Coal strike ends in temporary settlement under Ickes accord
The article notes John L. Lewis orders miners back to work until October 31 after talks with Secretary Ickes, suggesting possible concessions and debate over the anti strike bill. It explains government control of mines and the bill’s impact on post settlement actions and future production. It also covers gasoline ration rules and the differing allotments for A B and C book holders amid vacation planning.
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Ickes
John L. Lewis
Mr. Ickes
Lewis
United States
Congress
Coal Issue Postponed Not Settled Amid Wartime Mines Strike
Washington reports the United Mine Workers ended the general wartime mine strike by ordering miners to resume digging for the government until October 31 under Ickes direction. The move defers the main issue, signaling a likely fight over pay and control as miners resume under the 1941-43 wage contract with WLB increases.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
UMW
John L. Lewis
Lewis
War Labor Board
Solid Fuels
Harold L. Ickes
Ming
WLB
Pennsylvania
Russell Foltz
Central Pennsylvania
John Gallagher
UMW International
Sergt James Newbold Freed After Tunis Rescue
Cedar Rapids soldier Sergt James Newbold, captured by Germans in May 1943, spent 36 hours in a Tunis prison before the British Eighth Army liberated him during the Tunisian campaign. He later described food shortages and jubilation from the French and Jewish communities. The letter notes his drafts and postings from Ireland to Scotland and North Africa.
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Cedar Rapids
Eighth Army
Tunis
Bert West
Seventeenth Street
Sergt
James Newbold
Sergt. Newbold
Sergi
Newbold
Ireland
Fort Dix
N. J
Camp Claiborne
New York
Scotland
North Africa
Algiers
Penick and Ford
Army
Anonymous letter targets Coast crooks over fake gold claim
A Los Angeles gold dealer and police said an anonymous postcard accused them of theft, claiming a Katz agency gold lot priced at 90 dollars was worth 4 dollars. The writer admitted anonymity and startled authorities by noting brass had been substituted for gold in the show window.
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Los Angeles
H. M. Katz
Katz
OPA Considers Ration Currency Plan and Comptroller
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration may appoint a comptroller of ration currency. The move would ease the burden on merchants counting and depositing ration stamps, which some operators struggle to manage. Potential coins or tokens would be non critical material with color codes for values.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Senate panel backs 500 million price subsidy plan
The Senate Banking Committee urged allowing 500 million dollars in subsidies to roll back retail food prices and 175 million for certain crop production. It also would extend subsidies for shipping costs and strategic materials, each program costing 160 million annually. The proposal seeks to fund continued price rollbacks on meats butter and coffee with a 450 million outlay and 50 million for other products, tied to extending the Commodity Credit Corporation borrowing to 1 billion. An anti subsidy plan backed by Senator Aiken would bar payments to cut meat coffee or dairy prices without congressional approval.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Hill
D-Ala
Sens. Aiken
R-Vt
Gillette
D-Ia
National Grange
Congress
House OKs $100 Million Soil Conservation Boost
Washington report says the House approved by 186 to 175 a Senate increase of 100 million dollars for soil conservation payments to farmers, amid partisan debate.
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Washington
INS
House
Senate
U S Fighter Planes Strafe Foe in China
American fighters attacked Japanese held towns around Tungting Lake and ships on Lake Yangtze. Two steam boats sunk and two gunboats damaged amid heavy strafing with thousands of rounds fired. No opposition encountered and all planes returned safely.
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Chungking
INS
Tungting Lake
Lake Yangtze
Queen decorates Bomber of Dams at investiture
In London Queen Elizabeth absent King George VI presented the Victoria Cross to Wing Commander Guy Gibson for RAF raids breaching the Mochine and Eber dams in Germany. She also awarded 23 other decorations and conveyed the king’s regrets he could not attend. The king was last reported in Malta.
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London
Queen Elizabeth
George VI
Guy Gibson
R.A.F
Eber
Germany
England
Queen Victoria
Elizabeth
Malta
Century Gets New War Contract With Increased Plant Hiring
Century Engineering announces a wartime contract with the Chicago ordnance district to produce timing devices detonators and primer mechanisms for anti-tank mines and air bomb fuses. The deal requires a 50 percent workforce rise and three-shift operation through July 1, 1944 plus material and plant changes with peak production starting October 1, 1943. Century joins five Cedar Rapids firms honored with the Army Navy E pennant for war production.
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Cedar Rapids
Century Ordnance Division
Chicago Ordnance District
War Department
E. J. Lattner
Century Engineering Corporation
Latiner
Century
Queen Wilhelmina Visits Roosevelt at Hyde Park
The White House said President and Mrs Roosevelt hosted Queen Wilhelmina of The Netherlands at their Hyde Park home on Sunday. The queen, who had been in Ottawa, left for Canada after the visit.
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Washington
White House
Cent Rail Wage Boost Is Rejected
Washington reports that Fred M Vinson set aside the eight cent hourly wage increase for 1 100 000 non operating railroad workers. The order may allow time and a half after 40 hours and potential net gains, with legal questions on reconvening the board.
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Washington
Fred M Vinson
National Railway Labor Panel
Vinson
Roosevelt
Soft Drink Carton Manufacture Halted
The War Production Board announced a prohibition on the manufacture of paper board cartons for soft drinks. About 12,000 tons of carton stock will be saved annually, with current inventories large enough to last through the summer if used carefully.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Allies Repulse Large Japanese Attack in New Guinea
Allied jungle fighters beat back the first Japanese ground offensive of size in New Guinea in almost a year near Mubo and Lababia ridge. About 100 Japanese troops were killed or wounded, with light Allied losses. Allied air forces supported the ground action in 20 strikes. A Flying Fortress claimed five Japanese planes shot down, with crewmen recovering to fly again.
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Allied
Australia
New Guinea
Mubo
Lababia Ridge
Ubo
Mubo- Lae-Salamaua
Rickenbacker in Moscow as Stimson envoy
Capt Eddie Rickenbacker arrived in Moscow on a mission for War Secretary Stimson. He joined a Kremlin ceremony where Ambassador Standley awarded 60 American medals to Russian forces. Rickenbacker may meet top officials including Premier Stalin, amid a delegation with Dr Alexander Dahl and war department officers.
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Moscow
Eddie Rickenbacker
Stimson
Rickenbacker
Kremlin
United States
William H. Standley
Stalin
Alexander Dahl
War Department
William Nichols
A B Sperry
Standley
Joseph A Michela
Prisoners Freed In North Africa
ALGIERS AP The joint commission for political prisoners and refugees headed by U S and British consuls general in Algiers announced the release of all internees in concentration camps labor companies and forced residences prior to the Allied landings in November About 200 political prisoners mainly Spanish republican refugees convicted of discipline violations or demonstrations will receive amnesty Former internees and other detained groups are offered occupations of their choice The issue drew criticism of Admiral Darlan and General Giraud after the Allied landing.
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Algiers
Joint Commission For Political Prisoners
United States
Samuel H Wiley
J E. M Carvell
Jean Darlan
Henri Giraud
U S Women Set to Overtake Men in Population Shift
Frank R. Wilson told a wartime conference that women will become the majority in the United States this year, ending a long male dynasty. He cited life expectancy and demographics, predicting a female majority of about 100 000 annually and women taking new roles in business.
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New York
United States
Frank R. Wilson
Commerce Jones
Special Libraries Association
Linn Grocers to Meet Tonight on New Price Ceilings
Linn county grocers and Des Moines OPA staff will meet at the Chamber of Commerce at 8 p.m. to discuss the new community price ceilings. Secretary W T Shipe urged all county grocers to attend if they have questions about the maximums.
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Linn County
OPA
Des Moines
Chamber of Commerce
W. T. Shipe
Shipe
British Lase 36. Aircraft At Muelheim
Allied air operations reportedHeavy R A F bombers hit Muelheim Ruhr Tuesday night, with Krefeld and Hull targets also attacked by U S bombers. The Canadian and British forces supported a string of raids across western Europe as losses mounted for both sides. London noted a 50th annual air alert with minimal damage.
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Muelheim
London
R.A. F
Ruhr
Ministry
Krefeld
R.A.F
Rhineland
Hull
United States Flying
Holland
France
Duisburg
Rhine
Germany
DNB
Berlin
Oberhausen
German Europe
Maelheim
le Creusot
Friedrichshafen
Huls
General Monitors
Antwerp
Belgium
Europe
Britain
Air Ministry
England
Patriotism Lauded by Nelson Press
War Production Board Chairman Donald Nelson praised the newspapers for practical patriotism. He welcomed the help of a new committee formed by the American Newspaper Publishers Association in a government driven effort to boost pulpwood production for vital war and home-front needs.
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Washington
INS
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
America
American Newspaper Publishers Association
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Henry McLemore
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