Roosevelt offers alternatives on coal tie up
President Roosevelt urged steel executives and union leaders to choose between a closed shop with a no strike clause or to submit to arbitration during the national emergency. He asked operators to reaffirm non opposition to union organizing and warned that work should not halt at captive mines. Troops were readied but no decision to use them had been made.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Steel Company
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Benjamin Fairless
United States Steel
Eugene Grace
Bethlehem Steel
Frank Purnell
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Mr. Roosevelt
UMW
Congress
Gazette Want Ads Prompt Thanksgiving Food Trade
Advertise in the Gazette Want Ads under classification Good Things to Eat for Thanksgiving. Sell turkeys ducks chickens geese capons and more at low cost. Want Ad rates start as low as 28 cents a day for a 7 day order. Call 2 1121 before noon to start in Thursday's Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Earl Miller Resumes Bid for Iowa Governor Nomination
Des Moines Iowa Secretary of State Earl G Miller announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 1942 primary. He aims to lead the GOP ticket with two strong bids next June. Miller says party control has favored big shots, pledging to represent the little fellow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Earl G. Miller
G.O.P
B. B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Mark G. Thornburg
United States
George A. Wilson
Miller
Litvinov Barred From British Plane in Tehran Incident
Russian ambassador Maxim Litvinov and his wife faced denials from British officials in Tehran who barred him from a British Overseas Airways plane to Cairo. The Soviet plane later, despite dust storms, carried Litvinov, while British minister Bullard apologized and arranged permissions for a Soviet flight.
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Teheran
Iran
Cairo
Maxim Litvinov
United States
Parpor
Litvinov
Kuibyshev
Reader William Bullard
Chicago daily to be named The Sun after prize contest
Silliman Evans, co publisher with Marshall Field, announced the new Chicago morning paper will be The Sun. The name beat hundreds of thousands of entries in a $10 000 national prize contest.
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Chicago
Silliman Evans
Marshall Field
Chicago Morning Paper
the Sun
Eden Announces Britain Acts Against Reich Allies
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that all military and naval action is taking place against Finland, Romania and Hungary. Reports say this likely means a blockade of the three nations, with no known direct clashes. He refused further explanation, citing public interest.
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London
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Finland
Rumania
Hungary
Eden
Soviet Union
Britain
Germany
Russia
George Strauss
Laborite
Vyvyan Adams
Romania
Geoffrey Manders
Cloudy Cold Front May Bring Snow Thursday
Forecast for Cedar Rapids and vicinity calls for cloudy, much colder conditions tonight and Thursday with a chance of rain tonight turning to snow Thursday morning. Tonight’s low around 30 degrees with northerly winds 20 to 25 mph.
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Cedar Rapids
Murray Labor Resolve Amid Emergency at CIO Conference
President Philip Murray told the CIO convention that the national emergency would not halt organizing work. Delegates cheered as Murray defended unity amid factional tension with John L. Lewis and Sidney Hillman, after withdrawing from the National Defense Mediation Board over a closed shop issue in captive coal mines.
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Detroit
Philip Murray
Congress ‘of Industrial Organizations
Murray
CIO
Thomas Kennedy
United Mine Workers
National Defense Mediation Board
NDMB
Phil
John L. Lewis
Sidney Hillman
Lewis
Hillman
CIQ
Roosevelt
Britain Shakes Up Army Heads Brooke Replaces Dill in Supreme Command
Britain announces a high command shakeup with Gen Alan Brooke becoming head of the imperial general staff, replacing Gen John Dill who will retire on Christmas Day. Dill becomes governor designate of Bombay and Gen Brooke plans broader offensive and defensive duties for the home and overseas forces.
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Britain
Brooke
Dill
Supreme Command
London
Alan Brooke
Imperial General Staff
John Dill
War Office
Adolf Hitler
Home Forces
Home Army
Bombay
Henry Pownall
Archibald Edward Nye
Pownall
B. C. T. Paget
Norway
England
Paget
B. L. Montgomery
Montgomery
William Edmund Ironside
Purse Snatchers Active Again With Aide In Tow
A purse snatching duo returned Tuesday evening in the First avenue E area near 810 First avenue E. Genevieve Newkirk reports her purse containing about 10 dollars was taken after two men followed her from a wall perch and into an alley. About 30 minutes later Elizabeth Lockwood and her sister were accosted on Bever avenue SE. Lockwood lost 50 cents and suffered a bruised knee. Three neighbors chased the culprits toward Third avenue but the pair escaped.
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First Avenue E
Genevieve Newkirk
Third Street NW
Miss Newkirk
Bever Avenue SE
Elizabeth Lockwood
Bever Avenue
Anna
Third Avenue
Miss Lockwood
Exhumed Body Shows Fracture Behind Ear in Torrance Case
Autopsy found a two inch fracture behind the left ear on Mrs. Arthur Torrance a 67 year old bride at the Monterrey Mexico scene. The finding raises questions about the cause of death in this wealthy socialite case.
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Monterrey
Mexico
Arthur Torrance
Talks Between United States and Japan Delayed in Washington
The American Japanese exploratory talks paused as Japanese envoys awaited new instructions from Tokyo. Special Envoy Saburo Kurusu and Ambassador Kichisa Nomura asked Tokyo for guidance on points raised by Secretary Hull after Tuesday’s conference.
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Washington
Ins
Tokio
Japan
Saburo Kurusu
Kichisaburo Nomura
Cordell Hull
February 1942 car output to drop by 56 percent
Washington AP reports the Office of Production Management says passenger car production in February 1942 will be reduced by 56.1 percent from February last year.
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Washington
Office of Production Management
Linn County Men Named for November Induction
Seven Linn County men were picked by three draft boards for Nov. 30 induction. West side board sent Everett L. Siver Patrick G. O Hare and Lloyd Pup from Linn County addresses. Marion board chose Louis F. Stanek Arthur R. Kula and Harry F. Holub. East side board selected Donald F. Galloway. Fort Des Moines pre induction exams set for Nov. 28 with local physicians screening for disqualifying defects before army doctors complete the check.
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Linn County
West Side Board
Everett L. Siver
H Avenue NW
Patrick G. O'Hare
Second Avenue
Lloyd Pup
Twenty-first
Marion Board
Louis F. Stanek
Ely
Arthur R. Kula
Anamosa
Harry F. Holub
Coggon
Donald F. Galloway
Linn Boulevard
East Side
Fort Des Moines
Federal Works Chief Nominated to Maritime Commission
Washington Roosevelt named Federal Works Administrator John M. Carmody to the maritime commission to fill the unexpired term of John J. Dempsey. Carmody, in poor health, asked to move to less arduous duties than his FWA post.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Federal Works
John M. Carmody
Maritime Commission
John J. Dempsey
Interior
White House
Stephen T.early
Carmody
FWA
Head Seeks Talk With Roosevelt Over Wage Matter
A. F. Whitney president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen telegraphed President Roosevelt asking him to intervene to avert a possible railroad strike. The move follows threats of a nationwide stoppage affecting rail service.
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Cleveland
INS
Roosevelt
A. F. Whitney
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Germans Claim New Drives On East Front In War Bulletin
German bulletins say Kalinin sector advances breach Moscow defenses about 100 miles north of the capital and that 10,000 Russian prisoners and 171 tanks were destroyed in three days. Soviet reports claim stiff resistance and counterattacks around Rostov and Kerch with evacuations to the Caucasus.
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Kuibyshevv
Russia
UPJ
Kalinin
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Leningrad
Red Capital
Fuehrer
Upper
Volga
Red Army
Ukraine
Semeon Timoshenko
Rostov-on-Don
Crimean
Great Black Sea
Sebastopol
Hoover to broadcast address on arms to Europe tonight
Former President Herbert Hoover speaks on Shall We Send Armies to Europe in a Columbia network broadcast from 9 15 to 9 45 p m Iowa time He will be rebroadcast by station WMT at 10 30 p m.
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Chicago
Herbert Hoover
Europe
Columbia
Iowa
WMT
Weygand Ousted as African Chief by Vichy
New York reports say the Vichy government has removed Gen Maxime Weygand from his post as chief of French defenses in Africa. The move could push toward broader collaboration with Germany and force a rethinking of Allied policies toward French Africa and U S aid shipments tied to Weygand’s guarantees.
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New York
United Press
Europe
Vichy
Maxime Weygand
Africa
France
Germany
French Africa
North Africa
Weygand
Adolf Hitler
Weygand Ousted Hinted in Vichy Germany Talks
United States and United Press reports say Weygand may be replaced as French military leader to appease Hitler amid stalled talks with Germany. No formal Vichy announcement made, Weygand in Vichy after being summoned from Algiers, with fate uncertain as to French collaboration plans.
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Washington
INS
United States
France
Vichy
Berlin
United Press
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain
Algiers
OPM Plans Clinic Train to Aid Iowa Manufacturers
The Office of Production Management announces a two day clinic train for Cedar Rapids and Rock Island manufacturers to align plant output with defense needs. The event includes interviews, technical guidance, and a restricted two per company policy. Tickets via George Beese. limited public access.
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OPM
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Harry Palmer
Manufacturers Bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce
Rock Island
Des Moines
George Beese
Crocker Building
A. L. Taylor
Hocal Pacts Reach Accord On Oil Issue And Finances
Mexican Finance Minister Eduard do Suarez announced that Mexico and the United States reached agreements to settle the oil dispute and to sign silver money stabilization and highway financing pacts. A $30 million Export-Import Bank credit will fund Mexican highway improvements over three years.
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Washington
Eduarddo Suarez
United States
Suarez
Treasury
State Department
Mexico
Export-Import Bank
Prowlers Loot Two Stores In Night Break-Ins
Sergt. Dale Cunningham and Patrolman George Shimek found two breakins on the east side late Tuesday. At 836 First Avenue SE the Appliance Service Co. was entered by a broken basement window. loot included $2, two radios, a target pistol, a portable typewriter and three pipes worth $133 total. Gammon Produce Co. at 318 Eighth Street NE was also entered but nothing was taken.
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Dale Cunningham
George Shimek
East Side
First Avenue SE
Gammon Produce Company
Eighth Street
Board Won't Draft Youths Until U.S. Ends Coal Strike
In Fort Myers Florida the Lee county selective service board refused to draft men while John L Lewis and his miners strike continues. Chairman Guy H Strayhorn said the board telegraphed President Roosevelt it cannot sign induction papers while Lewis dictates labor policy and deprives $21 a month soldiers of full industrial production before fighting overseas.
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Fort Myers
Fla
Lee County
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Rooseveltt
Earl Miller
Reich
Cedar Rapids News
Chambers Inskeep
Kennedy
Sir John Dill
Maritime Board
B.R. T. Head
Associated Press
Kerch
Caucasus
Moscow Radio
Petain
Board
U.S
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