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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1947
Page
1
Herman Talmadge backed by National Guard and state troopers seized Georgia's executive offices and denied Ellis Arnall access to the governor's office. Arnall arrived to find Talmadge in the offices and later was blocked at the executive mansion by four state patrolmen.
Washington officials said the War and Justice Departments are studying the Georgia governorship dispute as it relates to the National Guard. Secretary of War Patterson’s office stated on Thursday that the matter is being considered in a broad sense by both departments.
Governor Arnall faces armed Highway Patrol at the Georgia governor's mansion as troopers seize control. Arnall, arriving for a luncheon, questions door access and insists he will persist to enforce the law while troops admit Mrs. Talmadge and her children inside the residence.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt was ordered to surrender her New York driver license after a referee's report on an August crash. Howard P. Miles said the revocation follows routine procedure and she may reapply in 30 days after eye and driving tests. Mrs. Roosevelt wrote in My Day that she accepts the punishment and will not seek special consideration.
Senator Wayne L. Morse of Oregon will be the final speaker in Cedar Rapids labor-management lectures at Coe College chapel. The five lecture series runs Jan. 28 to Feb. 25 with a $2.50 registration, available in advance or at the door. Morse will discuss the government role in labor management.
Winter revisits the region with a 12 hour snowfall and frigid night lows. Des Moines records over four inches while Cedar Rapids has two inches. Sioux City hits 6 below and Decatur 1 below zero as a warming trend anticipated under clearing skies.
Dr George W Crane the one man medicine show spoke to 225 Executives club members and wives at the Montrose hotel in Cedar a. The former Northwestern professor and columnist discussed psychology positive thinking and marriage advice. He urged going through the motions to revive love and noted church attendance can boost morale.
The article notes the Socialist movement backing Auriol in Paris during the Fourth Republic's parliamentary race. The Communists did not nominate a candidate but supported Auriol.
Linn county's goal for the 1947 American Red Cross drive is 46700 with Ray L. Short as drive chairman. The national period is March 1 to 31 though Linn's drive will run about five days with dates to be set in March. In 1946 Linn raised 86850 and the 1947 figure follows Basil O Connor noting the need for large Red Cross support for armed forces veterans and foreign service.
Ford Motor Company reduced the price of every Ford car after a news conference by Henry Ford II. He said the cut serves as a down payment to sustain demand and employment, with some models lowered by as much as 50 dollars to slow rising costs and prices.
The Ford department of the CIO United Auto Workers praised Ford’s price reductions. They stated the cuts will not affect union demands for a 232 cent hourly wage increase, which must come from higher productivity and lower costs to enable more purchases, as inflation concerns loom in the short view.
Four related cases against LaPlant Choate Link Belt Rapids Equipment and Midland Engineering seek overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Judge Henry N. Graven halted action awaiting higher court guidance, citing uncertain law and possible need to restart later.
Washington witnesses told a Senate Judiciary subcommittee that back pay claims for portal to portal work would destroy the majority of industrial employers. Thomas F. Patton of Republic Steel argued a Supreme Court portal to portal ruling distorted Congress’s wage hour intent and that enforcement could not fix abuses the act aimed to correct.
AFL President Green condemned portal to portal wage suits as an untimely and unwarranted resort to court action by unions. He urged settlement at the bargaining table, sending the warning to all AFL unions and highlighting preferred voluntary methods to resolve back pay disputes with management.
London officials report a 10 day strike by transport workers ending as delegates vote to return to work. The move ends a deadlock with employers and government negotiators over wage and hours. An eight hour day plus overtime pay on offer, with 60,000 workers and sympathy walkouts involved.
Bertrand Leblanc, Francis' attorney, said a totally disabled World War II veteran in Washington offered to sit in the electric chair for Willie Francis. The offer follows a failed first execution attempt. Francis must again face the chair per a Supreme Court ruling. Francis stated, If anybody's gonna sit, I'm gonna.
New York World Telegram reports US Navy orders block American businessmen and reporters from ships calling at Russian controlled ports in the Far East. The restriction follows the December Dairen incident and cites lack of advance clearance as the reason, with Washington confirming Russians acted within rights.
In Berlin the Soviet Union declared no more industrial plants will be dismantled in the Soviet zone. Reparations from ongoing production will be cut. Marshal V. D. Sokolovski announced the halt after talks with German Communist leaders. About 200 plants slated for removal will stay in Germany as Soviet stock companies. Allied circles in Berlin read the move as a shift in policy.
Cambridge reports a peeping Tom targeted the Sargent School of Physical Education for Girls dormitory. He was spotted by residents as he climbed a backyard fence after hiding behind coats and slipping through icy streets. An onlooker remarked the intruder would be fit for no more peeping.
Iowa Governor Robrt Blue in a lengthy inaugural plea urged abolishing the state board of control to create a public institutions commissioner and to reorganize state offices. He pressed for elected to appointed posts, a state public utility law, a veterans affairs department, a personnel director, and merging the State Historical Society with the historical department. He urged higher support for education and hospitals, and warned against national waste, while noting unresolved income tax questions and ongoing legislative battles.
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