Four Strike Perils Hang Over Nation
Nationwide labor tensions rise with CIO Mine Mill and Smelter Workers set to strike 7,000 at 18 American Smelting and Refining sites in New York transit fears and Houston utility shut downs loom. A Caterpillar farm equipment settlement reassures, GM talks stall.
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Houston
Texas
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Peoria
Ill
Caterpillar Tractor Company
General Motors
Porter Vows to Hold Price Line Amid Inflation Warnings
WASHINGTON INL Paul A Porter the price administrator warned bankers and the nation that price controls will be maintained despite strong inflation pressures. He said wartime reserves must finance production and that OPA is a going concern not a liquidator, urging expansion of capital equipment and consumer goods.
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Washington
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Paul A. Porter
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American Institute of Banking
America
Porter
Federal Communications Commission
Cardinal Griffin Announces Pope Sets March 3 Prayer Day
London Archbishop Bernard Cardinal Griffin says Pope Pius XII designates Sunday March 3 as a day of prayer for starving children worldwide. The Vatican action calls for worldwide devotion and almsgiving to alleviate child hunger.
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Westminster
Pope Pius XII
Andy Hines Seeks Cedar Rapids Public Safety Commissioner
Cedar Rapids veteran Andy Hines a 22 year police officer announces candidacy for commissioner of public safety in the March 12 city primaries. A World War I II veteran he served as a navy petty officer and later worked as a Milwaukee Railroad switchman after retirement. He and his wife reside at 1539 C avenue NE and he belongs to American Legion VFW Chiefs of Police Iowa State Police association and other groups.
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Andy” Hines
Cedar Rapids
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Milwaukee Railroad
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Chiefs of Police Association
Iowa State Police Association
C Avenue NE
Iowa Farm Plane Crash Kills Nevinville Occupant
A two-seated plane crashed in a field on the Frank Rivenberg farm at the east edge of Nevinville. Gilbert Frederick, living southeast of the area, was killed while Bill Johnson Jr of Greenfield, the pilot, was critically injured. The Air Club at Greenfield owned the aircraft.
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Chicks Find Homes After White House Shipments Rejected
Indiana hatchery sent 2000 baby chicks C O D to Washington protesting rules. White House and Agriculture Department refused the 70 cent charges, then President Truman declined formal acceptance. One 1000 chick lot went unused and was offered as a gift, later sold. A second 1000 chicks to Secretary Anderson were refused and bought by Raymond Gill for his poultry farm.
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White House
James G. Pinkerton
Washington
Railway Express Agency
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Raymond L. Gill
Fairland
United Air Lines Orders Jet Driven Plane
United Air Lines announced it ordered the first commercial jet propelled plane for 1947 delivery built by Glenn L. Martin Co. in Baltimore. The 52 passenger or 11 500 pound cargo aircraft will be used for air cargo in its experimental phase and later for passengers, with speeds near 400 mph and jet turbines burning kerosene averaging one mile per gallon versus one and a half miles for internal combustion.
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United Air Lines
Glenn L. Martin Company
Baltimore
United
13 Nabbed in Canada's Spy Hunt Government Reveals
Ottawa reports eleven men and two women detained in Canada’s spy probe with more held as the investigation continues. The royal commission states evidence remains to be placed and secrecy rules limit disclosures, while confirming the inquiry began last fall and may take weeks to produce findings.
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Ottawa
Justice
Louis St. Laurent
Royal Commission
St. Laurent
Russia
Moscow
Woman Sues Mate's Bookie for 10152 Damages
Mrs. Linnette Hoberg of Chicago sues her husband’s bookie Barney Snodmil for 10152 in triple damages. She claims he deprived her of income as her husband lost 3000 gambling before WWII service and that losses include 300, 84 wristwatch. A temporary injunction bars Snodmil from cashing Hoberg checks or loaning money and restrains Hoberg from betting or entering the Hoberg home.
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Chicago
Linnette Hoberg
Superior Court
Barney Snndmil
Saodmil
Hoberg
Queen Elizabeth to End Troop Transport Run in March
London report says the Ministry of War Transport announced the liner Queen Elizabeth will finish service as a troop transport, arriving at Southampton on March 6 to wind up her troop duties.
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Ministry of War Transport
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Southampton
Nimitz Reveals Past Court Martial for Early Reckoning
Washington AP Admiral Chester Nimitz, chief of naval operations, disclosed he was court-martialed as an ensign for running the old destroyer Decatur ashore in 1908 in the Philippines. He said this in a news conference about Captain Charles B. McVay and the Indianapolis court-martial.
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Chester Nimitz
Naval Operations
Charles B. McVay
Indianapolis
Nimitz
Decatur
Philippines
Demobilization Nears for Marine Corps Forces
Pearl Harbor report states more than 63 percent of Marine Corps air and naval f orces are demobilizing with over 165000 men returning home. about 9000 moreians will become eligible for discharge March 1 as point requirements drop to 42.
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Fleet Marine Force
Labor Heads Solons Clash On Case Bill In Senate Hearing
AFL President William Green clashes with Senate labor committee members over the Case bill. Senators Ellender Smith and Ball push for alternative controls while Green argues most labor actions are lawful and warns the measure would strike at 7,000,000 AFL workers. A union clerk trade group cites the Toledo Peoria and Western shooting as example of employer violence.
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Central Greyhound
AFL Street
Ovid Zimling
Iliation
Edgar L. Warren
Detroit
Washington
Green
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Ball
Organized Labor
Work Test This Week on Houses For C R Veterans
Announcement says construction starts this week on 60 houses for sale to Cedar Rapids war veterans. Bruce A West, veteran and Cedar Rapids Building sponsor, reports four exteriors and four floor plans illustrated. mayoral housing committee aims to launch a permanent program. largest project of its kind in Cedar Rapids history.
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Cedar Rapids
Bruce A. West
Clem Crowe and Daughter Hurt in Indiana Crash
Clem Crowe former Iowa football coach and his 15 year old daughter Catherine were injured in a two vehicle crash five miles east of La Porte Indiana. Crowe suffered rib injuries and a lacerated ear while Catherine had head facial cuts. A driver Emil Michalski 51 of New Buffalo suffered a possible skull fracture and was treated at Fairview hospital. Crowe and party were en route from South Bend to Chicago to attend a basketball double header at Chicago Stadium.
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University of Iowa
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Chicago
Chicago Stadium
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New Buffalo
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Fairview
LaPorte
Iowa
Notre Dame
Xavier University
Cincinnati
Dr. Fred M. Smith Dies. Iowa Univ. Medical Head
Dr. Fred M. Smith 57 longtime head of the State University of Iowa department of theory and practice of medicine died suddenly at his home after a heart attack while listening to a basketball broadcast. Survived by wife Helen Louise Busbee and three children Richard James and Barbara.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Fred M. Smith
State University of Iowa
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Iowa-Illinois
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Yale
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University of Chicago
Rush Medical College
Vienna
Rush Medical
American Medical Association
British Ouster Is Threatened By Egypt's Students
In Cairo ten thousand Egyptian students held a mass meeting at Faad university calling a two week truce in anti British rioting but demanding that Britain evacuate within that period or be expelled by student organized fighting forces. Police and armored cars secured key points as bridges to Cairo were blocked while clashes earlier in the week left 13 dead and over 100 injured. A spokesman said the committee reached an informal agreement with Premier Ismail Sidky to desist from violence during the two week window.
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Faad
Egypt
Giza
National Committee of Students and Workers
Ismail Sidky
Bombay Rioting Clashes Kill and Injure Hundreds
In Bombay, two hundred killed or wounded as British troops fire on mobs in the Dadar area. Over three days of street fighting, about 210 dead and more than 1,200 injured are reported. Gandhi appeals for non violence amid naval mutiny and curfews as troops and police quell northern Bombay violence.
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Dadar
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Calcutta
Miil
Bomay
Karachi
Arabian Sea
Slow Redeployment From Europe Faces Delays
Brig. Gen. George S. Eyster said redeployment of U S troops from Europe slowed to a virtual standstill in February. About 22 000 men were delayed by shipping slowdowns tied to the New York tugboat strike and other manpower issues, with a March 5 return anticipated.
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George S. Eyster
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