Fewer Unfair Labor Cases Before NLRB
The National Labor Relations Board reported in its ninth annual report to Congress that 1944 saw a sharp rise in cases involving union representation and a drop in unfair labor practice cases. Election cases totaled 6,603, about 72 percent of all cases, with many filings from major war industries. Back pay totaled nearly two million dollars for 3,700 workers, and 100 company dominated unions were broken.
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National Labor Relations Board
Congress
NLRB
AFL
CIO
Middle Atlantic
East North Central
Age of Plenty Ahead Says Whitmore in 20th Century Vision
Dean FRANK C. WHITMORE argues civilization will move from scarcity to abundance through science. He cites WWII proof of overproduction possible with vast raw materials, urges massive expansion of technically trained men and women to apply knowledge and distribute wealth globally.
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Frank C. Whitmore
Pennsylvania State
HT School of Chemistry
Prossessatiees State College
Hendrik Willem van Loon
van Loon
Cedar Rapids Bank Clearings Week End Feb 17
Bank clearings in Cedar Rapids for the week ended February 17 totaled 2 279 339 88 compared with 2 478 894 13 for the same week last year The week ended February 10 posted 2 861 in total clearings indicating a down week year over year and a softer February trend.
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Cedar Rapids
Pan Am plans $30 million upgrade for trans-Pacific routes
Pan American Airways says it will invest 30 million dollars in new equipment if the Civil Aeronautics Board grants exclusive American rights to operate trans-Pacific routes. The plan includes 108 passenger strato-clippers for Los Angeles to Sydney in 32 hours, with fare details to be announced. Officials advocate a single American operator to keep service profitable amid anticipated foreign competition, and expect Alaska service extensions to Anchorage amid forecast 96 percent on-schedule flights.
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Washington
INS
Pan-American Airways
Civil Aeronautics Board
Los Angeles
Sydney
Australia
Canada
United Kingdom
Pan American
American
Anchorage
United States
Alaska
Northern Pacific
Pan-American
Schede
Executive Club to Hear Noted Belgium Woman Wednesday
Suzanne Silvercruys the Belgian sculptor author and painter will speak to the Executive club at 7 p m Wednesday in the Montrose hotel. She fled war torn Belgium for the United States during World War I and rallied relief funds totaling nearly a million dollars. She became an American citizen in 1922 and graduated from Yale School of Fine Arts in 1928. She wrote a biography Suzanne of Belgium and a play There is No Death and has won many prizes in sculpture. She modeled the Dionne quintuplets with Dr. Allen Dafoe and her religious group exhibited at Fordham University. She is the daughter of the late Baron Silvercrays, former president of the Belgian Supreme Court.
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Suzanne Silvercruys
Montrose
United States
Belgium
Mile
Silvercruys
Yale School of Fine Arts
Suzanne
Mlle. Silvercrays
d’Academie
France
Dionne Quintuplets
Allen Dafoe
Fordham University
Baron Silvercrays
Supreme Court
Silvercrays
Edward Ford Stevenson
Stocks and Bonds of Interest in Eastern Iowa Trade
Eastern Iowa investors scan a list of bonds and stocks. Central States Electric Co issues 4 1964 6% notes while various firm shares include Fruehauf Trailer, Iowa Electric, National City Lines, Quaker Oats, Rath Packing and Collins Radio. Prices show mixed bids and asks across multiple issues with preferreds and common shares.
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Iowa
Central States
Elec Co
O.W. Cherry-Burrel
Honeymead ” Products Co
Elec
Interstate Pr
LaPlant-Choate’ Co
Link-Belt Co
Ae Penick & Ford Ltd Inc
Quaker Oats Co
Rath Packing Co
United Lt & Rysz Co
Ae ‘S
United Lt
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Cost Accountants Hear Talk on Excess Profits Tax
Cedar Rapids chapter of the National Association of Cost Accountants will host tax expert James F. Swift of Des Moines for a 6:30 p.m. dinner at the Roosevelt hotel discussing corporation excess profits tax and potential relief. Swift, a Iowa native with degrees from the University of Iowa and Georgetown University, holds CPA credentials for Iowa and Nebraska and has 25 years in income taxation. A social hour precedes the dinner followed by a question and answer period.
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Cedar Rapids
National Association of Cost Accountants
James F. Swift
Des Moines
Roosevelt Hotel
Swift
Iowa State
Cooperative Upholstery Chief Becomes Least Essential For War Work
Newark AP. Max Brecher president of Cooperative Upholstery volunteered to transfer as the least necessary worker as the War Manpower Commission seeks to shift 10 percent of Newark area's 200000 less essential workers to high priority war jobs.
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Newark
N. J
War Manpower Commission
Cooperative
Max Brecher
WMC
Beneficiaries face insurance plan choices under 30 and over 30
AP by James Marlow explains two payment schemes for under-30 beneficiaries and two for over-30 ones. Plan 1 for under 30 pays 240 monthly installments over 20 years, Plan 2 pays life-long monthly amounts with a face-value guarantee. For beneficiaries over 30, Plan 1 offers 120 guaranteed payments, possibly exceeding face value, while Plan 2 pays life-long monthly amounts with full face-value repayment. If a younger beneficiary chooses Plan 2, they cannot later switch to Plan 1. non-designation allows both options.
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Washington
Police and Fire Annuity Funds Grow in 1944 Totals Rise
City Treasurer Walther E. Miller reports 1944 financials for the fire and police retirement systems. Fire pension assets reach 47,615.91 on Jan 1 1945, up from 33,127.21. police assets total 43,226.79, up from 33,127.21. Contributions and interest payments to funds are itemized alongside investments including war bonds and local bonds.
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Walter E. Miller
Coburg Independent
Polk County
Coburg
Steel Firms Fined On Federal Charge
Eighteen steel companies and six officers were fined a total of 240 dollars after pleading nolo contendere to a federal conspiracy to fix prices on stainless steel products in Trenton New Jersey.
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Trenton
N. J
Nolo Contendre
Chicago price report notes mixed grain and forage values
Chicago cash provisions list mixed grain and forage values with corn and oats unchanged, barley and timothy figures, plus prices for clover and alfalfa hay. The report includes several misread or garbled entries such as nominal and special rates and irregular punctuation.
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Chicago
ATC Should Leave Field to Commercial Lines
Maj. Gen. Harold L. George, head of the Air Transport Command, urged ATC to exit wartime aviation and hand routes to private airlines after the war. He argued ATC should serve only isolated bases and return to a skeleton force, noting ATC now flies revenue missions to Europe and beyond while private carriers await opportunities to take over existing routes. United States airlines have sought Civil Aeronautics Board permission to operate on most ATC routes.
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Leon Pearson
Wias and Tour
INS
Harold L. George
Air Transport Command
ATC
England
France
Italy
Africa
Brazil
Australia
George
Transport Command
Army
American Airlines
American Lines
United States Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Patent Plans Seized by Govt Will Be Sold
Abstracts of 45,000 alien owned patents seized under the alien property act are published for public sale. James E. Markham says the cost to develop these patents ran into millions and covers many fields. Royalty free licenses available at $15 per patent to American citizens. Sets priced at $25 with individual classes priced from ten cents to a dollar. Full list and forms available from the Alien Property Custodian in Chicago.
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United States
James E. Markham
Chicago
American Chemical Society
Science-Technology Group
Special Libraries Association
Field Building
Illinois
Linn County Real Estate and Mortgage Reports Feb 9–15
Conveyances and mortgages recorded in Linn county during February 9 to 15 total four conveyances and two mortgages. Mortgage aggregate amounts sum to 71,175 dollars, compared with 93,670.90 dollars in the same week last year.
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Linn County
Linn County Abstract Company
Thermal Co Inc Buys Janda Supply Co Des Moines
Thermal Co Inc of Des Moines announces the purchase of Janda Refrigeration Supply at 115 Second Avenue SW. J F Janda, who has run the business for three years and also owns Janda Electric Motor Repair, will remain in the venture as the company expands to a larger Cedar Rapids store branch under Thermal.
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Janda
Second Avenue
Thermal Company, Inc
Des Moines
Sateurday
J. F. Janda
Janda Electric Motor Repair
J and B Machine Company
C. H. Moser
Cedar Rapids
Thermal Company
Time Inc to Buy Bryant Paper Company in Kalamazoo
Time Inc announces plan to purchase Bryant Paper Company of Kalamazoo Michigan for about 2.3 million dollars pending Bryant stockholders approval at the March 3 meeting. If approved Bryant would become a wholly owned Time subsidiary with no changes in management or personnel and Time would seek only terms that preserve existing customer relations.
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New York
Time, Inc
Bryant Paper Company
Kalamazoo
Mich
Bryant
Charles L. Stillman
Time
Stillman
Bryant Company
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