Parley Today May Prevent Arms Strike
Dissatisfied smokeless powder workers and their employers agreed to resume contract negotiations today at the Western Cartridge Company plant in Alton Illinois. The National Defense Mediation Board approved resuming bargaining amid a strike threat.
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Alton, IL
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National Defense Mediation Board
War Department
Office of Production Management
Douglas Brown
Princeton University
OPM
A.F.L. Chemical Workers Union
Mediation Board
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St. Louis
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United Mine Workers
New York
San Francisco
California
Nevada
A. F. of L. Culinary and Bartenders
Los Angeles
Fresno
Reno
Farm Bureau Realty Declared Tax Exempt in Albany
The state tax ruling states real property owned by qualified home or farm bureaus is exempt from real property taxation. The bureaus cooperate with Cornell University in agricultural and home economics demonstration and education work. Bennett said they are formed for the mental improvement of men and women and for educational purposes.
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Farm Bureau Realty
Albany
John J. Bennett, Jr
Cornell University
Bennett
RAF Blasts Nazi Bases and Bombs Hit English Coast
The RAF conducted wide night raids against German bases and bombed the French coast after nightfall. Southampton suffered heavy damage to the business district amid a major night raid. other southern towns were bombed and nine Allied planes reported missing.
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England
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Nazis Say British Raid Killed Civilians
Berlin reports that British Royal Air Force raids on western Germany last night killed and wounded civilians and damaged Cologne and Muenster primarily in residential areas. The German High Command said the raids, along with daylight attacks on the Nazi coast, cost Britain 28 aircraft with two German losses.
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Germany
Cologne
Muenster
High Command
Willkie Campaign Buttons Sell at Timber Carnival
Albany Oregon on July 8 five hundred Wendell Willkie campaign buttons sold for 25 cents each. Admission buttons for the Central Willamette Timber Carnival sold out on opening day, with the pins used as substitutes.
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Albany
Ore
Wendell Willkie
Los Angeles couple blocked from Lititz candle pageant by rain
Mr and Mrs Fred Gable from Los Angeles traveled 3000 miles to witness an independence day candle lighting in Lititz PA but rain postponed the celebration. The event now planned for Saturday cannot keep the Gables in town.
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Lancaster
Fred Gable
Lititz
Gable
Los Angeles
Youths coast to Sapulpa after detour in Nebraska
Billy Yeager 16 with sister Edith 18 and friend Leonard Dart 16 traveled through Nebraska while en route to Oklahoma. Realizing the error they steered the 1928 auto onto the right path and reached Sapulpa Oklahoma, spending only five dollars.
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Auto Corrigan
Kansas City
Billy Yeager
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Billy
Edith
Leonard Dart
Sapulpa
Okla
India as a focal point in wartime strategy
The piece argues that Royal Allied forces should pressure on Continental fronts while highlighting India’s strategic rise. It notes India as a major imperial hub, a growing war economy, and potential base for Russia supplies via Iran and the Persian Gulf. It cites Gen. Sewell on railway routes and India’s army of over half a million, set to reach a million.
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Persian Gulf
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Turkestan
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Controversy over extending service and hemisphere restriction
Debates rose as Congress weighs bills to defer men over 28 and extend Selective Service terms beyond a year while removing Western Hemisphere limits. General Marshall urged quick removal of restrictions. House leaders split with McCormack opposing and Faddis backing the moves amid Iceland occupation talks. The measure would empower the President to take over and protect struck plants but not run them.
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Massachusetts
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Women cabbies sought in Brooklyn ad during draft boom
A Brooklyn cab company advertised for women drivers citing a driver shortage due to expanding defense industries and the draft. The notice appeared in New York on July 8, with emphasis on recruiting women for taxicab service.
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