Kaiser to Keep Fontana Steel Plant Open Amid Walkout
Kaiser struck a private deal with President Truman to keep the Fontana California plant operating while CIO steelworkers prepare for a nationwide 750,000 member strike. The agreement follows a proposed 18.4 cent per hour raise, amid broader wage talks and threatened government seizure.
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Washington
Henry J. Kaiser
Truman
California
CIO
Kaiser
Fontana
Calif
Clio
United States
White House
Philip Murray
Steel Workers Union
Geneva
Utah
U. S
Winter Cold and Snow Return to Iowa
Unseasonably low temperatures and snow returned to Iowa with sleet and ice creating hazardous driving conditions. Central and southeast areas faced packed highways while northeast Iowa reported reduced visibility to half a mile. Slippery byways and drifting were forecast as moderately strong northeast winds continued.
Snow Deepens in Cedar Rapids Evening
Snow began in Cedar Rapids around 6 p.m. and piled to three inches by 8:30 p.m. The Chambers-Inskeep thermometer read 19 degrees at that hour. Later the snowfall eased to a lighter fall.
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Cedar Rapids
Coe College seeks housing for married veterans
President Byron S. Hollinshead of Coe College asks Cedar Rapids residents to open rooms for married veterans under the G I bill. He says the college can house about 425 unmarried veterans in dorms, but more than 100 married veterans remain unable to enroll due to housing shortages.
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Byron S. Hollinshead
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Hollinshead
Bare Butcher Blocks Seen By Midweek
Cedar Rapids markets faced a heavy buying week with many closing by Saturday night amid a packinghouse strike. Beef and veal may stay available in shops that slaughter their own meat while pork could disappear from shelves first. fish and canned meats offer alternatives as markets stock up and stock runs low.
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Cedar Rapids
State Needs Psychiatrist With Authority
Iowa City expert Dr. A H Woods, former state hospital director, says Iowa must hire a qualified state psychiatrist with real authority. He urges assembling top nationwide candidates, offering strong backing to ensure recommendations are acted on and programs evolve, with pay of 10 000 to 15 000 dollars yearly.
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Woods
Iowa City
Mental Hospital Survey Committee
Iowa
Mental Hos
A. H. Woods
State Psychopathic Hospital
The
Gazette
Lenox College Reopens with Hawkins as President
Dr. Don P. Hawkins, journalism professor and publicity head at Upper Iowa University, elected president as Lenox College reopens as a four year school in Hopkinton. He will move March 1 to assume duties. the college plans campus renovations for the fall term.
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Hopkinton
Don P. Hawkins
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Lenox College
Lenox
Hawkins
Hopkinson
East
Pittsburgh
Washington and Jefferson College
University of Georgia
Phi Sigma
Pi Delta Epsilon
Sigma Ro
Associated Press
Don Paul
Sanitiendra Lee
No Stoppage At Link-Belt Plant Monday
Labor and management in Cedar Rapids reached a tentative agreement with the U S Conciliation Service for talks on the wage structure of the new contract. UFEMWA CIO leaders Hobbie and Lehti indicated negotiations would continue and a stoppage would be postponed if discussions proceed Monday.
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New York
Frank Fitzsimmons
Western Electric
Fitzsimmons
F. J. Hammel
Big Kearny
N. J
Kearny
Henry Mayer
Jersey City
New Jersey
WEEA
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Mayer
United States
Cedar Rapids
Link-Belt Speeder Corporation
E. H. Ries
Kansas City
U. S. Conciliation Service
Charles W. Hobbie
United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers of America
David W. Lehti
Link-Belt Corporation
Hobbie
Mr. Lehti
The
Ufemwa
CIO
36th division calls for probe of Rapido attack
In Brownwood Texas the 36th Texas division association voted to urge Congress to investigate the Rapido river assault in Italy two years ago. The resolution blamed top command led by Gen. Mark Clark for the “fiasco” and cited about 2900 casualties. One dissenting captain urged against “tearing somebody down.”
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Brownwood
Texas
36Th
Texas) Division Association
Congress
Rapide River
Italy
Mark Clark
A. F. Fisher
Wichita Falls
142Nd Infantry Regiment
Carl Phinney
Dallas
386Th
Rapido River
U.S. Fifth Army
Rapido
Glass Workers Strike Settled
A three month CIO glass workers strike ended with a 10.7 cent an hour average wage increase. Production will resume at Pitts burgh Plate Glass and Libbey-Owens Ford plants. Maintenance raises and a reopening clause were included. Affected plants span Charleston West Virginia Shreveport Louisiana Mt Vernon Ohio Toledo Ohio Ford City and Creighton Pa Ottawa NL and Crystal City Mo.
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Columbus, Ohio
CIO
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Libbey-Owens Ford Glass Company
Joseph Froesch
Federation of Glass, Ceramic and Silica Sand Workers of America
CSO
L. G. Bryan
Libbey-Owens Ford
Howard Colvin
U. S. Conciliation Service
Charleston
W. Va
Shreveport
Mt. Vernon
Toledo
Ford City
Creighton, Pa
Ottawa, NL
Crystal City
Postville Assailant Found Dead After Barricade
William Gericke, 75, of Postville is found dead in a second floor room after a gun battle that fatally wounded Sheriff Leonard Bulman. Deputies and state officers had forced entry with tear gas and gunfire during an insanity warrant raid at the Baltz tavern area. Crowds gathered as rescue crews evacuated the Hangartner family from a front window and continued the investigation into the night.
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Postville
William Gericke
Leonard Bulman
Allamakee County
Glen Mueller
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Mueller
Gericke
Bulman
Peter Hendrickson
Iowa
Louis Hangartner
Baltz
Hangartner
Leonard
Hendrickson
West Union
Decorah
A. J. Kutschat
Fayette County
George W. Harms
Schutte
Leo Beucher
Citizen’s State Bank of
Waukon
FEPC Backers Plan Nonstop Senate Action To Break Filibuster
Senate supporters of fair employment legislation vow continuous sessions and meals on floor to wear down a southern Democratic filibuster. Senator Morse says he will not vote for any recess until the filibuster ends, aiming to keep 49 on the floor or nearby for weeks if needed. Republicans plan longer sessions Monday and Tuesday to pressure action on the FEPC proposal.
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Washington
Senate
Capitol
Wayne C. Morse
R-Ore
Morse
Truman
Sus Union
Eo Enginerer
Dulles and Townsend Visit Berlin on Occupation Affairs
John Foster Dulles and former Senator John Townsend of Delaware, UNO delegates, met with General Lucius Clay in Berlin to discuss German occupation policy. The talks addressed postwar administration as Allied officials plan future governance and security arrangements.
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Berlin
INS
John Foster Dulles
John Townsend
Delaware
UNO
Lucius Clay
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the Gazette
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Kettering
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AP and Gazette Special Reports
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