War and economy echo from history to today
The piece recalls the 1917 Wilson act declaring war against Germany and contrasts it with today’s mood. It notes mobilization progress, farmer concerns over price pegging, and a Wisconsin governor’s bold economic claim amid fears of Nazi competition. It also highlights Iowa's legislature nearing adjournment and the vanity driven by brand names in consumer goods.
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United States
Phil la Follette
Wisconsin
St. Louis
Hitler
Biarritz
Monte Carlo
Manila
Shanghai
Cairo
New York
Paris
London
Tokio
CIO CALLS FOR STRIKE IN U S STEEL MILLS
Pittsburgh dispatch reports President Roosevelt interceded in the threatened U S Steel shutdown and summoned CIO president Philip Murray to Washington. Murray announced work will stop at midnight April 8 at U S Steel and subsidiaries amid a lockout and nine point SWOC demand package including higher wages, closed shop, dues check off, expanded vacations, and seniority rights.
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Pittsburgh
Roosevelt
U.S. Steel Corporation
Philip Murray
CIO
Washington
U. S. Steel Corporation
Murray
Carnegié Illinois Steel Company
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
SWOC
Swoe
William Beye
U. S. Steel
British Fleet Arrives in Iraqi Port With Landing Parties
Berlin radio said seven warships carried military landing parties and reached an Iraqi port in a Saturday night broadcast. The claim, from the Berlin station, could not be independently verified.
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New York
INS
Berlin
Iraq
Strikes Must Stop If Defense Program Succeeds
William S. Knudsen warned that 90 percent of strikes must be eliminated or the defense program will fail. He urged supervision of all strike votes by the labor department and a minimum time gap before strikes take effect to allow conciliation and mediation efforts.
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Knudsen
NEW York
William S. Knudsen
Allis- Chalmers
Director of
Defense Production
Labor Department
Conciliation Service
Defense Mediation Board
Veterans of Foreign Wars
April Sun Pushes Mercury to 60 Degrees in Cedar Rapids
The April sun broke through to lift the temperature to a high of 60 degrees at 3 pm on Saturday in Cedar Rapids. Evening readings fell to 47 by 8:30 pm and 42 by midnight as clouds lingered. Rainy skies and a hint of Easter showers were noted for Sunday.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
German spring offensive opens Balkans portends wider war
Belgrade reports German troops with tanks and armored cars invade Yugoslavia from multiple points as Luftwaffe bombers strike the Balkan kingdom. Belgrade declares itself open and undefended with two air raid alarms. Goebbels says troops move into Greece and Yugoslavia as friends to drive the British out. Navy Secretary Knox vows U S aid to the invaded Balkans.
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London
Balkans
Belgrade
INS
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Berlin
Greece
Washington
Frank Knox
Germany
United States
Pint-Sized Purvis Heads British Supply Council in U.S.
Washington notes a British council of supply in North America led by Arthur B. Purvis, a pint-sized figure described as highly intelligent and trusted by U.S. officials. The operation has directed billions in lend-lease purchases, with 1,500 staff in the U.S. and Canada, and an aim to reach 3,000 monthly wartime deliveries as American production scales up.
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Ross
British Supply Council
U.S
Ashington
Washington
United Kingdom
British Council of Supply
North America
Arthur B. Purvis
England
Canada
United States
Purvis
British Commonwealth of Independent Nations
New York
Lord Liverpool
George III
Great Britain
Ford Strike Pact Talks Advance Toward Settlement
Gov Murray D van Wagoner and Federal Labor Conciliator James F Dewey said they expect Ford Motor Co and the CIO United Auto Workers to meet Monday or Tuesday to seek a settlement ending a five day strike that halted about 125 000 workers. They noted progress and that disputes are narrowing while nonunion workers involved in a foundry dispute are leaving the plant.
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Detroit
Murray D. van Wagoner
James F. Dewey
Ford Motor Company
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Dewey
van Wagoner
Ford
Ford Company
War report sends Roosevelt and Hull rushing to offices
News of Germany's march on Yugoslavia and Greece broke during the Gridiron club dinner forcing President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull to hurry to their offices. Roosevelt learned of the Yugoslav Soviet pact before the German move and Hull moved to the State Department seeking official Balkan reports.
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Washington
Germany
Yugoslavia
Greece
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
White House
Hull
State Department
Balkans
Greeks Win Mountain in Albania Victory
Athens radio said Greek troops repelled Italian counter-attacks in Albania and captured an important 6,000-foot mountain on the northern front. The action yielded 70 prisoners and war materiel.
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Budapest
Athens
Albania
Gridiron Club mocks two party system in Washington sketches
The Gridiron Club night in Washington lampooned the United States two party system with sketches about foreign affairs. Harold Brayman urged freedom of speech and press as democracy endured. Guests included President Roosevelt and Wendell Willkie.
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Washington
United States
America
Harold Brayman
England
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Wendell Willkie
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Brian Bell
Associated Press
William H. Mylander
Toledo Blade
Latin America
End of Axis social life in Washington sharpens diplomatic strain
Washington insiders say social life at embassies has grown perilous as hosts and guests navigate shifting loyalties. Italian, German, Japanese and other diplomatic circles face awkward decisions about whom to greet or shun as wartime alliances realign.
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Washington
INS
Legations
Alberto Lais
Edna
Frau Witthoof- Emden
State Department
Hull
Frau Rosenberg
Hans Thomsen
Bebe
Sing Sing
Denmark
Belgium
Auchincloss
Pink Palace
Spain
Portugal
Peoria
Packinghouse Union Delegates Meet From 10 Cities Here
Delegates from ten midwestern Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee locals gather at the Montrose hotel to form a general conference. Participants come from Austin and Albert Lea Minnesota Wichita Kansas Omaha and five Iowa cities Cedar Rapids Ottumwa Sioux City Des Moines Mason City Fort Dodge. Picket lines at the plant remain today as strikers pass time with softball games.
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Cedar Ransdt News
Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee
Montrose
Wilson and Company
Lewis Clark
PWOC
Clark
Austin
Albert Lea
Minn
Wichita
Kan
Omaha
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Ottumwa
Sioux City
Des Moines
Mason City
Fort Ge
German Legions Strike Across Yugoslavia and Greece
German forces invade Yugoslavia and Greece in a blitzkrieg, with Luftwaffe raids targeting Greek and Yugoslav cities. Reports say heavy battles unfold in northern and eastern Yugoslavia while troops advance toward Salonika, amid Hitler’s war declaration and Fuehrer orders to crush brutal resistance.
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Adolf Hitler
Balkan
Yugoslavia
Greece
Europe
Wehrmacht
Thrace
Aegean
Salonika
Struma
Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Geremany
Poland
Norway
France
Fuehrer
Soviet Yugoslav Non-Aggression Pact Signed in Moscow
Moscow announces a five year treaty between Soviet Russia and Yugoslavia pledging mutual neutrality and restraint from aggression. Vyacheslav Molotov signs for Russia and M Gavrilovic for Yugoslavia with ratification to be exchanged at Belgrade. The pact, similar to Turkey’s neutrality, may shift eastern European power dynamics as aggression fears rise in the Balkans.
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Moscow
INS
Russia
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Moscow Radio
Milan Gas Rvilovice
Turkey
Europe
Belgrade
Supreme Soviet of
Soviet
V. M. Molotoff
Peter
German forces mobilize as war expands across Europe
The article lists Allied and German military strength and cites a dramatic German declaration of war on April 6 1941. It frames Britain and France as pursuing limited goals and predicts expansion into the eastern Mediterranean and Near East, with Turkey unsure of its course. It quotes a wartime German order of the day and defends German moves as a peaceable effort to end the British “war-monger” policy.
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Great
East
Berlin
Belegrade
Britain
England
Poland
Germany
Norway
Churchill
Winston Churchill
France
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