FDR Calls In Two As Result Of Labor Rows
President Roosevelt convened talks with William S. Knudsen and Philip Murray to discuss labor industrial tensions in the defense drive. Wright Field protests by AFL unions against CIO laborat Penner work triggered potential escalations as the War Department backs the contractor. Edward F. McGrady of RCA is quietly mediating to ease Wright Field disputes.
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FDR
Washington
Roosevelt
William S. Knudsen
Office of Production Management
Philip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Knudsen
Murray
Wright Field
Ohio
AFL
CIO
War Department
Dayton, O., Air Corps Center
AFL Building Trades Union
United States
Army Hertofore
Penner Installation Corporation
New York
Penner
Army
Department
Edward F. McGrady
Radio Corporation of America
British bomb ships off Chimara and Valona in Adriatic
Athens reports two British air strikes against enemy warships in the Adriatic. British planes attacked vessels near Chimara Albania now in Greek hands and off Valona Italy held. Italian forces claim to have shot down British planes and to have bombarded Greek positions.
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Athens
Adriatic
Chimara
Albania
Valona
Varona
Britons Face 20 Million Annual Charity Scam Losses
A survey estimates Britons lose about 20 million dollars every year to bogus charity collectors. The finding highlights widespread risk from fraudulent fundraising and the need for stricter oversight and verification.
Income Tax Outlook Points to Next Year Hike
Washington insiders forecast higher income tax rates to fund defense as Congress debates 1941 levies payable in 1942. Some lawmakers seek substantial increases for high incomes while Senator Taft pushes a rise from 4 to 10 percent. With a projected nine billion dollar deficit, revenue shortfalls imply a tax increase is almost certain.
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Alexander R. George
Washington
Henry
Roosevelt
George
Senate Finance Committee
Taft
Congress
Work pushed at Cave Creek recreation project progress
Three year effort to complete Cave Creek facilities in the Chiricahua mountains proceeds this summer with the Herb Mary camp, according to Sam Snow landscape architect from the Albuquerque regional forestry office. Summer work also finishes Rustler’s Park winter sports area with a ski runway and tobogganing. The project, a CCC and WPA collaboration, builds trails signs camp facilities benches fireplaces trash receptacles and erosion flood control on hillsides and creek. Snow drafted most plans and more projects await funding under forest service policy.
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Cave Creek
Chiricahua Mountains
Herb Martyr
Sam Snow
Albuquerque
Rustler’s Park
CCC
WPA
Forest Service
British Planes Fight Daylight Raid Over France
British fighting planes were seen over the channel in daylight operations toward Nazi occupied France. Observers reported squadrons screened by clouds and engaging a formation of Messerschmitts near Boulogne. Two German planes reportedly fell into the sea as massed British fighters protected bombers toward the French coast.
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London
England
Channel
France
Boulogne
Tucson Nurse Shoots Tiger After Exciting Mexico Hunt
Elizabeth Gephart of Tucson returns from Sonora Mexico with a large tiger taken after a perilous hunt on a cliff side ledge. The party of hunters included her husband Robert Gephart Anthony Drexel and Dr J W Vansant. Drexel and Vansant killed tigers. the group used Lee Brothers hounds.
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Elizabeth Gephart
Tucson
Sonora
Mexico
Alamos
Gephart
Anthony Drexel
Philadelphia
Dr. J. W. Vansant
Sonoran Wilds
Lee Brothers
Drexel
Dr. Vansant
Vince Lee
Hunt
Mr. Gephart
Lee
Mrs. Gephart
Archaeologist Maps Indian Ruins Near University of Arizona
Julian D. Hayden, senior foreman archaeologist with the Civilian Conservation Service, arrived to draw maps and notes on excavation of an Indian ruin northeast of town. Work on the main mound began January last year and ran to April with village digging around the mound. Hayden will compile a report for the National Park Service and the University, working unassisted over the next two weeks.
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Julian D. Hayden
Phoenix
Civilian Conservation Service
University of Arizona
Dougherty Funeral Planned for Mrs Mary Kennedy Dougherty
A rosary for 92 year old Mrs Mary Kennedy Dougherty will be said at 8 pm at Reilly Undertaking. A requiem mass will be held Friday at 9 am at All Saints church with burial in Holy Hope cemetery. She was born in Clonmel Ireland and died at her son John P Dougherty's home. She is survived by her son, a daughter, two grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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Mary Kennedy Dougherty
John P. Dougherty
East Fourth Street
Reilly Undertaking Company
All Saints Church
Holy Hope Cemetery
Dougherty
Clonmel
Ireland
United States
U. S
C. L. Carbrey
Denver
Catherine Dougherty
Tucson
Ed Dougherty
Washington, D. C
Ancient storage jar on display at Arizona State Museum
A pueblo storage jar dated 1275 to 1300 A D is showcased as the object of the week at the University of Arizona's Arizona State Museum. The piece uses negative style decoration from Kayenta area northeast Arizona, with black paint on white to form the design. Curita in southern Brazil hires a French planner to map a civic improvement plan.
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Arizona State Museum
University of Arizona
Arizona
Kayenta
Gree
Curita
Brazil
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Giant
Seid
Grabe Electric CO
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Miller Curio Co
East Congress
Congress Street
Stone Avenue
Joseph G. Rice
Alfred F. Kerr
Dorothy Ayers Loudon
Home Economics
The
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson Daily Citizen
Cooking
FOX Theatre
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