Naval convoys and world events shape U S policy
Roosevelt signals caution on naval convoys while British gains in the Mediterranean affect Atlantic shipping. Hitler moves on Yugoslavia, risking two-front war. Domestic policy sees coal price controls and AAA adjustments aim to stabilize markets amid war needs. Surgeon General cites 30 to 40 percent of men unfit for service prompting calls for better health discipline.
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Mediterranean
Atlantic
Far East
U.S
U S
Department of Agriculture
AAA
U. S
Thomas Parran
Recall of Nazi Envoys Signals Imminent War Over Yugoslavia
Belgrade reports Nazi Germany orders home most legation staff except two as German troops mass near the Yugoslav frontier. Fascist Italy signals hostility while Croat leader Macek joins Simovic government. Belgrade may fall within 48 hours after invasion. Neutral legations plan to relocate with the Yugoslav government.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Germany
Legation
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Rome
Virginio Gayda
Italy
Vladimir Macek
Dusan Simovic
Yugoslav
United States
Arthur Bliss Lane
Hungarian Premier Teleki Dies by Own Action in Budapest
Count Pal Teleki 62 premier of Hungary died Wednesday night. Officials said physicians determined he shot himself through the head, with friends citing poison. The government resigned. Dr Laszlo de Bardossy named premier. Teleki, pro English at heart, balanced Germany's pressure as Hungary faced threats over Yugoslavia.
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Budapest
Hungary
Pal Teleki
Teleki
Foreign Office
Laszlo de Bardossy
Admiral Horthy
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Council Debates Pay Increases For Playground Department
Cedar Rapids city council narrowly debated a proposed salary boost for playground commission staff. The group proposed allocating 60 dollars from the amortization fund to payroll, raising permanent staff pay including superintendent Nevin Nichols from 210 to 225.
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Playground Commission
Nevin Nichols
U S Drafts Program To Boost Hog Prices To $9
The agriculture department drafted a plan to raise hog prices to 875 to 9 per 100 pounds while keeping corn around 65 cents a bushel. It would boost pork, dairy and poultry output by expanding purchases for distribution to needy families and lend-lease partners. intents include stabilizing farm income and preventing corn price spikes. The program could release government grain holdings to counter price pressure and may delay corn marketing quotas.
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U.S
Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Great Britain
Senate Votes Increase In Parity Payments
Washington AP reports the Senate rejected economy pleas and approved boosting parity payments in the farm appropriation from 212 million to 450 million dollars. The 61 to 9 vote included Iowa Senators Gillette and Herring. house had earlier approved 212 million. senate added 238 million to fund 150 million for this year’s crops.
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Washington
Senate
Gillette and Herring
Iowa
House
Appropriations Committee
Cedar Rapids building trades reach settlement on most contracts
Nearly all Cedar Rapids building trades locals including AF of IL affiliates reached new contracts with local contractors. Only engineers iron workers and sheet metal workers locals remained without final agreements though negotiations were harmonious and on the verge of signing. Last year contracts were renewed April 1 covering cement finishers asbestos workers plasterers laborers carpet layers sign painters bricklayers and carpenters. Painters secured a 5 cent hourly raise to 1.10 while Teamsters won overtime pay after Saturday work. Plumbers contract set for May 1.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids Building Trades Craft
Fay Merrill
Building Trades Council
Engineers
Iron Workers
Sheet Metal Workers
Merrill
Draft Boards Call 24 Linn County Men for Army Service
Linn County draft boards render 24 calls for one year of service. East side board lists nine inductees on April 15 with one replacement on April 10. West side board to induct six April 15 and Marion six April 16 with two replacements April 9 from Marion. Roy V. Miller replaces Thomas Knight in the east side contingent en route to Fort Des Moines.
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Cedar Rounds
Linn County
State
Army
East Side Board
West Side
Marion
Roy V. Miller
Grande Avenue SE
Thomas Knight
St. Paul
Fort Des Moines
Five convicts in solitary after failed Indiana prison escape
Five convicts were placed in solitary confinement and a sixth in the prison hospital after an unsuccessful escape attempt at the Indiana state prison in Michigan City.
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Michigan City
Ind
Indiana
Farmers Meet In Cedar Rapids To Press Stake In Strike Ending
About 75 farmers gathered at the Roosevelt hotel to express their stake in ending the 10 day strike. Earl Elijah of Clarence, president of the state Swine Growers' association, chaired and said the aim was to show Cedar Rapids the farmers' interest while denying any judgment on merits. He noted 143 hogs were ready for market but delayed by picket lines, shifting $3,000 worth to another market.
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Congress
Cedar Rapiida
Wilson and Company
Roosevelt Hotel
Earl Elijah
Clarence
State
Swine Growers’ Association
Cedar Rapids
Packer
Union
Elijah
Temperature Slumps In Cedar Rapids Amid Rainy April Day
A Cedar Rapids forecast notes cloudy skies and scattered rain with no major temperature change. The day began with a 53 degree high and a steady drop through the afternoon, sinking to 37 by 9:30 p.m. and 40 by early morning, with three quarters of an inch of rainfall recorded.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Ford Strike Sends Some Workers Back to Plant
Washington AP reports that Ford Motor strike turmoil sees clerks and maintenance staff recalled to River Rouge plant under a union company pact after a mediator said a settlement plan exists. Production halts as negotiations continue and state police guard the Detroit plant amid violence during the CIO strike.
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River Rouge
Ford Motor Company
James F Dewey
Ford
Appalachian
Allis-Chalmers
National Defense Mediation Board
Perkins
United States Conciliation Service
Michigan
Detroit
CIO
United Automobile Workers Union
Ford Company
Long Overdue On Storm Beset Florida Journey
An Eastern Airlines transport with 16 aboard went missing after departing West Palm Beach for Daytona Beach in bad weather. Coast Guard and other vessels searched the stormy route as officials noted radio trouble and poor visibility, with crew listed as Captain Gerald O Brien and Pilot B M Crabtree.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Eastern Airlines
West Palm Beach
Daytona
George W. Cule
Cleveland
James M Cox Jr
Ohio
Arthur Dix
Melbourne
N H. Leslie
Coast Guard
Jacksonville
New York
Miami
Gerald O Brien
B M. Crabtree
al Marin
Fort Pierce
EAL
Listed Passengers Booked On Overdue Eastern Airliner
The overdue Eastern Airlines flight carried a group including Dr and Mrs George Crile of Cleveland and Dr Dan P Quatring, also dispersed names from Miami New York and Newburgh like Bertram Stroack and Mrs J M Cox Jr Day ton O H E Post and Margaret Allen among others flagged by the West Palm Beach report.
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West Palm Beach
A G, McIntyre
Senate Agrees To Let House Adjourn
The Senate agreed on Wednesday to allow the House to adjourn for 10 days, with the break starting Friday.
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Senate
House
Washington
Meat Truck Returns Amid Pickets at Wilson Plant
The Wilson plant again sent out a meat truck around 2 p.m. in rain with 300 pickets nearby. The vehicle pulled from the gate after weighing openly. drivers paused near railroad tracks for 30 minutes. A CIO-influenced unidentified man tried to enter. officials said no legal action was planned.
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Third Street
Roy Quinn
J T MecMillan
Wilson
McMillan
Picket Line Damp With Rain As Wages Again Paid At Window
A driving rain drenched the Wilson and company picket line as management announced wages would be paid to striking workers at the pay master's window. One day’s pay for Monday March 24 was due most workers. The strike began at 6 p.m. March 24 with no lines formed on Thursday and no immediate sign of strikers entering the plant for pay.
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Wilson and Company
Navy Attache Charged in Sabotage Plot
Washington demands recall of Italian naval attache Admiral Alberto Lais over acts tied to sabotaging Italian merchant ships. Secretary Hull informs Italian ambassador that Lais is persona non grata as the Roosevelt administration cites evidence linking him to violations of U S law. Morgenthau and Jackson review possible forfeiture of axis vessels seized recently.
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Washington
United States
Alberto Lais
Hull
Prince Colonna
Roosevelt
Admiral Lais
Lais
Texas
Ate Tade
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Robert H. Jackson
Better Homes Section Coming Sunday in Gazette
The annual Better Homes section will be included in Sunday's Cedar Rapids Gazette edition. It features pictures and descriptions of new residences across the city, ideas for new construction and remodeling, articles on interior decoration, and coverage of developments in the home field.
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