Telephone Union Aims for Peace by Weekend Walkout
NFTW president Joseph A. Beirne sought a week end settlement of the nationwide telephone strike while urging courage if the walkout lasts. He warned the idle workers could be affected if no agreement is reached by Monday and pressed for a $12 weekly wage increase amid continued labor action against AT&T and the Bell system.
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Washington
Joseph A. Beirne
Beirne
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Washington Telephone and Traffic Union
NFTW
Walter S. Gifford
American Telephone’ and Telegraph Company
Bell Empire
A. T
Gifford
Schwellenbach
Bell System
Bell Company
Fuses Installed in Kenridge Trailers Safety Measure
FPHA orders 644 ampere fuses for all Kenridge Terrace residence trailers in Cedar Rapids. Manager Ralph M. Pickering says the change aims to prevent fires though ironing is now restricted to two trailer laundry units. About 100 units in the camp, with prior use of 15 and even 30 ampere fuses, prompted safety action.
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Kenridge Terrace
Cedar Rapids
FPHA
Ralph M. Pickering
Pickering
Kenridge
Labor Party Organ Backs Wallace View
The London Daily Herald, organ of the government Labor party, endorses Wallace and argues his speeches spur public thinking on great power relations. It criticizes American right wing reactions and cautions British labor to avoid endorsing all his statements while noting Soviet vetoes hinder UN effectiveness.
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Labor Party
Wallace
London
Henry A. Wallace
London Daily Herald
Government Labor Party
United Nations
U.N
Security Council
Wallace saluted by MPs for Anglo American peace work
A letter signed by 111 MPs including over 100 Labourites thanked Henry A Wallace for his role in fostering Anglo American understanding and world peace during his visit. The signers, about one sixth of the Commons, included Socialists and Communist William Galacher who backed the gesture as Wallace left for Scandinavia on a speaking tour. Wallace praised the Labour government as morally and spiritually strong, on par with the Roosevelt administration in its early New Deal era.
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London
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Scandinavia
House of Commons
William Gallacher
House
Roosevelt
Plant Destruction Wipes Out Quarter of Synthetic Rubber Supply
Chicago based officials announced that the Texas City Monsanto Chemical plant was destroyed, removing about one fourth of the United States output of styrene used in synthetic rubber for passenger car tires. The loss cripples a major source of the nation's key polymer component and threatens tire production.
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Chicago
Sns
Monsanto Chemical Company
Texas City
Errant Bus Driver Reinstated by Surface Transport
The Surface Transportation Company reinstated driver William L. Cimillo after an unscheduled trip to Florida aboard an $18,000 bus. He is placed on one year of probation.
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New York
Surface Transportation Company
William L. Cimillo
Florida
Three Downtown Cedar Rapids Streets to be Widened
Cedar Rapids council approved widening three downtown streets using fourth-cent gas tax funds and budgeted 170000 for related work. Project Details: First Avenue E from Fourth to Tenth. Second Avenue SE from Fourth to Seventh and Seventh to Eighth. Fifth Street SE from First to Third Avenues. Bids due May 12. A separate sanitary sewer contract in Young's Hill was bid by Gjellefald Construction for 51647.50 with Haegg as second bidder.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
David L. Williams
First Avenue
Second Avenue
Fifth Street
Frank Young
Williams
Young’s Hill
Gjellefald Construction Company
Forest City
Young
Haegg Construction Company
La Follette and Wolcott Honored for Service
Former Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin and Representative Jesse P. Wolcott of Michigan won Collier's $10,000 awards for distinguished congressional service in 1946. A 23 member committee led by Chester C. Davis selected them on the third ballot, with checks to be given to Wisconsin and Michigan schools designated by the winners.
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la Follette and
Wolcott
Survivors Contend With Grief Amid Texas City Blast Site
Guards with fixed bayonets hold back crowds at the McGar garage while 150 embalmers prepare the dead for burial. Survivors search three sites for loved ones as ambulances deliver victims from Monsanto, refineries, and the city terminal.
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O. B. Lioyd, Jr
Texas City
Texas
McGar
McGar’s
Cedar Rapids weighs daylight saving and extended hours
Mayor Frank Hahn says daylight saving may be adopted this summer if business wants it. A city council discussion included industrial league reps and Oakland road residents amid a dispute over night baseball lights and a proposal to move working hours to seven to four.
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Bayne Freeland
Cedar Rapids
Frank Hahn
J. Industrial League
Daniels Park
Oakland Road
Bill Waite
Joint Committee
John Wright
Oakland Avenue
Wright
Iowa Senate Defers Action on Compromise Beer Bill
The Iowa senate deferred action on a liquor by drink compromise after a 22 to 21 defeat of a motion to keep the bill on the calendar. Sen J G Lucas moved the bill but objections led to further deferral. If the conference report is not approved by both houses a new conference committee must be appointed to resolve senate and house differences.
Des Moines Debates softened liquor by the drink bill
In a compromise effort the Iowa House lawmakers introduced an amendment to the senate liquor by the drink measure. The substitute limits licenses to clubs and hotels, requires city or county recommendations, and drops local option provisions while preserving enforcement teeth. Sponsors include Hicklin, Gaceceai, Knickerbocker, Butler, Donohue, Davis, Scott, and Prageer.
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Des Moines
House of Representatives
Senate
House
State Liquor Control Commission
County Board of Supervisors
M. Hicklin
Rwapello
David G. Aeeecaei
Rspirit Lake
C. J. Knickerbocker
R-Fairfax
Guy G. Butler
Rrolfe
D. A. Donohue
R-Tipton
J. C. Davis
Oelwein
Leonard E. Scott
Centerville
Claire G. Prage Eer
Goodspeed Estate Reveals 4.25 Million Dollar Inheritance
Chicago February 23 death of Charles Goodspeed financier and former Republican national committee treasurer left an estate valued at 4 250 000 dollars according to disclosures issued Thursday by his estate representatives.
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Chicago
Charles Goodspeed
Republican National Committee
Nagasaki Showed Equal Blast, Texas City Burned Deep
Hal Boyle reports from the Texas City disaster zone that Nagasaki’s blast is matched by the waterfront inferno at Texas City. The scene recalls Bari and Ploesti with tanks and chemical plants engulfed in orange and black fire as a two mile wide torch roars along the shore.
Ring Stolen From Ginsberg’s Jewel Box
Detectives investigated the theft of a man’s diamond ring valued at 295 dollars from Ginsberg’s Jewel Box at 205 Second Street SE. A well dressed man identifying himself as George Kramer of Walker browsed men’s rings and a women’s watch, then left with the watch and a ring set aside for pickup Saturday. No George Kramer is found in Walker or local directory.
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Cedar Rapids
Ginsberg
Second Street SE
George Kramer
Walker
Isadore Ginsberg
Kramer
Fire Being Checked in Texas City Fire
The Red Cross reported 400 known dead in Texas City explosions with 250 to 375 more believed killed. Earlier it listed 714 fatalities, later revised after recheck. Injured were estimated around 3,000. Dr Clarence Quinn, medical coordinator for Mayor J C Trahan, put dead at 650 with 3,000 injured.
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Washington
Red Cross
Texas City
Texas
Clarence Quinn
J. C. Trahan
Fires Blaze Through Texas City Waterfront After Explosions
Texas City on the Gulf coast faced a 24 hour chain of blasts and fires with at least three smoke pillars dominating the two mile waterfront. Firemen used chemicals as flames raged and a freighter was destroyed in the blasts injuring survivors and rescuers.
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Texas City
Yound
Gulf Coast
High Flyer Disaster Throws City Into Night of Fire
The burning Liberty ship High Flyer loaded with nitrate exploded as four tugs attempted to move her from the berth. A second blast at 3 25 a.m. followed. officials say it stemmed from an oil tank. Police leader Captain Volney J. Shawn ordered 400 rescue workers out minutes before the blast, leaving 50 in the area. Rescue teams moved into Monsanto Chemical and the Grandcamp site as death toll risks rose past 7 000, with 800 Monsanto workers unaccounted. Thousands displaced by army transports to Beaumont Port Arthur and Orange. Police reported two looting arrests. gas risks included chlorine and other chemicals. priests aided victims amid fires.
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Houston
Galveston
Port Arthur
Beaumont
J. P. Talton
Atlanta
Eastern Air Lines
High Flyer
Volney J. Shawn
Houston Police Department
Monsanto Chemical Company
Chemical Company
Monsanto
Orange
Louisiana Line
W. L. Ladish
Former Luftwaffe Aide Erhard Milch Sentenced for War Crimes
Forther Field Marshal Erhard Milch, Hermann Goering's top Luftwaffe aide, was sentenced to life imprisonment Thursday by an American war crimes tribunal. Milch was convicted of involvement in the Nazi slave labor program, the tribunal said.
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