Those People Down Under Are Tops with Uncle Sam Fighters
Navy men from the Louisville on a goodwill tour to Australia recall a 1938 voyage with shore leaves in Sydney and other ports. The ship aided a capsized ferry, saving 37 people as 15 drowned, earning the vessel the nickname mercy ship in the 150th anniversary celebrations and noting Australians’ hospitality and fascination with America.
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Uncle Sam
Robert O Bradley
Cedar Rapids
Australia
Bradley
United States
Louisville
Australian Commonwealth
Australian
Sydney
Melbourne
Adelaide
Aukland
New Zealand
Hobart
Tasmania
Personal Opinion on Labor Draft and War Economy
The interviewee rejects a labor draft, favors humane rules and incentive wages, warns against underestimating Japan, and argues for synthetic rubber to ease shortages. He reflects on Cedar Rapids life since 1901, education at Ohio State, and interests in horses, farming, and engineering.
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Cedar Rapids
Westinghouse Company
Ohio State
Charles Kosek
Rainbow Division
General MacArthur
Mercy ship rescues survivors near Louisville then returns
Survivors were saved by a smaller craft off Louisville life preservers and later the Louisville set sail again. Four and a half hours after the rescue the ship received more than 30 radio messages from prime minister and other officials asking to return for appreciation. Bradley praises Australians as exemplary.
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Louisville
Bradley
Midwest Rodeo Opens at Hawkeye Downs This May
The second annual Midwest Rodeo opens at Hawkeye Downs on May 27 with top stock and riders. Steers from Mexico bulls from Texas and wild horses from Oregon compete for prizes as 40 cowboys and 375 head of stock perform for crowds that reached 20 000 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkeye Downs
Charles D Moore
Mexico
Texas
Oregon
All-Iowa Fair
The
Chamber of Commerce
Midwest Allies on Draft and War Effort
The speaker argues about draft fairness and the value of skilled men with defects. He notes Midwest farmers and factories are already maximally productive and questions what more people can do to aid the war effort.
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Midwest
War Effort Call from Vinson and Al Smith Urges Wider Involvement
In Washington Rep. Carl Vinson, head of the house naval affairs committee, says sacrifices have not been shared by labor or management. in New York former Gov. Alfred E. Smith urges broad war activity so victory comes quickly, not leaving it to soldiers and sailors alone.
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Washington
Carl Vinson
House Naval Affairs Committee
New York
Alfred E. Smith
Twins Die Within Five Minutes From Heart Attack
In Cambridge Minnesota two identical brothers Edgar and Edward Wilson died within five minutes of each other. Edgar a milkman visited his twin Edward a postal clerk at his home when Edward suffered a heart attack and died. Five minutes later Edgar succumbed to the same cause. Finland is three times the size of England and Wales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles J. Kosek
Parks
Parks Committee
City Planning Board
Chuck
Cedar Rapids
Cambridge, Minn
Edgar
Edward Wilson
Edward
Finland
England
Wales
Political War Over New Deal Handicaps U.S.
Washington dispatch reports a fierce partisan clash over the New Deal with Republicans and Southern Democrats opposing preservation of key measures while New Deal Democrats split between ardent and lukewarm supporters. The fight centers on labor laws and wartime economy amid national peril, threatening internal strains unless concessions or a truce emerge.
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Richard L. Turner
Washington
Wide World
Roosevelt
Congress
South
New Deal
Work Relief
National Youth Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
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Anzac
Jack [Lian
Syd
America
Chicago
San Francisco
Clan McCaullan
Robert O. Bradley
Gazette Photo
Iowa
St. Lawrence Waterway
Mississippi
Niagara Falls
Cannt
Buffalo
American National Chemurgic Council
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Political Adverti
Harold Taewin
Bue Mans, Phil Shive
Cras, Turechek Prank
Rana
Ule
Charles Penning Roth
J.C. Moogett
Kgha
Ty Prochabka
Frank C. Welch
V. Romfotl
International News Service
David L. Williams
Louis C. Kaiser
Higley
Kitterman’s
Kitterman
DAY Cleaners
Third Avenue
DIAL
U.S
Billias
Ter Footwear
Artone
Hartford
Antoine
Reiga
Killian Company
Telex Hearing Aid Service
E. L. Laglan
1St Ave
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