Industrial Sugar Rationing Hit by U S Court Stay
The U S court of appeals granted a temporary stay of Judge F Dickinson Letts injunction overturning OPA industrial sugar rationing for January. The ruling halts the program for candy bakers soft drink makers and other industrial users while prompting appeals to curb or adjust the policy.
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Washington
U. S. Court of Appeals
Llp
F. Dickinson Letts
OPA
Letts
Davenport
Second District
Iowa
Congress
United States Court of Appeals
Paying Too Much in Social Security Taxes Across Nation
Washington AP reports about 2 million workers overpay social security taxes by about 10 million dollars yearly. The 1 percent tax on both sides up to 3000 dollars per worker leads to refunds totaling nearly 2.94 million. Overpayments arise from exemptions, maxed contributions, or changing employers mid year. Workers must file refunds with evidence. employers cannot reclaim in some cases.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Internal Revenue
Tead Speaks Tonight at Coe College Chapel
Dr Ordway Tead editor of social and economic books for Harper and Brothers will speak at 8 tonight in the Coe college chapel ushering in a labor management conference by Coe college and The Gazette. The series features noted labor leaders on successive Tuesdays in February with speakers from CIO AFL and NAM later. Registration 2 50 for adults 1 25 for students, at the door tonight or in advance at the Coe business office or Morris Sanford store for pickup.
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Cedar Rapids
Ordway Tead
Harper and Brothers, New York Publishing Company
Coe College
Tead
the Gazette
Congress of Industrial Organizations
American Federation of Labor
National Association of
Coe College Business Office
Morris Sanford
Free Burma Pact Reached
The British government announced an agreement with Burma granting progress toward independence. An interim government will administer affairs during the transition for Burma’s 262,000 square miles and 17,000,000 people. A Burmese constituent assembly is to be formed in April.
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Tondon
Rnment
Burma
Lord Pethick-Lawrence
India
Japan
Pethick-Lawrence
Poland Broke Pledge to Hold Free Elections
The United States on Tuesday accused Poland’s provisional government of failing to keep pledges to conduct free elections on January 19. The State Department statement, approved by Secretary of State Marshall, said relations are not broken for now and cited coercion and intimidation, while affirming ongoing U.S. interest in Polish welfare and continued diplomatic monitoring from Warsaw.
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Washington
United States
Poland
State Department
Marshall
Warsaw
Family Locates Gordon Donnan Missing In Iowa Search
Mrs. Gordon Donnan reported to Cedar Rapids police and Linn county sheriff there has been no word from Gordon Donnan since Friday. She said he telephoned from Curtis saying he was staying in a cabin there. Donnan, a cattleman for Wilson and Company, has a missing status as authorities search. His abandoned car was found near Hunter Airport on Sunday.
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Cedar Rapids
Gordon Donnan
Linn County Sheriff's Office
Donnan
Wilson and Company
Hunter
Eleven Die as B 29 Crashes at Kirtland Field New Mexico
Eleven army airmen perish when a B 29 Superfortress crashes and burns near a runway at Kirtland army air base in Albuquerque New Mexico. One survivor is reported to have a fifty fifty chance. The crash marks the seventh major air disaster in five days with two crews risking their lives to pull victims from the wreckage.
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Albuquerque
N. M
London
Copenhagen
Kirtland Army Air Base
C. M. Carey
Kirtland Field
Col
William A. Hatcher
Michigan
Trucks Damaged In Garage Fire at Colonial Bakery
A fire caused by sparks from a welding torch in the Colonial Baking Company's garage on Fifth Avenue and Eighth Street SE damaged seven of 21 trucks, with the rest on the road. Manager Walter M. Brown said the seven trucks were a total loss and deliveries continued as crews fought the blaze and inspected the site. no bakery damage occurred. Fire Chief E P Kohout reported alarms at 4 32 and 4 37 p m, with five hose lines and two more pumpers, the fire under control in about 15 minutes.
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Cedar Rapids
Colonial Baking Company
Fifth Avenue
Eighth Street
Walter M. Brown
Brown
E. P. Kohout
Kohout
Severe Storm Strikes Europe Killing At Least Eleven
A winter storm swept Britain and the European continent on Tuesday, killing at least 11 people. Snowdrifts four to five feet blocked roads and disrupted trains in Britain, while freezing conditions threatened food and fuel in the American occupation zone of Germany. Temperatures dropped below zero across the region.
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London
Britain
Germany
Solons To Check On Vet Hospitals
Washington veterans committee chair Edith Nourse Rogers says she will appoint a seven member subcommittee to inspect Veterans Administration hospital operations with focus on bed shortages. Rep Kearney will lead the group as a World War I veteran.
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Washington
Edith Nourse Rogers
Rmass
House Veterans Committee
Veterans Administration
Kearney
R-N.y
Rogers
Veterans Medical
Colder Weather and Snow Move Across Iowa
The weather bureau forecasts snow over the entire state with colder temperatures for the next few days. Sioux City reports snow, with highs and lows varying across Iowa. Cedar Rapids rose from 17 to 30 by mid afternoon, while Iowa City reached 52 the previous day and Atlantic fell to 18.
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Cedar Rapids
Panther
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Sioux City
Iowa City
Atlantic
Chinese Plane Missing With 28 Aboard Near Shanghai
SHANGHAI INS report a Chinese National Airways plane gathering 28 aboard disappeared from radar en route to a regional city. Rescue teams sweep the area as officials confirm the lost aircraft and await details on passengers and crew.
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Shanghai
INS
Chinese National Airways
Army Denies 85-Year-Old Applicant in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia an 85 year old man named Fortunato Fratto applied for military duty after receiving a letter urging him to join. The local recruiting officer declined his request, noting age as the barrier to service despite his World War I Italian army experience in Africa.
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Philadelphia
Fortunato Fratto
Africa
Iowa Senate Rejects Delay on Tax Bill Action
DES MOINES AP The Iowa Senate defeated the Lynes resolution seeking to delay action on the half rate income tax bill. The 30 to 18 vote shows the chamber will not defer tax rate reduction until major appropriations are made. The measure was sponsored by Senator J Kendall Laat.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Lynes
Senate
J. Kendall Laat
Plainfield
Arthur Jacobson
Rwaukon
State Tax Study Committee
Eas
Treasury
Leo Elthanan
Frank C. Byers
Cedar Rapids
Lee
Wcento Byers
Tax Study Committee
Secretary of Labor Critiques Pending Labor Bills
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach urged Senate action on Truman’s plan to create a labor problems commission while opposing several anti labor measures. He argued a mediation board would hinder peace, defended the conciliation service, and urged safeguards on union dues payroll deductions and registration requirements. He noted postwar labor relations are being relearned and predicted fewer stoppages in 1947.
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Washington
Schwellenbach
Truman
Iheaf
Department of Labor
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Train Hits Wire Base in Four Killed Derailment
State police and FBI probed a Monday evening wreck near Walton Indiana after a fast Pennsylvania Railroad flyer from Cincinnati to Chicago derailed. Four people died and several were injured when a bale of wire was struck and wedged under the locomotive pilot. investigators deem sabotage or larceny likely. Named dead include C A Wisler Richmond fireman and three passengers Kathryn Marie Kingery Kokomo Walter Pischke Kokomo H G Perkinson Anderson. Engineer N J Lamartine survived with injuries.
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Walton
Ind
John R. Fisher
Fisher
Cincinnati
Chicago
Polr
Ralph Gates
F.B.I
C. A. Wisler
Richmond
Kathryn Marie Kingery
Walter Pischke
Kokomo
H. G. Perkinson
Anderson
N. J. Lamartine
Finland Accepts Allied Peace Pact Despite Tough Terms
Helsinki AP reports Finland's parliament approved the Allied peace treaty without a formal ballot after a debate in which many speakers denounced the harsh conditions yet voiced hope for changes in the future.
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Helsinki
Finland
English Bride-To-Be Leaves Groom For Another G I
Arnold Buesing a Waterloo Nebraska veteran wanders Yackinville North Carolina as his English bride to be spends their postponed honeymoon with another G I. He saw her car Bowman and prepared to marry but returned from a grocery trip to find she had gone for a walk into the sunset.
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Yackinville
N. C
Arnold Buesing
Waterloo
Neb
Foothills
G.I
West Virginia Ithan
Bowman
Buesing
Aileen
Panama Limited derailment injures two near Pulaski
The Illinois Central railroad said the rear five coaches of its northbound Panama Limited derailed Tuesday near Pulaski Illinois, injuring two people.
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Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
Pulaski
Ill
Jewish extremists free two Britons held against will
In Jerusalem a report states Jewish extremists freed banker H. Collips and judge Ralph Windham, two prominent Britons who had been held against their will in the past days. The announcement came Tuesday night and details remain scarce.
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Jerusalem
H. {. Collips
Ralph Windham
Land Awarded For Railroad Cut Off Land
A district court jury awarded $10,100 to Rock Island line landowners in Washington Iowa. Ainsworth to sh. w Korf owner received $8,750 and Charles Cannon tenant got $1,350 for land used in the new railroad cut off costs.
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Washington, Ia
Rock Island
Ainsworth
S. W Korf
Charles Cannon
Stimson Explains Use Of A Bomb on Japan
Secretary of War Henry L Stimson outlines why the United States chose to use atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki noting the absence of further bombs and urging that omitting their use could extend the war and cost more lives.
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Japan
United States
Hiroshima
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