Prices Survey Shows Midwest Safer Than Coasts In Living Costs
An Associated Press survey of 16 cities finds that eastern areas suffer the highest cost of living while the Midwest fares best though still rising. Meats, bread and milk prices show steep gains since last year and well above prewar levels, with regional differences as clothing and housing costs shift. The report lists specific item prices for ground round, bacon, pork chops, lamb chops, and sirloin steak, noting percentage changes and comparisons to 1939 and 1947 benchmarks.
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New York
Midwest
Associated Press
Ship Strike Threatened As Taft Hartley Pact Expires
The White House warned of a nationwide maritime strike on Sept. 2 when the Taft Hartley act expires. A presidential fact finding board says East Coast prospects look good for settlement, but West Coast outlook is very slim. Area work forces include Atlantic Pacific Gulf Great Lakes and Alaska. The main dispute hinges on unions hiring halls and legality under Taft Hartley. The board made no recommendations, sending the case to the National Labor Relations Board for elections on whether unions will accept managements last offer.
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Washington
INS
White House
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Gulf Coast
Great Lakes
Alaska
National Labor Relations Board
New Anti Spy Measure Drafted In Federal Debate
The New York Herald Tribune reports the administration drafted an anti espionage bill allowing wire tapping of private phone calls. Cabinet level dispute centers on the wire tapping provision while Forrestal aides say no national defense office involvement. Proposals include court orders for tapping and written authorization from departments.
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NEW York
New York Herald Tribune
Washington
James V. Forrestal
National Defense Operating Office
White House
The
Herald Tribune
Security Measures Tighten at Wichita Boeing Plant
Wichita Boeing plant No 2 tightened security on Saturday by air force order tied to bomber modification work. The facility, reopened for B 50 and B 29 mods, has hired about 5 000 workers with plans to reach 15 000 as production grows. 10 000 more workers are needed, including 300 engineers.
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Wichita
Kan
INS
Boeing Aircraft
Air Force
War Department
J. Earl Schaefer
Light Plane Crashes in Missouri Killing Two
A light plane crashed near Kirksville Missouri early Saturday killing two aboard. Victims were Mrs Mabel Lenge 50 of Kansas City who had chartered the flight to Quincy where her mother Mrs Lula Rust is critically ill and the pilot George E Johnston 30 an employee of the Airway Flying Service at the Kansas City municipal air terminal.
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Kirksville
Here
Kansas City
Quincy
Mabel Lenge
Lula Rust
George E. Johnston
Airway
Kansas City Municipal Air Terminal
Secret strike date set by CIO for Bell Western Electric
In Chicago the CIO Association of Communication Equipment Workers secretly fixed a strike date for Bell System Western Electric. President Ernest Weaver said walkout could occur at any moment, with 25 000 members voting for action two months earlier. Federal mediators schedule a bargaining session next Tuesday in Washington.
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Chicago
CIO Association of Communication Equipment Workers
Bell Telephone System
Western Electric Company
Ernest Weaver
CIO
Washington
Bell
Egyptian Government Orders Time Correspondent to Leave
Akhbar el Yom reports Egypt has asked Time magazine correspondent Don Burke to depart. Manfred Gottfried says the passport office gave no reason and Burke will relocate to Rome while Time Cairo office closes for now.
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Cairo
Akhbar el Yom
Don Burke
Time Magazine
New York
Manfred Gottfried
Time
Burke
Gottfried
Rome
Romanian Government Seizes All Banking Facilities
BUCHAREST AP The Romanian government took over all lending and credit facilities of the nation on Saturday.
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Bucharest
All-Iowa Fair Opens at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids
The All-Iowa fair opens at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids today. The edition includes a twenty page section with news and features and a complete schedule of the week’s events. Cedar Rapids stores will close Tuesday at 1 PM for fair attendance.
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Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Private Walkie Talkie Radios on Market Soon
Washington AP reports citizen radios patterned after wartime walkie talkies will enter quantity production soon. The FCC will begin licensing citizen broadcasters and seeks regulatory suggestions until October 1. Each set requires an FCC license and outputs 10 to 50 watts, with a range roughly the distance the eye can see.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Korean Republic Formally Launched in Seoul
General MacArthur proclaimed the Republic of Korea born with the barrier to North Korea to be torn down. Dr. Syngman Rhee blamed the USSR for North Korea’s exclusion from elections. The ceremony marked Korea’s liberation anniversary as MacArthur arrived from Tokyo with Mrs. MacArthur.
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Seoul
Korea
Republic of Korea
MacArthur
North Korea
Japan
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
Soviet Union
U.S.S.R
United Nations
Republic
Tokyo
Jets Take Off from Germany on Return Hop
Sixteen U S air force F 80 jet fighters began the first leg of a transatlantic flight back to the United States from Fuerstenfeldbruck Germany. The Shooting Stars arrived in Germany July 25 after a flight from the United States.
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Jets
Germany
Frankfurt
Fuerstenfeldbruck
United States
Shooting Stars
U. S
County to Pick Appraisers for Cedar Rapids Area Real Estate Reval
Linn County supervisors moved toward selecting a commercial appraisal firm to revalue real estate outside Cedar Rapids for tax purposes. A contract outlining needs was sent to four firms Doane Agricultural Service Ap praisal Engineering Co Hall Appraisal Co and Farm Management Associates. Board to vote Tuesday morning on bids with completion planned by next June using the key farm system for 40 acre tracts and representative soils.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Board of Supervisors
Doane Agricultural Service
St. Louis
Farm Management Associates
Kansas City
Appraisal Engineering Company
la Crosse
Wis
Hall Appraisal Company
Des Moines
Clare Petty
Springville
Petty
Elmer Seevell
Marion
Clarence Beeson
Dual Blast By Truman At G O P
Washington AP reports Republicans claim savings of about 6.35 billion dollars from two years of GOP driven cuts in Truman era spending. They cite fiscal 1947 and 1948 reductions. Critics allege overstatement and potential tax refund offsets amid looming deficits.
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Washington
Truman
G.O.P
Taber
R-N.y
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Congress Spy Hunters Probe Whos Lying
Washington AP investigators in the House Un American Activities Committee push a weekend recess to probe perjury claims as Whittaker Chambers faces testimony about a Communist underground in wartime Washington. Alger and Donald Hiss deny Chambers and consider jail for lying while committee members seek lie detector results and domestic testimony.
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Washington
House Committee On un-American Activities
Whittaker Chambers
Time Magazine
Donald Hiss
Alger Hiss
Chambers
Hiss Brothers
Alger
State Department
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Justice Department
Hiss
Champion 4-H steer sells for 75 per cwt at Iowa City sale
The grand champion Angus, a 970 pound steer fed by Lyle Zimmerman, sold for 75 dollars per hundred pounds to the Iowa City Elks, setting a 1948 eastern Iowa record. A reserve grand champion Hereford at 1,030 pounds went to Bath Packing Co for 44.50 per cwt. Ninety four calves averaged 39 cents per pound.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Johnson County
Iowa City Elks Club
Iowa
Lyle Zimmerman
Oxford
Bath Packing Company of
Waterloo
Tyrone Power to Marry Linda Christians in Italy
In Rome a spokesman announced Tyrone Power and Linda Christians will wed in Italy after completing the film Prince of Foxes. The couple will honeymoon in Italy following the marriage.
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Tyrone Power
Linda Christians
Italy
Rome
Power
Former Actress Among 5 Killed in Mexico Crash
In a head on collision 12 miles south of Tijuana, five people died including Elaine Hammerstein the former film star and Mrs Janet Shafter Richards. James Walter Kays 60 and Richard Garvey 60 also died along with Mrs Gladys Goldie Hall 50 and Mrs Kays 50. Six others in the Mexican car were injured.
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Tijuana
Mexico
INS
Los Angeles
James Walter Kays
Kays
Elaine Hammerstein
Richard Garvey
Janet Shafter Richards
Gladys Goldie Hall
Garvey
Tijuana Hospital
New York Lawmaker Pushes Ban on Departure for Consular Staff
New York congressman requests federal action to bar all New York Soviet consulate general officials from leaving the United States until authorities determine if a crime occurred in the alleged six day detention of Oksana Kosenkina a 52 year old Russian teacher. He aims to alert border guards and seeks to protect her from possible coercion by Soviet officials.
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New York
United States
O’toole
Kosenkina
Russia
Washington
Panyushkin
Kosenekina
Jacob Lomakin
United States Rejects Soviet Request on Oksana Kosenkina
Washington reports the United States flatly refused a formal Soviet demand to remove Mrs. Oksana S. Kosenkina from a New York hospital and place her under Soviet control. The note from Soviet Ambassador Alexander drew no concession and was fielded on the open news page.
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Robert Stripling
House Committee On un-American Activities
Roosevelt Hospital
Stripling
Washington
New York
United States
Russia
America
Alexander Panyushkin
Kosenkina
Oksana S. Kosenkina
Alexander
Oldest Profession Debate Among Surgeon Engineer Politician
A surgeon argues Eve was made from Adam’s rib in a surgical act. The engineer counters that order arose from chaos as an engineering task. The politician concludes that someone created the chaos.
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