War Secretary Took Over At 72?.M.Monday
President Roosevelt ordered government seizure of the railroads to avert a threatened strike by three unions. At 7 p.m. eastern war time, the War Department took temporary control, with Lieut. Gen. Somervell and Major General Gross directing operations. Martin W. Clement of Pennsylvania Railroad advised the army. Roosevelt cited the need to keep supply lines open for troops and war materials, announcing wage adjustments and pending arbitration decisions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Secretary of War
Brehon B. Somervell
Army Services
Stimson
C. P. Gross
Army
Martin W. Clement
Pennsylvania Railroad
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Railways
United States
Fred M. Vinson
Griffith And Hare Hurt In Auto Wreck
Assemblyman Fred P. Hare Jr and Prof. William E. Griffith principals of Somerset High School were injured when their car collided with a skid and guard rail on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Griffith’s daughter Mary Alice Griffith also sustained injuries. They were treated at Timmons Hospital Bedford and later released. Fred Hare Sr. remained in Community Hospital after a mine accident.
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Fred P. Hare, Jr
William E. Griffith
Somerset High School
Mary Alice
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Timmons Hospital
Bedford
Hare
Griffith
Miss Griffith
PSEA
PIAA
Brown University
Providence
R. I
West Main Street
Fred Hare
Assembleman
150000 Steel Workers Out In Pennsylvania New York
Pittsburgh report shows about 150000 steel workers idle after contract expirations across 214 plants. In Pennsylvania about 40000 idle in over 60 plants, with Blaw-Knox Crucible Elliott Babcock Wilson and Oliver Iron among key firms. New York has 700 idle in Republic Steel plants at Buffalo and Troy.
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Pittsburgh
Cio-United Steelworkers of America
Pennsylvania
New York
Blaw-Knox Co
Crucible Steel
Elliott Co
Babcock & Wilson
Oliver Iron & Steel
Republic Steel
Buffalo and
Troy
Draft request to reclassify steel workers faced by Johnson
Rep Jed Johnson urges President Roosevelt to reclassify steel workers who refuse to return to work immediately. He says Oklahomans are fed up with radical labor groups more interested in higher wages than winning the war and that despite a no strike pledge they have ignored the anti strike law.
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Chicksha
Okla
Roosevelt
Jed Johnson
D-Okla
Johnson
Roemer resigns as Pittsburgh Steel plans merger abandoned
Henry A. Roemer announces resignation as chairman and director of Pittsburgh Steel. He says the planned merger with Sharon Steel Corp. is abandoned and he will devote full time to Sharon Steel and its related firms Niles Rolling Mill and Mullins Manufacturing Co.
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Pittsburgh
Henry A. Roemer
Pittsburgh Steel Company
Sharon Steel Corp
Sharon Steel
Niles Rolling Mill
Mullins Manufacturing Co
Steel production slumps as steelworkers strike idles 170000
President Murray of the CIO United Steelworkers declines to answer questions on the walkout that idled about 170000 of 350000 workers as 214 plants shut after contract expirations. Production fell 18 points to 81.3 percent of capacity, with major mills including Republic, Great Lakes, Youngstown Sheet and Tube, Wheeling, Blaw-Knox, and Timken-Roller Bearing. Negotiations continue with US Steel and others for new contracts while government steps loom over potential seizure.
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Pittsburgh
Tts
America
CIO
United Steelworkers of America
Republic
Great Lakes
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Wheeling
Blaw-Knox
American Iron and Steel Institute
Phillip Murray
Steel Workers’ Union
McCormick Not To Seek Illinois Presidential Preferential Primary
Col. Robert R. McCormick editor of the Chicago Tribune says he will not be a presidential candidate in the Illinois preferential primary next spring. Ben Berve, chairman of the Republican state central committee, announced today.
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Chicago
Robert R. McCormick
The
Chicago Tribune
Illinois
Ben Berve
Republican State Central Committee
Wagner for Auditor General in 1944 primary
Harrisburg reports state Treasurer G Harold Wagner announced his candidacy on the Democratic ticket for auditor general. Primaries are set for Tuesday April 25 1944.
CIO Chief Orders Compliance With War Board Directive
Philip Murray president of the CIO United Steel Workers announced full compliance with a war labor board directive to maintain uninterrupted steel production until wage talks are settled. He urged local officials to ensure peaceful negotiations, retroactive wage adjustments, and avoided direct calls to end the strike, leaving the status ambiguous.
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
Cio-United Steel Workers of America
War Labor Board
Murray
National Labor Board
United States
National War Labor Board
CIO
Boy Crawls a Mile After Pelvis Fracture Incident
Eight year old Jackie Lee Tedford was thrown by a pet horse that shied near a passing car. The animal pinned him for over an hour, then toppled. He dragged nearly a mile to a farmhouse, crawled inside, and later reached a hospital where X rays showed a fractured pelvis. He blamed the dog and horse but said he felt brave.
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Kankakee
Ill
Jackie Lee Tedford
Jackie
Baby
Captain
Calain Homan
Homans
Navy Adopts New Pay System to Save Time and Paper
The navy announced a new pay system that will eliminate thousands of man hours of work and reduce paper consumption while ensuring sailors receive their pay on payday.
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Washington
The
Navy
Wage Board Rules Wage Increases Retroactive To Old Contracts
The war labor board voted 8 to 4 to make wage increases from upcoming negotiations between CIO Steel workers and 500 steel companies retroactive to the old contract expiration. The decision reversed a prior labor member stance from last week. Industry members dissented and will explain later.
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Washington
War Labor Board
CIO
Labor
John Brophy
Probe Coal In Philadelphia
Harrisburg dispatch reports Governor Martin announced an investigation into poor quality coal sold in Philadelphia. The administration will cooperate with law enforcement to obtain evidence and prosecute dealers and companies, citing fuel shortages and protecting the public.
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Harrisburg
Martin
Philadelphia
Oil Tank Cars Ablaze in Conway Yard
State police report 15 oil tank cars and several other cars ablaze in the Conway yards of the Pennsylvania railroad shortly after 10:15 last night. One car burned. heat could be felt two or three blocks away. No explosions. flames expected to burn for several hours. Conway lies between Rochester and Ambridge.
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Conway
Pennsylvania Railroad
Rochester
Ambridge
Cameron Ordered Into Service
Cameron secretary of the public utility commission and Wellsboro native was ordered to report for duty as a lieutenant (JG) at Quonset Point naval air training station in Rhode Island.
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Cameron
Harrisburg
Robertson C. Cameron
The
Public Utility Commission
Wellsboro
Quonset, R. I
Naval Air Training Station
U. S. Naval Service
Ike predicts Allied victory in Europe in 1944
Allied commander Eisenhower forecast complete defeat of Germany next year at his first press conference since being named supreme commander. He said the European war would end in 1944 if every man and woman from front lines to home front did their duty and he would begin immediately assembling the directing team for the assault. He praised Mediterranean progress, warned of tough fighting ahead, and compared Allied gains to 1942 milestones. In another note, a father and son, W. R. Holland and Robert Holland, were killed when their car was struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train near Burgettstown.
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Wes Gallagher
Allied
Algiers
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
Roosevelt
Ike
Marshal Foch
Mediterranean
Cairo
Malta
Burgettstown
Pennsylvania Railroad
Here
W. R. Holland
Robert
Marines Push Inland at Cape Gloucester In New Britain
American marines advancing from beachheads on Cape Gloucester New Britain breached inland jungle terrain to seize Target Hill and surrounding ridges. MacArthur said the operation tightens western New Britain control, threatens Kavieng and Rabual air routes, and strengthens command of Bismarck Sea approaches after heavy air and sea bombardment.
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New Guin
Ua Gloucester
New Britain
Douglas Mac Thur
Gua Canal
New Ireland Island
Cape Gloucester
Bergen Bay
Long Island
Vitiaz Strait
Douglas MacAthur
Stroly
William J. Dunn
CBS
Seco
McArthur
Bismarck Sea
Rabauil
Kavieng Admiralty Islands
William H.rupertus
Waington
D. C
Arawe
Gloucester
C. McDaniel
Associated Press
Russian Forces Push Toward Romania as Kiev Bulge Expands
Russian armies drive deep toward the Romanian frontier near the Dieper river elbow, threatening to trap German forces. In White Russia the First Baltic army nears Vitebsk, seizing rail segments and pushing within miles of the city as gains unfold around Zhitomir Berdichev and Kazatin.
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London
Russia
Ukraine
Warsaw-Odessa
Dieper River
Moscow
Berlin
Kiev
Zhitomir
Berdichev
Kazatin
White Russia
Russian First Baltic Army
Vitebsk
Russian Monitor
Polotsk
Ivan C. Bagramian
Orsha
Nikolai F. Vatutin
Andrushevka
Leningrad-Odessa
Somerset Weather Report From David Grove Observer
Daily weather summary for Somerset over 24 hours from 5 30 p m Sunday to 5 30 p m Monday with maximum and minimum temperatures and precipitation figures. Weather observer identified as U Weather Observer David Grove.
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Somerset
David Grove
U. Weather Observer
Weather forecast for Eastern Pennsylvania Maryland and nearby
Eastern Pennsylvania sees cloudy, colder conditions with snow flurries west and Tuesday’s snow onset, light snow starting Tuesday night and continuing Wednesday. Maryland remains cloudy with rain and colder night and Wednesday. Western Pennsylvania experiences cloudy, colder weather with snow flurries to Wednesday then light snow and continuing cold. West Virginia stays cloudy and cool with rain spreading from the west and portions Tuesday, rain Tuesday night turning to snow by Wednesday.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
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Interstate Commerce Committee
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Utah
Rep. Ramspeck
D-Ga
House Labor Committee
Mary Alice Griffith
LOOK
Somerset American
Pennsylvania Electric Co
WLB
Sain
John L. Lewis
William H. Davis
National Supply Company
Smith-Connally
Thomas White
Union
Youngstown
Ohio
Phil Murray
United States Steel Corporation
Big Steel
Grey’s Restaurant
Brophy
Probe Coal
Marines
New Britai
Italy
International Soundnk
GUA Alcanal
Rumania
James M. Long
U S. Weather Bureau
A Seenesenees
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