Stern Attacks News Guild Over Union Move
J David Stern told a House labor committee he regrets signing with the American Newspaper Guild a decade ago claiming he put newspapermen under pressure. He said his aims have turned to dust and he harmed working journalists while defending high wages amid a Guild dispute that led to a strike and sale of several papers and a radio station.
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Washington
J. David Stern
House Labor Committee
American Newspaper Guild
CIO
Stern
Philadelphia Record
Camden
N. J
Courier- Post
WCAU
Philadelphia Bulletin
Roosevelt
Guild
Democratic Party
Stern accuses Guild of provoking strike to aid press sales
President of the Guild testified that Stern deliberately provoked the strike to justify selling newspapers for profit. Stern called the assertion a lie and warned the nation against a cancerous growth threatening journalism while outlining reforms to labor law and press freedom.
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Guild
Stern
Eubanks
Avoca Farmer Receives 1946 Corn King Title in Iowa
Glenn Babbitt of Avoca wins the 1946 official corn yield contest with 180.30 bushels per acre, setting a new state record. John Knudson of Albion is Iowa champion soy bean grower with 52.26 bushels per acre in the five acre contest. Contests sponsored by the Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers Association with state soil conservation committee and farm groups. Don Radda of Washington is runner up in corn with 174.92 bushels and Paul Brummer of Minden wins the contour prize with 162.99 bushels. The 1946 event drew 880 entrants, 506 reporting, and 430 farmers earned 100+ bushels. R. R. McKeown of Harlan is fifth with 159.57. Soybean runners up include John H. Greiner of Keota and Doyle Palmer of Wellman.
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DES Moines
Glenn Babbitt
Avoca
John Knudson
Albion
Iowa
Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers Association
State Soil Conservation Committee
Joe L. Robinson
Growers Association
Bann McClure
Malcom
Paul Brummer
Minden
R. R. McKeown
Harlan
John H. Greiner
Keota
Doyle Palmer
Uruguayan Chief Arrives for Talks with Truman
Uruguayan President-elect Tomas Berreta arrived in Washington Tuesday night for conferences with President Truman and Secretary of State Marshall.
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Washington
INS
Uruguyan
Tomas Berreta
Truman
Marshall
Columbians' Plan for World Rule Outlined to Jury
Atlanta prosecutor outlines Nazi-like aims of Columbians Inc in the first indictment against top officials Emory Burke and Homer Loomis for a riot tied to a blackjacking case. He says the group planned racial domination, zoned white neighborhoods, and even contemplated bombing city sites and editors. Loomis wore the brown shirt at court as details of a broader conspiracy are presented.
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Atlanta
Loomis
Burke
Clifford Hines
Thunderbolt
Army
Second Armored
New York
Park Avenue
Andrews
City Auditorium
Ralph McGill
Court Hears About Attack by Columbian Club Members
Early witnesses testified that Hines was attacked by four members of the organization as he walked down a street. Police arrived after the Negro had been placed in an automobile and took charge. Andrews testified Loomis, who did not participate, ordered the Columbians to patrol the area.
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Atlanta Constitution
Hines
Andrews
Loomis
Jim Bormann Named News Director at WMT
William B Quarton announces Jim Bormann will head WMT news department effective February 15. Bormann previously led AP radio division in Chicago and held chief bureau and regional representative roles. He began in radio in 1938 and worked at WTMJ WOW Omaha and United Press. Cedar Rapids native replaces Douglas Grant as news chief.
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Jim Bormann
WMT
William B. Quarton
Bormann
Associated Press Radio Division
Chicago
WTMJ
Milwaukee
WOW
Omaha
United Press
Milwaukee Journal
Cedar Rapids
Douglas Grant
Denver and Rio Grande Strike Postponed
A threatened walkout by 600 members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen against the Denver and Rio Grande was postponed to February 19. Judge Wilson McCarthy, trustee, said union reps agreed to more time for talks over wage classifications. Core dispute centers on whether multiple yardmasters can be classified as executives, outside union jurisdiction.
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Denver
INS
Brotherhood of Railroad
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Wilson McCarthy
Davenport jury convicts on assault charge in Raike case
Maurice Taylor 35 on trial since last Tuesday for second degree murder was found guilty of assault and battery by an eight man eight woman jury. The murder charge stems from the death of Carl Raike 54.
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Davenport
Maurice Taylor
Carl Raike
Husband Detector Aims To Track Men's Homecomings
Chicago report explains a compact device evolved from proximity fuse tech, marketed as a wife controlled home monitor. The gadget plugs into a wall, rings a bell when the husband returns, and can record his arrival on a clock. Inventor Gordon Volkenant notes potential mass production and a price around $15.
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Chicago
Army
Navy
War Department
Gordon Volkenant
Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Company
Ol’ Nosey
Volkenant
London Woman Ends Up Stuck in Elevator Ride
London Mrs. Ann Fynn was trapped in an Oman Court apartment elevator between the second and third floors for two hours and planned to watch the clock more carefully on future rides.
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London
Ann Fynn
Oman Court Apartments
Power house workers pull switches at two p.m.
Workers at the power plant shut off electric switches at two p.m. on Tuesday causing a temporary outage. A woman was suspended in an elevator until the current returned at four o'clock, just in time for tea.
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News Guild
America
Sam Eubanks
Osco Drug
Third Ave
Cial
Samuel K. McConnell, Jr
R-Pa
Valentine Gofts
Welsbro
Waltham
Smulekoff
Brilliant Jewelry Department
Parker
Bulova
U. S. Army Air Forces
U. S
Reynolds
Jewelry Department
Denver and Rio Grande
Leisure House
General Mills
Betty Crocker
Sun-Kraft
Checker Electric Supply
First Street
Dial
Standard Oil
Bob Fox
Vernon Heights
MT. Vernon Road
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