Hick To Ask Quick Death Of Subsidies
Washington reports that OPA advocates plan a last-ditch Senate fight Monday to salvage price controls on food and clothing, though privately admitting the effort is likely a lost cause. Senator Bourke Hickenlooper intends to push for quick termination of government subsidies, while a minority committee accuses Congress of undermining the administration’s price program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Senate
Osgr
Robert P. Wag‘ner
D-N.y
Sheridan
Downey
Opajj
Nylon output soars as senators discuss price control
Washington AP reports that nylon production climbs sharply with estimates of hosiery output since 1946 averaging over three pairs per wearer among 53.69 million women and girls aged 14 and up. Four senators Wagner Downey Taylor and Mitchell cite potential crises and job losses if price controls and subsidies persist, while Hickenlooper and others push for limited or ended subsidies and stricter measures. The piece notes political unease over OPA and hints at further Senate action.
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Washington
America
Wagner
D-N.y
Downey
Calif
Taylor
Idaho
Mitchell
Wash
Bread Price Boost Expected This Week
Government sources say the OPA will impose a one cent per pound rise in bread prices midweek to ease shortages and spur production. The hike excludes rye and will also raise roll prices as grain costs push bakers' margins thinner.
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Washington
INS
OPA
Agriculture Department
Agency
Senate Panel Approves Silver Price Increase Plan
The senate appropriations committee approved raising the price of silver from 71.11 cents per ounce to 90.3 cents for two years and $1.20 thereafter, effective May. The move aims to stabilize silver markets.
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Washington
INS
Senate’ Appropriations Committee
Pacific Strike Averted New Offer in East
In Washington the immediate AFL sea labor threat eased as Sailors Union of the Pacific halted a strike vote and began wage hour talks with West Coast shipowners. Government mediators proposed in port paid time off while retaining the 56 hour sea week, aimed at calming CIO opposition and keeping June 15 actions from expanding coastwide.
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Washington
AFL
CIO
AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific
San Francisco
Committee For Maritime Unity
CIO National Maritime Union
Lenders Tighten Up on Home Loans in Iowa
DES MOINES AP lenders in several Iowa cities tighten financing on used homes amid fears of a price downturn. Banks and associations brace against a repeat of postwar farm loan crashes, noting prices at two and a half times prewar levels and mixed signals on future trends. Robert J. Richardson of the Federal Home Loan Bank in Des Moines cites signs of tapering crisis but says construction must catch up as households seek individual homes.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Robert J. Richardson
Federal Home Loan Bank of
Arab Plotter On Way East
Haj Amin El Husseini the Jerusalem grand mufti fled France after officials disputed claims of detention. The pro Nazi figure, linked to Hitler, was said to be heading toward the Middle East, possibly Saudi Arabia or Palestine, with inquiries opened into the departure.
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Paris
Jerusalem
Haj Amin el Husseini
France
Ministry of Interior
Mufti
Adolf Hitler
Middle East
Saudi Arabia
Palestine
Grand Old Man Of Grand Army Leads A Prayer
John M. Gudgel state commander of the Grand Army of the Republic led a campfire prayer at the First Presbyterian Church Cedar Rapids during the 72nd G A R encampment. He spoke urged blessing on a world recovering from war and honored veterans of all wars while supported by allied Civil War groups and local dignitaries.
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Grand Army of the Republic
John M. Gudgel
Woman's Relief Corps
First Presbyterian
Ce‘dar Rapids
G.A.R
Gudgel
Jack Darnold
Shenandoah
Robert Blue
George H. Farmer
Cedar Rapids
Dwight Krumholtz
Frank K. Hahn
Bruce A. West
Vveterans
H. M. Havner
Des Moines
United Spanish War Veterans
Esther Zell -Kaveny
Elizabeth:.b. Artus
Ladies of
Mabelle Rickhoff
Daughters of
Sons of Union
Grace Hanssen
Sons of Union Veterans
Amy Noll
G.A.R. Department
Waldemar W.”Argow
People’s
Thomas 80 Hurt After Truck Tie Rod Breaks
Cedar Rapids records report John J. Thomas 80 injured when a truck driven by his son William S. Thomas 32 veered after a tie rod broke and nosed over a six foot river road embankment. The elder Thomas was thrown from the box and treated at Mercy Hospital. His condition was not serious.
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Cedar Rapids
John J. Thomas
William S. Thomas
Thomas
Mercy Hos~pital
Desertion Mystery Aboard USS Epping Forest At Sea
The USS Epping Forest halted its voyage from Bikini to Canton Island after a sailor disappeared at sea. A 25 foot liferaft was missing and its lines were cut, suggesting deliberate desertion. Reports differed on whether one or multiple men are missing.
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Pearl Harbor
INS
Epping Forest
Navy
Bikini
Canton Island
Missing $100000 in Cash and Goods From La Salle Hotel
Chicago public administrator investigator Jack Rubens said more than $100000 in cash jewelry and personal property are missing from La Salle hotel rooms after a deadly fire that killed 60 people including Ann Palackis 24 of Waukegan Illinois The loss reports come from relatives of 19 victims amid blame and investigations into alleged neglect and irresponsibility.
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Chicago
Jack Rubens
la Salle
Rubens
Ann Palackis
Waukegan
Henrotin
Sue
Rock Island Man Kills Former Wife Then Shoots Self
Bruce Stark, 46, shot and killed his former wife Mrs. Philip Newberry, 32, at her Rock Island home, then wounded herself after Stark took his own life, coroner reports. Hospital attendants say Mrs. Newberry’s chances of recovery are fairly good.
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Rock “Island
Bruce Stark
Philip Newberry
Leslie Banning
Banning
Stark
Health Camp To Open Soon With Community Support
Camp Good Health on Mt. Vernon road will receive its annual housecleaning next Wednesday as 25 or more St. James Methodist women scrub cabins and the infirmary. The camp was opened by the Public Health Nursing association and relies on church members for ongoing support and donations.
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Cedar Rapids
Camp Good Health
Mt. Ver
St. James Methodist Church
Public Health Nursing Association
Pledge Adverts Support Famine Emergency Relief Drive
A Cedar Rapids merchants bureau advertisement urges housewives to read clip and fill The Pledge of the American Housewife and bring it to downtown stores. Signers enter an honor roll as voluntary members of the President's Famine Emergency Relief Committee.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar. Rapids
Lie Detector Aids Gem Jewel Theft Case Recovery
Chicago reports claim the lie detector helped solve a $1,500,000 theft of the German crown jewels. Vac Capt. Kathleen B Nash Durant confessed after questioning and her husband Col J W Durant admitted to leading authorities to a baggage locker in Illinois Central Station where the rest were found. Inventor Leonard Keeler conducted the test for the army.
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Chicago
War Department
Kathleen B. Nash Durant
Col
J. W. Durant
William P.boynton
Alton
Jack W
Durant
Falls Church
Fairfax ‘County
Kathleen B. ‘Nash
Hudson
St. Croix County
Wis
Another Fraulein Shot To Death In Gil's Room
The U S army in Frankfurt reported that a German girl Doris Krath employed by the American Red Cross was found dead in a room of Pvt Richard E Chappell. The death was ruled a likely self inflicted shooting. The girl had been seeking Cpl Woodrow M Kemp and did not know Chappell. No home addresses released.
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Frankfurt
INS
U. S. Army
Doris~Krath
Red Cross
Richard‘. E. Chappell
Woodrow M. Kemp
Chappell
Royalists Charge Irregularities in Italian Election
In Rome monarchists pressed for Allied scrutiny of the vote that toppled Humbert II toward a republic. Tullio Benedetti cited alleged grave irregularities while the cabinet clashed over timing and legality of a formal proclamation. The supreme court ruled it could only tally votes, leaving proclamation to the government.
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Rome
INS
Humbert II
Tullio Benedetti
National Monarchist Union
Humbert
Alcide de Gasperi
de Gasperi
Supreme Court
Georgia Moves to Dissolve Ku Klux Klan
Attorney General Eugene Cook said Georgia would file a civil suit to dissolve the Ku Klux Klan within days. Governor Arnall directed the effort and Cook said enough information was gathered for a successful legal fight. He also planned to ask U S Attorney General Tom Clark for DOJ help.
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Atlanta
Eugene Cook
Georgia
Cook
Ellis
Arnall
U. S
Tom Clark
Department * of Justice
Admiral Halsey speaks at Cedar Rapids Band Festival
Fleet Admiral William F Halsey told 10 000 fans at Hawkeye Downs that maintaining sea supremacy is vital and that naval postwar planning began before the peace treaty. The event closed the first Eastern Iowa Band Festival with 20 high school bands, a Miss Eastern Iowa contest winner, baton twirlers, dance performances, and a massed band concert.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
First Avenue
Admiral
Carl Kane
High Seas
William F. “Bull” Halsey
Hawkeye Downs
Miral Halsey
Treasury Department
the Downs
Admiral Halsey
South Pacific
Monticello
Tipton
Or«ville Rennie
Linn County Savings Bond Committee
B.T. Perrine
George Hearn
Linn County
Ed Zeller
Nancy Pearson
Anamosa
William Stusak
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THOR
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State Gerrere Oss Mentm Service
Teneae Ae Farmee Marien Saeeseses
Bact IV
Ersareer Sdsd
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Seeveenennsin
Grand Army
Jack Ferring
Rock Island
Camp Good Health Fund
Peknon Send
Csceseaee
Home Garden Club
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Terian Church
Lydian
Olivet Presbyterian
Pythian Sisters
Martelle Ceeccece
Gil
Moose Drum and Bugle Corps
Stenh
Y.M.C.A. Drum and Bugle Corps
Miss Fraseur
Chamber of Commerce
Fraseur
Capt. Stanley
Vesely
Coe College
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