Government clears path for mass draft deferments in war effort
Brig. Gen. Lewis Hershey outlined new selective service rules to allocate manpower to essential war production. The memo restricts occupational deferments to activities truly necessary for national health, safety or the war effort, with 2-A classifications for essential industry workers and clarifications that many war factory roles are not automatically critical.
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Washington
INS
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Hershey Ex- SS
Car Recovered But Spare Tire Missing After Theft
Police recovered Charles H. McClurg of Palo's stolen car Saturday at Yu2 L street SW. The spare tire was missing, the car was towed to the station, and the keys were held for the owner.
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Charles H. McClurg
Palo
Yu2
L Street
Secretary for Municipal Affairs Proposed in Federal Cabinet
In Chicago on Saturday Barnet Hodes urged the creation of a federal cabinet post titled secretary for municipal affairs. He said such a job would expand direct federal city contacts during and after World War II, aiding civilian defense.
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Chicago
INS
Barnet Hodes
Chicortion
Urgi
Priorities Consultant to Visit Cedar Rapids Monday
William Ogden of the Chicago War Production Board will meet with Cedar Rapids manufacturers wholesalers and exporters to discuss priority eyes of commerce issues.
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William Ogden
Chicago
Office of the War Production Board
Cedar Rapids
Many Eligible to Buy New Cars, Dealers Say
Dealers argue many residents remain eligible to purchase new cars under rationing. Only three of Linn county’s 75 March May quota have been delivered, per rationing records. The association urges fair distribution to those with best claims and asserts car ownership is patriotic and beneficial long term.
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Linn County
Cneibal
William C. Culver
Adtme
Rita Hayworth cites threat to injure and hush money in divorce
Hollywood actress Rita Hayworth charges in an amended divorce complaint that her husband Edward C. Judson threatened bodily harm and public contempt unless she paid him 30 000. She says a property settlement including that sum was arranged in June 1941 at a lawyer's office and asserts he would ruin her film career if not paid.
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Hollywood
TNI
Rita Hayworth
Edward C. Judson
Oklahoma Oil
Beauty
Judson
Miss Hayworth
Only 34 Percent Favor Compulsory Savings Plan
Denver based survey shows 34 percent favor compulsory savings plan. The center finds 45 percent oppose as unnecessary and tied, 12 percent say it depends, and 9 percent have no opinion.
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Denver
America
Center
Initiative of American Pilots Superior to Foe Declared by Rickenbacker
Los Angeles INS report quotes Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker praising American pilots as self-reliant. He says modern warfare requires individual initiative, contrasting with regimented foes, and notes that each pilot must think and act for himself in combat.
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Rickenbacker
Los Angeles
INS
Eddie Rickenbacker
Bendix Resigns From Industry Bearing Name
Vincent Bendix resigns as chairman and board member of Bendix Aviation Corporation after years leading auto and aircraft precision instruments. He cites wanting to issue a full statement and says leave-taking was friendly. E. R. Breach became president on Feb 24, with 20 percent GM stake. A new chairman has been named.
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New York
INS
Vincent Bendix
Bendix Aviation Corporation
Bendix
E. R. Breach
General Motors
Frustrated Skunk Traps UC Berkeley Traffic
A skunk head stuck in a tin can disrupted traffic along Fraternity Row at the University of California Berkeley. The animal dashed across the street before collapsing from exhaustion. the Humane Society removed it to a shelter.
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Bery
Ley
Calif
Fraternity Row
University of California
Humane Society
Women of Angola Wear Massive Root Necklaces
In Angola, West Africa, women adorn themselves with colossal necklaces made from strands of roots and canes. The striking adornments emphasize cultural identity and traditional craftsmanship.
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Angola
West Africa
U S Revealed As Stockholder In 700 War Plants
Reconstruction Finance Corporation and its subsidiaries have staked 11.49 billion dollars in the war effort including facilities to build 700 war plants in the United States. Jesse H Jones said synthetic rubber capacity would reach 700000 tons a year by end 1943 and noted ongoing rubber stockpiling and production challenges amid wartime needs.
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Washington
INS
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Sec 7
Commerce
Jesse Hones
Rubber Reserve Company
Far East
United States
United Nations
Housewife Invents Hairpin Gadget to Fasten Bottle Caps
Mrs. Martha Peabody Keith in Brookline Massachusetts conceives a device using a hairpin to fasten paper bottle caps. Her husband William Keith, who runs a bottle cap plant, will manufacture the invention in Erie Pennsylvania. The couple claims the innovation could save tin plate and boost national defense efforts.
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Brookline, Mass
INS
Martha Peabody Keith
Peabody
Martha
William Keith
Erie
Labor Conscription Impractical: Truman Opposes Draft of Workers
Senate committee chair Harry S. Truman called universal labor conscription unconstitutional. Senator Elmer Thomas suggested a future labor draft might place workers in non military roles. Truman argued such a labor draft would violate the fight against enslaved nations and that laborers can be patriotic without bayonets.
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Washington
LLP
Harry S. Truman
D-Mo
Senate
Elmer Thomas
D-Okla
Truman
Rum Ban Applies to British Soldiers Below Sergeant Rank
In Nassau the British garrison enforces a legal prohibition barring all personnel below sergeant from drinking rum. The move leaves lower rank soldiers without alcohol, while higher ranks may be exempt or affected differently.
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Nassau
INS
Japanese Fifth Column Army Ready for Brazilian Target
A government letter from Rio de Janeiro reports a trained Japanese fifth column in Brazil posing as farmers and professionals. It alleges an army with artillery and anti tank guns imported as agricultural machinery could attack Brazilian barracks and strategic points within minutes of Tokyo orders.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Tokio
Woman's Club Group Rated Superior in Iowa Play Festival
The Cedar Rapids Woman's club dramatic arts group earned a superior rating in class B at the University of Iowa Play Production Festival in Iowa City. Individual armances were awarded to Grace Hecker Mary Nassif and Charles Gunn. Des Moines Waterloo and Sheldon groups received good ratings.
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Dramatic Arts Department
Cedar Rapids
Even Dogs Enlisting In Army Now
New York reports the United States army accepts Dogs for Defense Inc plan to supply and train 200 sentry dogs. Maj. Gen Bristol Gregory approves with Lieut. Col. Clifford Smith to command the corps. The dogs will detect strangers around supply depots and deter theft.
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New York
INS
United States Army
Service Men Now Can Accept Rides in Iowa
Iowa motorists may give rides to uniformed service members as AA A motor clubs authorize a red white and blue Give Them A Lift sticker. Motorists should have the serviceman show his pass and sign a liability relief certificate. Army and navy rules previously barred such rides. volunteers may not solicit but now drivers can offer.
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Des Moines
Iowa
A.A.A. Motor Clubs
Army
Seven Injured in Train Derailment Near Tampa
Six passengers and a crew member were injured when the Atlantic Coast Line Southland derailed near Tampa after hitting a rail break. The rear coach partly overturned. damage was about five thousand dollars and no serious injuries were reported.
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Tampa
Fla
Atlantic Coast Line
Southland
Postal Employes Lose 40 Hour Week Overtime Change
Washington AP report says congress passed a bill to replace the 40 hour week with a 48 hour schedule for postal workers. It abolishes compensatory time off and allows overtime pay at the regular rate, not time and a half, amid labor shortages and many called to military service.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Department
Saul Geghalas
McNutt Urges Global Attack on Axis Powers
Paul V. McNutt Federal Security Administrator urged a United Nations offensive against Germany and Japan. He warned an Axis victory would ruin the American economy and called for striking back from the graveyard of once exalted civilizations.
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Omaha
Neb
Aup
Paul V. McNutt
Federal Security
Sanight
Japan
Germany
America
McNutt
United Nations
BRITISH WAR EFFORT Outweighs Size and Population
New York reports that the British Isles' war effort is out of all proportion to its size and population, indicating a remarkable mobilization and resolve amid global conflict.
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New York
British Isles
Citywide waste paper drive supports war effort funds
Schools and Immaculate Conception will host bins for heavy paper cardboard and bottles with 22 boxes placed in public yards and service stations citywide. Proceeds from sales benefit war relief as residents from residential areas donate while business district collectors continue their routes.
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Concept H
Lst Avenue
Deamer
Sugar rationing plan outlined for May registration
OPA officials described a sugar allotment system to begin in May. Registrations will occur at public schools with teachers as registrars. households may register for the entire unit, receiving a narration book of 28 stamps covering two week allotments. Industrial users will use certificates. specifics pending. Prosecutions for false statements cited under false swearing laws.
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United States
OPA
Bane
Industry Gives Hitler Secret Bribes Slush Fund
The Sunday Times reports that German heavy industry funds a private slush pot for Adolf Hitler worth at least 12 million dollars annually. Part of the money goes to secret payments for support, financed by concealed wage taxes and deposited in a rate banking account.
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London
The
Sunday Times
Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Zentral Verlag
Pershing Returns to Lead Army Emergency Relief Effort
Gen John J Pershing comes out of retirement to head Army Emergency Relief In New York he is described as 81 and will oversee the national war effort with the Army.
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Gen. Pershing
Army
New York
INS
John J. Pershing
Senate fight over small business aid to war firms
The debate centers on a 1 billion dollar financing fund and authority to allocate war contracts. Senator Murray accuses amendments of undermining the aid program while supporting WPB administration. Patterson notes final contract distribution rests with the War Department as Nelson and Jones clash over structure and loans for small firms.
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Washington
LLP
James E. Murray
Dment
Senate Small Business Committee
Jones
Nelson
WPB
RFC
Robert P. Patterson
Senate Banking Committee
War Department
Senate
Ional
Congress
Defense Plant Corporation
War and Navy
Patterson
Murray
Defense Corporation
Wilson Accused of Pampering Utilities In Tax Reductions
DES MOINES Iowa Republican senatorial primary sees a dispute over utility property taxes. Do F Green of Sioux City claims George A Wilson influenced a 1940 valuation cut benefiting utilities, shifting about 700000 yearly taxes onto other local taxpayers. The tax commission chair responds that only a limited increase is shown.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Do. F. Green
Sioux City
Iowa Tax
George A. Wilson
Green
Clyde L. Herring
Herring
United States
Wilson
Valuations Rising After Wilson Takes Office
During Gov. Wilsons term the assessments of 24 companies climbed from 19 million dollars to 114.2 million, with annual increases beginning in 1939 and continuing through Mr. Greens six year term, reflecting a sharp valuation rise since Wilsons arrival.
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Green
Gov. Wilson
Union Seeks Wage Rise and Union Shop in Farm Equipment Case
The CIO Farm Equipment Workers Local 116 asks the War Labor Board to review a dispute with LaPlant-Choate. The union seeks a $1 daily wage increase, a five cent night shift bonus, a union shop, and check-off. WLB conciliator Michael Sherman sat in on talks but offered no comment.
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War Labor Board
CIO
Local 116
LaPlant-Choate Company
Amctitthcan
Ali Coonan Churchill
Churchill
Churchil
Michael Sherman
WLB
Washington
John R. Steelman
Labor Conciliation Service
Nips Tip of Finger In Mower Sharpener
V Millburn of 2401 B avenue Sk lost ten of the index finger of his left hand Saturday evening after his finger was caught in a lawnmower sharpener at Millburn service station 1055 Third avenue SE. He was treated at St Luke's hospital and released.
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V. Millburn
Avenue
Millburn
Third Avenue SE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Firemen Quell Two East Side House Blazes in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids firemen were called twice Saturday evening to small residential fires on the East Side. At 6 19 p m the Thompson home at 2137 First avenue SE suffered a roof fire likely from chimney sparks. A defective oil heater started a blaze at 6 48 p m in the Graves residence at 2141 Linden drive SE, with damage confined to the heater area.
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Cedar Rapids
M. M. Thompson
First Avenue SE
Harold Graves
Linden Drive
OPA Faces Test Over Pork Prices Amid Farm Bloc Pressure
US officials weigh permanent pork price ceilings as farm bloc pressures rise. A 60 day temporary ceiling set March 10 kept hogs and pork near peak levels, with debates over aligning retail prices to farm parity and potential farm aid. The farm lobby seeks cuts, while OPA argues pork is processed and not bound by four parity levels.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Con
OPA
Yea
OPA .Ee
Chicago
Thread-finned fish breeds on riverbank plants in Amazon
A thread-finned fish native to the Amazon river leaps from the water to lay eggs on overhanging vegetation.
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Amazon
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