Rail wage board backs yard workers 18 cent raise to 1.76 an hour
A presidential emergency board urged a 40 hour week and 18 cent hourly rise for about 75 000 rail yard service workers to take effect Oct 1. It denied typical wage boosts for roughly 125 000 trainmen and conductors, citing offsetting overtime and take home pay. A separate recommendation covered 4 000 yard masters with 18 cent raise and 40 hour week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Presidential Board
Emergency Board
Truman
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Order of Railway Conductors
Roger I. McDonough
Utah Supreme Court
Mart J. O’malley
Indiana Supreme Court
Gordon S. Watkins
University of California
North America
Garbage Disposal Sparks Cedar Rapids City Council Clash
Cedar Rapids council session debates garbage handling with a 59 signature petition against Memorial drive waste dumping. Master Plumbers of Cedar Rapids protest incinerator abandonment while Mayor Sedive defends changes and urges tax levy boosts. Council passes an ordinance overhauling private and contract refuse haulers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Clarence L. Sedive
Iowa
Memorial Drive
Harold Heath
1620
Master Plumbers
R. P. Matthews
Ted Thomas
Mundt Seeks Bipartisan Commission on Cold War Strategy
Senator Mundt proposes a two party commission to study and recommend non military approaches in the cold war. The plan aims to broaden policy options beyond armed confrontation and to inform future U S strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mundt
R-S.d
Senator Margaret Chase Smith Joins Inquiry Stand
Washington reports Sen. Margaret Chase Smith the only woman in the senate refuses special treatment and will participate in the inquiry into government personnel alleged as perverts. Sen. McCarthy disqualified himself from judging charges against the State Department. Chairman Hoey said the investigation will be thorough and kept behind closed doors to protect government and public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
LLP
Senate
Margaret Chase Smith
Rmaine
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
Hoey
D-N.c
Witnesses Highlight Racing Role Of Hawkeye Downs
Trial in Cedar Rapids seeks to void a contract between the All Iowa Agricultural Association and Midwest Midget Auto Racing Association promoter Don McElhinney argues tax status invalidates public support for Hawkeye Downs. Witnesses include Harold Rowe Pat Harmon John Wagner and Leo Burger. The case resumes after noon with testimony on Downs history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids News
Hawkeye Downs
G. K. Thompson
Don McElhinney
Cedar Acres
All-Iowa Agricultural Association
McElhinney
John Gerber
Harold Rowe
Ambro
Cedar Rapids
John Wagner
Pat Harmon
The
Gazette
Leo Burger
Rowe
Harmon
Gene Elston
Ce-Mar
Thompson
W. C. Shuttleworth
Association
the Downs
Frontier Park
Wrangle of Boys Sparks Family Fight in West Palm Beach
In West Palm Beach two small boys fought triggering a chain reaction among their families. Mothers intervened and then fathers joined. Frank Kline, a father, was jailed on a charge of stabbing J F Boatwright, 30, who remained in fair condition in a local hospital.
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West Palm Beach
Frank Kline
J. F. Boatwright
Ouster Sought for Aliens in U S Mission Offices
A Senate loyalty subcommittee urged firing alien employees at U S missions abroad citing security risks. The Green L o d g e report says aliens with unchecked loyalty can access classified material and notes Russian posts are fully staffed by Russians. Hearings covered Paris Frankfurt and security talks in Washington and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Senate
U. S
Green
D-R.i
Lodge
R-Mass
London
Moscow
Paris
Frankfurt
Germany
State Department
New York
Judge Takes Quirky Approach in Ronnie Evans Case
New York AP Magistrate Edward Thompson presided over Ronnie Evans five, who threw stones at cars. Clarence Powell twenty five, whose car was struck, agreed to buy Ronnie a chocolate soda to dismiss the assault charge. The judge shared a memory of breaking glass and sent Ronnie on a jail cell tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edward Thompson
Ronnie Evans
Clarence E. Powell
Ronnie
Powell
Thompson
Counterfeiting Couple Traced by Federal Agents
A teen couple aged 18 and 17 were charged by federal authorities in New York with mass producing counterfeit $5, $10 and $20 bills to fund an eight month honeymoon. The pair, from Springfield Massachusetts, were arrested in Amsterdam New York after details emerged of their journey from South Carolina to learn Hugo Hedin’s technique. They traveled with camera gear, cashed fakes in candy stores, and were linked to 17 phony bills recovered from a sewer.
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New York
INS
Secret Service
A. E. Whitaker
Amsterdam
N. Y
Whitaker
William Zoerndt
Helen
Springfield
Mass
South Carolina
Owl
Zoerndt
Hugo Hedin
Chicago
Hedin
Springfield heiress elopes with alleged counterfeiter
The wife of alleged counterfeiter William H. Zoerndt was identified as Helen Tilley 17 daughter of Basil Tilley president of Springfield Offset Printing. The young heiress eloped with Zoerndt last October and has been sought by police and private detectives since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
INS
William H. Zoerndt
Helen Tilley
Basil Tilley
Springfield Offset Printing Company
Zoerndt
Grand Jury Calls for DOJ Disclosure in Amerasia Case
A New York grand jury cleared government officials in the Amerasia documents case and urged a detailed DOJ public report. It faulted theft precautions, praised the FBI, and urged new or tightened espionage laws to close loopholes amid rising underground Communist activity.
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New York
Amerasia
Department of Justice
Grand Jury
FBI
Office of Strategic Services
Rain saves ghost town from flames in Nevada
In Virginia City Nevada a rapid wind fueled a blaze through old wooden shops and the Wells Fargo post office and George T Marge building. Rain arrived as firefighters from Reno and Carson City could not boost water pressure, saving only some gambling equipment and barrels.
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Virginia City
Nev
Wells Fargo Express Company
George T. Marge
Reno
Carson City
Comstock Lode
West
Lucius Beebe
New York
Physicist Coffee Problem Is Solved
Nobel Prize winner Ernest O. Lawrence may brew coffee in a home hobby shop after the Contra Costa planning commission granted permission to build a small kitchen in the rear of his Martinez residence. A spokesman said Lawrence works late into the night and enjoys a cup of coffee when finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinez
Calif
Ernest O. Lawrence
Contra Costa
George B. Sherman Hurt in Fall at Home
George B. Sherman deputy Linn county court clerk of 135 Thirty-fifth Street NE suffered a broken vertebra in a fall down stairs at his home early Wednesday. He remained in fairly good condition Thursday at St. Luke's hospital and will be kept without visitors for several days.
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George B. Sherman
Thirty-fifth Street
Linn County
St. Luke’s Hospital
McCarthy Paid by Lustron for Housing Article
A receiver reports Sen. McCarthy was paid 10000 dollars by Lustron Corp for writing a housing article. The contract dated Nov 12, 1948 provided ten cents per copy for the first 100000 and five cents for further sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Lustron Corporation
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senators
Lustron
U. S. District Court
Clyde M. Foraker
Sen. McCarthy
Joint
Congressional
Committee On
Lorenzo Semple
Widow Awarded 25000 in Plane Crash Suit
Iowa City jury awards Neva Creno 25000 in a suit as administratrix of Glen E. Crene estate for the Downey plane crash that killed her husband and three others. Claims focused on possible negligence by Ruard W. Cochrane and involving Robert Jehle and George Nagle. The crash occurred during a flight to demonstrate the plane for Wayne Kennedy Gale Kennedy and Crene of West Liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Neva Creno
Harold Evans
Ruard W. Cochrane
Iowa City Flying Service
Cochrane
Downey
Des Moines and Marengo Hit by One Inch Rains
Rains and wind lashed central Iowa with quick inch amounts in Des Moines and Marengo in brief 20 minute bursts. Lightning damaged cables, power and telephone lines, and Des Moines saw a 13 degree temperature drop in half an hour.
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Des Moines
Marengo
Iowa
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F. H. Nemitz
Order of Railway Conductors
Nemitz
Local 3
CIO
United Public Workers of America
Health Department
Matthews
Associated Press
Bertha
Bob Beck
Lawton
Okla
Sen. Smith
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McGregors
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