Unity and parity clash in wartime policy debate
Senators warn of a collision between the President and Congress over farm price parity and labor costs as the nation boosts war production. Ralph Bard urges blunt talk to Washington leaders, while morale songs like Jingle Jangle Jingle lift spirits among troops.
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Enator Prentiss Brown
Congress
America
Unity
Brown
Philip Murray
CIO
Agameire
Navy
Ralph Bard
Washington
Ruth Madsen confesses to killing husband near West Branch
Ruth Madsen, 25, who eluded pursuit for 10 days, signed a statement admitting she shot her husband Henry Madsen, 35, at their West Branch home. Captured near West Liberty after attempting to contact her mother, she had escaped state hospital custody previously and survived by barns and foraged food. Sheriff W W Christian said the confession followed a concerted manhunt aided by bloodhounds and searchers.
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Tipton
Ruth Madsen
Henry
West Branch
W. W. Christian
Madsen
Frances Brooks
West Liberty
Mt. Pleasant
Christian
Mad
WPA to Take Out Washington High Boilers for Scrap
Parks Commissioner Charles Kosek told the Cedar Rapids city council that the WPA will remove old boilers and other scrap metal from Washington high school this winter to aid the war effort. The work will wait until rail removal is completed, and a council resolution to authorize scrap removal is expected at the next meeting.
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Cedar Rapids News
Washington High School
WPA
Charles Kosek
Kosek
W. R. Sieg
Association Commercial
War Production Board
Des Moines
War era Want Ads invite buyers for used articles
Wartime shortages push demand for used items with Gazette Want Ads linking sellers and buyers at low cost. An ad drew 19 responses and sold items including a oak top work bench with vise and garden tools. Readers are urged to place wanted to buy ads by dialing 2-1121.
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Gazette
Ellis’ Blvd
Farm Bloc Pressure Seen On Senate Parity Debate
Washington insiders weigh delaying a vote on the farm bloc parity amendment to set higher price levels under the anti inflation bill. Leaders seek public pressure to sway wavering bloc members as Henderson outlines actions to ease farm price demands and Norris backs a compromise amid looming veto risks.
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Washington — Administration
Senate
Farm Bloc
Congress
Brown
D-Mich
House
Barkley
Roosevelt
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Norris
J.-Neb
Thomas-Hatch
McNary
Ore
Thomas
Hatch
Cedar Rapids opens scrap dump to aid war effort
Cedar Rapids officials announced a Twenty-first street dump near Mt. Vernon avenue is opened for anyone to reclaim about 200 tons of old auto bodies and scrap. Participants may take a load and must turn metal over to junk dealers immediately to expedite war production.
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Cedar Rapids
Twenty-first Street
Mt. Vernon Avenue
W. R Sieg
War Production Board
Des Moines
WPB
Kosekoo
W. Lawrence
Third Avenue
Sixth Street
Lawrence
Gazette-Reynolds Phote
Elizabeth Fisk
First Avenue
Donna Collin
Jim Manville
Upland Drive
Will Honor Scrap Drive Pace-Setters
War Production board offers plaques and pennants to states and counties with the largest per capita scrap for the blast furnaces. Three top states to receive honorary plaques from Chairman Donald.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Donald
Plan for High School Victory Corps to Prepare Youth for War
War Manpower Commissioner McNutt outlines a national plan to mobilize 6.5 million high school students through a five division Victory Corps. Led by Edward Rickenbacker, endorsed by army navy and commerce departments, the program trains students for future war service and civil duties, with nationwide details to air at 7:30 tonight on Blue network.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
Edward V. Rickenbacker
Army, Navy and Commerce Departments
Armed Services
Land Service
Army
Air
Air Service
Sea Service
Navy
United States Office of Education
Victory Corps
Blue
Willkie Tours Soviet Front Returns From Rzhev Inspection
Wendell L. Willkie returned to Moscow after a two day inspection near the Rzhev front. He questioned German prisoners and observed Red infantry and artillery in action as both sides fought amid rain and low air activity. The party praised Red commanders and soldiers and pressed questions about a second front. Willkie led by Lt Gen Liliushenko with Gen Follett Bradley and Lt Col Joseph Michela. Gardner Cowles and Joseph Barnes from OWI accompanied the group.
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Moscow
Wendell L. Willkie
Rzhev
Willkie
Liliushenko
Belgian Nazi Rexists Leader Marcel Ron doz Assassinated
Advices from Belgium report that Marcel Ron doz, a leader of the Belgian pro Nazi Rexists, has been assassinated. The fragment notes the slaying within the collaborationist movement in occupied Belgium and mentions Vichy and Belgian sources.
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VICHY
Belgium
Marcel Rondoz
Rexists
Big Convoy Victory Claimed by British
British naval forces claim their largest Arctic victory of the war as they destroy at least 40 German planes and sink two to six submarines during a four day attack on a Russian bound convoy. The hazy waters off northern Norway saw one of the biggest convoy operations in some time with light merchant losses and the rescue of crews. A destroyer Somali was sunk in the action.
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London
Admiralty
Norway
Non-Operating Rail Unions Seek Closed Shop Wage Rise
Fifteen labor unions representing about 950000 non operating railway workers mailed notices to over 120 Class I railroads demanding a closed shop and a 20 cent an hour wage increase. The move, first such demand by AFL brotherhoods, followed War Labor Board rulings and will pursue arbitration if talks fail. The non operating brotherhoods cover maintenance of way, shop crafts, clerks, freight handlers, telegraphers, masters, mates, pilots and related crafts, with the Hotel and Restaurant Employes Alliance joining for dining car staff.
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Chicago
AFL
General Brotherhood
Bert M. Jewell
Conference One Brotherhood
War Labor Board
International Alliance
Bartenders International League of America
Railway conductors form separate wage stance in split labor talks
Harry W Fraser of Cedar Rapids said Friday the Order of Railway Conductors and other operating railroad brotherhoods will not join non-operating groups in the new wage demand. He noted the two sides were together only to accept management deductions.
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Harry W Fraser
Cedar Rapids
The
Order of Railway Conductors
Fraser
Manage
Rumor Flares Fuel Rush at Iowa City Gas Stations
Town rumor claims gas rationing to begin at midnight sparking a rush to stations. By late evening 15 to 18 cars queued at most filling stations while many stayed open until 2am as tanks ran dry and deliveries lagged.
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Iowa City
Town City
Iowa
Washington
Japanese Naval Units Reported Active in Atlantic
The Imperial Tokyo headquarters on Friday announced Japanese naval forces are now operating in the Atlantic in close cooperation with Axis navies. A submarine has arrived, and German sources say Japanese warships have contacted Axis forces, while British observers doubt substantial surface forces can enter Atlantic waters. The Tokio communique notes part of the fleet has advanced to the Atlantic for joint operations with Germany and parallels Indian Ocean actions.
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Associated Press
Imperial Tokio
Atlantic
Tokio
London
Pacific
Japan
Madagascar
Indian Ocean
Reds Drive Wedge Into Nazi Flank Near Stalingrad
Soviet dispatches report bayonet-wielding troops driving Germans from two hills northwest of Stalingrad cutting a wedge into Hitler left flank. Berlin radio warned the fall of the city may be delayed. Soviets claimed repulsed German attacks and destroyed tanks, with civilians aiding in the defense amid brutal street fighting.
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Stalingrad
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Vivler
Volga
Red Army
Hitler
United States Ambassador Hays Meets Spanish Foreign Minister
U S Ambassador Carlton J H Hayes conferred Friday with Spanish Foreign Minister Jordana in Madrid during the ongoing conference discussions.
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Madrid
United States
Carlton J. H. Hayes
Jordana
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Black Sea
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Leningrad
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