Coal union halts strike ends Monday plan to resume work
John L Lewis abruptly ends the national coal strike directing United Mine Workers to resume production from now until March 31 1947 under the prior contract. He cited Supreme Court deliberations and urged workers to act in unity while the administration drafts interim orders.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
National Coal
United Mine Workers
Supreme Court of the United States
Lewis
United States Supreme Court
Union
United States District Court
Supreme Court
Krug
Solid Fuels Administration
The
Coal Mines Administration
Cedar Rapids Holds Dim Lights As Coal Strike Ends
Cedar Rapids remains under blackout with only dim lights as CPA officials plan to end curtailments. Iowa Electric official says no permission yet to restore power. nationwide light restoration undecided. Christmas holiday extension for Cedar Rapids schools remains in effect amid fuel shortages.
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Cedar Rapids
Earle G. Nichols
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
CPA
Des Moines
Iowa
Washington
District of Columbia
Clyde Parker
Greek Emissary Dies in Harness at Plaza Hotel
New York Greek ambassador Cimon P. Diamantopoulos died of a heart attack Friday night after a long day of work and a three hour conference with Prime Minister Tsaldaris at the Plaza Hotel. He collapsed while speaking to Tsaldaris and died before aid could reach him.
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New York
Cimon_P. Diamantopoulos
United States
Constantin Tsaldaris
Plaza Hotel
Diamantopoulos
Tsaldaris
Rail Routes Get Freight Rate Boost
The Interstate Commerce Commission granted all railroads and water carriers an average 17.6 percent freight rate increase, boosting annual revenue by about one billion dollars. Passenger fares increased 10 percent in 1942 and will revert six months after the war ends. Effective Jan 1, 1947, the raises offset higher wages and material costs, with regional differences.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
City Bargain Hunters Get Surprise at Livestock Sale
A Chicago couple at the International Livestock Exposition bought six prize swine carcasses thinking they were bargains. They spent 2022.50 dollars for top prizes, learning the total after the sale. The manager agreed to rerun the sale, but the Rupnicks declined further participation.
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Chicago
John H. Rupnick
International Amphitheater
International Amphitheater When Mr. and Mrs. Rupnick
Rupnick
Isales
Show
William E. Ogilvie
Mild Weekend in Store for Iowans
Eastern Iowa and Cedar Rapids residents were in for a pleasant December weekend as the weather man predicted Sunday highs of 65 degrees with lower 60s most of the day and increasing clouds. Monday would stay mild before a late night cold front. Cedar Rapids reported 53 degrees at 2:30 pm Saturday. Friday’s high reached 55 between 2 and 3:30 pm with 50 at 7 pm and 47 at midnight. 7 am Saturday was 36 and 9 am 39.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Court Grants Release of Gas Tax Funds in Iowa City
District Judge Harold D. Evans approved releasing more than six million dollars from the extra-cent gas tax fund held in two Iowa City banks. Objections by L. V. Carlton and Stanley Plank were overruled. Evans said he would instruct banks to transfer the funds to State Treasurer John Grimes and set release procedures.
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Iowa City
Harold D. Evans
Evans
L. V. Carlton
Stanley Plank
Kalona
John Grimes
Byrnes Backs Plea of Jews for Palestine Partition
Secretary of State Byrnes endorsed Jewish calls for partition of Palestine into separate Arab and Jewish states. He urged Britain to convene Jewish and Arab leaders in a free conference and made clear U S backing for the meeting and plan.
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New York
Byrnes
Palestine
Britain
Two Bank Robbers Sentenced in Des Moines
Des Moines youths Joe Doyle Banning, 19, and Jay Earl Willis, 17, were sentenced to 20 and 10 years respectively for the Carlisle bank daylight robbery on November 23. They received concurrent terms for breaking and entering, with Willis given a lighter sentence due to his age. Banning also drew a 10-year term on gun theft and sale tied to a Fort Des Moines powder magazine indictment. Willis was not connected to that case.
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Des Moines
INS
Joe Doyle Banning
Jay Earl Willis
Carlisle
Dewey
Willis
Banning
Cloid Level
U. S
Level
Fort Des Moines
Blaze Endures At Winecoff Fire Tragedy In Atlanta
Major General P W Baade and wife recounted escape from the Winecoff Hotel fire that left them trapped on a sixth floor. Guests like Robert Bault and J B Phillips crawled between rooms on the 14th floor cornice to safety as flames and smoke filled corridors. Bellboy Bill Mobley described rapid, perilous efforts to escape from the fifth floor before rescue arrived.
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Atlanta
P W Baade
Washington
45Th Division
Winecoff Hotel
Baade
Robert S. Bault
Murphy
N. C
Bault
J. B. Phillips
Lithonia
Bill Mobley
Franklin Feder
New York
Edith Burch
Chattanooga
Tenn
W. B. McDuffie
Nell
Mure
Conor Rowan
Winecoff
Peoria Schools Closed Amid Coal Shortage
About 20,000 public school students in Peoria Illinois began an early Christmas vacation after city officials ordered all 27 schools closed due to a coal shortage affecting the district.
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Peoria, Ill
Peoria
Worst Fire Traps Guests At Winecoff Hotel In Atlanta
A devastating blaze swept the Winecoff Hotel on Peachtree Street in Atlanta trapping guests on multiple floors. At least 122 people died, more than 100 injured, as crews battled the flames from dawn until extinguished. The 15 story brick building had no exterior fire escapes and was crowded with 194 rooms and weekend shoppers, delegates, and business travelers among the victims.
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Atlanta
Winecoff
Peachtree Street
Carl C Rasmussen
Des Moines
Theater District
Grady Hospital
City
Red Cross
Georgia Youth Assembly
Boston
Horatio Bond
National Fire Protection Association
Bond
Newhall House
Milwaukee
Hinted at suicides during Winecoff Hotel fire
Col. F S Lee of Seventh Army headquarters in Atlanta said military police heard pistol shots amid the Winecoff Hotel blaze and suspected some guests may have taken their own lives rather than perish in the fire.
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INS
Winecoff Hotel
Col
F. S. Lee
Seventh Army
Lee
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