Taft Plan Falls Short in Senate Price Fight
Washington AP The Senate tied 40 to 40 on taft backed moves to strip OPA discretion and force higher price ceilings to cover rising costs. The outcome preserves a one year revival plan for manufacturers and producers with limited exemptions for abnormal production and scarce item protections. The chamber also approved 59 to 20 a rent ceilings amendment aimed at states with their own rent control. President Truman warned that inflation could rebound without a workable price control law. Senator Wilson voted yes on the Taft effort while supporting Knowland Ferguson on the rent amendment.
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Rmich
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Ice Cream Prices Rise in Cedar Rapids War Price Ahoy
Cedar Rapids wholesalers and ice cream manufacturers raise the price of a gallon by 15 cents to offset higher butterfat costs now near 80 cents a pound. The increase adds about a nickel per quart for consumers, with some dealers shaving portions of servings and malted milks awaiting future hikes. Prices reflect butterfat costs and other factors like sugar and labor, but further retail increases are not guaranteed.
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Cedar Rapids
the Gazette
Ray Stannard Baker Dies Noted Writer at 76
Ray Stannard Baker 76, famed nineties crusading writer and later David Grayson pen name, died at his Amherst home after a heart attack. A native of Lansing, Michigan, he lived in Wisconsin as a child and worked for the Chicago Record from 1892 to 1897. He edited McClure's Syndicate and later McClure's Magazine, befriending Ida Tarbell and Lincoln Steffens. Baker helped form American Magazine in 1906 and published pastoral writings under a secret alias before Bookman revealed his identity. He served in 1918 as a state department commissioner in Europe and led the press bureau for the American commission to negotiate peace at Paris. His son J Stannard Baker is married to Frances Warren.
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David Grayson
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Lansing
Mich
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Chicago Record
the Century
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Ida M. Tarbell
Samuel Hopkins Adams
William Allen White
Lincoln Steffens
American Magazine
Bookman Magazine
State Department
Great Britain
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Wilson
Blue Cross Raises Rates 20 Percent for Subscribers
Mercy and St Luke's hospital officials announced a 20 percent rate increase for Blue Cross hospital insurance. Individual plans rise from $1 to $1.20 per month and family plans from $2 to $2.40. The board approved the change in June, effective July 1, as hospital costs climb.
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Constellation Ban Shuts Down US Airliners
Washington reports a 30 day grounding of all Lockheed Constellation aircraft used by US carriers after the Reading Pa crash on a training flight killed five. Pan American Trans World and American Overseas adjust with DC-4 Skymasters while efforts continue to maintain key routes. Lockheed and CAA investigators respond as service disruptions ripple across major routes.
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Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
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CAA
Czechs Seek Four Billion in War Damage Claims
Prague reports to parliament that Czechoslovakia will claim about four billion dollars from Germany for war damages to buildings and other property as part of its reparations account.
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Prague
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Molotov Blocks Big Four on Austria and German Peace Talks
At the Big Four talks in Paris, Molotov refused to discuss Austria unless Western Allies remove about 437,000 pro-Nazi elements from western Austria. Byrnes claimed Germany’s 14 billion dollars in reparations have flowed to Russia, denied the Yalta 10 billion figure, and urged a central German administration for economic unity. The ministers, after a five hour session, planned a autumn meeting on German problems after the UN assembly.
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New York
Code Changes For Vets Housing In Cedar Rapids
Carlton K. Smith, Cedar Rapids contractor and World War II veteran with 19 houses under construction, examines changes in the Cedar Rapids building code and state housing law. He notes sensible reforms could lower costs for veterans and explains how modern framing practices, if allowed, will save money. The Gazette will publish his Sunday article with more detailed findings from Purdue university housing research foundation.
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Cedar Rapids
Carlton K. Smith
The
Gazette
Purdue University Housing Research Foundation
Smith
Carlton Smith
Sunday Gazette
Newsprint Price Jump Hits Canada and U.S. Markets
Major Canadian newsprint makers announce an immediate 6.80 a ton rise added to the 67 dollar New York price as the industry aligns with parity between American and Canadian dollars. The three largest firms Abitibi Power and Paper, Consolidated Paper, and Canadian International Paper lead the move with further expected hikes to reach about 80 dollars amid higher labor costs.
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New York
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Palo Boy Skull Fracture After Fall From Truck
Ronald Smith age 13, son of Mr and Mrs Frank Smith of Palo, sustained a basal skull fracture Thursday afternoon when he fell from a truck onto a rock road north of Palo. He was taken to St Luke’s hospital by employer Eldon Minch. Attendants report he was unconscious on arrival and did not regain consciousness by Friday afternoon. his condition was listed as fair.
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Frank Smith
Palo
St. Luke's Hospital
Eldon Minch
Kriz Receives Ten Year Sentence Then Escapes
Clarence Kriz, 22, escaped from the courthouse about 10 45 Friday morning moments after Judge G K Thompson sentenced him to an indefinite term not to exceed ten years in the state penitentiary at Fort Madison for a $640 forgery offense. Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon recounted a fast exit as Kriz bolted around the courthouse and fled toward Second Avenue, with Cedar Rapids police aiding the search as deputies scoured area bus routes and parks.
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William W. Crissman
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the Gazette
Second Avenue
Beverly
Ellis Park
Marion
James H. Smith
Cedar Rapids
July 15 Deadline for New Drivers Licenses
The sheriff's office at the courthouse stays open until 4 p.m. Saturday to assist applicants for drivers licenses. Next Monday is the last day to renew without a written and driving test. Bring your license and renewal certificate to the sheriff's office. the fee is 50 cents. Veterans have six months from discharge date to renew.
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Sheriff’s Office
Army seeks draft age boost to 34 for September
The Army has recommended raising the top draft age from 29 to 34 when inductions resume in September. Officials cited law barring 18-year olds and a shrinking pool of eligible men, with most calls going to veterans, fathers, farmers, or those in specific medical fields.
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Two-Ton Baker Gets Cedar Rapids Weather Plug
Weatherboy credits a Chicago radio host known as Two-Ton Baker for mentioning Cedar Rapids. At 2:30 p.m. the city logged 87 degrees with forecasts of slightly warmer Saturday. Thursday’s high was 86, and temperatures fell from 82 at 7 p.m. to 63 at midnight, with 72 at 7 a.m. and 81 at 9 a.m.
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Mercury
Two More C R Firms Cut Hours
Two more Cedar Rapids plants have reduced weekly hours from wartime levels. Link-Belt-Speeder cuts from 48 to 40 hours starting July 1, while Chandler reduces warehouse and factory hours from 48 to 44 starting July 5. Most Cedar Rapids plants follow a 40-hour week, with grain processors tied to grain supplies. Penick and Ford report weekly hours vary due to corn supply, possibly for some time. Quaker Oats and National Oats run a 40-hour week, limited by grain received.
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Cedar Rapids
Link-Belt- Speeder Corporation
Chandler Company
Penick and
Ford
Key Figures Excused by Senate Unit
Senate war investigators excused two witnesses Henry M. Garsson and Benjamin K. Fields after they refused to waive immunity in testing on a Illinois munitions combine. Chairman Mead pressed for frank testimony while Garsson and Fields insisted on constitutional protections. The panel sought Rep. May as a witness but he declined to state if he would comply. Fields left the hearing angrily after accusing the committee of hostility.
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Senate
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Benjamin K. Fields
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D-N.y
Fields
Garsson
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May
D-Ky
Combine
Erie Basin Metal Products Company
Allied
Justice Department
Atttorney
Sen
Ferguson
R-Mich
Fields Land
Langer
California
Mitchell
D-Wash
Heirens Prints Match Slain Wave Suspect Evidence
Chicago AP report states William Heirens’s fingerprints match those found in the room where Frances Brown was shot and stabbed in December and on the Degnan ransom note. Heirens, 17, was indicted by a Cook County grand jury on 29 counts, including 24 burglaries, five assaults to kill, and one robbery. He denies kidnapping or other offenses besides burglary, with bond set at 10,000 on each count.
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William J. Tuohy
William Heirens
Degnan
University of Chicago
Cook County
Frances Brown
North Side
Suzanne Degnon
Hare ‘Old G. Ward
Criminal
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