Westbrook Pegler on Lewis clash over mine unions and national defense
Westbrook Pegler argues that the fight over the Lewis controlled mines exposes a broader issue of national defense and government power. He criticizes John L. Lewis as a private despot wielding influence under Wagner Act policy, urging that unions should remain voluntary and questioning government coercion of employers and workers.
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Lewis
Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Labor Department
Department of Justice
Army Seizes Air Associates Plant in New Jersey
The army took over the Air Associates plant in Bendix New Jersey to prevent defense material disruption. About 2 000 soldiers surrounded the facility while officers announced the plant would reopen with rehiring for all workers despite past disputes. Colonel Roy M. Jones said the plant is vital to defense and an employment agency will be set up. unions pledged cooperation and readiness for work.
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Bendix
N. J
Air Associates, Inc
Roosevelt
Army
Stimson
Hasbrouck
C. L. QO
Roy M. Jones
Air Corps Procurement Division
National Defense
United States
Joba
Loren J. Houser
United Automobile Workers of America
Robert E. Fowler
Roosevelt says no policy change after destroyer loss
President Roosevelt stated there is no reason to sever diplomatic relations with Germany and no change in American policy following the torpedoing of the destroyer Reuben James west of Iceland. He said the ship was on convoy duty and he had not considered cutting ties as reporters pressed for details on any German submarine actions.
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Washington
Presit Roosevelt
Germany
Reuben James
Iceland
Mr. Roosevelt
Navy
Roosevelt
Mavy
North Atlantic
Mrs M Caughan of New Orleans Dies
Mrs Laura Woodside McCaughan 83 wife of famed Gulfport Long Beach benefactor died in New Orleans after 20 years with daughter Isabelle McCaughan. Born Laura Ramsey she was youngest of 18 and linked to Ramsey Springs. Funeral at 10 am Sunday in New Orleans then interment in Long Beach. Survived by Tamzena Tamlton Portland Ore and Grover C McCaughan Miami Fla.
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New Orleans
Laura Woodside McCaughan
Gulfport-Long Beach
Miss
McCaughan
Laura Ramsey
South Mississippi
Ramsey Springs
Jackson County
Isabelle McCaughan
Jackson
Gulf Coast
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad Company
Mississippi
Long Beach
Tamzena Tamlton
Portland, Ore
Grover C. McCaughan
Miami, Fla
Power switches ordered pulled in southeastern states
In October the government ordered the pulling of switches controlling ornamental and nonessential lighting across seven Southeastern states and eastern Mississippi as part of a broad power conservation drive. An emergency organization will enforce the curtailment starting November 16, with night athletic events affected after that date.
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Atlanta
Mississippi
J. W. Krug
OPM
Krug
Washington
Oct
N—P
Mississippian Aboard Sunken Destroyer Reuben James
Lawrence Sills Jr. of Jackson was aboard the U S destroyer Reuben James when last heard from by his family. He is the son of Lawrence Sills of Jackson, an employer and World War I veteran, and Mrs. Sills, who said he enlisted as an apprentice seaman early last year.
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Jackson, Miss
Lawrence Sills, Jr
Jackson
United States
Reuben James
Lawrence Sills
Lindbergh Says Danger From Within in Madison Square Rally
Charles A. Lindbergh told a 20,000 strong Madison Square Garden crowd that the nation’s danger lies internal not external. He urged America First leadership of integrity while criticizing Roosevelt administration for advocating democracy abroad yet dictating at home. The rally also featured remarks by Burton Wheeler John Cudahy and John T. Flynn.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
America First
Wisden
Madison Square Garden
Lindbergh
United States
Roosevelt
George Renselaer
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
John Cudahy
Belgium
John T. Flynn
America First Committee
Wheeler
Republic
United States of America
Seven Confederates thank Governor at Baton Rouge reunion
Louisiana’s seven reunion Confederate veterans meeting in Baton Rouge adopted resolutions praising Governor Sam Jones for back pension payments to veterans and widows. General G. T. Seagraves was reelected state commander and Mrs. W. R. Whitaker adjutant general. Powell, 103, recalled spying for the Confederacy and wearing petticoats. Other attendees included Gen O. R. Gillette and several centenarians from Shreveport Pineville and Duhach.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Sam Jones
G. T. Seagraves
Jennings
W. R. Whitaker
Farmerville
Frank Eli Powell
New Orleans
Louisiana Tigers
O. R. Gillette
Shreveport
J. D. Ford
Thomas Loftus
Alabama brothers sentenced to 99 years in prison
In Camden Alabama three men were linked to a Leakesville Mississippi jail delivery and a $39 truck robbery. Troy Blackstock 25 and Thomas Blackstock 21 received 99 years each after a Wilcox circuit jury rejected insanity pleas. A Mississippi deputy testified, naming Walter Phillips 20 as the third member, held on murder tied to Dr. C G Dunn.
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Camden
Ala
Birmingham
Leakesville
Miss
Wilcox
Troy Blackstock
Thomas Blackstock
John Denmark
Mississippi
Alabama
Walter O. Phillips
C. G. Dunn
Huge New Tax Program Grows To Block Inflation
Washington officials disclose a planned sweeping tax program aimed at pulling about 6 billion dollars from the public to curb inflation and finance defense. The proposal would raise regular and social security taxes and could be presented to Congress before Christmas, potentially dwarfing the earlier 3.5 billion tax law.
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Irving Perimeter
Washington
High Administration
Congress
Treasury
Morgenthau
Heavy Monroe Rainfall Breaks Records
Rainfall in Monroe from 8 30 a m Thursday to noon Friday totaled 7 56 inches, the largest in years. Weather bureau at Selman air port provided the figures as rain continued. A lightning strike caused a two hour blackout in central and south Monroe Friday morning, emergency power was used at two hospitals but auxiliary units proved adequate. Downtown streets flooded, traffic halted, and stores suffered water damage as heavy rain fell Thursday evening, with DeSiard Street left submerged.
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Monroe
CAA Communications Weather Bureau
Selman
Central
Charity Hospital
Wver
St. Francis Sanitarium
DeSiard Street
Fourth
Halloween Will Be Celebrated in Twin Cities
Halloween will be observed in the Twin Cities Friday night though bad weather may curb festivities. All Saints day will be a legal state holiday Saturday with banks, financial institutions, and courts closed.
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Twin Cities
Bloody Battles Fought At Tula Near Moscow
Soviet workers joined Red Army in fierce battles around Tula south of Moscow as German forces push toward the capital from two directions Tass reports heavy artillery and counterattacks checking the advance on Moscow while defense lines along the Kalinin sector improve. On the Crimean front German and Romanian troops push toward Sevastopol with flame-throwers and tanks as Soviet counterattacks continue aided by Black Sea Fleet aircraft.
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Associated Press
Tula
Moscow
Tass
Kalinin
Ukraine
Adolf Hitler
Crimean Peninsula
Russia
Black Sea
Sevastopol
Crimea
Red Army
Kuibyshev
Sinking of Reuben James Pushes U S Toward War
Washington reports that the destroyer Reuben James was sunk by a torpedo off Iceland while on convoy duty. Senators Gillette Bridges Burney Capper urged stronger action on neutrality law or its repeal, arguing the incident shows United States seas must be defended and rights upheld.
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Washington
United States
Reuben James
Germany
Senate
Administration
Gillette
Iowa
America
Iceland
Bridges
New Hampshire
Senator Burney
South Dakota
Burney
Capper
Kan
Seattle Times Publisher Clarence Blethen Dies at 62
Major General Clarence Blethen, 62, publisher of the Seattle Times, died after a long illness. Mrs Blethen and two of his four sons, Frank and William K. Blethen, were at his bedside. He headed the Times properties since 1915 and led the paper for over four decades, while also serving in the Washington National Guard for about the same period.
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Seattle
Clarence Biethen
Seattle Times
the Times
Washington National Guard
Sinking of destroyer Reuben James shocks U S war effort
Associated Press reports the destroyer Reuben James sunk west of Iceland during convoy duty. first American warship lost since Roosevelt issued shoot on sight orders last month. crew numbered six officers and 114 men. simultaneous wartime updates describe Soviet and German forces battling near Moscow and Tula. Tokyo peace talk prospects appear as Japan Times hints at joint action to end hostilities through display of strength and tolerance.
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Associated Press
Reuben James
Iceland
Roosevelt
Tula
Moscow
London
Volokolamsk
Capital
Hitler
Crimea
Leningrad
Tokyo
Foreign Office
Japan Times and
Japan
United States
20 Killed In Big Airliner Crash
ST THOMAS Ont Oct 31 All 20 occupants of an American Air lines transport were killed last night when the big plane plowed into the earth 14 miles west of here and burst into flames. The 17 passengers and three crew members were all United States bound on a Buffalo Detroit leg from New York to Chicago. Stewardess Mary E Blackley, 27, of New York City was the only woman victim. No immediate explanation offered for the disaster, the second within a day for American air transport and the worst air disaster in Canadian history. Visibility was poor at the crash about 10 30 pm EST.
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G. L. Robinson
J. L. Lambert
March Field
California
Sacramento
J. C. West
L. C. Lydon
Richard N. Long
Connellsville
Army Air Base
Fresno
Army
Tehachapi Mountains
Earth
Sierra
Barton Peak
Mount
Whitney
ST. Thomas
Ont
Mary E. Blackley
New York City
American Airlines
Northwest Airlines
Moorhead
Minn
Daniels resigns as ambassador to Mexico
President Roosevelt accepted Josephus Daniels resignation as ambassador to Mexico citing his wife is in poor health. Roosevelt praised Daniels for advancing good neighbor policy and improving U S Mexican relations since 1933. He did not state a successor and said Daniels would return to Mexico City to bid farewell to colleagues.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Josephus Daniels
Mexico
Latin America
Daniels
Mexico City
Navy
Heath
First American warship sunk in European war
The destroyer Reuben James was sunk by a torpedo off Iceland, marking the first U S loss at sea in the European conflict. It carried six officers and 114 men. Roosevelt said no call to sever relations with Germany. Navy notes the ship was convoying in the North Atlantic and details on the attacker remain undisclosed.
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Associated Press
North Atlantic
United States
Reuben James
Iceland
Roosevelt
Germany
Washington
Kearny
Knox
Navy
Vichy Ignores Protest Plea In Silent Standstill
In Vichy, capital of the Petain regime, residents today largely ignored General Charles de Gaulle’s call issued in London for a five minute silent protest at 4 pm CST against German hostages’ execution. The interior ministry reported no unusual incidents and noted the appeal had little effect across the unoccupied zone. AP correspondents observed only light activity in the city.
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Vichy
France
Petain
Charles de Gaulle
London
Ministry of the Interior
de Gaulle
Associated Press
Buy a Better Used Car Through News-Star-World Ads
The Monroe News-Star-World urges readers to shop its want ads for late model used cars. Dealers complain of ample supply from new 1942 models and offer favorable terms such as 1/8 down and months to pay the balance. See a local dealer to upgrade to a better car.
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News-Star—World
Monroe
News -Star— World
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