Truman warns against complacency in reconversion boom
President Truman cautioned against relaxing after signs of progress in shifting from war to peace production. He credited Snyder’s report with highest peace-time output but warned inflation and coal, housing, and strike risks could derail reconversion. He urged early extension of price controls and noted ongoing wage policy defenses.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
John W. Snyder
Snyder
America
Board Ruling Applies to 18 Brotherhoods
Arbitration boards granted 16 cents an hour raise to about 1.22 million railroad workers across 18 brotherhoods, covering operating and non operating employees. Officials said the awards will bind carriers and may prompt rate increases to cover retroactive pay. UNION leaders called the deal unsatisfactory while management noted wage boosts push payroll costs up by about 548 million annually.
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Chicago
Bert M. Jewell
Richard F. Mitchell
Fort Dodge
Carl J. Goff
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
R. W.brown
Philadelphia
Reading Railroad
Jewell
Weather To Stay Windy and Cool
The Gazette reports a windy cool spell with a weather boy trapped by a 35 mph gust. Temperatures reached 72 degrees at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday and are forecast to drop to cooler levels Thursday as winds die down.
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Cedar Rapids
the Gazette
Greene Square
News Room
Eisenhower Orders Probe of Officer Protection
President Eisenhower ordered an immediate investigation into charges that a government prosecutor sought to shield army officers from prosecution in the Lichfield court martial in England. The move centers on allegations of attempt to protect officers facing war crimes charges. The inquiry aims to determine if improper influence influenced proceedings.
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Eisenhower
Washington (Ap
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lichfield
England
One Quad of Pierce Quintuplets Dies in Kelso Hospital
In Kelso Washington one of Mrs Leo Pierces quadruplets died in an incubator Tuesday night. The mother a widow had a second birth after her husband was killed in a sawmill accident a month earlier. The remaining three babies A B D were doing well while C died in Longview Hospital. Neighbors promise aid and local officials arrange medical and financial support. The Long Bell Lumber firm will share some costs.
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Kelso
Leo Pierce
Longview
Chambers of Commerce
Gazette Circulation Reaches New Peak
The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports a new circulation peak with average net paid copies for March surpassing the 50 000 mark. The report highlights sustained reader demand and ongoing distribution growth across its service area.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Gazette Circulation Surpasses 50,000 Amid Newsprint Scarcity
The Gazette notes record demand and rising subscriptions as wartime newsprint limits ease slightly. It reports daily circulation around 50,219 and Sundays at 50,339, marking the first time the total exceeds 50,000 while pledging to maintain both quality and quantity of news coverage.
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Gazette
Death of Homma Caps Bataan Death March Trial
Japanese Lt Gen Masaharu Homma, who ordered the Bataan Death March, was executed by a U S army firing squad in Manila. Convicted Feb 11 of ordering atrocities in the Philippines, he died bound to a post with a hood over his head and a target over his heart as twelve rifles fired.
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Manila
Masaharu Homma
Bataan
United States Army
Homma
Philippines
Corregidor
Tokyo
MacArthur
U. S. Supreme Court
Wataru Narahashi
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Yamashita
Iowa City Men Buy Taft Hotel in Iowa City
Ray H. Wortmann announced the sale of Taft hotel equipment and furnishings to R. O. and E. J. Amish of Iowa City who took a 10 year lease with a second option. The Amishes own hotels in several cities and will run the 100 room Taft with Wortmann and wife to spend time on a farm until June. Their daughter Alyce Elizabeth will join them for a summer trip after June.
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Ray H. Wortmann
Taft
Second Avenue SE
R. O. and
E. J. Amish
Iowa City
Brothers
Des Moines
Muscatine
Fort Madison
Wortmann
Housing Subsidies Move Up a Notch
Senate banking committee unanimously approves Truman emergency housing bill funding 600 million dollars for building materials subsidies. The measure also provides price sellings on existing homes.
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Washington
Truman
Senate Banking Committee
U S Steel Slashes Production Amid Steel Strike Fallout
United Press reports drastic cuts at U S Steel in Pittsburgh as AFL UMW negotiations near breakdown. About 700000 workers idle nationwide, 400000 from the mine strike. Ford to lay off 35000 for a week. Detroit area and others see 18500 plus 16500 idle. Transit workers in Detroit rally, Akron mayor seeks settlement as three day walkout halts transport.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
AFL
United Mine Workers
United States
United States Steel Corporation
UMW
Ford Motor Company
W. L. Bricker
Detroit
Bricker
Detroit Transit
Akron
Ohio
Charles Slusser
British Sub Crew To Face Trial At Portsmouth Court Martial
London In an Imperial News Service report the crew of the British submarine Seal captured by the Nazis during the war will face court martial next Tuesday at Portsmouth. The admiralty refused to reveal charges against the officers and men taken prisoner early in 1940.
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London
INS
Left Turn Signals Rule Outlined in Traffic Series
Traffic regulations state a signal of intention to turn right or left must be given continuously for at least the last 100 feet traveled before turning. This appears as the tenth installment in a series on lefty traffic ordinances.
Two Slayers Escape Jail and One Is Retaken
Washington DC prison escape tale reports Joseph D. Medley 44 captured eight hours after he and Earl McFarland 24 escaped in guards uniforms from the DC jail death row. Medley seized in an Anacostia river boathouse. McFarland at large. Medley implicated in three red haired women deaths. quotes imply resolve to try again. Maj. Harvey G. Callahan led capture. Medley and McFarland overpowered two guards at 4:15 am. escaped after 5 am call. They fled via roof rope, stole a Maryland-plate car, and drove away. Davis and Sanderlin identified armed coercion and guard gun surrender. Medley formerly from Michigan penitentiary. McFarland convict in Dorothy Berrum rape-slaying.
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Washington
Joseph D. Medley
District of Columbia
Earl McFarland
Medley
Anacostia River
Harvey G. Callahan
McFarland
George Little
Maryland
H. C. Davis
Davis
Oscar C. Sanderlin
Michigan State Penitentiary
Nancy Boyer
Guadalcanal
Dorothy Berrum
Knudten Named President of Universal Engineering
Herbert J. Knudten became president of Universal Engineering on April 1, succeeding A. W. Daniels. He moved from Utah Radio Products in Chicago to Cedar Rapids, becoming secretary-treasurer, replacing H. F. Rikhoff. E. F. Djerf was named new secretary-treasurer, joining from Alexander Grant and Co. in Chicago, and is a certified public accountant and AICPA member. Daniels remains a director.
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Cedar Rapids
Herbert J. Knudten
Universal Engineering Corporation
A. W. Daniels
Utah Radio Products Company
Chicago
Knudten
Universal
H. F. Rikhoff
E. F. Djerf
Certified Public Accountant
Alexander Grant and Company, Accountants
Djerf
American Institute of Accountants
Daniels
War Department confirms death of local flyer Wachal
War Department declares Flight Officer Gerald Junior Wachal dead after 16 months missing in action. Navigator of a Liberator based at Biak Schouten Islands his plane failed to return from Mindanao Philippines on Nov 19 1944. Born Dec 5 1922 he was Franklin high school 1941 graduate and Iowa State College student before service.
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Cedar Rapids Newa
Gerald Junior Wachal
War Department
Ella L. Wachal
I Avenue
Biak
Schouten Islands
Mindanao
Philippines
Franklin High School
Iowa State College
Franklin
Wachal
San Marcos
Texas
Iran Says Red Army Withdrawals Under Way
Tehran reports and British dispatches state Soviet forces are pulling back from Iran. Troops are crossing the frontier into Russia and boarding Caspian Sea steamers for transport home, signaling a broad withdrawal.
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Tehran
Iran
Red Army
Russia
Kurdish chieftain says Russians arrive to train for free Kurdistan
A Kurdish chieftain in northwestern Iran reported that Russian technicians reached Sanj bulagh to train Kurdish tribesmen for a general drive toward a free Kurdistan. The claim underscores Cold War era tensions and Kurdish aspirations in the region.
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Tehran
Sanj
Bulagh
Iran
Kurdistan
UN Not UNO Correct abbreviation for United Nations
Benjamin Cohen, assistant United Nations Secretary general in charge of public relations, said Wednesday that UN rather than UNO is the correct abbreviation for the new world organization. He urged newspapers and others to use the UN form, noting the charter refers to the organization as the United Nations throughout.
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Benjamin Cohen
United. Nationg
UNO
New’ World Organization
United Nations
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