CIO Withdraws From War Bond Drive Sparking Debate
The Cedar Rapids Industrial Union Council of the CIO plans to withdraw from the next war bond campaign amid anger at Congress over the anti strike law. The Gazette defends its editorial stance and stresses its duty to the public and unity. The piece notes OWI funding recovery and comments on the Wallace Jones dispute and wartime tensions in Europe.
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Cedar Rapids
Congress
CIO Council
the Gazette
John L. Lewis
Churchill Says U Boat Drive Whipped Massacre of Subs in May
Prime Minister Winston Churchill said Allied forces crushed the German U boat threat in May and June. He cited sinking more than 30 U boats in May and warned of continued heavy fighting in the Mediterranean and elsewhere as the war persists toward Japan. He praised Allied collaboration, ship construction gains, and RAF bombings, and noted the march toward unconditional Axis surrender. The speech accompanied his Guildhall visit in London as crowds cheered the demonstration of Allied resolve.
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Churchill
Mediterranean
Europe
Hitler
London
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
Japan
United States
Germany
Far East
British Empire
R.A.F
Britain
Guildhall
Rioting in Greek Cities as Axis Occupation Tensions Rise
Reports from London and Ankara say widespread anti Axis rioting broke out in Athens and other Greek cities, with hundreds arrested and many executed or slated for firing squad. Allied air raids near Salonika energized demonstrators as Rommel strengthens lines in France and Italy prepares for invasion.
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London
Athens
Europe
Ankara
Salonika
Axis
Balkan
Roosevelt
Volos
Larisa
Balkans
Salonika Peninsula
Eden to Duce Humane Surrender Plea in Commons
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden urged Mussolini to surrender unconditionally in the Commons. He said it would serve humanity and clarified Britain had no plan to bomb Rome. Eden blamed Mussolini for attacking France and London and noted Rome open city status was not declared. The debate followed with Ellen Wilkinson warning of heavy German reprisals and a high price for any raid.
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London
Anthony Eden
Mussolini
Eden
House of Commons
Signor
Britain
Italy
Rome
Signor Mussolini
France
Ellen Wilkinson
Home Office
Hitler
Madame Chiang Finishes U S Visit En Route To China
Mme. Chiang Kai-shek ends an eight month United States tour and departs secretly from the U S en route to China. She previously visited Wesleyan College in Macon Georgia, a stop noted as part of her U S stay following treatment for auto accident injuries.
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Natal
Brazil
Mme
Chiang Kai-shek
China
United States
Mme. Chiang
Wesleyan College
Macon
Restoration of OPA and OWI Funds Approved by Senate Panel
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted to restore 47 million dollars cut by the House to the Office of Price Administration and to grant 3.5015 million dollars to the Office of War Information for domestic operations. The plan includes Senate confirmation for employees paid 4500 dollars a year or more.
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Senate Appropriations
House
Office of War Information
Senate
OWI
Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Office of Price Administration
Byrnes Sets Face to Face Talks With Wallace and Jones
War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes called Vice President Wallace and Secretary Jones to a 3 p.m. meeting at the White House to settle agency differences. He said friction among departments is natural and that he acts to resolve such controversies as assigned by the President. He noted Roosevelt appointed Marvin Jones as food administrator and as a member of the War Mobilization committee and War Production board.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Henry A. Wallace
Secretary of Commerce
Jesse Jones
White House
Byrnes
Congress
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Marvin Jones
War Mobilization Committee
War Production Board
Chester C. Davis
U S Flying Forts Bomb Le Mans in Daylight Raid
American Fortresses struck Le Mans France in daylight with light opposition and all aircraft returning. The raid followed British air ministry reports of intensified RAF attacks on Germany, with substantial bomb tonnage and action on St Nazaire and Cologne as part of renewed Allied air offensives.
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United States
Europe
le Mans
France
Royal Air Force
Germany
Paris
Gnome-Rhone Motor Works
Messerschmitts
Junkers
Eighth Air Force
Normandy
Britain
St. Nazaire
Daily Mail
Cologne
Rhineland
Revamp Bond Buying Setup by Cedar Rapids CIO
In Cedar Rapids CIO affiliates withdraw from a plan from organized labor to set up plant committees to oversee payroll deductions for war bonds. A meeting at the Roosevelt hotel formed a joint executive and publicity panel with labor and war savings staff to supervise employer employee committees.
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Cedar Rapids
CIO
Organized Labor
Roosevelt Hotel
Linn County War Savings Staff
B. T. Perrine
Edwin Evans
War Savings
War ‘Savings
L. B. Stastny
Federal Union
M. B. Krueger
Machinists Union
G. K. Strausser
Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor
S E. Coquillette
James Plumb
David Lehti
Paul Horan
Machinists
Weldon Cargin
International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite, and Paper Workers
George Samuelson
Bernard Brown
Firefighters Union
Harold Rowe
Herbert Stamats
Emmett Evans
Molders
Joe Gaines
Collins Radio Company
Corn Shortage Hints Refineries May Shut Down This July
Industry leaders warn major corn refiners may close by mid July as war demand and corn requisitions cut off supplies. Moffett notes a looming exhaustion around July 17 with Pekin Illinois plant near temporary reopenings, while Sander cites Roby Indiana and Clinton Iowa plants already idle.
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New York
Midwest
War Food Administration
George M. Moffett
Corn Products Refining Co
Pekin, Ill
Moffett
Theodore Sander, Jr
American Maize Products Co
Roby
Ind
North Kansas City
St. Louis
The
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37 Degree Frost Hits Decorah As Cold Persists
The Des Moines weather bureau reports a 37 degree near frost reading at Decorah Tuesday night and forecasts continued cool conditions for the state with showers possible by Thursday. Cedar Rapids remained unseasonably cool with 66 at 2:30 p.m and humidity at 30 percent as clouds lingered.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
INS
Decorah
Des Moines Weather Bureau
Mercury
Onawa
Weather Bureau
Chambers
New Pacific Offensive Lands on Rendova Island
The navy announced American forces landed on Rendova island in the central Solomons during the early morning of June 30. It marked the first stage of a new South Pacific offensive against Japanese positions, with no further details available.
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Washington
Navy
Rendova Island
Solomons
South Pacific
United States
New Georgia
Russell Islands
Rendova
Munda
Bougainville
Rabaul
Guadalcanal
Japan
United States Army
Attu Island
Aleutians Chain
North Pacific
Attu
Funafuti
Ellice Islands
Ugali
Solomon Islands
New Georgia Island
WLB Subsidy Ban Moves Forward In WW II Food Policy
The House approved by 160 to 32 a conference report to outlaw the food price roll back subsidies linked to the CCC extension. The plan would end subsidies to processors for butter and beef prices while authorizing up to 150 million dollars for production incentives in tomatoes corn peas beans and other staples. The War Labor Board urged retaining wage stabilization as food costs rise, warning elimination of subsidies could affect the wage policy.
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Washington
House
Senate
War Labor Board
WLB
Commodity Credit Corporation
Congress
Office of Price Administration
CCC
William H. Davis
Davis
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