Wage Boost Ends Hard Coal Strike Ends Quick Pact
Operators of hard coal mines and the United Mine Workers of America tentatively agreed on a wage contract to raise pay for about 100,000 anthracite miners. Basic increase 7 4 percent on all rates through Oct 1, then 10 percent. Union sought 1 a day more and 20 percent for contract workers. A separate San Francisco back to work effort stalled by 1,700 AFL CIO machinists strike.
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United Mine Workers of America
CIO
John L. Lewis
San Francisco
AFL
AFL Metal Trades Council
Bay Area
John P
Metal Lodkin Council
Culbert Olson
Hull Outlines Five Peace Points For Postwar World
Secretary of State Hull set out five peace objectives in a radio address, urging open trade non discrimination in international relations and fair handling of raw materials. He warned against totalitarian economic spoilation and tied Britain aid to a secure postwar order. Secretary Wickard echoed the warning stating dictatorship would be met with armed might.
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Washington
Hull
America
Sunda
Great Britain
Ain
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
Hutchinson
Kaw
Britain
Italians Surrender Major East Africa Stronghold
About 7,000 Italian soldiers surrendered at Amba Alaji in Ethiopia with Duke of Aosta set to capitulate by noon Tuesday. British communiques note large Italian force collapses, thousands of prisoners, and dwindling resistance as Axis troops retreat toward Libya.
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Duke of Aosta
Amba Alaji
Britain
Ethiopia
Duke of
Aosta
Mussolini
Addis Ababa
Gondar
Eth
A Ababa
Palestine
Iraq
Egypt
Hassani
Greece
R.A.F
East Africa
Middle East
Salam
Libya
Phillips to retire as head of O R C convention delegates
Phillips announces retirement as head of the O R C at age 68. A convention with 700 U S and Canada delegates and 400 additional attendees will name his successor. He may or may not retain chairmanship of the Railway Labor Executives Association, a 20-organization group.
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Phillips
United States
Canada
Railway Labor Executives Association
Ter
Ingenious Rigging Nearly Traps Window Peeper
Cedar Rapids report describes Dr J D Houser filing after a window peeper incident. The doctor used a clothesline noose stretched over a hedge opening and a tin can trap to catch the intruder, noting the stalker had troubled him previously. The gag ends with the saying Give a man enough rope and he ll hang himself.
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J. D. Houser
Twentyfourth Street
Howard Walsh
Daniel Boone
Paris papers push Roosevelt mediation in war
Paris newspapers argue Roosevelt should mediate between the axis and Britain, saying US entry or compromise peace is possible. They claim US production strengthens leverage to shape terms, while France would back mediation or collaborate with Germany on economic matters.
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Vichy
France
Paris
Germany
Roosevelt
Britain
United States
Gibraltar
Suez
Italy
de Gaullists
Chad
Niger Valley
Egyptian Zamzam Sunk Amid Enemy Action Rumor
New York reports the Egyptian passenger liner Zamzam was sunk likely by enemy action in the South Atlantic. The vessel carried 323 lives with 120 Americans among the dead or missing as fears rise at the newspaper’s press time.
Woman on Zamzam represented church near Williamsburg
Miss Grace Byron, about 50, reported sunk in the South Atlantic aboard the Zamzam. Church officials in Dayton, Ohio, placed her home in Pleasant Grove, Iowa, but another missionary said she never lived in Iowa and had joined the Pleasant Grove church during a visit. The Zamzam carried 203 passengers and 120 crew on its New York to Alexandria voyage, including 24 young Americans in the British American ambulance corps and 36 missionaries bound for Africa. No word has been heard from the ship since Recife, with reports of possible engagement by a German raider.
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Dallas Center
Grace Byron
Zamzam
South Atlantic
Dayton
Miss Byron
Pleasant Grove
Mary Emmert
Byron
Iowa
Myers
Mage Myers
The
Returning
Detroit
Long Beach
Calif
Miss Emmett
New York
Alexandria
Egypt
Recife
Brazil
Capetown
South Africa
Middle East
Africa
United States
Indian Ocean
and Son
State Department
Wash
Washington
Seventeen Local Men Named For Draft Call Next Week
Seventeen Cedar Rapids men were named Monday by the two draft boards for a year of army service. The east side board will send 14 men to Fort Des Moines May 26 and the west side board will furnish three May 28. Names include Frank E. Fulkerson, Francis Benson, Melvin C. Soppeland, Carl R. Jass, Tillman J. Smith, James E. Newbold, Robert E. Pfeiffer, James F. Daly, Dennis J. Collins, Leland C. Langguth, Burhi W. Bowers, Emory A. McArthur, Russell C. Ard, Wilbur B. Patterson, Adelbert W. Stieger, Edward L. Smith, and Glenn A. Thompson.
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Cedar Rapids
East Side
Fort Des Moines
West Side Board
Frank E. Fulkerson
Fourth Avenue
Francis ©. Benson
Seventeenth Street
Melvin C. Soppeland
Dakota City
Carl R. Jass
Tillman J. Smith
Sixth Avenue
James E. Newbold
Robert E. Pfeiffer
First Avenue
James F. Daly
Twentieth Street
Dennis J. Collins
B Avenue
Leland C. Langguth
Mount Mercy College
Burhi W. Bowers
A Avenue
Emory A. McArthur
Twelfth Street
Russell C. Ard
Mercury Climbs Past 80 as Cedar Rapids Sees Warm Day
Cedar Rapids observed a rapid temperature rise Monday with the mercury reaching 81 by 2:30 PM after a morning low. A bright sun lifted readings from 60 at 7 AM to 71 by 9:30 AM as residents enjoyed unseasonably warm outdoor conditions.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Tad Tite
Martha Raye Finalizes Divorce Decree in Hollywood
Hollywood report states screen star Martha Raye has received her final divorce decree as of Monday, with details pending on the dissolution proceedings involving her former spouse David.
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Hollywood
INS
Martha Raye
Screen
Monda
David
Franklin D Roosevelt Jr Injured In Weekends Smashup
Franklin D Roosevelt Jr suffers head and facial cuts when his new convertible hits an embankment after a right front tire blowout near 5 a.m. as he returns to the naval training station at Newport Rhode Island. He is not seriously injured and expected to rejoin his ship soon.
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Walpole
Mass
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jrr
Roosevelt
Naval Training Station
Newport
R. I
Phillips House
Massachusetts General Hospital
John
Arthur F. Chaisson
Chaisson
Camp Good Health Benefit For Mother And Daughter
Mary, underweight and ill, will spend three weeks at Camp Good Health this summer. Her mother, facing a major operation, will gain time to recover while her daughter is cared for. The program via Public Health Nursing frees the mother from child care duties and supports the family health plan.
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Mary
Public Health Nursing Association
30 Per Cent Wage Increase Sought By 5 Big Rail Unions
Representatives of five major railroad unions announced a national campaign for a 30 percent increase in all basic pay rates for about 350 000 workers. They seek at least $1.80 more per day and will file their demands with the railroads on June 10 under the mediation board. The unions are the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Switchmen's Union, Order of Railway Conductors, and Railroad Trainmen.
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Chicago
National Railway Mediation Board
Brotherhoods of
Switchmen’s Union
Order of Railway Conductors of America
al Johnson
Locomocg
Cashen
Officials at convention discuss pay raise proposal
With all top officials of the Railway Conductors Association attending the forty second annual convention in Chicago this week no comment was available here on the pay raise proposal. President J A Phillips senior resource Harry Fraser vice president F H Nemitz secretary treasurer G H Oram and J R nee editor are in Chicago.
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The
R. C
Chicago
J. A. Phillips
Harry Fraser
F. H. Nemitz
G. H. Oram
J. R
Railway Conductor Magazine
Fourth Ker quadruplet dies after birth in Kansas
In Hiawatha Kansas Mr and Mrs Joseph Ker mourn the death of their fourth quadruplet who died Sunday. The remaining triplets including two sisters and a brother died shortly after birth Saturday.
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Hiawatha, Kan
Joseph Ker
Japan denies seeking U S mediation in China conflict
An authoritative source in Tokyo described reports that Japan asked the United States to mediate in the China conflict as unthinkable. Japan would not make such a request because of the United States past attitude toward Japan and would avoid clashing with recent official statements.
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TOKIO
Russia
Japan
United States
China
Pravda Mediator Push for Far East Settlement
Pravda reports Moscow counsels mediation in the Far East with Japan and China. Dispatch says Japan would curb hostilities in exchange for economic concessions and possibly a U S loan if the United States recognizes Japan's dominant China position. Sources indicate a divided Japanese opinion and a potential U S role.
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Moscow
Pravda
Japan
United States
China
South Seas
Ina
Prevda
Glubb Killed in Action in Iraq Report
BAGDAD AP British Major John Bagot Glubb age 44 famed for Bedouin campaigns in World War I is reported killed in action by Iraq headquarters on Monday.
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Bagdad
Iraq
John Bagot Glubb
F R considers Special Message To Congress
Washington sources report President Roosevelt may send an important message to Congress on war developments affecting the nation. He discussed the plan with congressional leaders at their first conference in three weeks and read from a desk document. The message is not expected to declare a full national emergency.
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Washington
Congress
Lesand
United
Traffic Woes Plague Hennessey Brothers in City Crash
John Hennessey 21 and Robert Hennessey 17 face charges after a May collision on Third Avenue E. Elder brother John is charged with failing to yield. Robert, who drove with no license, admits driving to take blame. Cletus D Gallagher aided police at 137 Thirtieth Street NE. The case goes before Justice H R Churchill Monday.
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Hennesseys
John
Robert
Hennessey
Cletus D Galleger
Thirtieth Street
Harry Johnson
Galleger
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