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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1947
Page
2
About five million government employees walked out on Friday afternoon paralyzing transport and government offices in Paris. The mass demonstration disrupted daily life as streets filled with parades, buses abandoned, and police absent. The action aimed at higher wages to beat inflation.
London AP reports a frigid Britain faces widespread potential gas shutoffs as coal stocks inch up. The British Gas Council orders 1,100 gas plants to ready non essential shutdowns while residents endure fifth day of strict electricity restrictions.
Washington reports Prime Minister Attlee rejected President Truman's offer of aid for Britain's coal crisis. He called the European continent's coal need just as pressing as Britain's and said cargos could not be diverted from Europe to the United Kingdom.
The army acknowledged it operates troopships with serious safety deficiencies but insists it is not jeopardizing lives. Maj. Gen. Edmond Leavey urged passage of legislation authorizing continued use of unsafe transports to avoid delays in returning troops and civilians from abroad. The transport chief noted regular army and chartered ships do not meet coast guard passenger safety rules yet carry ample life-saving gear and tout a good safety record.
Washington AP Republicans in Congress step up opposition to David Lilienthal as Atomic Energy Commission chairman. Senate GOP Leader White and Senator Kem label him temperamentally unfitted and favor trusted supporters of private enterprise for the post. White cites his confrontational stance and resistance to congressional restraints as central objections.
About 6,000 miners quit work across Lansford Coaldale Nesquehoning and Tamaqua in a sympathy sitdown for 13 hard coal diggers 800 feet underground. AFL UMW officials say the shutdown halts Lehigh Navigation Coal Co operations as workers supply sitdowners with food and propspect of a longer fight to secure pay.
Manila dispatch says 18 killed and many missing after an explosion at the United States 13th air force ammunition depot in Barrio Rosario Batangas. Most casualties were citation drivers and laborers loading TNT boxes. several injured reported.
BELLEVILLE Wisconsin report says five East St. Louis officials had December indictments quashed in circuit court. Judge E Boreis ruled indictments faulty due to legal omissions, surplus statements, and non joint indictment under the commission form. Names include Mayor John T Connors and Police Commissioner John T English among others. The crackdown on the region's gambling network followed.
The United States recalls Ambassador Arthur Bliss Lane from Warsaw after Polish elections. Diplomats expect cooler relations with the Soviet influenced government but no full severance of ties. Lane will depart Feb 24 and not return to Poland. A new ambassador decision will await U S policy.
In Washington John Hendriks of West Liberty Indiana hog raiser was re elected president of the Champion Farmers Association of America at its annual convention. Springfield Ohio Charles H Schneider who handles Jersey cows was reelected vice president and Horace D Millhone of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company was named secretary treasurer. The group voted to contribute 1000 dollars to the Thomas A Edison Research Foundation.
Washington public relations man Benjamin F Fields was sentenced to 90 days in jail and fined 250 dollars for contempt of a house committee. He appealed, was released on bond, and had previously faced a 1931 fraud sentence in Oklahoma.
An army C-45 twin-engine plane crashed near Robins Field south of Macon Georgia shortly after takeoff. Seven aboard died, including Lt. Col. R. A. Zaiser, 32, formerly of Burlington Iowa, as rescuers reached the wreckage in the swamp after a nighttime fire and explosion.
New York INS reports Bruno Walter was named Thursday night to succeed Artur Rodziński as musical director of the New York Philharmonic Symphony Society. Walter will assume the post in the next season.
President Truman avoided pledging to run for a full four year term in 1948. He said he would serve without regard to personal fortunes and cooperate with Congress. He indicated no change in his stance of no politics in official duties despite GOP pressure.
The US Court of Appeals 2 to 1 upholds a district ruling invalidating the OPA historical use sugar allocation method for bulk condensed milk producers. The Moberly Milk Company argued the plan violated the 1944 War Mobilization Act by discriminating against small businesses.
In Munich a raid by over 900 U S troops and German police seized 86 American soldiers and 200 German civilians in a four block area at 5 30 a m searching for AWOLs and black market operators. Many seized were girls with soldiers. Some stolen US equipment surfaced during interrogations and several long term AWOLs were arrested.
Secretary of State Marshall told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that unless Congress funds food relief for the needy in occupied countries the army and the government’s international commitments will face impossible conditions. He described the world as in a very critical condition, while Chairman Vandenberg called Marshall’s report encouraging in many respects.
War Assets Administration sold the government owned Big and Little Inch pipelines to Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation of Houston for 143 million dollars. The bid was the highest of 11 bids opened publicly on Monday. The lines cost about 145.8 million during the war to move oil and products from Texas to the Philadelphia New York area.
Cecil B. DeMille asked Congress to outlaw the closed shop, arguing it is monopolistic and a threat to liberty. He urged a new emancipation proclamation for workers and supported Sen. Ball’s bill banning closed shop, union shop, and maintenance of membership.
A Senate House budget commit tee Friday rejected a compromise to cut President Truman s budget to 4 150 000 000 The vote 50 or 51 against 23 for The plan from Chairman Gurney would cap overall spending at 33 350 000 000 instead of 37 500 000 000 The group subcommittee had urged a 6 000 000 000 slash The meeting opened with a 42 27 vote to exclude press and public from sessions The outcome hinges on further action by both houses and presidential approval
London AP Bevin announced in the final session of the British Arab conference that Britain would take the Palestine issue to the United Nations. The conference sought to solve the Holy Land problem by agreement but failed.
The weather bureau kept its mild weather forecast for another 24 hours as Cedar Rapids saw a temperature drop from 38 to 34 degrees between morning and afternoon. A brief 1 p.m. shower occurred, with weekend forecasts calling for little temp change except for northern snow flurries. Thursday highs reached 60 in Council Bluffs amid statewide mild conditions.
Live hogs rose to a new recent high of 26.25 per cwt on Friday in Chicago trading, the second highest price in history. A similar jump reached 26 earlier last week, with record peaks noted after price controls were removed.
The Chicago Tribune raised the newsstand price of its daily editions by one cent to four cents, effective Saturday, citing higher costs for newsprint rising from 50 to 84 dollars per ton and warning of further increases later this year. The move is outlined in a front page notice in Friday’s edition.
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