Contention Over Coal Mine Strikes And War Spending
Commentary critiques John L. Lewis over mine stoppages and dues while noting wartime spending of 7.1 billion dollars in March. The piece discusses public reaction, economic pressures, and calls for prudent oversight of wartime expenditures. It also urges Cedar Rapids to recruit a qualified recreation superintendent amid housing and youth activity needs. It warns that finding a local candidate may be unlikely due to military demand, stressing the importance of a well managed recreation program. It closes by referencing garden damage from unsupervised children and neighborly disputes over conduct.
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Playground Commission
Cedar Rapids
Aleutians Sea Battle Reported U S Navy Says
United States light force outnumbered two to one repelled a Japanese supply group west of the Aleutians near Attu March 26. US ships scored hits on Japanese heavy and light cruisers, while suffering minor damage and light casualties.
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Washington
Aleutian Islands
Navy
United States
Attu Island
Komandorski Islands
Aleutians
Nea
Kiska
Attu
Bering Sea
Russia
Nazi Reprisals Warn of Punishing Relatives of Surrendering Troops
An open threat to punish relatives in Germany of soldiers who surrendered in Tunisia is contained in a captured April 18 letter from brigade HQ to a German battalion commander. The note says officers who surrender will have their names noted and proceedings begun, with consequences for prisoners of war and, after the war, their relatives then the delinquents themselves.
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Algiers
Germany
Tunisia
Churchill Says No Gas War Without Evidence
London reports Prime Minister Winston Churchill told the House of Commons retaliatory action against Germany will not occur until positive evidence is obtained. He expressed confidence that true information will be received from Russian allies.
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London
Germany
Winston Churchill
Commons
Churchill
U S Forces Seize Russell Islands Near Guadalcanal
American forces have occupied the Russell islands northwest of Guadalcanal, expanding control in the Solomons. The Russell group lies about 18 miles from Guadalcanal and under 100 miles from Viru harbor and Rekata bay. Navy reports also note air attacks on Kiska and raids on Munda and Rekata bay.
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Washington
Solomon Islands
Russell Islands
Guadalcanal
Navy
Russell Group
Solomons
Viru Harbor
Rekata Bay
Kiska
Aleutians
Munda
Russells
Lever Brothers
United States
Tulagi
Florida
Malaita
Tanambogo
Gavutu Islands
Navy reports peak production in aircraft and ships
Secretary of the Navy Knox said the navy has reached peak production with record April deliveries of aircraft and ships. He warned that a shortage of air crews and resources could arise if the fleet cannot expand further and noted ongoing issues with shipyard output and aging vessels.
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Washington (Up
Knox
Navy
Master Plumbers Elect Officers in Davenport Meeting
The Iowa Master Plumbers association elected officers Tuesday with Frank H. Pierson as president, George Ames as vice president, and Lorenz as secretary. Directors include Harry, Roy Jenkins, Roosa, and George Palmer. The group met in Davenport with War Production Board representatives, discussing the Pd-851 application and a brief 20 minute morning session.
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Iowa Master Ay Association
Frank H. Pierson
George * Ames
Lorenz
Davenport
Harry Sioux City
Roy Jenkins
Roosa
George Palmer
Towa
Warduction Board
Daven
WPB
Sessons
Montrose
William Ogden
Bigeumn
WPB Decentralization Sparks Tension Over Authority
District officials including Ogden oppose central control as WPB moves to devolve power to local offices. A new lumber order complicates supply, requiring steel with wood products, and emphasis on material ratings and supplier lists. Mrs. Co. Cashman of Cedar Rapids named vice president in the auxiliary.
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Washington
WPB
Ogden
Aetter
Flyers Saved After 5 Months on Arctic Ice
Seven of nine Army flyers survived five months after a Flying Fortress crashed on Greenland’s ice cap. Col. Bernt Balchen located the wreck and directed supplies while Col. Monteverde and Lt. Spencer along with Sergt. Tetley told President Roosevelt of the ordeal at the White House.
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Washington
Greenland
Roosevelt
Bernt Balchen
Armand L. Monteverde
Anaheim
Calif
Jeffers Claims Rubber Drive Aids War Fuel and Vessels
Rubber Director William Jeffers told the Truman committee that forced progress in the synthetic rubber program has accelerated production of 100 octane gasoline escort vessels aircraft and merchant ships. He credited bottleneck removal and new supply sources found with help from Bernard Baruch and aligned with Undersecretary Patterson in a shared aim to win the war.
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Washington
LLP
William Jeffers
Senate
Truman Committee
Navy
Jeffers
Bernard M. Baruch
War Industries Board
Robert Patterson
Rubber director rebuts WPB orders reallocated to civilian office
Washington AP reports Rubber Director Jeffers says all WPB directives interfering with his program have been recalled except a final order handed Tuesday. He cites Donald Nelson's Saturday move creating a civilian requirements office within WPB, now granting A. D. Whiteside authority to set rubber allocations for civilians, a power Jeffers previously held.
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Washington (Ap
Jeffers
WPB
Donald Nelson
A. D. Whiteside
Daughter of Nazi Official Reported Kidnapped by Dutch
Reuters quoted a Paris based agency claiming Dutch patriots kidnapped the daughter of Arthur Seyss Inquart, German high commissioner in the Netherlands, and held her as a hostage. Dutch sources could not confirm. The report said the Gestapo found no trace of the girl and listed 47 alleged traitors for execution.
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London
Reuters
Istanbul
Arthur Seysz-Inquart
Netherlands
Gestapo
Holland
Germans Report U S Air Raid on Antwerp
The Berlin radio said American bombers attacked the Belgian industrial city of Antwerp Tuesday afternoon. Heavy air combat was reported over the city and the German account claimed that many parachutes were seen descending indicating a large number of American bombers must have been shot down. There was no immediate Allied confirmation.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Antwerp
Ickes Orders Six Day Week for Nation's Coal Mines
Solid Fuels Administrator Ickes imposed a six day week on about 80 percent of U S coal production to boost miners take home pay while saying no wage negotiations are planned with operators or the United Mine Workers. He noted some mines had cheated by already operating five days and collecting overtime pay.
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John L. Lewis
Lewis
Washington
Solid Fuels
Ickes
Roosevelt
United Mine Workers
Tekes
War Labor Board
Office of Price Administration
Vote Backs Rums Plan Tentatively
In Washington the House backed a Republican sponsored measure to cancel two years of income taxes to move taxpayers to a pay as you go system. The vote 197 to 166 remained tentative pending a final roll call.
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Ullllyin
Washington
House
Reed
Carlson
R-Kan
Company and Union Probe Ford Walkout
Detroit report states Ford Motor Company and the United Automobile Workers CIO began a joint inquiry into an unauthorized walkout at the River Rouge foundry that idled about 7,000 workers. Local 600 president Percy Llewellyn cited a Sunday dispute over pay as the trigger for the stoppage.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
United Automobile Workers (Cio
River Rouge
Percy Llewellyn
Army Transfers Major Lorr from Coe to Texas
Major John S Lot will relinquish command of the Aircrew at Coe College and be transferred to Tarrant Field Fort Worth Texas Captain C M Richardson administrative officer will become the Aircrew's new commanding officer Major Lorr directed setting up the post at Coe before the arrival of the first contingent of army air force reserves March 1.
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Cedar Rapids
John S Lot
Coe College
Tarrant Field
Fort Worth
Texas
C M Richardson
Lorr
Coe
Army Air Force Reserves
Arms Output Surges in March but Fails to Meet 1943 Target
Washington AP reports March production hit records in aircraft and ships, with aircraft at 6,200 planes and battleship Iowa completed. First quarter output rose 11 percent over February, but steel and overall armament pace must quicken 50 percent to meet 1943 plans. 134 merchant ships launched in March imply 18 million tons per year capacity.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
Iowa
Gether
Treasury
Allied Forces Drive in North Africa Push Past Mateur Toward Tebourba
Allied troops hammer the Seizure of Mateur and press toward Ferryville and Tebourba as German resistance folds along the Tine and Medjerda lines. The British and French push north of Takrouna while Americans advance on Tebourba and Bizerte’s approaches.
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Allied
North Africa
Mateur
Ferryville
Bizerte
Tine River
Tebourba
Tunis
Pont du Fahs
Ferryyville
Lake Bizerte
Ferryvile
Jurgen von Arnim
Lake Achkel
French African Corps
Goumiers
Beja
Tine
First
Medjerda
Medjera
Medjezd Bab
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