Defense industry labor and court case notes dominate column
An analysis cites defense production and rising employment as 1940 numbers loom, with 1,500 Seen offices accelerating claims. A drunken driving incident leads to a court case with a $50 fine and discussions on enforcement. The piece reflects wartime strain, labor strikes, and world events shaping policy and public mood.
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Eddie Rickenbacker
Fortune Magazine
Rickenbacker
Weet Meson
Iman
Pere
Jap Waits Six Hours for French Envoy
In Tokyo Sunday the French ambassador Charles Arsene Henry failed to keep a six hour appointment with Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka. Observers say the delay signals French hopes to postpone a showdown as Japan presses for a peace terms settlement in Indo China and Thailand.
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TOKIO
Charles Arsene Henry
Yosuke Matsuoka
Japan
Thailand
Henry
Vichy
Matsuoka
Saigon
Indo-China
Police To Register Bikes Today In Cedar Rapids
Over 2,500 bicycle licenses issued in a day long session. Traffic Captain Gordon Hughes said a three man crew will work Sunday 11 am to 6 pm and Monday, then visit west side schools starting Tuesday. unlicensed riders risk charges under the new ordinance. License fee 25 cents.
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Gordon Hughes
West Side
Hughes
Plays Way Out Of Jail Stretch
Edward I Clark a 71 year old man charged with drunkenness impressed Police Magistrate William D Mc Clelland by playing harmonica in court. He claimed to be a piano and harmonica teacher and performed Show Me the Way To Go Home proving his claim.
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Pittsburgh
Edward I
Clark
William D. McClelland
McClelland
Sunday Index Section One Preview
The Sunday index outlines pages for late news pages 1 and 2 editorial pages 6 Boake Carter page 4 happenings last week page 6 sports pages 1 to 3 want ads 6 and 7 financial page 8 social news pages 1 to 6 around the town page 2 Beek talk page 3 forecast el evento page 5 cookbekiets page 1 state news pages 1 and 23 farm page 1 Marion page and Movies page 4 radio page 5 Walter Winehell page 5 builders page 6.
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Boake Carter
Cookbeckiets
State News
Farm
Marion
Pace
Radio—pace
Walter Winehell
Sage
Builders—pare
Apostle of Youth Berna rd J Sheil Shapes Futures for Millions
The Most Rev Bernard J Sheil, Chicago church leader and founder of the Catholic Youth Organization, built a nationwide network to guide teens. Recalling a jail incident, he credits compassion and organized activity with steering at risk youths away from crime and toward constructive paths.
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Hicago
Cook County
The
Bernard J. Sheil
Hats Take Center Stage At Labor Dept Meeting
Washington reports say the Labor Department focused on hats as Madame Secretary Frances Perkins released a 500 word press release and a glossy Primer of Problems in the Millinery Industry. The document warns millinery firms face decline and bankruptcy amid fashionable trends and calls for decisive action.
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Washington
Defense Commission
Army
Navy
Congress
Britain
Labor Department
Frances Perkins
Department
Mary Anderson
Women’s Bureau
Madame Perkins
U S Officials Seize 10 Japanese Fishing Vessels At Honolulu
United States customs officials seized ten Japanese fishing sampans in Honolulu after a grand jury indicted 72 sampan owners and firms on conspiracy charges tied to false boat licensing. Indictments allege owners transferred boats to relatives to bypass a law prohibiting alien ownership of fishing vessels in U S waters. The action is expected to cut Honolulu’s daily fish supply by about 30 percent. Names of companies include Honolulu Fishing Company Pacific Fishing Company and Hawaiian Suisan Kaisha Ltd.
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United States Customs
Honolulu Fishing Company
The
Pacific Fishing Company
Hawaiian Suisan Kaisha, Ltd
Sampan
United States
Pullman Strike at Michigan City Ends in Settlement
The Brotherhood of Railway Carmen announces a settlement at the Haskell Barker plant of Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing. About 1,600 workers will return to work on Monday and Tuesday under the agreement, to be voted on by union members at a 2 p.m. Sunday mass meeting.
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Michigan City
Ind
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
Haskell-Barker
Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company
Foes Speak Most in First Two Weeks of Aid Bill Debate
In the initial two weeks of Senate debate on the British aid bill, opponents spoke about three times as long as supporters. Opponents totaled 39 hours 42 minutes, while administration supporters used 13 hours 58 minutes.
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Washington
Senate
Administration
Radio push for swift aid bill in Britain conflict
Washington reports show Senate debate over the aid bill intensifying as Len Wheeler and Lister Hill campaign on radio criticizing delay. They urge prompt passage to aid Britain and bolster U S defense, while opponents label the measure flawed and delaying tactics persist.
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Washington
Len Burton K Wheeler
Mont
Senate
Wheeler
Barkley
Kentucky
Lister Hill
Ala
Hitler
Britain
Hill
Columbia Broadcasting System
Modern Cookbooklets Presented By Gazette
First in a forthcoming series of Gazette Cookbooklets for twenty weeks, titled Snacks with 500 tested recipes. Illustrated pages showcase serving and preparation ideas for family meals, entertaining, and Lenten cookery. Prepared by the Culinary Arts Institute for The Gazette, this series targets Cedar Rapids readers and surrounding towns.
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Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Cedar Rapids Gazette
the Gazette
The
Culinary Arts Institute
America
Senate votes for probe of arms program
The Senate approved a $15,000 sweep of the defense program by a seven member special committee. President Roosevelt reportedly agreed with House leaders on a similar inquiry. A nine member House committee is sponsored by Rep. Eugene Cox. The Truman resolution authorizes a full study of procurement, contracts, small business use, and geographic distribution of defense contracts and facilities.
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Sns
Senate
Roosevelt
Democratic House
Congressional
House
Eugene Cox
Sen. Truman
Wis
United States
Hitler doubles down as U boats surge in Atlantic
A reliable source says Hitler has greatly intensified submarine warfare against British shipping by more than quadrupling U-boat numbers in the Atlantic. The rise coincides with his Monday speech claiming a new U boat campaign is underway.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Atlantic
Hitler
Earle Denied Border Crossing Report Lies Denied
A Sofia dispatch says American Minister to Bulgaria George H. Earle was forced to return after a Bulgaria Yugoslav border closure. Hull said there was no truth to reports that Earle was refused crossing as he received dispatches from Earle confirming no denial.
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International News Service
Reuters
London
Sofia
Bulgaria
George H. Earle
Washington
Earle
Germany
Hull
Bulgaria’s Axis Pact Push Blunts Donovan Mission
Nazi authorities in Berlin say Bulgaria’s Axis pact participation ends American Balkan diplomacy. They claim Col. William J. Donovan’s Balkans tour with Tsar Boris and Premier Philoff yielded no fruit and that U S minister George Earle’s Sofia post is becoming untenable.
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Berlin
INS
Bulgaria
Balkans
Saturny
Balkan
Col
William J. Donovan
Roosevelt
Tsar Boris
Philoff
George Earle
United States
Sofia
Temperature Extremes Hit Cedar Rapids Weekend
Weather records show Cedar Rapids reached 38 degrees from 2 to 3 pm Saturday then fell to 34 by 7:30 pm and 32 by 11 pm. The high on Friday matched the late Saturday low of 20 degrees overnight.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
French Bomber Flies Toward Gibraltar Under Fire
A French bomber carrying several passengers landed at Britain's Gibraltar from Morocco. It drew Spanish anti-aircraft fire as it circled over Spanish territory seeking a landing.
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Salinea
Spain
Britain
Gibraltar
Morocco
Ominous signs as Germany presses Yugoslavia for axis ties
Reports from Belgrade say German warplanes twice crossed neutral Yugoslavia on Saturday with one forced to land at Skoplje. another damaged by ground fire. The events followed Bulgaria’s occupation and hints of Yugoslavia joining the axis and mediating Greece Italy peace.
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Yugoslavia
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Germany
Bulgaria
Greece
Italy
Skoplje
Danube
Turnu Severin
Balkan
Japan
Reich
Axis Combine
Gazette Cook Booklets Out Monday Read About Them
Newspaper note announces Gazette Cookbooklets released Monday with guidance to read about them on Page 8, Section 3. The garbled text suggests a page notice for upcoming cookbooklets.
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