Longshoremen and Communist Influence in WWII Era Tensions
A Newark to York wartime sheet discusses the International Longshoremen's Association and Communist ties. It highlights union inroads on the Atlantic coast led by Harry Bridges, debates over loyalty, and alleged Communist influence within maritime labor groups during the war.
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Axis
Pen
Bridges
Roosevelt Supreme Court
Communist Party
Earl Browder
CIO
France
Itain
Nite House
Roosevelt
Hitle
Asia
Ieiai
Armed Lord
Roosevelt Democratic
Michigan Electrical Power Strike Begins Across State
Electrical power workers in Michigan walk out from 7 a m affecting 2000 communities while power remains available to homes and businesses. CIO affiliated 2250 utility workers left, Gov Kelly puts 6000 state troops and 400 police on alert with no disorder reported. Garland Sanders cites a mediation board request for a possible meeting at 2 p m to discuss an end to the strike.
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Detroit
Michigan
Consumers Power Company
CIO
State Utility Workers Council
Harry F. Kelly
Garland Sanders
Utility Workers Council
Philip Weiss
State Labor Mediation Board
Sanders
Weiss
Hollywood job offered to Krug at 75000 yearly
J A Johnston, new president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association of America, offered wartime production official Krug a $75,000 yearly vice president post to lead a broad labor program for the industry. The deal aims to end a prolonged strike amid sit-downs and clashes, with Krug to decide within days.
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Hollywood
Pi—J. A
Mo- Picture Producers and Distribut Association of America
Krug
Johnston
Ociation
Hnston
Warduction Board
Jhnston
Sinkers
A. F. of
L. Conference of Starlicks
Herbert Rell
F. of L
Beth the C. SA
War Fund Goal Is Far Distant In Monroe Drive
After Thursday the nine days left for the United War Fund Chest drive. Donations reported include a long list of individuals and businesses such as Bernice Moore Apon 100, Hemp's Cafeteria 200, Pizarro Plumbing Co 200, and many others, urging public support to meet the goal and uphold Monroe’s fundraising record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United War Fund Chest
Monroe
Delta Club
Dan
Walter Henry
L. V. Terver
Minnie I. Faulk
Ross Brothers Grocery
Dixie Drive Inn
Martille Burton
A. J. Emerson
Jesse L. Adams
J. L. Adams
R. M. Breard
Allbritton Electric Co
Anzeion Parker
Larries Cafe
Barr's Typewriter Co
Gibson- Waite
Scelia
Rey's Grocery
Fontana
Ros« Ladart
Hemp's
James H. Heard, Jr
Thos. C. Newton
Capt
J. K Hesketh
City
Jesse Lee Hill
Morgan Teske
Raymond Teske
Robert Tyler
Mask
Meg and Guthrie Hardware
Letha Wilhite
Scotty's
Max Brook
Western Union
Cy. Sanders
J. A. Evans
J. D. Roach
L. M. Frey
College Friend
H. F. Shepherd
Gryders Grocery and Market
R. B. Farr
Hathorn
Gertrude Blanchard
Mary Louise Ellis
B. S. MecRaney
Effie Golson
Flora Cari
Cammie Newsom
Bert Coverdale
Edna Clark
Walter Rhodes
Fitton Coverdale
Pauline Sanders
Frank Cline
R. H. Terrell
F. D. Huddlester
Mire Wm. Downing, Jr
Lillian F. Collins
Margaret Ellington
Inez Landreaux
Vickie Gunter
Marshall urges world wide espionage system before war merger
General George C. Marshall told the Senate military affairs committee that the United States must build a world wide intelligence network and run it on a business basis. He warned coffee cup intelligence is not enough and urged a unified postwar army navy department with full civilian and military coordination.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Army
Navy
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Marshall
Congress
United States
Navy Department
War Department
Truman
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Two Murders Unfold in Separate Georgia and Michigan Cases
In Savannah police held 21-year-old Jesse McKethan on a murder warrant after he allegedly confessed to dismembering his companion George Ades and hiding the parts across the city. In Pontiac area Michigan, evidence centers on carpenter H W Baker’s claim that Lydia Thompson was stabbed weeks before her death, with detectives seeking a second witness as they pursue the auto dealer husband Louis Thompson.
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Savannah
Johhn McCarthy
Jesse McKethan
McKethan
George Luther Ades
Ades
McCarthy
Pontiac
Mid
Lydia Thompson
Detroit
Oakland County
Donald C Noggle
H.W. Baker
Highland Park
Baker
Noggle
Carpenter
Louis V. Thompson
Edward K. Thomas
Thompson
Thomas
Helen Budnik
Most of Emperor's Palace Burned in Tokyo Fire
Brig. Gen. Elliot R Thorpe said most of the imperial palace area was burned during the war with only a wing housing kitchens and banquets spared. He noted the blaze was caused by sparks from nearby fires, not by American bombing, and described the grounds as poorly planned with many wooden buildings creating a fire hazard.
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Toxyo
Japan
Allied
Korea
Eliot R Thorpe
Hirohito
Thorpe
Imperial Compound
Tokyo
Emperor Hirohito
Imperial Palace
Elliot R Thorpe
Allied Headquarters
Avid Larr
Watertown
N. Y
John N. Irwin i
Keokuk
Iowa
Thomas P Davis
Providence
Sweet Potato Fair to Showcase Local Exhibits
Parish home demonstration clubs and 4-H members prepare for the Sweet Potato Fair in downtown West Monroe this Saturday starting at 10 a.m. Visitors can sample dehydrated potatoes, view food preparations, and watch prize judging after an Ouachita Parish High School band concert.
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Parish
West Monroe
Monroe
Wes Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Jewel L. McQuiller
Strong Man in Argentina Back as Peron Returns
Buenos Aires reports a nation wide strike by 500000 General Confederation of Labor members backing Col Juan Peron. Transport systems halted. trains stopped. streetcars, buses, and taxis idle. Navy ships reportedly sail from Puerto Belgrano as Peron supporters clash with critics. several deaths reported amid political upheaval.
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Buenos Aires
General Confederation of Workers
Juan Peron
Argentina
Puerto Belgrano
Adm
Hector Vernengo Lima
Peron
Com
Alfredo Palacios
Edelmire Farrell Tomn
Juan Alvarez
Alvarez
la Prensa
Independencia
Rosario
Drummond
Vernengo Lima
Eduardo Avalos
Campo de Mayo
Avalos
Farrell
Navy
General Confederation of Labor
Buenos
Buenos Aires Labor Council
Labor Ministry
Col. Peron
Alres
Critica
Senate Finance Committee Votes Massive Individual Tax Cut
The Senate finance committee approved a $2 085 000 000 annual cut in individual income taxes and a repeal of the excess profits tax for corporations next year, informing a total potential revenue reduction of about $4 640 600 000. They kept the 3 percent normal tax and trimmed exemptions similarly to the House plan, while reserving further action on corporate preferences and other tax changes.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House
George
Georgia
Secretary of the Treasury
Fred M. Vinson
Vinson
Senators
Fred M Vinson
Finance
Indictment Names 24 Nazi Leaders for War Crimes at Nuremberg
The 35,000 word indictment charges mass murder and atrocities against millions, accusing 24 members of Hitler's hierarchy and armed forces of conspiracy to wage war. Goering Hess Jodl and others face trial next month as the court seeks to convict top Nazi officials in Nuernberg.
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Berlin
Hitler
Goering
Hess
Jodl
I. T. Nikitchenko
Soviet Russia
Nuernberg
United States
Russia
Great Britain
France
Martin Bormann
Wilhel Keitel
Alfred Jodi
Karl Deenitz
Navy
Erich Raeder
Gustav Kaup von Bohlen Und Halbach
Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht
Ormer Economics
Reichsbank
Walther Funk
Locations for 19 Veterans Hospitals Fix Announced
Washington reports Gen. Omar Bradley announced presidential approval of 19 new Veterans' hospitals and additions plus four soldiers homes. The plan aims for 15 276 beds with funds requested in the current year and deferral of the remaining 29 100 bed construction to the next fiscal year. New Orleans area hospital to be specified later with the Biloxi Mississippi and Gulfport Mississippi additions also noted.
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Washington
Omar N Bradley
Veterans
New Orleans
General Medical and Surgery Hospital
Biloxi
Miss
General Medical and Surgery
Gulfport
Robert S. Masstri
Rep
Hebert
Maloney
Louisiana
Veterans’ Administration
General Medical
Omar Bradley
Indict Nazi Leaders for World War Starters at Berlin Trial
A four power indictment names 4 German leaders and 6 Nazi organizations, charging them with starting the war and committing mass crimes. It details a 1991 dating conspiracy to rule Europe and allies, with accusations of genocide, torture, and mass murder.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Red Powers
Adolf Hitler
High Command
Germany
Berlin
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Jack Evans
Warner Brothers
Companion
Bury Thompson
International Crimes Court
Doenitz
Ribbentrop
Auschwilz
Maidanek
Civiians
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