CIO Campaign Seeks South Unionization and Strikes
The article analyzes CIO President Murray pledging a Southern organizing push using past tactics, risking racial and regional tension. It discusses potential mob action, white resistance, and the role of Edwin S. Smith in oil fields while contrasting AFL placement and labor histories in the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil ‘Murray
CIO
Murray
South
Detroit
Johnstown
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
New York
California
Jesus Christ
Edwin S&. Smith
National Labor Relations Board
Tribune
Austin
Tex
AFL
Smith
House of Representatives
Public discourse and wartime headlines re: Lewis and Time
A long critique traces John L. Lewis remarks from 1921 and current strain in coal strike mediation. It contrasts Roosevelt’s stance on Time magazine criticism of Chilean president Cerda with U S government limits on official reprimand for a private citizen. The piece denounces Time as in bad taste and questions presidential moral adjudication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
United States
Lewis
U. S
Aguirre Cerda
Washington
Senate
Eden
John Winant
Roosevelt
Behoef
Hull
LaGuardia
Vichy
Churchill
Dies exposes Nazi propaganda network in U.S. linked to Klan and Silver Shirts
The Dies Committee investigates Nazi influence in America detailing links between Kyffhaeuserbund and U.S. groups such as the Ku Klux Klan and Silver Shirts. It traces funding from North and South America, reveals membership overlaps, and notes Italian school ties. Also covers U.S. counter-propaganda offices and a Trinidad base dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Martin Dies
Texas
Dies Committee
Knights of Camellia
Ku Klux Klan
Silver Shirts
Dies
Kyffhaeuserpund
South’ America
Klan
America First Committee
Detroit
Chicago
New’ York
Italy
Mussolini
United States
Sudetenland
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Kyffhaeuserbund
Lst
William D. Pelley
Will
U. S
Women urged to take sturdier role in national defense
In a lecture for club women civilian defense leaders call on U S women to gain strength and stay fit for the women's land army to aid harvests and labor shortages. They compare stamina to Molly Pitcher and warn against vanity weight as Britain moves toward universal mobilization and equal burden sharing in wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molly Pitcher
Women’s Land Army
Britain
Churchill
United States
Pinckney
Farragut
Editorial Round Table on Wavell and Taxpayers
The column defends Gen Archibald Wavell for shouldering responsibility after a Libya campaign setback and notes his surprise at a premature Axis counterattack. It contrasts military images with his honesty and cites a tax cut quip from a Washington official about belt tightening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Archibald ¥. Wavell
Wavell
Horace
Libya
Egypt
India
New Delhi
The
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Baer’s Scouting Confession on Season’s End
Arthur Baer reflects on football scouting after the season, mocking college formations and the value of advance information. He recalls evaluating Delinquent Pupils versus Cattle Crossing, criticizes wing formations, power huddles, and rough play, and jokes about uncovering campus habits and gear.
Licensing Drives Wild Debate On Regulation W And Price Control
Washington dispatch reports the House defeated a price bill amendment aimed at licensing business, railing against government control. The piece warns Regulation W would require blanket licenses for firms offering installment plans, affecting banks, retailers, and auto dealers. It cites executive orders, Trading With the Enemy law, and concerns over presidential authority and likely court challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Washington
House
Voice
Congress
Federal Reserve Board
Roosevelt
Sis Attornley
Cotton Bloc
Leon ‘Henderson
Price
Henderson
Baruch
Senate
Elmer Thomas
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Westbrook
Pegler's
Dixie
Joe Fay
Newark
Syracuse
William E. Maloney
Hod Carriers’ Union
Ding
Robert S. Allen
Rockefeller Office
Donovan Office
Rockefeller
Latin America
Donovan
FCC
Berlin
Balkans
National Institute of Health
Texas Rangers
Trinidad
West, Indies
United Feature Syndicate
Dulce
Milton
T. Louis
Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Alma
Subb Normal
Appledale
Mallarkey
Notre Dame
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