Strikes Settled By Mediators In Defense Effort
Washington reports two major strikes settled by the National Defense Mediation Board as defense officials eyed a return to work Monday at several plants. Condenser Corporation of America in Plainfield North Carolina with 2,500 workers and Peders Motor Truck Company in Detroit with 400 men ended their walkouts, raising hopes for resumed production vital to defense.
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Washington
INS
National Defense Mediation Board
Condenser Corporation of America
Plainfield
N. C
A. F
Peders
Motor ‘Truck Company
Petroit
O.unick
Deere
Thames Burns
NDMS
Condenser Corporation
No Catnapping With This Cat at the Clarks Home
Mr and Mrs Harry Clark of 19 South Street describe their eight day old cat Squeegie as an alarm clock alarm clock. Each morning at seven he taps their faces to wake them and ignores dogs. Squeegie listens to music from the radio, plays dead on request, and enjoys water.
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Harry Clark
South Street
Clare
Clarks
Walt Saueegle
Perkins Praises Mediation Board At Roosevelt Era Dinner
San Francisco dispatch reports Secretan of Laner Pravi Perking lauding mediation as a stabilizing influence amid labor unrest. He compares current strike intensity to World War I disputes and urges solutions via the Inexpensive Light Want Act.
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San Francisco
Laner Pravi Perking
Ben Frenuisca
Roosevelt
New Harvester Trouble Looms in Chicago
Bruised and bandaged strikers from the International Harvester works paraded at city hall to bolster charges of police violence amid mounting labor tensions. A mass protest was planned. a return-to-work meeting with company reps could trigger a citywide picket showing estimated at 4800 of 7610 workers. Separate plants near Chicago and Rock Falls face reopening delays as the IOU government plea for defense orders collides with new union demands. Mayor Kelly convened a special hearing on police actions during a strike parade.
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Frank Payne
Optinion
Aftiddldom
Allln
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
Wile Lam B. Knudsen
Office of Production Management
Knudsen
Chicago
International Berrester
United States
Torrd
Washington
Kelly
Edward Kelly
Atrize
Wich
Otter
Rock Falls
Nazi Strafed Near Channel Light. British Planes Bomb Eastern England
London dispatch reports British air patrols over Belgium and northern France strafed Nazi airfields roads railways transports and shipping. Anti aircraft fire met the planes but most returned to base. Bombs fell on several eastern England towns with damage to houses and some casualties from a German plane crash in Norfolk.
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London
INS
Sale of 80,000 Car Tags Seen in Bexar County
Bexar County tax collector Tickison announced the sale of 80 000 license plates with windows open all day Sunday and until midnight Tuesday. By Saturday 62 071 plates had been sold, compared with 11 000 licenses sold in 1949.
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Bexar County
Dicvlaon
Machinists Block Peace Plan for Pacific Shipyards
In San Francisco on March 20, machinists tied to a peace plan aimed at covering 30,000 Pacific coast shipyard workers. The holdout group did not accept the proposal, keeping the labor action in effect.
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San Francisco
Hinsi
Vni A
Pacific Soast
A Library Defense Role Highlighted in San Antonio
In San Antonio, librarian Miss Grothaus says the public library supports national defense by supplying mechanics aviation chemistry and physics books for defense minded youths. The library has added hundreds of books on aviation and allied crafts as the national program expands military personnel needs.
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San Antonio
Mtrang
Bilas
Julia Grothaus
Corpa
Grothaus
National Defense
Antonia Arnty Nots
Murtas
French Ships at Gibraltar Port Attack or Passage Reported
Warships and large troop movements observed in Casablanca under French control with reports of convoys through the Straits of Gibraltar. Lisbon arrivals describe authorities barring disembarkation for a large passenger count linked to a Portuguese steamer. A Paris dispatch cited by the Sunday Times notes numerous French merchant vessels convoyed by naval units passing through Gibraltar.
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London
INS
Casablanca
Africa
Lisbon
Nydexu
Sunday Times
Naval AL Ls
Gloraltar
Paris
Fight Promised on 10 Pickets Order at Gary Plant
Gary march report says Frank Grider of the United Workers Organizing Committee announced the union will resist Judge Thomas W. Silck's order by dues picketing 10 at each gate of the Carnegie-Illinois steel plant in Gary.
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Gary
Ind
INBI
Frank Grider
Tatay
Thomas W. Silck
Carnegie- Umnals Steel
British drive into Eritrean harbor and Asmara area
Gairo March 20. British troops sweeping past captives near Cheyen progress toward Asmara and encirclement of Addis Ababa. Heavy casualties reported among Italian forces with bombing and machine-gunning destroying transport and fortifications. Air bombardment and infantry attack breach Italian lines while surrendering Italians flood the area. British southern forces push from Horar toward Diredawn, about 35 miles from Rome.
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Gairo
Hiltish
Captuvra Cheyen
Alreayate
Llolor
Asmara
Addis Ababa
Eritrea
Tallans
Horar
Diredawn
Rome
Bethlehem Steel and union near settlement at Cambria Plant
U S labor commissioner Arthur Reilly said Bethlehem Steel and the Steel Workers Organizing Committee are close to a four point peace plan as a basis for understanding at the Cambria Plant. James Gent and other BWOC officials indicated the proposal could satisfy both sides, but local issues and grievances from workers believed to be discriminated against remain unsettled and require company redress.
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Gent
Reilly
Strikes May Curb Illinois Coal Output
Springfield, Ill March 3 A partial stoppage of coal production in Illinois seems virtually certain after union president Ray Edmundson ordered 23,000 miners to end work at midnight March 31 as the two year contract expires. The strike follows the Illinois Coal Operators Association refusal to sign a retroactive wage scale clause. Union officials seek temporary agreements with operators.
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Springfield
Ill
Ilinois
Ray Edmundson
Minois United
Iiness Coal Operators Association
Sirens For Gas Attack Alarms Planned By Army
In Chicago a report says the U S army will issue gas attack alarms sounding like fire sirens. Illinois manufacturers say 17,000 gas alarms ordered by the war department will be built for field use and eventually 100,000 or more may be supplied. The device resembles a canteen and will be worn by a soldier.
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Chicago
U. S. Army
Tver
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Goal workers near walkout in Appalachian coal fields
In New York on March 29, soft coal operators and United Mine Workers resumed talks after a weekend caucus. A midweek shutdown looms if a new wage and hour pact is not agreed. Wages are the main sticking point with demands for a day rise and a guarantee of 200 working days.
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New York
Appalachian
United Mine Workers
U S Conciliator Sent to Parley in Coal Talks
Secretary of Labor Frances Pergins sent Director of Conciliator Joh R Steelman to New York to report on progress in contract negotiations between United Mine Workers and bituminous coal operators. The two year agreement in the bituminous industry expires at midnight Monday.
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Washington
INS
Frances Pergins
Joh R. Steelman
New York
Unite
Union Votes To Continue Allis Chalmers Strike In Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE March 29 INS Despite government pressure to end the Allis Chalmers strike the United Auto Workers voted to continue the walkout that has halted millions of dollars in defense orders since January 22 The union rejected returning to work unless the company accepted a GM settlement The plant gates remained open for workers as hundreds of police and sheriffs deputies monitored the scene The company reported 2048 production workers entered the plant with machines humming and no disorder ensued The vote comes as production resumes in part and the union plans to issue a statement later from President Harold Christoffer
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Milwaukee
INS
Ale Chalmers
United Auto Workers Union
Harold Christoffer Prowlaca
Igeer
Sher Ws
Chvlatuffe
Untitled notice about payments and bonded accounts
Fragmented text appears to describe payment services and bonded accounts with references to locations and a money change service. The readable phrases suggest out-of-town accounts, checks, and a payment service in a city block setting, but details are unclear. Entities include BONDED and a street address, yet without full context.
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H.O.L.C
St. Mary
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Milwaukee Pant and International Harvester Company
William Green
Muanehilé
Vanadium Corporation of America
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THO
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