Labor's share under Roosevelt still questioned by census figures
The piece argues census data through the 1930s shows labor did not gain a larger share of added value, with the labor share fluctuating around 40 percent and wages not keeping pace with rising capital investment. It notes wage and value trends across decades and comments on broader economic impact and policy effectiveness.
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Detroit
Truman
Roosevelt
Labor
Organized Labor
U. S. Census Bureau
Census Bureau
Russian push into Greece and Turkish frontier reported
Allied and partisan forces launch a campaign in Yugoslavia against German communications. Russian troops cross Bulgaria into Greece and reach the Turkish frontier near Demotica after a 160 mile two day advance, with another tank column moving toward Sofia amid claims of weak Bulgarian resistance.
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London
Bulgaria
Greece
Demotica
DNB
Sora
Thrace
Balkans
Aegean
Salonika
Istanbul
Bosporus
Berlin
Kerensky
Russian Troops Reported Near Belgrade In War Update
Moscow dispatch notes swift Soviet forces fighting within 90 miles of Belgrade and crossing the Danube into Yugoslavia. Red Star claims 791,000 Germans killed on the eastern front in a nine week summer offensive with hundreds of thousands captured.
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Moscow
Belgrade
Danube
Iron Gate
Poland
Warsaw
East Prussia
Narew
Red Star
Red Army
Germany
Increase Denied For Quaker Oats Wage Request
The regional War Labor Board denied a union request for a 15 cent an hour general wage increase at Quaker Oats Cedar Rapids Iowa. It ruled semi annual bonuses counted as part of basic pay, affecting 1,184 workers represented by United Cannery Agricultural Packing and Allied Workers Local 110 CIO.
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Kansas City
Regional War Labor Board
Quaker Oats Company
Cedar Rapids
WLB
United Cannery, Agricultural Packing and Allied Workers Union
CIO
Willkie Hospitalized For Checkup And Rest
Wendell L. Willkie has entered a hospital for a checkup and rest after a stomach upset in Indiana. Dr. Benjamin Salzer said the condition was mild and that hospitalization was precautionary to allow recovery.
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Willkie
New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Benjamin Salzer
Indiana
How Far to Berlin Associated Press Mileage List
A Pacific brief lists Allied front-line distances to Berlin. Russian front 312 miles from Pulatsk, Western front 362 miles from Breda, Southern France 510 miles from Arhbots, Italian front 585 miles from Riccione Marina.
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Pulatsk
Breda
Netherlands
France
Arhbots
Riccione Marina
Bulgaria Breaks Relations with Germany and Declares War
Ankara dispatches report Bulgaria severed ties with Germany and may have declared war on the Reich. Sofia and Berlin broadcasts lacked confirmation while Greek exile authorities in Cairo see liberation near. Soviet mediation and armistice talks in Cairo frame the shifting Balkan crisis amid Finland's peace deadline.
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London
Bulgaria
Germany
Ankara
Sofia
Berlin
Balkans
Cairo
Greece
Athens
Nis
Yugoslavia
Egypt
Moscow
Communist Party
Romania
Hitler
Hungary
Slovakia
Finland
Warmer Weather Promised Iowans
The weather forecast for Cedar Rapids and vicinity calls for fair conditions tonight and increasingly cloudy skies Friday with much warmer temperatures. The state saw a low of 38 to 40 degrees in places like Onawa and Marshalltown, no frost reported, and Cedar Rapids tied the state high of 72 degrees Wednesday with Burling ton. Humidity at 25 percent and clear skies accompanied a 76 degree reading at 2:30 p.m.
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Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Chambers
Missing in France Sgt Jesse Mason Believed KIA
Sgt Jesse Mason of the army tank corps is missing in action in France as of August 11 per a War Department telegram to his parents Mr and Mrs J W Mason of 1401 Center Point Road NE He enlisted March 1942 and went overseas last March Born in Manly Iowa he attended school there He has two brothers in service Sgt Alva Mason in New York and Cpl Eldon Mason in the South Pacific and a sister Mrs Lois McKee of Cedar Rapids.
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Jesse Mason, Jr
Army Tank]corps
France
War Department
J. W. Mason
Center Point Road
Mason
Army
Manly
Alva Mason
New York
Cpl
Eldon Mason
South Pacific
Lois ‘McKee
Cedar Rapids
Battle of London Over details of robot attacks
London officials disclosed new details of the robot bombings as Lt Col Edwin Duncan Sandys announced the battle of London is over except for last shots. Allied airmen losses and bombs reached by June 12 are cited, with progress easing the robot threat and Allied air and balloon defenses credited. Sandys praised U S forces and RAF for destroying installations since 1943 and noted the lingering possibility of sporadic flying bomb attacks from German bases.
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London
England
Britain
Sandys
French
France
Robot Coast
Germany
Carl Spaatz
United States Strategic Air Force
Europe
United States Strategic Air Forces
R.A.F
New York
Washington
Allied Forces Close on Doubs Valley in South France
Allied forces from Patton's Third Army and Patch's Seventh Army reported converging near the German border as American and French troops push through southern France. They occupy Poligny Arbois and Bletterans while advancing toward the Doubs valley near Besance Belfort and the Riviera area saw a destroyer bombardment described as very good.
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London
CBS
Rome
France
George S. Patton
Third Army
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh
Doubs Valley
Switzerland
Chalon - Sur- Saone
Givry
the Saone
Allerey
Doubs
Saone
Poligny
Arbois
Bletterans
Chaumergy
Rhone River
Besance
Belfort
Germany
Cape Marpin
Monaco
Riviera
Paratroop Landings Reported In West Wall Area
Radio Atlantik reports parachute troop emergency alarms in many German West Wall cities and airborne landings in the region as wartime tension rises.
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West Wall
New York
Radio Atlantik
German West Wall Region
Close-Range Fighting Replaces Blitz Near Moselle in France
In the Moselle sector from Metz to Nancy Allied forces under Lt General Patton push beyond the river as 48 hours of brutal close range combat replace rapid blitz. German defenses use pillboxes while air support remains limited by low clouds.
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U. S. Third Army
France
Moselle
Metz
Nancy
George S. Patton
Germany
Third Army
Patton
Berlin
Patton’s Third Army pushes toward Metz and Nancy fronts
Patton’s armor and infantry seized a foothold on the Moselle below Metz while facing heavy resistance farther downriver near Pont-a-Mousson. Hodges’ First Army drove toward the Siegfried line along the Meuse and Ardennes front as the British Second Army moved toward the Albert Canal near Antwerp. Canadians enter Belgium as West Wall defenses brace for a major test along a broad front toward the German border.
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U. S. Third Army
HDQ
France
George S. Patton
Moselle
Metz
Germany
Pont-a-Mousson
London
Third Army
Nancy
Courtney 'H. Hodges
First Army
Meuse
Louvain
Sedan
Ardennes Forest
Miles C. Dempsey
Antwerp
Netherlands
Albert Canal
Seine
Paris
Patton
Luxembourg
Hodges
Jodoigne
Namur
Givet
Anchamps
Thilay
Semoy
Charleville
Yoncq
Belgium
Ypres
Calais
Dunkerque
Ostend
Zeebrugge
Bate
Taverns to Close Day Germans Quit
Cedar Rapids taverns agree to Chamber of Commerce closing hours on V Day the day Germany surrenders. J A Ballard of the Brass Rail organized outreach to about 40 operators and reported most complied with the request. He sought views from those not reached by phone.
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Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
J. A. Ballard
Brass Rail
Ballard
Dewey Opens Campaign With National Radio Address
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey announces his presidential bid with a 30 minute speech at 9 PM to be broadcast nationwide by NBC and CBS. He says the talk will cover the fundamental issues of the campaign and emphasize a healthy domestic peacetime economy.
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Philadelphia
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
NBC
CBS
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