Labor board and wage clash with John L Lewis in semi final skirmish
The War Labor Board faces a showdown with John L. Lewis over soft coal miners' wage demands, while inflation controls and White House policy loom. A Cedar Rapids man in the civilian pilot training program faces an induction, disrupting his family's finances. Senator Wilson and Representative Martin push pending legislation to grant CPT participants active duty status. A furloughed soldier disputes gas allotment rules, and local Elks minstrel shows boost morale for troops. The piece notes nostalgia for the traditional circus and its role in childhood memory.
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WAR Labor Board
John L. Lewis
WLB
WPB
Hoyle
Wilson
Martin
Iowa
Senate
House
Morgenthau Plans Early Cedar Rapids Visit Today
Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr arrives at Cedar Rapids airport about 5 30 p m today two and a half hours earlier than planned. A reception committee led by Mayor Frank K Hahn includes Iowa War Savings staff and local and national aides. Morgenthau will hold a press conference this evening and tour local war plants Saturday morning with a 11 15 a m press conference at the Roosevelt hotel. The Easter parade and nationwide We The People broadcast are being prepared with Parade Chairman Orville Rennie announcing a 3 30 p m start Sunday. The Cedar Rapids Z C B I drill team air raid wardens bands and Fort Des jeeps are part of the day’s plans.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Cedar Rapids
Frank K. Hahn
Iowa War Savings
Vernon L. Clark
Des Moines
Ted Gamble
Washington
van Vechten Shaffer
S. E. Coquillette
Arthur Barlow
Roy E. Choate
Paul Huston
Howard Hall
Harry Boyd
Sumner Quarton
Owen Elliott
B. T. Perrine
Roosevelt Hotel
America
Orville Rennie
Coe College
First Avenue
Third Street
Second Avenue
Memorial Coliseum
Rennie
Extra Bus Service Plans for Sun Fest Crowds
Otto Lindemann Cedar Rapids City Lines superintendent says arrangements are in place to add as many extra buses as possible to improve service for crowds expected to attend Sunday's festivities.
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Otto Lindemann
Cedar Rapids
Parade lineup for Des Moines event rich in officials
Moines, to be driven by Wacks, will participate in the parade along with groups announced earlier. Flanking Secretary Morgen thau on the reviewing stand will be Gov. Hickenlooper Major Lorr and many military and civic figures from Des Moines Cedar Rapids and Mount Vernon including Navy and WAAC representatives.
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Moines
Wacks
Morgenthau
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
John S. Lorr
Coe
A. H. Dailey
Navy
Mount Vernon
Fredericks
WAAC
Fort Des Moines
Gladys Henderson
the Waves
Cedar Falls
David C. Hanrahan
Iowa City
John M. Bloom
Hahn
Clark
John S. Nollen
Des Moines
Harold Newcomb
Hap Young
Chicago
Perrine
John M. Molloy
Immaculate Conception Church
Cedar Rapids
Mary Schulte
Fairfax
Keith Churchill
CIO
G. K. Strausser
AFL
The
Bulk of U S staff leaves Finn capital amid Finland Germany pressure
Six U S legation clerks and their families fly from Helsinki to Stockholm leaving a skeleton delegation in Finland as tension over alignment with Germany deepens. Only Charge d Affaires Robert McClintock and one clerk remain at the red brick legation as Finland faces possible break with the Axis.
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Stockholm
United States
Helsinki
Finland
Germany
Robert McClintock
State Department
Washington
London
Axis
Cedar Rapids War Bond Flags Honor Morgenthau Visit
Every business in Cedar Rapids with a ten percent flag earned for payroll deduction plan participation is urged to display the flag during Secretary Morgenthau’s visit. The display positions Cedar Rapids at the top of the national war bond map.
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Morgenthau
Cedar Rapids
City Nears War Bond Goal as Linn County Surpasses Target
Linn county's war loan drive stood within 629 825 of its 4 73 million goal Friday after Cedar Rapids sales of 402 633 33 pushed city totals to 3 862 237 62. County sales reached 4 100 174 87 with two days left as Morgenthau plans a We the People broadcast. Officials urged residents to buy bonds without waiting for solicitation.
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Cedar Rapids News
Linn County
War Finance Committee
Cedar Rapids
Foss Aces Plan Visit to Tokio to Settle Accounts
Capt. Joe Foss, ranking American ace with 26 Japanese planes, told reporters he would like a short visit to Tokio to discuss the execution of U S airmen. In his first press conference after returning from the South Pacific he said everyone’s ambition is to reach Tokio to talk things over.
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Washington (Ap
Joe Foss
Tokio
United States
South Pacific
Clasps Denote Navy Campaign Participation
The Navy announced permission for personnel to wear bronze numerals as clasps on uniforms to show participation in major campaigns. Bronze stars will mark action in principal engagements. The clasps indicate the number of campaigns in which the wearer took part.
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Washington
Navy Department
R A F Mines Laying Mission Proceeds
The Royal Air Force conducted mine laying in enemy waters on Thursday night and Britain reports a raid free night. Two British aircraft are listed as missing from the mission.
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London
R.A.F
Britain
Cedar Rapids Welcomes A Distinguished Visitor
Cedar Rapids and Linn county host Mr. Morgenthau in a nationwide treasury broadcast. The le adership pledges strong support for war financing and inflation control by buying U S government bonds. They cite local sacrifice and patriotism with Linn county soldiers in Bataan Corregidor and Africa and emphasize bonds defend democracy and community life.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Morgenthau
Pearl Harbor
Army
Navy
Bataan
Corregidor
Solomons
Africa
United States
Iowa
Chicago
Congress
Eastman Ickes and McNutt Named to WPB Board
President Roosevelt orders Manpower Commissioner Paul McNutt Transportation Director Joseph Eastman and Petroleum Administrator Harold Ickes to join the War Production Board. The three will act under WPB Chairman Donald M. Nelson and now fall under the board’s full jurisdiction.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt Friday
War Production Board
Paul V. McNutt
Joseph Eastman
Harold Ickes
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Friday
Nelson
Iowa City Flyers Victims Named in Georgia Training Crash
In Fitzgerald Georgia a board of army officers investigated the deaths of two Cochran Field trainees Raymond J. Murphy of Iowa City Iowa and William H Young of Goodman Mississippi fatally injured when forced to land in an open field four miles north of Fitzgerald late Thursday The accident occurred during training exercises and authorities identified the victims.
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Fitzgerald, Ga
INS
Army
Cochran Field
Macon
Fitzgerald
Raymond J. Murphy
Iowa City
William H. Young
Goodman
Miss
Nazis Report Reds Raid East Prussia
London dispatch says Soviet bombers raided East Prussia Thursday night and a German broadcast claimed two Red planes were shot down.
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East Prussia
London
These Cars Didn't Want to Be Coupled
An empty coal car and a loaded box car ran away from a freight train in St. Charles Illinois outdistancing the train for two miles and breaking through a barricade. They crossed a street sweeping two automobiles before stopping in front of Police Magistrate Harold Olson's office. No injuries were reported.
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St, Charles, Ill
Harold Olson
St. Charles
Geneva
Jury Dooms Folkes to Die by Gas in Oregon Train Killing
Robert E Lee Folkes 21 a Negro dining car cook faces mandatory death after a jury convicted him of first degree murder in the Jan 23 slaying of Mrs Martha Virginia James 21 aboard a West Coast limited train. Prosecutors cited unsigned confessions. Folkes plans an appeal to Lewelling and possibly to the U S Supreme Court.
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Albany
Ore
Robert E. Lee Folkes
Folkes
Martha Virginia James
Norfolk
West Coast Limited
Salem
G. Lewelling
Leroy L. Lomax
Lewelling
United States Supreme Court
Robert James
Los Angeles
Slirm
Jessie
Illinois War Plant Transit Tie-up Ends
AURORA Illinois AP complete bus service was restored in five northern Illinois cities after union employees resumed work ending a day-long stoppage that disrupted public transportation and affected about 100 war plants.
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Aurora, Ill
Illinois
Japs Introduce New Planes As Pacific War Intensifies
A field dispatch from MacArthur’s headquarters reports Japan has brought in new and improved aircraft for a potential drive toward Australia. Recon teams along the New Guinea coast noted unfamiliar fighters, possibly new types or improved Zeros, while MacArthur’s forces bombed bases and installations across the 2,500 mile island arc. reconnaissance noted rising enemy activity at Madang and Wewak as Japan seeks bases for rapid air transfers.
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MacArthur
Australia
Pacific
New Guinea
William Hazzard
Birmingham
Ala
Salamaua
East New Guinea
Tanimbar
Aroe Islands
Nubia
Kavieng
New Ireland
Wewak
North New Guinea
Madang
Frank Hewlett
United Press
Port Moresby
U S Forces Reported On Ellice Group Island
Washington reports American forces have occupied at least one Ellice island in the South Pacific. Japanese raids on Funafuti occurred after the United States claimed unopposed occupation with light American casualties and minor damage. Four US air attacks hit Japanese positions and shipping in the Solomons.
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Washington
Navy
Ellice Group
South Pacific
Funafuti
Ellice Island
Solomon, Islands
Australia
Naval
United States
Solomons
Popurangsland
Shortland
Solons to Probe Hot Rubber Feud
Washington AP report says Congress will investigate a clash between military leaders pushing for intensified air bombing of Nazi Europe and Rubber Director William M Jeffers who argues for sustaining both military and civilian tire plants. Key officials warn a gasoline choke point could weaken Allied air offensive.
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Washington
Congress
Nazi Europe
William M. Jeffers
Jeffers
Patterson
Gillette
D-Ia
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Ickes
James F Byrnes
Gillette Committee
Burton
Ohio
Truman War Investigating Committee
Too Much Junk in Yard, Gets Divorce
In Los Angeles, Mrs. Harry Jackson sought a divorce as her husband filled the front yard with bathtubs sinks broken bed springs and rusting car bodies. She testified they bathed in a washtub for months while outdoor junk blocked a shower and tub. He claimed there was money in junk but sold nothing.
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Los Angeles
Harry Jackson
Wartime Concession in Moberly Cuts Rubber Use
On Thursday left turns on Moberly Missouri's main street became legal to conserve rubber. A trucking firm reported its routes would save 5.33 miles daily and reduce two manpower days each month in deliveries.
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Moberly
Allies Down 20 Axis Transports In North Africa Action
Allied forces in North Africa reported a major air and ground offensive with 38 Axis aircraft shot down. British Eighth Army seized Takrouna and pressed toward Bou Fida while First Army pushed from Bou Arada as Rommel faced intensified pressure near Enfidaville and Medjez el Bab.
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Allied Headquarters
North Africa
First Army
Eighth Army
Takrouna
Enfidaville
Bou Fida
Bou Arada
Tunisian
Tunis
Gulf of Tunis
Erwin Rommel
K.A.N Anderson
Goubellat
Medjez el Bab
Rommel
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Zaghouan
Bou Fica
Anderson
Bizerte
Zap Sentenced for False Claims to Government
Ede ward F. Zap, an aeronautical engineer, was convicted on three counts of presenting false claims to the government. He received a $6,000 fine and nine months in jail in federal court, and he posted a $5,000 bond on appeal. The charges stem from secret experimental work for the Navy.
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Los Angeles
INS
Edeward F. Zap
Navy
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