Senate Deadlock Fails to Advance Price Control Plan
Senate leaders failed to forge a quick accord on reviving price controls as opposition blocked speedy action. Bills proposing a one-year extension of price controls and rent controls faced procedural delays, with mentions of banking committee debates and partisan objections.
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Cedar Rapids Board Sells Rosedale and Forest Lane Schools
Cedar Rapids school board put Rosedale and Forest Lane schools up for public bid after annexation of part of Bertram township. Buildings to be sold quickly to avoid boarding up costs while title issues are sorted. Forest Lane due for transfer July 15.
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Cedar Rapids
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Douglas Grant
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Grant
Penny
Highway 30
Ed Lundquist
James Yuill
C. M. Doolittle
John Wages
Rankin Assaults AP Photographer Outside Tupelo Polls
Mississippi congressman John Rankin allegedly attacked an Associated Press photographer outside a Tupelo polling place while the photographer sought a photo for a renomination campaign in Mississippi's First Congressional District. The incident prompted questions about conduct at the polling site and potential impacts on the election coverage.
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John Rankin
Mississippi
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Veterans Memorial Candidates Named
A convention of five veterans organizations nominated three new candidates to the memorial commission Monday night. Named were Walter Miller a Hanford post American Legion vice commander a World War I veteran and Cedar Rapids city treasurer John N Nichols of Hanford post a World War II veteran and playground and recreation commission superintendent and John Fryrear Veterans of Foreign Wars post 788 a veteran of both World Wars. Appointments will be made by city council. Retiring from the commission are age secretary a member since 1931 Julius Sor member Spanish American War and World War I. The five represented at the nominating convention were Hanford post Pentamuson post VFW post Spanish.
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Walter Miller
Hanford Post American Legion
Cedar Rapids
John N. Nichols
Hanford Post
Playground and Recreation Commission
John Fryrear
Julius Sor
Comoe
Pentamuson Post
Vf.w. Post
Bikini Atom Bomb Less Powerful Than Nagasaki Blast
At Bikini Atoll the Crossroads test bomb showed far less effect on ships than the Nagasaki device, though still delivering massive destruction. Vice Admiral Blandy noted the Nagasaki bomb was more devastating to buildings, while the Bikini blast, though powerful, did not match it in naval impact.
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Film Pickets Clash With Police at Major Studios
Violence erupted at Warner Brothers in Burbank and MGM in Culver City as pickets clashed with police guiding non striking workers through gates. Marvin Hoffman 41 stabbed at Universal and hospitalized. John Reynolds 22 subdued. Anthony Schiavone 33 carpenter arrested for disturbing the peace amid ongoing film industry tensions.
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Anthony Schiavone
Caonenes
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Cedar Rapids School Board Moves To End Two Year Rule
The Cedar Rapids school board moved to end the two year experience requirement for teachers in a first reading. Superintendent candidate Clyde Parker argued eliminating the rule would ease vacancies amid a national shortage. The board also addressed a controversial human figure drawing book, re hired secretary Ed Landemuist with a raise, honored three bus drivers, and reviewed the retiring Supt Deamer’s service and financial reports.
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J. C. Blodgett
Carl Kesler
Union Charges Against LaPlant Choate Dropped
Local 116 of the United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers of America in Cedar Rapide reports charges against LaPlant Choate Manufacturing are dropped. The filing references the union dispute but provides no further details on outcome or next steps.
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Cedar Rapide News
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House Unit Votes Army Atom Voice
The House Military Affairs Committee approved a bill giving the military a strong voice in atomic energy development and production with a 24 to 3 vote. The measure allows the army to produce fissionable materials under presidential authorization and requires a military member on the five person control board. The Senate bill kept production under a civilian commission.
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Washington
House Military Affairs Committee
May
D-Ky
Truman
War Department
Senate
House
Control Board Commission
Resigns Liquor Store Position in Cedar Rapids
Ted Nesper, longtime manager of the east side Iowa liquor store in Cedar Rapids, announced his resignation effective July 15. He and his family will move to Miami to enter the nut brokerage business. The control commission in Des Moines has not named a successor.
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Ted Nesper
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Nesper
Miami
Fla
Dick Lane
The
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Des Moines
the Gazette
Lane
Commission
Snyder warns taxes may rise with unchecked price gains
Secretary John W. Snyder said if price controls are not revived taxes would likely rise for both individuals and corporations. He expressed hope Congress would approve a bill to revive rent wage and price controls while opposing new tax legislation in 1946 and predicting a tough path to balance the 1947 budget.
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LLP
Secretary of the Treasury
John W. Snyder
Snyder
Congress
Drowning Tragedy In McNabb Family After River Accident
Three year old Joseph McNabb son of Mr and Mrs Fred McNabb drowned in the rain swollen Cedar river at the foot of C avenue while reaching for a cable hanging from a tree. His body was recovered about five hours later three miles south near a trot line set by Leo Unash and son Larry. Police and volunteers searched the river from 4 30 pm to dark along the west bank between O avenue and the North Western bridge. Joseph had been playing with cousin Donnie McNabb at the riverbank while visiting his mother Mrs Charles Burlingham and others.
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Fred McNabb
C Avenue
Cedar River
E Rapids
Belle Avenue
Leo Unash
Larry
Second Street
O Avenue
North Western Bridge
Charles Burlingham
Fourth Street
Donnie Mc
Cattle Price Sets Record in Chicago Market Surge
A flood of cattle and hog shipments swamped Chicago markets after Monday price surge. Cattle hit a record 22.50 per hundred pounds, lifting ceilings and drawing trucks for miles of arrivals. Hog prices fell from the 18.50 peak but stayed above old maximum as 111,700 hogs filled pens nationwide. Retail meat prices rose in the West and Midwest while merchants held line pending clarity. The Los Angeles council enacted rent controls and CPAs moved to curb speculation as the labor market index jumped sharply.
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Chicago
CPA
West
Midwest
Western States Meat Packers Association
Midwest States
New York
Los Angeles
John D. Small
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Labor Department
Europe
Fair and Warmer With Possible Showers Forecast
A casual weather note describes a warm trend with a chance of showers. The weatherboy relies on informal input from an old friend to share the forecast, citing a 2:30 pm temperature around 84 degrees and a warm day ahead.
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