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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1941
Page
2
Fragmentary line shows a 1965 edition note for a local paper with editor Henning and post office date. Mentions Beery Wok and oblique references to circulation rates and press associations. No clear event or story. catalog-like header fragment with multiple misread names and agencies.
The public grows tired of the administration’s handling of the strike wave. The Globe Gazette urges the President to move beyond restraint and mediation as new strikes disrupt defense industries. A Washington columnist portrays John L Lewis as exerting dictatorial influence, while defense aims push Britain aid and national preparedness.
The transcript shows Wilkie denouncing Roosevelt over wartime policy and armament shortages. He accuses the administration of delay and incompetence while praising Britain’s wartime efforts. The speech signals a possible comeback bid and contrasts Wilkie’s stance with current leadership.
The article argues that ten U.S. warplanes are being produced daily at a California plant in Inglewood despite wartime needs. It notes about 1700 workers could halt production, criticizing government inaction. A congressional proposal to seize and operate the plant is mentioned, with a date set for next Tuesday.
A controversial draft industry bill is criticized as overly broad, with the president signaling concerns about its reach over private property. Meanwhile peace talk persists, branded Nazi propaganda by some, as discussions surface about Britain potentially seeking peace with Germany. The piece also references a looming policy to seize foreign ships and hints at selective military conscription debates tied to ages around 26. An old veteran named Sisk is mentioned in connection with a gloomy outlook on France and Paris in the event of a treaty.
A Marshalltown man, 97, secured a divorce yesterday from his wife, 55, claiming she was incapable of marriage because she had been an inmate of an insane hospital. He had last October jailed that claim, and the divorce was granted on grounds of incapability.
Chicago livestock price report shows hogs nominally steady with limited good quality hogs pushing top near 9.50 to 9.60. weights 270 to 330 pounds mostly lower. Cattle and calves mostly firmer with fed cattle and veal up 25 to 75 cents. best yearlings near 13.75 and top fat steers around 11.50 to 13.75. Sheep and lambs weaker to mixed with fed lambs higher and overall market activity down.
Wheat rose to its best level since Chicago Board of Trade activity as harvest and government withholding influenced prices. Corn, oats, and rye followed higher with July futures showing gains. market drivers included weather and policy expectations impacting supply.
Long, detailed price listing for eggs and poultry including No. 1 and No. 2 eggs, colored fowl, leghorn roosters, and various weights. Also reports on New York produce prices for potatoes, sweet potatoes, flour, pork, lard, petroleum, grease, tallow, and dressed poultry with assorted regional quotes and markets.
A fragment notes fresh grass conditions and placements with figures 21 3-4 and 24, referencing years 1939 and 1930. Details are unclear but indicate standings or measurements in a sports or agricultural event. Entities include numbers and years, with no clear event name.
United Press notes stocks irregularly higher and quiet with bonds firm and curb stocks mixed. Chicago grain shows wheat up 1 3 4 to 2 1 8 cents per bushel with all deliveries over 1, corn up 1 2 to 3 4 cents. Cotton futures active with deliveries at four year highs and gains over 1 dollar per bale.
The tale claims Defoe based Robinson Crusoe on Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk who lived ashore on Juan Fernandez Island from 1792 for four years and four months, gathering food tools and clothing. It suggests Defoe invented the shipwreck footprints and the character Friday to show a civilized man confronting fate with nature.
Reporters wear standard uniforms with insignia and a large gold C on the cap front. Each shoulder bears tabs identifying the wearer as a foreign war correspondent accredited by the British authorities.
Franklin D. Roosevelt did not hold the record as the first three time nominee for the presidency by the Democratic Party. William Jennings Bryan was nominated in 1896 1900 and 1908 and Grover Cleveland in 1884 1888 and 1892.
Invitation to tea noting that a guest usually does not need to reply if unable to attend and that she will send her visiting card to be received around the time of the reception.
In Seattle Washington O M M Mickey Orton president of the C I S International Woodworkers of America was ordered to Washington by the defense mediation board to explain why 12 000 lumber and logging workers on strike in Washington state have not returned to work
The notice outlines U S policy on Vichy France including possible naval actions and severing relations if collaboration is confirmed. It says food shipments could be cut and French possessions in the western hemisphere may be seized. A broader break with Vichy is implied.
Benjamin Gitlow, twice a Communist candidate for vice president, is photographed after telling the Rapp-Coudert state legislative committee in New York that Communists aim to create isolationist sentiment in the United States by attacking Great Britain and Germany.
Stacy May, head of the OPM bureau of research, told the Senate defense committee the United States must boost its arms program to 40 billion dollars for the coming year to meet Allied needs, instead of the projected 20 billion.
Government plans call for an air raid warning network by August or September with state centers clearing enemy aircraft information. A midwestern fitter center would employ about 600, mostly women telephonists, to filter reports from observation posts before sending data to defense authorities. Missouri, Minnesota, and Chicago would require tens of thousands of observers and chiefs, totaling over 32 thousand to 39 thousand personnel. Chicago also notes food shipments to England could sustain democracy, stressing boosted production of protective foods, milk, eggs, and vegetables, along with increases in bees and evaporated milk.
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