AFL CIO pledge to enforce anti strike law renews hopes
The AFL and CIO leaders promise to support enforcement of the new anti strike law to avoid disruptions and reassure President Roosevelt. The piece notes labor leaders Murray and Green have long backed restraint, while some unions still question how the law will curb wildcat strikes and affect war production. It discusses coal mine stoppages, potential use of draft power, and ongoing labor program debates in Iowa and nationwide.
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AFL
CIO
Roosevelt
Murray
Green
Pearl Harbor
Congress
John L. Lewis
Organized Labor
Arrest Raid Warden on Spy Charge
Ernest Frederick Lehmitz a 57 year old naturalized U.S. citizen pled guilty before U S Commissioner Martin C Epstein to FBI charges that he gathered information on troop movements convoys and armament production for the Nazi intelligence system while serving as an air raid warden in Tompkinsville Staten Island He was held on 50000 bail for grand jury action The FBI said he used invisible ink and transmitted war information to German contacts including details on ships at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and on ships loading at Norfolk and Newport News Va He described air raid precautions and shelters and had a history of spying since 1938 after visiting Germany Lehmitz is said to have frequented bars to overhear information from servicemen and defense workers He was born in Hamburg Germany and entered the United States in 1908 later returning to Germany and working for the German consul in New York City
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ernest Frederick Lehmitz
United States
Martin C. Epstein
FBI
Tompkinsville
Statenland
Lehmitz
Epstein
E. E. Conroy
Europe
Conroy
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Norfolk
Newport News
Germany
Hamburg
New York City
America
Boost for Service Dependents Asked
Sen Reynolds introduced a bill on behalf of the senate military affairs committee to increase government allotments for dependent mothers and children of enlisted men, endorsed by army and navy officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen. Reynolds
D-N.c
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Army and Navy
2300 Volt Shock Fatal to Worker
C L Johnson 40 of 1102 Nineteenth St NW a service foreman for Iowa Electric Light and Power was electrocuted by 2300 volts while fusing a transformer about 9 30 am Monday He was on a tele phone pole at Third St NE and Seventh Ave SE as two coworkers brought him down He died after nearly three hours of futile revival efforts at Beatty funeral home Johnson born July 3 1902 Mt Vernon is survived by wife Betty and four children He started with the company in 1926 A company investigation was planned and Linn County coroner said no inquest to be held
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gear Rapids
C. L. Johnson
Nineteenth Street
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Henry H. Hamilton
Johnson
Third Street
Seventh Avenue SE
R. L. Hamer
Ed Cohrs
Beatty
Mt. Vernon
Betty
Charles Keith
Kenneth
Julana
Andrea
R. E. Munden
Linn
Navy Officer Board to Visit Cedar Rapids for Three Days
Cedar Rapids will host a Navy officer selection board for three days from Thursday starting at the post office building. Interviews run 9 am to 6 pm for men seeking commissions and women asking about joining the Waves. Lieut. M. P. MacDougall arranged the visit. past boards attracted over 600 locals, with demand for supply officers engineers and chaplains.
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Cedar Rapids
Navy
MacDougall
Naval Officer Selection Board
Tear Gas Stops Robbers At Hearn Stevenson Garage Safe
Tear gas released automatically when intruders jammed the safe dial thwarted a Sunday night robbery at the Hearn Stevenson Motor Company in Cedar Rapids. Police traced entry to a rear window, ventilator climb, and a dropped floor scene. a Waterloo newspaper was found, and the dial remained badly damaged by 11 a.m. Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids News
Hearn-Stevenson Motor Company
Fred Goodhue
The
Merchants
Waterloo
Linn and Polk board costs lowest in 1941
Iowa Taxpayers association found Polk and Linn counties had the lowest per capita costs for boards of supervisors in 1941. Linn used a three member board while Polk and Palo Alto used five members each. Polk total cost was nearly $15,000, about $2,000 higher than others, but a larger population kept the per person cost to 8 cents.
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Des Moines
Boards of Supervisors
Polk
Linn Counties
Iowa Taxpayers Association
Linn County
Palo Alto
Polk County
Indictment of Three U S Firms in Titanium Cartel Plot
A federal grand jury in New York indicted National Lead, E I du Pont, and Titan Company with a titanium cartel conspiracy to divide world markets for titanium compounds. The case names 7 firm officers and cites licenses forced by patent threats and wartime transfers of patents, with broad international co conspirators.
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Washington
Francis Biddle
New York
Axis
National Lead Company
Fletcher W Rockwell
Claude F Garesche
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
Carl Rupprecht
IG Farbenindustrie
Germany
Imperial Chemical Industries
Great Britain
Monte Catini
Italy
Kokusan Kogyo Kaidushiki Kaisha
Japan
Clark
Europe
National Lead and Titangesellschaft
Farben
America
Yanks Bomb Airfields Near Athens in Fresh Greek Raid
American heavy bombers of the Middle East command struck Eleusis and Hassania airfields near Athens, reducing hangars and aircraft amid Allied operations in the Mediterranean. RAF Wellingtons hit Naples docks and industrial sites while Italy reported limited damage. The raids follow a broader sustained air offensive and a Greek defense response.
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Associated Press
Greece
Athens
Naples
Mediterranean
Middle East
Eleusis
Hassani
R.A.F
Northwest African Command
Italy
Messina
Sicily
Civilians to Get All Canned Tuna
The War Food Administration announced that all production of canned tuna and tuna-like fish packed after Monday will be available to civilian consumers, increasing supply by about 25 million pounds.
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Washington
War Food Administration
American airman learns to pilot Fortress under fire
At a British air base Technical Sergeant Clifford Erickson from Fond du Lac Wisconsin recounts how he learned to fly a B 17 while under heavy fighter attack and helped Lt William Jones and crew safe the bomber and return to base. Jones survived wounds and prepared to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross for valor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
INS
Clifford T. Erickson
Fond du Lac
Wis
William M. Jones
North Middletown
Conn
Jones
Wilhelmshaven
Messerschmitt and Focke-Wulfe
FourHour bombardment hits Grand Junction yard
Sparks from a defective brake set off a four hour shelling in the Denver Rio Grande Western yards at Grand Junction. Fire Chief Charles Downing lost an arm to shrapnel. several residents and workers were injured. FBI and army intelligence joined the routine investigation as guards secured the area.
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Grand Junction
Charles Downing
Bob Walraven
Virginia Buckley
Henry Tebo
Main Street
Denver and
Rio Grande Western
Clarence Kurtz
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Army
FBI
Camp Hale
Mine Toll of Ships
The British say at least 400 Axis ships and support vessels have been sunk or damaged by mines in European waters since the war began.
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London
Resignation Upheld as War Food Chief Replaced
President Roosevelt accepted Chester C. Davis resignation as war food administrator and named Marvin Jones as successor. Davis cited public duty and lack of authority to implement subsidies, while Jones brings long service in Congress and prior roles in agriculture and stabilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Chester C. Davis
Marvin Jones
Davis
O M A Presses for CCC Subsidy Compromise to Save Agency
Senator Len O Ma honey urges Congress and President Roosevelt to strike a subsidy compromise to extend the Commodity Credit Corporation. He warns its abolition would end loan programs for farmers and price support measures, unless a deal authorizes direct subsidies to farmers rather than processors. Readjustment of price ceilings to balance wartime purchasing power was also proposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Len O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Congress
Roosevelt
Commodity Credit Corporation
Senate
House
CCC
Office of Price Administration
George
D-Ga
Plan scrapped as coffee rollback abandoned
Washington AP reports price rollbacks for meat and butter will persist until a subsidies law is enacted. The OPA had announced a coffee rollback, but it never took effect and was dropped in favor of another commodity, possibly flour.
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Washington
OPA
Naval bill signed by Roosevelt marks largest appropriation
President Roosevelt signed the largest naval appropriation in U S history providing about 33 billion dollars for the year starting July 1. He also approved the 2.62 billion independent offices supply bill after a dispute over the national resources planning board and its abolition by August 31.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol
national resources n=ning board
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Knollwood Drive
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Oss
Ninth Air Force
Richard Tregaskis
John W. Bersinger
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