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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1946
Page
7
The admiralty disclosed that during World War II the Allies tested reinforced icebergs as floating airfields in the North Atlantic. Each icedrome would carry 200 fighters, weigh about 2,000,000 tons, be 2,000 feet long, and cost 32 to 40 million dollars.
The Pullman company said sleeping car service will resume on overnight runs of 251 to 850 miles on 40 railroads nationwide Friday as 375 sleeping cars returned from troop travel duties.
The review notes a low budget crime drama about a baby adoption racket with Ralph Morgan and Kane Richmond, aided by Teala Lor ing and Maris Wrixon, plus a co feature Swing Parade of 1946 starring Gale Storm and Phil Regan. Eddie Condon leads the gangsters plot as a district attorney pursues the case, while Three Stooges provide minor comedy and Connie Boswell sings Stormy Weather.
Hollywood movie commentator Jimmie Fidler is accused in a $1,000,000 libel and slander suit filed by Walter Wanger and Diana Productions. The filing claims he described the film Scarlet Street as immoral and censor-baiting.
Washington UPI report says the Wage Stabilization Board rejected AFL demand for automatic approval of wage increases up to 18.5 cents an hour. AFL member Robert J. Watt argued the policy favors CIO strikes and would undermine postwar wage controls. The board approved a 16 cent auto-approval for meat packing and Watt abstained from the board vote. He criticized unequal treatment of workers who strike versus those who bargain.
Tokyo reports prefectural governors plan postwar recovery for 1119 cities adopting the American house number system on named streets to ease locating homes, replacing the old Japanese method of asking a policeman for directions.
Gazette theater page lists Paramount Leave Her to Heaven and other films with showtimes across multiple venues including Iowa State Palace Rialto Strand and more. Entries include Swing Parade of 1946 Black Market Babies Frontier Gal Crime Inc Pride of the Yankees and Here Comes Elmer with varying times.
Henry J Kaiser told the House Banking Committee that price controls should extend beyond June and backed reinstating wartime material allocation. He argued production is the cure for inflation, urged industry-wide surveys on views toward price controls, and warned that removing controls would ruin the purchasing power of the masses.
A House veterans subcommittee said it uncovered cases of beatings and mistreatment in certain veterans hospitals. The findings, dating before Bradley took over VA, cited wartime staffing practices and called for undercover monitoring of neuropsychiatric facilities nationwide to curb abuse.
Seattle resident George Hoeh explains he paints the first N backward to grab attention and curb unauthorized parking. He notes the second N remains standard to signal he knows better and reinforce the message.
Actress Shirley Temple is in Santa Monica hospital after removal of two impacted wisdom teeth. She will stay several days and two more impacted teeth will be extracted later.
FIRST CHROME MANILA 12 000 tons of are left untouched by the Japanese will leave for the United States March 15 reported in Manila dispatches.
A House military affairs subcommittee backed a bill to grant terminal leave pay retroactive to service after Sept 8 1939 for all armed forces members. The measure, estimated to cost 1.8 billion dollars for enlisted personnel, moves to full committee for consideration next week.
Maj Gen Patrick M Hurley told the Albuquerque Lions Club that the United States supports colonial imperialism by aligning promises with performances. He urged stronger diplomatic principles while warning against joining a power bloc supporting imperialism over communist rivals.
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