Powder Plant Strike Threat Looms Over Union Dispute
A national defense mediation board urges settlement at Western Cartridge Co smokeless powder plant in Alton where workers have voted to strike. The plant faces an $8.488 million ammunition contract and a dispute over recognition of the A F of L Chemical Workers union as bargaining agent. Government officials fear disruption to critical production. Additional labor actions span White Motor Co, North American Aviation, and other plants amid wage and bargaining disputes across the nation.
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National Defense Mediation ‘Board
Talleg
Tm‘potlant
Western Cartridge Company
A. F.of L. Chemical “Workers Union
Alton
Behich Roosevelt
Pimilion
National Labor Relations Board
Wie Con‘vern
C. I. O. United
Cleveland
White Motor Company
Sre
United Mine Workers
Oppers Company
Koppere Euppliss
Steel
Mois
Roosevelt
North American Aviation Company
Inglewood
Cailt.ck
Auto Workers Union
Douglas Alteraté Company
Lisbon Madrid Attaches Shift In Military Posts
The narrative reports changes in senior military attaché assignments with Col. William Bhipp moving from Chungking to Talsoon via Madrid and Lisbon, and Maj. Norman C. Caum reassigned as assistant military attaché in Madrid while serving as military attaché to Portugal. Caum hails from Great Falls, Montana.
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Ettache
Caum
Great Palle, Mont
War Headlines From 25 Years Ago Today Across Fronts
Historical note recalls 25 years past battles with French rallies at Peronne Merbecourt Assevillers and Fladcourt. Russians and Turks clash in the Upper Ghoruk region while heavy Caucasus fighting continues and British push along the Somme capturing La Boisselle.
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Peronne
Merbecourt
Assevillers
Fladcourt
Turka Clab
Fatal wreck and welding death claim four in SA
Four men died from accident and welding injuries in San Antonio Tuesday and Wednesday. Jor Rubell Garrett, 19, of 1919 Duting cover, died after his car struck a tree on South Presa. Fernando Sclaratif, 72, of 1919 West Commerce, died at Medical and Surgical Hospital after welding on a gasoline truck on the Austin highway. Ed Martin, a San Antonio State Hospital employee, survived with minor injuries as a car passenger. Funeral services for Garrett set for 10:45 a.m. at Porter Laoring’s chapel with interment at St. Mary’s Cemetery. Sclaratif funeral at 4 p.m. Thursday at Angels Funeral Home with rites at San Fernando Cathedral. Survivors listed for Garrett include widow Mrs. Belen Chandler Garrett, parents, brother Buford Garrett, sister Estile Allene Ezzett. Sclaratif survivors include widow Margaret Bolaraffa, parents, brother Andres Sciarafia Jr., sister Kartonsia Sclaratta.
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Jor Rubell Garrett
Duting Cover
Rabart B. Green
Presa Street
Fernando Sclaveifr
West Commerce Street
Medical and Surgical Hospital of
Surns
Austin Highway
Garrett
South Presa
Ed Martin
San Antonio State Hospital
Garett
Porter Laoring
Reguiem Ronts
San Fernando
Esthedral
Nina
San Fernando Cemetery
No. 2
Hill
Margaret Bolaraffa
A. Sclaraffa
Andres Sciarafia Jr
Kartonsia Sclaratta
Silverware and Clothing Stolen in Theft Spree
The Rev. Marshal Doggett reported the theft of silverware and ten sets of clothes valued at 280 dollars, with 2 dollars in cash also taken from his home on Booth Street and Temple Streets. W K Morris reported a 1750 dollar radio stolen from 721 West Commerce Street, and H B Agropatt at 416 Elks Club reported 162.50 in cash and a pack of cigarettes taken from a tank in his home.
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Marshal Doggetter
Booth St. Mary's
Temple Streets
W. K. Morris
West Commerce Street
H. B
Agropatt
Elks Club
Deputy Killed in Milk Fight in Rutland Vermont
Deputy Sheriff Ray Russell died in a fatal crash during a milk delivery dispute. Striking dairy farmers halted a truck bound for New York, crushing him under wheels. Earlier, 6000 gallons of milk were dumped as part of a dairy union protest seeking higher prices.
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Rutland
Ray Russell
New York
Russell
Waltham
Vergennes
Mik
Cunning Board
Addison County
Planta
Dairy Farmers Union
Addison
Rule Land
Stalin Calls for Sunfire Earth Guerrilla War Plan
Moscow July 3 Premier Stalin urged Russians to meet German advances with a vast sunreher earth policy and universal guerrilla warfare. He warned of grave danger from Nazi forces, cited captured regions, and announced workers had begun organizing armies to defend the motherland.
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Moscow
Istalin
Hitler
Lichwants
Latvia
Russia
Ukraine
Stelin
Big Bend Fund Fages Attack on Park Appropriation
A Texas legislative battle erupts over a 1.5 million dollar appropriation to buy land for the Big Bend park. Representative A H King accuses the plan of constitutional flaws and vows to sue to halt payment amid threats of a gubernatorial veto. He cites a past injunction that saved about 200000 in state revenue.
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Austin
Big Bend
West Texas
A. H. King
Throckmorton
Ind
W. Lee O'Daniel
Rites Held for Chapel Director at Dre Muzeriod School
A funeral service was held for Rev H Bersithand, longtime spiritual director of a local scholastic catechetical program since 1926. Burial will take place in Oblate cemetery. he previously served at several convents and churches.
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H. Bersihand
Wevineadly
Bersithand
Scholaaticate
Een Chaplein
Peter's Convent
Good Shepherd
God Our Lady of the Lake
Thiermenb
War Roundup: German Drive Toward Moscow Halts
In a wartime bulletin the Soviet claim says the main German advance toward Moscow is halted with heavy fighting along a 400 mile Minsk to Moscow corridor. Red Army reports heavy defeats for Germans in Ukraine while London notes slowing drives and preparations for a strike at Leningrad. Stalin urges an earth policy to halt German armies, warning of grave danger but predicting victory as bombing campaigns hit the Ruhr Rhine and northwest Germany and German attacks press British shipping.
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New Defense Committee
Stalin
Fiverina
Leningrad
Moscow
Britain
United States
Europe
America
Elles
Gralin
Russia
Napoleon
Bitler
Germany
Schlends
Rannibaln
Hitler
Righentrop
Red Army
Bullatin
Minsk-Moscow
Ukraine
London
Ruhr
Rhine
Lady Duff Cooper Fined for Parking Without License
Lady Duff Cooper, wife of Alfred Duff Cooper, was fined 25 shillings at Bognor Regis Sussex for parking on the wrong side of the road and driving without a license. She said she could not back up due to a trailer used to collect ends for pigeons. She is identified as former actress Lady Elana Manners.
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London
Nly
Olina Dott Cooper
Alfred Dott Cooper
Bognor Regis
Sussex
Pige
Elana Manners
Italian commander in Debria Tihor surrenders with 4209 men
Cairo July 3. The Italian commander at Debria Tihor, a last Male fon stronghold in Ethiopia, agreed to surrender to British forces. About 4209 men are reportedly to lay down arms, according to British Middle East headquarters.
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Cairo
Egypt
WPI
Debria Tihor
Malefon
Ithiopia
Middle East
Foes Urge Roose to Seek Peace on Day of Independence
Washington July 2 Senator Taft says Roosevelt should consider a peaceful approach in the European war without publicity. Two administration foes urge peace talks, hoping a negotiated settlement could reassure Britain and the Axis. The plan aims to offer the president a chance to address independence day with a public peace tone.
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Washington
Taft
Roosevelt
Alton
Wheeler
D.-Moarit
Weather report and wartime commentary from 1940s issue
The page compiles a weather forecast with scattered data on wind, humidity, precipitation and temperatures across U S cities, plus a political column arguing for negotiated peace with Nazi Germany. It features remarks by Nye and Wheeler on potential peace terms and the risk of Allied defeat, urging cautious diplomacy and restraint in press coverage.
Hunting Injuries Fatal to Cowboy Near Fort Stockton
Jerold Crockett, 22, died after a hunting wolf chase when his horse threw him near Fort Stockton. The incident occurred Wednesday as Crockett hunted wolves in the area, leaving the cowboy's death under investigation.
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Fort Stockton
Jerold Crockett
Here
Montay
Mexican smuggling suspect held on mescal charge
Leonor Fernandez, 31, appeared before U S G Commissioner Pant Lacklner on a smuggling charge for bringing 131 bottles of mescal into the United States from south of the border by water. The commissioner ordered Fernandez held on a $760 bond pending further action.
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United States
Leonor Fernandez
U. 8
Pant A
Lackiier
Fernandez
Wake Bond In Otrike Case
Seven defendants in the O'Dantel anti strike case were indicted for threatening violence and unlawful interference with work at a refrigerated plant. Bonds were set at 500 each, with bondsmen William D. Arnold and G. Lee Carleton. Leonard Brown named as attorney for the defendants, who were arraigned in Crim inal District Court.
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Criminst District
Ryle Wright
Laredo
Suctee
W. W. McCrory
Criminal District Court
Mrpks
Sst
Jimmy Butts
Unis
Alvin Rokewkls
Clarence Brandy
John B. Btnha
Ted Lubienski
Henry Ahei—Fleki
Willam D. Arnold
G. Lee Carleton
Leonard Brown
Dog-Catcher Finds Cat Is Too Tough
Springfield dispatch reports July 3 about Elz Thompson the city dog catcher tackling a cat in an alley. The cat proved too feisty and was treated at a local hospital after the encounter.
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Springfield
Elz ‘Thompson
Latin Nations Back U.S. in War Defense Pact
Washington reports Latin American nations including Uruguay plan to grant the United States access to air and naval bases, shipyards, and vital facilities in case of war. Delegations met in Washington as Sumner Welles briefed envoys on U.S. support, with Argentina possibly withholding formal approval yet indicating readiness to cooperate in defense.
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Washington
United States
Uruguay
Central
South America
Finéte
Atate
Kimiar
Sumner Welle
Argentina
Old Age Pension Checks for 18.54 Drawn for Applicants
Public welfare department announced that average checks totaling 18.54 will be mailed to 144,254 applicants in July. The June activity included new cases and reinstatements, with a total increase offset by deaths and denials, reflecting the ongoing pension program size.
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Austin
Public Welfare Department
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