Illinois Coal Operators Agree With UMW On 48-Hour Week
A contract between the United Mine Workers and Illinois coal operators provides a 48-hour week and about $3 daily rise for 35,080 workers, pending War Labor Board approval and OPA price supports. The deal includes 1.95 a day portal-to-portal pay and an eight hour day, with time and a half for extra hours. It aims to settle a long wage dispute that shut many mines. The WLB tests its subpoena powers with this agreement and may require hearings with UMW President John L. Lewis.
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Washingtin
United Mine Workers
UMW
Minvis
War Labor Board
WLB
Ilinois Coal Operators Association
OPA
WLS
John L. Lewis
WLE
Lewis
Portalio-Portal
Appalachian Coal
Appalachian
Cenral
Pennsylvania
Ilinois
Sergeant Recruitment Visit Aims Flying Cadets in Hagerstown
The United States Army Recruiting Sergeant will visit the Hagerstown Post Office Building on Friday July 23 from 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. to examine 17 to 26 year olds for Flying Cadet service. Applicants need birth certificates three letters of recommendation and must meet physical and mental standards. the revised test allows a third try after two failures.
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United States Army
Hagerstown
U. S. Army
Army
TOVARICH! KK XK The visit reshapes Soviet American ties
Eddy Gilmore reports from Moscow on July 22 that Soviet American relations appear at a high point. Russians welcome Willkie and Davies, salute U S figures, and praise Allied North Africa success as a key factor. Leaders expect a future invasion of Europe to test ties and coordinate wartime strategy.
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Eddy Gilmore
New York
Kremlin
Soviet Russia
Herbert Hoover
Joseph E. Davies
Soviet Union
William H. Standley
Moscow
Red Army
Red Navy
Red Air Force
North Africa
Hitler
Italy
France
Norway
Holland
Germany
Russia
Witeeten Ays
Sat
Newsprint Price To Jump Sept 1
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration and the Canadian Price Board announce a rise in newsprint ceilings effective September 1. Standard newsprint will be 58 dollars per ton, side-run 58, and super-standard 61.50. The increases reflect higher wood procurement costs after talks with publishers and producers in Washington and Montreal.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Canadian Price Board
Canada
Montreal
Sharpsburg Notes Include Soldiers and Canning Center
Pvt. John C. Smith finishes Ft Eustis radio operator course and earns a technical sergeant rating, now transferred to Camp Stewart Georgia. Local postings cover visits by friends and relatives, a school canning center opening with Mrs Hoover supervising, and church services at Christ Reformed.
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Sharpsburg
John C. Smith
Ft. Eustis
Camp Stewart
Peter Kreigh
Belford
Little Mill
J. W. Dorsey
Don Rohrer
Fleming Hospital
Wil Hamsport
Helen Howard
Mt. Wilson Sanitarium
R. T. Howard
Mabel Chapman
Clara E. Chapman
Washington
Virginia Chapman
Virginia Howard
Mt. Wilson
Robert C. Cronise
Pittsburgh
Ludwig Kind
New Jersey
James A. Earley
Charles Town
Hays Cronise
Canning
Milldred Hoover
Board of Education
Hoover
Theo. Whisner
Baltimore
Carl Mongan
Martinsburg
Gilbert Keesecker
Camp Swift
Texas
John F. Keesecker
Woodrow Wade
Berkeley Springs
J. C. Poffenberger
Christ Reformed Church
H. D. Chapman
Charles McGraw
Pope Appeals For Prayers For Peace
London July 22 Pope Pius XII pleads for worldwide prayers for peace after Rome bombing. In a Vatican radio broadcast he laments destruction of Rome and cites the inviolability of the city, urging authorities to protect cultural and religious heritage amid wartime devastation.
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Associated Preas
London
Vatican
Pius XII
Rome
Francesco Cardinal Marchetti-Salvaggiani
Associated Press
Pontic
San Lorenzo
Catholica
Jeremiah
Fragmentary Latin Phrase on Sacred Stones Scattered
A fragmentary line notes that the gold grows dim and the finest color fades as the stones of the sanctuary are scattered atop every street, conveying a somber image of desecration and dispersion. The source text presents an oblique, historic inscription-like statement without clear context or attribution.
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Arbidar
Arrid
Washington St
Hagerstown Bookbinding & Printing Co
Enna
Sicily
Cape
Castellorizza
Zalco
Taltanis
United States
Catania
Tovarich
Willkie
Patrick Hurley
Stalingrad
Siberia
Communist Party
Wendell Willkie
OCKEY
Shockey Furniture CO
Summit Ave
Appoin
Potomac Edison Co
R. D. McKee
Pontiff
Victors
Gela
Nisges
Baltimera
Washington Street
Victrola Records
Miner
Colgate’s
Pinkham’s
S. S
Phillips Milk
Magnesia
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