Strikes Ended On Coast As War Crisis Dims Labor Fears
SAN FRANCISCO December 8. War brought peace on the Pacific coast labor front today. A nationwide strike of 125000 welders seeking autonomy from the AFL was cancelled by a special committee representing 125 local unions. Welders report for work Monday and thereafter. CIO municipal employees in Berkeley cancelled a one day work stoppage. Mayor Frank Gaines and labor leaders planned meetings to formulate a program in view of war conditions. Hotel unions picketed the Hotel Mans but the hotel remained open with only six of fifty employees walking out.
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San Francisco
U.P
Pacific Coast
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Heber J. Brown
Oakland
United Welders
George Keller
Navy
OPM
Pacific
CIO Municipal
Berkeley
James Armstrong
Frank Gaines
State County
Municipal Workers of America
Angelo Ross
John F. Shelley
Central Labor Council
AFL
Calla
Labor Council
Shelley
AFT
Hotel Employers Association
Scouts Offer Services To Defense Authorities
Coinciding with Congress declaring war, the Catalina council of Boy Scouts of America placed its resources at the disposal of defense authorities. More than 400 older scouts are trained in first aid and signaling and can direct traffic, bicycle courier, aid police and firemen, manage stretchers, and assist hospital staff. An additional 500 scouts are ready for civilian service as goof watchers, rescue helpers, air raid precaution clerks, and Red Cross support to refugees, posters, and handbills distribution. All service is civilian and in line with the motto Be Prepared.
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Congress
Catalina Council
Boy Scouts of America
Sout
EB. G. Stowell
Red Cross
Boy Scouts 13
Boy Scout 'S
Navy to keep recruiting offices open 24/7 nationwide
New York dispatch reports the Navy stated that the need for men is critical and all recruiting offices across the country would stay open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Enlistment age is 17 years and up.
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New York
Navy
Japanese Flag Raised At U During Night
A Japanese merchant flag waved atop the University of Arizona flagpole before dawn. Night police officer C. S. Hoffman said it was raised between his midnight shift and daybreak, then cut loose by unknown culprits. Officials suspected pranks, not students, and vowed to find the offenders. Firefighters aided in lowering the banner. the flag was raised again at 10 40 a m.
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University of Arizona
C. S. Hoffman
University
Hoffman
William. J. Bray
Alfred Atkinson
Harry T. Healy
Pee
Ladder Company of
Sta‘thon Number 1
Herbert Miller
Ole
State University
Industrial Commission Opens Hearings Tuesday
The state industrial commission will open a hearing at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the house of representatives chambers at the capitol to consider revisions of workers compensation insurance rates. Chairman L. C. Holmes said the proposed changes would raise the premium rate by about 3 percent.
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Phoenix
State | Industrial Commission
House of Representatives
Capitol
L. C. Holmes
Exhibition Shows Cheap Fuel From Wood Bran and Corn
An exhibition in Buenos Aires, Argentina demonstrated how to use wood, bran, Indian corn and other inexpensive materials as fuel.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Japan's Treachery Proven By Records
Washington December 8 UPI. Japan's plan to break off diplomacy while planes attacked Hawaii is shown in Hulls release. He brands Japan’s conduct as infamously false and fraudulent and cites a Tokyo timed document that rejected American peace terms. Roosevelt urged withdrawal from Indo China as a path to regional peace.
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Washington
UPI
Japan
United States
America
Tokyo
Cordell Hull
U. S
Hull
Hawaii
State Department
Hullln
Great Britain
Far East
Kichisaburo Nomura
British Isles in Pacific attacked reported from Melbourne
Melbourne reports that Nauru Pleasant Island near the Equator northeast of the Solomon Islands has been attacked by Japanese forces. Australian Premier Curtin confirmed the assault as part of ongoing western Pacific operations affecting phosphate rich islands Ellis and Ocean Islands northeast of Australia, earlier shelled by a German sea raider.
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Melbourne
Australia
Nauru
Pleasant Island
Solomon Islands
John Curtin
New York
Western Pacific
Religion May Guide Third Annual Jaycee Homes Contest
The judging committee proposed a religious theme for the third annual Jaycee Christmas homes decoration contest. Entrants are urged to use grit and bright displays, with judging starting December 21. Prizes total 18 donors with a top prize of 50 dollars from Tucson Gas Electric Light and Power, and entries should be mailed or phoned in promptly.
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Jaycee
Robert W. Black
East Helen Street
Ade Abbott
Western Auto
Tucson Gas, Electric, Light and, Power, Company
Judge Issues Mandamus For Case Records
Judge Gardner and Judge Hall clash over records in Ray Lyons versus Richfield Oil case. Mandamus orders Gardner to send case files to superior court or show cause by January. Lyons contends bond was $20 and was tendered. oil company seeks seizure relief and quash order. Tension marks long default judgment and attached car dispute in Tucson.
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William G. Hall
C. W. Gardner
Justice of the Peace
Ray Lyons
Richfield Oll Company
Gardner
Lyons
James Corbett
Justice’of the Peace
Oil Company
Pima County
Justice Court of
Tucson
Hall
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Indo-China
South Pacific
British Isles
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Clinton
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Cal
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