House Plans To Rush Ship Measure
Washington records show House committees cleared the way for final action on a sweeping revision of neutrality laws. The plan would permit the government to arm American merchant ships and direct them into combat zones and belligerent ports amid intense debate on labor and war readiness. The House previously voted to repeal the prohibition on ship arming, with Senate support moving toward final revision.
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Washington
House &Co
Cox
United States
Slaughter House
Congress
Rayburn
McCormick
Massachusetts
Senate
Medical Meet Set in Houston
Houston program outlines the tenth annual Graduate Medical Assembly of South Texas on December 24. Eighteen medical celebrities from around the world will deliver eighty lectures, using motion pictures in many talks. Speakers include Dr. Rulla E. Byer of Washington, D. C. Dr. Arshay W. Allen of Harvard Medical School and Dr. Rus Bell L. Cech of Cornell University.
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Graduate Medical Assembly of
South Texas
Rulla E. Byer
Washington, D. G
Arsthay W. Allen
Harvard Medical School
Boston
Mass
Rus Bell L. Cech
Cornell University
Ford Plant Idle Workers Return After Wage Disputes
Nearly 25,000 employees at Ford Motor Tulver Rouge Plant returned to work after two wage disputes paused output. Separate clashes closed pressed steel division and fiat assembly, affecting 20,000 workers and 30,25 in other units. Small groups had quit previously. union demands and wage rates were not disclosed.
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Detroit
Noy
Ford Motor Company
Tulver Rouge
Fiat Assembly Inc
Piles Relieved At Home Doctor Johnson Promotes Cure
A 1924 Kansas City notice touts a home treatment for piles by Dr. Johnson, a long-time rectal specialist. It claims a mild, painless, inexpensive method with medicines prescribed by his clinic and invites readers to request free information.
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Matin St
Kansas City
de. Johnson
Johnson
Dr. Johnson
Hospital Delay Costs Bexar County Taxpayers Big Sum
A 1940 report outlines how Bexar County Commissioners delayed tuberculosis hospital construction, costing at least 100000 in higher future costs. The piece accuses officials including County Judge Charles W. Anderson of breaking pre election promises and details disputes over taxes, bonds, and federal grants amid a broader critique of local politics and delayed health measures.
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Bexar County
Lisberautosis Hospital
Charles W. Anderson
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Dor
Judge Anderson
Southton
County Commissioners Court
Bexar County Medical Society
Federal Governemente
WPA
Bexar
Commissioners Court
Joe
Sheldon
Fense
League
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Honda
Atorney John Shack
Texas
Cooler Cools Off Asbestos Editor Faces Primary
In Newburyport Massachusetts area politics, former mayor Gillis and rival Bossy Gillin, jailed for a nine month term, confront a five man non partisan primary. Roblynn sits out. Gillis’ wife Louise campaigns door to door while others include Jon Kellheher Clarence Pog Warren Qurrier and Moses Wright in a crowded field.
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Acton
Flory Andrew J. “Rosey” Gillin
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Newburxport
Bass
Gillis
Louise
James F. Carens
Jon M. Kelleher
Clarence, LE. Pog
Warren 8. Qurrier
Secaraties
Moses E. “Teo Wright
Canadian C.1.0 Poll Is Ordered at Ford Windsor
Windsor Ontario November 10 Labor Minister Normhin A Mc Larty announced Canadian employees at Ford Motor Company would vote in a government conducted election to decide representation by the United Automobile Workers C IO The Windsor union hub, after being denied recognition by Ford Windsor, pressed Detroit to lift its axle embargo on parts for the Windsor plant in retaliation Ford Canada refused bargaining rights to the Whalsor Levi The Windsor plant employs about 16500 workers.
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Normhin A. McLarty
Ford Moor Company
United Automobile Workers CO. TI. O
Ford Windsor
Detroit
Sanadlan
Nandio
Marant
Ford Motor Company of Canada
Whalsor
Levi
Vets' Chief Heads to Coast Meet From Memphis
Tutus Howell, 95, national commander of the United Confederate Veterans, boards a plane in Memphis for Los Angeles with Mrs Howell. They plan to attend the national convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in Los Angeles.
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Tenn
Tutus Howell
Bristol
United Confederate Veterans
Los Angeles
Mra
Howell
Unite Daughters of the Confederacy
Union Back to Work Plea From F D R Amid Strikes
President Roosevelt called on striking workers including those at Railway Express and General Motors to return to work while mediation boards weigh union recognition demands. The period saw 160 Linden New Jersey GM workers facing shortages and a 4000-strong walkout linked to C I O rent seekers. Defense and OPM data hint at tighter limits on strikes during wartime and Hillman urged no disruption to defense needs.
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General Motors Assembly
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United Automobile Workers
Ale University
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Office of Production Management
Defense
New York
Sidney Hillman
OPM
U S Blacklists 653 More Axis Firms
The State Department added 953 names to a blacklist of U S entities aiding Germany or Italy and announced yesterday the total rises to 1623 with 9 previously listed homes removed. The list bars shipments of items requiring a government license without it.
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State Department
Bf Gal
America
Germany
Thaly
Largest Call For Trainees Charts Texas Draft Need
In Austin on November 10, state selective service headquarters announced a record requisition for 0746 men to report for army examinations. J Watt Page said 915 white men would travel to examination stations between November 14 and December 19, with likely induction around January 1. From December 18 to 22, 1820 Negro men will be sent to stations and, if accepted, inducted early January.
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Selective Service
Langest
Extective Service
J. Watt
Army
U S Trucks Aid Desert Soldiers In North Africa
U S and British forces in Western Desert rely on ten ton six wheel American trucks with cooling and ice water to deliver fresh meat vegetables and canned foods to forward dumps. Supplies include clothing toiletries and matches as water remains scarce. A catering officer and water engineers coordinate daily needs as road crews keep routes open amid ongoing fighting.
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Worth Africa
Delver
Britich Domuelles
England
Alexandra
Famatin Conte
Rena Hotels
Rail Strike Plans Made in Chicago
Chicago officials of the five railway brotherhoods announced plans for a nationwide strike in early December to push wage demands. Printed instructions for conduct were issued as high officers warned only presidential intervention could avert a walkout, with December 5 as the earliest possible onset.
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