Strikes Idle 18500 At Detroit and Across Defense Plants
Strikes idle 18500 at National Automotive Fibres in Detroit and a Wickes Boiler plant in Saginaw. Other plants face impact unless CIO Auto Workers and company settle, with Defense Mediation Board meeting today. Electric Boat and Brass Co. defend wage gains. Navy guards at Ambler plant. Charlestown power plant workers return pending talks.
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Washington, D. C
Chrysler Orporation
National Automotive Fibres, Inc
Detroit
James F. Dewey
CIO Auto
CIO
Wickes Boiler Company
Viant
Saginaw
Mich
APE
Sealed Power Corporation
Muskegon
AFL
Connecticut
American Brass Company
Electric Boat Company
Brass Company
Waterbury
Ansonia
Torrington
Kenosha, Wis
Keashey and Mattison Company
Ambler
Charlestown
Ind
War Department
Shooting orders debate in capital over Iceland occupation
The capital discusses whether the Atlantic fleet had orders to open fire to protect U S communication lines as President Roosevelt eyes new defense requests. Churchill and Wheeler clash over Iceland occupation claims while Willkie pushes for bases in Scotland and Ireland.
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Washington
United States
Iceland
Seagre Naval Committee
Ua.s
Atlantic
Wendell L. Willkie
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Capitol Hill
Wheeler
Dmont
Britain
Winston Churchill
Knox
Roosevelt
U. S
Mr. Roosevelt
Congress
Teeland
Dave
White House
D-Mont
Churchill
Inox
Atlantic Patrol
Willkie
Troopers Move In To Quell Eastern Pa Coal Riot
State troopers from Pennsylvania moved into eastern coal country to quell a riot by independent miners protesting surface stripping with power shovels. Clashes left 13 wounded and 20 hurt as authorities sought order amid mass meetings and protests on Good Spring Mountain near Donaldson.
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Pottsville
Pennsylvania
Arthur B. James
Commonwealth
John H. Dent
Good Spring Mountain
Here
Kruschen Salts advertised as fat-loss aid for women
Classified pitch touts Kruschen Salts as a fat busting remedy for women with promises of rapid weight loss in three weeks. It claims energy gains, clearer skin, and brighter eyes, urging daily morning use and dietary cuts while noting wide drugstore availability and a money back guarantee.
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America
Geiger
Rands
Cumberland Considers Conduit Plan for Flood Control
Cumberland Maryland July 10. The General City Flood Control committee urged developing a conduit plan for flood control in Cumberland. The proposal involves carrying Wills Creek waters through multiple pressure conduits under a covering boulevard with a total cost about 7.25 million dollars and a local share of 625 thousand. The federal government would fund 6.625 million.
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Cumberland
General City Flood Control Committee
Wills Creek
Youth Killed in Baltimore Scooter Accident
Lee Ford six was killed when his new scooter darted under a moving truck. Witnesses said an ice truck dragged the boy several feet after he ran into it while around a turn.
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Baltimore
Lee Ford
How Men Numbered For Draft Selection Explained
William A. Tobias outlines the method for assigning sequence numbers to 21 year old registrants. Board No 2 uses a base 1148 with an added sequence of 18 to yield S-1161 for the first new draftee, then continues after the original numbers. The system blends old and new registrants by a calculated sequence to determine order of call.
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William A. Tobias
Board No. 2
Thatigure
Children Can Buy Defense Savings Bonds
Many American children routinely buy Defense Savings Stamps and exchange them for Bonds. A minor may own a Defense Savings Bond, and parents often register Bonds in their children's names for future educational needs. To purchase, visit a post office or bank or write to the Treasurer of the United States in Washington DC.
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Defense Savings
Nationa
United States
Washington, D. C
Local registers assign order numbers by national lottery
The procedure repeats the October 1940 method where for each new name 13 local numbers are checked against a master list in Washington. Local boards cross off unused serials on the second master list and assign order numbers only to registrants in their areas.
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Washington
Lieutenant Leer Accepts Reserve Corps Appointment
War Department reports Kenneth Albert Leer a second lieutenant in the Quartermaster Reserves has accepted an appointment in the Officers' Reserve Corps. Leer resides at 2033 Virginia Avenue in Hagerstown.
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Washington
The
War Department
Kenneth Albert Leer
Leutenant Quartermaster Reserves
Virginia Avenue
Hagerstown
Seek to Settle Boundary Fight
Washington reports renewed efforts by the United States Argentina and Brazil to resolve the Peru Ecuador boundary dispute. Sumner Welles announced a joint proposal for a no man s land 30 kilometers deep along the border with military withdrawal and prohibition of war planes.
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Washington
United States
Argentina
Brazil
Peru
Ecuador
Sumner Welles
Heuador
No Man’s Land
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Colleen
Naomi
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ELGIN
Tsevel
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Navy
Ireland
Selective Service
8. M. Robinson
Naval Bureau of Ships
Senate
West Frienklin Street
Draft Board Official Outlines
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Nan
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Colgate Dental
Colgate
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Voplrane Pa
Aitings
Fe Tani
Hagerstown Gas Co
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