Strikes Across Industries Prompt National Labor Action
Roosevelt weighs a navy option to run a shipyard if talks fail while Western Electric negotiates with the Federal panel to avert a nationwide disruption. CIO steel workers strike at Page Steel and Wire in Monessen and Pratt and Whitney cuts 250 night shift roles amid crankshaft shortages from Worcester strike.
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Roosevelt
Defense
White House
Navy
New York
Western Electric Company
Association of Communication Equipment Workers
James W. Fitzpatrick
Washington
Henry Mayer
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Western Electric
California
Monessen
CIO Steel
Page Steel and Wire Division
American Chain and Cable Company
Pratt and Whitney
United Aircraft Corporation
CIO
Leland-Gifford Company
Worcester
Mass
Cooperation Sought To Finance City Flood Drainage Plan
City engineers led by Stallings propose a larger drainage channel to move flood waters from Big Arroyo under West 10th street and rejoin the river near its mouth. Local businesses and Southern Pacific and Tucson Gas Electric Power would back the project, with a citizens committee weighing financing after plans are completed. The group notes current drainage is inadequate for heavy rains and that Army diversion from the air base would cut only about 25 percent of the city’s rainy season flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corbett Company
Tucson Laundry
The
Daily Citizen
Unit Laundry
Home Ice and Coal Company
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
O'Reilly Motors
Apache Motors
Tucson Transfer and Warehouse Company
Southern Pacific
Tucson Gas, Electric Light and Power Company
Stallings
Big Arroyo
West 10Th Street
Santa Cruz
Main Street
Tucson
U. S. Army
Pantano
Kodak Unveils Large Color Photographic Prints
Dr C E Kenneth Mees of Eastman Kodak announced at the 42nd annual I P E Union convention that the firm has developed and will market color photographic prints in enlargements of two and five diameters and up to 30 by 40 inches for commercial use. He noted 80 percent of amateur movies are in color since 1935 and expects still photos to follow.
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Rochester
N. Y
C. E. Kenneth Mees
Eastman Kodak Company
Mees
International Photoengravers Union
AFL
Flying Co ed Barbara Erickson Becomes Instructor
Seattle report notes Barbara Erickson, known as the University of Washington's pretty flying co ed of 1940, has advanced to a civilian pilot training program instructor role. She is cited by Civil Aeronautics Authority officials as one of the few women teachers in the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash. U.P
Barbara Erickson
University of Washington
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Extension of Pan American Highway Links Latin Frontiers
Extension of the Pan American highway is linking many new Latin American frontiers and communities creating broader regional ties and potential economic growth across multiple nations.
There Is Room For Gloom In Odessa Plight
DeWitt MacKenzie discusses the Ukrainian attendant's gloom over Odessa as German advances threaten Ukraine and possibly the Persian border. He weighs weather, Red resistance, and the broader impact on the Middle East and Allied策略 with Roosevelt's bomber plan and Britain's near eastern campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Volga
Ukraine
Middle East
Persia
Roosevelt
Balkan
Western
Africa
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Dakar
Army re enlistment rules tighten for NCO potential
Instructions limit regular Army re enlistment to non commissioned officers or those with clear NCO potential or specialist training. The same standard applies to selectees or national guardsmen aged 28 or more seeking active service continuation. Officials say the policy will steadily improve the quality of active duty soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ment
Department
Ferrying of Brazil and allied air routes in wartime
Congressional sources report ongoing talks with Brazil to allow use of bases in the region. The plan envisions long range bombers flowing toward Africa and possibly Iraq Iran, with Bathurst or Freetown as bases and Egypt serving as a launch point for campaigns against Italy and Germany.
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Brazil
Trinidad
Freetown
Bathurst
Dakar
Germany
Africa
Army of the Nile
Libya
Iraq-Iran
Ukraine
Egypt
Britain
Italy
R.A.F
Four Million covering June wartime ship totals
The report lists grand totals sunk during the war for June. British totals show 1,074 ships totaling 4,601,120 tons. Allied sums include 334 ships at 1,498,017 tons and Neutral totals of 326 ships at 1,004,843 tons.
City council actions outline airport, paving, and tax measures
The Tucson council approves a land owner funded approach to a new U S Army airport and costs borne by street property owners. An emergency clause grants the city auditor’s deputy authority, and a $1 yearly lease is set with the U S Treasury on WPA quarters. The body pursues WPA aid for North Anita paving and sewers, considers post office parking, sells city lots for 4700 dollars, sets 1941 42 tax rate at 2 73, and extends fire protection for El Encanto apartments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army
Charles C. Irvin
James T. Manders
U. S. Treasury Department
WPA
North Meyer Street
North Anita Avenue
Phil J. Martin, Jr
H. B. Collins
South Scott Street
East Broadway
U. S. Post Office
North First Avenue
East Second Street
Celeste Otis
Japanese planning for spring offensives and regional moves
The administration weighs a 50-50 chance of Japan advancing on Thailand and the Dutch East Indies if safe. Aid to Russia and show of force may deter a push. Leaders discuss Hitler moving into Spain and Portugal toward Dakar, risking U.S. decision on Cape Verde and Azores. Roosevelt aids a Pan American Airways airlift to Africa.
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Japan
Thailand
Netherlands East Indies
Russia
Spain
Portugal
Dakar
French West Africa
United States
Cape Verde
Azores
Roosevelt
Pan American Airways
South Atlantic
Japan objects to munitions shipment to Soviet Russia
Cabinet spokesman Koh Ishii says Japan cannot stay indifferent to United States munitions shipments to the Soviet via Vladivostok and urges delicacy in handling the Far East. Editorials in Chugai voice concern over U S aid to Russia while noting impact on Soviet forces in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Tokyo
Koh Ishii
Cabinet Information Bureau
United States
Soviet Russia
Vladivostok
Orient
Far Eastern
U. S
Russia
Chugai
Far East
Ishii
Hull
President Coolidge
Swivel chair tops Virginia office hazard list
The Virginia State health department releases an office hazard list noting workers shuffle and move more when chairs lack comfort. The report highlights swivel chairs as a principal source of discomfort among office staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia State Health Department
Defense agencies clash as Roosevelt weighs single head plan
Sources relay a White House dispute over OPM and OPACS authority amid talk of a unified defense agency or policy board. Rosenman is studying differences while Knudsen and Henderson clash publicly on auto output cuts and defense supply allocation.
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Byrd
Stephen Early
White House
Roosevelt
Samuel S. Rosenman
New York State Supreme Court
OPM
OPACS
Super Defense
Wallace
Rosenman
Budget Bureau
Policy Board
Defense
Joe Louis and Marva Louis Reconcile After Court Hearing
In Chicago on August 19 Joe Louis and his wife Marva patched up their quarrel after a court hearing. The heavyweight champ carried Marva from the room as they reconciled following a petition to halve a $200 weekly alimony. The mood changed to celebration as Marva urged him to smile.
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Chicago
U.P
Joe Louis
Marva
Joe
Dwight S. Bobb
Bobb
Superior Court
Russians Prepare to Defend Cities as German Forces Advance
Axis forces push along the Dnieper and toward Kiev while Tallinn and the Baltic region brace for attack. Moscow fronts hold firm as Budyonny weighs defense of Krivoi Rog area and Dnieper crossings. Berlin reports large aerial losses with 47 German planes down and 18 Russian planes lost in recent fighting.
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Ukraine
Dnieper
Krivoi Rog
Korosten
Kiev
Belaya Tserkov
Tallinn
Estonia
Lake Adoga
Leningrad
Baltic
Black Sea
Moscow
Red Army
Smolensk
Semeon Budyenn
Petain Seeks Unity and Prosperity Under New Oath Rules
Petain vows to unite healthy elements and curb harm while restoring material order and prosperity. He calls for fairer soil wealth distribution as the international outlook clears. He travels to Royal near Clermont-Ferrand where the council of state members take personal oaths to the chief of state marking a new allegiance procedure for cabinet magistrates and military officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petain
Royal
Clermont-Ferrand
Council of State
Cabinet
Deer Hunter Intercepts Emergency Call in Oregon Ambush Scene
Patrolmen Osborne Rutherford and William McGree followed a distress call to a deer hunter after three hours of search. The hunter, listening to a portable radio, had mistaken a melodrama for real danger on a rugged Trail in the West Los Angeles area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Osborne Rutherford
William McGree
Trail Canyon
States Lead Nation in 1939 Fur Production Ranking
Louisiana ranked first, Wisconsin second and Ohio third in United States fur production for 1939. The report highlights regional output and positions these states at the top of national fur industry figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Wisconsin
Ohio
United States
Yaqui Hunters Capture Tucson Slaying Suspect Vincente Gonzales
After months of evasion across states, Vincente Gonzales, the Yaqui killer hunted by deputies and workers, is captured at a Marana camp. He is bound by Cortaro Farms workers and handed to Sheriff Lon Jordan to be jailed in Maricopa.
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Nevada
California
Utah
Arizona
Yaquis
al Franco
Vincente
Marana
Big Cortaro Company
Franco
Gonzales
Tucson
Pedro Ortiz
Vincente Gonzales
F. B. Kessler
Cortaro Farms
Herbert Wood
Lon Jordan
Maricopa County
Wood
Pima County
Jordan
Phoenix
Maricopa
Germans Withdraw From Odessa By Sea Amid Bombardment
The Lokal Anzeiger says German forces broke away from Odessa by sea as heavy bombing rained on the port. It reports Soviet efforts to evacuate remaining troops blocked by bombardment while German fast units under General Ewald Von Kleist press the retreat. Remnants of four Russian divisions were said to be overwhelmed between Nikolaev and the Dnieper with many prisoners taken on the west bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Dunkerque
Lokal Anzeiger
Zer
Ewald von Kleist
Dnieper
Nikolaev
Retired Torpedoman Attends Fleet Reserve Convention
Frank T. Walker chief torpedoman U.S.N. retired has been granted leave from Tucson to attend the Fleet Reserve association convention in New York City August 29. Walker will preside over the business sessions as acting national president. The association includes men with over 16 years of service in the Navy or Marine Corps.
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Frank T. Walker
U.S.N
Tucson
Fleet Reserve Associa'e
New York City
Walker
U. S. Navy
Marine Corps
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Berlin
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Asia Minor
Red Sea
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el Encanto
East Sixth Street
Martin
East Twelfth Street
South Fourth Avenue
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