Unionist resigns under threat at gunpoint in Chicago Local 100
Gilbert Mann, a 71 year old bakery union veteran and former president of Chicago Local 100, testified that he resigned the local post on January 21 1955 after George L Stuart produced an automatic pistol in his office and threatened him. Stuart later handed Mann a telegram signed by James Cross claiming Mann was deposed. Cross said he would cooperate with investigators. Mann said he received no pay or health plan benefits promised and that international officials had drafted his resignation.
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Bakers Union
Chicago Local 100
Gilbert Mann
George L. Stuart
International Union
Mann
Senate
James G. Cross
Cross
Local 100
Stuart
McClellan
D-Ark
International
Vyudikar
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Ounele Sam
Bakers
Max Kralstein
Ena Leters
John D. Nelson
The
Union
Los Angeles
Oottawa
Ieee
Humphrey
Girard
U. S
Naka Sakai
Japan
Joe Sadowsky Dies Humane Society Leader in Iowa
Joe Sadowsky longtime Linn County Humane Society leader died at 3 45 pm Monday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. He had served as president since 1927 and influenced estates guardianships and receiverships. He chaired Cedar Rapids school board building committee and held state and national humane roles.
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Cedar Rapids
Joseph Sadowsky
Linn County Humanity Society
Sadowsky
Lis
House Approves Four Point Civil Rights Bill
Washington voters witness final passage of the administration civil rights bill on a 200 to 126 roll call. The vote split 118 Democrats and 168 Republicans for the measure, 107 Democrats and 19 Republicans against. The bill sets up a bipartisan six member federal rights commission, a separate Civil Rights Division in the Justice Department, and allows federal court actions to protect voting rights, bypassing state courts. The southern push for a jury trial amendment failed. The action advances to the Senate for expedited consideration.
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Washington
House
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Passape
Judiciary Committee
Federal Commission
Justice Department
Jowans
Wasitington
Towan
Iowa Sees Sunny Mild Day After Severe Storms
The region recovered from damaging rain and wind with sunny skies and mild temperatures expected Tuesday. A flight of storms Monday dropped heavy rainfall, flooding farms and rivers, with Des Moines and nearby rivers near flood stages and officials assessing damage for potential federal aid.
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Towrr
Inwa
Macenga
Weather Bureau
Two Guards Patrol Flooded Bridge Near Fairbank
In Fayette county two guards Melvin Miller and Ralph Wenger stood watch as a bridge on a gravel road near Fairbank was washed out by high waters. They flagged a car to prevent a 15 foot plunge into the Boyer River and alerted county authorities.
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Fayette County
Melvin Miller
Ralph Wenger
Fairbank
Miller
Wenger
Eisenhower asks for exhibit fund for Moscow river project
President Eisenhower asked Congress for 2,299,000 dollars to build and operate an exhibit on American life and industry in Moscow. The display would run along the Skunk River running bank along the middle portion and relate to local floods next year.
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Wasitngton
Eisenhower
Congress
Moscow
Newton
Russia
Col T E Pfaff Dies in Germany Former Iowa Army Officer
Lt. Col. Thornton Edgar Pfaff, 27, formerly of Cedar Rapids, died in Ludwigsburg Germany where he was stationed. He is survived by his mother Mrs Nellie Pfaff Seattle wife Kathleen and brother Frank. Funeral arrangements are pending. autopsy to determine cause of death. Pfaff served ROTC at Coe College and fought in Korea after World War II. He was born June 30 1914 in What Cheer Iowa.
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Moose Lodge
Czech Fine Arts Society
Bever Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Bertha Mary Slanek
Kenella Vin Cura
Turner Chapel
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Cetar Rapids
Thornton Edgar Pfaff
Ludwigsburg
Germany
Army
Ppac
Officers' Association
New York
Col. Platt
Kathleen
Seattle
Frank Ffall
Cedar Rapids Raiders
Col. Pfaff
What Cheer
Sigourney High School
Coe Céliege
Lusk
Penick and Ferr, Ltd
Coe
Fort Snelling
Minn
New York Port of Embarkation
Ttain
Wi Mane
Korea
Marion School Bonds Vote Passes Big Addition Plan
Marion voters approved two bond measures for the Emerson school project. The first $75 000 bond gained 208 yes 12 no while a second allocating $59 000 from the school house fund carried 209 to 9. The 167 by 34 foot brick addition will add five classrooms and a central hall to connect to the main building.
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Marion News
Marion
Emerson
Sinclair to Raise Gasoline and Fuel Prices Nationwide
Sinclair Refining announces a two tenths of a cent per gallon rise on all gasoline kerosene and distillates effective June 2 to cover higher labor costs from a new contract with the Oil Chemical and Alpine Workers union. It will also lift residual fuels by five cents a barrel.
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New York
Sinclair Refining Company
Sinclair
Oi, Chemical and Alpine Workers International Union
Wedding Planned By Joseph Welch
Joseph Welch plans a summer or fall wedding to Ames Rodgers Brown of Chestnut Hills. Welch, a former chief counsel for the army in the McCarthy hearings, is a widower and was a pallbearer at Brown’s husband’s funeral in 1956.
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Harwichport
Mass
Joseph Welch
Poston Alttorney
Army
Welch
Ames Rodgers Brown
Chestnut Hills
Court Rejects Appeal in Radar Speeding Case
The Supreme Court refused to overturn a speeding conviction based on radar evidence. Dooley, an attorney, was fined $10 in Virginia for driving 37 mph in a 35 mph zone after a state trooper testified radar showed 37 mph. The decision upholds radar speed checks as prima facie evidence.
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Washington
Supreme Court
James Lawrence Dooley
Carolina County
Doorley
Dooley
City appoints George Becker as controller in oil town
In MTUSVILLE Ta AP the city council appointed George Becker to be controller Monday night. Becker also serves as deputy director of accounts and finances and special tax officer with a combined annual income of 36000. The move follows a long habit of delegating financial duties to Becker.
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Mtusville
Cin
George
George Becker
Tta Yvacinesys
Elerik
Humphrey Defends High Money Policy Before Senate Panel
Treasury Secretary Humphrey testified on the administration’s tight money policy at a Senate finance committee hearing. He warned inflation risks remain despite high interest rates and outlined six alternatives including tax increases and voluntary restraints.
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Wastiington
Treasury
Humphrey
Drst
Tiamiphres
Senate Finance Committee
U S Judge Rules Girard Cannot Be Surrendered
U S District Judge Joseph McGarraghy ruled that the United States cannot surrender GI William Girard for trial in a Japanese court. The government will appeal and seeks a possible path to the Supreme Court before summer recess.
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Washington
U.S
Joseph McGarraghy
GI William Girard
Oliver Gasch
Supreme Court
U. S. Court of Appeals
Robert E. Miller Killed in Prairieburg Tank Explosion
Robert E. Miller 41 of Marion was killed Monday afternoon when a tank used to heat road oil exploded. Miller resided on Blairs Road and was near Prairie Main Street at the time of the blast about 5:20 p.m.
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Robert E. Miller
Marion
Graeile
Prairieburg
Iller
Blairs Road
Cailing Prairie
Explosion Injures Deputy Miller During Tank Venting
Linn County Deputy Sheriff Phil Hoover said Miller and Gary Schorr pumped 40 000 gallon heating oil from a tank mounted on a truck at 1025 Seventeenth Street NE Cedar Rapids. A few gallons apparently varnished and exploded as Miller walked near the tank. his body landed near Mrs Halub's feet after the front end of the mobile tank was blown outward. Schorr escaped injury though shaken by the blast. Miller owned Tt FE Miller Road Oiling and Chloriding Company. The portable tank acted like a cannon with the blast widening Mrs Halub's nearby home. The tank had been heated from below and remained horizontal after the explosion.
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Linn
Phil Hoovey
Miller
Gary Schorr
Cedar Rapids
Hoover
Mil Hoover
Widens
Robert
Schorr
Tt FE
Miller Road
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