Truman Not Worried by Price Drop
President Truman downplays falling prices calling it a leveling off in business. He hopes for stability with no plan to modify anti inflation powers while economists warn March or April will test whether hiring recovers.
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Truman
Economist
Washington
Congress
US Chamber of Commerce
Joint
Congressional Economic Committee
Theodore Schultz
University of Chicago
Industrialist and Democrats Clash In Labor Hearing
In Washington a Senate labor committee hearing erupted as Democrats attacked the National Association of Manufacturers while NAM finance chief Ira Mosher defended the Taft Hartley law. Senators Pepper Murray and Humphrey pressed charges of liberalism and war profits against NAM, and Mosher defended industry’s wartime record amid sharp exchanges.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
National Association of Manufacturers
Ira Mosher
NAM Finance Committee
Murray
D- Mont
Pepper
D-Fla
Humphrey
D-Minn
Na.m
Donnell
R-Mo
Mosher
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
N.A.M
Labor
Leopold To Get Parole Hearing For Wartime Tests
Nathan Leopold, jailed for the 1924 Bobbie Franks kidnapping, will have a parole hearing April 12. He participated as a guinea pig in wartime malaria experiments and sought special consideration for possible sentence commutation.
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Springfield, Lll
Nathan Leopold
Leopold
Bobbie Franks
Chicago
Parole Board
Windmill run by water referenced in Enka Voice
An amused audience member whispers a quip about a windmill powered by water during a long lecture. The remark punctuates the intermission as the speaker continues.
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Bref
Red Cross Seeks $50 000 in Linn County Drive 1949
Linn county American Red Cross releases a 1949 50 000 budget goal for the drive to run Feb 21 to March 5, with a 12 000 war surplus to cover the difference. The plan cites reduced war surplus use and growing disaster relief need as reasons for the higher goal.
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Red Cross
Linn County
American Red Cross
Wells C. Peck
Treasury
Peck
Iowa
Home Service
Senate Debates Iowa Income Tax Pattern For 1950
Des Moines AP The state senate backed a bill to revert to prewar income tax bases in 1950 with major offsets for homeowners and farmers. Exemptions from 1948 49 would lapse and taxes for those paying no real estate tax would rise to full rates. The measure passed 33 to 12 but faces a likely tough House vote as lawmakers weigh retained exemptions against a 100 percent rate. Senate members listed for and against the bill, with absentees noted.
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Des Moines
State Senate
House
Senate
Ralph W . Znstrow
Charles City
Man Seized In Gigantic Gem Thefts
Gerard Graham Dennis a 29 year old described as the $1 000 000 jewel bandit was revealed by police to have kept swank love nests on both coasts while robbing wealthy friends he met socially Detectives in Beverly Hills raided an apartment while Dennis was being brought from Cleveland where he was arrested Louis B Mayer Lady Thelma Furness Mrs Henry Kaiser Jr June Haver and Mrs Philip Wrigley were named as intended victims in a notebook found in the Beverly Hills apartment Police estimated Dennis loot in recent years topped $1 000 000 The FBI ordered questioning about the Schwarzchild jewelry store burglary in Richmond and Dennis was trapped in Cleveland after a friend who had fished with him tipped off authorities Continued on Page 7 Col 4.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Gerard Graham Dennis
Beverly Hills
Dennis
Cleveland
Montreal
St. Catherine's, Ont
Ontario
California
Betty V. Ritchie
Toronto
New York
Eleanor Farrell
Clinton H. Anderson
Miss Ritchie
Bevterly Hills
Ee Louis B. Mayer
Thelma Furness
Henry Kaiser, Jr
June Haver
Philip Wrigley
FBI
Schwarzchild
Richmond
Japanese Premier's Son Sees Need For 50 sen Beer
Kenichi Yoshida son of Premier Shigeru Yoshida and an English professor at Tokyo University stated that Japan needs a good 50 sen jug of beer. He noted fifty sen equals one sixth of an American penny.
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Tokyo
Kenichi Yoshida
Shigeru Yoshida
Tokyo University
Japan
Inflation outlook improves as Rukeyser sees no bust
Merryle S. Rukeyser of New York told Civic bureau members that the postwar inflationary period may end without a bust. He cited Congress resistance to full Taft Hartley repeal, a pro business coalition, and expected continued prosperity if Americans keep working and producing.
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Rukeyser
Merryle S. Rukeyser
New York
INS
Civic Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Bureau
Truman
Congress
Police Protective Assn Hires Fahey for Seniority Review
Cedar Rapids Policemen's Protective Association bylaws for the second time in six months hired Attorney William L. Fahey to investigate department seniority. A new seniority committee appointed two weeks ago met with Fahey to present proposals after disbanding the previous committee and shifting leadership.
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Cedar Rapids Policemen’s Protective Association
Association
William L. Fahey
Fahey
Senators Propose Interim Panel To Study State Agencies
Five Republican senators introduced a bill to form a seven member interim committee to study reorganizing departments and commissions. The panel would cut costs, consolidate agencies, reduce overlaps, and report to the 54th general assembly over two years with a $15000 appropriation.
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Des Moines
Senate
X. T. Prentis
Mr. Ayr
Leo Elthon
Fertile
Ralph W. Zastrow
Charles City
A. L Doud
Douds
Arthur H. Jacobson
Waukon
54Th
General Assembly
House
Thea
Iowa State College
State University of Iowa
Puzzle Joke: Modern Instrument That Often Fails
In Tokyo a crossword clue read A modern instrument which often does not work The answer was Telephone highlighting a witty play on words from a Funay item.
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Tokyo
Scolaro Targets Assessor Bills at State Legislature
Cedar Rapids City Assessor Jim Scolaro criticized four bills before the Iowa legislature concerning tax assessment. He urged lowering the five mill levy on monies and credits and exempting some holdings, while backing mandatory sworn statements and book-keeping checks. He warned repeal measures would harm property owners and noted two bills to appoint county assessors.
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Jim Scolaro
Iowa
Iowa State Association of Assessors
Scolaro
Association
Cedar Rapids
House
Senate
County Boards of Supervisors
Man Held as Suspect at Los Angeles Nightclub Owner Hit by Bombs
William Joseph Ward 55 of Long Beach a former miner and boilermaker was jailed as a suspected chain bomber after a bomb wrecked the mansion of Nightclub Owner Herman Hover in Beverly Hills. Explosives were found at two other homes of California Industrial Accident Commission members. Ward carried 148 sticks of dynamite and a list of six addresses. No one was injured though windows were shattered and blocks shaken. Ward demanded up to 20 000 dollars in settlement.
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Los Angeles
INS
Los Angeles Area
Herman Hover
California Industrial Accident Commission
William Joseph Ward
Long Beach
Ward
Beverly Hills
C H. Anderson
W. J. Forbes
Beverly Hillis
Forbes
Hover
Milton H. Silverberg
Commission
Anthony Racine
Culver City
David Weller
Weller
Ciro’s
Silverberg
Cedar Rapids Braces for Deep Freeze After Warm Day
Cedar Rapids recorded 47 degrees at 2:30 p.m. as water flooded streets. The weather bureau warned of a new cold wave with subzero lows expected Friday night and highs only 20 to 25 on Saturday, with snow showers in some sectors. Des Moines and Oskaloosa reached 47 and 45 degrees respectively.
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Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Des Moines
Oskaloosa
Col McCormick's Plane Catches Fire Over Colombia
Col Robert R. McCormick editor of the Chicago Tribune says a plane carrying him at 11 000 feet caught fire in Colombia but flames were extinguished after a short circuit. All aboard helped fight the blaze before landing. He praised the crew and his wife Mrs McCormick during a 13 500 mile Latin America tour with Tribune officials.
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Bogota
Colombia
Robert R. McCormick
The
Chicago Tribune
McCormick
Latin America
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Associated Press
U.S
Selden Chapin
United States
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Vienna
John G. Erhardt
Austria
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Enka
Cedar Rapids News
Contingency Fund
Volunteer Services Administration
Cedar Rapids Gazette
America
Police Protective Assn
Edgar King
Jesse Giift
Howard Walsh
King
Fund For Survey
Hurt
Col. McCormick
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