Red Cross drive and government policy worries cross paths
A government report on planting crops hopes for more food and feed, but farmers fear policy shifts may delay actual output. The Cedar Rapids era notes the Red Cross must fund a major spring drive amid an emergency workload and urges liberals not to settle for token gifts. It also laments wasted time in Congress and state legislatures, calling for brisk, focused action.
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Washington
RED Cross
Cedar
The
Community War Chest
Meat shortage prompts shift to meatless staples across regions
The meat industry reports civilians will face lower beef availability as war demands consume output. Officials cite five factors including high demand, stockpiling, and black markets, while wives rush to buy weekend supplies. Poultry runs high as cuts dwindle. sausage buys rise amid looming rationing.
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America
H. M. Conway
National Livestock Marketing Association
Victory garden effort urged to finish season strong
A friend across the street notes that Victory gardens started this year often fizzle earlier, wasting soil and seed. The message urges steadfast commitment, warning not to start unless prepared to see the project through, and suggests others could use the garden space.
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Victory Gardens
Writer Sentenced After False Murder Yarn Sold to Editor
A writer received a year and a day in federal custody after admitting to using the mails to defraud by selling a false murder story to a detective magazine. The case underscores the fraud’s impact on readers and the confession’s exposure in periodicals.
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Detective
Pigeon Weather Reporter Predicts Mixed Signs of Spring
Havelock Ellis the carrier pigeon delivers a quirky Cedar Rapids forecast after a Saturday of slush and fluctuating temperatures from 9 to 36 degrees. He notes humidity at 15 and hopes for spring while humorously predicting a Sunday temperature tumble.
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Cedar Rapids
Havelock Ellis
Mercury
Havelock
Robins
Lock
Churchill on Radio 3 P M Today In London
Prime Minister Winston Churchill will address the nation by radio at 3 00 p m central war time on a Sunday. The hour long broadcast will follow the usual evening news and comment program and be relayed across the empire by shortwave.
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London
Churchill
Italy
Anthony Eden
United States
Britain
Europe
Hitler
Germany
War Production Board backs 48 hour week for steel industry
The WPB steel labor advisory committee led by Philip Murray urged a 48 hour work week for all steel industry workers. The proposal aims to spread manpower across expanding facilities and compensate for losses to military service.
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Washington
War Production Board
Steel Labor Advisory Committee
Philip Murray
United Steel Workers of America
CIO
WPB
Steel Division
Armed Services
Transformer Short Triggers Indianapolis Sewer Gas Blast
A power transformer fault in downtown Indianapolis caused a sewer gas explosion Saturday night. The blast shattered windows over two blocks. One injury reported, 17 year old Jerry Conyell, a slight shoulder injury. The transformer eight blocks away ignited insulation and sparked sewer conduit fires.
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Indianapolis
Jerry Conyell
Indianapolis Light and Power Company
Midway Veteran to Speak At Red Cross Rally Today
Lieut Arthur T Hodges naval inspector and former Hornet officer speaks at a Red Cross program in Memorial Coliseum at 3 pm. Hodges served from World War I through Midway battles and will share experiences while noting the Hornet’s sinking and his wartime duties.
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Midway
Red Cross Rally
Seven Seas
United States Navy
Arthur T. Hodges
Cedar Rapids
Pacific
Red Cross
Memorial Coliseum
Long
City of Flint Sunk by Axis Sub in Mid Atlantic
The 4963 ton City of Flint, once seized by a Nazi prize crew, was sunk by an Axis submarine late January. Only one of 65 crew members survived. the ship later returned to the United States under its own flag after Norwegian authorities freed the crew. Mills recounts the attack and fate of the vessel.
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City of
Flint
Axis
Philadelphia
INS
City of Flint
Norway
mid-Atlantic
United States
Gabies
New York
Haugesund
Mills
Memorial Coliseum rally showcases patriotic programs
A Cedar Rapids event titled as one of the most cole patriotic programs since Pearl Harbor is set for today at 3 p.m. at the Memorial Coliseum. The program includes band music, songs, a Red Cross volunteer review in uniform, talks by Lieut. Hodges Major J. S. Lorr Roger Holden a Red Cross official from St. Louis and the reading of Ethyle Breedlove’s poem A Year Has Passed. Public invited.
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Cedar Rapids
Pearl Harbor
Memorial Coliseum
Red Cross
Lieut
Hodges
J. S. Lorr
Roger Holden
St. Louis
Ethyle Breedlove
Reds Battle for Defense in Kharkov Region
The Red Army reported fierce defensive battles in the Chuguev area southeast of Kharkov as Soviet forces maintain positions on the north bank of the Donets river. The Moscow communiqué noted a broad front clash moving toward Smolensk with heavy casualties for German troops.
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Kharkov
London
Red Army
Chuguev
Smolensk
Moscow
Donets
DNB
Nine Manpower Policy Group Formed In Peace Conference
Washington reports a tri partisan peace conference on manpower creation of a nine member policy committee to replace the 17 man WMC advisory group. Leaders from labor management and agriculture share roles, with United States leaders pledging cooperation while Congress debates national service.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
WMC
Congress
Roosevelt
Eric Johnston
Bodies of Yankee Clipper victims return home
The Portuguese steamer San Miguel sailed from Lisbon to Philadelphia carrying ten recovered victims of the Yankee Clipper disaster in the Tagus river, including Frank J. Cuhel of Cedar Rapids Iowa, Mutual Broadcasting System correspondent.
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Lisbon
Philadelphia
Pan- American Airways
Trans-Atlantic
Tagus River
Frank J. Cuhel
Cedar Rapids, In
The
Mutual Broadcasting System
Nine Die In Bus Train Collision In Granite City
Granite City Illinois nine persons were killed and 16 injured when a bus collided with an interurban train. The crash left bodies and wreckage strewn along the tracks near a crossing. Driver Emmett Warden said signals failed and visibility was blocked by an oncoming bus before he could stop the vehicle.
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Granite City
Ill
Stromlund
Goldie Farrar
Sylvia Bobo
Emmett Warden
Lois Anna Prazma
Louis Prazma
Venice
Henry Nyboer
Nameoki
Granite City Community High School
Jacqueline Nyboer
George Montgomery
Benjamin B
Ilinois
Norma Gene Todd
Namcoki
Warden
R A F Raids Reported on Northwest Germany and Belgium
British bombers struck targets in northwest Germany and Belgium on Saturday while Radio Paris went off air at 10 p.m. suggesting a possible continent wide night raid. A Lancaster dawn recon dropped bombs on a Leer railway target near Emden. Mosquitoes hit railway objectives at Louvain and other Belgian sites. No RAF losses were reported.
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London
Germany
Belgium
Radio
Paris
Air Ministry
Leer
Emden
Ems River
R.A.F
Louvain
Keller Named Vice President at Studebaker
South Bend based Studebaker Corp announces George B. Keller as vice-president, per company president Paul G. Hoffman.
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South Bend, Ind
ULP
George B. Keller
South Bend
Studebaker Corp
Paul G. Hoffman
U S Ship Blasts 8 Nazi Bombers in Week's Fight
The Liberty ship William Moultrie gun crew destroyed at least eight German bombers during a week of near constant air and submarine attacks in the North Atlantic. Commander Mahoney and 24 enlisted gunners earned commendations. the ship remained unharmed.
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U.S
Washington
INS
North Atlantic
Navy Department
William Moultrie
Mahoney
Navy
Det
Moultrie
Cceggs Ee
Lawmakers Warn Of Fast Action If Coal Strike Occurs
Washington lawmakers from both parties warned that a miners strike would trigger swift legislation restricting strikes during the war. Representatives Mott Ramspeck Cox Keefe Monroney urged government action if a stoppage happens, while UMW officials said miners would keep working past April 1 if retroactive terms are agreed.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Rep. Mott
R-Ore
Congress
Mott
House
Martin
Rep. Ramspeck
D-Ga
House Labor Committee
Rep
Cox
Keefe
R-Wis
Rep. Monroney
D-Okla
United Mine Workers Union
Miners Vote Down Submission Plan Over Wage Talks
The United Mine Workers of America rejected a Southern Coal Association plan to submit the wage dispute to the government for a new labor agreement. Operators will pursue government action independently while maintaining joint conferences with UMW reps. Vice president John OLeary cited inability to reach agreement without government mediation.
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New York
United Mine Workers of America
Southern Coal Association
Ormer
Thomas R. Burke
UMW
Mon Ojohn Ole O'Leary
United Mine Workers
New Sharon Flyer Dies in Plane Crash
Second Lieut. Paul A. Leyden age 22 son of Leonard Leyden of New Sharon Iowa was killed when his single seater fighter plane crashed 12 miles north of Santa Rosa California He was attached to the Santa Rosa army airdrome and died Saturday in the crash near San Rafael AP report
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San Rafael
Calif
Paul A. Leyden
Leonard Leyden
New Sharon
Santa Rosa
Leyden
Santa Rosa Army Airdrome
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Hornet
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Newport News
Lieut. Hodges
Gazette Photo
New Management-Labor-Agriculture Policy Committee
William Green
AFL
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National Farmers Union
Albert S. Goss
National Grange
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William L. Shirer
Walter Winchell
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