Women Protest Britian Aid Bill at Capitol Steps
A group of mothers’ organizations led by Elizabeth Dilling demonstrated against the pending Britain aid bill on the Washington Capitol plaza. Capitol police warned that picketing was forbidden. the women knelt and prayed while waving flags, then moved to the Supreme Court building. The scene included chants like Don't send our boys to war and God bless America, amid a chaotic day of protest and distraction in the capital.
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Supreme Court
Messages Hit German Radio From Anti Nazi Americans
A flood of short voiced messages sent to Berlin radio airs anger toward Hitler and the Nazi regime. RCA Communications reported hundreds of 25 word notes arriving, some asking about Hitler’s funeral and other provocative topics. The messages, priced at 82.19 each, were collected as German radio urged for more opinions and briefly cited by CBS. A visitor from New York, Thomas Steels Holden of B. W. Dodge, recently visited San Antonio.
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Germany
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United Americans
Thomas Steels Holden
B. W. Dodge Corporation of
New York
San Antonio
Greeks Repel Italian Attacks In Central Albania Front
Greek forces reported repelling Italian counter attacks on the Central Albanian front behind heavy artillery, mowing down targets with machine guns and rifles. Italian units were said to be wiped out in places as Greeks captured heights northwest of Tepelent and clashed in hand to hand fighting.
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Defense Strike Hits Multiple Plant Workforces
The piece reports a five week strike at Allis-Chalmers Milwaukee drawing in G D United Automobile Workers and affecting defense orders valued at about 45 million dollars. Simultaneous strikes occur at Cincinnati Wier Powell Valve and San Diego shipyards converting boats to minesweepers, plus a Philadelphia meeting to settle diesel engine production for navy vessels. Mediators seek settlements across Vanadium Niagara Falls Motor Wheel Lansing and American Steel and Wire plants, with 969 workers at a steel plant in Douour, Pa.
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Wier Powell Valve Company
San Diego
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National Supply Company
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Vanadium Corporation
American Steel and Wire Company
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Dounora
Louis Busto
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
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Buckley Appointed Army Economy Controller in London
The War Office announced the appointment of Major General Buckley as controller of general economy. The general, described as an efficiency engineer in civilian life, is tasked with curbing army waste and reducing expenditures during wartime.
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Ex Premier De Geer Kidnapped By Nazi Plot In Lisbon
Ex Dutch premier Dirk van de Geer, branded traitor by the Dutch government in exile, was reportedly snatched in Lisbon and held in Stuttgart after a German air kidnapping plot. The Daily Mirror says he refused to reveal British or Dutch secrets despite German pressure.
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