River Rouge Ford plants resume production in Michigan
Detroit United Press reports the River Rouge plant and three other Michigan Ford factories restart Monday, with 38,000 workers back after a six week layoff. Full output aimed at 3,200 units daily across 12 assembly plants, depending on steel and parts flow. Lincoln plant silent due to supply uncertainties.
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Deficit on War Surplus Exceeds Five Billion Dollars
Washington AP Lt Gen E B Gregory War Assets Corp chairman told the Mead committee the surplus of wartime purchases totaled 6 019 313 000 with only 778 000 000 sold leaving out 4 billion dollars worth of airplanes that brought 46 000 000 as scrap. The on hand surplus includes over a million blankets 917 387 pairs of wool socks and 123 703 girdles.
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Carefree Driving Ended on Cedar Rapids Streets
Cedar Rapids police chief Tom Condon says wartime leniency is gone and 1946 records show speeding arrests more than doubled from 21 in 1945 to 52 this year. He notes strict enforcement of traffic rules and penalties rising accordingly.
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Cedar Rapids Traffic Violations Rise with New Cars
The 1946 counts show motorists fined for failure to yield right of way 19 times higher than last year, with 23 to 8. Illegal parking climbs 85 to 24 and overtime parking 151 to 110, reflecting more traffic and improved enforcement. Three new squad cars and restored staffing boost traffic safety efforts in Cedar Rapids.
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Silver Flute Hair-do Wins Midwest Contest
CHICAGO AP A hair-do named The Silver Flute won the gold trophy at the 22nd annual Midwest beauty trade show. Created by John Georges of Chicago, the white-haired design featured waves draped over the head. The entry fee from Thomas Bayard was returned last minute after plans to enter a male model. Bayard runs a Chicago shop focused on men's hair care and noted demand for men’s shampoos dyes and permanents to improve thin hair.
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Truman Takes Brief Run at Controls on Presidential Train
President Truman donned an engineer cap and gloves to briefly steer a diesel coach on a presidential train carrying Winston Churchill to Missouri. He said he did not really run the locomotive, then chatted with travelers and witnessed a history discussion with Churchill near Harpers Ferry.
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Pancake Tuesday and Lent Begins
The poem recalls Shrove Tuesday as a joyful family moment with pancakes and dancing in the kitchen. The mother explains Lent starts tomorrow and urges forgiveness, self restraint, and focusing on spiritual duty for forty days.
Auto drivers repair flats after tack spill on highway
Thirty disgruntled motorists had to fix flat tires on Highway 99 north of Everett as the state highway department swept the pavement with magnets after a passing truck evidently dropped a sack of tacks.
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Roe Defends Rail Act Article in Discharge Row
NEW YORK AP Wellington Roe defended authorship of a railway labor act article linked to his discharge from union work. Union President A F Whitney said Roe and Harry S Becker were dismissed for loyalty concerns and insubordination. Roe asserted the piece matched material he had written for the brotherhood’s congressional testimony and denied disloyalty.
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Korean Yanks Reds Try To Get Together
In Seoul AP American occupation forces dispatch a special mission to the Russian occupied zone to resolve undisclosed differences, per Lt. Gen. John R. Hodge headquarters. The same update notes concern over rising lawlessness among U S troops and says extra precautions have been taken to protect Koreans.
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