CHINA MAIL, JUNE 12, 1941.
American Strikes Spread To Curtis-Wright Works Threat Of "Dead Halt"
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THE STRIKE SITUATION IN AMERICAN DEFENCE INDUSTRIES APPEARS TO GROWING MORE SERIOUS. IN SPITE OF A VIRTUAL SETTLEMENT OF THE NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION WALK-OUT WITH OC- CUPATION OF THE PLANT BY THE U.S. ARMY, TWO MORE FACTORIES DEALING IN DEFENCE MATERIALS ARE NOW TO BE CLOSED.
These are two Curtis-Wright propellor factories in Pittsburgh, where the workers have decided to strike to-day (Thursday) for more pay.
Meanwhile the Cleveland factories of the Aluminium Company of America were still idle yesterday morning, and several workers who arrived with lunch boxes were tumed back by pickets.
The settlement announced by the Defence Mediation Board
Subversive Elements
in Washington on Tuesday night, Colonel Frank Knox, Secretary providing for an all-round In-for the Navy, stated in Washing- crease of one cent an hour for ton yesterday that surversive all employees, was subject to Communistic elements using ratification by the Union yester-Labour Union activity as a "cloak day afternoon.
to afack American freedom," in Leaflets were distributed yes-future would be proceeded against terday saying that President as "enemies of the country. Roosevelt "cried against Hitlerism Colonel Knox told a meeting of abroad only to use the tactics 01 aviation industry officials that a Hitler at home against the Government action in the Los labouring man and woman,
Angeles strike did not challenge "We find workers are being bargaining or Union activity but armed to fight fellow workers challenged those "who use those
ROTTEN ROW BARGAINS-Rotten Row, for years renowned as a riding-ground for London Society, is now a path to one of the strangest "bargain babements" in the world-a store set up by two Civil Servants to sell furniture and fittings from bombed out homès, This Hyde Park store, which fronts on the Row, has two men in charge-a superintendent and a clerk, ea's men" for the first time in their lives. At this huge dump, the largest in Britain, one can buy a bath or a basin in good condition for 10s. Most of the prices are fixed by the Ministry of Home Photo shows a buyer in- Security-building experts from the Ministry of Works and Buife ings.
Epecting some radiators which have been salvaged and are now up for sale. (Copyright, Fox).
R.A.F. DAY ATTACK ON ZEEBRUGGE MOLE
CONTINUING THE daylight offensive
Men in the shop to-day may find things as a cloak to attack Ameri- against German coastal targets and enemy
themselves in uniform to-morrow." and commanded to shoot down their Union brothers."—Reuter.
"Dead Haft” Threatened
International News Service quotes a high War Department officials as saying yesterday: "If such walk-outs continue they will bring production of military aircraft in this country to dead halt." Meanwhile (adds International News), American. Federation
a
can freedom and liberty." ter.
Reu-
NEARLY 700 RAIDS
ON MALTA
+
of enemy aircraft
shipping, begun on March 12 last and car- ried on since whenever weather conditions
permitted, British aircraft yesterday bombed the Mole at Zeebrugge and docks at Ymui- den.
ed away.
In a year of air raids Malta The aircraft also sank a smal has had 694 alerts of which 468 vessel off the Dutch coast and sho occurred since January 15, when down one enemy float 'plane m German Luftwaffe started raiding the sea. Malta.
The number of
The 'planes which attacked Zee- officially known to have been des- brugge dived out of a thick bank troyed by fighters and A.A. de-of clouds onto the target through fences combined to date is 55 heavy anti-aircraft fire and zoom- shot down and 60 confirmed as badly damaged but not confirmed as destroyed. -- Reuter.
MACAO ARRESTS
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Three Chinese, arrested in a hotel in Macao yesterday, are being held by the Portuguese Police on charge in connection with the daring robbery carried out on May. 18 at the Macao resi- dence of Dr. Sun Fo, President of
Labour leaders of 16,000 employees of the Consolidated Aircraft Corp- oration al San Diego,
which holds $700,000,000 in warplane orders, are considering whether to strike if their demands for wage increases are rejected.
In Washington yesterday, Pre- effort sident Roosevelt said an would be made to break the
Francisco protracted San
Bay shipyard strike to-day when the Executive Council of the Ameri- can Federation of Labour machinists' representatives meet! at the call of its president, Mr. Harvey Brown.
Support For Roosevelt the Legislative Yuan-Our Own
"Mr. Brown wlit ask for authority to order the strikers back to work.
Strong sentiment is swinging behind the Administration Bill
Correspondent.
INDIAN WATCHMAN
SUCCUMBS
to "draft personnel and property."
such
in
the
They plastered an
JAPANESE IN COURT
SCENE
:
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A tense atmosphere prevailed in the vicinity of the Shanghai area where First Special District Court when a 3,000-ton ship was tied up by a party of seven Japanese plain-, the Mole and had time to see the clothes men insisted on attending
of the the court. ship sink in the middle harbour, and another alongside The party arrived in cars and
from were stopped the Mole listing heavily
R.AF After a in earlier blows struck
attacks.
Reuter.
SLIGHT NAZI AERIAL ACTIVITY
BRITAIN TO FEED SYRIA
Arrangements have been made to send to food immediately any part af Syria where there is a shortage, as soon as that country has been cleared of Germans, stated the Ministry of Economic Warfare in London yesterday.
-Reuter.
LAWRENCE
at the entrance WATERWAY
they
which PROJECT
heated argument were advised by a Japanese policeman to leave, did. vice.
International News Ser-
ARRESTED
Mr. William Knudsen, in charge of defence, pro-
SHANGHAI EDITORS duction, announced in Washington yesterday, that the United States Office of Production Management has formal- approved the St. Lawrence Waterway pro- including both
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
ly
A small number of bombs were Dalla Singh, Indian Private dropped by German raiders in south-west England last evening. succumbed hoarded Watchman, stores of as
Three Shanghai Chinese editors aluminium and other vital materi- Queen Mary Hospital last night to No details have yet been received. als needed for defence and asserted the wounds received when he was. On the whole enemy activity are reported to have been arrest- to be held by speculators seeking, shot at by a fellow-watchman over Britain during the day was ed by Nanking secret servicemén i wartime boom in prices. near the Central Market in the slight, states an Air Ministry com- on suspicion of being connected ject,
Reuter..
with a Chungking spy organisa-
waterway and electric International News Service.
tion.
No names or detalls are divulg- power portions as an "all- ed though it is believed more out defence effort.' arrests can he expected shortly- International News Service,
morning.
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Agreement to start work on. the £60,000,000 St. Lawrence: navigation and power project was signed by representatives of the. United States and Canada in March.
There is no foundation for the Its immediate objectives are report that two French, generals first to increase the power pro- arrived in Gibraltar, at the week- duction of the International Rapids and and conferred with General section of the St. Lawrence Gort, It was learned from a River and second, to provide, an most reliable source in Gibraltar outlet for ship-building facilities. yesterday, says a Reuter message, in the Great Lakes
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