Wage policy clash fuels labor showdown and city budget notes
The piece notes UMW Lewis resisting wage ceilings while wage boosts are capped by the War Labor Board and warns of possible anti labor legislation if coal production is crippled City officials grant merit raises and advocate merit based pay over blanket hikes A letter from Finance Commissioner Burgus supports a park budget reform to avoid perpetual borrowing.
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Lou Burgus
Eile
Lou
Kosek
Test Faking of Steel Plate Strength Tests Revealed
Senate Truman committee released statements from four Irvin works employees alleging fake tensile tests and altered chemical analyses on steel plates for Navy Maritime and lend lease orders. Witnesses claim management ignored repeated quality concerns and pressured inspectors to approve defective material.
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Washington
Truman Committee
Irvin
Carnegie-Ilinois Steel Company
Navy
Maritime Commission
Hugh Fulton
Senate
United States Steel Corporation
Truman
D-Mo
J. Lester Perry
Carnegie-Illinois
Perry
Michael Tarella
Irvin Works
Metala A
J. H. McConnell
D. B. Ireland
George E. Dye
United States Navy
United States Maritime
United States Treasury
British and Yanks Bomb Enemy Bases
A force of 300 British four engined bombers attacked St Nazaire on the French coast, and American airmen struck Wilhelmshaven as the Eighth Air Force reported its most concentrated raid yet. RAF V-bombers and Venuras with Mosquito fighters supported the operation with additional raids on Maassluis and northern France. Major Wurzbach praised the raid as heavy bombing with extensive hits.
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London
St. Nazaire
Germany
Atlantic
Wilhelmshaven
United States Air Force
France
England
Clemens K. Wurzbach
San Antonio
Texas
Joseph M. Strickland
Liberty
Miss
R.af
Maassluis
Rotterdam
Holland
Air Ministry
Fighter Command
Bay of Biscay
Three Gas Tank Caps Vanish in Cedar Rapids Nights
C O Franks of 600 First Avenue NE reports three consecutive thefts of the gasoline tank top from his car parked in the alley between Sixth and Seventh streets NE. He told police the incidents occurred over three nights, with no other belongings disturbed and gasoline rationing mentioned as context.
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C. O. Franks
First Avenue NE
Sixth
Seventh Streets
Reds Reportedly Take 50 Towns In Push Toward Smolensk
The Associated Press dispatch says Soviet forces captured more than 50 towns and villages in 24 hours near Smolensk while staving off fresh German assaults on Kharkov. Front line observers noted no major dent in the Soviet line as Germans tried to cross the upper Donets.
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Associated Press
Reds
Keystone
Smolensk
Moscow
Kharkov
Donets River
Red Guns
Chuguev
Berlin
London
Yartsevo
Durovo
Dorogobuzh
Moscow-Smolensk
Ludwig Sertorious
Kursk
Zhizdra
Bryansk
WLB Rejects Little Steel 15 Percent Cost of Living Ceilings
The War Labor Board voted 8 to 4 against raising the 15 percent cost of living ceiling. The panel kept its wage policy goal and rejected AFL led cries to allow higher living-cost adjustments while Morse sided with labor on the West Coast wage cases.
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Lewis
United Mine Workers
War Labor Board
Washington
Labor
AFL
CIO
Wayne L. Morse
WLB
Director of Stabilization
James F. Byrnes
William H. Davis
Little Steel
U S Troops Hold Town After Air Attacks At Maknassy
Lt Mervin Sneath led a patrol to Maknassy as German Stuka dive bombers attacked from the east. The town, with about 50 houses, saw Italians as the defenders and about 40 Germans in the garrison. American troops found mines and booby traps and captured Italian prisoners who were moved to safety.
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Maknassy
Lancaster
Mervin Sneath
Sneath
Pete Paris
New York
Yank
Detectives Seize Four Cases of Illinois Whisky
Patrolman Navratil spotted a car in front of the Roosevelt hotel and found four cases of Illinois whisky inside. Thomas B. Dawson of Hills, Iowa, 32, was arrested for illegal possession after detectives Stusak and Simon joined Navratil. Bail set at 500 dollars.
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Cedar Rapids
Jerry Navratil
Illinois
Bill Kudina
Thomas B. Dawson
Hills
Navratil
Roosevelt Hotel
Leonard Stusak
Harley Simon
Dawson
California
J. E. Heiserman
Rock Island
Maknassy Falls to American and British Forces
Allied headquarters announced American troops seized Maknassy in central Tunisia, advancing toward the sea. reports from Algiers and Marrakech said British Eighth Army also broke the Mareth line, with 1,700 German prisoners captured as Montgomery’s forces push toward Gabes.
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Allied Headquarters
North Africa
Eighth Army
Mareth Line
Allied
Maknassy
Tunisia
Algiers
el Hamma
Aljgiers
Rommel
Morocco
Adolf Hitler
el Guetar
Hadjeb el Aioun
Pichon
Sbeidla
Reuters
Nefsa
Bizérte
Tion
Djebel Abeid
United States
George S. Patton, Jr
Bernard L. Montgomery
Mareth
United Press
Phil Ault
Lime Seeee
Ault
Gabes
Equipment donated for civilian defense in Rapids
Several thousand dollars worth of good emergency equipment arrived in Rapids last week under the local civilian defense office. Officials welcomed the donation though they note the likelihood of actual use remains uncertain, as the war program progresses and plans unfold.
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Everal
Rapids
Hees
Washington tax reform sparks debate over windfall for the wealthy
The Cedar Rapids South Side Civic club plans to press for easing or canceling part of the 12 income tax. The move aims to curb a windfall for a few rich individuals and stir concern about its impact on ordinary people and children's access to food. The exact proposal and its reception among the public remain unclear.
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Washington
Rami Pian
South Side Civic Club
Cedar Rapids
Prices Slashed on Carrots Cabbage and Tomatoes in Sixth Region
Reductions of about 20 percent in carrot and cabbage prices reported by McKeough for the Sixth region which covers Iowa. Wholesalers and retailers also cut markups over base prices for tomatoes and related produce.
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Chicago
Iowa
Remove Barriers on Coal Burning Stoves
Washington officials report the Office of Price Administration eased controls to supplement central oil burning equipment for coal burning stoves, reducing barriers to use.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Two More American Attacks on Kiska Island
Navy announced two additional American attacks on Kiska in the Aleutians on Sunday, with initial reports describing naval action and weather conditions. Details remained sparse as operations continued in the harsh Arctic theater.
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Kiska
Washington
Navy
Aleutians
Roosevelt Elevates Seven Latin Envoys to Ambassadors
President Roosevelt conferred ambassador rank on seven U S envoys to Latin American nations. Senate confirmation will place the U S represented by ambassadors rather than ministers in these countries. Boaz Long of New Mexico already ambassador to Ecuador is nominated as ambassador to John White of New York in Haiti.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Senate
Boaz Long
New Mexico
Ecuador
John White
New York
Haiti
New Indictment Against Viereck in Nazi Agent Case
Washington AP Viereck George Sylvester a New York based Nazi propagandist was indicted on six counts for violating the foreign agent registration act by failing to disclose his work for the Nazi foreign office in the United States. The indictment follows his release from DC jail after a prior conviction and Supreme Court ordered retrial.
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Washington
George Sylvester Viereck
New York
Foreign Office
Viereck
District of Columbia
Supreme Court
Doer Biddle
Justice Department
Pacific Calm May Be Preceding Storm Says Knox
Secretary of the Navy Knox warned the Pacific seems quiet but may be the calm before a storm as the war continues. He noted stress in Martinique due to U S cutoffs and local resentment toward Admiral for stubbornness. He dismissed German claims of a Diesel Oxygen powered submarine as an exploded idea.
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Washington
Knox
Pacific
Martinique
Caribbean
United States
Robert
Atlantic
Roosevelt Recovered Returns to White House
President Roosevelt, sidelined by a weekend cold, returned to the White House on Tuesday to resume his schedule and keep appointments. A White House official said he appeared to have recovered completely.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
U S Sets Up Navy Base at Casablanca
The United States has a naval operating base at Casablanca Morocco and formed a West African sea frontier force. Rear Admiral John L Hall Jr commands both the base and the sea frontier. Details of uses are not disclosed. Casablanca previously hosted French naval facilities and can accommodate small craft to battleships.
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Washington
United States
Casablanca
Morocco
Navy
John L. Hall, Jr
Williamsburg
Sea Frontier Force
Roosevelt Seeks End to Coal Strike Through Negotiation
President Roosevelt urged mine workers and operators to resolve wage disputes without a strike under the 1941 no strike pact. He supported retroactive wage terms under wartime Stabilization policies and asked for continued production under existing contracts while differences are settled by collective bargaining and, if needed, the National War Labor Board.
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Washington (Ap
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Cordance Cain Eeneiaeientim
Lovie Ae
Lachian
Edward Wan
Mr. Roose
Velt
National War Labor Board
Ten Die in Crash at Harlingen Army Bomber School
Ten officers and men were killed when a medium bomber crashed at the Harlingen army gunnery school. The Army announced the deaths on Tuesday and stated that no Lowans were among the victims.
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Harlingen, Texas
INS
Harlingen Army Gunnery School
Army
High Soviet Post to Fee of Pole Claims
Alexander Korniechuk, Ukrainian writer, faces a deemed fee dispute asserted by a Soviet authority. The report notes allegations over pole rights and post charges, with officials in Moscow weighing the claim's legality and potential impact on the Ukrainian writer's publishing activities.
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High
Moscow
Alexander Korniechuk
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