Strike Paralyzes St Louis Transit and Across U S Labor Actions
A 3500-strong St Louis Street Carmen's AFL walkout halted city transit over wages and hours as 26000 lumber AFL workers in the Pacific Northwest and 1000 Detroit bakery truck drivers prepare to return to work. Pickets at Borg Warner plants in Muncie and layoffs at Douglas Aircraft in Santa Monica accompany broader strike activity across the country.
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Street Carmen's Union
AFL
Portland
Willamette Valley
Puget Sound
Columbia River
Detroit
WLB
Parke Davis Laboratories
Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers Union
CIO
Ncting
Washington
Pennsylvania Greyhound Bus Lines
Warner Division
Borg-Warner Corp
Muncie
Ind
Douglas Aircraft Corp
Santa Monica
Calif
Army
Johnsville
Navy
Brewster Aeronautical Corp
Long Island
Brewster
Boston
Earthquake Ravages Bolu Town in Central Turkey
London dispatch says a violent quake struck Bolu, 85 miles from Istanbul, in a region hit by several tremors in recent months, according to a German broadcast.
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Turkey
London
Bolu
Istanbul
Mother's Day Founder Traced to 1910 in Spokane
The origin of Father's Day is linked to 1910 when Mrs. John Bruce Dodd in Spokane Washington advocated the idea. The movement highlighted a day honoring fathers nationwide.
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John Bruce Dodd
Spokane
Wash
Nazis Attack Atlast Suffers Huge Losses
Moscow reports Red Army repulsed German tank and infantry assaults north of Iasi. Communique says 122 German tanks were knocked out and 614 planes shot down with thousands of enemy troops killed while German forces suffered enormous losses with no advance.
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Moscow
Red Army
Iasi
Commander of Negro Fighter Group Promoted
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS Naples June 1. Lt. Col. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., of New York City and commander of the all Negro fighter group in Italy, has been promoted to colonel. Davis, son of Brig. Gen. Davis, formerly commanded the 99th fighter squadron the first all Negro unit placed in combat.
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Allied
Naples
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr
New York City
Italy
Davis
Inspector General Department
Washington, D. C
99Th
None Hurt In Derailing Of Sleeper Freight Cars
METUCHEN New Jersey June 1 Several cars of a freight train and the sleeper on the Washington Boston express were derailed early today on the eastbound main line three miles west of here No one was injured in the derailment railroad spokesmen said a freight car floor collapsed and brass spilled onto the roadbed
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Metuchen
N. J
Pennsylvania Railroad
Here
President Signs Bill Increasing Naval Craft
President Roosevelt signed an authorization totaling 1.8 billion dollars for 1,000,000 more tons of naval landing craft. The measure expands the fleet to bolster U S naval capacity amid escalating tensions abroad.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Patriotism at Home, Rickenbacker Warns Ten War Loans Ahead
Kansas City June 1 Capt Eddie Rickenbacker told 10 000 at a Memorial day service that there is insufficient patriotism on the home front. He urged Americans to support war bonds through multiple future loans and outlined hopes for material support, postwar opportunity, and lasting world peace.
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Kansas City
Eddie Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker
Brothers swap crops for haircuts in flood waters
In Murphysboro Illinois Bill Guetterslau traded his 100 acre wheat crop for a haircut and brother Arthur swapped 50 acres for a shave as flood waters covered their fields.
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Murphysboro
Ill
Guetterslau
Mississippi
Bill
Arthur
Copper Mining Firm Tries New Methods
Prescott June 1 The Bagdad Copper corporation tests a new drilling approach in its mine 75 miles southwest of Prescott using diamond drills to drill blast holes up to 75 feet long replacing seven foot holes. General manager Arthur Kendall says the method may be economical and offers two gains higher skilled diamond drill operators and reassigning undercut workers to other development tasks.
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Prescott
Bagdad Copper Corporation
Arthur Kendall
Forestry Survey Funds Doubled With FDR Approval
Washington June 1 President Roosevelt signed legislation doubling forestry survey funding from 3 million to 6.5 million dollars to complete nationwide surveys of forest resources and related work.
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FDR
Washington
Roosevelt
Wife Describes Medal Winner Husband As Eager Fighter
Laurel Mississippi June 1 Corporal James D Slaton Congressional Medal story notes his wife Mrs Dick Walters Slaton says any body could get along with him and that he has been a fighting man since killing six Germans at once She and their four sons continue farming for the duration The war department announced the medal award for Slaton who died near Oliveto Italy in battle and will receive the medal overseas
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Laurel
Miss
Corp
James D. Slaton
Dick Walters Slaton
War Department
Gulfport
Oliveto
Italy
Col Canella seeks Army trial in bribery case
In Los Angeles on June 1 Col Joseph J. Canella former Santa Ana Army airbase quartermaster asked for an Army court martial instead of civil court to try bribery charges. He appeared with others including Harry E. McCormac Raymond M Wycoff and Kenneth W Ranney and two Santa Ana companies on federal indictments.
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Los Angeles
Joseph J. Canella
Santa Ana
Col. Canella
Pierson M. Hall
Bar
Col
Canello
United States
Canella
Federal
Harry E. McCormac
Raymond M. Wycoff
Kenneth W. Ranney
The
Excelsior Creamery Co
Excelsior Ranch Co
Judge orders work or assign five jobs for loafer
Roxbury man Harry C. Ingram, 32, arraigned on non support, boasts he has not worked in 10 years. Judge warns if he fails to find work in 48 hours he will assign him 10 jobs to choose from.
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Boston
Harry C. Ingram
Roxbury
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