Labor Leaders Threaten Oust Brown Over Price Policy
Washington reports that William Green and Philip Murray led a labor war board to demand the removal of Price Administrator Prentiss Brown and to curb the Little Steel wage formula unless food prices are rolled back. They warned that without price cuts organized labor cannot support the wage and price stabilization program. The leaders said no deadline was set but expect a satisfactory resolution when they meet President Roosevelt again soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Upon
A. F. of L
Prentiss Brown
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Philip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Combined Labor’ S War Board
Roosevelt
Congress
Green
Brown
War Labor Board
Murray
Live Stock Liquidation Planned in New York State
New York agriculture officials discuss a voluntary liquidation program for livestock due to feed shortages. The plan, in the discussion stage, would involve partial halts of livestock and poultry as a preventive measure. Dutchess County asks OPA to raise corn prices to ease feed costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Agriculture
Earl Foster
Department
Emergency Food Commission
Poughkeepsie
Dutchess County
Arthur Shepherd
C.chester DuMond
Dewey
Columbus
DuMond
Foster
Three year old Janet Eklund burns in scalding accident
Janet Eklund of Stamford, age three, lies in Albany Hospital after a fall into a kettle of boiling water. She suffers third degree burns over half her body and requires skin grafts and six blood transfusions. Her mother, Mrs Hans Eklund, also hospitalized recovering from the grafting operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Eklund
Stamford
Albany
Hans Eklund
Gas Ration Books Expire This Sunday For Commercial Vehicles
Local rationing boards warn that current gas books for commercial vehicles expire Sunday. New TT books will take effect in the eastern seaboard after that date under a plan by OPA. ODT mileage certificates will continue to limit quarterly gasoline issuances. Original second quarter renewals extended to July 25 unless ODT orders differ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaboard
OPA
Names In the News Pronunciations Guide for Italian towns
A compact guide detailing proper English and Italian pronunciations for multiple Sicilian and southern Italian place names. It lists towns such as Augusta Agrigento Avola Catania Comiso Floridia Gela Licata Modica Noto Palazzoolo Passero Ragusa Scicli Siracusa Regio Calabria Taormina (Taormena in text) and Vizzini with phonetic prompts and accent guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agosta
Augusta
Agrigento
Avola
Catania
Sicily
Comiso
Floridia
Siracusa
Gela
Licata
Modica
Noto
Palazzolo
Passero
Cape
Ragusa
Say
Scicli
Syracuse
Reggio Calabria
Taormena
Vizzini
Union Urges 3000 Bus Drivers Back To Work In LA
Union officials ordered 3,000 striking Los Angeles Street Railway Company employees to return immediately after a War Labor Board ultimatum. Full service unlikely before 24 hour stoppage ends. Private cars and taxis filled routes as the city faced transit paralysis affecting 1,100,000 riders and key war plants. Brig Gen McQuillan said martial law was being considered to secure transport for war workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Street Railway Company
War Labor Board
Los Angeles County
Los Angeles Railway
Lockheed
North American
Douglas
Fletcher Bowron
R. W. McQuillan
Southern California
Western Defense Command
Fald Pass
North Africa
Nazis Turn Guns on Own Men at Catania Front
German troops on the Catania plain faced a British moonlit assault and killed prisoners as they retreated. Witnesses report German machine guns and shellfire striking their own troops, with the road behind them scarred by night combat and wheatfields pocked by shells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catania
Corp
Arthur Ogley
Lance Corp
Peter Freeman
Bull in car sparks blackout arrest in Los Angeles
James Brown, 48, drove through a blackout with a Holstein bull calf in his car’s luggage compartment. The calf’s bawling drew Deputy Sheriff Claude Everle’s suspicion, leading to both Brown and the calf being booked on suspicion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
James Brown
Claude Everle
Power Firms Seek New Hearing On Niagara Hudson Unit
Public hearings begin July 40 in Syracuse on a second application by seven Niagara Hudson system gas and electric companies and others to merge into Niagara Hudson Co Inc. The Public Service Commission scheduled follow up sessions in Buffalo Albany and New York. The revised filing drops a prior clause limiting account adjustments. Other applicants include Niagara Falls Power Co Lockport and Ontario Power Co and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Niagara Hudson System Gas and Electric Companies
New York Power and Light Corp
Niagara Hudson& Co., Inc
Public Service Commission
Buffalo
Albany
New York
P. 5. C. Earier
Niagara Falls Power Co
Niagara, Lockport and Ontario Power. Co
The
Lockport and Newfane Power and Water Supply,Co
Buffalo, Niagara and Eastern Power Corp
Central New York Power Corp
Buffalo, Niagara Electric Corp
Soviet Invasion Held Imminent
London report says a fleet of fifty Soviet vessels loiters off Varda, Northern Norway, signaling a planned rear attack on the Finns via Petsamo. Demokraten Berlin correspondent quotes Berlin sources. Nazis allegedly repulse three recent landings, while Germans previously claimed Allied origins.
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London
INL
Varda
Evening Star
Stockholm
Social Demokraten
Berlin
Petsamo
Norway
Repeats Offense To Pay His Fine
New York NY. Jack Jacobs, 17, paid a $25 fine after being fined previously for the same offense. He had ped dled ice cream on Coney Island Beach and admitted he tried to pay off the first $10 fine by paying the second, prompting the judge to impose another $25 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jack Jacobs
Jacobs
Coney Island Beach
Cohoes Church Workers Plan Monday Meeting
Final arrangements for the annual summer festival of St Agnes Parish Cohoes will be discussed at a general committee meeting in the church hall Monday at 8 pm. The festival runs Thursday to Saturday July 29 30 31 with preparations at Lyceum Field Johnston Avenue Garner Street and lighting planned for the First Ward Honor Roll site. Proceeds fund convent roof repairs and other church property. Committee head Edward Smith and honorary chairman Matthew Hayes lead the effort with many festival features planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Agnes’ Parish
Cohoes
Tuly
Lyceum
Johnston Avenue
Garner Street
First Ward
Edward Smith
Matthew Hayes
Petersburg Social Notes Include Local Visits and Returns
Petersburg residents share a busy period with visitors from New York and North Hoosick. John Nugent spends a month on his farm, Karoline Lange visits Mrs. Sisk, Fred Baker visits his aunt, and S P Hull recovers from surgery. George Roberts’s birthday party includes Barabara Burgess, Ethel Johnson, and local families. Joseph Morgan returns to the U S after overseas service in the Solomon Islands, New Zealand, and Guadalcanal, arriving in San Diego as a Marine Corps casualty and heading home this week.
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John Nugent
New York
Karoline Lange
North Hoosick
Henry Sisk
Fred Baker
Jacksonville
Fla
Jeane Lewis
S. P. Hull
Samaritan Hospital
George Roberts
Barbara Burgess
Rutland
Ethel Johnson
Leo Gardner
Antwyne Roberts
William Roberts
Burt Boessee
Martin Phillips
Joseph Morgan
United States
Solomon Islands
New Zealand
Guadalcanal
San Diego
Marine Corps
Pearl Harbor
Observers Plan Tag Days In Cohoes
Tag days for Observation Post 476 in Cohoes will run July 30 and 31 to help settle debts on the 24 hour daily Army Air Force Ground Observer Corps post. Chief Alvin P. Bullock cites service aiding war effort and freeing Army personnel for duty. committee led by Mrs Alicia Butler and multiple observers from local groups. A report notes 11 000 posts nationwide with over three million volunteers aiding training and supervision. Also: War Savings Bonds sales at Woolworth raised 226.20. Navy sailor Harvey E. Arneault promoted to petty officer in the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army Air Force Ground Observer Corps
Cohoes High School
Alvin P. Bullock
Cohoes
Bullock
Alicia Builer
Florence Bertrand
Daniel Brennan
Desmond Havern
Knights of Columbus
William H. Hotchkin
Bunker Hill
Oscar Vaschereau
Mr. Bullock
Nelson Votry
Masonic
Christine Wynkoop
P. N. A. Girls
U. S. Army Air Force
Ladies’ Auxiliary of Cohoes Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Woolworth
Mae Maxwell
Rose Caldwell
Ruth Waterhouse
Louise Corbeil
Louise Surprenant
Frances Offenbecker
Frances Smith
Harvey E. Arneault
Navy
Zenon Arneault
Third Street
Cohoes Gets Street Light Priorities
War Production Board granted priorities for Manor Heights street light equipment upon Mayor Rudolph J. Rouli request. New York Power & Light Corp will buy and install four lights after initial refusal, citing many War workers without lighting. Installation to begin as soon as delivery occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Production Board
Rudolph J. Rouli
Manor Heights
New York Power & Light Corp
WPE
Cahoes Officer Appointed Port Surgeon Overseas
Francis M. Noonan of Cohoes has been named assistant port surgeon of the Fourteenth Port of Embarkation and is serving overseas. A Ca hoes native, he is the son of Dr. and Mrs. James Noonan, educated at LaSalle Institute Troy Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Albany Medical College. He practiced in Cohoes before joining the Army July 25 1942 and was promoted to captain early last month. He is married to Eleanor M. Dooley of Cohoes.
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Apt
Francis M. Noonan
Cahoes
James Noonan
Noonan
Ontario Street
LaSalle Institute
Troy
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Albany Medical College
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OPA Post
Frank Colby
U.S
River St.ells
Union
Alan Humphreys Reuter
International News Service
John Dziamba
Meadow Street
U. S
Army
Demetrious Dziamba
U. S. Navy
Pacific War Area
Adam Dziamba
Pacific
Peter Dziamba
Virginia
Joseph Dziamba
Pfe
Constantine Dziamba
Demetrious
Camp McCain, Miss
Power Firm
Doris Manning
Columbia Street
Asbury Park
N. J
Angus D. MacAffer
Mohawk Street
New York State Funeral Directors and Embalmers’ Association
Pfc
Francis A. Bourassa, Jr
San Francisco
Cal
Vliet Boulevard
Petersburg
Harold BE. Hayes
Second Street
Worthside
Florence M. Hayes
John Pearson
Agnes Peson
Waterford
Miss Hayes
Waterford High School
Schenectady
General Electric Co
Corporal Pearson
LaGuardia Airport
Caribbean
Sixth Air Force
Foreign Post
Sale Yation Army
Oneida Street
William Addy
American Red Cross
Charles &. Northey
U. 5
WAR Bonds & Stamps
Daiquiri
Popper Morson
Rockefeller Center
Manhattan
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