Buffalo Teachers End Week's Strike With Wage Promise
Buffalo 71 000 public school pupils return to class after a week long teachers strike. The Buffalo Teachers Federation voted to accept Mayor Dowd's pledge of a fall pay raise if state authorization for local taxes passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Buffalo Teachers Federation
Bernard J. Dowd
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Joseph R. Manch
Buffalo Federa
City Enters Bus Dispute in Cedar Rapids
A three cornered conference forms among Cedar Rapids city officials, union drivers and National City Lines as a looming strike deadline nears. City Attorney Don Hines seeks a meeting with the company attorney and John D dall, representing 80 drivers and maintenance workers of the Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes. The workers accuse the firm of delaying contract talks by not sending an arbitrator to Cedar Rapids for a session with union arbitrator J. C. Blodgett. They threaten to strike Wednesday unless the breach of contract is rectified. Ryan of Chicago, the operating manager for National City Lines, and B. W. Franklin, the company labor attorney, were in Cedar Rapids and met briefly with Mayor Frank Hahn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Union Bus Driv
National City Lines
City Attoney
Don Hines
Bus Pany
John D. Dall
Amalted Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes
AFL
J. C. Blodgett
Ryan
Chicago
Nationales
B. W. Franklin
Cedar Stupids
Frank Hahn
Gasoline mixup forces evacuation of four story building
In New York the acting chief of the division of combustibles A Callahan declines to speculate on what could have happened if two hundred gallons of gasoline had reached the furnace air. Eleven families were evacuated as a fuel delivery man discovered the leak and alerted authorities. final tests were awaited before residents could return to their four story building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
A. Callahan
Division of Combustibles
Callahan
Costs Putting Vets Out of Home Market
Veteran housing faces costly new construction and higher prices for existing homes in Cedar Rapids and Iowa. Walter T. Robinson of the Veterans Administration says veterans can wait four to six months for better terms. He notes some costs may level off by mid summer, with appraisers urged to consider temporary factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naomi Doebel
Walter T. Robinson
Des Moines
Veterans Administration
Cedar Rapids
Robinson
Iowa
Cedar Rapids al Estate Board
Roosevelt Hotel
L. D. Becket
J. R. Good
A. G. Kieffer
Linn
Cédar
Benton
Johnson Counties
Warmer Weather Seen for Tuesday
Forecasters predicted a modest warmup for Monday night and Tuesday with a chance of snow flurries. Readings showed Cedar Rapids at 30 degrees by 2 30 p m, with highs expected 30 to 38 degrees and tonight’s lows not dropping below 10 above.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Statehood in U S Urged for Britain
Senator Russell proposes admitting England Ireland Wales and Scotland as U S states amid fears Britain may break up its empire. He argues the United States would assume global commitments and cites Greece as an area of current responsibility. He suggests Canada Australia and South Africa join a Commonwealth association with the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Russell
D-Ga
England
Ireland
Wales
Scotland
United States
Atlanta Constitution
Washington
Greece
Australia
South Africa
Great Britain
Truman South Of Border in Sacred Cow
President Truman flew to Mexico City for a three day visit with President Miguel Aleman aboard the Sacred Cow special plane arriving at 10 a.m. Aleman greeted him to start festivities as Truman left Washington after visiting his ailing mother in Missouri and the trip marks the first U S presidential visit to Mexico since 1943. Aleman to visit Washington after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Miguel Aleman
Mexico
Mexico City
Mr. Truman
Aleman
Kansas City
Kan
Washington
Martha E. Truman
Grandview
Republic of
Roosevelt
Avila Camacho
Monterrey
Truman Speech Tonight Broadcast From Mexico City
President Truman will deliver a speech in Mexico City broadcast across all networks. He will be preceded by remarks from Mexico's President Alemon and the program starts at 9 30 p m Central Standard Time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Mexico City
Mexico
Alemon
Embassy Visit Amid Truman White House Staff Meeting
The party includes Antonio Espinosa de los Monteros the Mexican ambassador to the United States and full presidential staff led by Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy chief of staff to the President during a foreign policy tour and discussions at the capital.
President to Host State Dinner and Baylor Honor
The President will host a state dinner for Mr. Truman with two accompanying DC-4s carrying secret service agents and press. On the return trip he will stop at Waco Texas to receive an honorary degree from Baylor University on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secret Service
Espinosa
Truman
Waco
Texas
Baylor University
Court To Rule on Curb of Petrillo
Washington officials report the Supreme Court agreed to decide the constitutionality of the Lea Act designed to curb the powers of James C. Petrillo czar of the AFL American Federation of Musicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Con
Ofames C. Petrillo
AFL American Federation of Musicians
Atomic Bomb Protest Rejected at Jap Trial
In Tokyo the international military tribunal rejected a defense plea arguing the United States used the atomic bomb with knowledge it violated the Hague Convention. The ruling comes as the tribunal trundles through 26 wartime leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
United States
International Military Tribunal
Japan
Russia Increases U S Press Quota At Moscow Talks
The Soviet government informs U S Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith that 36 American correspondents will be allowed to cover the Moscow foreign ministers conference, up from 20. An extra 16 visas are granted as housing limits prompted initial restrictions. The British press delegation reportedly did not receive a similar increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
United States
Walter Bedell Smith
Foreign Affairs Ministry
Smith
Forever Amber On Trial in Boston
The Massachusetts obscenity case centers on Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor. Attorney General Clarence A. Barnes seeks to declare the novel obscene while the author and Boston book merchants defend the work under a new sales statute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
INS
Forever Amber
Kathleen Winsor
Artie Shaw
Massachusetts
Clarence A. Barnes
Board of Trade of Boston Book Merchants
Senate approves $4.5 billion budget cut plan
The Senate voted 64 to 20 to back a resolution pledging a $4.5 billion reduction in President Truman's next budget and to apply $2.6 billion of savings to the national debt. Iowa's Wilson and Hickenlooper joined the majority. The House had earlier aimed to trim about $ six billion from Truman's proposed $37.5 billion operation for the upcoming fiscal year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Truman
Iowa
Wilson
Hickenlooper
Sen. Wherry
R-Neb
Iowa Tax Refund Totals Include Major Iowa Corporations
The Internal Revenue Service released refunds for the year ended June 30 1946 led by John Morrell and Company Ottumwa with 1 421 070 in excess profits tax and Collins Radio Cedar Rapids receiving 86 707 in income tax. Other large refunds included John Deere Tractor Company 307 157 Rath Packing Company 274 660 Keokuk Electro Metal s 252 344 and The Maytag Company 226 714 with numerous smaller refunds listed to various Iowa individuals and firms across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Collins Radio Company
Cedar Rapids
House Committee On Executive
Internal Revenueore
John Morrell and Company of
Ottumwa
Iowa
John Deere Tractor Company
Rath Packing Company
Keokuk Electro-Metals Company
Maytag Company
Newton
Lilienthal Cautioned by Hick en Bureau on Atomic Questions
Washington awaiting key confirmation as chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. Senator Hickenlooper of Iowa warns Lilienthal not to disclose details about funding or private contracting with the University of Chicago and other institutions. Senator McKellar presses for costs while Lilienthal defends his integrity and constitutional duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
David E. Lilienthal
University of Chicago
Hickenlooper
Riowa
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
TVA
Atomic Energy Commission
McKellar
D-Tenn
Lilienthal
Chicago
United States
Atomic Energy Post
Tennesseean
Senate
Wisconsin
Quaker Oats Talks With Conciliator Over Planned Strike
Federal conciliator Walter C. White of Des Moines mediates as about 950 cereal workers at the Quaker Oats Cedar Rapids plant threaten to strike when contract extension ends March 8. Negotiations resumed after Feb 24 dispute over 15 minute rest periods led by union officers Louis Jedlicka and Wesley Kopecky, with Arthur Poe representing management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids News
Quaker Oats
United Cereal Workers
Arthur Poe
Cedar Rapids
Army Unveils Standard Cylinders for Interchangeable Engines
The army announced a radical engine design using standard air cooled cylinders enabling three engine families across horsepower ranges. Brig. Gen. H B Sayler said commercial production is permitted and parts universal within each family, reducing spare parts and maintenance needs. The system aims to replace ad hoc engine installs in tanks with streamlined industrial progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Army
H. B. Sayler
Army Ordnance Research and Development
Sayler
War Department
Young's Hill to Get Sanitary Sewers in 1947 Plan
Public Improvements Commissioner David L. Williams proposes a $50,000 sanitary sewer system for Young's Hill area southwest of Cedar Rapids. A public hearing is set for March 20 at 10 a.m. in council chambers. Construction likely to begin this spring, with a trunk line and multiple connecting laterals along Thirteenth to Twenty-second avenues and adjacent streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Young’s Hill
City Council
David L. Williams
Williams
Sixteenth
Wilson Avenues
Eighth
Fourteenth Streets
Thirteenth Street
Sixteenth Avenue
Alley
Alandale
Eighteenth Avenue
Nineteenth Avenue
Twelfth Street
Twentieth Avenue
Ninth Street
Fourteenth Street
Twentys First Avenue
Twenty-second Avenue
Eleventh Street
Thirteenth Streets
All Drafted Men Getting Out by July
President Truman urged Congress to let the draft law expire March 31 and the Army announced releases of about 100,000 nonvolunteers by June 30, aiming to reduce strength to 1,070,000 by July 1. Navy and Army projections show gradual manpower cuts and possible future universal training discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Army
War Department
Department
United States
War
Navy Departments
Navy
White House
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
Mr. Truman
Supreme Court Delays Ruling On Lewis Contempt Case
Washington AP report says the Supreme Court again postponed a ruling in the government's contempt case against John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers. The next opinion day is set for next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wan
E- F
Agid
Mene
Special Education Committee
U.S
Britain
Russia
Collins
John Morrell Company
Mayme V. Focht
R. S. Gates
Alex N. Gelb
Highway Equipment Company, Inc
Milroy Horsky
Dan Hunter, Jr
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Iowa Steel and Iron Works
Johnson Gas Appliance Company
A. L. Killian
Rebecca Krachmer
Fred Rubins
E. K. Larimer
Harvey Earl Page
William Paseka
Joe M. Sinaiko
Gertrude C. Studer
Anthony Tschirgi
the Turner Co
John S
Adeline T. Vavra
Witwer Grocer Co
F. W. Vanda Estate
Catherine Lovell Adams
Iowa City
James C
Ella Beatty
Atkins
Samuel D. Blythe
Williamsburg
L. C. Bolson
Decorah
C. E
Mary V. Brower
South English
W. E
Mabel M. Burd
Vinton
Glenn W
Lillian Burr
West Liberty
Charles L. Capper
Elgin
Cascade State Tank
Cascade
Center Point Canning Co
Center Point
Carl Chadek
H. T. Cherry
Tama
B. Clark
Independence
Wee L. Coffeen
Roy Cooper
Traer
Arthur J. Cox
Vern I. Doudna
Columbus Junction
Hick
M'Kellar
Today's Index
Alsa
Young's Hill
Lewis
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!