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June 6, 1941

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Notable Deaths

Louis Chevrolet

1941Louis Chevrolet, American race car driver and businessman, founded Chevrolet and Frontenac Motor Corporation (born 1878)[†]

Louis-Joseph Chevrolet was a Swiss-born American racing driver, mechanic and entrepreneur who co-founded the Chevrolet Motor Car Company in 1911.

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Headlines from June 6, 1941

CONGRESS STIRRED AS STRIKES SPREAD TO CHECK DEFENSE; Surprise Tie-Up of Big Plane Plant in California Hits 20% of Nation's Production BLOCKS MEDIATION BOARD Connally Offers Senate Bill to Let President Take Over Strike-Bound Plants CONGRESS STIRRED AS STRIKES SPREAD

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Murray calls on Puget Sound workers to return to work; denounces Orton charges against bd; 19 bd members sign rept approving panel recommendations; Columbia Basin IWA workers reach agreement with employers to avert threatened strike; bd recommendations

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