City Council Deliberates Night Baseball Lights
In Daniels park a petition from residents near Cedar Rapids northeast side asks council to ban park night lights citing noise traffic and late hours. John Wright and Edgar Ludwig protest while an industrial league offers to install and fund lights.
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Daniels Park
Cedar Rapids
John Wright
Oakland Avenue
Edgar F. Ludwig
M. Ani J. Industrial Baseball League
A Age Cigante
First Tieup Of Its Kind Ever Staged
The 1947 telephone strike shut down long distance service across the nation as 294000 workers walked off, halting non-essential calls and elevating emergency lines. Beirne announced the strike at 5:55 a.m. and a 48-hour postponement appeal was rejected.
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Joseph A. Beirne
National Federation of Telephone Workers
The
Nation
Washington
Farflung Bell Telephone
Telephe Company
Cometry
New England
Indiana
Virginia
Montana
Independent National Federation of Telephone Workers
Labor
Schwellenbach
Beirne
Schwellenbaenbach
Russia urges quick start to disarmament at UN
Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko told the United Nations disarmament commission that arms scrapping should begin now without awaiting Western guarantees. He argued a world atomic energy control regime, a UN peace force, and strict safeguards are needed, and supported outlawing atomic weapons before inspections. He warned delaying would undermine U.N. authority and global security.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Russia
United States
Britain
Andrei Gromyko
United Nations Convention Armaments Commission
U.N
Ofu.n
Gromyko
Edison’s Son Gifts $1,250,000 to Employee Mutual Association
Theodore M. Edison announced a donation exceeding 1.25 million dollars to E I Mutual Association, to be owned by Edison Industries employees. The gift includes 60,000 shares of class B stock, 240000 in government bonds, and about 20000 in cash, with no union role intended.
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West Orange
N. J
Theodore M. Edison
Thomas Alva Edison
Edison Industries
United States
Paris Gets Year For Football Fix
NEW YORK. Alvin J. Paris, Broadway gambler, was sentenced to one year in prison for attempting to fix the national Professional League football championship game last December. Judge Saul Streit said Paris could have faced five years but off set the term for cooperation with the state in testifying against three others alleged to have been involved.
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New York
Alvin J. Paris
Hores
Saul Streit
Paris
Big Majority of Soft Coal Mines Still Shut
Pittsburgh report says a large majority of the nation’s soft coal mines remained closed as union officials ordered entries halted until safety inspections. Only a minority of mines reopened, with UMW locals in District 31 and firms like Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal reporting limited resumption amidst strike disruptions. Government inspectors face a backlog as potential two month stoppage looms.
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Pittsburgh
Fayette County
Mike Honus
United States Steel
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
UMW
C. Fremont Davis
District 31
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Train Wreck Injures Forty on Gotham Limited
The Gotham Limited from Chicago to New York derailed at a Columbia City crossing injuring about 40 of 300 aboard. No fatalities reported. three or four seriously hurt but expected to recover as 13 of 15 cars left the rails and most injuries occurred in a pulled car. Officials say the engine struck an obstruction while slowing to pass a standing freight.
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Columbia City
Ind
Pennsylvania Railroad
Gotham Limited
Chicago
New York
K. E. Berkins
Fort Wayne
Cedar Rapids Bus Union Sees 30 Cent Demand Rejected
City Lines declined a 30 cent hourly wage increase proposed by 80 AFL drivers and maintenance workers in Cedar Rapids. Manager E. A. Prochaska called the Saturday offer substantially the same as the January proposal and refused a counterproposal. The union seeks talks toward mutual understanding, while a brief Easter truce ends as tensions resume.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids City Lines
AFL
O. A. Oliver
City Lines
E. A. Prochaska
Cedar Rapids Woman Dies in Highway 30 Crash
A head on collision six miles west of Cedar Rapids on Highway 30 at 3 p.m. Sunday killed Mrs. John A. Marshall and injured five others. The Marshall car carried the couple, their two sons, and John A. DeCook. the other driver was Harris D. Holland. Hospitalized survivors include John A. Marshall, the two boys, and DeCook with various injuries. Highway patrolmen investigate exact cause. Mrs. Marshall’s body was taken to Turner Mortuary with funeral plans pending.
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Cedar Rapids
John A. Marshall
Washington Avenue SE
Harris D. Holland
Norway
St. Luke's Methodist Hospital
Marshalls
John Albert DeCook
Marshall
Holland
Phone Strike Leaves Cedar Rapids Unaffected for Now
A nationwide telephone strike left Cedar Rapids dial service intact for local calls with only emergency long distance accepted. About 210 operators joined the walkout at 6 a.m. leaving 25 supervisory staff to handle manual work. Intercity calls to Marion were limited to emergencies as lines remained busy. Local exchanges in Mt. Vernon, Coggon, and Center Point stayed normal while broader negotiations continued from Omaha and Washington.
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Cedar Rapids
Morrison
Northwestern Union of Telephone Workers
Marion
Ethel Card
Exchange
Mt. Vernon
Coggon
Center Point
Slot Machine Fine Costs Grocer $100
Leon Rejman pled guilty to keeping a five cent slot machine in Doc's Food Market at 930 Ninth Street SE. Judge Floyd Philbrick fined him 100 dollars plus costs and ordered confiscation of the machine with proceeds given to the school fund after detectives found the device in the back room.
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Cedar Rapids
Leon Rejman
Twentieth Street SE
Doc
Mail Your Want Ads For Gazette Publication
Due to telephone service uncertainties during the strike patrons must mail want ads to the office. Marion and outlying towns are required to use mail for ads. Local ads may be phoned in if switchboard facilities work, but maintenance issues create uncertainty. To ensure publication on specific dates, mail your ads.
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Gazette
Marion
Weekend Winds Top 67 M.P.H. Across Iowa
A weekend of violent winds and cold rains battered Iowa with gusts reaching 67 mph at Cedar Rapids. Damaged planes included two light cabin planes in Knoxville valued at 2500 each, an army C 54 in Iowa City, and a monoplane at Beaver airport in Des Moines. United Air Lines flights out of Des Moines ran up to three hours late yesterday.
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Cedar Rapids
Pretty Girl
Third Avenue
Seventh Street
Telephone Exchange
Maxine Schoonmaker
Jeanne Wolf
Eighteenth Street
Collins Radio
Knoxville
Iowa City
Des Moines
Beaver
United Air Lines
Strike Picture Washington Bell system strike action brief
The National Federation of Telephone Workers and 29 of its 49 affiliates launched a nationwide strike against the Bell system. They seek a $12 weekly wage increase and a union shop plus concessions. Government says average weekly pay is $43.19. Arbitration proposals differ by scope. Attorney General Clark says Truman could seize the phone companies, but officials oppose immediate action.
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Washington
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Bell System
Clark
Truman
Administration
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U. S
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Bayne Freeland
Ludwig
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Congress
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United Mine Workers
White House
John W. Gibson
Edgar L. Warren
West
United Nations
Edison
Solid Fuels Administration
Interior Department
United States ‘Bureau of Mines
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Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
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Cédar Rapids
Iunion
Omaha
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