Auditors Office Slated for Budget Delays At Linn County
Linn County supervisors blasted County Auditor Otto Hanzlik over late budget figures while noting the impact of wartime exemptions on the 1946 tax levy. Hanzlik defended processing delays caused by soldier exemptions, with the mill levy set at Cedar Rapids for 1946. The board discussed wages and anticipated increases, the Addressograph upgrade, and other routine actions including a relief department resignation and new delinquent tax collector appointment.
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Linn County
Clarence Beeson
Board of Supervisors
Otto Hanzlik
John Wagner
Beeson
Hanzlik
Cedar Rapids
Elmer Seevell
Clare Petty
Anne Eichler
Linn County Relief Department
Joseph W. Carberry
Senator Capehart Warns Portal to Portal Suits Threaten Economy
Senator Capehart told a Senate judiciary subcommittee that thousands of firms face bankruptcy if portal to portal claims are not outlawed. He said many companies cannot meet liabilities, risking reconversion programs and tax revenue while workers suffer and collective bargaining could be disrupted.
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Washington
Congress
Sen
Capehart
R-Ind
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Wiley
R-Wis
Smertenko Jailed on British Entry
Johan J aos, vice-president of the League for a Free Palestine, was jailed as an unwanted visitor to Britain. He arrived aboard a chartered plane from Paris to Croydon airport on Wednesday.
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London
Johan Jaos
League For A Free Palestine
Britain
Paris
Croy
Milk Price To Drop One Cent Thursday In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids dairy prices fall with a one cent per quart cut effective Thursday, lowering most quarts to 16 to 18 cents across grades. Dairy Co op manager Harold Bastian notes link to butter and powdered milk price drops, while farmers receive about 30 cents per hundredweight cut and dealers pass a full cent to consumers.
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Cedar Rapids
Harold Bastian
Bastian
Income Tax Deadline Set For 1946 Declarations
Washington AP reports Wednesday midnight is the deadline for filing amending and paying 1946 estimated income tax declarations. About 10,000,000 federal taxpayers, roughly one in five filers, are affected by the January 15 deadline for taxes not substantially paid via withholding.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
U S Rebuffed By Molotov on Polish Voting
London reports Molotov rejected US charges that Poland violated Potsdam and Yalta agreements on free elections. The US ambassador had warned of repressive actions against democratic elements outside the governing bloc, citing a Polish vice premier’s message relayed by an American envoy in Warsaw.
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Moscow Radio
Molotov
United States
Potsdam
Yalta
Poland
Moscow
W. Bedell Smith
Smith
Mikolajczyk
Lane
Warsaw
Po- Smith
Britain
America
Arthur Bliss Lane
Foreign Ministry
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Peasant
Tests Reveal Two Highway 30 Areas Dangerously Slippery
Skid tests by the Iowa highway commission found two of four slippery spots on Highway 30 west of Cedar Rapids critically slick. The worst area is two miles east of the junction with Highway 218 with 107 feet braking distance at 30 mph. Other spots showed good braking. factors like ruts and surface unevenness also contribute.
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Iowa Highway Commission
Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette
W. H. Root
Iowa State Highway Commission
Highway Patrol
Atkins Corner
Root
Atkins
Parent Group Proposes Plan to Ease School Finances
The Johnson school Parent-Teacher Association met Tuesday night and drafted a resolution urging the Cedar Rapids school board to use a levy under a specific state provision for those in the census enumeration. Led by Abe Bass and Donald P. Barnes the committee included Richard Miller Archie Dennis Mrs. M. B. Katzoff and Dr. G. H. Warkentine. School Board Secretary Edwin F. Lundquist cited that the district operates under paragraph two of the code and that the state comptroller had not indicated otherwise.
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Johnson School Parent-Teacher Association
Cedar Rapids
Abe Bass
Donald P. Barnes
Richard Miller
Archie Dennis
M. B. Katzoff
G. H. Warkentine
Edwin F. Lundquist
FBI Arrests WAA Officials in Textile Fraud Case
FBI director J. Edgar Hoover announced the arrest of War Assets Administration official George A. Gormley and ex cert Louis V. Dionne amid charges of fraud. They allegedly altered sales documents to obtain textiles at a WAA sale in Alexandria Virginia, forging documents to the United States government. The case involves forged papers and expansion of the fraud scheme.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
War Assets Administration
Hoover
George A. Gormley
Louis V. Dionne
WAA
Alexandria
United States
Ee Eee
Snowstorm Dims Temperatures Across Iowa
A moderate snowstorm moved into Iowa from the west and hit Cedar Rapids shortly after noon Wednesday, with the Weather Bureau expecting about two inches on the ground. Roads were near normal statewide but slushy in eastern and southern sections. Temperatures fell to 28 degrees in Cedar Rapids overnight, then rose slightly this morning as the day began.
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Iowa
Cedar Ravids
Weather Bureau
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Tuesoe Ems Fom
Rail problems on Fourth Street stir city council talk
Railroad officials told the council they face traffic delays as trains block downtown Fourth Street. They plan to reduce blocking by moving trains and guiding crews, while officials consider cheaper fixes like better yard switches and possible viaducts. Mayor Hahn pressed for action to ease congestion without costly street redevelopment.
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Cedar Rapids
Fourth Street
Fourth
B. R. Dew
Rock Island
Frank Hahn
United Nations Debates Atomic Probe Deadline Set
The United States urged the UN Security Council to set a February 4 deadline to debate the atomic issue. Warren Austin, newly sworn in as U.S. delegate, led the proposal from Lake Success New York.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United States
United Nations Security Council
Warren Austin
Taft Sets Consolidated Senate Labor Hearing
Washington AP Taft announced the Senate labor committee will open a consolidated hearing on all pending labor measures. The goal is to present legislation by March 1 after an organization meeting unanimously agreeing to the plan. The hearing will review the comprehensive labor bill by Taft and senators Pepo and others for a broad study by a commission named by the President.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate Labor Committee
Ao Po Pepo
Ay Ayaa Ray
D-Mont
Tal Madge declares demobilization of Georgia guard
Herman Talmadge elected governor of Georgia issues an executive order before noon to strip military power from Governor Ellis Arnall. The order calls for demobilization of the Georgia State Guard led by Col. R W Collins, whom Arnall had appointed adjutant general. Talmadge had previously appointed Marvin Griffin as adjutant general for a new term and commander of the Georgia National Guard.
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Associated Press
Georgia
Herman Talmadge
Eugene Talmadge
Ellis Arnall
Arnall
Herman
Assembly
Patterson
Collins
Madge
Griffin
Stas
War Department
Georgia National Guard
State Guard
Talmadge
Guard
National Guard
Sta
State House
Senate
M. E. Thompson
Eugene Talemadge
Capitol
Atlanta
Georgia State (Home) Guard
Col
R. W. Collins
Marvin Griffin
State Adjutant General Appointment Moves Spur of Moment
Pligg meneing reports that officials adopted a hands off stance Wednesday on naming an adjutant general, indicating the move was made on the spur of the moment.
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