Quaker City Strike Ties Up Transit Across City
Philadelphia transit workers totaling 9,655, part of the CIO Transport Workers' Union, went on strike affecting street cars buses and subways for 3,000,000 daily riders. The company offered 12-cent raise. unions seek 25 cents. Emergency plans were set in motion for essential workers and Navy bases organized transport for civilian and service personnel.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Transportation Company
CIO Transport Workers’ Union
Philadelphia Navy
CIO
New York
Expediters of Housing Will Blanket the Nation
Wilson Wyatt argues for a large corps of action men to accelerate the housing program. RFC will guarantee full factory output and cost to promote prefabricated houses. He predicts new communities near cities, streamlined building codes, and private enterprise leading postwar housing growth with selective subsidies and price ceilings if blocked.
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Washington
INS
Wilson Wyatt
National
Itation
Wyatt
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Congress
McNarney Plans To Use Polish Civilians In Germany
Washington AP reports General Joseph T. McNarney plans to recruit several thousand Polish civilians to assist the U.S. Army in Germany to solve manpower shortages. The move aims to bolster administrative and support duties as occupation forces remain stationed abroad.
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McNarney
Washington
Joseph T. McNarney
United States Army
Germany
Truman housing drive praised by Bowles and Wyatt
Washington reports Housing Administrator Wilson W Wyatt received strong backing for a plan to build 2 700 000 homes in two years. Price Administrator Chester Bowles called the program courageous and realistic and said steps to curb material costs and contractor services are underway. Rent controls will continue as shortages threaten veterans. Civilian Production Administrator John D Small affirmed support and said regulations will curb commercial and industrial construction and residential building outside the veteran program.
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Washington
Wilson W. Wyatt
OPA
Price
Chester Bowles
Wyatt
Truman
Bowles
John D Small
Small
Motorist rescues man from blaze after car overturns near Cot age Grove
Cedar Nanlds News reports that James Jordan of Toddville lost control on First Avenue SE and overturned a burning car. Marion, passing by, kicked out the windshield and pulled Robert Ferguson to safety before authorities arrived. Ferguson suffered first degree burns and lacerations. Jordan had minor injuries. Jordan and Ferguson were treated. Jordan claimed he swerved to avoid another car. Firemen found the car burned out on arrival.
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Cedar Nanlds
Robert Ferguson
C Avenue NE
Cottage Grove Avenue
First Avenue SE
James Jordan
Toddville
Ferguson
Vaude Fellwock
Felix Barta
Harold Donahue
Marion
St. Luke's Hospital
D. H. Gardner
Jordan
Roy Walker
Tom Gaines
First Avenue
Fire Company No. 3
Benes Warns Europe Not at Peace Despite Truce
Prague AP President Eduard Benes said Europe remains unsettled calling the postwar era a dream of tranquillity compared to current troubled times. He urged constant alertness until real peace is achieved noting ongoing issues with Germany Poland and Hungary.
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Prague
Eduard Benes
Benes
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Poland
Hungary
Scouts Seize Cedar Rapids Roles for a Day
The Boy Scouts of Cedar Rapids and Linn County swarmed city hall and courthouse to act as officials for a day. Mayor Bob Lovell and other local leaders watched as scouts presided in court and ran city and county departments while officers explained procedures to them.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn
Bob Lovell
Frank K. Hahn
Peterson
Bomkamp
Yalta War Pact Price Revealed for Japan War Entry
The state department disclosed that the top secret Yalta agreement tied Soviet entry into the Japan war to restoring gains in Manchuria Sakhalin and the Kurile Islands The document outlined Soviet return of Sakhalin parts Dairen internationalization joint control of railways and a Soviet Chinese company for Manchuria The publication followed debate with Byrnes defending secrecy and noting China was not a party to the agreement.
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Washington
INS
State Department
Yalta
Russia
Manchuria
Sakhalin
Kurile Islands
China
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Moscow
Chiang Kai-shek
Japan
Soviet Union
Dairen
Port Arthur
U.S.S.R
Chinese Eastern
South Manchurian
Byrnes
Snow forecast and colder air to follow Cedar Rapids
A light snow fell in Cedar Rapids Monday morning and began to melt by noon. The weatherman predicts more snow and much colder weather for Tuesday. A cold front is expected to sweep the state tonight, with zero in the northwest and around 10 above in Cedar Rapids. Cloudy skies accompany the temperature drop. Cedar Rapids read 38 at 2:30 p.m. Monday, after Sunday’s milder spell. Sunday highs were 35 with a 6 above low early morning.
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Cedar Rapids
MacArthur Attacks Free Transit for GI Wives
Washington AP General MacArthur asked Congress on Monday to provide free transportation for the wives of United States military personnel of all ranks stationed in Japan. In a Tokyo statement he said he plans to open occupied areas to wives around May 1 and urged Congress to extend the permissive legislation to include free transport for all ranks.
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Washington
MacArthur
Congress
Japan
United States
Tokyo
Marsha Hunt Weds Screen Writer Robert Presnell Jr
Hollywood reports actress Marsha Hunt married screen writer Robert Presnell Jr on Sunday with wedding bells ringing. The couple confirmed the ceremony occurred in the Hollywood area with friends and colleagues in attendance.
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Hollywood
Marsha Hunt
Robert Presnell, Jr
Stadium Listed on Cedar Rapids Ballot for Memorial Stadium
Cedar Rapids city council approved placing a memorial stadium on the March 25 ballot. Clerk Maude Krebs to advertise the measure. Petition count reached 5 664 signatures, well above the 10 percent minimum. The ballot seeks authorization to erect and equip a memorial stadium and issue bonds up to 215000 dollars.
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Cedar Rapids
Maude Krebs
Don Hines
Oelwein Man Killed In Dubuque Train Yard Accident
George Wimmer, 53, of Oelwein, was killed in a Milwaukee railroad yard accident in Dubuque while supervising engine removal from the roundhouse to the turntable. Former Great Western employee, with 20 years at Milwaukee road, found between door post and engine cylinder.
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Dubuque
George Wimmer
Oelwein
Milwaukee Railroad
Wimmer
Great Western Railroad
Milwaukee Road
State Rep Anthony Tepaske dies at 77 in Sioux Center
Sioux Center Iowa state Rep Anthony Tepaske 77 died at his home on Monday He served in the Forty fourth Forty eighth and Fifty first general assemblies.
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Sioux Center
INS
Anthony Tepaske
School Bus Service Is Restricted in Iowa
Iowa attorney general ruled that school districts lack statutory authority to transport pupils to and from private or parochial schools. Special contracts may exist only when transporting disabled students, and public buses cannot haul teachers or others. If families contract, payments come from transportation funds only for public school travel.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Jessie M. Parker
Oscar Strauss
Fortieth General Assembly
Georgia Woman Delivers Six Births in Nine Months
Alma Georgia report says Mrs John T Lee 26 has borne six children in nine months. On May 17 1945 she delivered quadruplets three girls and a boy who died after premature birth. Saturday the same physician delivered twins to the Lees. The family, described as a Negro couple, already has six other children.
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Alma, Ga
John T. Lee
Lee
Watch Repair Shop Reports $1000 Breakin
Thirty five watches valued at about $1000 were stolen from a downtown repair shop over the weekend. Owner Jesse F Manes said he closed at 5 p.m Saturday and found the theft Monday morning. Entry was gained by slipping a thin blade to release the lock. detectives L B Marshall and John Hanna investigated.
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Cedar Rapids
Jesse F Manes
Second Avenue SE
Manes
L.B Marshall
John Hanna
CIO Meat Union Withholds Action
CHICAGO AP The CIO United Packinghouse Workers wage policy conference decided to hold in abeyance action on a government fact finding panel recommendation of a 16 cent hourly increase. Union President Lewis J Clark said 193 000 members were on strike against five leading meat packers but working under government seizure order awaiting action to place the increase in workers pay envelopes industry wide. The union says the increase may be the largest in the industry but questions its equity.
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Chicago
CIO United Packinghouse Workers
Lewis J Clark
Clark
Foul Water From Spring Floods Hits Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids water users report foul taste and odor in tap water after the first spring floods. Water Works Supt H F Blomquist blames the floods for carrying organic compounds not fully removed by treatment. He says the water is safe to drink and properly tested, though the worst taste appeared Friday. Warm water worsens odors as gases are released when heated.
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Cedar Rapids
H F Blomquist
Bloomquist
Blomquist
Plans of Shakeup Get Confirmation
Washington AP report says the White House confirmed changes are in prospect in top administration personnel. Press Secretary Ross declined details but indicated an imminent formula for settling the steel strike and promised a full explanation of all mathematics once a settlement is announced.
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Washington (Ap
White House
Charles G. Ross
G I Scribes Charged Critics Get Stay of Transfer
In Tokyo the GI Scribes of Stars and Stripes were granted a stay of transfer orders pending investigation. Managing Editor Sgt Ken Pettus and Cpl Bernard Rubin were accused of being moved to Okinawa for a negative loyalty report. Staff say the move fits a pattern of attempts to muzzle the service newspaper.
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Tokyo
Pacific
Stars and Stripes
R. J. Hall
MacArthur
Ken Pettus
Chicago
Cpl
Bernard Rubin
Waterbury
Conn
Pettus
Rubin
Okinawa
Istatt
Army
John F. Davis
Allied Headquarters Information and Education
Japan
Luzon
Jap General Found Guilty In War Court
Lt Gen Masaharu Homma was convicted by a military tribunal in Manila on war atrocity charges including the Bataan Death March and sentenced to be shot. The five week trial, conducted under strict discipline, concluded with a two thirds majority verdict and immediate transfer to a Luzon POW camp.
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Manila
Masaharu Homma
Bataan
Homma
Luzon
No 1
Philippines
Tomoyuki Yamashita
United States
Corregidor
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Edward P King
Lee Donovan
Commission
Red Cross
Larry Hodgin
Here
MacArthur
Wainwright
Yamashita
Supreme Court Denies Homma Appeal on Sentencing
The Supreme Court refused to intervene in Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma's sentencing, citing the Yamashita decision. Justices Murphy and Rutledge dissented, aligning with their stance in last week's Yamashita ruling.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Masaharu Homma
Homma
Murphy
Rutledge
Daily Record Index Comics and Editorial Highlights
The issue outlines sections including Comics, Editorial Features, and Women's Features. It notes courthouse items, service stories, sports briefs, and a death notice feature. Includes references to Walter Winchell and a Marion section with two men and women in service.
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Daily
Tedaeeae
Farm ‘Au
Marion
Ene Radia Ie Mead
Sivas
Walter Winchell
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