North American Aviation plant shuts as CIO strike hits defense work
The CIO led walkout at North American Aviation in Inglewood California halts plant operations for the first time since 1928. The Defense Mediation Board, amid negotiations, faces pressure as Roosevelt declares a national emergency and calls for prompt use of a conciliatory mechanism to end industrial stoppages hampering defense production.
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Associated Press
CIO
Defense Mediation Board
North American Aviation Corporation
Inglewood
Calif
Washington
Roosevelt
North American
Mediation Board
W. P. Goodman
United Automobile Workers
CIO Lumber Workers
Northwest
United States
National Defense Mediation Board
Winchester Sees Sidewalks Repair and New Construction
City officials seek WPA backing to repair dangerous sidewalks and construct new ones. Work should proceed regardless of federal funding, with costs potentially billed to property owners if owners refuse to pay. Recent city reports detail expenditures and projected square footage of paving.
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Anciete Nate Codparaiad Dp
Pelee Op Iragia Ander Wea Pro
Cal
Just One Hunch After Another
Roland Warren Smith of Richmond believes he will be called to military service on the Fourth of July. He has received his local draft order, his questionnaire, and a Memorial Day notice to appear for a physical exam.
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Richmond
Roland Warren Smith
Searchlights Of 71st C A Get A Workout
Winchester watched a simulated air defense drill as the 2nd Battalion 1st Coast Artillery Anti Aircraft posed with 37 millimeter guns and 50 caliber machine guns at The Park. Ceiling too low halted planes. thousands gathered despite traffic jams. The unit of about 950 men and 40 officers moved to New Market and Massanutten passes before returning to Fort Story.
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Winchester
Jupiter
T1st Coast Artillery
Virginia
New Market
Massanutten
Meadows
H. S. Zeer
Fort Story
Coast Guard Sailors Shifted to Navy in War Readiness
Secretary Morgenthau announced the transfer of more than 3,000 Coast Guard sailors to the Navy to staff new war roles. An executive order signed by President Roosevelt directs some guardsmen to operate as part of the Navy. Treasury estimates 700 will man the liner America requisitioned by the Maritime Commission. Some crews freed when ten cutters were turned over to England. others collected from Coast Guard stations nationwide. Rear Admiral Waesche said replacements can be spared without halting Coast Guard duties.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Navy
Coast Guard
Engand
R. R. Waesche
Beamen
Food Shortages In U S A Not Likely To Occur
Government pressure to raise farm production to meet defense demands appears to have removed immediate threats of U S food shortage. USDA reports show dairy concerns eased with milk output at least five percent higher than a year ago.
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U.S.A
Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Department
Stimson Urges Seizures Act to Ease Defense Bottlenecks
Secretary Stimson urged passage of a seizures act to empower the President to seize strategic property. He cited bottlenecks in machine tools aluminum shortages and German patents hindering defense production. He warned against frivolous congressional objections delaying defense preparedness.
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Washington
Stimson
Congress
United States
Warrenton Firm Is Low Bidder On Route 50 Overpass
The Blackwell Engineering and Construction Company of Warrenton submitted the lowest bid for the Clarke county Route 50 overpass project. The tentative bid was 98 514.63 dollars. The overpass will span the Norfolk and Western Railway with approaches to be included.
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the Star
Associated Press
Blackwell Engineering and Construction Company
Warrenton
Clarke County
Norfolk and Western Railway
Invasion Talk Sparks Bell Ringing Debate in Britain
London dispatch reports Britain's bell system under strain as invasion fears rise. Clergy face questions on how to ring warnings if keys and guardians are unavailable, prompting ideas from skeleton keys for churches to rocket-based signals.
Britain Near March Into Syria as Nazis Strike
London sources warn of a far reaching Middle East move with Britain poised to seize Syria while Nazis extend their base. German raids target Alexandria killing 100 plus, while Britain blocks Syria and Lebanon as enemy occupied territory and Turkish leaders express concern over troop debarkation in Syria.
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Middle East
London
Britain
Alexandria
Egypt
Syria
Lebanon
Adolf Hitler
Ce Frp
Palestine
Cyprus
London Radio
Oil
Amman
Transjordan
Beirut
Rhodes
Turkey
Sukru’ Saracoglu
Franz von Papen
Saracoglu
Iraq
Travel Halted By Slides Of Earth In Maryland
Sides caused by a week of steady land movement disrupted rail and bus service across the area. The Capitol Limited and two other eastbound trains were diverted via the Pennsylvania Railroad from Pittsburgh to Washington due to slides at Connellsville. No. 22 reached Pittsburgh to Cumberland by 4:30 p m, with No. 8 expected at 1:05 p m pending clearance. The Blue Ridge area reports ongoing traffic delays from slides and washed-out bridges in Pennsylvania and Western Maryland lines.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Cumberland
Capitol Limited
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburgh
Washington
Connellsville
Blue’ Ridge Arenesportation Company
Vania
Western Maryland Railway Company
Petemae
Tomato production revival and plans in Frederick county
Commercial tomato growing resumes in Bartonville with a canning plant by W. Bell Watkins and J. F. Pritts, contracting 35,000 plants. Gainesboro growers plan calinery and expect about 14.50 per ton, with dry weather and disease reducing acreage. Several growers in Stephens City aim for commercial scale, citing need for good plants to boost income.
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Bartonville
Frederick County
W. Bell Watkins
J. F. Pritts
Oper
Gainesboro
Braithwaite Brothers
Gainesmore
Homer Shade
Stephens City
Joe Funk
S. L. Shackleford
WN. W. Nichols
Charles Watson
Eelanese Worker Clyde Howard Dies by Own Action
A Romney West Virginia coroner's jury rules Clyde Howard a 43 year old Delanese plant employee died by his own action. His body was found in woods near Green Spring after a shotgun trigger string was attached. He had previously attempted suicide Friday on a Baltimore and Ohio train in a locked compartment. He was jailed until Monday. his wife and two others survive.
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Cumberland
Romney
W. Va
Clyde Howard
Delanese
Weber Street
Green Spring
Howard
Baltimore and Ohio
Tivo
Attack on Russia Reported Planned Attack
Ankara reports indicate Germany and Romania massing for an attack on Russia. Turkish circles say 100 German divisions near the Russian frontier in Poland and 30 more in Romania. Rumanians are said to have mobilized 25 divisions recently recalled from demobilization six weeks ago.
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Ankara
Turkey
Russia
Germany
Poland
Rumania
Hull says Franco-German collaboration harms US rights
Secretary Hull told France that Franco German collaboration is inimical to the rights of the United States and other nations.
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Washington
Hull
France
United States
Mussolini to preside over extraordinary Fascist council
A Berlin radio report citing Rome said Mussolini will preside tomorrow at an extraordinary Fascist council in Spain. The statement was broadcast to listeners in Berlin and echoed by observers.
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New York
Berlin
Rome
Mier Mussolini
Fascist Council
Spain
Peonies Snapdragons and Carnations Price Dot Sale
The Flower Shop advertises flowers including peonies, snapdragons, and carnations at seven dollars per dot for June 6. Located at an unspecified shop page, itemized by color and variety.
Sarah Zane Fire Co Holds June Meeting
The regular monthly fee of the Sarah Zane Fire Co. will be held Friday June 6 at 8 p m. All members urged to be present. Captain Loryn M Crabill signs the notice.
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Sarah Zane Fire CO
Loryn. M. Crabill
Roosevelt urges immediate St Lawrence seaway and power project
President Roosevelt asked Congress to authorize immediate construction of the St Lawrence seaway and power project done jointly with Canada. He argued no comparable facilities could be built quickly enough to aid national defense and that the project could be completed in four years with a majority vote in both houses.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
S J. Lawrence Seaway
Canada
Norway
Dardanelles
St. Lawrence
Great Lakes
Atlantic
New York
Senate
Government to speed defense output by renegotiating contracts
Donald M. Nelson of the Office of Production Management told the Senate defense panel that Washington would act very soon to speed up defense production by renegotiating existing contracts for earlier deliveries. He supported the idea of extra shifts and spreading work to smaller firms, saying an all-out effort is planned and may appear shortly.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
Office of Production Management
Nelson
OPM
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Senator Connally
D-Tex
Connally
Truman
D-Mo
Stettinius
R. Stettinius, Jr
United States Stes
Con
Eve i Stettinius
Ities
May Defer Men Who Are Over 27
Brig Gen Lewis B Hershey said in a Senate session that military induction would defer men aged 21 to 27 if Congress approves amendments to the selective service act. Directors of selective service testified the proposals aim to grant the President power to defer induction by age groups. Senator Reynolds said the Senate Military Committee likely will act on the amendments.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Congress
Selective Service
Reynolds
Senate Military Committee
War Department offers soldiers release to civilian defense work
The War Department announced a new policy allowing soldiers with special skills to be released from military service to return to civilian employment in defense industries. The policy responds to industrialists complaints of skilled labor shortages as many workers were drafted.
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Washington
War Department
Restrictions On Motor Fuel May Be Applied Soon
Petroleum Administrator Ickes said restrictions on oil consumption in the east are probable within a month and may be voluntary. He urged immediate nationwide daylight saving and warned of a worsening power shortage. Pipelines to move oil east are to be built, with possible Sunday and weekday closures of stations as local efforts to conserve fuel.
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Washington
Ickes
C. W. Kellogg
Edison Electric Institute
Office of Production Management
Winchester
Baltimore
Norfolk
Transmitter to become active for police department
City council heard that the police department radio transmitter is nearly complete and will be installed and in operation before month’s end. Runways at the airport have been widened to 400 feet with help from state and federal aviation authorities, preparing the airport for students from the Non-College Civil Pilot training school. Kerr street work continues with waterbound macadam surface and related excavation and grading by Bond and Cameron.
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Police Department
S. Lee Grant
State Corporation Commission
Civil Aéronautics Authority
Civil Pilot Training School
Kerr Street
Bond
Cameron
Clearbrook Yard Party Benefit Set for June 26
A yard party at Clearbrook to benefit the Presbyterian Church is planned for June 26. Proceeds will support church programs and community outreach activities.
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Clearbrook
Benefit Presbyterian
40 000 Planes Contemn For Air Corps
A $10 000 000 000 defense bill to fund the air corps expansion to 40 000 planes was sent to the House by the Appropriations Committee. The panel warned the sum, though large, remains insufficient for the coming year amid higher costs and wartime needs. Major allocations include 12 856 additional warplanes and funds for bases, defenses, and equipment.
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Air Corps
House
Appropriations Committee
Geremany
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Atlantic Island
Exercises To Be In City Hall For Confederate Memorial Day
Part of the June 6 exercises for Confederate Memorial Day will be held in City Hall due to bad weather. The parade forms at 10 30 and moves to Stonewall Demet for a volley by Company 115 W P F and taps before a speech by Major ton. Afterward the Is wall Memorial Association and Turner Ashby Chapter U DC will dine at the Wayside Inn in Middletown.
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Stonewall Demet
Company 115
City Hall
Majorton
Iswall Memorial Association
Turner Ashby
U. D.C
Wayside Inn
Middletown
Friendship Fire Co Plans Aug Staunton Reel Team
The Friendship Fire Co will hold its regular meeting on Thursday in June at 8 p m in Friendship hall. The agenda includes organizing a reel team to compete in the Staunton August reel races at the Virginia State Firemen's Convention.
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Friendship Fire CO
Friendship Hall
Staunton
For Sale Office Safe at Star Office
For sale office safe advertised by Willis Real Estate contact 3631 dial. Safe located at Star Office. Includes reference code S-30-1p-19 and dated listings May 28. The ad instructs apply with a phone request to Willis Real Estate.
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Office
DIAL
Willis Real Estaté
Money to Lend Notice for H. Benham
A lending notice seeks a client in city or country estates. Apply to H K at 32 Rouss Avenue Virginia or reach H Benham at 4433 for details.
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H. K
Rouss Avenue
Virginia
H. Benham
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