Roosevelt calls for status quo or arbitration on closed shop
President Roosevelt urges steel firms and unions to hold a closed shop stance during the national emergency or submit the issue to arbitration. He names John L. Lewis and other leaders in letters proposing two alternatives for resuming captive mine work and asks operators to reaffirm non strike provisions and defense commitments.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Steel Company
John L. Lewis
The
Unity Mine Workers
Benjamin Fairless
United States Steel
Eugene Grace
Bethlehem Steel
Frank Purnell
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Steel and Union
Corner barber shop hosts heated talk on John L Lewis and coal strike
A neighborhood barber shop discussion turns into a heated exchange on John L Lewis and the coal strike. Residents debate military service, mine work, and labor's role in the war effort, urging public vigilance and national unity amid the crisis.
Adverts Subscribers Note Thanksgiving Beach Day Closure
The Star will not be published on Thursday November 20 1941 Thanksgiving Day a national holiday. The Evening Star.
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the Star
THE
Evening Star
50 000 Soldiers Ready to Take Over Mines
Washington November 19 Fifty thousand U S soldiers wait for orders if President Roosevelt uses the Army to take over strike bound coal mines. An adviser says the force size is adequate to protect lives and property without frightening workers. Units would exclude tanks and artillery to appear as friends of workers.
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John Lear
Washington
United States
Roosevelt
R L Long Dies Suddenly In Johns Hopkins
Middletown Va November 19 Raymond L Happy Long a leading local businessman and property owner died suddenly at Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore after internal hemorrhages. He was taken by ambulance from Middletown yesterday morning with his wife and Dr T A Williams present. A blood transfusion failed to save him. He had built and owned extensive property including a filling station garage restaurant grocery store feed store and residential blocks near Middletown and work sites near Front Royal and the lime quarry near Middletown.
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Middletown
Raymond L
Long
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Front Royal
M. J. Grove Company
Local Firms To Increase Pay Across Winchester Plants
Officials announced pay rises at three Winchester firms. The Winchester Knitting Mill will raise about 125 employees from 33 1 2 to 40 cents hourly starting Monday. Winchester Woolen Co seeks a 5 percent bump for about 170 workers on January 5, marking a 15 percent rise in nine months. Virginia Woolen Co will implement a second 10 percent increase on December 15, with 5 percent already in effect October 13, affecting six hundred workers.
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Winchester Knitting Mill
Winchester Woolen Company
Virginia Woolen Company
Litvinoff Seethes at British Refusal in Teheran
Russian ambassador Maxim Litvinoff and his wife faced a British obstruction in Tehran as they were barred passage to Cairo on a British overseas air transport. The incident drew a British apology while a Soviet plane awaited, hampered by a dust storm. The couple planned to try for Cairo the next day.
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Teheran
Iran
Cairo
Maxim Litvinoff
United States
British Overseas Airways
Litvinoff
Kuibyshev
Sir Read
Miners Reported Against Sympathy Strike In Piedmont
A. G. Rivers said he learned from Campbell Coal Co manager Mr. Pierce that the company was caught flat footed by the Sympathy strike in George's Creek. Pierce noted a portion of the miners oppose the strike and that coal supplies are tight with a potential holiday funds shortfall. Local firms report limited coal and worry for weekend needs though dealers expect enough on hand or enroute to cover domestic use.
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A. G. Rivers
Campbell Coal Company
Piedmont
W. Va
Pierce
George’s Creek
Bullet Disappears From Heart After Pennsylvania Wounding
Lloyd Landis a 31 year old construction worker in Coatesville was wounded when a youth shot at a hillside target. A .22 slug lodged near the heart and vanished from X rays, with doctors unsure if it moved or discharged into blood clots. Landis remains weak but improving.
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Coatesville
Lloyd
Landis
Charles Stone
al- Som
President Tries New Approach In Rail Dispute
President Roosevelt seeks settlement of the rail strike by holding separate talks with government officials and with spokesmen for carriers and unions. Eight attendees from both sides met after lunch with no conclusions reported.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Charles Fahy
Mead
David J. Lewis
National Railway Mediation Board
Joseph B. Eastman
Interstate Commerce Commission
George Harrison
The
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Alvaney Johnston
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
John J. Pelley
Association of American Railroads
R. V. Fletcher
Association
Johnston
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Railroad
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroads
Railway Labor Executives’ Association
Brotherhood
Whitney
Derailed B and O Freight Cars Near Charles Town
Seven cars of B and O freight No. 94 derailed a mile east of Charles Town on the Shenandoah division after a broken rail. Cars scattered but contents like lime and sand undamaged. Wrecking crews from Brunswick cleared the line and detoured passenger train No. 55 via Martinsburg and Winchester, delaying service for hours.
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Strasburg Junction
Brunswick
Shenandoah
Baltimore and Ohio
Charles Town
Winchester
Pennsylvania
Martins
Brooke Will Head British Staff
LONDON, Nov. 197 A shake up of Britain's army command named General Sir Alan Brooke 58 chief of the imperial general staff. Major-General A E Nye 45 becomes vice-chief. Brooke will assume December 25 as General Sir John Dill retires and becomes field marshal and Bombay governor.
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London
Britain
Alan
Wizard
Dill
Bombay
Roger Lumley
Union Service Tomorrow Morning at First Baptist Church
Winchester citizens will join in worship tomorrow morning at 10 30 o clock at the First Baptist Church. The Rev Carl Honeycutt pastor of the Lutheran Church will deliver a sermon on In All Things Give Thanks. Program of the service was published in the Star yesterday afternoon.
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Winchester
First Baptist Church
Carl Honeycutt
Lutheran Church
the Star
CIO Convention Backs Up Those Quitting Board
Detroit observers report the CIO convention endorsing President Murray's stance that organizing the unorganized must continue despite national emergency. Delegates approved a plan for regional industrial councils and backed resignations from the National Defense Mediation Board over the captive coal mines dispute. The event also urged a southern workers campaign and endorsed the labor defense strategy amid defense industry tensions.
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Detroit
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Philip Murray
America
Murray
Roosevelt
Muray
National Defense Mediation Board
United Mine Workers of America
Thomas Kennedy
Kennedy
Industry Council
South
Air Associates Officials Out After War Dept Demand
F Leroy Hill and Harold I Crow resign as president and vice president of Air Associates Inc in Bendix New Jersey to meet War Department requirements for returning the seized plant to private control. The army seized the plant October 31 and Walter Chalaire attorney for the firm was also reportedly targeted by the War Department.
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Walter Chalaire
War Department
Hunters Urged to Observe Opening Day Rules
Enforcement officers urge deer hunters to enter the woods no earlier than 30 minutes before sunrise on opening day. If a forest fire occurs, hunting in the area will halt immediately. It is unlawful to kill does. only bucks with two points or more may be taken. Be careful where you shoot and avoid unlawful targets.
Three Delegates To Convention Represent Handley Teachers
Three delegates will represent the teachers of the Handley schools at the Virginia Education Association convention opening in Richmond tomorrow. Mrs Andrew Bell will attend for Miss Lola Moore principal of John Kerr school who is ill. Also attending will be Miss Mary A Lupton and Miss Ruby Shi
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Handley Schools
Virginia Education Association
Richmond
Andrew Bell
Lola Moore
John Kerr School
Mary A Lupton
Ruby Shi
World of Today Remembers
In Gettysburg Pennsylvania on November 19 a veteran speaker recalled the dedication of a battlefield cemetery three score and eight years after the event. He noted that few will remember the words spoken at the time and that the world may not recall the words soon.
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Gettysburg
Convoys Reported Direct To Isles By U S Destroyers
Senator Wheeler released portions of a seaman’s letter describing U S destroyers convoying directly to Britain from Halifax. The sailor recounted draping depth charges near suspected submarines and witnessing the Kearney sinking with American planes over the Atlantic.
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Senator Wheeler
Washington
Wheeler
D.-Mont
Britain
Grafton
United States
Atlantic
Halifax
British Isles
Veteran Horse Trainer Dies at 59 in Baltimore
Frank Walker, 59, longtime trainer for William L. Brann of Glade Valley Farm, died unexpectedly at Union Memorial Hospital. He was admitted Saturday for a heart condition though not listed as critical. A veteran horseman, Walker ran his own stable for many years.
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Baltimore
Frank Walker
William L. Brann
Glade Valley Farm
Union Memorial Hospital
Walker
Germans Trapped Suffer Heavy Losses Near Novocherkassk
A Moscow Tass dispatch reports German troops trapped in a pocket near Novocherkassk suffered a heavy defeat with thousands killed or wounded, 13 tanks, 273 lorries and many guns lost.
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London
Moscow
Novocherkassk
Tokyo Diet Hopes For More Details
Tokyo reports that Washington envoy Saburo Kurusu met with Ambassador Nomura and Secretary Hull for nearly three hours. Observers say Tojo or Shigenori Togo might address the Diet if Washington developments justify it, with a war funds bill expected to advance tomorrow. Ino pledged adequate 1942 rice supplies despite potential import cuts.
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Tokyo
Washington
Saburo Kurusu
Kurusu
Nomura
Hull
Hideki Tojo
Shigenori Togo
Tojo
Togo
Hiroyasu Ino
Japan
Indo-China
Ino
Korea
Weygand May Leave Post In Northern Africa
In Vichy on November 19 reports spread that General Maxime Weygand may be removed from his North Africa pro consul post. Talks between Marshal Petain and Weygand followed by U S diplomat Leahy raised uncertainty awaiting an official N A announcement. Free French circle in London echoed ouster rumors as Rene Platon prepared to leave Vichy for West African duties.
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Vichy
France
Marshal Petain
Maxime Weygand
Weygand
Petain
North Africa
U. S
William D. Leahy
London
Free French Organization
Charles de Gaulle
Rene Platon
Wey
City And County Brevities Collide In Mixed Local News
Fire department battles sulphur fumes from smoldering barrels at MHearty Virginia Inc packing shed. deer survives collision with car six miles west of Winchester on Route 50. City Hall chairs finally acquired after years of talk. New Hampshire Red hen lays a 5.5 ounce triple yolk egg. drought may halt or delay hunting season east of the Ridge as streams run dry and deer seek water in valley springs.
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Mhearty Virginia, Inc
Walter Knee
Winchester
Frederick
Diet Speech Sparks Global War Alarm Across Fronts
The report details continued Soviet resistance with 10 000 Russian prisoners taken and 171 tanks destroyed as German forces push on Moscow and Leningrad. Soviet and British updates note gains near Rostov on Don and Kerch evacuations, while Eden warns Japan over the Burma road crisis.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Moscow
Leningrad
Fuehrer
Upper
Volga
Kalinin
Red Army
Ukraine
Semeon Timoshenko
Rostov-on-Don
Ewald C Kleist
Donets
Crimea
Russia
Sevastopol
Kerch
Caucasus
London
Anthony Eden
Britain
Rumania
Hungary
Eden
Japan
Burma
China
South Pacific
Chuck and Rays Beer Garden Holiday Hours Notice
Holiday week hours show regular evening openings Friday Saturday Sunday with Sunday afternoon. Also bingo at Sarah Zane Fire Hall Thursday November 20 at 8 30 p m with 20 games 20 prizes and a door prize of 100 dollars.
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Chuck & Ray
Pal
Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Thurs
Public Notices and Events at Local Venues
Listings include a Wednesday bingo at F. O. E. Home 211 N Loudoun Street at 8 p m, a Thanksgiving Day shooting match on Plaza Front Royal Pike with turkey and geese, and a public sale of household goods and stock by P. W. of Berryville with cash sale details.
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N. Loudoun Street
Plaza
Front Royal Pike
Turkey
P. W
Berryville
Fla
Frank C
Thanksgiving Dance at Chester Armory
Thursday night from 9 to 1 at Chester Armory for the annual J Board dance honoring the football team.
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Chester Armory
Thanksgiving giveaway at Colonial Kitchen event
A local Thanksgiving promotion at Colonial Kitchen offers prizes including turkeys and chickens. The notice lists Sunnyside location 1 mile north of Chester and a Thursday drawing on November 20 at 10 a.m. Run by L. F. McDonald.
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Sunnyside
Chester
Thur
L. F. McDonald
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DeGaulle
City Hall
Council Chamber
Barr
C. F
M. J. Pease
New Hampshire
Mr. Pease
Colonial Kitchen
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