AFL Union Wins Detroit Transit Election Amid Strike End
AFL Street Railway and Motor Coach operators win exclusive bargaining agent status in Detroit after 5,016 of 5,700 eligible votes. Result ends a transit strike that shut city services during the dispute over union recognition and wage terms. A related national telephone tie up threat subsides as Western Electric settles with union and managers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
AFL
Detroit
CIO State, County and Municipal Workers of America
Western Electric Company
Bell Telephone System
John R. Steelman
U. S. Conciliation Service
Western Electric
Association of Communications Equipment Workers
du Pont Chemical
Belle
West Virginia
CIO
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Yards
Kearny
N. J
Navy
Chicago Operator Purchases Tucson Home in Broadway Village
Peter Lorde, a wealthy Chicago real estate operator visiting Tucson in prior winters, bought a home in Broadway Village. The deal valued at about $9,250 was completed through the George Brownell agency as announced today.
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Peter Lorde
Chicago
Tucson
Broadway Village
George Brownell
District Man Dies in Hospital Here
John Walter Koscinski 24, who came from Detroit seven months ago in poor health, died this morning at a local sanitarium. The body will be sent to Detroit tomorrow for funeral services and burial. His parents Mr and Mrs Max Koscinski survive in Detroit. Koscinski was a student in a Detroit university prior to losing his health. Local arrangements are through the Arizona Mortuary. The piece also notes J Chamorro, son of Nicaragua’s former president, among bit players in Simon Bolivar being produced in Mexico.
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John Walter Koscinski
Detroit
Max Koscinski
Koscinski
Arizona Mortuary
Simon Bolivar
George Washington
South America
Mexico
J. Chamorro
Nicaragua
Draftee Receives Roosevelt Pen For Service Extension
Private Samuel M Goldhagen 23 of Cincinnati sent a letter to the President requesting an extension of military service. He received the pen used to sign the bill extending term of service from 12 to 18 months and a confirmation letter from Col Edwin M Watson presidential secretary.
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Camp Callan
Cal
Samuel M. Goldhagen
Cincinnati
Roosevelt
United States
Goldhagen
Albert Wrobleski
Wellsburg
W. V
Col
Edwin M. Watson
Weather summary for the Southwest and West
Arizona remains fair with mild temperatures through Thursday. New Mexico shows a fair pattern with cooler conditions east of the Rio Grande and isolated showers and thunderstorms. Southern California will be cloudy morning and night with higher temperatures later. West Texas expects mainly cloudy skies with thundershowers and cooler air settling in tonight through Thursday.
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Arizona
New Mexico
Rio Grande Valley
California
West Texas
4-H Club Leaders Convene at University of Arizona
About 300 4-H youth from rural Arizona arrive on the Tucson campus to register for a three day conclave led by E S Turville and C A Pickrell. The program features lectures on democracy, judging events, demonstrations, dress value revue and hall meetings with arrangements headed by Emil Rovey.
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E. S. Turville
Agricultural Extension Department
University of Arizona
Boys and Girls of Arizona
C. A. Pickrell
Aggie Extension Department
Aggie
Alfred Atkinson
A. B. Ballantyne
University
Herring Hall
J. Byron McCormick
College of Law
Emma K. Burgess
Emil M. Rovey
Agricultural Extension Service
Rovey
Pima County
Cochise Hall
C. B. Brown
Lorene Dryden
Evalyn Bentley
Yuma Hall
Tucson
Young Weather Forecaster Leads Troy Hydrowatch
In Troy Colorado a 14 year old girl Marjorie Jones succeeds her father B J Jones as weather and hydrogeological observer. She reports precipitation using the government language set up on the Jones ranch established last year.
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Troy
Colo. UP
Marjorie Jones
B. J. Jones
Jones Ranch
First Latin American Congress of Plastic Surgery Held in Sao Paulo
The inaugural Latin American Congress of Plastic Surgery convened in Sao Paulo Brazil attracting regional surgeons. Simultaneously Mexico reported gold production for last year valued at 31 million dollars highlighting regional economic activity.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Mexico
VFW Near Showdown Over Southard Case in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia the VFW encampment faces a possible court martial decision on Illinois Commander Earl Southard. Southard demands vindication, accusing suppression of dissent as a war mongering effort while Illinois delegates back him for potential convention floor action. National leaders hint a ruling may come today or tomorrow.
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Philadelphia
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ilinois Department
Earl Southard
Southard
Illinois
Joseph C. Menendez
Chicago
Bership Oath
Menendez
Roosevelt
Senators Seek Reconsideration on Metals Tax Vote
Senator Thomas predicts the Senate Finance Committee will reconsider its 10 to 7 rejection of an amendment to the 1941 revenue bill. The amendment would exempt strategic metal producers from the excise profits tax, a move Thomas says is essential to defense and the location and development of strategic metals.
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Washington
Thomas
Utah
Senate Finance Committee
McCaran
D-Nev
Rabbits Turn to Wartime Hats for Anzac Campaign
In Sydney Australia a flood of rabbits is fueling wartime hat production. A trapping season yields about a million rabbits weekly, their skins shorn into campaign hats worn by Anzacs and marketed for support on the home front.
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Sydney
Australia
New York Hit By Big Storm
A torrential August downpour disrupted New York City transit and caused at least two deaths. A pencil peddler was killed by a truck, and Martin Costello, 66, was electrocuted at St Catherine’s Maternity Hospital while lighting a fuse box. The storm tied up Holland tunnel traffic and halted subway service, described as the worst in the city’s history.
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New York
Martin Costello
St. Catherine’s Maternity Hospital
William J. Daly
City Board of Transportation
Holland Tunnel
New Jersey
Lower Manhattan
Brooklyn
Air Base Men Complete First Aid and Water Safety Courses
Enlisted Tucson Air Base personnel who finished lay instructors courses in first aid and water safety are listed by Miss Margret Link. Fer ron C. Losee of San Francisco led the programs with graduates from multiple units including the 31st Airbase group, 41st bomb group, 6th reconnaissance squadron, and more.
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Tucson
Miss Margret Link
Red Cross
Ferron C. Losee
San Francisco
David C. Bole Jr
Mark Lowrey
31St
Harold Bynum
Sidney D. Diamond
Leroy W. Helander
Sol Lieberman
Turner E. Stevens
Joseph R. Stewart
Ben Wyzgoski
Henry G. Breham
41St
A. W. Frenzel
456Th
Ordance Company
Burnley E. Johnson
1St
Cornelius L. Kornmeier
Jess L. Long
302Nd Signal Company
Richard S. Sutton
728Th Ordnance Company
Robert M. Scott
William E. Sewell
Walter L. Slate
Albert M. Kozaka
Henry Spudowski
Dana E. Benson
Jack K. Durnford
456Th Ordnance
Stuart Bingham
32Nd
William A. Giacmette
Quartermasters Corps
John E. Hurley
William P. Lackey
Michael A. Pogon
Charles J. Ravas
Cecil V. Steed
Alfred J. J. Webeler
Earl J. Grunewald
Night Fire Alarms Hit City After Sudden Blackout
A citywide blackout triggered a dramatic event as a high rise incident caused 179 fire alarms to sound during the outage. Fire crews responded amid darkness and confusion. No further details on injuries or cause are available.
Seeley Assigned Important Duty as Army Maintenance Chief
Lt. Col. George W. Seeley city manager of Tucson on military leave now heads maintenance repairs and duties for all U S Army units in Arizona New Mexico Colorado Oklahoma and Texas Camp Houston Texas named as headquarters Mayor Jaastad informed today.
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George W. Seeley
Tucson
U. S. Army
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado
Oklahoma
Texas
H. C. Jaastad
Camp Houston
Seeley
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Texas Panhandle
U. S Weather Bureau
Albuquerque
Boston
Denver
el Paso
Flagstaff
Kansas City
Third Arizona Mortuary, Inc
VFW
W. E. Rudasill
Ted
Vanity Mirror
Cotter
Alett Lcs
Studebakers
Willys
Cosco To
Western Flyer
China Service
Western Royal
Western Auto Supply Co
West
Socanes
Stone Ave
Povezas
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