Ford Plastic Auto Cheered At Michigan Festival
Dearborn, August 14. Henry Ford displayed a plastic automobile at the town festival. The car has a metal frame, motor and wheels with a cream colored Coach. Robert Allen Boyer, Ford’s chemist, announced the car is lighter tougher and more economical. Production may be months or years away.
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Ford Plastic Auto
Dearborn
Mich
Henry Ford
Ford
Field
Robert Allen Boyer
Boyer
Robert A. Boyer
Ford Plastics Developments
Fire Chief Douses His First Blaze With Tea Kettle
Superior Arizona on August 14 reports Fire Chief Bat Guys confronted his first blaze in a tourist cabin. He traced the smoke to a burning mattress and used a teakettle of water to revive a victim with artificial respiration. Plymouth Indiana August 14 note appears in copy.
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Superior
Ariz
Bat Guys
Farmer Ellis Injured When Horses Bolt in Sale Attempt
Russell Ellis hitched a team of young horses to a wagon to display them for a prospective buyer. The horses bolted throwing him off and breaking his left wrist, ending any sale.
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Russell Ellis
Ellis
Granddaughter and grandson born to Langfeldt families
Mrs. Golden Crouch bore a grandson and later that day Mrs. Joseph A. Dinovo presented the Langfeldts with a granddaughter in the same household.
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Golden Crouch
Joseph A. Dinovo
Langfeldts
Ankara notes Britain and Soviet pledges on Dardanelles
Turkey welcomed Britain and Soviet assurances they have no designs on the Dardanelles and would aid Turkey if attacked by a European power. Ankara radio said Turkey seeks peace and will consider the assurances, with political circles hoping Britain and Russia move to continue Trans‑Persia.
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Turkey
Britain
Istanbul
Ankara
Russia
Dardanelles
Balkans
Fear Strike In Aluminum Pay Dispute
Labor leaders threaten a 20,000 worker strike at five Alcoa plants to press for elimination of north south wage differentials. Government interventions loom as 23,400 idle workers and 30 production stoppages alarm war officials. Alcoa cites recent 10 cent wage hikes and regional pay variations.
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Associated Press
Telephone and
Aluminum Industries
National Defense
C. I. O. Aluminum Workers Union
Perkins
Aluminum Company of America
Alcoa
Badin
N. C
Tenn
New Kensington
Detroit
Mich
Edgeswater
N. J
Bell System Labor Strikes Reach Across Departments
The piece details ongoing labor disputes across multiple sectors including Bell system installation staff threatened by a possible full system strike, Western Electric contract talks stalling, and wage demands by the Association of Equipment Workers. It also notes local strikes at Curtis-Wright propeller plant, a Teamsters investigation in White Plains, and Navy yard wage disputes tied to broader C I O actions and railroad wage talks in Chicago.
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Association of Equipment Workers
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Western Electric Company, Inc
Bell System
Western Electric
Cadwell
N. J
A. F. of L. Machinists Union
Curtis-Wright Corporation
Lodge 703
International Association of Machinists
National Defense ‘Mediation Board
Washington
A. F. of L
White Plains
International ‘Teamsters’ Union Ca.fl of L
Supreme Court
Navy
Knox
L. H. ‘Korndorff
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Kearny
National Defense Mediation Board
Charles Edison
New Jersey
Pensacola
Fla
Naval Air Station
Ellyson Field
A. F
Chicago
Railway Mediation Board
Parrot in Seattle Prompts Panic Then Flight
Cries of Help! Take me home! warned Mrs. Bessie Kelly as a poll parrot escaped. The bird flew off before a man with a net arrived, leaving onlookers startled in Seattle. In Omaha a Langfeldt couple celebrated two newborn granddaughters in quick succession, with daughter No. 3 arriving days later.
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Seattle
Wash
Bessie Kelly
Omaha
Nev
A. A. Langfeldt
William A. Jewell
Armand Allard
Police curb juvenile drinking with nightly tavern checks
In Clinton Iowa on August 14 Police use a system to curb juvenile drinking. A squad visits taverns each night, lists underage patrons and their drinks, and reports to parents the next day. Chief Martin Duffy says the program is working swell.
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Clinton
Martin Duffy
Ferguson Accused of Lifting Bronze City Hall Rail
Philadelphia police report 40 year old George Ferguson, a 127 pound Black man, allegedly lifted a 600 pound section of bronze railing from City Hall. He claimed he had not stolen the piece.
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Philadelphia
Harry S. McDevitt
Celeve
George Fergutron
City Hall
Ferguson
Schools in Manow Area Delayed Opening For War Mobilization
The Louisiana State Education Department, urged by headquarters, asks Manow area schools to postpone opening from two weeks to a month due to war mobilization. John M. Foote notes safety concerns for students and school buses amid troop convoys and crowded routes as about 500000 people expected to participate in the war.
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Manow
Baton Rouge
Louisiana State Educati Partment
Louisiana Armeuvers
Hi State
John M. Foote
Ilon
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