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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1948
Page
1
Washington reports a settlement ending an 18 month wage dispute for 125000 rail workers. The White House deal gives a 1.24 dollar daily wage hike and changes to rules, retroactive to 1947 1948, with third round demands planned and final word by John Steelman if deadlocked.
The Interstate Commerce Commission granted eastern railroads a 17 percent average fare increase for passenger service north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers and east of the Mississippi. Basic coach fares rise from 2.5 to 3 cents a mile and sleeping and parlor car rates from 3.5 to 4 cents a mile, with a five day notice for implementation.
Max Crowell, AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters official, notified Wilson and Company in Cedar Rapids that the union now represents packinghouse workers there. He said the move signals readiness for an election on the bargaining agent and cited prior hopes for 30 percent support to petition for a National Labor Relations Board election.
Washington AP reports civilian employment rose to 61,296,000 in June, up 2,636,000 from May, while unemployment climbed to 2,184,000 the highest since July. Growth driven by youths entering the job market as schools closed, peak farm activity, and a new high in non farm employment.
A 110 year old Postel Milling Company grain elevator and 80 000 bushels of wheat were destroyed early Friday by a fire believed caused by spontaneous combustion. Company officials estimate losses exceeding 200 000 dollars.
Harold Heatherington farm worker and his wife were found dead from gunshots at their home near Oregon Illinois. The couple's three children Donald age 12 Doris Jean age 9 and Joyce age 6 were also killed. Mrs Heatherington reportedly killed the others before taking her own life.
Dutch liner Amstelkerk docked with 150 pound baboon roaming decks during West Africa voyage. Passengers fled as the creature scampered through rigging. steward finally captured it after 90 minutes with a sack over its head. Zoo bound in Holland.
Robert Love, 34, actor and set designer, leaped from a Hollywood office window after telling a friend he admired Carole Landis for her courage in taking her life. He had been brooding since a labor dispute halted work and was upset by Landis' death.
Tokyo AP reports two Japanese soldiers who surrendered on Guam say about 20 more islanders still do not know the war is over. The men spent 33 months hiding from Americans living on lizards fruits and coconuts. They surrendered after reading a newspaper about American occupation.
Report on Camp Good Health in Cedar Rapids where 75 physically handicapped children stay this season. Activity nights include wake bingo and a story hour with cabin acts vying for a prize. Donations from Gazette readers fund the camp, totaling 4,558.05 to date with 2,436.95 still needed to cover 1946 costs.
Vacationers can have the Gazette mailed to a vacation address and resumed at home upon return. The service ensures no issue is missed while away and then restarts at the original residence.
Pittsburgh based Pittsburgh Coal Company announced an 85 cents per ton increase in the retail price of bituminous coal effective July 1. The hike covers mine price gains plus higher trucking yard expenses salaries freight and storage costs. New prices list four inch lump coal 10.85 per ton stoker coal 10.60 and nut slack 8.60.
In Stockholm Minnesota a farmhand Arnold Maki 21 fired a shotgun after a stray barking dog. The shot discharged into a dynamite pit triggering 100 pounds of explosive. Maki was injured and hospitalized while the blast damaged farm structures and trees. The dog is missing.
Harris county grand jury indicted 11 Houston meat packers after a five week probe into a horse meat scandal. Forty nine sales were recorded, twenty involving school cafeterias. Fourteen indictments cover horse meat sales and one for meat doctored with sulfite. Convictions could bring up to $500 fines per horse meat sale and $200 per treated meat sale.
Government forecasts 1948 U S corn crop of 3.33 billion bushels the largest ever with high yields in Iowa. Iowa expects 624.6 million bushels of corn and 10.8 million acres planted, aided by oats record and rising soybean plantings. Weather and acreage changes cited as factors.
Cairo report says UN mediator Bernadotte remains hopeful for a truce as Tel Aviv faced bombing and fast moving fighting near Majdal. Israeli and Egyptian forces traded attacks after a renewed Palestine war flare up, with village changes and discussions in Amman about a possible new ceasefire.
The Cedar Rapids region faces a stretch of high temperatures with readings near 90 and higher across four days. Friday’s peak reached 95 with humidity making it feel hotter, while official forecasts predict a possible end to the heat by Sunday and statewide chances of showers Saturday and Sunday.
Supervisors Elmer Seevell and Clarence Beeson invited expert appraisal firms to bid on Linn county real estate outside Cedar Rapids for a 360000 revaluation. Petty remained undecided. State Tax Commission officials discussed a model contract as Mayors and Farm Bureau members listened.
General Eisenhower refused to accept the Democratic presidential nomination despite efforts to draft him. Senator Pepper and Mayor O'Dwyer pivot to Truman, while Arvey Roosevelt and Kroll push a stop Truman caucus. Eisenhower’s telegram to Pepper stresses his firm, final decision not to run.
A Texas legislative candidate was shot to death Thursday in Weatherford. Three bullets from a .45 caliber pistol struck the man as he approached a car, his hand extended. Authorities pursued several clues but details on suspects remain unclear.
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