Labor News Cheerful as Strikes End
The Associated Press notes Memorial Day closures but reports steps to end industrial walkouts. Packard plant in Ohio offers wage increases and bonuses. CIO units agree on a mutual contract. Price administrator Leon Henderson warns against unjustified wage hikes, while unions push for uniform scales in coal and other sectors. Roosevelt’s labor peace message aids settlements at Hill Field and beyond.
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Associated Press
Packard Motor Car
Ae Ony Med
Vendeans
Detroit
Pennell
Nashville. Tenn. A. F. of L. Building Trades Unions
Packard
C. I. O. United Auveons
AOU of
Car Company
OL Ky
Il Sanards
National Defense Medi Board
Pacific Coast
Lump
DSI
Roosevel
Unitel Southern Appalachian
ST A
Southern
Inistry
uUsSig
Leon Henderson
Office of Production Management
Secretary of Labor
Roosevelt
A. F. of L. Electricians
Hi Field
Army
Salt Lake City
Hill Field
Greenland Bases as Potential North Atlantic Shield
Washington reports Greenland could serve as a strategic outpost for defense against Nazi pressure. Officials note bases would aid Britain by protecting Arctic convoys and extending U S patrols into the North Atlantic. Plans remain restricted with data considered sensitive military information.
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Est
aAksel Svane
Greenland
Torces Nausiman
Bilesana Hood
Cay
Canada
United States
Denmark
Sap
Britain
Gréenland
Iceland
Gerimann
Labrador
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Hasi
Maine
North Atlantic
Wa Hemisphere
Royal Air Force
State
War
Navy Departments
No 1 Nazi In U S Held after Tullis isie
The report details the arrest of Kurt Rieth a Belgian born German minister to Austria who entered the United States claiming private business but was found in violation of immigration laws. He arrived in 1928 and later traveled to South America before returning to the United States. He is charged with immigration act violations false statements and a fraudulent non immigrant visa.
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New York
Dollfuss
Island
Kurt Heinrich Reith
Austria
Wal- Astoria
United
Rieth
Eulage
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Rio de Janeiro
South America
United States
Brownsville
Tex
New York Herald-Tribune
Europe
Department of Justice
Strikes Suppress Nation Workers In April Reports
Secretary Perkins said April strikes affected about 500000 workers, totaling 7800000 man days idle, with 360 new strikes and 367 disputes adjusted by the Labor Department. Coal stoppage dominated the numbers, driving two thirds of workers and over three quarters of idleness. Mississippi notes mention bottled corn distilleries, mash, and federal confiscations during the week.
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Nation
Washington
Perkins
Labor Department
Conciliation Service
Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Yhaatlon
Jurors Deadlock Over Davis and Kaufman Trial
Philadelphia jury failed to reach a verdict after 11 jurors deliberated nearly seven hours on 10 day trial alleging justice was sold by retired U S Circuit Judge J J Warren Davis and former Bankruptcy Referee Morgan S Kaufman in cases involving William Fox. Prosecutor sought a second trial within two weeks but the judge delayed action and aimed for early July.
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Philadelphia
U. S
Warren Davis
Morgan S. Kaufman
Davis
William Fox
Walter H. Gahagan, Jr
Robert N. Pollard
Cabrne
Roosevelt forms U S Office of Transportation
Washington May 30 The President ordered creation of an Office of Transportation dissolving the National Defense Advisory Commission, with Ralph Budd to head the railroad division and a plan for private railroads under non governmental control. The Defense Commission ends as its final function is removed.
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Washington
Roosevelt Tadlly
Office of Transportation
National Defense Advisory Commission
Commission
Office For Emergency Management
Office For
Ralph Budd
Burlington Railroad and Transportation
Defense Commission
Osclup
Budd
White House
Memorial
R Roosevelt
Sidney Hillman
Vanderlip Named Regional Defense Housing Coordinator
Frank A. Vanderlip Jr is appointed regional defense housing coordinator for New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland the District of Columbia Virgin Islands Cuba Puerto Rico Cuba and the Canal Zone. He succeeds Frank Ta will Evans who will receive special assignments in the defense housing offices.
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F. A. Vanderlip, Jr
Washington
Frank A. Vanderlip, Jr
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia
Virgin Islands
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Canal Zone
Vanderlip
Public Buildings
Frank Bennett
Defense
Germans Bombard Allied Lines at Vardar and Hilindir
Twenty five years ago on May 30 1916 German forces bombarded Allied positions at Vardar and Hilindir in Serbia. The attack drew troops away from other fronts to reinforce Verdun, shaping the broader war effort.
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Flanders
Britain
Vardar
Hilindir
Serbia
Verdun
Alabama iron makers push to add one million tons annually
Alabama iron makers launch a major expansion to add about 1 000 000 tons per year, completing within 12 months. The plan includes new furnaces, rehab of an old furnace, and modernization of existing ones to raise district output and supply raw material for a new 140 inch plate mill at Fairfield.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Iron Makers
Alabama Steel
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Peaerone Company
U. S. Steel
Southern
Fairfield
Holt
Republic Steel Corporation
Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Company
Woodward Iron Company
New Orleans
Pascagoula
Miss
Mobile
Chickasaw
Tampa
Fla
Witherill's Sale Adds Third Floor Items
Main floor values and 88c lots plus silk cases formerly 16c each, add lot formerly 59c. Witherill's third floor.
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Witherill
Cotton Dresses on Sale at Deep Discounts
Readable OCR lists pastel rayon and cotton dresses at low prices. Neckline frocks and 60 rayon dresses priced to 3.95 with 40 rayon and cotton dresses at 1.99.9 in odd lots and broken sizes.
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Here
Coast Guard
Wree
Melvin Davis
Kokadjo
Boy Scouts
Nemo
Defense Advisory Commission
William S. Knudsen
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
OPM
Knudsen
Hill
Man
Stettinius
New Price
Harriett Elliott
Office of
Price Administration
Civilian Supply
Henderson
Miss Elliott
Agriculture Section
Agriculture Department
Chester C. Davis
Agriculture
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Tron
Alabama
Ava Aomt
Bar Harbor
Axminster Rugs
Cannister
Mininem
AAA
Syracuse
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