Rail Tieup In 2 Weeks Threatened By Unions
United Press reports the nation faced potential rail and telephone walkouts within two weeks. Two railroad brotherhoods signaled a nationwide strike, while the National Federation of Telephone Workers prepared for a nationwide shutdown unless disputes are settled.
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United Press
National Federation of Telephone Workers
General Motors
CIO
United Auto Workers
CIO Electrical
Westinghouse Electrical Corporation
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Alvanley Johnston
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood
Bowles surprises Ford on auto parts pricing move
Local OPA officials and Cedar Rapids dealers reacted to Chester Bowles claiming price ceilings on most finished auto parts were lifted. Ford rebutted, noting ceilings remain for tires batteries radios and various castings while some distributors say no prior price rise occurred. Washington has not lifted overall controls and dealers remain unsure of changes.
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OPA
Washington
Chester
Henry
Brent Spence
House Banking Committee
Ford
Bowles
Much Warmer Weather Expected in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids area forecasts a warmup with temperatures near 50 degrees for February 21. Chambers Inskeep reported a 2:30 pm reading of 33 degrees on Wednesday, with possible cloudiness as the change arrives. the state high Tuesday reached 44 degrees at Lamont.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Lamont
Frank K Hahn Announces Reelect Bid as Cedar Rapids Mayor
Frank K Hahn announced Wednesday he will seek re election at the March 12 city primaries. Hahn has served as mayor since 1935 after filling the vacancy created by the death of William Neill. He previously led Cedar Rapids as public improvements commissioner and was a longtime postmaster with service under four presidents. He also served as a paving contractor and World War I captain in the 126th field artillery. Hahn belongs to several civic fraternal and veterans groups.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank K. Hahn
Hahn
William Neill
Iowa
126Th Field Artillery
Dual killings shake Shiloh temple in Maine shooting
In Durham Maine a pistol duel at Shiloh temple belonging to The Kingdom Inc left Irenee Laprise 30 Brunswick dead and Dr Charles Reeder 39 Dur ham osteopath dead. Carl Webster 32 and Mrs Kneeland Godfrey 71 were wounded as investigators probe the money demand and hostage hold up at the hilltop commune built by Frank W Sandford with about 1000 residents at its peak.
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Durham
Maine
Shiloh
the Kingdom, Inc
Louis E. Gendron
Irenee Laprise
Brunswick
Charles Reeder
Ham Osteopath
Carl Webster
Kneeland Godfrey
John P. Crosby
Laprise
Crosby
Webster
Godfrey
Reeder
Gendron
Philip Holland
Bernard Anderson
Holland
Frank W. Sandford
Divine Voice
Holy Ghost and
Us Society
Truman Signs Compromise Bill on Full Employment Policy
President Truman signed a labor and production bill framed as full employment legislation. The measure, passed by Congress as a compromise, orders the federal government to use all practicable means to promote maximum employment production and purchasing power as a continuing policy and responsibility.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
G I Gives Self Up Hid 4 Years in Parents Home
Private Walter Michalowski, 28, surrendered to Sixth Service Command authorities after four years in his parents home near Detroit. He left Camp Robinson in 1942 to avoid infantry duty, gaining weight and passing time with checkers and hobbies. he only hunted after dark once. His attorney said a psychiatric exam was arranged and the surrender followed a judge’s conference.
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Detroit
Sixth Service Command
Walter Michalowski
Watson Walkiewicz
Walkiewicz
Common Pleas
O. Z. Ide
Michalowski
Red Cross
Iame
A.w.ol
Camp Robinson
Ark
Air Forces
Medical Corps
Infantry
A.w.o
Williams seeks re election to Cedar Rapids city post
Cedar Rapids News reports Commissioner of Public Improvements Dave L Williams announces candidacy for re election in the March 12 city primaries. Williams has held the post since 1935, prior roles include business agent of the Building Trades council. He cites postwar public service goals and readiness to advance the program as materials become available. His sons William L in the army medical corps and Howard G recently discharged from the army air forces live with his wife at 121 Seventeenth street SW.
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Cedar Rapida News
Public Improvements
Dave L. Williams
Williams
Frank K. Hahn
Building Trades Council
William L
Army Medical Corps
Howard G
Army Air Forces
Seventeenth Street
China Rejects Yalta Pact as Manchuria Bound
A Chinese government spokesman stated China is not party to the Yalta agreement and not bound by it regarding Manchuria. He cited the Sino-Soviet treaty as the binding instrument on China and Russia, noting Yalta grants Russia control of Port Arthur and Dairen and joint railroad operations.
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Associated Press
Manchuria
China
Russia
Port Arthur
Dairen
Septuplet birth reported in Paris
The Exchange Telegraph reported from Paris that the wife of a public house proprietor gave birth to septuplets four girls and three boys all alive.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Agency
Paris
50 Nabbed in Strike Clash
Chicago report states that 50 people were arrested after pickets and non-striking workers clashed at the W. A. Jones Foundry and Machine Company plant. Most arrests involved CIO United Auto Workers members as police restored order to prevent further violence.
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Chicago
CIO
United Auto Workers
W. A. Jones Foundry and Machine Company
Price Violation Leads to 7500 Fine and Bonds Order
Isa dore Alford, 54, received a $7,500 fine and five years of probation after pleading guilty to violating the emergency price control act in Nashville. Judge Elmer Davies also ordered him to purchase $25,000 in government bonds. He allegedly charged two tenants 25 cents more per week than fixed OPA prices, with one tenant billed $3.25 when $3 was set, and another $3.75 when $3.50 was set.
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Nashville, Tenn
Isadore Alford
United States
Elmer Davies
Alford
OPA
Byrnes Declares Atom Bomb Know-How Still U S Exclusive
Secretary of State Byrnes said at a news conference that, as far as he knows, atom bomb production knowledge remains exclusively in the United States. He avoided predicting espionage arrests and said there is no knowledge of a foreign spy ring operating in the U S from state and FBI signals.
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Washington
Byrnes
United States
FBI
State Department
Canada
Haseen
Ralph McDonald
National Education Association
White House
President Truman
House Committee On UN
Pacific
Army
Navy
McDonald
Tri Power Ties Strained in Postwar Anglo Soviet Split
London. Conservative leader Harold Macmillan told the commons in a foreign affairs debate that the Anglo Soviet American alliance is in abeyance. He warned relations among the great powers are greatly strained and alarming in the wartime role he once played for Churchill.
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London
Harold McMillan
Commons
McMillan
Winston Churchill
Olmsted enters race for governor in Iowa primary
Brig. Gen. George Olmsted announced in Des Moines that he will seek the Republican nomination for governor in the June 3 primary. The 44 year old former assistant chief of staff to Lt. Gen. Wedemeyer said he would run a clean vigorous campaign and push for strong leadership and government. He cited the need to defeat Democrats and improve state services while noting concerns over state institutions and a missing statewide plan for homes and jobs.
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Des Moines
George Olmsted
Gev
Robert D. Blue
Des Moines Insurance Company
Iowa
Albert C. Wedemeyer
China
War Department
International Division
Washington
Olmsted
Gen Olmsted
Pope Links Unity to Peace Amid Modern Imperialism
Pope Pius XII in a radio address warned that modern imperialism endangers world unity and lasting peace. He praised new cardinals from 19 nations as evidence of the Church s multinational reach and urged unity from within guiding to God. The birettas symbolized the new princes of the church as they attended rites at the Vatican.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Church
Vatican
Novak enters Linn County Attorney race as Democratic candidate
George J. Novak a two year U S army veteran announces he will seek the Democratic nomination for Linn County Attorney in the June 3 primaries. He was born February 21 1917 and holds a bachelor of arts and law degree from the University of Iowa. Novak has served as Toledo Iowa city attorney and held multiple local posts while later serving in counterintelligence in Europe during World War II. He resides at 118 Thirty-eighth Street NE and is married to Lois May Kubicek.
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Cedar Rapids News
George J. Novak
U. S. Army
Linn County
Novak
St. Thomas College
St. Paul
Toledo Red Cross
North
South Dakota
Ninth Infantry Division
England
Bavaria
Z.C.B.J
the Cadets
C.S.A
The
American Legion
St.Matthews Catholic Church
Lois May Kubicek
Stocks Slide Again as Market Feels Syorpental Price Shift
New York reports another market drop amid concerns over Syorpental price adjustments and their impact on companies. The three day slide erased about a quarter of the industrials' gains since the Japanese surrender, with Motors Steels Rubbers and Rails leading losses from $1 to $7.
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New York
Retired General Attacks Army Creed And Universal Training
Brig. Gen. H. C. Holdridge told the House Military Committee that totalitarian viewpoints are prevalent in the army and criticized universal military training as undemocratic. He warned compulsory peacetime training would indoctrinate 18 year olds and fuel international ill will, calling it a stepping stone to World War III.
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Washington
West Point
House Military Committee
H. C. Holdridge
Army
Penick and Ford Declares Common Stock Dividend
The Penick and Ford Ltd board declares a 75 cent per share dividend on common stock for stockholders of record March 1. The payout date is March 14.
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Penick & Ford
Cedar Rapids News
Penick ‘and Ford, Ltd
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James F. Dewey
Dewey
International Harvester Company
National Harvester Council of the Union
Chet
Carl Kane
Chester Bowles
Henry Ford
A. T. Pleune
Mrs
Marie Johnson
Pleane
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