Miners Revolt Persists as War Board Orders End to Strike
Wilkes Barre Pa Jan 16 At least 5100 additional anthracite miners reported to work but many stayed away amid a War Labor Board ultimatum ordering 10000 to 17000 others to end the 18 day wildcat strike. Strike leaders debated resuming production Monday as locals protest dues and wage demands. The crisis highlights John L Lewis and internal rifts as the labor board pressures a return to work.
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Wilkes Barre
New War Labor Board
Wildcat
Washington
War Labor Board
Mediation Board Abandons Rail Settlement Effort
The National Mediation Board says it has abandoned mediation of the 900000 non operating railroad workers pay and shop demand dispute. It notes no strike vote will be held and urges reliance on the wartime dispute mechanism under executive order 9172 and the National Railway Labor Panel chaired by Dr William M Leiserson.
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Chicago
National Mediation Board
National Railway Labor Panel
William M. Leiserson
Washington
GGS Aetions
Richmond Times Dispatch Authors Honored in Wartime Book List
MA Winchester notes the Richmond Times Dispatch appears on a Nazi list of books “that got America into the war.” The piece cites American authors and works such as Berlin Diary and You Can’t Do Business With Hitler, highlighted by Prankfurter Zeitung to praise or critique truth about Nazi Germany.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Prankfurter Zeitung
America
Times-Dispatch
Germany
W. L. Shirer
Berlin
H. R. Knickerbocker
Joseph C. Harsch
Wallace Duel
Hitler
Douglas Miller
Frederick L. Schuance
Reader’s Digest
Grew Warns Japan May Seek Peace Offense
Former Ambassador Joseph C. Grew warned at a Women’s Republican luncheon that Japan may use a "jujitsu" peace offensive to lull the United States into a trap. He noted Japan’s reluctance to surrender, but the tactic could involve feigned defeat to lure Washington off guard before a quick strike.
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New York
Japan
United States
Joseph C. Grew
Women’s National Republican Club
Grew
Tokyo
Plo
Pearl Harbor
Burning Trash In Business Area Criticized
Acting Fire Chief E W Argenbright and Chief of Police C W Hollis urged businesses on Lou Down Street and congested areas to stop open trash burning after a blaze near the Food Center. Embers carried by wind damaged a stove area and this fire could have destroyed much of the business district if not controlled.
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E. W. Argenbright
Polie
C. W. Hollis
Loudoun Street
Argenbright
Hasard
Elie
Iraq Declares Itself In War
Iraq announces it is at war with Germany Italy and Japan and had severed relations with the Axis. Britain had moved troops into Iraq in 1941 after an Axis inspired revolt aimed at oil deposits. Prime Minister Nuri al Said noted as a leading Arab figure.
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London
Iraq
Germany
Italy
Japan
Axis
United States
Nuri Es Sadi
Feisa
Lawrence of Arabia
Driver's Hearing For Man In Fatal Christmas Eve Crash
Edwin Clark, driver of a car in which Violet Hounshell was fatally injured near Middletown on Christmas Eve, faced an involuntary manslaughter charge as the hearing began at Frederick County Courthouse this afternoon at 2 30 before Trial Justice W E Edwards.
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Edwin Clark
Violet Hounshell
Middletown
Frederick County
W. E. Edwards
Clark
Reed Pushes Senate Action on 48 Hour Work Week
Senator Reed announces a plan to force an early Senate vote on a bill changing overtime from 40 to 48 hours. He cites no-panacea manpower limits but argues a 48 hour minimum is a first step and says contracts between employers and workers would be exempt.
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Washington
Reed
R-Kas
Senate
Midwest
Committee On Education and Labor
W. B. Snider Sale Notice at 323 N Street
Public sale listing for W. B. Snider of 323 North Street appears with date 1 15 and page references 1p 2p. The notice outlines the sale action and location.
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W. B. Snider
323 N
Allies Blasts 23 Axis Planes In Tunisian Air War
Allied forces and RAF fighters engaged Axis aircraft in the Tunisian campaign with day and night action. Twenty three German and Italian planes were shot down, seven transports and escorts downed, and multiple bombers destroyed along with raids on airfields and rail lines.
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North Africa
Tunisian
Gabes
Cairo
Tripolitanian Desert Front
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Tripoli
Tack
Messerschmitt
War Today Dispatches From Front In European and African Theaters
The AP reports Russian forces near Rostov and the east bank of the Donets, with a possible start of battle for Rostov. Allied air and naval forces claim heavy action against Axis in North Africa and the Pacific as Montgomery eyes Rommel’s forces. MacArthur reports breaking through Japanese lines on the Paua peninsula and Sanananda in New Guinea.
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Donets River
Rostov
Sirte
Libya
Bernard Montgomery
Erwin Rommel
Africa Corps
MacArthur
Paua Peninsula
New Guinea
Sanananda
Wonets
Sovet Information Bureau
Donets
Borodinoy
Potseluiev
Kamensk
Moscow-Rostov
Millerovo
Woodstock Youth Fatally Struck While Walking to Job
Benjamin Franklin Ruby Jr. 17, of Woodstock, was killed after a southbound truck struck him along U S Route 11 south of Strasburg while returning home from Winchester where he had come to apply for a job at the O Sullivan Rubber Company. Vernon McKelvey 24, also of Woodstock, who accompanied him, said he was walking behind Ruby when the accident occurred. The truck was driven by Landis Ray Snider of Marion Virginia. Snider posted $100 bond for a hearing.
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Benjamin Franklin Ruby, Jr
Woodstock
Strasburg
Vernon McKelvey
Winchester
O'Sullivan Rubber Company
McKelvey
Ruby
Landis Ray Snider
Marion
Snider
Nazi U Boat Base Hit As RAF RAF Attacks Lorient Again
Lorient, a German submarine base in western France, was heavily bombed last night with large fires in the dock area. British bombers, aided by moonlight, targeted fuel dumps and pens, while U S Air Forces conducted daylight raids on the port in prior attacks. RAF intruder patrols shot up railway engines and hit air craft near Ypres.
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Lorient
France
Air Ministry
Germany
Holland
Belgium
Lorent
U. S
British Isles
RAF
Continent
England
Ypres
Why Waste Rubber Time and Gas
A Brevities reader Joe Dokes urges saving gas and rubber by stopping late night traffic lights when roads are nearly empty. He notes gasoline and rubber limits and asks readers for views on whether lights should stay on late.
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Joe Dokes
Uncle Sam
Hitler Acknowledges Siege Armies Trapped Near Don and Volga
The German radio broadcast to trapped troops admitted for the first time that Nazi siege forces facing Stalin grad are enclosed between the Don and Volga rivers. Russian estimates peg the force at remnants of 22 divisions while home broadcasts stay silent on their plight.
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Adolf Hitler
Stalingrad
Don
Volga
Soviet forces tighten arc toward Rostov and Caucasus gates
Soviet battle reports say Red Army units push along the Don and Donets rivers, reach the Sal-Manych ridge, and occupy towns such as Glubokaya Litvinovka Diadin Kurenny as they close in on Rostov and the Manych canal, signaling a strategic operation toward the Caucasus front.
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Moscow
Red Army
Donets
Kanemsk
Sal-Manych
Manych River
Rostov
Caucasus
Information Bureau
Sal-Manych Range
Manych
Northern
Glubokaya
Mamensk-Shakhtinsky
Litvinovka
Middie Don
Lakitvŭ
Diadin
Kurenny
Zimovniki
Tikhoretsk
Ses Sanitary Datry
Fragmented OCR record lists a small sanitary notice with unreadable portions. The readable elements reference a date and local entity but specific details are unclear.
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Tf W. L. B
WLB
Lewis
John L. Lewis
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Tunisia
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Winchester Evening Star
the People's Paper
By Wes Gallagher
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