Davis Forced as Food Czar in Senate Price Debate
In Washington the Senate blocked subsidy payments aimed at lowering food prices while voting 19 to 13 to give War Food Administration head Chester Davis full control over food prices and distribution. The move, backed by Sen. O Mahoney and opposed by President Roosevelt, mirrors an anti rollback stance amid extended CCC authority and wage debates.
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Des Moines Laundries Denied Essential Status
Des Moines laundries and dry cleaners lost a bid to be declared locally essential by the War Manpower Commission committee. The four to three vote, with one management member absent, followed union objections that wage scales could address the industry's problems.
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Two Check Forgers Net 444 Dollars in Cedar Rapids
A couple posing as husband and wife cashed 12 forged checks at Cedar Rapids businesses totaling 444.25 dollars before their ruse was found. Names given as Mr and Mrs Larry O Dell, descriptions noted by detectives, and stolen check blanks traced to E L Dieman.
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Third Avenue
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J. F. Schultz and Company
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Westecl Beer
May Drug Company
Sojka Market
Foxhead Tavern
East Side
Des Moines
Temperatures Hit 92 Degrees Amid Heavy Humidity in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids area endures a hot humid spell with 92 degree readings. The day saw temperatures rising from 75 to 92 with humidity dropping from 60 percent to 38 percent by Saturday afternoon. A carrier pigeon named Havelock Ellis delivered the weather update to the editor.
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Cedar Rapids
Havelock Ellis
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Union Heads Decry Anti-Strike Bill Vote Over F D R Veto
In Washington, Congress approved a strict anti strike bill overriding President Roosevelt vetoes. AFL CIO leaders call it a major disaster while coal miners stage fresh walkouts. Over 250000 miners had not returned to work despite United Mine Workers orders, and new strikes followed.
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Congress Overrides Roosevelt With Wartime Strike Law
President Roosevelt vetoed the anti strike bill but Congress quickly overrode to bar strikes in government plants with fines up to 5000 dollars and a year in prison for instigators. The measure gives War Labor Board powers and allows presidential seizure of facilities while mandating 30 days notice and worker ballots for war plant strikes.
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Nazi Admission Defeat Reported by Axis Sources
South Africa Prime Minister Smuts said the zero hour for an Allied offensive nears as a Nazi broadcaster conceded a possible Axis defeat. German dispatches report perceived Allied invasion of Sicily, while a Dutch Nazi radio mouthpiece warned Axis defeat remains unlikely but not impossible.
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Russians Stop German Crossing Attempts on Donets Front
Soviet high command reported Red troops halted a major German effort to push across the Donets near Balaklava and Kharkov, with about 3000 troops suffering heavy losses. Additional failed crossings occurred near Lishansk, and 600 Germans died northwest of Moscow at Kholm during a larger Soviet push.
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Nab 779 More Draft Dodgers
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover announced 779 arrests for draft law violations in the second six week enforcement report. The bulk, 161, occurred in New York City on Friday with no Iowa areas included.
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FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
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Hoover
Six Face War Fraud Charges In Hoosier Plant Case
Attorney General says a federal grand jury in Indianapolis indicted six people including Lieut. Col. Wayne O. Hauck on conspiring to overcharge the government about 190 000 on Hoosier Ordnance Plant equipment rentals. The scheme allegedly netted about 335 000 in rentals and recapture charges versus 145 000 normal costs, with FBI estimates of total overcharges near 600 000.
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Biddle
Indianapolis
Hoosier Ordnance Plant
Charlestown
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Hoosier Plant
Roosevelt recalls Coolidge era pipe in White House
President Roosevelt revived a Coolidge anecdote about a second-hand pipe used for White House steam heating. He said the line, laid during Coolidge’s administration using old Fort Meade pipe, is twenty years old and will be replaced, joking it ensures reporters stay warm next winter. The steam source remains the State Department building nearby.
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Americans Raid Kiska Three Times in Aleutians
Army heavy and medium bombers attacked Kiska in the Aleutians three times Thursday afternoon despite bad weather. Poor visibility prevented observation of results, the navy announced Saturday.
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Kiska
Aleutians
Navy
British Withhold Aid, Chetnik Says
An unnamed Yugoslav guerrilla captain in Istanbul urges U S aid to arm the Chetniks under Gen Draja Mihailovic, claiming 60 000 fighters could grow to 200 000 with arms. He alleges Britain withholds support at Russia s urging to foster Croat separatism and cites Soviet influence in postwar plans.
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Bojidar Maximovitch
Bosko Jeftitch
Petar Jivokivitch
Iowa Members Vote To Override Veto
Washington AP reports that Senator George A. Wilson voted with the majority to override the president's veto of the anti strike bill. Senator Guy M. Gillette appeared to not vote but was listed for passage. In the House, all eight Iowa Republicans voted to override the veto: Cunningham, Gilchrist, Gwynne, Hoevers, Jensen, LeCompte, Martin and Talle.
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LeCompte
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Talle
Mass air strike hits Messina center by 100 Fortresses
Allied report says 100 American Flying Fortresses attacked Messina Sicily for 18 minutes, targeting ferry and rail hubs. 19 Axis fighters claimed shot down, 21 Allied planes downed in 24 hours. Bombs hit ships, warehouses, tracks. large fire at railway station. Reggio Calabria and other targets also bombed with 93 dead and 99 wounded reported.
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U. S. Sub R-12 Lost in East Coast Training
The navy reported the submarine R-12 sunk during east coast training. With 28 aboard, some rescued, cause viewed as an accident rather than enemy action. Nine submarines have been lost since Pearl Harbor. salvage is deemed impossible. next of kin informed. The vessel, commissioned 1919, displacement 530 tons surfaced, 680 submerged, length 179 feet, beam 17 feet 6 inches, armed with one 3 inch gun and four torpedo tubes.
Hearings Scheduled on Century and Aurox Representation
Public hearings in Cedar Rapids set for July 1 to decide representation questions at Century Engine ering and Aurox Tool and Die. Trial examiner Clarence Meter to hear Century at 9:30 am and Aurox at 2 pm in the federal court room of the Cedar Rapids post office building.
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Cedar Rapids
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Century
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Clyde F Waers
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National Labor Relations Board
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Harmony Lodge No 831
International Association of Machinists
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers A. F of 1
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Thousands of Chicago Meat Markets Face Closure
A national beef shortage threatens to shut thousands of meat markets within 10 days, including about 900 of Chicago’s 6,500 shops. Officials blame OPA price ceilings that cut profits, reducing cattle feeders and lean meat, with similar fears in New York Seattle Cleveland Cincinnati.
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World’s Livestock Center
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National Association of Retail Meat Dealers
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War Stabilization
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War Meat Board For Solution
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George Babel
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Allies Blitz Ruhr Targets In Friday Night Bombing
British heavy bombers struck Bochum and Gelsenkirchen in the Ruhr as US planes followed with raids on undisclosed German targets. Officials report large fires, heavy losses on both sides, and weather hampering observation. The Bochum Gelsenkirchen area dominates coal, steel, and rail networks serving the region.
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