German workers face low pay and looming labor unrest
The article notes 63 percent of German workers earn less than the annual $300 American wage in terms of food and clothing, with 20 percent of earners married men. It cites Nazi pay problems, compares WPA U.S. wages, and discusses potential labor trouble affecting Hitler and Germany’s economy. It also covers Chamberlain's warning to Hitler and domestic U.S. views on possible war.
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Germany
Hitler
WPA
United States
Senate Passes Chain Store Tax In Iowa
The Iowa Senate approved a chain store tax bill by a decisive vote, advancing a compromise plan that raises annual license fees to twenty two thousand dollars for large chains and includes goods in transit in assessments. The measure moves to the House for consideration.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Senate
Senate
Louisiana
Elmer Bekman
Ottumwa
If Democracy Fails We Must Live It Not Just Talk It
First Lady urges democracy to become a working reality through living its principles. She stresses economic security, access to bread, informed public opinion, and universal participation, warning that democracy dies if people are left in the dark or silenced by propaganda. Copyright 1939. Dr. Newton.
Rescue Man As He Clings To Grating Above River Dam
Spencer Snyder of 2510 Sixteenth Street NW was saved from drowning when four men pulled him from the river above a dam near the A venue bridge at 9 50 p m. Floyd Clement Verne Wood George Shearer and Yale Uridil aided by tossing a life preserver and lifting him to safety. Snyder was treated at Mercy hospital in good condition Monday morning and thanked the rescuers.
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Spencer Snyder
Sixteenth Street
B Avenue
Floyd Clement
Second Street
Verne Wood
First Avenue
George Shearer
Ellis Boulevard
Yale Uridil
Eighteenth Street
Snyder
Navy invites bids on new warships before funding
Washington dispatch reports the Navy Department asked private yards to bid by May 24 for four submarines and four destroyers under the 1940 construction program, with navy yards to build a matching number. The move aims to speed up warship construction amid unsettled world conditions.
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Washington
INS
Navy Department
Congress
Navy
Soft coal miners in Appalachia halt work across region
About 338000 miners in the Appalachian area refused to report for work after contract talks between United Mine Workers of America CIO and employers failed. The stoppage, described by union spokesmen as not a strike, hits mostly Pennsylvania and West Virginia with some Alabama mines. Daily wage loss could reach about 1500000, while supplies on hand suggest minimal consumer impact unless the dispute lasts weeks.
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New York
Appalachian
United Mine Workers of America
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Alabama
Candid Gazette Cameramen to Shoot Downtown Cedar Rapids
The Gazette assigns two candid cameramen to the Cedar Rapids business district. They will snap pedestrians without posing, handing out cards for optional 24 by 3 inch prints for 25 cents. Print enlargements available by mail or in person at The Gazette.
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Cedar Hanis News
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
The
Arm Caught in Bakery Rollers. Man Rescued by Fire Unit
George Casper, 42, trapped for over an hour when his left arm was drawn into four heavy rollers at a bakery in Minneapolis. He calmly directed police and firefighters as they used sledges and an acetylene torch to free him. His arm was freed after rescuers cut through the axles and separated the rollers. Casper’s condition was listed as fair.
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Minneapolis
Tlis
George Casper
Casper
Ralph
Wine Takes Effect After Motorist Is Nabbed As Reckless
Cedar Randals News reports Patrolmen Simon and Stusak arrested Richard Edmond, 19, of Vinton for reckless driving after a citizen reported a drunken driver heading west on Mt. Vernon road SE. Edmond released on bond and to appear in police court Tuesday. Forrestal, 22, of 599 Cobban Court SE, was booked for intoxication and fined.
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Simon and
Stusak
Richard Edmond
Vinton
Mt. Vernon Road
Edmond
Joseph B. Forrestal
Cobban Court SE
Forrestal
Simon
Train Soviet Girls To Drive Tractors
MOSCOW UP reports authorities plan to train 100000 girls as tractor drivers to replace male drivers in wartime. The program aims to mobilize women for agricultural and transport roles if conflict escalates.
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Moscow
Landon Son Recovering After Mastoid Operation
A if M Landon's five year old son John Cobb remained resting satisfactorily after a delicate mastoid operation in Topeka Kansas. Landon stayed at the hospital throughout and donated blood twice for transfusions.
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Landon
Topeka
Kan
Aif
M. Landon
John Cobb
Bill to Legalize and Tax No Payoff Pinball Machines
Des Moines AP reports a bill to legalize and tax no payoff pinball machines passed the lower house 55 to 47. A $20 annual tax per machine would fund the three point tax fund for pensions and relief. estimated 12 000 to 20 000 machines would be licensed.
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DES Moines
Lowi
Leo Hoegh
Chariton
Hoegh
Senate
Hitler halts Wilhelmshaven speech by own order
Berlin dispatch cites Adolf Hitler ordering the Wilhelmshaven radio address cut off after engineers could not sever circuits in time. The broadcast began in the U.S. and elsewhere before the voice vanished from the air. The reason for the sudden cancellation remains unclear.
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London
INS
Adolf Hitler
Wilhelmshaven
United States
Berlin
G. Ward Price
Price
Daily Mail
America
Hitler
Too Bad The Boys Aren't Bashful On Second Third Term
Cartoonish column by Arthur Bugs Baer reflecting on political coyness around a second or third term. Connally of Texas backs Garner, who blushes and retreats, while Baer jokes about eight years in power and the whip.
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Arthur
Bugs” Baer
Connally
Texas
Jack Garner
Jack
Roosevelt Seeks Middling Budget Stance Amid PWA Debates
President Roosevelt outlines a middle course on the national budget facing pressure for large new appropriations. He resists unbudgeted spending and defends essential relief and defense needs while opposing expanding the public works program beyond current limits. The clash centers on PWA funding and farm parity payments.
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INS
Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury Sts
Public Works Administration
Ickes
PWA
Works Progress Administration
White House
Benes and LaGuardia Rally for Free Czechoslovakia in Cleveland
Dr Eduard Benes and Mayor Fiorello La Guardia addressed a 10000 strong crowd in Cleveland on Masaryk’s birthday. Proceeds to aid Czechoslovaks. Benes signaled possible postwar steps, while plans for a provisional government remained undecided.
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Eduard Genes
Czechoslovakia
Fiorello LaGuardia
New York
Public Auditorium
Thomas Masaryk
Republic
Benes
United States
LaGuardia
Prague
Dr. Benes
Chamberlain Says U S Isolation Is Over Vamos
Prime Minister Chamberlain signals shift in Anglo American policy with a cumulative statement on U S stance toward Europe. He says America may join Britain in a concerted effort to curb dictator nations and settle the peace of Europe.
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London
United States
Nevele Chamberlain
Great Britain
America
Europe
Britain
Chamberlain
International
10 Downing Street
England
Decorah Woman Dies After Gar Spill Near Walker
Decorah woman Mhe C Os Simon 43 died at a local hospital after a car carrying her and others overturned three times on Highway 11 five miles west of Walker. Her mother Walham South 67 is critically injured. Others in the car William Lyman 20 and Bob Murray of Davenport were uninjured. The driver William Lyman died March 4 in Waterloo while en route to matches.
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Cedar Rapids
Simon
Decorah
Highway No. 11
Walker
Walham South
St Lukes Hospit
Lyman
William
Smith
William Lyman
Cornell
Bob Murray
Davenport
Waterloo
Minneapolis
Co. S
BL Knight
Independence
Town City
Alfrieda Carlson
Elberta Lyman
Mary Allace Lyman
Rock Island
Cornelus Lyman, Jr
Clinton
Nazi rebuttal to Britain on self defense claim
Berlin denounces Britain's pledge to curb aggression as London seeking a new war at others' expense. A Nazi spokesman says self defense lies with Germany and accuses England of police power over continental regions widening Anglo German tensions and risking a new crisis.
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Chamberlain
England
Hitler
Wilhelmshaven
Germany
Poland
France
Great Britain
Britain Means Business She Warns Hitler
London notes Prime Minister Chamberlain in the House of Commons says Britain will defend freedom and independence of nations against Nazi aggression. He seeks a united front with France and possibly Soviet Russia, and announces military guarantees to deter Germany while negotiating broader alliances.
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Hitler
England
Roosevelt
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United States
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Neville Chamberlain
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Britain Won’t Back Poland Plea Says Lloyd George
In the House of Commons on Monday David Lloyd George declared Britain could not fulfill any pledge to aid Poland with military forces. He warned that if war broke out the country could not dispatch a single battalion to Poland.
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INS
David Lloyd George
House of Commons
Britain
Poland
Democracies Ponder Reich Envoy Return
Paris reports circles close to the government weigh an early consult between Britain and France on returning ambassadors to Berlin. The potential move is seen as a sign of possible reconciliation between the two nations.
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Britain
France
Berlin
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