Miners Win $1.50 Day Raise Amid War Labor Accord
United Mine Workers chief John L. Lewis secured a $1.50 daily raise for coal miners after wartime negotiations with Harold Ickes. The pact covers bituminous and anthracite sectors with wage scales, lunch breaks, back pay, and holiday pay, aiming for rapid mine restarts before Monday.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
War Labor Board
Lewis
Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Illinois
WLB
Lewis and
Ickes
Umw-Illinois
Roosevelt
American Federation of Labor Mine Unions
Civilian Gasoline Octane Rating Is Reduced by PAW
The Petroleum Administration for War lowered civilian premium octane to 76 from 78-80 and set a 72 octane ceiling for regular gasoline. Volatility was slightly reduced to meet military needs, an effect motorists may notice mainly in cold weather starting delays. Deputy PAW Administrator Davies explained the action was necessary due to aviation fuel demand.
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Washington
Petroleum Administration For
PAW
Davies
Halsey hints bigger blows on the way in South Pacific
Admiral William F. Halsey warned of larger Allied operations to strike the Japanese across a wide sector after Bougainville. He praised the Bougainville invasion and the New Zealand air and Marine ground forces, noting costs of fifty dead and two hundred wounded, as he projected further advances before Christmas.
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South Pacific
William F. Halsey
Solomons
Japan
Tokyo
Halsey
Bougainville
Empress Augusta Bay
Treasury and
Choiseul
Treasury
New Zealand
Rabaul
Admiral Halsey
Roosevelt Warns of Imminent Job Freezing at CIO Meet
President Roosevelt told the 6th annual Congress of Industrial Organizations in Philadelphia that job freezing is near, urging stabilization of personnel at plants to reduce turnover. He warned sacrifices may be required from workers to balance the cost of living and national needs.
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Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Congress of Industrial Organizations
United States
CIO
Philip Murray
America
House Ways and Means Holds Wages Levy At 20 Percent
The House Ways and Means Committee kept the wage and salary withholding levy at 20 percent and dropped the toilet soap excise. They added a $2.029 billion revenue plan and set a $10,000 cap on continuing business losses, while sending Morgenthau’s graduated levy idea to staff for future study.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Internal Revenue Bureau
Federal Register
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Morgenthau
Congressional Tax Staff
U S Needs More Women in Service
Lt William Treptow outlines Air WAC duties and the role of radio operators in the Army Air Forces. His team will tour Whitewright until December 7 seeking volunteers to bolster manpower shortages and support training and combat operations.
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Army Air Forces
William Treptow
Air Force
Air Wacs
Treptow
Whitewright
Perrin
England
Uncle Sam
Explanation Due After Fire Insurance Suspicion
A merchant secured a fire insurance policy in the morning and his store burned by afternoon. The insurer suspected fraud but could not prove it, noting the long gap before the fire and sending a curt inquiry asking for an explanation of the delay.
Eugene Smith Missing in Action in Italy
Mr and Mrs Lon Smith of Whitewright Texas announced their son Eugene also called Preacher has been missing in action in Italy since September 19. He enlisted January 1941 in Dallas and worked for the Dallas Morning News before service. His brother Buster Smith is also in the service.
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Bobby D. Montgomery
Lester Simpson Jr
Dallas
U. S. Navy
Sherman
Bobby D
Mark Montgomery
Billy Earl Montgomery
Navy
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Sgt
Mark Montgomery Jr
Africa
Italy
Lester
Lester Simpson Sr
Whitewright
Bardier
Brown
Jimmy
Grover C. Brown
Lieutenant Brown
Lon Smith
War Department
Eugene Smith
Eugene
Preacher
Woodrow Wilson High School
Dallas Morning News
Methodist Pastoral Assignments Made in Sherman District
The North Texas Methodist Conference in Dallas named Rev. W. W. Adcock as pastor here until he enters Army Chaplaincy. Rev. Earl J. Patton becomes district superintendent of Sherman district. Rev. Harrison Baker moves to Greenville district. Rev. Joe Connally shifts to Paris district. Full Sherman district list includes Patton, Bounds, Parker, Bagley, Featherstone, Bunts, Smith, Perdue, Oglesby, Adams, House, Cates, Dunnam Jr, Zimmerman, Cannon, Vail, Mays, Adcock, and others with supply assignments.
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North Texas Methodist Conference
Dallas
W. W. Adcock
Adcock
Earl J. Patton
First Methodist Church
McKinney
Sherman
Whitewright Methodist Church
Harrison Baker
Greenville
Joe Connally
Whitewright
Commerce
Paris
Anna Melissa
Poe Williams
Bailey
R. E. Parker
Bells
Roy Bagley
Blue Ridge
Jack Featherstone
Celina
Clarence Bounds
Collinsville-Tioga
J. R. Bunts
Denison
Harless Chapel
L. E. Smith
Trinity
Guy Perdue
Waples
J. C. Oglesby
Dexter
Ector
Cotton futures slump on war end bets and insurance wager
Spot cotton fell as fears of a quick war end spread. A London insurer offered to wager on victory timelines, prompting heavy selling that pushed futures and cash prices down sharply, with stop losses triggering and prices near session lows at close.
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London Insurance Company
Germany
Shortage Grips Smythe Home and Business
In a discussion about manpower shortages, Smythe says the issue affects both business and personal life. He notes his 18-year-old daughter endured two dateless nights at home last week due to the strain.
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Smith
Smythe
Direct dairy feed payments to producers in Texas
The State Office of the Agricultural Adjustment Agency says dairy feed subsidies will be paid directly to producers after submitting milk or butterfat sales evidence to the County AAA Committee. Milk pays 50 cents per cwt and butterfat 6 cents per lb in a large list of counties. other Texas counties receive 40 cents per cwt and 5 cents per lb. First payments may cover October sales. timing depends on forms availability.
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State Office
The
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
County Aaa
Bosque
Bowie
Brown
Callahan
Camp
Cass
Childress
Clay
Coke
Coleman
Collin
Collingsworth
Comanche
Concho
Cooke
Coryell
Dallas
Dawson
Delta
Denton
Eastland
Ellis
Erath
Fannin
Fisher
Foard
Franklin
Grayson
Gregg
Hamilton
Hardeman
Harrison
Haskell
Henderson
Hill
Hood
Hopkins
Howard
Hunt
Jack
Johnson
Jones
Kaufman
Knox
Lamar
Lampasas
Llano
McCulloch
Marion
Martin
Mills
Mitchell
Montague
Morris
Navarro
Nolan
Palo Pinto
Parker
Rains
Red River
Rockwall
Runnels
San Saba
Scurry
Shackelford
Smith
Somervell
Stephens
Tarrant
Taylor
Trockmorton
Titus
Tom Green
Tyler
Wheeler
Wichita
Wilbarger
Wise
Wood
Young
Texas
Room temperature should be 68 to 70 degrees
Austin health officer Dr. George W. Cox urges keeping indoor temperatures at 68 to 70 degrees during cold weather. Overheating can open body pores and worsen colds influenza bronchial troubles and even pneumonia. Maintaining this range plus proper humidity helps prevent sickness and protect family health.
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Austin
George W. Cox
Cox
Grayson County Cotton Crop Falls Behind Last Year
The federal ginning report for Grayson County as of Oct 18 shows this season’s cotton crop lagging the prior year. County agent G O Peterson notes Grayson gained 22 130 bales by Oct 18 versus 25 916 a year earlier, with drought expected to widen the gap.
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Grayson County
G. O. Peterson
Carpenters Bluff
Grayson
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