Work-or-Fight Edict Issued by Draft Board
The draft office issued a sweeping work-or-fight edict as the North American Aviation plant near Inglewood faced government action. Congress approved an amendment to deny part of a 10 billion Army appropriation to workers or employers who refuse for up to ten days to follow mediation board recommendations.
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Washington
Army
North American Aviation ‘Corporation
National Defense Mediation Board
Mediation Board
Pace
Woodrum
Dva
America
Hitler
Roosevelt
15Th Infantry
Inglewood
Calif
North American Aviation
Lewis B. Hershey
Mr. Roosevelt
John Gillie Dies. Butte to Welcome Daughters at Funeral
John Gillie 82 a Montana mining pioneer dies in Missoula St Patrick hospital. Funeral plans set as daughter Mrs Henry G S Wallace and another daughter Mrs John W Vann travel from Honolulu and await service in Butte. Gillie renowned as dean of Montana mining engineers.
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John Gillie
Montana
Henry G. S. Wallace
Butte
Honolulu
St. Patrick
Missoula
White
Gillie
Montana Mining Engineers
Beard, Boy Scout Co founder, 90, rallies from illness
Suffern New York June 9 Daniel Carter Beard 90 co founder of the Boy Scouts of America was reported to have rallied slightly from a serious illness at his home. His condition remained critical though he would be 91 on June 21.
Standard Oil executive named deputy petroleum coordinator
Ralph K. Davies vice president of the Standard Oil Company of California was appointed deputy petroleum coordinator on Monday and will serve under Secretary Ickes.
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Washington
Ralph K. Davies
Standard Oil Company of California
Ickes
Roosevelt orders Army to take over North American Aviation plant
The executive order directs the Army to operate the North American Aviation plant in Inglewood California. It cites a national emergency and a labor dispute unresolved by collective bargaining as reasons for government takeover to ensure defense production and national survival.
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Washington
Roosevelt
North American Aviation Company
Inglewood
Calif
North American Aviation, Inc
Los Angeles
National Defense Mediation Board
Roosevelt orders wartime takeover of North American Aviation plant
President Franklin D. Roosevelt issues a wartime order directing the secretary of war to take possession of and operate the North American Aviation plant to ensure production of aircraft and related materials for national defense. The arrangement includes civilian industrial relations advice and protections for workers, with termination when private operation can resume safely.
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United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States of America
Army and Navy
Secretary of War
North American Aviation, Inc
U S Factory Executives See Surging War Production
U S war industry chiefs forecast large monthly outputs including ten thousand airplane engines four hundred light tanks and two hundred forty medium tanks with swift expansion. Reporters tour defense plants in five states guided by Army and Navy officers and learn how these facilities could meet ambitious production targets.
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Cleveland
Nun
Army
Navy
Parade Opens Miners Union Day Celebration in Butte
A grand parade will open the annual Miners union day in Butte featuring eight musical groups and many union members. James Byrne, union president, will marshal. The march forms at Washington and Granite at 10 am, then travels a lengthy loop ending on Granite.
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Butte
James Byrne
Washington
Granite Streets
Granite
Montana Sets July Draft Quotas by County Totals
Helena reports 248 Montana men will be drafted between July 7 and 15. County allocations include Cascade and Lewis and Clark with multiple slots on July 7, Chouteau through Min eral on July 8, Hill through Sheridan on July 9, Stillwater to Wibaux on July 10, Silver Bow allocations on July 14, and Sweet Grass through Ravalli on July 15.
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Helena
Selective Service
Montana
Cascade No
Cascade
Lewis and Clark
Powell
Missoula
Chouteau
Liberty
Toole
Pondera
Teton
Glacier
Flathead
Lake
Lincoln
Sanders
Mineral
Hill
Blaine
Phillips
Valley
Daniels
Sheridan
Richland
Dawson
McCone
Garfield
Petroleum
Judith Basin
Stillwater
Carbon
Musselshell
Yellowstone
Treasure
Big Horn
Rosebud
Powder River
Fallon
Carter
Prairie
Wibaux
Silver Bow
Golden Valley
Sweet Grass
Meagher
Park
Broadwater
Madison
Jefferson
Beaverhead
Deer Lodge
Granite
Ravalli
Troops Crush Strike at North American Aviation Factory
Los Angeles reports the government ended a five day strike at the North American Aviation plant by sending 3,000 troops through a CIO picket line. The factory, a major maker of wartime aircraft, resumed limited production as 2,000 workers returned to jobs at the prevailing wage. Colonel Branshaw took direct control, dismissing negotiation prospects with the CIO while inviting the UAW negotiating committee for talks inside the plant. A bayonet incident injures a striker as troopers guard the gates.
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Los Angeles
North American Aviation Company
Fifteenth Infantry
Charles E. Branshaw
Army Air Corps
United States
Colonel Branson
C.I
Branshaw
England
United Auto Workers
Weather outlook for Butte and Montana regions
Butte to be partly cloudy Tuesday and Wednesday with rising temperatures. Montana region also mostly cloudy with scattered showers in the southeast Tuesday and a general rise in temperature thereafter.
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Montana
British and Free French Press Deep Into Syria and Lebanon
Allied forces push through Syria and Lebanon with deserters from Vichy forces joining. A Mediterranean advance nears Beirut within 40 miles and Damascus within about 40 miles as Iraq thrusts move toward the Syrian capital.
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Syria
Lebanon
Vichy
Associated Press
Middle East
France
Mediterranean
Palestine
Beirut
Biblical
Tyre
Damascus
Iraq
Crescent Shaped Montana Area Drenched by Rain
Rain fell in a crescent shaped Montana area with measurable amounts across several towns. Lewistown reported 0.44 inch in 12 hours, Billings 0.38, Glasgow 0.32, Havre 0.08. Malta 0.43 and Poplar 0.27 for 24 hours. Bozeman 0.08. Temperatures cooled from a 39 degree low at Butte to a 67 degree high near Kalispell and Missoula.
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Montana
Helena
Central Belt
Lewistown
Billings
Glasgow
Havre
Malta
Bozeman
Butte
Continental Divide
Kalispell
Missoula
Hope Fades for Safety of Plane
SALT LAKE CITY June 9 Hope of locating a twin motor Army bomber and its six crew members faded Monday night after two Army scouting planes returned to base in Utah after a fruitless search over Wyoming where the craft is believed missing. Ranchers in Lyman reported a low flying plane Sunday afternoon. The bomber departed Salt Lake City at 1 35 PM on a nonstop flight to Chicago. Army spokesmen cited bad visibility with heavy fog and rain hindering efforts. More planes would be sent out Tuesday if weather allows.
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Salt Lake City
Wyoming
Lyman
Chicago
Evanston
Earling to Retire as Milwaukee Railroad VP after 62 Years
H B Earling vice president and western representative of the Milwaukee road will retire June 15 after 62 years of service. He began as a telegrapher in 1879, rose through the ranks, and has served in Butte and Seattle. He plans Alaska travel with his son Roy in Fairbanks before settling in Seattle. His successor is not named.
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H. B. Earling
Milwaukee Railroad
Butte
Western
Seattle
Milwaukee Road
Earling
The
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Mobridge
D. D
Miles City
Chicago
Alaska
Roy B. Earling
United States Smelting, Mining and Refining Co
Fairbanks
Miners to Get Deferred Status in Draft
Miners in the copper industry registered for selective service will be deferred indefinitely on an individual basis, announced at draft headquarters in Helena. The ruling applies to copper workers as defense material, with each case reviewed by the board, affecting the June 16 induction call and related board meetings.
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Butte
Helena
Adrian H. Williams
Selective Service
Board No. 1
Record Set for Driving Permits In Butte On Monday
City residents streamed into the treasurer’s office as 1,021 people bought driving permits breaking the single day record. Police halted cars at streets checkpoints and made arrests as the drive continued through the week with fines of 2.50 per unpermitted driver.
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Bernard E. Holland
Butte
Jack Duggan
Duggan
Tax Structure Is Best in Years
The Montana Association of County Commissioners empowered its president Frank J. Holmes to name a five member panel to negotiate with the state on a more equitable distribution of relief grants in aid to counties. Gov Ford will discuss state reorganization at the commissioners’ meeting, with R E Towle talking on defense programs and other officials listed as speakers.
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Helena
Montana Association of County Commissioners
Frank J. Holmes
Harlowton
Sam C. Ford
R. E. Towle
Office of Production Management
Montana
John W. Bonner
Elizabeth Ireland
Carrol F. Winchester
Washington, D. C
German Sub Blamed in Robin Moor Sinking Report
A rumor received via commercial radio channels claims the American steamer Robin Moor was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the south Atlantic. The Osorio reported survivors in a lifeboat and the ship’s cargo included automobiles and steel, with officials awaiting official confirmation.
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Washington
Robin Moor
South Atlantic
Navy
Osorio
RCA
Lagos
Maritime Commission
Jefferson Caffrey
Brazil
State Department
Prince Bernhard Visits Ottawa for Short Flight to US Holiday
Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands consort to Crown Princess Juliana arrived in Ottawa, Canada, from England in a whirlwind weekend trip and departed almost immediately with his wife for a holiday in the United States.
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Ottawa
Prince Bernhard
Netherlands
Juliana
England
United States
Mining Congress luncheon sets stage for San Francisco convention
Robert D. Bradford hosted Montana program committee members at the New Finlen hotel. They outlined topics for the American Mining Congress eighth annual metal mining convention and machinery exhibition in San Francisco from September 29 to October 2. Attendance is expected to exceed 2000 at the Fairmont hotel with W. C. Browning coordinating Western division activities. National officers include Howard I. Young James Rn. Hobbins and Julian D. Conover.
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Robert D. Bradford
East Helena
American Smelting and Refining Company
New Finlen Hotel
Montana
American Mining Congress
San Francisco
Fairmont Hotel
W. C. Browning
Los Angeles
Board of Governors
Western Division
Howard I. Young
American Zinc, Lead and Smelting Company
St. Louis
James Rn. Hobbins
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
National Ution
Julian D. Conover
Washington, D. C
James W. E
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Santa Monica
Jeffrey
Fortaleza
Cape Verde Islands
Norfolk
Rio de Janeiro
New York
George Newton
A. E. Stone
Taylor
Neb
Ben Cohen
R. W. McCullough
R. N. McCullough
McCullough
H. G. Gemmell
P. C. Eccles
American Mining Congress Group
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