted a rush at her office after notice of the election Read in fragments the text also mentions articles urging qualification tied to the same election.
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