Lewis Sees CIO Rift Over Labor Relations Act
In San Francisco Oct 10 John L. Lewis warned that the CIO may turn against the Wagner Act if its administration thwarts stable industrial relations. He criticized the NLRB’s handling, urging careful weighing of act benefits versus dangers to organized labor amid wartime prosperity fears and rising unemployment.
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AN Francisco
John L. Lewis
CIO
Congress of Industrial Organizations
National Labor Relations
AFL
Lewis
National Labor Relations Board
Labor leader assails board and war boom plan
In a forceful address, Lewis criticizes the APL executive council and reactionary interests, accusing the Board of favoring AFL craft claims and failing to consult unions. He warns unemployment will persist without fundamental economic reform, condemns a war boom as insufficient, and notes rumors of CIO leadership changes as the convention opens.
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APL Executive Council
Lewis
AFL
Chrysler
United States
Wse
CIO
Submarine Sighted Off Florida Coast
Navy patrols sighted a foreign submarine and two foreign tankers about twenty miles west of Key West Florida yesterday. Stephen Early said it might be the same submarine seen at Miami on Saturday. Roosevelt announced foreign subs seen off Southern Alaska last month.
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Washington
Key West
Fla
Stephen Early
Early
Miami
Roosevelt
Alaskan
Alsatian deputies arrested over autonomy advocacy
Paris reports the arrest on Monday of two Alsatian deputies Joseph Rosse and Marcel Steurmel longtime advocates of autonomy for Alsace facing Germany. Both are members of the independent Popular Action party.
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Paris
Germany
Joseph Rosse
Marcel Steurmel
Independent Popular Action Party
Fire prevention week notes home fire tolls and causes
The AP reports during Fire Prevention Week that home fires caused one third of 1938 fire damage totaling 270 million dollars. Causes include heating, matches, oily rags, cigarettes, faulty wiring, and rubbish. About 7,000 lives are lost yearly in home fires, many of them children, with vast financial ruin for affected families.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
National Fire Protection Association
Soil Conservation Means Wide Range Of Aid And Research
Explorers for the Bureau of Plant Industry seek cover plants across Asia to protect soils across the United States. They aim to use agricultural engineers for terraces and drainage, animal husbandmen for breeds, plast geneticists for germ plasm, agricultural economists for costs and profits, and sociologists for living standards related to land use.
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Bureau of Plant Industry
Asia
South
America
Africa
Australia
Europe
Carolinas
Kansas
Iowa
Arizona
Palouse
Oregon
Ter
Big Bell Raised Higher At City Hall Testing
The Big Six bell, long a night-time alarm for firefighters, was hoisted to a higher testing point above the fifth floor of the new City Hall. A City Council vote approved raising the bell about 15 feet to an enclosed observation compartment to improve sound projection, with minimal extra cost.
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Taylor and Fisher
John Q
City Hall
Burglar Trapped In Store During Remodel Lock-In
In Los Angeles on Oct 10 a transient told a police operator there is a burglar in a grocery store and that he could not escape. Officers captured him after he said he entered through a barricade in remodel. The pryed board wedged back, leaving the exit blocked and the store secured.
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Los Angeles
Soldiers die in Swiss bridge mine explosion near Rhine Canal
In Saint Gallen Switzerland two soldiers were killed when a mine under a bridge on the Rhine Canal exploded destroying the span. Swiss Army General Slam said authorities opened an investigation and I military officials investigated.
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Saint Gallen
Switzerland
Slam
Rhine Canal
Lake Constance
Irvin Calls for Unified GOP Leadership in Maryland
Baltimore Oct 10 Robert J Irwin former executive secretary to Governor Nice and freelance Republican joined the word war between Nice and Galen L Tait former Republican State Central chair Irwin said both are right in a letter urging a united party a new unsullied leadership and clean victories Nice accused Tait of wrecking the party Tait said he would back Nice for senatorial nomination if the Senate needs a jester Irvin urged leadership separate from faction after Nice defeated by Herbert R O Conn or and bade for a new party leadership
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Baltimore
Robert J. Irwin
Harry W. Nice
Janet
Republican Party
Nice
Galen L. Tait
Republican State Central Committee
Tait
Irvin
Republican
Maryland
Senate
Herbert R. O’conor
Warplanes Landed In Denmark Claimed Reported
Esbjerg Denmark Oct 10 German warplanes made forced landings in Danish waters and near the coast raising talk of large scale air operations over the North Sea. Danish anti aircraft guns fired on a German fighter over Danish territory. A two motor plane was damaged off Fanoe Island with one crewman slightly injured. Both crews were interned. A second two motor plane landed at Nymindegaard 25 miles north after running out of gas. News also notes rent cuts for the 1946 New York World's Fair and a Lost and Found tip.
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Esbjerg
Denmark
North Sea
Aabenraa
Fanoe
Here
Nymindegah
Six Hurt In Auto Crash On South Mountain
Six people were injured when cars left National highway at the top of South Mountain and crashed into a pole. Earl Leishear 28 faces charges for operating under the influence and reckless driving. Passengers include Samuel Miller 24 with a cash scalp wound, and the Michaels family from Baltimore with multiple injuries. Leishear to have hearing Wednesday evening before Magister E G Miller at Boonsboro. Also two other accident cases treated at Washington County Hospital. Meetings at Cedar Grove Mennonite church begin this evening at 7 30 through Monday October 16 with Rev C F Derstine of Kitchener Ontario slated to speak. Border patrol has intensified vigilance along the US Mexico line due to war in Europe with intensive night searches to curb smuggling.
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South Mountain
Earl Leishear
Samuel I. Miller
Block Ridge Avenue
Bobby Michael
Betty Lou Michael
Ruth Michael
Leonard Fozewick
Michaels
Baltimore
Rogewick
Akron
Ohio
Leishear
E. G. Miller
Boonsboro
Washington County Hospital
Carolyn Rudi- Shi
Eugene Rudistil
Mulberry Street
Harry Hershey
Madison Avenue
Cedar Grove Mennonite
C. F. Derstine
Kitchener
Ontario
Canada
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J. Lhone
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