Soldiers Favor Inducting Coal Strike Workers Into Army
The Stars and Stripes reports a wartime poll of U S troops on the coal strike back home. About 90 percent urge government action against strike leaders and strikers, with 70 percent calling for inducting strikers into the Army and returning them to work. Some soldiers condemn labor leaders while a small minority cites arbitration and war-efficiency concerns.
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Algiers
Stars and Stripes
American Soldier
U. S
Army
John L.’ Lewis
Sergt. Frank. Middledorf
Lafayette
Ind
Mail Clerks Union
E. Dutchkus
Kearny
N. J
Pennsylvania
Henry Persike
Brooklyn
Sergt
Robert Guy
Wichita
Kanswoo
Cle
California
England
Joseph Harris
Senior Baraca Class Plans Meeting and Officers
The Senior Baraca Class of Second Baptist Church will meet tonight at Carlton Abel home. An officer election will be held. Also, Coast Guard David Ford Jr on a ten day furlough visits his wife in Norfolk Vermont. Bridge club hosted by Aurelia Palmatier awarded to Hilda Wilbur. next meeting at Mrs Perry’s. Pvt John B Ward promoted to private first class at Los Angeles Port of Embarkation after Army duty beginning last January at Vancouver Barracks.
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Second Baptist Church
Carlton Abel
David Ford, Jr
Aurelia Palmatier
Hilda Wilbur
Perry
Senat
John B. Ward
John E. Ward
North
Hudson Avenue
Los Angeles Port of Embarkation
Ward
Vancouver Barracks
Wash
Sergi
Walter McFarren
David Hewitt
Lake Bomoseen
Alfred Quinn
Walter J. McMahin
New York City
Thelma Abbey
Binghamton
Purdy EK
Abbey
Roland H. Gooley
Mitchell Field
S. 1
Richard Gooley
Sheehan Street
Donald Mehan
Yellow Meeting House
Arthur Traver
Africa
Frederick Coons
Harold Coons
British Guiana
Ordnance Department
Army Depot
Schenectady
Star of Liberty Chapter
Order
Eastern Star
Lions’ Club
Joyce
Homer Eckerson
Memorial
Petersburg Social Notes and Local Fund Findings
Petersburg residents enjoyed visits from Mrs. John H. Moon Robby Sawyer and Bud Haswell with multiple week end gatherings of Moon and Wagar families. The Methodist Church W S C 5S held a stork shower for Helen Haynes. Kenmore visitors Holly Sawyer and family returned home after a relatives visit. The fire company bingo party and dance yielded 272 dollars and 43 cents in gross receipts. Edna M Schnoop won a $25 War Bond. the group plans investing in War Bonds.
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John H. Moon
Robby Sawyer
Bud Haswell
Hoosick Falls
Clark Moon
Fred Moon
Gertrude Wagar
Mary Wagar
Quackenkill
Minnie Brown
Georgia Powell
Troy
Methodist Church
Helen Haynes
Andrew H. Sawyer, Jr
Holly
Kenmore
Lafter
Edna Mendinger Schnoop
Mechanicville fires tank car in Boston & Maine yards
A gasoline filled tank car in the Boston and Maine Railroad yards caught fire early Saturday. Fire Chief Richard D. Wright and two engines fought the blaze, unable to approach within 1000 feet. Firemen isolated tracks and laid hose lines, bringing the fire under control about 6 am. Fire caused undetermined. Also notes community events including a baccalaureate sermon, Scout Camp plans, local meetings, Flag Day observance, and resident updates.
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Boston & Maine
Thomas Marrin
Richard D. Wright
John Ahearn
Gustave C. Boucher
Louis Kurs
William George
Ralph George
Ray Blowers
Detroit Traitor Max Stephan to Die on July 2
Federal Judge Arthur J. Tuttle fixed the execution date for traitor Max Stephan at July 2 after denying clemency petitions urged by the American Civil Liberties Union and prominent backers. Stephan, who befriended an escaping Nazi POW, sobbed as he faced the court and awaits two pending appeals to the Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati and to President Roosevelt for clemency. The judge defended the death sentence as justice for aiding Germany during wartime and ordered the date set while higher courts consider retrial petitions.
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Detroit
Stephan
Tuttle
Roosevelt
Germany
American Civil Liberties Union
Naz
Hans Peter Krug
Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Milan
Rep Ulysses S Guyer Dies In Washington
Rep Ulysses Samuel Guyer a Republican from Kansas who served over 16 years in Congress died at Naval Hospital from a complication of diseases. A Kansas City resident he was first elected in 1924 to an unexpired term and later to a full term starting in March 1927. He was ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee and a longtime prohibition advocate. Services will be held Sunday June 20 with a church program and dedication.
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Washington
Ulysses Samuel Guyer
Congress
Kansas
Naval Hospital
Guyer
Kansas City
Kas
House Judiciary Committee
Veteran nurse becomes major at Fort Bragg
Fort Bragg names Major Alice A. Beckles principal chief nurse at Station Hospital No 1. She has 26 years service through two world wars with 17 days sick in duty. Beckles entered the Army Nurses Corps in 1917 at Fort Riley and served in France Philippines and many posts including Fort Custer. Her home is Red Lodge Montana.
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Fort Bragg
N.C
Bragg
Alice A. Beckles
Station Hospital No. 1
Army Nurses’ Corps
Fort Riley
Kaw
France
Twa
Philippines
Fort Bayard
N. M
Fort Dix
N. J
Fort Sill
Okli
Fert Lewis
Wash
Fort Warren
Wyo
Beckles
Fort Custer
Mich
Red Lodge
Mon
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Saratoga County Council
Wilton
Woodcraft
Boy Scouts
Troop 38
Hemstreet Park
Raymond J. Butler
Alex Russom
Charles Leyland
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Catholic Daughters of America
Knights of Columbus
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Mary Coonsey
Schuylerville
Elizabeth Walsh
St. Bernard’s Court
Cohoes
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Council 208
Court
Foresters of America
Red Cross
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Knights of Pythias
Ivanhoe Company
Uniform Bank
American Sons of Italy
Italian Fraternal Society
Boy Scouts of America
Salvation Army
Crescent Temple
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