Television Anti trust Suit Filed
A federal anti trust suit charged a world wide conspiracy to control television equipment with five corporations and three individuals named. The complaint cites Scophony patent rights and a 1941 American company formed to hold US rights and accuses the firms of denying licensing and licensing terms to curb competition.
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New York
Paramount Pictures, Inc
Television Productions, Inc
California
Paramount
General Precision Equipment Corporation
Scophony Corporation of America
Scophony, Ltd
London
Arthur Levey
Earle G. Hines
General Precision
Paul Raiborn
Scophony of America
Western Hemisphere
Joseph B. Marker
United States
General Precision and
Marker
Scophony
Two Charges Filed Against Legion's Club
Cedar Rapids detectives raided Legion Town Club Inc on Monday seizing 78 cases of liquor 14 slot machines and three other gambling devices. County Attorney William Crissman filed charges Tuesday against the corporation not individuals.
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Legion Town Club, Inc
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Justice of the Peace
Howard R. Churchill
William Crissman
William Kudina
Lord Halifax to be Replaced by Archibald Kerr
Three London newspapers report that Lord Halifax who has served as ambassador to the United States since 1941 will be succeeded soon by Sir Archibald Clark Kerr the British ambassador to Russia.
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Lord Halifax
London
United States
Sir Archibald Clark Kerr
Russia
Tube Train Crash Near Newark Leaves One Dead
A Hudson and Manhattan tube train carrying about a thousand homebound commuters crashed into a lifted bridge span over the Passaic River near Newark. The collision killed the motorman and injured at least 69 passengers. Officials said signals were working and the front of the train j flashed into the opening as the span was four feet from closing.
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Newark
New York
Passaic River
Eugene Dubois
Pennsylvania Railroad
H. and M
Dubois
Philip Siebold
Home Booby Trap Backfires In Christmas Cleanup
Arnold Olsen a 19 year old former soldier in Chicago planted a three inch shell booby trap in a pantry window as a burglar alarm. An explosion injured his mother’s fiancé Frank Carr a war veteran who was helping with Christmas cleaning. Carr quipped about his demolition squad days in France.
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Chicago
Arnold Olsen
Germany
Olsen
Hazel Olsen
Olson
Frank R.carr
Arnold
Young Olsen
Carr
France
Japs Read U S Pearl Harbor Ship Data In 1941
Senate inquiry reveals Japanese intercepted a December 6 1941 American broadcast with counts of Pearl Harbor battleships cruisers and destroyers. Tachibana provided theory on what happened while Wilkinson warned delays allowed ships time to flee.
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Washington
Senate House
Pearl Harbor
Gen. MacArthur
Tokyo
Cmdr
Tomo Tachibana
Col
F. P. Munson
MacArthur
Tachibana
Theodore S. Wilkinson
Naval Intelligence
Lahaina Roads
Hawaii
Pacific
United States
Wilkinson
Harold R. Stark
Iowa
Sen. Lucas
D-Sil
Stark
Lucas
Murphy
D-Pa
McVay Testifies He Considered Zigzag Course
Capt Charles B McVay III told his court martial he did not order a zigzag course on the Indianapolis night she was lost citing poor visibility and no moon. He described waking during the explosions, directing distress messages, and hoping to abandon ship after his executive officer urged it as the vessel sank.
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Washington
Charles B. McVay
Indianapolis
McVay
Guam
Leyte
Navy
Free Admission to Eagle Show Boosts Victory Bond Drive
Cedar Rapids officials announce free admission to the Fraternal Order of Eagles auction at the Paramount Theater on Thursday. Items are won by bidding with war bonds, with bonds maturing in 10 years paying $4 per $3 invested, as Linn County pushes toward a $2,007,000 quota by December 31. Monday's $26,681 sales leave 11 days and a $49,910 daily average needed to reach the goal, with $1,457,003 raised so far.
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Cedar Rounds
Paramount Theater
Tudsay
Order of Eagles, Cedar Rapids Aerie No
Eagle
Victory Loan
Linn County
Stalin Returns From 68 Day Vacation To Led Moscow
Generalissimo Stalin resumed duties in the Kremlin after a 68 day holiday near Sochi. US Ambassador Harriman reported Stalin in excellent health. The Big Three foreign ministers Byrnes Bevin Molotov met for about two hours of discussions on atomic energy and postwar cooperation with cautious optimism.
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Moscow
Stalin
Russia
Great Britain
United States
Council of People’s Commissars
Kremlin
W. Averell Harriman
Black Sea
Sochi
Harriman
State Byrnes
Bevin
Byrnes
Molotov
Hull
Eden
Record of brutal Iowa cold wave and sub zero readings
Decorah registered 24 below zero this morning with Elkader reporting 22 below. Cedar Rapids saw 11 below while Des Moines forecast cloudy and colder tonight. Tomorrow’s lows expected 5 below south to 20 below north with no relief foreseen next week. Mason City and 18 other cities logged sub zero readings.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Decorah
Gazette
Elkader
Des Moines
Mason City
Pennsylvania
Maine
Broadus
Yellowstone
Mont
Minnesota
Dakotas
Meridian
Miss
Nashville
Tenn
Heat wave toll rises as NSW records eleven deaths
AP reports the New South Wales heat wave killed a nine month old and ten others on Monday, bringing the total to eleven. Extreme heat hit many areas while a severe cold spell moved across the northern United States with record snowfall and subzero temperatures in multiple states.
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Sydney
Australia
New South Wales
Rockies
Atlantic Seaboard
New York
Buffalo
Lackawanna
Eldora Case Goes To Jury
The second degree murder case against Carl Klatt, 33, former Eldora state training school officer, goes to a district court jury after an 18 day trial. The jury of six women and five men heard 28 witnesses for the state and 14 for the defense. The judge outlined seven possible verdicts and the prosecutor argued brutality is no cure for reform.
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Fort Dodge
Carl Klatt
Eldora
Klatt
Ronald Miller
Miller
Jens Grothe
Paul H. McCoid
McCoid
Grothe
Ford and GM wage offers amid UAW strike action
Ford rejects a 12.4 percent pay increase tied to output and tops strike bound GM offers of 10 to 13.5 cents per hour. Packard shuts Detroit plant due to a supplier strike. mass picketing at GM Flint halts AC Spark Plug division. wage talks include GM’s 80 cent starting pay, 90 cent after six months, and union security disputes. A separate oil workers panel weighs profits and price impacts on wage settlements in Washington.
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John S. Bugas
Ford
General Motors Corporation
Packard Motor Car Company
Detroit
Flint
Mich
UAW
General Motors
Washington
CIO Oil Workers International Union
Navy
John Collet
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
House Passes 2 Cent Local Postage Rate
Washington AP reports the House approved by 76 to 8 the measure restoring a two cent per ounce rate for local first class mail and sent it to the Senate for action.
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Washington
House
Senate
London Star: Churchill to Visit United States for Lecture Tour
The London Star reports that Winston Churchill plans a three month lecture tour of the United States starting soon after Christmas. Parliament adjourns for holidays around December 20.
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London
Churchill
U.S
London Star
Winston Churchill
United States
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