Plan may start rumpus in Washington over civilian supply
Washington reports expect a legislative push to create a civilian supply administrator with power to determine manpower and materials for the home front. The plan faces possible opposition from war manpower chief Paul V. McNutt and Wickard, with Byrnes seen backing a unified administrator to reduce agency overlap and set clear policy. Leaders on the Senate Banking Committee heard Weiner support the idea as boosting efficiency.
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Associated Press
Washington
Maloney
D.-Conn
Paul V. McNutt
Agriculture Wickard
Fire Raging In Logan Coal Mine
LOGAN The Macbeth mine of Hutchinson Coal on Rum Creek near Logan remains shut as a fire rages deep inside the operation. State inspectors and company crews sealed the mine to extinguish the blaze started by a shorted cable igniting coal overhead. 75 men inside escaped uninjured. The mine had two prior fatal explosions in 1936 and 1937.
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Associated Press
Logan
Macbeth
Hutchinson Coal Company
Rum Creek
State Mines Department
Restaurants Are Rationed Too
Washington reports restaurant allowances will be capped at 75 percent or less of meat cheese butter and similar products compared with last December when point rationing begins. O P A explains two methods to set the restaurant ration one reduces diners by seven percent the other reduces point value by 25 percent Whichever yields the smaller total sets the limit. Individual portions face potential future limits.
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Associated Press
Washington
Office of Price Administration
O.P.A
Luther Carper Dies at Grandview
Funeral services for Luther Carper 76 who died at his Grandview home Tuesday after several months illness awaited today the arrival of his youngest son from Philadelphia. He is survived by his widow Mrs Tansie Carper five other children two sisters and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Also cited are 138 million pounds of olives and olive oil imported in 1940 with Spain Greece Italy and Portugal as top sources.
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Luther Carper
Grandview
Royal Carper
Philadelphia
Tansie Carper
Dora Miles
Ike Gilkerson
Nile Calloway
East Beckley
Wanda Carper
Elmer Carper
Fannie Haney
Bettie Stewart
Charleston
Sppain
Greece
Italy
Portugal
House Group Seeks To Curb Labor Interference
Washington hearings opened on a broad set of manpower bills led by Rep. Smith to bar foremen from union membership in war plants. GM chief C. E. Wilson urged action to block foremen unions, while Senate probes press AFL and CIO to halt jurisdiction fights and raids to avoid production disruptions.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Military Affairs Committee
Rep
Smith
D.-Va
May
D.-Ky
Detroit
C. E. Wilson
General Motors Corporation
General Motors
Assoiation of America
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Truman
D.-Mo
Holt Attacks Camp Officials in Charleston Report
Delegate Rush D Holt says 1942 salaries and wages for Camp Fairchance officials and staff exceeded the total spent on food clothing and supplies for campers. He chairs a House committee set to probe state expenditures and extended its life to finish the report. The committee notes the anomaly in public assistance project for children.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Rush D. Holt
D-Lewis
Camp Fairchance
Holt
Department of Public Assistance
Unemployment Law Changes Studied in Charleston Conference
West Virginia officials and U S Employment Service managers from 13 southern offices met in Charleston to study 1943 unemployment compensation law changes and labor regulations under war manager commission, as a three day conference nears close. A historical note mentions the longest torpedo hit on record, 3,000 yards, by a German submarine in 1917 against the U S destroyer Jacob Jones.
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Associated Press
Charleston
War Manager Commission
West Virginia
U. S. Employment Service
Unemployment Compensation Division
U. S
Jacob Jones
48 Hour Week Trials Baltimore Labor Shift
Baltimore faces headaches from the 48 hour work week order as April first deadline nears. War plants already use the schedule, exemptions flood in from over ten thousand employers, and officials praise cooperation while noting the financial strain on many businesses.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Maryland War Manpower Commission
W.M.C
Lawrence B. Fenneman
Maryland
Pontiac Wartime Driving Tips From Engineers
War time driving conditions may strain cars not built for them. Pontiac engineers offer practical guidance to prevent trouble and excessive wear, including adjustments and careful habits to keep vehicles reliable under restrictive service conditions.
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Pontiac
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