Steel and Ford Boost Wages as Prices Rise
United States Steel and CIO United Steelworkers agreed to an average 13 cent hourly increase for about 170000 workers, with price hikes planned to offset higher labor costs. Ford Motor Company raised salaries for 25500 employees by 20 to 50 dollars monthly while pursuing wage talks with the CIO UAW and preparing for a possible nationwide strike.
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Pittsburgh
United States Steel Corporation
CIO
United Steelworkers
United States Steel
Steel Union
Philip Murray
Benjamin Fairless
Big Steel
Fairless
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
United Auto Workers
Henry Ford II
United States
Ford
UAW
Vacations Prompt Gazette Delivery Service
When travelers pack and load gear they can arrange vacation mail delivery by contacting the Gazette. Provide the vacation address and dates and the paper will be stopped at home and resumed on return. The service ensures no issues are missed during absence.
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the Gazette
B 29s Sent to European Area by U S Air Force
Two groups totaling 60 B 29 bombers are en route to England as part of long range training. They join one existing group in Germany and will operate from Scampton Waddington and Marham under Lt Gen Curtis Le May. The move is seen as strengthening Western leverage against Russia in Berlin crisis.
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Washington
United States Air Force
England
Air Force
Britain
United States
Europe
Furstenfeldbruch
Germany
Berlin
28Th Air Force Group
Rapid City
S. D
307Th
McDill Air Base
Tampa
Scampton
Waddington
Marham
Curtis
le May
United States Air Forces Ln
European
Stanley Wray
Muncie
Ind
United Nations
Russia
Ruhrzi
Ux. Ee
Fair Weekend Weather Forecast For Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids weather brightens but remains in a cool phase as the forecast calls for fair weekend conditions near normal temperatures around 89 degrees. Scattered thundershowers may occur any time through Monday with Friday temperatures climbing from a 68 degree 5 am low to 88 by mid afternoon.
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Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Prowler Attacks Nurse in Des Moines Apartment
Irene Royal, 25, a nurse, was attacked in her ground floor bedroom by a hatchet wielding intruder. She suffered head and hand injuries with a severed finger, listed as fairly good by hospital staff. The prowler fled as building owner Wayne B. Sharp arrived. Two purses and a billfold were missing from the unit.
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Des Moines
Irene Royal
Miss Royal
Wayne B. Sharp
Women of Beacon Street Rally Against Music School
Boston residents denounce plans by Mrs. Sarah L. Slattery to open a music school at 175 Beacon Street near the homes of Gov. Channing H. Cox and Alvan T. Fuller. Beacon Street society resumes its protest, pressing city hall to reject necessary signs for the venture while brick sidewalks remain unchanged.
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Boston
Beacon Street
Beacon
Sarah L. Slattery
Channing H. Cox
Alvan T. Fuller
Beacon -Street
City Hall
Beacon’ Street
James M. Curley
Trans Sea Jets Cross Atlantic to Canada Tour
Montreal air traffic reports six R A E Vampires first jet aircraft to cross the Atlantic arrived at Mont Joli airport after departing Goose Bay Labrador. The six planes left England July 1 and weather delays earlier in the Hebrides, then hopped from Iceland and Greenland to Goose Bay before proceeding.
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Montreal
Ex-convict throws girl to death from viaduct in Cincinnati
Police said Henry Robertson of Richmond claimed radioactivity as motive and laughed as he assaulted Patricia Jackson, 8, on a Cincinnati viaduct. He tossed her 125 feet, then chased two other children. Passersby restrained him. detectives plan to charge him with murder. Robertson cited Air Force service and mental health treatment in 1945.
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Cincinnati
Henry Robertson
Richmond
Patricia Jackson
Robertson
Edna Kidwell
Patricia
Charles
Clem Merz
Air Force
Downing
Czech Defense Chief Flees to American Zone in Germany
General Ludwik Svoboda, defense minister of the Czechoslovak Communist controlled government, deserted his post and sought refuge in the American occupation zone of Germany, Radio commentator Felix Morley reported Thursday night.
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Washington
Ludwik Svoboda
United States
Germany
Felix Morley
Tremors Shake Guatemala City Amid Early Morning Rattle
Strong earthquakes woke residents in Guatemala City early Friday but caused no damage as people left their beds.
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Guatemala
Rev Grant F Anderson resigns Cedar Rapids post for Olean NY pulpit
The Rev Grant F Anderson pastor of First Baptist Cedar Rapids since 1937 resigns to lead a 1300 member church in Olean New York. The resignation was presented to the church advisory board and will be proposed for acceptance with regret at a membership meeting next week. Anderson is a long-serving local clergyman and will depart September 1.
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Cedar Rapids
Grant F. Anderson
First Baptist Church
Olean
N. Y
I. A. Bebout
Anderson
Colgate-Rochester Divinity School
Rochester
New York City
Rescue tale turns after harbor escape in Boston
In Boston harbor at dawn two 22 year olds William Stracken and William Grinnell were rescued from a log near midstream. They had slipped from Deer Island jail and faced exposure before a harbor rescue by fishermen aboard the Ocean. They were taken to hospital and later released.
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Boston
William Stracken
Roxbury
Mass
William Grinnell
Portland
Ore
Boston Harbor
City Hos
Pital
Stracken
Grinnell
Police
Deer Island
UN Security Council Bids End to Palestine War
The 11 nation UN Security Council ordered an immediate end to the war in Palestine. Jews and Arabs are given three days to cease firing with force pledged to back the decision. An unconditional Jerusalem cease-fire is set for Friday night and the Holy City will be demilitarized.
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Lake Success
Security Council
Palestine
United Nations
Jerusalem
Holy City
Nazareth Taken by Israeli Forces Amid Palestine UN Action
Israeli troops seized Nazareth halting a historic home area as U.N. security council adopted a three day ultimatum to both sides in Palestine talks. Bernadotte prepared observers and airlifted resources while a Russian attack critiqued his mediation.
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Palestine
U.N
Bernadotte
Russia
Council
Mother Revives 22 Month Old Choked by Father
In Mineola New York a mother revived her 22 month old baby after the father Samuel Lockwood 35 choked the child as she cried. He was held without bail for grand jury action charged with assault with intent to kill. The wife and sister restrained him and a neighbor aided.
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Mineola
N. Y
Samuel G. Lockwood
Lockwood
Bedtime Prayers Promptly Praised by Trudy
A family joke unfolds as a child explains her mother’s bedtime prayer. Trudy says her mother thanks God for keeping her in bed, prompting a humorous exchange about prayers and bedtime.
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Trudy
Kreolite
Allies Say Only Two Moves Can Break Berlin Blockade
Berlin observers say only two courses can end the Soviet siege. First, Western powers crush the land blockade with force. Second, the West imposes similar pressure on the Soviets globally, such as limiting Soviet accreditation, delaying ships, or blocking the Panama Canal, until Berlin’s siege ends.
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Berlin
Europe
Munich
Soviet Union
Japan
United States
Panama Canal
Germany
Giants Shake Up Managers in Early Season Shakeup
In a sensational baseball move, Mel Ott resigns as Giants manager and Leo Durocher is replaced by Shotton with Rickey’s approval. Durocher contract status and Ott’s future role are discussed as the Dodgers consider changes too.
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New York
Mel
Ott
Tee
Giants
Leo Burt
Shotten
Brooklyn
Dodgers
News-York
Horace Stoneham
Durochier
Fin’ Cihéinnatt
Branch Rickey
Dodgers -Ann
Durocher
Shotton
Petrel
Rickey
Sam Durocher
Oit
Igiants
Durochegs
Natty
Isuit
Stoneham
Giants Top Booster Quits After Durocher Hire
Charles Cheflo, longtime Giants booster from Poughkeepsie area, says he will no longer attend Giants games at the Polo Grounds after Leo Durocher replaces Mel Ott as manager. He declares he is through and will not return.
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Stoneham
Rickey
Durocher
Brooklyn
Ford
Sean
Cathe Alet
Saldzy
Evesianat Blonehals
Bres Eas
Polo
the ‘Giants
Giants
Peekskill
N. Y
Charles Cheflo
New York Giants
Polo Grounds
Leo Durocher
Mel Ott
Records of Pilots Involved in Swap in National League
The major league managerial records of Burt Shotton Mel Ott and Leo Durocher all in the National League are as follows.
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Burt Shotton
Mel Ott
Leo Durocher
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