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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1947
Page
2
Washington AP reports the House approved 373 to 35 to indefinitely extend wartime excise levies on liquor furs jewelry and more in a key first action of the Republican Congress. The measure blocks automatic tax cuts and preserves high rates to aid potential income tax reductions.
DES MOINES The Iowa Senate Thursday afternoon approved an income tax bill setting future collections at a half rate for 1946 taxes due March 31. The vote was 44 to 5 with one absence. An amendment to extend 50 percent forgiveness to 1947 and 1948 failed 26 to 23. The measure goes to the house for concurrence after three days of debate on the rate issue.
The CIO accuses the government of forcing slave standards by atomizing portal pay claims in the Mt. Clemens pottery case. The supreme court ordered Picard to determine compensable walking and make ready time, while the CIO argues against the department’s formula to split claims into minute fractions.
Walton Indiana AP report says two local boys ages 10 and 12 confessed to placing a 175 pound roll of fence wire on the Pennsylvania railroad track causing a Chicago bound passenger train wreck that killed five aboard the train and halted traffic. The sheriff stated the youths were detained as juvenile investigators continued the case.
Washington (UP) President Truman halted a White House move directing OPA to raise rent ceilings by 10 percent nationwide. Officials said the order was canceled at the White House after signals of a general increase circulated. Truman reaffirmed rents should rise only on an individual basis when hardship is shown.
In a Washington breakfast dispute Knutson of Minnesota and Engel of Michigan exchanged sharp words over tax policy. Knutson backs a 20 percent across the board reduction while Engel pushes higher exemptions to aid lower brackets. Hoffman and Mason intervened to separate them.
Communist forces in north China severed the Peiping Tientsin railway delaying the American withdrawal from Peiping and Tientsin. Officials had disputed an imminent attack but acknowledged damage to the line could impede the exit as repair crews worked through the night.
A husband, absent since marriage war years, spent the night in a Cedar Rapids and Iowa City railway car with 10 or 12 women a child and many men near the Ground Loop Inn at Konigs mark. The trip, normally under an hour, stretched to 12 hours as an engine and freight car blocked the line between Konigsmark and Cedar Rapids.
C Woody Thompson, dean of student affairs at the University of Iowa, announced Thursday that Cedar Rapids students unable to attend current semester exams will have a chance to take them later. An examination will be arranged if the student explains to the instructor.
A heavy Iowa snowstorm isolates 75 towns with long distance lines and telegraph down. Drifts reach 8 to 10 feet as temperatures dip below zero in northern areas. Roads blocked, schools closed, and hundreds stranded while emergency crews restore service and reroute trains and buses.
Multiple states faced violent weather as two tornadoes struck Arkansas and Missouri, killing at least seven and injuring dozens. Salem Arkansas suffered heavy damage with 80 homes destroyed. Montier Thayer and Hutton Valley Missouri reported fatalities and missing structures. Alabama, Wisconsin, and Illinois also saw deaths and injuries amid snow, freezing rain, and high waves on Lake Michigan. Temperatures plunged below zero in the north while contrasts in 74 to 34 degrees Fahrenheit marked dramatic weather shifts across the region.
Ralph Capone claimed the body of Capone, with W L Philbrick acting as manager of the Philbrick funeral home where the corpse had rested since Saturday. The transfer followed Capone’s death earlier in the week as authorities prepared final rites.
Cedar Rapids faced its worst snowstorm in five years with more than 13 inches blanketing the city. Trains ran three to four hours late, intercity buses were canceled, and many roads were impassable as public services struggled to clear snow and restore mobility. City crews worked nonstop, towing downtown cars, while officials urged residents to keep streets clear and avoid parking on residential lanes to aid plowing efforts. Milk supply disruptions were reported, with local dairies warning of potential Saturday shortages if roads remained blocked. Forecasters predicted a gradual easing by nightfall, followed by cold conditions into the weekend.
Indications at press time showed Veloz and Yolanda set to perform tonight at the Paramount theater at 8 15. Francis C. Gillon Paramount manager had no cancellation information. The act and supporting artists were due to arrive by train from Omaha at 1 40 with an expected Union station arrival around 4 10.
The Gazette increases its weekly subscription price from 25 to 30 cents in Cedar Rapids and Marion due to rising production costs. The change is effective immediately for advance subscriptions. This week’s collections end Feb 1 at the old rate. next week Feb 2 through 8 switch to the new price, with carrier boys sharing the increase.
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