Judge Fines Lewis and UMW Over Coal Walkout
Judge Goldsborough fines John L. Lewis $10,000 and the United Mine Workers union $3,500,000 for refusal to call off the coal walkout. The judge warned that a proper punishment for the crime could include jail.
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Washington
INS
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Goldsborough
Lewis
United Ming
T. Alan Goldsborough
Joseph A. Pad~way
UMW
D&’S
Embargo Threatens Cedar Rapids Industry Hit by Rail Restrictions
Structural freight embargos cripple Cedar Rapids industry delaying raw materials and finished goods. Coal transport bans extend to parcel post and passenger rail, with relief cargo permits possible, and local mills warn of shutdowns if miners stay out. Postal rush slows as parcel limits take effect.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Cedar Rapids
Road Seen As Cleared For Accord
Lake Success New York Russia agreed to abandon veto power over disarmament enforcement clearing the way for concrete moves toward world reduction of weapons of war. Molotov said veto has no relevance once a plan is agreed and in effect, signaling willingness to amend the U.S. draft for unanimity.
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Molotov
U.N. General Assembly
Russia
Josef Stalin
Moscow
Kremlin
Vladimir Pavlov
Sen. Connally
Texas
United States
U.S. Army Germany Report Sparks Disclosure Fight
Republican senators reveal a secret Meader report accusing American troops in occupied Germany of immorality and misconduct and attack the suppression of the document. President Truman says congressional inquiry into German military governance is unnecessary. War Department calls the allegations hearsay while Byrnes and aides warn of possible damage to world peace talks.
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Washington
Germany
War Department
Truman
Senate Ward
George W. Meader
Senate
Miller
Meader
Kilgore
James F Byrnes
U.N
Connally
Dtexas
Vandenberg
Rmich
Byrnes
Greek envoy cites border violations with Yugoslavia Bulgaria and Albania
Vassili Dendramis Greece UN ambassador said Athens filed formal charges of border violations against Yugoslavia Bulgaria and Albania and asked a UN on the spot investigation. The Greek delegation sent the complaint to Secretary General Lie and urged the Security Council to discuss the case and dispatch a committee to Greece. Premier Tsaldaris was en route to New York to present the complaint in person but was delayed in Paris by weather.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Vassili Dendramis
United Nations
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Albania
U.N. Commission
Dendramis
Trygve Lie
U.N. Security Council
Greece
Constantin Tsaldaris
Athens
New York
Paris
Gardner Named as Envoy to Britain
President Truman named O Max Gardner former North Carolina governor and Treasury undersecretary as ambassador to Great Britain. Gardner will assume duties in London after Senate confirmation, succeeding W Averell Harriman who left to become secretary of commerce during the allied European democracy defense period. Gardner said he would not depart Washington until his nomination is confirmed.
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Washington
Truman
Treasury
O. Max Gardner
Great Britain
Britain
Europe
Gardner
North Carolina
W. Averell Harriman
Court of St. Jame’s
London
Senate
Oakland Declares Emergency State in City Strike
Oakland officials declared a state of emergency as a general AFL strike shut down the metropolis of about a million. The city council placed police and fire power under the mayor and Mayor Beach signaled a tough approach to restore order and reopen key services.
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Oakland
Calif
Herbert L. Beach
AFL
Directors of Link Belt Declare Extra Dividend
New York AP report states directors of Link Belt Company declared an extra dividend of 50 cents on common shares in addition to the regular 50 cent quarterly dividend, payable March 1 to stockholders of record February 1. No extra dividend was paid in 1945.
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NEW York
Link Belt Company
Eugene Meyer Quits as World Bank Head
Eugene Meyer resigns as president of the World Bank, owner of the Washington Post, effective immediately. The move comes from Washington with Meyer stepping down amid ongoing global financial discussions.
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Eugene Meyer
World Bank
Washington (LLP
The
Washington Post
Richberg Attacks Lewis as Disloyal Citizen at Cedar Rapids Dinner
Donald R. Richberg former NRA official attacked John L. Lewis calling him a disloyal citizen and said the UMW solidarity could be broken by government action with public support. He argued the strike centers on defying federal law and warned against labor monopolies and wage-price imbalances.
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AFL
Padway
Welly Hopkins
UMW
Goldsborough
Donald R. Richberg
New Deal
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Richberg
NRA
Cedar Rapids Executives Club
Montrose Hotel
Lewis
United States
Cedar Rapids coal dealers offer one day for schools
Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids schools accepted an offer from Kenwood Park Fuel Company to furnish a one day supply of coal. An order for 30 tons was placed. William McLaughlin said the firm could spare coal to back up the offer but could not commit more than a suggestion.
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Cedar Rapids
Post
Robert T. Lubbock
Frank Baldwin
Kenwood Park Fuel Company
Ed Lundquist
William McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Lundquist
French Red Fails in Bid for Leadership of Interim Government
Communist party candidate Maurice Thorez failed to win the premiership in the new national assembly. He fell 51 votes short of the 310 needed for an absolute majority as moderates of the MRP and Radical Socialists abstained from voting for him.
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Paris
Communist Party
Maurice Thorez
National Assembly
Thorez
MRP
Popular Republican Movement
Denny Appointed FCC Chairman
President Truman named Charles R. Denny Jr. of Baltimore as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Denny had been acting chair since Paul A. Porter left to head the OPA, with Porter having held the post until his recent departure.
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Washington
Truman
Charles R. Denny, Jr
Baltimore
Federal Communications Commission
Denny
FCC
Paul A. Porter
OPA
Porter
AFL Union In Contract With Swift
Negotiations with Swift and Company announced as a strike threat looms, with the AFL Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen securing a seven and a half cent hourly raise to 96 cents and a two cent gain for women. The agreement preserves 36 hours pay, eight holidays, night differentials, and an expanded vacation plan with retroactive pay from November 1 and a wage reopening planned for next April.
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Chicago
INS
Swift and Company
AFL
Swift
CIO United Packinghouse
CIO
Armour
Cudahy and
Wilson
Rail Services Slashed Cut In Parcel Post
nationwide embargo on railroad freight shipments was proclaimed to conserve coal during the strike. Parcel post packages are limited to five pounds during peak season and passenger mileage on coal burning trains is cut 25 percent. ICC ordered stricter handling with exemptions for essentials and local movement permits.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Office of Defense’ Transportation
ICC
Warren C. Kendall
Kendall
Car Service Division
The
Railroad Association
Forecasted Warm Thru Thursday Sees East Iowa Rise
Eastern Iowans depend on the weather bureau as a soft coal strike unsettles supplies. Cedar Rapids reported 62 at 2 30 pm with warmer highs expected from 50 to 55 degrees Thursday. Overnight lows dipped to 22 degrees with 7 am readings around 22 and 9 am at 31.
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Cedar Rapids
Anti Sugar Ration Writ Dismissed in OPA Suit
A federal court dismissed a temporary restraining order that would have halted the OPA sugar rationing program. Judge T Alan Goldsborough had issued the order at Maple Leaf Dairies of Wisconsin, prohibiting sugar stamps for dairy sugar use. The restraining order was vacated by mutual consent after a out of court settlement between Maple Leaf and the OPA.
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Washington
OPA
Federal District Court
T. Alan Goldsborough
Maple Leaf Dairies
Wisconsin
Jennings Bailey
Maple Leaf
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Association of American Railroads
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Harry F. Sundberg
Thomas Kennedy
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Sennett
Hopkins
Pennsylvania
de Fendants
Stalin
U.S
Lisis
Hits Miller
Link Belt
Bayne Freeland
Chicago School of Politics
Railroad College
Chiropractic School of Public Utility Regulation
National Institute of Business
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