AFL and CIO differ on defense labor councils plan
In a clash over war production governance, AFL international representative Robert J. Watt and CIO president Philip Murray push rival visions. Watt calls for equal labor representation in civilian programs. Murray champions industry councils run jointly by industry labor and government. The British model is cited as a contrast with fewer strikes and more negotiation.
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AFL
CIO
Robert J. Watt
American Workers
International Labor Office
Hillman
Philip Murray
CIO Industry Council
United States
Murray
National
Plan of Industry
OPM
Teeth in Aluminum Found in Mt Pleasant Drive
Mt Pleasant Michigan sponsors sorting aluminum for national defense uncovered a set of false teeth with an aluminum plate among the cast off items. The discovery highlights the broad effort to repurpose metal during the period.
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MT. Pleasant, Mich
Absence of Granary Space Threatens Farmers' Profit
The Minneapolis area faces a grain storage crunch as near full Granaries limit space for the bumper 1941 wheat harvest. Officials note reduced lake cargo and export demand, with Kansas City and Chicago already restricting shipments until space is clear. The survey cites 10 cents more per bushel via parity loans and a high last year carryover as key factors.
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Minneapolis
Minn
America
Kansas City
City
Chicago
Chicago Ternal
E. J. Grimes
Cargill Grain Company
Northwest
Kansas City—Board of Trade
Prairie Home
A. W. Bodamer
W. H. McDonald
Rosenbaum Brothers Grain Firm
Commodity Credit Corporation
Buffalo
Omaha
Children Present Benefit Shows For Health Camp Fund
Two groups of children held neighborhood benefit performances to boost the Camp Good Health fund. On a Wednesday afternoon at the Mansfield home in SE, five girls raised 2 by selling a carnival and backyard concessions. Virginia Mansfield and Nancy and Ann Voggenthaler, along with Theone and Lorene Foreman, presented acts with costumes and props. Irma Jean Davis was the star of the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Good Health Fund
L. A. Mansfield
Nineteenth Street
Virginia Mansfield
Nancy
Ann Voggenthaler
A. L. Voggenthaler
Fifth Avenue SE
Theone and
Lorene Foreman
H. J. Foreman
Fourth Avenue SE
Virginia
Anne
Irma Jean Davis
Not An Iota Eyota Clears Municipal Debt
Eyota Minnesota residents celebrate the village's debt free status after settling the final $2,000 payment on a $5,000 well and pump contract from a year and a half ago. The AP report notes no outstanding obligations remain.
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EYOTA
Minn
Evga
Minnesota
Playgrounds Track Meet To Be Friday
The annual community track meet is Friday at 2 p.m. at McKinley high school with four classifications junior boys junior girls senior boys and senior girls. Events include sprints relays high jump broad jump and a volleyball throw among others with specific times listed for each race.
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McKinley High School
Harrison
van Buren
Lincoln
Buchanan
Bever
Indian Creek
Daniels
Arthur
Kenwood
Whitlam
Gazette Carrier Loses Thirty Dollars Before New Orleans Trip
Robert Kapoun a Gazette carrier living at 59 Twenty second avenue SW reported to police the loss of 30 dollars in two ten dollar bills and two fives while en route to close his business affairs before a trip with the YMCA drum and bugle corps. He believes he dropped the money between his home and 2220 C street SW and asks for its return or for it to be left at The Gazette office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Kapoun
Gazette
Twenty-second Avenue
Kapoun
Y.M.C.A. Drum and Bugle Corps
New Orleans
C Street
Gazette Office
Beat Him To It In Raid On Suspected Gambling Spot
An excited caller warned of the raid as police answered they beat the caller to it. Officers had raided a location suspected as a handbook gambling establishment, ending the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
INS
Black Cat Blackie Falls From Tree With Four Broken Legs
Blackie the cat fell about 40 feet from a tree and suffered fractures in all four knees. Owner Dr C A DeLane of 2057 Bever enue SE took the injured pet to Dr Ken Bogaard, who notes it is the only known case of all legs broken at once.
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Black Cat
Blackie
C. A. DeLane
Bever «Enue
Ken Bogaard
Army Generals on the Move in World War II Era
Profiles of senior officers detailing Maj. Gen. DeVers at Fort Bragg and commanders Maj. Gen. Richardson, Fredendall, Stilwell, and Thompson. Notes highlight DeVers as youngest division commander last October, plus Richardson's linguistics and diplomacy work, Fredendall’s West Point path, Stilwell’s combat record and Chinese studies, and Thompson’s stature and legion honors.
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Flcers, DeVers
Fort Bragg
N. C
DeVers
West Point
Robert C. Richardson
Seventh Army Corps
Moros
Phillippines
France
Reparations Board
Third Army
Coblenz
Germany
French War College
Paris
Rome
Mussolini
Richardson
War Department
Washington
First Cavalry Division
Fort Bliss
Texas
Lloyd R. Fredendall
Second Army Corps
Statistics
Fredendall
University of Minnesota
Fort Benning
Stilwell
Ipaalaion
San
Camp Ord
Calif
Charles F. Thompson
First Army
Oeation
St. Mihiel Salient
Nork
Fort Lewis, Wash
Vitamins rise in doctor prescribed use says Sam Fulkerson
Sam Fulkerson head of Professional Foods reports a 500 percent increase in vitamin use through physicians in two years. He cites growing interest in vitamins especially the B complex and notes his Cedar Rapids return and new mineral and vitamin manufacturing wholesale operation.
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Sam Falkerson
Professional Foods
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Fulkerson
Cedar Rapid
Coe
Iowa State College
Des Moines
Doctors
Chicago
How To Pronounce Battlefront Names
AP guide lists pronunciation of key Russian German front names. Examples include Karelian Kahreelyan Salla Vitebsk Ostrov Porkhov Rogachev Mogilev with phonetic hints and accent marks for correct speech.
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Salla
Vitebsk
Ostrov
Ostroff
Porkhov
Porkoff
Rogachev
Rogue
Mogilev
Mogaleff
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Milton
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Rezac
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14Th Ave
Edward Sopouseks
2Nd St
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William F. Nee
Amana
Iowa
Highway 220
Middle Amana
Elsie Ileft
Mary Jane Flaherty
Beta Sigma Phi
Lambda
Sigma
Shay
Joseph W. Stilwell
Third Army Corps
First Street
Dial
The
Associated Press
Federal
Merle E. Garmoe
Third ST. SE
Dodge
Plymouth
Handler Motor Co
Opportunity Farms
Carver
Fort Dodge
Walnut
R. E. Jenkins
Nebraska
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
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