48 Hour Week Urged by War Labor Officials
Washington officials call for a new 48 hour work week for employers nationwide. McNutt has already designated 32 labor shortage areas where the rule is mandatory, with 102 more areas likely to adopt it within six months. Haber warns acute shortages by mid summer in those regions.
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Washington, D. C
War Manpower Committee
WMC
Paul Vv. McNutt
William Haber
American Management Association
Chicago
Tie
First Lady to Visit Fort Des Moines WAAC Training
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt will arrive in Des Moines Sunday noon by special plane to inspect the WAACs at Fort Des Moines. She will be accompanied by WAAC Director Mrs Oveta Culp Hobby and will spend Sunday night there before visiting a second WAAC group in Kansas City Missouri.
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Ves Moinhs
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Des Moines
Fort Des Moines
WAAC
Rutherford Cleared as Not Guilty in Coal Company Case
A Des Moines jury returned a verdict of innocent Wednesday in the trial of C. L. Rutherford and the National Coal Co of Oskaloosa. They were charged with making false statements on an Office of Defense Transportation purchase application for five new trucks used at Rutherford’s strip mine near Oskaloosa after about seven hours of deliberation.
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Des Moines
United States District Court
C. L. Rutherford
National Coal Co
Oskaloosa
Rutherford
Office of Defense Transportation
Legislation to Admit Blood Tests in Drunken Driving Cases
Senator John R. Hattery of Nevada will offer a bill in the Iowa senate to allow admission of blood and urine tests as evidence in drunken driving prosecutions. Hattery, a former Story county sheriff and ex state highway patrol chief, notes the Iowa Supreme Court has not ruled on admissibility in drunken driving cases, with prior decisions resting on other legal points.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
John R. Hattery
Rep
Nevada
Hattery
Story County
State Highway Patrol
Iowa Supreme Court
Taxpayers Jump Ahead of Legislature on Deductions
Iowa officials report over 1000 taxpayers filed returns and claimed the 50 percent deduction lawmakers only approved late Wednesday afternoon. The action occurred as the state tax commission noted many filers acted before official authorization.
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Des Moines
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
State Tax Commission
Counterfeiters Held to Grand Jury in Sioux City
Alonzo Good, 58, and his wife Helen Keller Good, 42, were bound over to the federal grand jury after arraignment before U S Commissioner J W Hubbard on charges of making passing and possessing counterfeit coins. Bonds set at 5000 and 2500 respectively. they remained jailed after failing to post. The indictment alleges Good produced 51 25-cent coins and 53 10-cent coins between December 15 and February 6 with the wife later found in possession of the coins.
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Sioux City
United States
J. W. Hubbard
Alonzo Good
Helen Keller Good
Good
Journal to Print Special Series on Victory Gardens
A series on growing Victory Gardens tailored for Iowa will be distributed by the Iowa Daily Press association through The Journal and other member papers starting Feb. 16. Author Dick Dearmont of Shenandoah, an amateur gardener and former newspaperman, argues for plain facts over technical prose and urges simple tools for home gardening.
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Victory Gardens
Des Moines
IDPA
Iowa
Iowa Daily Press Association
Journal
Dick Dearmont
Shenandoah
Dearmont
The
May Seed and Nursery Co
Middlewest
Evening Sentinel
Johnston Named Farm Security Associate Supervisor
Lawrence Mally announces Richard Johnston will be associate supervisor in the local Farm Security office. Johnston, formerly with the Production Credit association, starts tomorrow and will oversee most work in Louisa county with some in Washington county. The office will operate on a 48 hour week and will be open Saturday afternoons. Johnston is a longtime Washington resident familiar with farmers in both counties.
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Lawrence Mally
Farm Security Administration
Richard Johnston
Mr. Johnston
The
Production Credit Association
Louisa County
Washington County
Mr. Mally
Johnston
Washington
Louisa Counties
Farm Security Office
Income tax cut becomes law while local option bill dies
Governor B B Hickenlooper signed the income tax reduction bill into law. In the Iowa House the local option bill was effectively dead after a 56 to 49 vote to postpone indefinitely as debate on liquor control continued. Representative A C Green blamed enforcement officers for the wet dry strife.
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Des Moines
B. B. Hickenlooper
House of Representatives
Liquor Control Committee
A. C. Green
Dennison
Derby Attendance Limited to Louisville Area Residents
Joseph B. Eastman, head of the Office of Defense Transportation, approved Churchill Downs plan to restrict Kentucky Derby attendance on May 1 to residents of the Louisville area.
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Washington, D. C
Joseph B. Eastman
Office of Defense Transportation
Churchill Downs
Louisville
Fruit Market Introduces Self-Serve Remodel
Mr and Mrs Julius Kunik proprietors of the Washington Fruit Market announce a self serve remodel to make shopping more convenient. Self-serve is optional and they will still wait on customers who prefer assistance. The opening of the new arrangement is planned for this weekend.
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Julius Kunik
Washington
Kunik
New Term of Court Opens on March 15
Judge J. G. Patterson of Oskaloosa will preside at the March term opening Monday March 15. Judge Frank Bechly has returned to Montezuma after several days in Washington and completed most January term work. A decree of divorce was granted to Madelyn K Norris against Clifford Norris.
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Frank Bechly
Montezuma
Washington
J. G. Patterson
Oskaloosa
Bechly
Madelyn K. Norris
Clifford Norris
Gillette Speech Sparks Comment Across Iowa Dinner
Washington reports say Senator Guy M. Gillette used the Jackson Day dinner in Iowa to urge new dealers to admit mistakes and regain public favor. He repeated his long standing views on the New Deal and its antics, showing independence as a conscientious legislator.
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Washington
D. C
Guy M. Gillette
Iowa
Gillette
Manpower Utilization Consultants to Probe Postwar Labor Use
The War Manpower Commission planned to deploy manpower utilization consultants to factories offices and farms to check how effectively labor is used. This marks an initial move to implement Roosevelt's 48 hour week national policy through administrative machinery.
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Washington, D. C
U.P
War Manpower Commission
Roosevelt
Washington Officials Observe Induction Process at Camp Dodge
Draft board members from Washington county toured Camp Dodge near Des Moines to study the induction and reception procedures for draftees. The visit followed the selective service act, with about 300 men inducted that day, about a third from Washington and Muscatine counties, and an average daily intake of 350 to 600.
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Washington County
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Washington
Muscatine
Army
Selective Service
War Bond Drive Set for Feb 22 in Washington County
County War Bond chairman G E Mace announced a 1943 pledge campaign to start February 22 with statewide aim to reach 100 percent in Iowa by month end. Minute men will set quotas based on income or farm production and payroll allotment plans will deduct 10 percent or more from pay for war bonds.
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Washington County
G. E. Mace
War Savings Staff Office
United States Treasury Department
War Bond Office
Iowa
Mace
Treasury Department
Cold snap holds at eight degrees as light flurries fall
The latest cold wave kept the minimum at eight above zero last night, eleven degrees colder than the night prior. A brisk northwest wind accompanied the dip in temperature, while snowfall remained merely a few scattered flurries.
State Senators Have Their Fun in Des Moines
In Des Moines on February 11 Senator A E August tine of Oskaloosa a Democrat drafted a bill criticizing the IDP payroll list claiming 10 000 employees. Republicans Faul of Des Moines and Watson of Council Bluffs proposed an amendment to make the bill effective upon its publication in Police Gazette College Humor and Esquire.
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Des Moines
IDPA
A. E. Augustine
Oskaloosa
Senate
IDP
Iowa
George Faul
DeVere Watson
Council Bluffs
Police Gazette
College Humor
Esquire
Legislature Cuts Income Tax in Half
Iowa lawmakers cut the state income tax by 50 percent for 1943 and 1944. The House approved the bill 100 to 8, with all members voting yes. The Senate had passed the identical measure 47 to 0 earlier in the week.
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Des Moines
Iowa
House of Representatives
Senate
Roosevelt to Deliver Two Radio Addresses This Month
President Roosevelt will speak on Lincoln’s Birthday and George Washington’s Birthday, first tomorrow night at 8:30 p.m. central wartime on all networks, likely reviewing the Casablanca talks and home-front developments. The February 22 address will be at George Washington Day dinners nationwide under Democratic Party auspices. The White House cites Postmaster General Frank Walker, now DNC chairman, as the requester.
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Washington, D.C
White House
Roosevelt
Lincoln
George Washington
Mr. Roosevelt
Casablanca
Winston Churchill
Democratic Party
Stephen T. Early
Frank Walker
Democratic National Committee
Wendell Wilkie
Alf Landon
House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Thomas A. Dewey
New York
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Inspection Complaints Overuse Of Labor Sales At Stations
Robert B. Adams reports to the county rationing office that inspection stations are using the inspection privilege to push required labor on customers. He notes disputes when inspectors demand tire and wheel balancing before approving tire inspection records, a practice tied to higher speeds of earlier eras.
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Robert B. Adams
United Nations plan nine month drive in World War II
Churchill outlined a nine month UN assault plan to wipe out Axis bridgeheads in Africa and strike Europe and possibly Japan. Eisenhower was named supreme allied commander in Africa, with Roosevelt pushing his nomination to general. Russians push toward Kharkov Rostov as British forces engage in Tunisia near Bengardane. US air and naval attacks hit Guadalcanal Munda and Tiska as fighting continues in the Solomons.
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United Press
United Nations
Africa
Europe
Japan
Roosevelt
Casablanca
Churchill
Dwight G. Eisenhower
Atlantic
Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
House of Commons
Kharkov
Rostov
Red Army
Stockholm
Eighth Army
Tunisia
Bengardane
Mareth Line
Erwin Romeo
United States Navy
Guadalcanal
Munda
Tiska
Aleutians
Navy
Solomons
Marriage License Granted to Schneider and Inerberg
A marriage license was issued at the courthouse to five people, Schneider and Inerberg, both of Wa.
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Ie Schneider
Ineerberg
Rationing Office Closes For Lincoln's Birthday
The county rationing board office at the courthouse will close Friday in observance of Lincoln's birthday, signaling a temporary halt in operations.
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County Rationing Board
Court House
Lincoln
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HB. H. Arnold
United States Army Air Force
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