Iowa legislature debates university building funds and bank protections
The Iowa House approved an appropriation to rebuild the Ames agricultural engineering building and urged swift action on a new central library for Iowa City. Debate over bank depositor protection stalls in Des Moines while redistricting plans gain cautious support for fair congressional districts. The Iowa Supreme Court backs Cedar Rapids civil service rule in the Misbach case as Balkan fighting unfolds.
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Iowa State College
Idelay
University of Iowa
Board of Education
Senate
Des Moines
Mes
Iowa City
Ames
Uiversity
Enate
Wreck of U3 patrol bomber sighted near Cape Charles
Norfolk reports a wrecked Navy bomber sighted off Cape Charles likely the missing patrol bomber 4 1 N from Quonset Point. Ensign G N Blackburn led a crew of ten including co pilot Ensign G W Marson and eight enlisted men. survivors unknown.
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Norfolk
Cape Charles
Naval Air Station
Quonsett Point
R. I
Coast Guard
Navy
G. N. Blackburn
Lenni Mills
F. McElrath
Newburgh
S. A. Taylor
Rutledge
Ala
A. P. Fasano
Port Washington
Supreme Court Upholds Misbach Suspension
Iowa Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed a six month suspension of Carl Misbach from the Cedar Rapids Fire Department by the Civil Service Commission. The ruling supports Judge C J Haas who said civil service law has dual functions to protect employees and the public. Misbach faced misconduct and neglect of duty charges and would have received back pay if successful.
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Iowa Supreme Court
Cedar Rapids Civilervice Commission
Iowa Iites
Carl Misbach
Cedar Rapids
Misbach
Fire Department
Don Hines
High Court
Haas
CIO Chieftain Talks With Ford Officials on Rouge Plant Strike
CIO President Philip Murray met in Detroit with Ford officials led by Harry H. Bennett and I A Capizzi to discuss resuming Rouge plant operations after a 38 year history. Governor Van Wagoner and President Roosevelt aided arrangements as talks followed a postponement of broader strike discussions.
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Ford Motor Company
CIO
Philip Murray
Ford Rouge
Murray
Detroit
van Wagoner
Roosevelt
Washington
Ford
Harry H. Bennett
I. A. Capizzi
New York
Pennsylvania
Aluminum Company of America
Cleveland
CSO
Alex Balint
CIO Die Casters Union
Uaw-Cio
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Milwaukee
Wis
Mediation Board
National Defense
Great Lakes
Oilers’ Association
Buffalo
N. Y
San Francisco Bay Area
AFL
Labor Federation Bids for Old Jefferson School
The Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor offered 3875 for the old Jefferson school at A avenue and Eighth street NE. The bid calls for 1937.50 cash with the remainder financed over five years at four percent. The school board deferred action to the next regular meeting.
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Cedar Rapides News
Jefferson School
A Avenue
Eighth Street
Board of Education Administration
Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor
G. K Strausser
No Settlement After Wilson Strike Parley
A three hour conference between union and management, first since the Wilson and company strike, failed to bring factions closer to an agreement. Federal labor conciliator John W. Cofer said they were deadlocked at the conclusion. A three member business group and Mayor Frank Hahn attended briefly but left without a resumption basis. No new proposals were offered by either side or the observers.
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Wilson and Company
John W. Cofer
Frank Hahn
Cofer
Maury Hopkins
Harry Palmer
J. T. McMillan
Owen Elliott
Hopkins
Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee
Lewis J Clark
Des Moines
Sam Sponseller
Chicago
Iowa House Passes Bill On Liquor Permit Revocation
DES MOINES AP The Iowa House backed a measure requiring mandatory revocation of a class B beer permit for operators holding a federal retail liquor dealer stamp. The vote was 74 to 24 and the bill awaits Senate action. The hearing also exposed alleged payoffs to protect taverns selling hard liquor by the drink.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
House
M. W. Dailey
State Beer and Cigaret Tax Department
Towa
Boy 15 Survives 52 Hours Trapped in Cavern
Ashland Pennsylvania residents recount Joseph Loftus a 15 year old miner who survived 52 hours trapped 90 feet underground after a cave in while his partner Lawrence Burns 45 was rescued. Loftus crawled 30 feet through earth to emerge feet first declaring he never wants to return to a coal hole. He and his father support a family of eight and he contemplates work above ground.
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Ashland
Joseph Loftus
Oldimers
Loftus
Lawrence Burns
Burns
Loans Outstanding Reach Tenyear High in Omaha Banks
Omaha banks report total loans outstanding on April 4 at a ten year peak, reflecting a strong credit demand and robust banking activity across the metro. The latest call for conditions shows elevated lending levels in nine Omaha institutions.
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Omaha
INS
Axis Troops Seize Derna Libya From British Forces
An official report says Italian and German troops occupied the Libyan port of Derna, about 175 miles east of Benghazi, where British forces had held the town since January 30. The capture marks a major Axis advance in Libya.
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Rome
Derna
Bengali
Scutari
Albania
Zara
Dalmatian
Linn County Draft Boards Hit Record Induction Quota
Linn County boards set a 46 man induction for April 23 the largest quota to date after 20 men already slated for April 15. Board No 1 will send nine on the 15th and 20 on the 23rd Board No 2 five on the 15th and 14 on the 23rd Marion board six on the 15th and 12 on the 23rd. Replacements include James A Gugenbuel and Gale Wisely both listed as replacements.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
State Selective Service
Linn Board No. 1
Gale Wisely
R. A. Wisely
Twenty-second Avenue
Iowa House approves redistricting plan with minor county swap
The Iowa House passed the senate redistricting bill 84 to 20 after moving Winnebago county from the Third to the Sixth district. The plan relocates most of the Fourth district between the new Second and Third, expands First with Scott county, and awaits senate concurrence.
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Des Moines
Iowa
House
Senate
Republican
Congress
G.O.P. House
Winnebago
Scott County
Scott
Thomas E. Martin
Iowa City
Karl LeCompte
Corydon
LeCompte
Martin
Allen
Claypool
Dietz
Dodds
Eckerman
Foster
Guernsey
Irwin
Knippling
Knowlton
Kruse
Latchaw
Manley
Pieper
Reed
Risse
Fayette
Sharp
Stewart
Weichman
Claus Randall
Manly
F. A. Latchaw
Wilton Junction
Warming Sun Brings Cedar Rapids New 1941 High
A sunny spell pushed Cedar Rapids temperatures to 68 degrees at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, the year’s high so far, with a 52 degree 9:30 a.m. reading and a 42 degree low from 5:30 to 6:30 a.m. Monday saw a 58 degree peak at 2:30 p.m. before hazy sun. The evening cooled to 54 at 7 p.m. and 47 at midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Radio Lone Ranger killed in Michigan car crash
Earl Grasser, 32, the Lone Ranger of the nationally broadcast series, died instantly when his car rear collided with a parked truck near Farmington Michigan. Sheriff's officers suspected he may have fallen asleep. Bruce Reemer will replace him as the Ranger narrator.
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Farmington. Mich
Earl Grasser
Lone Ranger
Grasser
WXYZ
Detroit
Jane Ranger
Bruce Reemer
Ranger
Yugoslav Greek Front Crumbles as Nazi Drive Tightens
Nazi forces with Stuka attacks push 28 miles daily through Yugoslavia and into Albania, isolating Greece from Turkey. Skoplje falls or is threatened as Axis spearheads advance toward Salonika, with Greek resistance holding in parts and Allied plans forming a new Balkan front.
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Adolf Hitler
Balkans
Yugoslavia
Greece
Turkey
Hitler
London
Salonika
Zara
Atlantic
Tepeleni
Albania
Gulf of
Berlin
Seged
Royal Air Force
Sofia
Gorna
Djumaya
Simitli
Patrich
Strumica
Rome
Tekia
Orsono
Rumania
Danube
Thrace
Aegean
Balkan Front Seen as Easing Peril to U S
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman George of Georgia said establishing a Balkan front in the European war could ease Nazi counter blocks against Britain and reduce the likelihood of U S naval involvement in convoy duties. He doubted Roosevelt would order convoys or naval actions without Congress approval.
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Washington
George
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Great Britain
United States
Greece
Yugoslavia
British Isles
Congress
Britain
Tobey
N. H
Foreign Relations Committee
Roosevelt
Nazi Red Pact Weakened Says Soviet Source
London report quotes a Soviet authority saying Germany's attacks on Greece and Yugoslavia have weakened the Nazi Soviet friendship pact, which helped pave the way for the 1939 outbreak of war.
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London
Germany
Greece
Yugoslavia
Russia
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