Quiet signs end shouts by strikers at Meyersdale factory
Quiet signs issued by Burgess Reich to protect a peaceful picket line around the Meyersdale shirt factory reduced demonstrations. About 125 workers were employed Thursday, with 51 strikers in the picket. State patrols and a deputy sheriff remained on scene. Floyd Burke, head of the Meyersdale Amalgamated Clothing Workers Association, faced a preliminary hearing on a surety of the peace charge after allegations of threats. Burke pleaded not guilty, saying he advised workers and urged not to return to work.
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Burgess J. F. Reich
Meyersdale Borough
Lve
Howard A. Baldwin
Floyd Burke
Meyersdale Amalgamated Clothing Workers Association
CIO
Burke
Squire H. S. Whipperman
Robert McCleary
Burke McCleary
Squire Whipperman
Kenneth
Elmer Stultz
Main Street
Meyersdale
Young McCleary
Iam Burke
McCleary
House Susta ins Highway Bill Veto
The House sustained President Roosevelt's veto of a 320 million defense highway bill preventing authorization of the expenditure. The roll call stood 251 to 128 against the override, missing the two thirds required. The Senate yesterday voted 57 to 19 to override and a recapitulation was ordered for the House roll call.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Senate
Rayburn
Jerome Mine Workers Strike Second Time at Jerome
Five hundred Hillman Coal & Coke miners at Jerome walked out for a second time in a week after a Thursday conference. Workers complain they must buy "bug dust" shovels previously supplied by the company. A Saturday meeting is planned as talks with officials remain deadlocked.
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Hillman Coal & Coke Corporation
Jerome
Hillman Concern
United Mine Workers
CIO Drives For Members
The CIO united automobile aircraft and agricultural implement workers voted to push to organize 1,000,000 members by 1945. At its sixth national convention the group renamed to UAW CIO while retaining initials and called for drives including 70,000 unorganized office workers.
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N. Y
CIO
United Automobile, Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers
Chicago
New York
Uaw-Cio
Colla
Navy Hints Shipyards Must Remain On Full Production
High officials warned that drastic government action could be taken to keep four East Coast shipyards in full production after CIO and AFL walkouts halted work at the Kearny New Jersey Federal Shipbuilding yard and three Bethlehem yards in Brooklyn and Staten Island. About 25 000 workers were affected as mediation and union demands for a modified union shop wage increases clashed with management.
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N. J
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Bethlehem Steel
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N. Y
CIO Industrial Union of Marine and Shipyard Worker's
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California
White House
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CIO Shipyard
Peter Flynn
AFL
Teamsters
Plum Rock
Ohio
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Timken Roller
Timken Roller Bearing Company
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Russians claim huge German losses on eastern front
Reports from Moscow say Germany has suffered over 1.5 million losses to Russia’s about 600,000 as the Red Army holds firm on battlefronts from Smolensk to the north. Russian communique calls German figures "Arabian fairy tales" and notes heavy air and tank actions, with Smolensk and Bel Tserkov areas remaining hot.
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Bel Tserkov
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RAF Pounds German Airfields in Two Daylight Bombing
The RAF bombed an airdrome near St Omer and targets near Gravelines in two daylight sweeps, costing Britain 10 fighter planes and Germany four, with no bombers lost. Overnight raids hit Mannheim Frankfurt and Karlsruhe despite snow and storms, with large fires reported.
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Frankfurt
Karlsruhe
Rhineland
Axis Plots in South America Tied to War Diversion
Diplomatic sources in Bogota link a South American surge in totalitarian actions to axis efforts to divert aid to Britain Russia and China during the European war. They cite alleged plots in Bolivia Argentina and Colombia and a propaganda drive as intended disturbances but say the plan backfired by drawing regional scrutiny and action. Colombian officials reported detentions and seized documents and urged Congress to cancel citizenship of naturalized Colombians aiding the state.
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Japan accuses United States and Britain of encircling Asia
Tokyo announces government recognizes military, political, and economic encirclement by the United States, Britain, China, and the Dutch East Indies. An official reaction echoes a Japan Times article alleging Britain aims to seize Bangkok and expand bases, while Japan denies any Thai designs and accuses Britain of masking plans to reinforce Singapore.
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Singapore
Threats Over German Expulsions In Iran Reported
NBC and CBS men in Angara Turkey said Germany would sever diplomatic ties with Iran if 2,500 German nationals are expelled. CBS Farnsworth Fowle cited Germans moving families from Iran while NBCs Martin Agronsky cited a British and Russian push for expulsion. London sources offered no confirmation of a German note or Britain’s demand.
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Nazi Report Circling Kiev Encirclement Reported
Berlin reports German radio claimed Kiev, Ukraine’s industrial hub, was encircled by German forces on the Russian front. The dispatch stated infantry reached front lines near panzer troops within striking distance, though exact circle tightness was unspecified. The high command had previously claimed a wedge to the gates of Kiev.
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Mussolini Favors Brave Heir in Fatal Bomber Crash
Bruno Musso Lini, second son of Il Duce, dies at 23 in a crash during test of a four motor bomber near Pisa. Six aboard affected. Bruno led as squadron commander amid mourning at the airport. The tragedy follows a life of daring in Ethiopia Spain and the Mediterranean theater.
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Somerset Weather Report Thwarts Odd Scrambled Text
Weather data for 24 hours ending 5 30 p m includes the 85 degree high and 44 degree low. A year ago the high was 79 and the low was 2.
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U. S. Weather Observer
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Oes
Weather Forecast for Easetra and Nearby Regions
Weather outlook shows fair conditions for Easetra and western Pennsylvania with rising temperatures Friday and Friday night. Saturday brings some cloudiness and warmer conditions. West Virginia remains fair with higher temperatures through Friday night and Saturday. Maryland area continues fair with similar warming trends.
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