Local 1950 letter criticizes wage and labor actions in press
A published letter from Westbrook Pegler cites clashes around labor organizers and strikes tied to the Wagner Act and union tactics. It references violent incidents, quotes criticisms of editors and officials, and condemns labor defenders while praising Birmingham and Cincinnati action amid ongoing union pressures.
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CAGO
Stecker
CLO
Chicago
Sage
Eel Company
Ivil
Ainer
Ist Cincinnati
A. J. Weichold
Secre
Army Pay Hike Plan Faces Senate Showdown
Washington reports a heated Senate debate opens over proposed military pay raises from private to general levels. Senator Johnson leads discussion amid broader legislative fights on pension reform and farm price relations, with key committee members warning the proposal may be narrowed to limited benefits.
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Washington
Congress
Johnson
Rat
Colorado
Senate
Woman survives 17 story plunge in New York hotel
Mrs Maria Loves, 42, wife of Lancer, plunged from the 18th floor of the St Moritz hotel to a roof vent, then into Roosevelt Hospital with critical injuries. Doctors initially held hope but condition worsened. police report a suicide note and link to past tragedy including the death of her daughter and Hungarian husband killed in action.
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New York
Mrsaria Loves
Lancer
Rooseveltospital
Vance
Mrs. Loves
St. Moritz
Esterday
Stephen Loves
Calgary Rothers
Lover
Pincers Draw Near Key City in War Burnished Action
Reports from Moscow say the Red Army nears Staraya Russa with 99,400 Germans believed trapped as Soviet forces tighten around the 16th Army. British Hurricanes fight daily on the Russian front while RAF wings train Russian airmen to fly British planes. Soviet War News cites heavy losses in Leningrad sectors and central front advances toward Smolensk.
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Moscow
Red Army
Staraya Russa
Smolensk
Doleperopetrovek
Britain
Red Air Force
London
Ruacia
Arctic
England
Staraye Russa
Leningrad
Lenke Dmen
Soviet War News
Sover
Russiete
Red
Gelubevg
Raid on Toungoo Burma Described by War Correspondent
Daniel De Lace reports from Toungoo Burma as Japanese bombers strike eight blocks of stores and homes. Flames rage around a Buddhist pagoda while 3506 Burmans and 40 Indian civilians are reported killed and looters are kept at bay by Indian guards.
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Toungoo
Burma
Bixby Memorial School
Austin Banker Killed as Car Plunges into Black Bayou
Mrs Sally Bayard Roberdau of Austin Texas is hospitalized at Ellender after a car driven by her husband plummeted into Black Bayou beside Highway 99 in Houma Louisiana. He was killed. she survived with bruises. Passersby removed the couple from the wreck at 2 30 p m central wartime.
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Houma
Sally Bayard Roberdau
Austin
Tex
Ellender Hospital
Black Bayou
Roberdaus
Roberdau
New U S Destroyer Sinks Submarine Early In Service
A brand new United States destroyer, launched last September, reportedly met and destroyed an enemy submarine within hours of its first war readiness. The ship, with a green crew and untested guns, sailed from a northern port as heavy seas and inexperience challenged its crew.
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New York
United States
North Atlantic
Third Naval District
Adolphus Andrews
Eastern Sea Frontier
Whitney Ties Knot With Betsey Roosevelt in Private NYC Ceremony
John Hay Whitney and Betsey Cushing Roosevelt wed in a simple ceremony at the bride’s mother’s home aided by a full staff including a chauffeur and secretary. Attending were Kate and Sara Delano Roosevelt and the couple planned a short honeymoon before heading to Washington where Whitney oversees the motion picture division of the inter-American affairs office.
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New York
John Hay
Jock) Whitney
Betsey Cushing Roosevelt
James Roosevelt
Secret Service
Kate
Sara Delano Roosevelt
Harvey Cushing
Whitney
Mary Elizabeth Artemus
Liz) Whitney
Roosevelt
George Stewart
First Presbyterian Church of
Stamford
Conn
Vincent Astor
Greenwood Plantation
Thomasville
Washington
Office of Coordinator of inter-American Affairs
Romelle Schneider
Two In Orleans Fatally Injured In Weekend Crashes
Police crack down on traffic laws after a weekend that left two dead in New Orleans. George Bevan 43 chief clerk for Illinois Central at Stuyvesant Dock was fatally struck crossing a street. Private Glen Snyder 21 from Ashland Ohio died from burns after an army ambulance overturned on the St Bernard highway near Chalmette National Cemetery. Privates Edward Wheeler and Robert Bowles also from Ashland suffered burns.
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New Orleans
George Paul Bevan
Illinois Central System
Stuyvesant Dock
Glen Snyder
Ashland
Ohio
St. Bernard Highway
Chalmette National Cemetery
Edward Wheeler
Robert Bowles
Farm aid request eyed as Roosevelts clash with congress grows
The House appropriations committee recommended 695 million dollars in new funds for the Agriculture Department for the coming fiscal year, 458 million less than the current year. It also attacked the Farm Security Administration for collective farming experiments and banned large loans and new CCP stock sales below parity.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Agriculture Department
Commodity Credit Corporation
Roosevelt
Congress
Farm Security Administration
Russia
Free French rule in Pacific gains partial U.S. backing
London reports that the United States will recognize free French authorities in the Pacific and cooperate in defending French islands. De Gaulle’s headquarters announce that the Free French command will govern the Pacific possessions under U.S. recognition, while relations with Marshal Petain’s administration continue.
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London
United States
Pacific
Charles de Gaulle
New Zealand
Australia
Noumea
New Caledonia
de Gaulle
French Nations Committee
Marshal Petain
Vchy
Gulf Coast Storm Warnings Issued
The Weather Bureau issued storm warnings for the Gulf coast from Burrwood Louisiana to St Marks Florida with winds up to 48 mph on the Middle Gulf coast. Small craft warnings continued from Lake Charles to Grand Isle Louisiana as winds of 36 to 40 mph were indicated for New Orleans.
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New Orleans
United States Weather Bureau
Gulf Coast
Bigrwood
St. Marks
Fla
Middle Gulf Coast
Lake Charles
Grand Isle
Burrwood
Gould, Cotton Exchange Leader, Dies at 72 in New Orleans
Harry R. Gould age 72, president of the cotton firm H. R. Gould and Company and the oldest member of the New Orleans cotton exchange, died early today at Touro infirmary after a brief illness.
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New Orleans
Harry R. Gould
H. R. Gould and Company
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Touro Infirmary
Roosevelt reorganizes army into three main branches
President Roosevelt orders a reorganization creating Army Ground Forces Army Air Forces and Services of Supply Each unit led by a commanding general He streamlines structures and authorizes overseas departments to form task forces base commands defense commands and theater commands Transfers shift infantry cavalry field artillery coast artillery procurement storage and issue duties to designated generals
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Army Ground Forces
Army Air Forces
Services of
Secretary of War
Infantry
Cavalry
Field Artillery
Coast Artillery Corps
General Headquarters Air Force
Air Force Combat Command
Air Corps
Services of Supply
Chief of
Coast Artillery
U-Boat Pack Deals Convoy Heavy Blows at Sea
Survivors describe a mid Atlantic U boat raid that torpedoed at least four merchant ships in a westward convoy. Nine ships reportedly hit with several crews rescued by a fast British coastal ship. One vessel sank after being struck at 3 am and a 39 man crew member remains missing.
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Atlantic
United States
Argentina begins count in election for lower house
Argentina starts preliminary vote tally from Sunday’s national election to decide control of the chamber. Final results likely in a week. Conservatives dominate the senate while radicals and socialists hold the lower house, influencing foreign policy debates.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Senate
Ramon S. Castillo
Chamber of Deputies
Bennett Tells of Singapore Fight Escape
Major General Gordon Bennett recounts the surrender of Singapore, his escape by junk, and his report to the war cabinet in Melbourne. Prime Minister Curtin and Australian leaders praise his leadership and vow confidence while noting possible impact on future strategy against Japan.
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Melbourne
Australia
Gordon Bennett
Malaya
Singapore
Bennett
War Cabinet
John Curtin
Batavia
Gordon Walker
Gallipoli
Poziers
Sydney
Sugar tax seen as boost to sugar production
Secretary Wickard told a House appropriations subcommittee that removing production limits and continuing the sugar tax and benefit payments would encourage greater sugar output. He argued the plan functions as a producer subsidy rather than a limit, while Tarver pressed for a price ceiling.
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Washington
Wickard
Appropriations
House
Tarver
Democrat
Georgia
Invaders Near Headquarters of Defenders
U N counteroffensive against Japanese Java invasion deemed satisfactory by official source. Fighting within 30 miles of Bandoeng as Dutch American and British troops try to halt an invasion column from Indramaru Bay. Japan had 60 000 troops ashore and aims for Soerabaja and Batavia amid heavy naval battles.
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Bandoeng
Java
Netherlands East Indies
Indramaru Bay
Bancoeng
Soerabaja
Batavia
East Indies
Rembang
Blora
Scouts Gather 75 Tons Paper For War Effort
Ouachita Valley Boy Scouts report about 75 tons of waste paper and magazines sold since January raising roughly 750 dollars for troop funds. Troop 1 led with 27 540 pounds under J W Webster and T A Brown. Troop 43 Rayville 25 090. Troop 29 Monroe 17 080, with many others listed by town including West Monroe Monroe and Delhi.
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Boy Scouts
Ouschita Valley Council
National Defense
Olan H. Black
Ouachita Valley Council
J. W. Webster
T. A. Brown
Rayville
Monroe
West Monroe
Tallulah
Delhi
Columbia
Navy rescues three airmen drifted 34 days at sea
Harold E B Dixon of La Mesa California and two companions were rescued after drifting 34 days on a rubber life raft from a South Pacific atoll. They survived weeks by catching birds and rainwater and were later reported safe at a western base.
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San Diego
Calif
Harold EB Dixon
la Mesa
Navy
Bomeer
South Pacific
Navy Department
Washington
Dixon
Pin-Point
Anthony J. Pastula
Youngstown
Gene D. Sikeston
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