Strike Ends In Captive Coal Mines
The Associated Press reports 44,000 workers in captive coal mines across Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Kentucky will return to work after the National Defense Mediation Board recommended no work stoppage for 30 days, with a future three day written-notice rule. The move follows a week idle over united shop demands and dues disputes, and mediation will continue to seek a full settlement.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
National Defense Mediation Board
United Mine Workers
US M. W. A
International
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
San Diego
Sidney Hillman
Office of Production Management
Seafarer’s International Union
A.F. of 1
Long Island City
CGLO
Ford Instrument Company
United States Navy
San Pedro
Calif
A. F. of L
Hand & Johnson
Great Lakes Towing Company
Cleveland
Buffalo
Oilers Protective Association
U. S. Conciliation Service
A. Wolf
Dakar Reinforced As Governor Sees Big Role For Colony Forces
Pierre Boisson the French governor of Dakar told reporters the west African naval base has been reinforced for the big role colonies may play soon. He recalled the failed Free French British attempt to take Dakar and said France's armed forces are stronger now, especially in equipment, than in September 1940.
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Dakar
Vichy
France
Pierre Boisson
Daka
Boisson
Trippe Awarded Guggenheim Medal for Oceanic Air Transport
Juan T. Trippe, president of Pan American Airways, receives the Daniel Guggenheim medal for 1941 for the development and operation of oceanic air transport. Announcement was made yesterday and the medal will be presented at a January 27 dinner.
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Trippe
New York
Juan T. Trippe
Pan American Airways System
Daniel Guggenheim
Bceanic
British Pilot Flies Captured Junker With Dictionary Aid
RAF ground crew chased a German five bomber at an Egyptian airdrome. A Tasmanian wing commander, using a dictionary to study Junker controls, flew the captured plane from a Libyan frontier area on three forced landings. He suffered a facial wound, used limited water and meat, salvaged oilage, received gasoline from a naval officer on leave, and finally reached base with a companion.
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RAF
Egypt
Western Desert
Libyan
Tobruk
Engineer Prevents Disaster on Open Bridge Over Chicago River
Chicago report says a Chicago and Alton passenger engine halted nearly half its length beyond an open bridge to allow a barge to pass. The engine stopped with wheels over the edge while four sleeping cars were moved to Union Station. No injuries reported.
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Chicago
UPA
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Chicago River
St. Louis
Union Station
Nose Detects Cavalry Inspires Surprise Patrol
U S Soldier Pvt Claude Grey a Sioux from Yankton S C hailed as finest scout in the Second Army in Louisiana during war games. On patrol he warned his squad Stop and take cover I smell horses Ten minutes later cavalry troops rode past.
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Second Army
Louisiana
Claude Grey
Yankton
S. C
Grey
Hostesses To Be Eliminated On Japanese Airways Planes
Tokyo officials announce that hostesses will be removed from flights of the Japanese Airways Company to free seats on overcrowded routes.
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Tokyo
Japanese Airways Company
Former Judge Seeks Nye Arrest Over Lindbergh Endorsement
Former New York Magistrate Joseph Goldstein demanded Nye be arrested if he endorses Charles A. Lindbergh at a Brook lyn rally. He telephoned Mayor LaGuardia urging Nye’s arrest during Lindbergh's Des Moines address and said he will attend the America First event. Goldstein contends such an endorsement would incite riot and seeks a police escort for Nye at the speech.
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Nye
Lindbergh
New York
INS
Gerald P. Nye
Charles A. Lindbergh
Brooklyn
Joseph Goldstein
Goldstein
F. H. LaGuardia
Nyer
Des Moines
Roosevelt
Soviet Sailors Interned as Belligerents In Sweden
Sixty sailors from the Soviet battle fleet were interned as belligerents in Sweden after being picked up off the Stockholm archipelago by Swedish coastal units. They were captured while approaching the coast in small boats.
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Stockholm
Sweden
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