Miners ignore May 5 strike call amid coal contract fight
About 80 000 AFL affiliated bituminous miners in the Appalachian field plus 20 000 in Illinois and Kentucky will not heed the May 5 strike call issued by the United Mine Workers in New York. PMA leader Joe Ozanic says Lewis cannot order a nationwide soft coal shutdown and will not go through with it. The PMA claims majority in Appalachia and will seek recognition as the bargaining agent, threatening action under the labor relations act. The UMW had ordered a complete shutdown of soft coal mines if no contract is signed by May 3, with 125 000 additional miners potentially idled in three states, as a two-year contract expired April 1.
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New York
CLO United Mine Workers of America
Joe Ozanic International
Progressive Mine Workers of America
Ozanic
Appalachian
UMW
Ilinois
Kentucky
CLO
John L. Lewis Assues
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Dutr” Ozanie
Appalachian Producers
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National Labor Reations Act
Alabama
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Beore
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Train Timing Sparks Revival of Faith in Theologian Friend
On a long Chicago westbound trip a theology professor, once absorbed in scripture, becomes obsessed with trains and speed. The narrator, amused, joins the diversion, and the unusual journey rekindles respect for the man’s theology, proving a lasting bond from an unusual interest.
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Chicago
Conyright
War Metaphor Echoes Through 1939 Message by Bugs Baer
A wartime op ed likens Europe’s peril to a poor family with babies, arguing Europe cannot afford another war and recalling Britain’s Chamberlain era. The piece notes neglect of hats and coats and hints at looming financial strain as payments falter.
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Europe
No Work No Eat bill passes House in Iowa
The Iowa House advanced a no work no eat concept by a 75 to 4 vote, transferring relief money duties to the state social welfare board and authorizing county supervisors to require able bodied relief recipients to work. An amendment, approved 67 to 21, requires counties to provide work, possibly for road and farm projects, to alleviate relief stigma.
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Des Moines
John Smith
Virginia
Senate
Iowa
Iowa Boards of Supervisors
Herman Knudson
Mason City
Senate approves funds for state institutions building program
The Iowa Senate voted 22 to 17 to earmark 1 762 500 for capital improvements at state board of control institutions for the next two years, adding to 1 221 200 previously approved. Plans include wards at Cherokee Clarinda Mount Pleasant and Woodward with a larger hospital expansion debated but not voted.
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Town Senate
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Senate
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Mount Pleasant
Woodward
Edward Breen
Fort Dodge
Howard C. Baldwin
Cascade
Breen
Board of Control
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Berg
Dewey
Donohue
Henningsen
Hoeven
Hopkins
Lundy
Mowry
Schadt
Shaw
Augustine
Baldwin
Dean
Geske
Gillette
Guernsey
Mighell
Miller
Moore
Urba
A. J. Shaw
Pocahontas
Iowa
W. S Beardsley
Virginia
Cornell College War Hoax Triggers Tears and Demonstration
Mount Vernon campus erupts as students hear a fake declaration of war read by reserve officer Douglas Van Metre. The stunt, part of a nationwide peace strike, ends with a hoax reveal and anti-war program for 600 students.
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Cornell College
United States
Germany
Douglas van Metre
National Youth Committee Against War
Rep Martin Says Roosevelt Peace Plea Is Futile
Rep. Thomas E. Martin of Iowa City denounces Roosevelt's call for peace assurances from Germany and Italy as unlikely to prevent war. He warns pledges may be broken, recalling Hitler’s previous promises and later annexations in Europe, signaling danger if the US acts on such pledges.
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Washington
Thomas E. Martin
Iowa City
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Mussolini
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Reichstag
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Austria
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Berlin
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Bohemia
Moravia
Memel
Martin Held
First Lady's Plane Makes Hop After Being Forced Back
A Northwest Airlines flight carrying Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt and seven others landed in Minneapolis at 11 36 am after an earlier return to Fargo due to weather. While refueling Mrs Roosevelt sent two telegrams and kept reporters occupied, staying cheerful during the delay. The Seattle to Chicago plane had to return to Fargo then proceeded to Minneapolis with ample fuel for the reroute.
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Northwest Airlines
Franklin D Roosevelt
Fargo
N. D
He’ll Be Glad It Rained Tuesday
A Cedar Rapids baby named Jeffrey Soboda survived a fall from a second story window after rain softened ground on April 18 1939 His mother Mrs Edward Soboda Jr 2122 Fifth Avenue SE says he fell from the window at 10 am Wednesday and escaped with a bruised cheek a physician found only minor injuries and no head trauma
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Jeffrey Soboda
Edward Soboda, Jr
Fifth Avenue SE
Jeffrey
Cash Benefits To Multiple Owned Farms Are Voted
The House approved an amendment to the Agricultural Adjustment Act to let share tenants and owners on multiple owned farms receive AAA soil conservation payments. The measure, drafted by Chairman Jones, passed under suspension of the rules after earlier rejection. It cuts maximum payments per person from 10 000 to 5 000 and lowers individual payments over 1 000 by 25 percent with an exemption for landowners operating through tenants in crop divisions.
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House
Senate
Jones
Tex
House Agriculture Committee
Wilson announces liquor parole and board appointments in Des Moines
Governor George A Wilson announced new appointments to the liquor commission the parole board and the board of control along with reappointments to the basic sciences board Curtis Godfrey Jackson and Neitkamp and Peterson shift partisanship on the commissions and set salaries for the new terms Curtis salary 4500 Godfrey 2700 Jackson 3000 Pullen 3850 with terms beginning July 1. appointments take effect upon senate confirmation.
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Des Moines
George A Wilson
Liquor Commission
Parole Board
Board of Control
Senate
M L. Curtis
Knoxville
Andrew Stewart
Rockwell City
Clarence Godfrey
Albia Coal and Ice
Claude Clark
Waterloo
W. E Jackson
Burlington
Hubert Utterback
Roy Pullen
Spencer Farmer
Harry C. White
Vinton
G. W Neitkamp
Dubuque
Ben H. Peterson
Cedar Rapids
Basic Sciences Board
Democratic
Pullen
Curtis
Jackson
Godfrey
Sciences Board
Wilson
Roosevelt sparks stop Garner push amid GOP dinners
Washington buzzes over a rumored Roosevelt led push to hinder Garner’s 1940 bid while Republicans hold the first of monthly dinners with Taft Reed and Baldwin addressing the gathering. The President’s letter, read at the event, warns against nominating a conservative in 1940. Farley lauds the New Deal but warns of a landslide loss is unlikely.
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Louk
Garner
Democratic Clubs of America
Democratic Party
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Jimes A. Farley
Farley
GOP
House
Robert A Taft
Ohio
Clyde M Reed
Kansas
Gev Raymond
Baldwin
Connecticut
Taft
Reed
Mrs Lindbergh Sails Home With Her Sons
Mrs Charles A Lindbergh sailed from Le Havre aboard the Champlain for the United States with her two sons and their nurse. Lindbergh is in Washington for a war department aviation facilities survey. The party stayed in their cabins and declined interviews.
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France
Charles A. Lindbergh
Champlain
United States
Lindbergh Lindbergh
Aquitania
Washington
War Department
Lindbergh
Candid Camera Study Captures Bennetts Slim Surprise
I N Bennett of Blake boulevard SE and shopper Lois E Hotchkiss from Iowa City become subjects of a candid camera feature. The two pose and receive a 7x9 sepia print and a card offering three 24 by 3 inch photos for 25 cents.
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I. N. Bennett
Blake Boulevard
Iowa City
Lois E. Hotchkiss
Beldon Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Nazis Parade Might On Birthday Of Hitler
Berlin reports a mass medical examination as Germany showcases a vast display of new military strength for Adolf Hitler's fiftieth birthday. Thousands of troops were drawn up along Unter den Linden with limited bodyguards, while Danzi g plans did not advance.
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Hitler
Danzig
Berlin
Germany
Adolf Mitler
Nazis Saad
Adolf Wither
Unter den Linden
Britain France busy as war prep grows in Europe
Prime Minister Chamberlain announced creation of a ministry of supply to manage war stores and defense reserves with Leslie Burgin named head. Meanwhile King George V sent a congratulatory birthday message to Hitler. In Paris Britain and France offered a defensive three power plan to Moscow as Turkey joins anti aggression front and a Balkan defensive compact forms.
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Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
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Brush
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France
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Russia
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Romania
Moascow
Georges Bonnet
Danzig
America Club
Roosevelt
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Turkey
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Greece
Balkans
Rides 100 Miles With Broken Wrist on Freight Car
George Heston of Fairfield Iowa rode more than 100 miles on a Great Northern freight train after a heavy ice hatch cover pinned his wrist. Dragged by the train from Evansville Minnesota to St. Cloud his screams were heard by yard workers who freed him. He was hospitalized Thursday and recovering. He said he was en route from Fargo North Dakota to his home when the accident happened.
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Fairfield
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Evansville
St. Cloud
Heston
Mussolini Rejects Roosevelt Peace Guarantees in Rome Address
In Rome Mussolini dismissed Roosevelt’s 10 year nonaggression pledge as unnecessary and flawed by geographical errors. He touted Italy’s 1941 expo plans as evidence the axis seeks peace and warned against reciprocal guarantees. Hungary and Yugoslavia talks loom as diplomats pursue a non aggression pact.
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Atruce
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Chinecellor Hitler
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Trauce
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Yugoslavia
Cushion Business In U.S. For War Shock
Secretary Morgenthau said administration financial leaders completed plans to soften the shock of a European war on American business. The remarks came as the government moves to shield U.S. industry from potential wartime disruptions.
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Washington
Morgenthau
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