Supreme Court upholds federal power to set wages for contracts
The high court ruled the federal government may freely produce supplies, choose suppliers, and fix terms for purchases under the 1936 Walsh-Healey act. The ruling reversed a DC Circuit injunction against a labor department wage order targeting steel contractors. Justice McReynolds dissented without opinion.
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Supreme Court
Justice Black
Labor Department
Justice McReynolds
Steel
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District of Columbia
United States Court of Appeals
United States District Court
Census Taking In Cedar Rapids Near Finish
Cedar Rapids census work stands about 90 percent complete and should wrap up early next week. Local squad leaders report surpassing the 1930 count of 56,097 though total figures are not yet released. District supervisors will release preliminary totals for smaller towns as prepared.
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Cedar Rapids
Miloš Sedlacek
Bugs By Any Chance Slamming Political Hopefuls
Political commentary by Arthur Baer notes candidates move to personal attacks as campaigns intensify. The column mocks the idea of decorum in elections, contrasting military ideals with modern political tactics and the goal of securing votes.
Allis-Chalmers Workers Vote to Accept CIO Contract
Milwaukee report says threats of a strike by Allis Chalmers Manufacturing employees ended as CIO union members ratified a contract reached last week. The West Wisconsin plant faced possible work stoppage after negotiations with the United Automobile Workers union.
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Allisalmers Manufacturing Company
West Wisconsin
United Automobile Ikers
CIO
Dewey Campaign Appearances Postponed By Illness
New York District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey remains in bed with an upset stomach and fever, delaying planned appearances in Iowa. Doctors say rest is needed after rapid westward campaigning that included travel and irregular meals, shifting Wichita Marshalltown and Des Moines events to later dates.
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New York
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Tuday
Wichita
Marshalltown
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Liquor Runner Arrested in Iowa Liquor Trafficking Probe
AP reports in Ottumwa that J. K. Wilder of Wilson Kansas was arrested Sunday with 120 gallons of liquor lacking state stamps in a small car. He said the liquor came from a large van between Burlington and Mount Pleasant as authorities link the case to a potential statewide illegal liquor scheme and a plan Thomas Senator Clyde L Herrings denounced. The haul included 42 pints of alcohol and various branded whiskies.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
J. K. Wilder
Wilson
Kan
Wilder
Burtington
Mount Pleasant
Clyde L. Herring
Lowa
Right Of Man To Call Female Hat Basket Upheld
In New York AP magistrate Anna M. Kross ruled there is no offense in calling a woman's hat a basket. The defense follows an incident where John dami 25 told a woman to remove her hat leading to a scuffle with her companions.
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New York
Anna M. Kross
John Dami
Racer Campbell Is Granted Divorce
Sir Malcolm Campbell, famed speed racer, won a divorce decree from Lady Campbell on grounds of adultery. Lady Campbell had filed an unsuccessful counter suit and named corespondents to prove the other’s adultery.
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Llp
Malcolm Campbell
Lady Campbell
Malcolm
Pedestrian 15 Killed by Car on First Ave
Cedar Rapids reports its fourth traffic fatality in as many months after 69 year old William Graham of Potosi Wisconsin died from injuries sustained at 11 p.m. Sunday on First Avenue E near Seventh Street. Driver Jesse Joyce of Center Point swerved to miss hitchhikers, struck Graham fifty feet past the intersection while Graham crossed from behind a bus. Joyce and passengers say they saw no one. police found brakes and lights in excellent condition. Graham died at St Luke's hospital from shock and hemorrhage after a blood transfusion. Captain Gordon Hughes notes need to control pedestrian traffic. three of four annual fatalities were jaywalkers.
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Potosi
Wis
M A Bennett
Fifth Avenue SE
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Center Point
Joyce
Seventh Street
First Avenue E
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Junior Speake
First Avenues
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Speake
Dorothea Severson
Doris Elliott
Jimmie Wood
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Gordon Hughes
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Germans Getting Bulk Of Goods Moving Up Danube
The Danube corridor from Belgrade to Bucharest carries the majority of vital German supplies. Nazi river boats outnumber rivals as oil and war material flow toward the Reich, with Romania and Yugoslavia watching amid tensions over a proposed border policing scheme.
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Europe
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Reich
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Yugoslavia
Hungary
Hypocrisy as Social Nicety Argues Ivor Brown
Ivor Brown argues daily life requires social pretenses to keep society functioning. People repress fatigue and offense as mercy, choosing polite acts over brutal honesty. Hypocrisy is defended as sensible good manners and a safeguard for friendships and social harmony.
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United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Socialist Labor Party Nominees John W. Aiken for President
John W. Aiken of Chelsea Massachusetts was unanimously nominated for the presidency by the Socialist Labor Party on Sunday. The nomination marks the party's continued bid for national office and places Aiken as its candidate in upcoming elections.
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New York
INS
John W. Aiken
Chelsea
Mass
United States
Socalist-Labor Party
Youths Arrest Reveals Beer Sold To Minors At Abrams Tavern
In Cedar Rapids two youths aged 19 and 13 to 19 testified in police court that beer was bought and consumed at Abrams tavern 114 First Street NE. Jerry Thorington 19 Marion pled guilty to drunkenness and disturbing the peace. Milo Webb 20 was found not guilty and has a May 6 court date. Police plan signed statements for liquor license renewal considerations in July.
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First Street
Abrams’ Place
Jerry Thorington
Marion
Milo Webb
Twenty-ninth Street
Webb
Harry Johnson
Earl Stanley Johnson
Bob Vlach
Johnson
Sam Abrams
Morris
Harvey Lodge
Fred Parrish
Roosevelt seeks $18 million more for critical defense materiel
President Roosevelt returned from Warm Springs to urge Congress to approve an additional 18 million dollars for anti aircraft and other critical materials. The administration had asked for 37 million, while the House approved 14 million. The president asked the Senate to raise the total to 32 million to strengthen the army’s protective force.
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Senate
Britons Press Govt Over Norway Drive Policy
British public dissatisfaction over the Norwegian expeditionary operation grows with calls for a secret parliamentary session and more frank stateings. Prime Minister Chamberlain meets Labour leaders Attlee and Greenwood while critics press for details on supplies and German air raids.
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Adrian Carton de Wiart
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Trondheim
Neville Chamberlain
Clement Attlee
Arthur Greenwood
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Greenwood
Norway
Nazis Admit Stiff Opposition in Norway Front
Berlin reports heavy fighting as German forces push in Norway despite rising Allied resistance. The Norweigan coast sees intensified bombardment and prisoner captures while German high command claims gains in Stavanger and Gudbrands valley.
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Berlin
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Stavanger
Reich Forces Halted in Mountain Area
Allied positions north of Trondheim hold the Dombas Steeren rail line as German armored columns are checked in the mountains. Norwegians resist in a pass at Nvikne while another group is stalled at the Oester and Dovre watershed. British and French troops reinforce the front as air battles and siege-like fighting persist near Narvik and Andalsnes.
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Rain and Humidity Follow High of 79 on Sunday
Grey clouds kept sun at bay as Cedar Rapids recorded a high of 79 with rain and humidity Sunday. Temperatures rose from a 50 degree low to 79 by 2 pm, precipitation reached 0.21 inches, and late evening skies turned overcast with showers.
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Cedar Rapids
Metrours
Norse Official Denounces Von Ribbentrop Claims
STOCKHOLM UP Col Hambro head of the Norwegian parliament says Norway has irrefutable proof that Germany planned invasion while the German minister expressed sympathy for Norway and a wish to keep her neutral. He accuses a German whaler of carrying troops, and German consul Nolda of espionage, detailing warning to avoid serving in Norway. He faults the Allies for not informing Norway earlier.
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Britain
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Parlamentary Foreign Affairs Committee
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Melvin Tudor Named Scout Executive for Cedar Rapids Area
Council Bluffs native Melvin Tudor has accepted the Cedar Rapids area Scout council executive post covering Benton Jones and Linn counties. He succeeds N Harold West who becomes deputy regional executive in Kansas City May 1. Tudor will assume duties June 1. he is 33, unmarried, a Seneca Missouri native and Iowa State College graduate with extensive Scouting and Red Cross service.
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Melvin Tudor
Council Bluffs
Benton, Jones and Linn
Stewart Holmes
Seneca
Iowa State College
National Scout Executives
Mortimer Schiff
Morristown
N. J
Tudor
Jefferson City
First Baptist Church
Red Cross Life Saving Committee
Holland
Income payments rise in first quarter 1940 report
Secretary of Commerce Hopkins said personal income payments reached over one million dollars in the first quarter of 1940, compared with the same four quarters of 1939, signaling improvement in household earnings.
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INS
Secretary of Commerce
Hopkins
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