Phone Tieup Canceled at Last Minute
The threatened nationwide walkout by about 250000 telephone workers was averted minutes before the 6 am deadline after an agreement between NFETW and AT and T. The deal, effective Feb 1 1946 to Mar 6 1947, includes about 6.8 million in wage increases for 19300 long lines workers, averaging 17.6 cents per hour.
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American Telephone and Telegraph Company
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Washington
Edgar L. Warren
Federal Conciliation Service
Federation of Long Lines Telephone
N.ftw
A. T and T
Warren
Beirne
N.F.T.W
A. T
Three Confess Kidnapping of Iowa Officer
Chicago AP report says three of eight gang members confessed to kidnapping Iowa State Patrolman John Mahnke in Denison on November 28 1945 and stealing a patrol car. The trio Robert Lee Robertson Margaret Robertson and Felix Kargol face Iowa charges with others under investigation by state police FBI and post office inspectors.
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Chicago
John T O'Malley
Iowa
John Mahnke
Denison
Mahnke
Robert Lee Robertson
St. Louis
Margaret
Felix Walter Kargol
Robert D. Blue
O'Malley
Post Office
FBI
Injuries Fatal To Clark Brewer
Cedar Rapids records the first traffic fatality of the year as Clark E. Brewer 78 dies at Mercy hospital from injuries suffered when struck Jan 16 at First avenue and First street W. Driver Richard Svee 18 was fined for failure to yield. Brewer longtime Linn county jailer survived by daughter Mrs Edward Dvorak and brother Clarence. Body at Moon Funeral home.
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Cedar Rapids
Clark E. Brewer
First Avenues
Mercy Hospital
T. Frank Hersch
Linn County
Brewer
First Avenue
First Street
Richard Svee
Svee
Palo
Edward Dvorak
Clarence Brewer
Cedar’ Rapids
Moon Funeral Home
Plane crash near Rome kills about 50 officials
Reuters quotes Rome radio reporting about 50 British and American officials killed in a plane crash between Rome and Turin.
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London
INS
Reuters
Rome
Turin
Novikov Talks With Byrnes About Unknown Topic
Soviet Charge d Affaires Alexei Novi kov met briefly with Secretary of State Byrnes in Washington. The five minute visit yielded no disclosed purpose and Novikov offered only a remark about reporters preferring bad news to good.
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Washington
INS
Alexei V. Novikov
Byrnes
Novikov
Cold Coming Not To Stay Long In Cedar Rapids Area
A weather forecast indicated a temporary cold snap moving into Cedar Rapids and vicinity from the west with temperatures near 50 degrees in the afternoon turning colder on Thursday with occasional snow. The cold wave was expected to be brief with clearing skies and rising temperatures by Friday.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
AMG rules on babies born to German women with American soldiers
Berlin officials said that alleged American babies born to unwed German women will be treated as Germans and receive no special aid from the American Military Government. Lt. Col. F. Witte said 700 to 800 German women claimed pregnancies after affairs with American soldiers and asked about prenatal care.
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Berlin
F. Witte
AMG
About 500000 G I s Left in Europe
Maj. Gen. Frank E. Ross stated that about 2,500,000 US soldiers have been sent home and roughly 400,000 to 500,000 American troops remain in Europe. The comment was given in New York.
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Europe
New York
Frank E. Ross
Two Democrats Seek Linn County Offices Nomination
Cedar Rapids Democrat Robert L. Olson announced his candidacy for Linn county treasurer and Thomas F. Corbett for justice of the peace from Rapids township both on the Democratic ticket. Olson, born 1906, has a background in business management and auto mechanics, veteran sea duty, and work as a welder, with civic ties to CIO unions and local churches. He and his wife live in Cedar Rapids with their son Calvin.
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Cedar Ranks
Robert L. Olson
Linn County
Thomas F. Corbett
Justice of the Peace
Rapids Township
Cedar Rapids
Olson
St. Ansgar
University of Southern Minnesota
Austin
LaPlant-Choate Company
United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers
CIO
Iowa-Nebraska State Industrial Council
Veterans Service and Information Executive Board
Trinity Lutheran Church
Calvin
Canada Agrees to 1.25 Billion Loan to Britain
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced a Canadian government loan of 1.25 billion dollars to Britain to help purchase food and supplies from the Dominion. The credit bears 2 percent interest from Jan 1, 1951 and is repayable over 50 years starting Dec 31, 1951 with possible waivers of interest in certain cases.
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Ottawa
Britain
Mackenzie King
King
Pauley Denounces Oil Man Theory for Navy Post
Washington Edwin W Pauley condemned the idea that oil men are unfit for Navy Department service. He argued wartime oil expertise proves capable peacetime leadership and urged plain language to refute the claim. He noted legal safeguards and recounted meetings with Ickes, Hannegan, Porter, and Fortas amid senate hearings on his nomination.
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Associated Press
Secretary of Interior
Harold Ickes
Millard Tydings
Washington
Edwin W Pauley
Navy Department
Interior Ickes
Senate
Naval Affairs Committee
Pauley
Navy
Ed Pauley
Ickes
House
Naval Affairs Committees
Rail Fact Finder Unit To Be Named
White House secretary Charles G Ross said President Truman would soon name an emergency fact finding panel. The panel will examine the railroad dispute fueling a strike call set to take effect Monday and could delay the strike 30 to 60 days under the national railway mediation act.
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Washington
White House
Charles G. Ross
Truman
National Railway Mediation Act
Russians to Attend International Monetary Conference
Russians will attend the international monetary conference of about forty nations opening on Wilmington Island near Savannah. Washington announced that Russia belatedly accepted an invitation to be represented at the event starting Friday.
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Savannah
Wilmington Island
Russia
Washington
Iowa Senator Seeks School Consolidation Amid Salary Critique
Senator Frank Byers told the Linn County Educational Council that one room schools must yield to consolidated districts to expand equal education and assess state aid. He blasted current rural pay as inadequate and urged local control over schools while opposing federal education funds. Dr John Gardner backed consolidation and predicted favorable forthcoming legislature.
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Little Red
Frank Byers
Linn
Byer
National Educational Association
Washington, DC
Iowa
Byers
Dr. Gardner
Sen. Byers’belp
General Assembly
Qualified Voters May Get Absentee Ballots
Qualified voters away from the city for the school board election and city primaries can vote early by absentee ballot. Absentee ballots for the school board election are available at the Secretary of Education office 346 Second Avenue SW. City ballots for absentee voters are available at City Hall City Clerk’s office third floor.
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Cedar Rapids News
Secretary of the Board of Education
Second Avenue
Icity
Couple Found Dead in Car at Newhall
Ian Robert Husted and Joy Roseberry both of Newhall were found dead by a parked car at 5 am in Newhall. Coroner John R. Burrows ruled carbon monoxide fumes caused their deaths. The couple had visited the Quint Erland home the prior night and were reported to be Wednesday night callers. Roseberry had worked at the Newhall telephone exchange. Husted was a discharged Army veteran with two years in India. He leaves a son Harlan and a sister. Roseberry leaves parents, a sister, a brother, and extended family in Center Point and Newhall.
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Newhall
Ian Robert Husted
Joy Roseberry
Benton County
John R. Burrows
Belle Plaine
Quint Erland
Husted
Miss Roseberry
Erlands
Newhall Telephone Exchange
Charles Roseberry
Loretta Roseberry
Center Point
Austin Roseberry
Harry Hand
Cedar Rapids
Seevell Seeks Re election to Linn County Supervisor Post
Linn county second district supervisor Elmer M Seevell of Marion announced Thursday his bid for re election on a platform including a county hospital and completion of the secondary road program with federal funds. Seevell, a Republican and current board chairman, has decades of local service and veteran status. He noted county hospital population and clinic activity in 1945 and outlined his local ties to Marion and area townships.
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Linn County
Elmer M Seevell
Marion
Seevell
Cedar Rapids
Seevell Seevell
Countys
County Clinic
Princeton
Farmers Elevator Company
Home Building and Loan Association
Red Cross drives fall short of Linn County quota
By Wednesday night less than half the Linn County quota for 1946 Red Cross funds had been raised reaching 32,901. Campaign chairman Reginald B. Figge expected better door to door solicitations after favorable weather. Doctor L. J. Halpin and Bruce McConkie reported 60 percent in the professional division.
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Linn County
Red Cross
Reginald B. Figge
L. J. Halpin
Bruce McConkie
Mercantile Division
Gordon Barger
Cedar Rapids
House Votes 357 24 for Lapped Plan
The House passed a housing bill 357 to 24 after removing subsidies and price ceilings. The measure would run until June 30, 1947 and grant Wyatts broad powers, including export restrictions and mortgage authority, while limiting OPA control. Nineteen Republicans and five Democrats opposed. None were from Towan.
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Washington
House
Senate
Sumner
Wyatt
OPA
General MacArthur Warns of Airmail Collapse Causing 37 Day Delays
Tokyo AP report shows General MacArthur alarmed by airmail breakdown from California to Japan with letters taking up to 37 days. Mail halted for a week, some postmarked January 30. air service reduced to one plane daily to Tokyo and the Philippines. Proposal to divert mail by air only, potentially stopping passenger service in the Pacific, and civilian contract workers suggested. Headquarters notes severe personnel shortages crippling airmail. Bible copies, Japanese printed, arrived by plane on Wednesday.
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Tokyo
Mack Arthur
Japan
California
Transpacific
Philippines
MacArthur
War Department
Pacific
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Robert E. Hannegan
Democratic National Committee
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E. H Crump
Tennessee
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Cedar Rounds
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