High Court Rules On Union Pacts In Labor Contracts
The Supreme Court ruled states may ban closed shop and union security provisions in labor contracts. Arizona Nebraska and North Carolina laws upheld. The decision holds states can protect non union workers without violating due process.
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High Court
Washington
Supreme Court
States
Arizona
Nebraska
North Carolina
American Federation of Labor
Justice Murphy
Justice Rutledge
Black
Slight Cut In Gas Rates A Possibility
Cedar Rapids gas company officials warned the city council a slight rate reduction could be needed if December testing shows heating value below the 1,035 BTU standard. Attorney Donald P. Barnes said the 60 day window may allow remediation while continuing supplier difficulties could alter billing from BTU to volume basis if needed. The council awaits Dr. A R Menary’s monthly heat value report to confirm the shortfall.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa-Tallinois Gas and Electric Company
Donald P. Barnes
Barnes
Byrnes
BTU
A R Menary
Yale Plane Crash Kills 14 Students at Boeing Field
A DC 3 bearing 27 Yale students and three crew members crashed on a fog shrouded Boeing Field runway. Fourteen died and 13 were injured with three in critical condition. three students escaped uninjured. The plane struck a hangar after failing to lift off, bursting into flames as fog and ice hindered takeoff.
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Seattle
Yale
Boeing Field
Pacific Northwest
Seattle Air Charter
New Haven
Boeing
GRID STAR ABOARD SEATTLE SURVIVES CRASH
John Rod erick, a star end on the 1947 Yale football team, survived the Sune day nights crash aboard Seattle and was able to walk from the scene.
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Seattle
API
John Roderick
Yale
Plane crash survivors recall deadly United Air Lines tragedy
Witnesses, including Robert R. Adams of Corvallis Oregon and T H Andersen of Spokane describe fog on the runway loss of control, shattered wings and a fuselage fire. Survivors recount bailing out and pulling others from the wreck as crash crews worked amid flames and twisted wreckage.
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Robert R. Adams
Corvallis
Ore
T H Andersen
Spokane
United Air Lines
Parents Thought Victim on Train
Seattle report says David Bruce Haerle spent Christmas with his Portland parents and planned to fly to Yale but boarded a train after his father insisted. Haerle was later identified among 14 airliner crash victims. coroner notified the father that the boy had gone to Seattle to board the DC-3. The railroad ticket was found in his coat.
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Seattle
David Bruce Haerle
Portland
Yale
John P. Brill, Jr
ICC Member George Barnard Dies in Indiana
Washington reports that 67 year old George M. Barnard of Newcastle Indiana. Barnard served on the Interstate Commerce Commission for more than four years and died suddenly of a heart attack Sunday night.
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Washington
George M. Barnard
Newcastle
Ind
Interstate Comingeee Commission
Jap Generals Given Life in Flyer Killings
A United States Eighth Army court sentenced three former Japanese generals to life imprisonment for murdering more than 45 captured American airmen. A fourth general received 40 years. eleven others got lesser terms. Executions included beheadings, shooting, and poisoning with cyanide.
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Yokohama
INS
Thought Police
United States
Eighth Army
MacArthur
Sani Okida
Kempetai
Michio Kunitake
Japan
Tsugio Nagatomo
Central District
Eitaro Uchiyama
Osaka
McArthurs
Refugee Plane Forced Down After Fuel Runoff
Great Circle Airways reported a plane carrying 51 Jewish refugees and three crew members from Munich to Palestine was forced down and landed safely, likely in Yugoslavia, after being blown off course by strong winds. The message noted the occupants were okay and suspected fuel exhaustion.
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Rome
Great Circle Airways, Inc
Munich
Palestine
Yugoslavia
British Scientists Build Supersonic Robot Plane
In London, British scientists after a year of failure developed a robot plane that flies faster than sound. The £20,000 flying lab is 11 feet long, weighs 900 pounds and reached speeds well above Mach 1 in level flight. The craft relays flight data to researchers throughout the test, offering potentially more insight than manned flights for future jet speeds.
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London
United States Army Air Force
Receipts of Hogs Soar Prices Cut in Chicago Market
Hog prices fell by 1 to 1.50 as farmers rushed hogs to market on Monday. A total of 27,000 hogs were shipped to Chicago, the largest since 1944, with regional terminals receiving 159,000 hogs, the biggest supply in over four years.
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Chicago
OPA
Chuckle Teacher Teases Tense With Wordplay
A home life gag has a teacher posing a grammar riddle about tense. The pupil answers with a pun, linking present money to pretense, in a light classroom moment.
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Jack
Smith doubts split in Soviet Politburo
Walter Bedell Smith, U.S. ambassador to Russia, said reports of a split in the Soviet Politburo are a little beyond his imagination. He noted differences of opinion exist before policy is adopted but denied a cleaved leadership, and discussed his possible resignation and return to Moscow if pressed by President Truman.
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Washington
Walter Bedell Smith
Russia
Smith
Truman
White House
Moscow
Soviet Union
Politburo
Funeral services set for Sir Malcolm Campbell
London reports 63 year old Sir Malcolm Campbell famed land and water speed king will have funeral services on Tuesday.
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London
Sir Malcolm Campbell
Pilot guided to safe landing by United Airliner
An air force pilot lost over western Pennsylvania with dwindling fuel was guided to Allegheny county airport by a United Air Lines pilot Capt. A. Simko of Chicago piloting a 15 passenger plane located Ridler and provided guidance. Simko signaled Ridler to follow and led the way to the airport, then returned to course.
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United Airliner
Pittsburgh
Air Force
Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
G E Ridler
A. Simko
Chicago
United Air Lines
Scottfield
Ridler
Simko
Washington
Baltimore
Pravda Urges Faster Russian Production For Five-Year Plan
London reports Pravda the Russia Communist party organ calls workers to quicken farm and factory output to fulfill the five year plan in four years. The directive aims to accelerate development and meet stated targets ahead of schedule.
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London
Pravda
Russian Communist Party
Cedar Rapids Names First 1949 Baby Charles Erwin Klohs
Three day old Charles Erwin Klohs was named Cedar Rapids first 1949 baby after birth at Mercy hospital weighing 8 pounds 14 ounces. He arrived at 12:28 am with Dr H L Miller assisting. Parents Mr and Mrs Erwin C Klohs of 435 G avenue NW, former staff sergeant in the 14th air force, Air Medal and Distinguished Flying Cross recipient, now a machinist for Iowa Manufacturing Company. The closest rival was Francis McMann's son born at 1:38 am at Mercy hospital. Parents of another son, Thomas Edward, 23 months, will receive gifts from local merchants.
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Cedar Rapids News
Charles Erwin Klohs
Cedar Rapids
Erwin C Klohs
G Avenue NW
Charles Erwin
H L Miller
Mercy Hospital
Klobs
Francis McMann
Seventeenth Street
Klohs
Thomas Edward
14Th Air Force
China
Burma
India
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Roosevelt High School
Supreme Court ruling may curb closed shop rights
Des Moines report notes the U S Supreme Court decision on states banning closed shops will reinforce state prerogatives. The article continues on page 2 column 5.
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Des Moines
U. S Supreme Court
Treacherous Icy Highways Sweep Cedar Rapids Area
Winter weather blanketed the region with freezing drizzle and ice causing hazardous driving conditions. Buses to Waterloo and other northern points were canceled, with some routes still operating an hour behind schedule. One injury reported in Cedar Rapids, as officials warned of near zero winds and blowing snow across western states.
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Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Waterloo
Bee-Line
Washington
John Nielsen
Clinton
Sixteenth Avenue
Sixth Street
Robert Smith
Evanston
Harold Schmidt
Cedar Falls
Nielssen
State Highway Commission
Ottumwa
Bar
Sharp new Southwest blizzard disrupts Great Plains travel
A whistling blizzard moved from the Rocky Mountains into western Kansas and Nebraska with snow reaching New Mexico and El Paso. Eastern Colorado and Wyoming saw the heaviest snow of the season as deep drifts halted trains and cars, with Denver flights canceled and about 200 motorists stranded in Nunn, Colorado. Highway patrols handled rescues as all southeastern Wyoming roads were closed to general traffic.
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Associated Press
Great Plains
Rocky Mountains
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
W. M. Percy
Chicago
New Mexico
el Paso
Colorado
Wyoming
Denver
Nunn
Colo
Supervisors Seat Henry Hood Elect Seevell Chairman
Henry J. Hood, a Democrat from near Springville, won the Linn county board of supervisors third district seat, replacing Clarence H. Petty after the November election. Elmer M. Seevell of Marion was elected chairman, and the board filled Soldiers Relief Commission vacancies with veterans. Victor R. Clee and Jay H. Watts received appointments despite lacking endorsements. The group also reaffirmed official Linn county newspapers: Cedar Rapids Gazette plus Marion Sentinel, Mt. Vernon Hawkeye Record and Herald, Central City News Letter, Springville New Era.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Henry J. Hood
Springville
Clarence H. Petty
Elmer M. Seevell
Marion
Petty
Soldiers’ Relief Commission
Frank Simon
Carl L. Smith
Cedar Rapids
Victor R. Clee
Jay H. Watts
Jane Newell
Linn ‘County
Gedar Rapids Gazette
Marion Sentinel
Mt. Vernon
Administration pushes rules curb in new Congress
In Washington the administration backed rules plan sailed through the House by voice vote after a 275 to 142 test roll call. Sabath moved to cut debate and amendments, and the measure limits the rules committee by allowing the legislative committee chair to call up bills after 21 days if not cleared for a vote.
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Washington
Rep. Sabath
D-N
Rules Committee
Rankin
Sabath
Rules
Legislative Committee
Milk price cut for Quad-Cities announced
Davenport reports a reduction in retail dairy prices with homogenized milk dropping from 21 cents to 20 cents a quart. The price cut applies to the Quad-Cities area.
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Davenport
Quad-Cities
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