CIO Seeks City Help in Cedar Rapids wage dispute
A Cedar Rapids union delegation from the CIO and five locals urged the city council to mediate between LaPlant-Choate Manufacturing and UFEMWA Local 116 amid a five week strike. The council agreed to try to convene talks, with Mayor Hahn noting limited official power. The resolution pressed wage growth in line with living costs and Truman era standards, citing losses of over a million dollars for LaPlant-Choate.
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Harold Fischer
UFEM
Cedar Rapids
Marion
LaPlant-Choate Company
Truman
Charles Hobbie
Ufemwa
F. K. Hahn
Hobbie
Quaker, Oats
Cherry-Burrell Pea Wilson and Company
Owen ‘Elliott
Company
Adolf Hitler ordered Goering shot in final days
NUERNBERG, UP—From trial testimony Allied investigators learn Hitler ordered Hermann Goering arrested and shot on April 22, 1945, but Goering was rescued by his paratroopers after SS guards delayed by a telegram mixup. Hitler’s fury grew when Goering appeared to seek power as Germany faced surrender.
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Nuernberg
Adolf Hitler
Hermann Goering
United Press
Hitler
Goering
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Milan
Fuehrer
Berchtesgaden
Berlin
Germany
Martin Bormann
Substitutes Urged to Boost Housing Construction
Washington AP The government urged builders to use substitutes for scarce brick and lumber to accelerate house production. Civilian Production Administrator John D Small also urged communities to halt nonessential construction like night clubs until housing improves. He called for a nationwide drive to house the boys, saying substitutes can keep building moving when materials are tight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John D Small
Small
National Housing Administration
Strikers Back Original Union Shutdown Plan
Cedar Rapids union members of United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers of America CIO local 116 voted to withdraw maintenance men and firemen from the LaPlant Choate plant, risking full shutdown. Leaders cited Roy Choate’s threat to cancel hospitalization insurance if maintenance workers struck. The plan calls for a Monday 7 am start draining pipes and preparing the plant under company supervision to pull the fires, with full readiness by Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers of America
CIO
LaPlant-Choate Company
Roy Choate
Choate
CIO Union
Second Avenue SE
Jobless Benefits for Striking Vets Barred
The Iowa Employment Security commission ruled Monday on unemployment compensation and servicemen's readjustment allowances for La Plant Choate employee.
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Iowa Employment Security Commission
La-Plant-Choate
North American defense planners map Arctic cross polar shield
Washington officials disclose joint U S Canada plans to defend North America from possible trans polar attacks. Six U S observers join Canadian army air forces Expedition Musk Ox, an 81 day 3100 mile Arctic mission from Churchill Manitoba and Edmonton Alberta to study military and scientific needs for arctic operations.
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Washington
United States
Canada
North America
Asia
Europe
America
Churchill
Manitoba
Edmonton
Alberta
Arctic
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Pole
North Pacific
North Atlantic
Prosecution Seeks Conviction of 600000 Nazi Leaders
American prosecutors urged the international tribunal to convict 600,000 members of the Nazi leadership corps as war criminals. They charged the Reich cabinet and groups like the SS SA and Gestapo with aiding mass murders and plotted starvation plans for Moscow and Stalingrad. Evidence included Goering Rosenberg Kaltenbrunner and other leaders amid the fifth week of the war crimes trial.
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Mernberg
International Military Tribunal
Nazi Leadership Corps
Nazi Party
Leadership Corps
Elite Guard
Storm Troops
Reich Cabinet
Gestapo
High Command
Germany
Robert G Storey
United States
Hitler
Russia
Moscow
Stalingrad
Hermann Goering
Goering
Ukraine
Linn County Seeks $576,679 Bond Target in Final Push
Cedar Rapids News reports Linn county aims to close a 576,679 gap to reach a 2,007,000 E bond quota by year end. Saturday sales total 19,725, lifting to 1,430,321 or 71 percent. Auctions at the Paramount theater, Eagles event, and a kids film are planned to spur sales.
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Linn County
Iowa
Paramount Theater
Order of Eagles
Cedar Rapids
Paramount theater-Gazette
High Court Grants Stay to Yamashita
The Supreme Court on Monday granted a formal stay of execution to Japanese Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita who has been sentenced to hang as a war criminal in Manila. The stay lasts until the court can consider his appeal for a civil trial in the United States.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Manila
Raid on Legion Town Club by Police
Police raided the American Legion Town Club at 310 Third Avenue SE at 3 15 pm Monday on a search warrant. Officers seized 13 or 14 slot machines and a large liquor load described as many cases. County Attorney William Crissman prepared the information. Justice H R Churchill issued the warrant.
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Cedar Rapids
American Legion
Third Avenue SE
Chet Edgar
William Kudina
George Connell
L. B .Marshall
John Hanna
Charles Shepherd
H. R. Churchill
William Crissman
Britain Not In GM Fight
A London spokesman said Prime Minister Attlee's government would not intervene in the General Motors strike. A Bank of England official stated the 400,000 GM shares pledged to the United States Reconstruction Finance Corp belonged to British individuals, not the government. Dividends were paid to the individual holders. A U S fact finding committee was set to examine the GM dispute this week.
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INS
London
Attlee
General Motors
Thomas
United Auto Workers
Bank of England
United States Reconstruction Finance Corporation
United States
Cold Wave Grips Midwest as East Faces Severe Storm
Cedar Rapids endures thirteen below zero as eastern states reel from a massive storm. Iowa records lows from 4 to 17 below, while Buffalo sees 32 to 48 inches of snow. Major closures, emergency lines urged, and widespread deaths figure in a nationwide cold and snow event.
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Cedar Rapids
United States
Midwest
Mercury
Iowa
Chicago
Atlantic
Mason City
Iowa City
Fort Dodge
Ottumwa
Decorah
Elkader
White Cedar Rapids
United Press
Buffalo
Joseph J Kelly
Weather Bureau
Rockies
Montana
Dakotas
Ilinois
Indiana
Fort Peck
Mont
North Dakota
Minnesota
Cedar Rapids Stores Extend Hours for Christmas Shopping
Cedar Rapids retail stores will stay open each evening until 9 30 p m from Wednesday December 19 through Saturday December 22. All stores will close at 5 30 p m December 24. On Monday December 31 all retail stores will remain closed for a two day holiday.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
A. L. Taylor
Chamber of Commerce
Taylor
Mixmaster XB-42 Bomber Crashes After Debut Flight
Washington report details the XB-42 Mixmaster crash at Oxon Hill after an engine failure during a routine flight from Bolling Field. Lt. Col. Ascani and two crew parachuted to safety as the 450 mph bomber fell. he jettisoned the tail propeller assembly to prevent blade fouling. The plane had earlier set an unofficial transcontinental record and featured rotating tail props.
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Washington
Army
Bolling Field
Oxon Hill
Long Beach
Calif
Washington National
E. J. Ascani
Rockford
Ill
C. L. Hayduk
Dublin
J.M. Laney
Falls Church
Ascani
Bollingfield
Crack Train Derailed Near Tiffin Injures Eleven
Eleven injured when the Rock Island Denver to Chicago Rocket derailed five miles west of Tiffin Iowa. Five cars derailed, two rolled down a 25 foot embankment. Relief train sent from Iowa City. victims taken to Mercy Hospital. Officials cite broken rail as probable cause. Des Moines to Chicago Rocket rerouted via Washington.
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Associated Press
Iowa City
Rock Island
the Gazette
Tiffin
Denver
Chicago
Here
Johnson County
Mercy Hospital
Carrie Stufft
Johnstown
Coast Guard
Bernard Nagel
Cleveland
Ohio
Clarence DuPras
Marquette
Annie Munden
Blue Island
Maurice Kingston
Bloomington
Charles Neidercut
Flint
Mich
Goonalh Neidercut
Dew
Des Moines
Roy Thorpe
Curtis Scott
Silvis
Washington
Train crash near Cheraw leaves six dead and sixty wounded
Six killed and more than 60 injured as the Silver Meteor and Sun Queen derail in pre dawn wreck near Cheraw. Engineers, porters, and service personnel among the dead, with a full investigation and large-scale rescue effort underway.
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Kollock
S. C
Seaboard Air Line
W. W. Shoemaker
Raleigh
N. C
James Ferrell
Richmond
Perry Reese
Alexandria
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Jack Ilhan
Cedar Rapids Industrial Union Council
LaPlant-Choate Manufacturing Company
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Jocal 116
LaPlant-Choate
Adolf
Carl Asa
U.S
Rosenberg
Soviet Union
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Kaltenbrunner
Dread Security Police
Hijalmar Schacht
Linn
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