Fair Enough Wistbronke Dealer Case Highlights Labor Clash
Detroit case shows a dealer making pre fabricated houses at low cost without CIO labor and losing a contract for 300 homes to defense workers. AFL objects to nonunion work, mail order methods, and price cutting seen as harmful to union building trades. The dispute resembles broader fights over economical housing and modernization versus union costs and protection.
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Detroit
Ef A. F. L
American Way
Roosevelt
New Order
A. F
Patman to push action on price controls in house
Representative Patman of Texas announced plans to press for a price control measure in the House without delay. He urged including caps on essential materials such as copper and aluminum, and suggested extending controls to imports and defense rents, while criticizing current farm parity at 100 percent as too low.
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Washington
Patman
Texas
Wme
House
Banking Ad Currency Committee
Defense
Jackie Coogan to Become Father in Stockton
Jackie Coogan confirmed that he and his wife are expecting a child. The former child star, now serving in the army, spoke from Stockton about the joyous condition while his wife lives nearby.
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Stockton
Calif
Jackie Coogan
Flowerman
Jim Star
Community Chest Drive Support By News Star World Hoople House
News-Star-World and the Hoople boarding house contributed to the Monroe Community Chest drive, highlighting local civic participation and charitable support from city media and lodging organizations.
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Monroe
News-Star— World and
The
Hoople Boarding House
Marshall Says Nazi Materiel Cost Is Heavy
General George C. Marshall told a Senate subcommittee that German armies were paying a heavy price in materiel for gains on the Moscow front. He declined to predict Russia's chances, while Roosevelt noted no current doubt about the American lend‑lease effort. The panel was told the Soviet Union has paid cash so far, and aid would continue even if funds ran out.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Senate
Moscow
Army
Appropriations
Marshall
Russia
Rooevelt
United States
W. Averill Harriman
Monton
General Marshall
Senate Committee
Soviet Union
Roosevelt
U.S S
Arias Goes 10 Jail In Panama
Panama city jail receives ousted president Dr Arnu ro Arias after he surrender by canal zone train voyage from Cristobal. Police escort, motorcade, and brief chant exchanges mark return as new government vows U S defense cooperation while Arias had earlier flown to Havana for eye surgery.
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Panama
Arnuro Arias
Canal Zone
Dr. Arias
Cristobal
Cefalu
Arias
Labor activity may halt work at steel mill
The United Automobile Workers relay called off a strike at Hillsdale Michigan Steel Products, enabling resumption of transmissions work for 79 percent of army tank production at Spicer Manufacturing in Toledo. R J Thomas said the action followed the defense mediation board, while other union units threaten strikes at 27 American Can plants over a Chicago contract dispute.
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Associated Preas
United Automobile Workers Relay
Hillsdale
Mich
Steel Products Company
Spicer Manufacturing Corporation
Toledo
Ohio
R. J. Thomas
Auto Workers
Detroit
Defense Mediation Board
Associated Preaz C1 O
Gary
Ind
American Can Company
Chicago
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
C. I
West Coast
Serbian Resistance Becomes Rebellion With 80000 Forces
A Yugoslav legation spokesman said Serbian resistance against German rule had become rebellion, led by army officers with about 80,000 fighters. Armed bands hinder travel on Serbian roads by attacking cars, and a group struck a munition dump near Smederevo, 20 miles from Belgrade. He claimed Italian village burnings failed and Axis garrisons control few cities.
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London
Legation
Smederevo
Belgrade
Community Chest Fund Nears Halfway Goal in Monroe
The Twin City Community Chest drive for 1941-1942 is about midway to its $27,500 goal. Campaign Director W. W. Kellogg reported $14,000 raised by mid Wednesday, thanks to many solicitors and public cooperation from Monroe and West Monroe. Volunteers work at Hotel Virginia, telephoning and arranging meetings while thermometers outside downtown banks track progress. Small contributions are crucial as the drive continues toward completion.
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Twin City
Chest
W. W. Kellogg
Monroe
West Monroe
Community Chest
Hotel
Virginia
Kellogg
Big Slash In Auto Output Ordered In 1942
Washington dispatch reports Leon Henderson, OPM civilian supply director, ordered at least a 51 percent reduction in passenger automobile production for January 1942 versus January 1941. The plan, part of defense material conservation, caps January output at 204 848 cars against 418 350 in 1941, though actual figures may dip further due to steel shortages and material limits.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
OPM
Henderson
Captured Radio Ship Busko Held In Boston
In Boston on October 15 the United States held without bail the 20 crew members and a woman of the seized Norwegian fishing vessel Busko. Naval authorities call it a supply ship for a Nazi radio station in Greenland. The group, who claimed Norwegian nationality, faced immigration charges and possible deportation after appearing before an immigration service board.
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Boston
United States
Greenland
Immigration Service Board of Inquiry
Stores Rely Mostly on Ads in Newspapers
Pittsburgh, Oct 15. A survey of 92 department stores across sizes shows average ad spend of 45 percent of gross income in newspapers and 0.7 percent on radio. Joan A. Gerber of the University of Pittsburgh reports radio publicity remains relatively minor, with 46 stores using radio and 26 having discontinued it. Records cover annual gross ranges from under 100 dollars to over 10 million.
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Pittsburgh
Joan A. Gerber
University of Pittsburgh
Garter
United States Argentina Sign Pact on Trade
Argentina and the United States signed a trade pact in Buenos Aires, boosting Argentine access to canned corned beef, hides, and wool while preserving MFN treatment for U.S. autos and machinery. Observers say the agreement marks a historic easing of long standing diplomatic tensions between the two nations.
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Washington
Argentina
United States
Buenos Aires
Norman Armour
Ruiz Guinazu
Governor weighs grand jury report on Louisiana institutions
Alexandria report describes Central Louisiana Hospital for the Insane and the Industrial School for Girls as disgraceful. Grand jury foreman cites punishments of girls in a “semi dungeon,” outdated fire traps, underpaid staff, and excessive workloads. Governor Sam Jones and the department of institutions will consider action.
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Alexandria
UPI
Sam Jones
Julius F. Ariai
Rapides Parish
Department of Institutions
Grand Jury
Central Louisiana Hospital For the Insane
Industral School For Girls
Ariai l
O. L Montgomery of
Ball
Catholic Clergy Vote Against War in wartime poll
New York Oct 15 The Catholic Laymen's Committee for Peace reported that 91.5 percent of 13 155 Roman Catholic clergy responding to a questionnaire from the Official Catholic Directory voted against the United States entering a shooting war outside the Western Hemisphere. Opposition to aiding Soviet Russia drew 90.1 percent.
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New York
Catholic Laymen’s Committee For Peace
Catholic Directory
United States
Soviet Russia
Knox Says A 5 Ready To Place Guns On Ships
Secretary Knox said the navy would arm merchant ships as ships arrive once Congress allows it. He noted guns would come in stages and that arming could protect ships from air and submarine threats, citing British wartime experience. Debate on the measure would continue through tomorrow and into Friday.
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Knox
Washington
Congress
House Rules Committee
Foreign Affairs Committee
Navy
House
Hayes Plans 10 Resume Audits in Tangipahoa Parish
In Baton Rouge on October 15 Supervisor of Public Funds Jerome A. Hayes announced plans to resume audits of Tangipahoa parish public bodies. He aims to finish the Louisiana Milk Commission books per a grand jury accord in Amite. The jury also agreed to a taxpayer list for 1938 to 1940 records to avoid an appeal to the state supreme court.
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Baton Rouge
Jerome A. Hayes
Tangipahoa Parish
Hayes
Louisiana Milk Commission
Amite
Rufus Fontenot
State Supreme Court
Robert S. Ellis
World War Front Lines and Panama Leader Arrests
The Red Army falls back to a Volga defense line near Kalinin, about 95 miles northwest of Moscow, with both sides claiming critical positions and ongoing central front pressure. British bombers hit southern Germany as Berlin notes limited damage. In Panama, ex president Arnulfo Arias, ousted by a pro US government, is jailed after returning from Havana.
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Associated Press
Red Army
Volga
Kalinin
Moscow
Vyazma
Verdun
Germany
Berlin
Arnulfo Arias
Panama
Havana
Expect Report by Grand Jury In Federal Case
The federal grand jury seated since Tuesday was expected to report to Judge Ben C. Dawkins in the Fifth District. Court recessed awaiting the jurys first report. no information on indictments will be released until indicted persons are arrested. The Loyd case involving receiving stolen property remains on schedule.
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Federal Grand Jury
Ben C. Dawkins
Fifth
United States District Court
Cecil Andrew Loyd
Official Account Of U-Boat Attack Upon Greer
The Navy released the official account of the Greer incident, detailing a British patrol plane warning of a submerged U-boat ahead, the destroyer tracking it after its sonar pickup, and noting the order to report rather than attack. The report, submitted to Senator Walsh’s naval committee, says the German claim of earlier depth bombs is contradicted, with the torpedo fired first and depth charges following eight minutes later.
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Washington
Navy
U.S. S
Greer
North Atlantic
Walsh
Massachusetts
Senate Naval Committee
Knox
Harold R. Stark
Chief of
Naval Operations
Iceland
United States Mail
Stark
Germans Push Toward Moscow Amid Grim Encirclement
The Red army reported Germans advancing toward Kalinin and Moscow despite heavy losses as Nazi forces, armored units, and paratroopers push to breach the Volga defense. Soviet reports claim paratroopers behind the lines were wiped out and wedges into defense were pinched off near Kalinin with Moscow strained by nearby advances.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Red Army
Volga
Kalinin
Red Star
London
Vyazma
Tula
A. F. L. Readies Action On Racketeering at Seattle Convention
The American Federation of Labor prepared to address alleged racketeering and law violations at its Seattle convention. A resolutions committee report based on the executive council’s criticism of lawbreaking awaited calendar placement. Browne, 12th A F L vice president, faces extortion charges in New York and may be dropped from the vice presidency. The convention also condemned the National Labor Relations Board and Attorney General Thurman Arnold, urging Wagner Act amendments to curb board power and criticizing Arnold’s use of anti trust laws against unions.
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Seattle
Amercan Federation of Labor
Resolutions Committee
Matthew Woll
Executive Council
George E. Browne
A. F. Ll
International Alliance of Theatrical and
Browne
New York
General Convention Hall
National Labor Relations Board
Thurman Arnold
Labor Board
Arnold
Demand Surges for Tarnished Apartments in Twin Cities
The piece notes rising housing demand as workers relocate to Pwin Cities and Sterlington. With more families arriving, vacant apartments attract income opportunities, and readers are urged to rent via News Star World advert.
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Hlousewife
Pwin
Sterlington
News-Star—World
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