TEAMWORK IS WINNING WAR AT LABOR TALKS
At the AFL convention in Toronto President Roosevelt praised American workers output as splendid. William Green of the AFL urged cooperation between management and labor as essential to the war effort, noting joint action and minimizing government intervention. Green described ongoing Washington meetings among business and labor leaders to seek areas of agreement and avoid federal takeover.
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Toronto
Roosevelt
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Washington
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
National Association of, Manufacturers
C.I.0
ATL
AFL
Workers of America
President rebukes attacks on unions and war mood during AFL speech
The President denounces officials who claimed the nation was losing the war and argues unions remain essential. Green, delivering extemporaneous remarks at the convention, credits U S production gains post Pearl Harbor and says victory on the home front precedes any front-line success. He cites Allied and Axis production contrasts and warns against dismissing unions or underestimating domestic strength.
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Hitler
United States
Meade
Green
Hat
United States of America
Pearl Harbor
AFL
Ralph A Hand
U.S Navy
Eel
Suen
Fords
Deci Dork
Noreel
Toronto
Eri
Record Job Placements Hit Heavy Monthly High
The local United States employment office reported the heaviest monthly job placement on record with 1,237 placements in September. Among these, 325 were farm placements where workers moved between farms after fixed periods, each transfer counted as a placement. STL industrial placements totaled 144 through other offices as workers were brought in for available jobs.
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United States
Iil
Dim-Out Rules To Soon Be Announced
Dim-Out rules to cover mutordoor electric signs and displays including Christmas lighting. Eastern Defense Command staff prepare regulations under Major General Milton A. Reckord to require devices that throw light downward to reduce sky visibility. Present rules effective in December allowed visible Christmas lighting as usual.
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Baltimore
Eastern Defense Command
New York City
Milton A. Reckord
Third Service Command
Ares
Demands for a sales tax renewed in tax debate
The debate on a sales tax resumes with estimates that a 19 percent rate could raise 35.9 billion dollars. Senators Johnson Capper and Morgenthal discuss tax limits, compulsory savings ideas, and a joint study of savings proposals. The wartime committee also backs changes to excess profits taxes and a 5 percent victory levy to cushion postwar economic conversion.
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Clerk
D-Mo
Johnson
D-Cole
Consail
D-Tex
Morgenthal
Capper
R-Han
George
Morgenthat
Brown
D-Mich
Collanttes
House
Coximittea Uaid
4 H Steers and Pigs Judging at Four States Market
Washington County 4 H Club steers will be judged on Wednesday at 2 PM at Four States Livestock Market under OPA rules. Show judges include Linebach from Maryland Service and George Phillips of Armous & Co. Pig class will be judged and animals sold under price guidance.
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Washington County
Four States
OPA
Linebach
Wuyiv
Marylanisie Service
George Phillips
Gor
Armous & Co
Elected president of Planters Mutual Insurance Com
At a Saturday meeting Daniel A. Sucket tll was elected president to follow the late Grafton Downe. An executive committee consisting of Mr. Suckett J Clark Seibert and Robert H Tenney was also named.
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Planters Mutual Insurance
Daniel A. Sticketll
Grafton Downe
Mr. Suckett
J. Clark Seibert
Robert H. Tenney
Allied and Japanese actions in the Pacific theater
The report chronicles U S dive bombers and torpedo planes targeting Japanese ships with one ship left dead in the water and no American losses. Australian troops push inland near New Guinea as Allied air forces claim multiple enemy aircraft destroyed and extensions toward Kagi. Simultaneous actions include raids around the Aleutians, with Japanese seaplane losses and damage to enemy vessels, and ongoing operations around Guadalcanal with multiple air attacks and ship damages.
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U. S
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
Kagi
Owen Stanley
Dutch Harbor
Kiska
Westernmiost
Aleutians
Solomons
Guadalcanal
Rekata Bay
Navy
Marine
Army
Af Yvirw Harbor
Greenwich Islands
Arrest of Mrs Verna Sturman at Los Angeles County Jail
Police pictured Mrs Verna Sturman after arrest at the county jail in Los Angeles where officers waited for the person sending mail envelopes. They say narcotics were concealed under a trick. a hoard of opium was found in her purge.
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Verna Sturman
Los Angeles
Record Business Reported In Year
A record amount of business was reported during the fiscal year ending September 50 in the office of Register of Wills Harry New Comer. Total collateral inheritance tax collected was 48575.94 dollars, direct inheritance tax 11742.69 dollars, executors and administrators commissions 11295.24 dollars, and interest on overdue taxes 158.51 dollars.
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Office of Register of Wills
Harry Newcomer
Death inquiry into Lawrence Hanley in Baltimore
Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord said Army authorities completed a thorough investigation into the death of Lawrence Hanley 40, advertising manager of a Towson newspaper. He died last week while in an Army truck after undergoing examination for military service.
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Baltimore
Milton A. Reckord
Third Service Command
Lawrence
Hanley
Towson
Relief drive planned at Congregation Buai Abraham
Maurice Samuel and State Senator Emanuel Gorfing will speak at Congregation Buai Abraham on Wednesday October 14 to support United Jewish Appeal relief for refugees overseas needs and Palestine. A dinner precedes the meeting as part of a fundraising effort involving United Palestine Appeal Joint Distribution Committee and National Refugee Service.
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Maurice Samuel
Emanuel Gorfing
Congregation Buai Abraham
United Jewish Appeal
Palestine
M. S Grossman
United States
Roosevelt
United Nations
United Palestine Appeal
Joint Distribution Committee
National Refuges Service
Friends of Democracy
Moses S. Grossman
Cochairmen
Meyer Berkson
Maxwell Greenwald
Rabbi Ruderman
Herbert Brewer
Esther Kaplen
Nat Raskin
Helen Lyon
Louis Meyers
Aaron Ruben
Louis Grome
Harry Friedman
Norman Weiss
Nat Barkin
Lloyd Marcus
Harry Kerstein
Wm. Falk
Welter Mueller
Battle report over Rabaul and air attack details
Veterans recount air combat as Cap Subko notes bombing runs over the Rabaul airdrome under overcast conditions. Captured statements describe heavy ack ack fire, Zero encounters, and multiple pilots including Tieut Frederick Wesche, Sergt Albert Kennedy, Corp Donald Raher, and Major John Rouse engaging Japanese fighters and bringing in a fortress after a 30 minute running fight.
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Rabaul
Subko
Tieut Frederick Wesche
Roselle
Sergt Albert Kennedy
Philadelphia
Corp
Donald Raher
Indiana
Penna
Raher
Treaser
Hernald Anderson
Salt Lake City
Anderson
Zera
G. Sickinger
Columbus
Ohio
John Rouse
Rochester
Mayor LaGuardia backs Alfange in New York governor race
New York October 6 Mayor F H LaGuardia announced his support for Dean Alfange American Labor Party candidate for New York governor. The endorsement contrasts with President Roosevelt's plan to vote for Attorney General John J Bennett Jr who won the Democratic nomination from Senator James M Mead.
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New York
Roosevelt
F. H. LaGuardia
Dean Alfange
American Labor Party
Driver crushed by own truck in freak Baltimore accident
Albert Seltz of Baltimore dairy company was killed when his truck skidded around a curve and crashed through a hedge. Patrolmen M. F. Carter and Josiah Maylor reported he was thrown from the vehicle and the rear wheels passed over his body.
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Baltimore
Albert Seltz
Towson
I M. F. Carter
Josiah Maylor
Seltz
Scitz
Nazis Again Beat Back In Stalingrad Front Clash
Dispatches report fierce street fighting in Stalingrad northwest suburbs where three German divisions and 200 tanks tried to break a workers’ settlement. Russian forces contest positions along the Don and Volga front with gains and losses noted.
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Stalingrad
Don
Volga
Mozdok
Caucasus
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Voronezh
Moscow
Officials To View Air Raid Device In City Testing
City officials seek a new air raid siren device to replace faulty current horns. Ralph J. Coombs attends a municipal signalmen convention in Philadelphia, with a possible move to New York if Philadelphia cannot host the demo. The horn device, mounted atop City Hall, reportedly emits the loudest sound and rotates to reach dead spots.
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Hagerstown
Desrer
Ralph J. Coombs
Philadelphia
New York
Coombs
Sweeney
City Hall
Firemen to Demonstrate Fire Alarms in Hagerstown
The First Hose Company will stage Fire Prevention Week demonstrations today and tomorrow in Hagerstown. Attendees will learn how to trigger and respond to fire alarms, with two alarm boxes and gongs installed. A representative noted the public will be taught the alarm process and the actions after sounding, aiming to improve safety awareness.
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Firat Hose Company
Hagerstown
Tire found in Cedar Lawn garden after theft suspected
A large truck tire found by a farmer at Cedar Lawn yesterday afternoon is believed stolen. Deputy Leister Isae, who transported the tire to jail, said it appears the thief planned to retrieve it later that night.
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Cedar Lawn
Deputs Leister Isaenogle
Scrap being moved to processing at B and O yards
About 15 tons of scrap metal and rubber from a city wide house to house drive were moved yesterday to the Maryland Pipe and Metal Company yards for processing. Two county trucks from Security and Sharpsburg helped unload while a workman cut up a large tank with an acetylene torch. The official total from the drive will be released after completion. The Amur River name origin is cited as a greeting from early Russian settlers, meaning good peace.
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B. and O
Antietam Street
Summit Avenue
Maryland Pipe and Metal Company
Troy
Security
Sharpsburg
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Tas
Dai Nippon Teikoku
Japan
Harry
Myers
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