Government missteps in coal dispute and labor crisis
The piece criticizes interagency bickering over coal policy, urges protective surveillance of John L. Lewis, and calls for a law grounded government response. It notes 530,000 miners idle, disputes over 100 percent valuation, and Congress action on Connally bill to empower the War Labor Board. It also hints at Chiang Kai-shek and Allied support context.
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Pima
Board of Supervisors
State Tax Commission
Pima Board
Angius
Cochise
Pima County Board
Collins
Alley
Ajo
United States
Lewis
Germany
John L. Lewis
F.B
War Labor Board
Congress
Senate
Tom Connally
Texas
House of Representatives
House Military Affairs Committee
Miss Perkins
Navy
Maritime Commission
War Production Board
House
Miss Barber
Quartermaster Corps
Kellogg Company
Battle Creek
Sailors Pay and Union Tensions Across Merchant Marine
A detailed account critiques the pay of unlicensed merchant sailors versus officers. It notes base wages, bonuses, per diem, port and sea bonuses, overtime, and security watches, plus shifts in bonus rules and disputes with unions. The piece highlights indiscipline cases, captain remarks, and the broader risk balance with Navy and troop operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San
Joseph Curran
Europe
Africa
Merchant Marine
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
South Pacific War Zone
Curran
Union
Annapolis
Navy
Edison Baer Recounts Wartime Inventions and Ambition
Arthur Baer quotes Thomas Edison Baer claiming fifty thousand Axis patents, jokes about Edison’s imagined wartime gadgets, and describes his own failed War Department proposals. He discusses inventiveness under national stress and his plan to gain recognition as a great innovator despite lacking a monument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
Bugs” Baer
Axis
Thomas Edison
Kaiser
Edison
War Department
King Features Synd
U S Ambassador Phillips Reports on India Crisis
U S Ambassador Bill Phillips, returning from India, reported to Roosevelt and Churchill on the Indian political standoff and urged mediation between Indian factions and the British government. He criticized Field Marshal Wavell, urged clarity on U S policy, and suggested American diplomats should not appear to back British colonial aims.
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Washington
U. S
Bill Phillips
India
United States
Wavell
Phillips
Churchill
Canada
Roosevelt
Britain
Burma Road
White House
Georgetown Electric Company
Baltimore
Weaver
Tom Weaver
Mary I. Barber
Invasion Talk and Pacific War Notes From Washington
Washington says Allied air superiority points to invasion of southern Italy while RAF targets industrial centers in western Europe. Mussolini’s regime weakened as Attu completes mopping up with Kiska starved of supplies. Aleutians may be cleared with minimal fighting.
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Washington
Italy
RAF
Rome
Sicily
Foggia
Naples
Sardinia
Pantelleria
Mediterranean
Tunisia
Hitler
Britain
England
Mussolini
Messrs
Roosevelt
Churchill
Axis
Stillwell
China
Attu
Kiska
Aleutians
King Features Syndicate, Inc
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By David Lawrence
Ickes
Llewellyn I
Chiang Kai-shek
Carlisle
Baer
Drew Pearson
Mahatma Gandhi
Raj Gopal Chakar
Gandhi
India League
Pearl Buck
Clare Boothe Luce
Herbert Bayard Swope
Henry I. Harriman
Alf Landon
Mary E. Wooley
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Paul Mallon
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