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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1941
Page
5
In Vienna at the Belvedere palace Yugoslavia's premier Dragila Cvetkovic signs the axis pact with Germany and Italy. Alongside him are Germany’s Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and Italy’s Galeazzo Ciano as Berlin trumpets a new Balkan victory.
The veteran pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander recalls his career in a New York veterans hospital interview. He notes his long run in the National League with the Phillies Cubs and Cardinals and recalls loving the game even as he jokes the old arm is worn out but still usable.
A national health survey ranks Kansas among the top states for longevity in women and men and for low rates of communicable diseases like tuberculosis. Experts credit Kansas midsummer sun and healthful weather for the favorable results.
A gem argues the American worker enjoys higher living standards while others require far more hours to earn basic goods. It notes spare tires often go unchecked and flat spares are found by emergency road service teams, urging routine tire checks.
Bethlehem Pennsylvania workers at the Bethlehem Steel plant end a strike after long talks among management federal mediators and Steel Workers Organizing Committee officials. A four point program requires strikers to return to work with no loss of seniority or discrimination. Pictured are W L Trumbauer labor representative Thomas Lambert federal conciliator Charles Kutz mediation head and John Riffe regional S W O C director.
Pickets march at International Harvester Richmond Indiana plant as police battle strikers in a 20 minute clash. A fire set by heated iron bars was extinguished as injuries occurred and eight I O workers were arrested. The strike seeks wage gains and recognition for the Farm Equipment Workers Organizing Committee after starting at Rock Falls Illinois and reaching Chicago plant.
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