Union Leader Seeks Weeklong Settlement in Telephone Strike
NFTW president Joseph A Beirne says to settle the nationwide walkout this week with courage if prolonged. He notes 340,000 strikers may return if no wage deal by Monday and accuses Bell officials of pressuring workers while offering no raise. AT and T leadership cites lack of justification for the strike and awaits arbitration results. Schwellenbach urges both sides to reconsider.
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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 as Safety Measure
The Cedar Rapids Public Housing Authority installs 64 amp fuses in all Kenridge Terrace residence trailers under FPHA orders. Residents warn ironing will be blocked, with ironing to move to two trailer laundry units. Four ironing boards added for about 100 units. Previously 15 amp fuses were common, with some as high as 30 ampere found in a trailer. If fuses remain, fire risk from weak wiring could rise. Continued on Page 8.
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Kenridge Terrace
Cedar Rapids
FPHA
Ralph M. Pickering
Pickering
Kenridge
Labor Party Organ Backs Wallace View
The London Daily Herald, the government Labour organ, endorses Wallace's speeches while noting some British commentators disagree. The editorial praises his impact on public debate about power relations and UN cooperation, but cautions against blaming the United Nations' failures solely on the Soviet veto and urges balanced critique.
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London
Henry A Wallace
London Daily Herald
Government Labor Party
Wallace
United Nations
U.N
Security Council
British MPs Back Wallace For World Peace Visit
A letter signed by 111 MPs including over 100 Laborites praised Henry A Wallace for advancing Anglo American understanding and world peace. Wallace, bound for Scandinavia, received the note shortly before departure. Signers numbered about one sixth of the Commons and included Socialists and one of two Communists, William Gallacher.
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London
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Scandinavia
House of Commons
William Gallacher
House
Roosevelt
Plant Destruction Cuts U.S. Synthetic Rubber Supply
Company officials announced that the Monsanto Texas City plant was destroyed, wiping out one quarter of the nation's synthetic rubber supply for passenger car tires and one quarter of the country's styrene production.
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Chicago
Sns
Monsanto Chemical Company
Texas City
Errant bus driver reinstated by company
New York AP report says Surface Transportation Company rehired William L Cimillo after his unscheduled Florida trip aboard an $18,000 bus. He is placed on one year probation.
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New York
Surface Transportation Company
William L. Cimillo
Florida
Three Cedar Rapids Streets To Be Widened
Cedar Rapids city council moved to widen three downtown streets as part of a long deferred plan funded by the fourth cent gas tax. First avenue E will grow from 60 to 72 feet, Second avenue SE from 48 to 54 feet, and from Seventh to Eighth streets from 40 to 54 feet, with Fifth street SE widening from 40 to 48 feet. Bids due May 12. total cost not estimated.
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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 Win Collier's Congressional Award
Former Senator Robert M. La Follette and Representative Jesse P. Wolcott were named recipients of the $10,000 Collier's awards for distinguished congressional service in 1946. A 23 member committee chaired by Chester C. Davis chose them by a large majority on its third ballot, with checks to be donated to Wisconsin and Michigan schools named by the winners.
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Washington
Llp
Robert M. la Follette
Progressive
Wisconsin
Jesse P. Wolcott
R-Mich
Collier's
Michigan
Chester C. Davis
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
la Follette and
Wolcott
Survivors Gather, Await morgue vigil after Texas City blast
In Texas City embalmers and guards manage the grim flow of victims from the McGar garage morgue to the high school gym and city hall. Ambulatory crews, identification teams from Houston and nearby cities, and weary survivors confront a chaotic, grieving scene as the city reels from the disaster.
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Associated ‘Press
Texas City
Texas
O. B. Lloyd, Jr
McGar
McGar's
Daylight Time Proposed in Cedar Rapids by City Leader
Cedar Rapids could adopt daylight saving time this summer as Mayor Frank Hahn indicated at a city council meeting. He said a proclamation would likely be issued if industry supports it. The move follows a night baseball controversy on Oakland road with residents opposing municipal lighting and real estate concerns.
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Bayne Freeland
Cedar Rapids
Frank Hahn
J Industrial League
Daniels Park
Oakland Road
Bill Waite
Joint Committee
Iowa liquor by the drink fights delay substitute bill
In Des Moines the Iowa Senate deferred action on the compromise liquor by the drink bill as a House backed substitute emerged. The substitute would limit permits to clubs and hotels, remove local option features, and require city or county recommendations to the state liquor commission. Sponsors include Hicklin, Ainsworth, Knickerbocker, Butler, Donohue, Davis, Scott, and Prage.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
J. G. Lucas
Senate
House
House of Representatives
State Liquor Control Commission
County Board of Supervisors
M. F. Hicklin
Rwapello
David G. Ainsworth
Rspirit Lake
C. J. Knickerbocker
R-Fairfax
Guy G. Butler
Rrolfe
D. A. Donohue
R-Tipton
J. C. Davis
Oelweima
Leonard E. Scott
Centerville
Claire G. Prage
Pleasantville
Financier Charles Goodspeed Leaves $4.25 Million Estate
Chicago financier and former Republican National Committee treasurer Charles Goodspeed died February 23 leaving an estate valued at $4.25 million, according to a Thursday disclosure.
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Chicago
Charles Goodspeed
Republican National Committee
Nagasaki Showed Equal Blast Damage
Hal Boyle reports from over Texas City, comparing scenes of destruction to Bari and Nagasaki. He describes scorched waterfront, towering smoke, exploding oil tanks, and a ruined Monsanto plant, with wreckage spreading across the port and loss of many lives.
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Hal Boyle
Texas City
Texas
Nagasaki
Japan
Bari
Italy
Ploesti
Monsanto
Galveston Bay
Grandcamp
Ring Stolen At Ginsberg Jewel Box
Detectives probe the theft of a $295 diamond ring from Ginsberg Jewel Box on Second Street SE. A well dressed man calling himself George Kramer of Walker shopped for rings and a watch, then left. the ring disappeared from a tray Kramer had examined. Police could not confirm any George Kramer in Walker and no other customer heard the rings taken.
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Cedar Rounds News
Ginsberg
Second Street
George Kramer
Walker
Isadore Ginsberg
Kramer
Fire Toll in Texas City Catastrophe Grows
The Red Cross reports 400 known dead with 250 to 375 more feared dead after the Texas City explosions. Earlier tallies placed fatalities at 714 before revision. injuries are estimated around 3,000. Medical coordinator Dr Clarence Quinn put deaths at 650 with about 3,000 injured.
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Chemical Company
Monsanto
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Orange
Louisiana Line
Washington
Red Cross
Texas City
Texas
Clarence Quinn
J. C. Trahan
Former Luftwaffe Aide Milch Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
Former Field Marshal Erhard Milch, Hermann Goering’s top Luftwaffe aide, was given a life term by an American war crimes tribunal. He was convicted for participation in the Nazi slave labor program and plans to appeal to Gen. Lucius D. Clay.
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Bradley K. Parker
Huston
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Oakland Avenue
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