Strikes Enter Mediation Phase as Labor Seeps to End
First strikes handed to mediators inch toward termination though some workers remain out. In Bridgeville Illinois and other sites unions weigh ending walkouts amid wage and piecework disputes. AFL factions press to resolve wage issues and labor talks continue in New York and Chicago areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeville
Labor Department
Chicago-C.c
International Harvester
Besepo Createmstaon
AFL
Cornell Dugouth Plainders
Navy
New York
Winchester Plans Clean Up Festival For Vacant Lots
Mr Winchester urges a festival to clean up vacant lots. He argues tidier parcels curb mosquitoes and improve the area, presenting a practical approach to urban improvement and community pride.
Meter Question To Fore Again At Common Council Meeting
A delegation of businessmen presented views on the group opposing the meter question. The matter is slated for third and final reading at tomorrow night's Common Council meeting.
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Common Council
Company Liable For Agent Acts Under Federal Wage Law
Court holds that the company is liable for acts of its agents in violation of federal wage and hour law. Despite officers lacking knowledge, the firm faces $1,000 in alleged violations. The company manufactures knitted underwear.
Matsuoka Heads to Rome Amid Conference Orbit
Japan's feminister Jos Matsuoka continues to Rome in March as his train is due at 6 p.m. local time. The mission centers on diplomatic talks and scheduling with Italian authorities during a period of heightened postwar engagement.
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Rome
Japan
Jos
Presbyterian Church Announces Ministerial Call at Winchester
The Rev. Ronald Wilson announced at Sunday service that the Rev. W. Andrew Wilkerson, a seminary senior, has accepted a call to serve as pastor in Winchester. Wilkerson, a Davidson College graduate, will assume duties at the Highland Church after the April 15 ceremony in Strasburg, Virginia.
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W. Andrew Wilkerson
Ronald Wilson
The
Presbyterian Church
Theological Seminary
Davidson College
Strasburg, Va
Rev. R.M. Engle Accepts a Call
The report states Rev. R M Engle, son in law of Mr and Mrs Frank B Crawford of North W Street, has accepted a call. A special meeting may be called soon to act on his resignation and potential dissolution of pastoral relations with the Norfolk Presbytery. The Rev Mrs Engle, long serving at two Wilmington churches, is the daughter of late Rev S M Engle of Jefferson County. Her father was licensed in 1891.
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Jefferson Co
Chester Presbytery
Philadelphia execution marks first death in state for insurance ring
Petrillo, a 49 year old Italian, was executed by electrocution for his role in a Philadelphia murder for insurance ring that officials said claimed up to 100 victims. Guards forced him to shake before the death chair as the state carried out the sentence at 12 31 a m.
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Sleeper
Petrillo
Philadelphia
Concentrated Power Report Urges Decentralization Policy
The monopoly committee told Congress that concentration of economic and political power threatens democracy. It requests permanent decentralization and a curtailment program targeting monocistic trends, with recommendations on federal insurance laws and broader controls.
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Washington
Congress
United States
Lachen
Hill
Pei L
Pike
Crash Fatal for Miss Hall in Waynesboro
Sally Rogers daughter died in a crash near Hall in Waynesboro Virginia. John reportedly sustained a fracture and is expected to recover. Services were held at 1 40 o clock Tuesday at the home of her parents with interment planned.
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Hall W
Sally Rogers
John Ranto
Waynesboro
Sabotage Spreads on Axis Vessels in American Waters
The article reports coordinated sabotage by Italian crews aboard Axis ships with 60 vessels seized by the U S Coast Guard and 20 Italian ships badly damaged. German freighter Esinach and Italian freighter Fella were set ablaze near Punta Arenas Costa Rica while crews were arrested. The Italian line manager claims the seizures were prearranged and known by authorities.
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Central America
Costa Rica
Esinach
Fella
Punta Arenas
United States Coast Guard
Rando
United States
Serbs Urged to Watch America by U S Widow
Mrs Sla ven Grou widow of a Yugoslav statesman in Clarksburg West Virginia received a cablegram advising Serbs not to return to Germany Hitler will lose and to watch America The message signed by Dr Harry S Forbes and Dr Richard P Strong Harvard tropical medicine head with history of aiding Serbia in WW I
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Slaven Grou
Clarksburg
W. Va
Germany
Hitler
America
Grouic
Harry S. Forbes
Richard P. Strong
Harvard School of
Serbia
Tittle Steel Blame Is Placed
Washington dispatch says blame for the Little Steel strike might have been avoided and the nation cannot permit companies to refuse signed employer contracts, underscoring unity and common effort.
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Washington
Negotiations To End Interwoven Mill Strike Resume
In Martinsburg West Virginia negotiations to end the Interwoven Stocking Company strike will be resumed tomorrow. The conference began Saturday with discussions continuing through the day. Operations at the plant run on a single shift instead of two as before. The strike started March 21 over wages and other issues.
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Queen’s Court
Shenandoah XVIII
Virginia
Reading
Carolyn McLean Davison
Blackstone College For Girls
Blackstone
Warren Annett Page
Mary Washington College
Fredericksburg
Lois Elaine Kibler
Mary Baldwin College
Staunton
Winchester
Martinsburg
W. Va
Nylon Hosiery by Humming Bird Margaret L Hodgson
A short literary piece titled Nylon Hosiery by Margaret L Hodgson appears in the Humming Bird section. The item likely reflects mid century magazine prose style and features a female authorial voice from a period publication.
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Margaret L. Hodgson
Britain Claims Stirring Victory in Mediterranean Battle
Aboard the H. M. 5S War Sprite, British forces report sinking multiple Italian cruisers and destroyers in a dramatic night clash off Cape Pasaro and near Crete. The Lit torio battleship heavily damaged. three German planes downed. no British surface hits or casualties. Italy acknowledges some losses but says at least one British cruiser sunk and others damaged.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Britain
Tonian Sea
Italy
Littorio
Zara
Fiume
Pola
Maestrale
Vincenzo Gioberto
Mediterranean
Cebeadzalrel
London
Naval
Ars
Mediterrane
Allhe Agate
Cape
Pasaro
Toe
Jutland
Coer
Crete
Burns Fatal To Romney Youth
Kenneth Combs aged 17 of Romney West Virginia died at Memorial Hospital after his clothing saturated with gasoline ignited near a stove in a Romney store. Reports say fuel line leaked into his car and ran onto his trousers before he entered to pay for fuel. He was brought to the hospital by his parents Kerwood and Mrs Combs.
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Kenneth Combs
Romney
W. V3
Memorial Hospital
Combs
Winchester
Kerwood Combs
Germany Yugoslavia tensions rise as deadline nears
German officials warn only an unexpected mischance could avert a showdown as Hitler’s ultimatum looms. Yugoslav and German envoys meet while tales spread of a midnight deadline for German and Axis nationals to evacuate. Admiralty reports British forces strike in the eastern Mediterranean with heavy losses.
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Germany
Yugoslavia
Legation
Belgrade
Viktor van Heeren
Berlin
Ivo Andrie
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
World War II Crisis Deepens as German Ultimatum Looms
Belgrade warns German ultimatum to Yugoslavia looming past midnight as crisis grows dire. Berlin claims patience exhausted. British forces declare victory in major sea clash with Italian losses. U.S. seizes 300,000 tons of Axis ships amid protests. Fire exchanges occur near Algiers and Cheren Eritrea.
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Admiralty
Mediterranean
Britain
United States
Germany
Yugoslavia
Peter II
Secon Candida Reich
Visebeiirk Aeure
Mier
Dusan Simovic
Albi
Salonika
Greece
Matum
Berlin
Roosevelt Orders Seizure Ships En Route to Washington
President Roosevelt said he personally ordered seizure of Axis ships in U S ports as part of a $7 0 000 000 000 aid program for democracies. He spoke briefly at Fort Jackson South Carolina and declined to comment on weekend service of German Italian and Danish vessels.
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Washingon
Roosevelt
U. S
Fort Jackson
S. C
Wenatchee Blossom Festival Dates Announced
In Wenatchee Washington prognosticators Luce and Bovee predict the 22nd festival will run April 17 18 and 19 after inspecting buds. Sheriff Bywaters and Deputy DeHaven note Gail Hotel less popular with guests last week. Strong wind disrupts fishing on area streams as yellow suckers elusive.
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Wenatchee
Wash
W. A. Luce
L. G. Bovee
Bywaters
DeHaven
Gail
Road Hearing Set By Frederick County Board on April 14
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors will hold its annual road meeting on Monday April 14 to determine road projects to include in the maintenance construction programs for the upcoming fiscal year beginning July 1.
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Board of Supervisors
Frederick County
Bridegroom Feels Surprise as Bride Walks In Gown
In Evanston Illinois Richard West watched Miss Lingle enter the aisle in a wedding gown made from a parachute West used for bailouts. The dress, crafted by skilled hands, elicited startled and delighted exclamations from the groom and guests alike.
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Evanston, IL
Masel Oe
Richard West
Miss Nay Linegle
Miss Lingle
West
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R.M. Engle
Miss Hall
Halltown
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Boston Doctors
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Interwoven
Larry Allen
Burns
Balkan
Associated Press
World Today
R.A.F
Brest
France
Algiers
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