U S Steel raises prices amid higher costs and costs of new benefits
U S Steel Corp boosted prices about four dollars a ton citing higher operating costs including new insurance and pension programs. The move followed by a CIO union wage push and potential congressional probes, with overall mill price up about four percent and tin mill prices cut starting January 1 1950.
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Pittsburgh
United States Steel Corporation
O’mahoney
D-Wyo
CIO
United Steelworkers
U.S. Steel
Benjamin F. Fairless
U.S
Fairless
Poison in Charlestown Homes Triggers Police Health Sweep
Boston authorities canvassed Charlestown after children found toxic pills and powders removed from a loft. Health Commissioner Cauley ordered quick first aid plans and instructed schoolchildren to report any knowledge of the drugs. He described the contents as ranging from patent medicines to sleeping pills and some so poisonous that contact could burn skin.
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Boston
Charlestown
John H. Cauley
Cauley
B 29 Crash Kills Six at Walker Air Base
Air force officers probe a B 29 crash at Walker air base in Roswell New Mexico after a routine training flight. Six crewmen were killed and eight injured as the bomber plunged to earth during landing. The incident follows a series of fatal crashes that grounded the aircraft last month.
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Roswell
N. M
Air Force
Walker Air Base
Christmas Store Hours In Cedar Rapids
Downtown Cedar Rapids shops announce special Christmas hours through Thursday next week. Beginning Saturday, stores stay open until 9 p.m. with a 9 30 a m opening. normal 5 30 p m closing resumes Friday. Enzler merchants close on Dec 26 and Jan 2 due to holidays.
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Cedar Rapids
Joeer
Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants Bureau
Enzler
Saigi
Bars Ordered Out of S U I Fraternities
Iowa City AP report says University of Iowa suspends Sigma Phi Epsilon social privileges after Margaret Ann Jacksons strangulation death. Bars and any facilities usable for liquor are banned. gambling on campus may lead to dismissal. Bednasek pled innocent to murder and shared drinks at the party. Fraternity remains on probation through the academic year with strict social limits.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Margaret Ann Jackson
Walter R. Goetsch
Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity
Inter-Fraternity Council
Robert Bednasek
Miss Jackson
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Bednasek
Dean Goetsch
Goetsch
Delay Persists in Iowa Cigaret Law Suit Hearing
Linn county court schedules Monday manning on the state's motion to dismiss May's drug store suit over the constitutionality of the cigaret sales act. State Tax Commission defense pleads include withdrawal of dismissal motion and an unfiled answer admitting ambiguity while asserting legislature, not court, determines need. Attorneys listed include Robert Larson Henry Wormley Don G. Mullan and William Crissman.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
State Tax Commission
Linn County District
G. K. Thompson
Thompson
A. W. Bass
M. M. Cooney
Dubuque
May
Linn County
May’s
State ‘Tax Commission
Robert Larson
Henry Wormley
Cooney
Don G. Mullan
William Crissman
Six Parents Face Delinquency Pleas Over Car Crash
Six parents including Chaira Taylor Gladys Stanley Wright Katherine Fison and Fern Thomas were ordered to enter pleas to a delinquency count for allegedly encouraging a minor to avoid reporting a crash. The Aug. 23 incident involved a car driven by 17 year old Duane C. Wright colliding with a parked station wagon owned by Frank Cooper causing $350 damage. The youths were advised by the parents not to report it. Two youths received suspended commitments to Eldora while three were placed on probation for up to a year by Juvenile Judge William Matias.
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Cedar Rapids
Tueseke
Solonda
G. K. Thoma
Taylor
Gladys
Stanley
Wright
Katherine Fison
Fern Thomas
Duane C. Wright
Frank Cooper
K Avenue NE
Cooper
Eldora
William Matias
Western Union Changes Rates February First
Western Union Telegraph Company announced new interstate telegram rates to take effect Feb 1. The revision aims to remove geographical inequalities. some rates rise and others fall. The minimum straight telegram charge will be 35 cents, down from 36 cents for a 10 word telegram. Increases between major points run 1 to 18 cents, while decreases run 3 to 19 cents.
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Washington
Western Union Telegraph Company
Western Union
Government closes case in Tucker mail fraud trial
Chicago reports the government nears completion of its case in the two month old mail fraud trial of Preston Tucker and seven associates in his rear engine automobile venture.
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Chicago
Preston Tucker
Girl Finds Alive After Long Mountain Search Breaks Cold Hope
Ruth Aberle a 16 year old girl scout was found alive in a log cabin 10 miles southeast of Kelso after four days without food. She had wandered about 20 miles in snow and rain during a Christmas tree expedition disappearance. 700 residents bloodhounds and guards aided the search as she waited in shelter and drank water.
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Ruth
Charles F. Smith
Smith
Bud Reynolds
Rmain
Dunn Elected To Head Chamber Of Commerce For 1950
Keith W. Dunn, Cedar Rapids accountant and Century Engineering official, elected Chamber president for 1950 by the 211 member board. E. F. Stepanek previous president. Other officers named include John Hamilton II first vice president, John Miller secretary treasurer, Lumir W. Struesky second vice president, Robert Caldwell executive vice president. Dunn resides at 2241 Linden Dr SE and starts a third year on the board. The 1950 slate was chosen at a noon board meeting in the Roosevelt hotel.
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Cedar Rapids News
Keith W. Dunn
Cedar Rapids
Century Engineering Company
Frida Een Ae E Chamber
Dunn
E. F. Stepanek
John Hamilton II
Merchants National Bank
John Miller
Armstrong’s
Lumir W. Struesky
First Trust and Savings Bank
Robert Caldwell
Chamber
Linden Drive
Roosevelt Hotel
Excise repeal could win strong two party support
Washington AP reports that tax students say President Truman would win solid bipartisan backing in Congress if he asks repeal of wartime excise taxes. The levies cover items like cameras jewelry cosmetics and light bulbs.
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Washington
Truman
Ross Denies Truman Sees Ike as Candidate
KEY WEST Presidential Secretary Charles G. Ross said Franklin D. Roosevelt era stories claiming President Truman considered Gen. Eisenhower a 1952 candidate are baseless. He stressed the president has not discussed Eisenhower with intimates and has no objection to anyone running.
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Ross
Truman
Ike
Key West
Charles G. Ross
Gen. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Gen Ee
Protestant Unity Drive Charted at Greenwich Conference
A permanent body to pursue organic unity of the Protestant church in the United States was formed at a three day conference. Delegates from denominations totaling 14 to 16 million members joined to form the Conference on Church Union with Bishop Ivan Lee Holt named chairman. The group intends to study possible union models and report before the next general conference.
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Greenwich
America
Ivan Lee Holt
St. Louis
Methodist World Federation
Methodist Council of Bishops
Conference On Church Union
Holt
United States
Jesus Christ
Commonwealth Tenants Fight Planned Rent Increase
Tenants at Commonwealth Apartments 1400 Second Avenue SE engaged attorney C. J. Lynch Jr. to oppose a proposed rent rise, representing over 100 residents. Lynch plans to file with Cedar Rapids rental area office a formal resistance to the rate increase petition by Commonwealth Apartments Inc. The company argues current rents fail to provide adequate return.
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Cedar Rapids
Commonwealth
Second Avenue SE
C. J. Lynch, Jr
Plane Overdue With 17 Aboard
A Mexican plane carrying 17 passengers was four hours overdue Friday at Veracruz. Authorities searched for the aircraft and monitored updates from aviation officials in Mexico City and Vera Cruz.
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Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Two More Bodies Found in Swift Explosion Wreckage
Two men are identified tentatively as Donald Johnson and Tom Parker among the 18 dead after the Swift and Company meat plant blast in Sioux City. Don Rager, previously missing, is found safe. Workers comb through cement slabs and debris in the plant basement as Swift recalls uninjured employees to assist in the cleanup.
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Sioux City
Swift and Company
Donald Johnson
Tom Parker
Swift
Don Rager
Gas Safety Upgrades Planned For Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids officials say a deadly gas explosion like the Sioux City blast is unlikely. The Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co outlines new safety measures including telemetering stations and two way radios in service trucks to speed detection and response. Current leak detection and odorization remain, with border and planned stations to localize breaks faster.
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Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
E. E. Hahn
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company
J Street
Prairie Creek
Hahn
Cedar . Rapids
Suspect Held in Clara Olson Death Investigation
A Fargo man, detained on Prairie du Chien authorities warrant, faces extradition as a suspected Erdman Olson in the 1926 Clara Olson murder case. J Edward Dolan, who led the amateur probe, identified possible likeness and alerted police. the suspect denied being Erdman Olson and claimed Dakota birth.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Fargo
N. D
Pretty Clara Olson
J. Edward Dolan
Ulysses Day
Erdman Olson
Clara
Kickapoo
Olson
Streeter
Dolan
West Fargo
Gale College
Front Street
Crawford County
Bernard Olson
Clara Olson
Seneca
Erdman
Christ
Galesville, Wis
O'Dwyer To Marry Sloan Simpson Tuesday
New York AP dispatch says Mayor O'Dwyer will wed Sloan Simpson in Stuart Florida on Tuesday. The 59 year old widower is convalescing there after illness. Simpson, a fashion stylist in her thirties, has been the subject of public speculation.
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New York
City Hall
Sloan Simpson
Stuart
Fla
O'Dwyer
Florida
Miss Simpson
Indicted in New York Check Counterfeit Conspiracy
Twenty people were indicted by a federal grand jury in New York on charges of a $1,000,000 counterfeit check conspiracy to cash American Express travelers checks. The ring reportedly cashed about $140,000 of counterfeit checks from its $1,000,000 stock, according to Attorney General McGrath.
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Washington (Lp
New York
American Express
Justice Department
Ring
McGrath
Clergyman Guilty in Wife Slaying Case in Rochester
The Rev. George P. Hetenyi, 40, an Episcopal clergyman, was found guilty of second degree murder for shooting his wife. Her body had been found in the Genesee River on April 23, after initial charges of first degree murder were filed.
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Rochester
N. Y
George P. Hetenyi
Genesee River
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