U.S. Presses China and Soviet on Dairen Port Control
The United States asks China and Russia to end Soviet military control of Dairen and reopen the Manchurian port under Chinese administration for world traffic. Washington delivered notes Jan. 3 urging prompt consideration of the Aug. 14, 1945, agreement and faster reopening to international commerce.
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Washington
United States
Russia
China
Dairen
State Department
Moscow
Nanking
Portal Suits Filed Against 2 More Firms
Two more portal to portal pay suits were filed in Cedar Rapids against Rapids Equipment and Sixth Street NW and M d Engineering. Plaintiffs, representing 29 Midland employees and 20 at Rapids Equipment, seek retroactive over time pay in excess of 20000, damages, attorney fees, and costs under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The suits follow prior actions against other firms and hinge on the Mt. Clemens decision redefining compensable time.
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Bayne Freeland
Cedar Rapids
The
Rapids Equipment
Sixth Street NW
M d Engineering Corporation
6000 Avenue NW
United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers
Federal District Court
Midland
Ghosts District Union
aPlant- Choate Corporation
Link-Belt Speeder Corporation
Edward J. Dahms
Mt. Clemens, Mich
Pottery Company
Army names Clay to lead US Forces in Europe
Washington reports a European command shakeup with Lt. Gen. Lucius D. Clay to succeed Gen. Joseph C. McNarney as commander of U.S. Army forces in Europe. Lt. Gen. Geoffrey Keyes will become deputy to Gen. Mark W. Clark in Austria while McNarney moves to a joint staff role.
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Washington
Army
Lucius D. Clay
Joseph C. McNarney
United States Army
Europe
Geoffrey Keyes
Mark W. Clark
United States
Austria
McNarney
Army Air Forces
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Military Staff Committee
The
United Nations
Clay
Clark
Keyes
Germany
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harold L. George
U.N
George
States
Coordinating Committee
Army Service Forces
United States Fifth Army
15Th
United States Third Army
High Spots Of Message To Congress
Highlights from President Truman's state of the union address focus on industrial peace, limiting strikes, and avoiding punitive labor laws while urging cooperation between Congress and the administration. He calls for budget balance, debt reduction, expansion of medical care, farm welfare, and prudent use of materials to boost building and employment.
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Washington
Truman
State of the Union
Congress
Truman proposes four point program to curb labor strife
President Truman told Congress in the State of the Union he would seek laws to prevent jurisdictional strikes and secondary boycotts and create a commission to study labor management relations. He urged expansion of mediation and arbitration, broader social security, a national health program, and a continued wartime tax structure with stringent budget economy. He warned against punitive legislation and urged cooperation to avoid national disaster from strikes in key industries.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
House
Senate
Labor Department
Department of National
Warmer Weather To Hold Tuesday In Iowa
Temperatures remained mild in Iowa after last weekend's warm spell amid expected continued warmth through Tuesday. The weather bureau forecast a mix of sun and light winds with a potential cold snap midweek, as readings rose into the 20s in Cedar Rapids and other points, while Atlantic posted subzero readings overnight.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Atlantic
Five Die and Twenty-One Hurt in Three Air Crashes
A blinding snowstorm on the East Coast caused three airplane crashes. In Carmel New Jersey a Nationwide Air Transport plane crashed killing the co pilot and two passengers and injuring 19 others including Willie Pep. A private plane from Michigan to Florida killed its two occupants in Virginia. A Jones Beach crash left casualties under snowy conditions as rescuers reached the scene two hours after impact.
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New York
Carmel
N. J
Nationwide Air Transport Service, Inc
Willie Pep
Mt. Pleasant
Mich
Florida
Scott County
Jones Beach
Long Island
Paul Fuchs
New York University
Venetia Britt
Lumberton
N. C
American Airlines
LaGuardine
Long Island Sound
LaGuardia Field
Loselphia
Admiral Nagano Dies Gave Pearl Harbor Attack Order
Admiral Osami Nagano, key figure in the Pearl Harbor strike, died in a Tokyo hospital at 66 from bronchial pneumonia with tuberculosis. He had stood trial with Tojo and others at the Far East tribunal, asserting he did his duty and that war was a collective responsibility. He had recently claimed a wartime timing dispute and defended the navy's role in Japan's early Pacific victories.
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Admiral Nagano
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo
INS
United States Army
MacArthur
Osami Nagano
Nagano
Hideki Tojo
International ‘Tribunal of the
Yosuk É Matsuoka
Japan
United States
Emperor Hirohito
John Brannon
Kansas City
Foreign Office
Washington
Army
Navy
America
England
Netherlands
Iia
China
Cedar Rapids Council to Probe Telephone Rates
Cedar Rapids city council authorized a formal probe into local telephone rate authority prompted by resident questions on rate changes. Northwestern Bell raised Cedar Rapids area rates effective January 19, the first in the city since 1920, while Davenport is also studying similar action.
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City of
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Hines
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
J. H. Wilson
Des Moines
M. H. Morrison
Newsprint Supply Seen Tight Into 1947
Washington report from the commerce department warns that newsprint supply remains tight into the second quarter of 1947 and perhaps longer. No substantial increase in newsprint availability is expected this year.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Red Radio Station Closed by Chinese Regime
In Shanghai AP reports Chinese police shut and sealed the Soviet radio station XRVN The Voice of the Soviet Union under new rules closing all foreign radio broadcasts in China XMHA an American owned station remained open with unclear intent to seal it.
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Shanghai
XRVN
Voice of
Soviet Union
China
XMHA
Bristol Man Fatally Stabbed by Car in Garage Accident
George H. Mason, 55, died after being struck by his own car in a Bristol garage. He started the vehicle without realizing it was in gear, the impact pressing him into the wall and driving the surgical belt buckle into his chest.
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Bristol
England
George H. Mason
Waves Recede After Pacific Palmyra Danger
Heavy Pacific waves swept Palmyra Atoll inflicting damage on Cook Island area crews. Three rescue planes landed but were not needed as seas receded. No confirmed casualties reported. Alaska and Hawaii escaped major impact.
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Honolulu
Palmyra
Navy
Cooper Island
Menge Island
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Cas- Palmyra
Alaska
Arctic
Pacific
Alaskan Department Army
Anchorage
Aleutians
Army
Hooper Bay
Hawaii
Messaes
Navy Coast Guard
Snow crews to clear downtown streets overnight
Snow clearing will occur downtown Monday night and motorists must follow the winter parking ban from 2 to 6 30 a m. Violators in the loop area will be towed to the police station. The ordinance applies from November 1 to April 1 and covers the area bounded by Selene Extensions to Eighth Streets SE.
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Cedar Rapids
Bill Remington
Remington
Selene
Eighth Streets
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Sixth Army
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Joseph W. Stilwell
Coast Guard
Miami
Newark
Robert Shelter
Fort Dodge
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Cedar Rapids News
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