Auto Strike Nearing Settlement Ends Long Chrysler Walkout
Detriot bargaining teams report verbal agreement on all points to end the Chrysler strike while the CIO United Auto Workers say issues remain. Wechsler cites contract language as the barrier to return of 89,000 workers. union chief Reuther warns unresolved questions persist. The 97 day walkout idle 144,000 people and cost over 450,000 vehicles. ratification by strikers remains required. Chrysler plans phased return starting with maintenance staff as plants resume in 10 days.
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Norman Nicholson
Detroit
Chrysler
CIO
United Auto Workers
Herman L. Wechsler
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Weckler
Soviet Armed Forces Parade Before Stalin
In Moscow on May Day, Premier Stalin watched a massive Red Army parade from Lenin's tomb as U S and British diplomats observed. Gen Pavel Artemyev led troops including tanks and artillery, while Lt Gen Vassili Stalin commanded a prominent air display. Gen Sergei Shtemenko warned that arms buildup would not scare the Soviet people.
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Moscow
INS
Stalin
Red Square
Lenin
U. S
Alan G. Kirk
Roger
Kelly
Red
Pavel Artemyev
Viacheslav M. Molotov
Klementy E. Voroshilov
Sergei M. Shtemenko
Red Army
Navy
Vassili Stalin
Hearing Tuesday For Proffitt on Assault Charge
Cedar Rapids man Emmons Proffitt, 39, was arraigned on an assault with intent to murder charge. Justice set a 10 a.m. hearing for Tuesday. Bond was set at 2000 dollars as he remains jailed. Potter, 26, was slashed in the chest Saturday night and treated at Mercy hospital.
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Cedar Rapids
Emmons Proffitt
L Street
Justice Court
Proffitt
Charles Benesh
William J. Potter
Trout Season Opens in Northeast Iowa
The Iowa fishing season for trout opens in Northeast Iowa with anglers invited to target streams and stocked waters across the region. Officials remind anglers to follow state rules and respect protected areas while pursuing rainbow and brown trout.
Northeast Iowa trout season opens amid chill and small catches
Opening day in northeast Iowa sees anglers braving cold with mixed results. Decorah anglers report several limits with most fish under 10 inches, a 17 incher near Decorah, and three 17 inchers from Bohemian Creek in Howard County. West Union streams yield quick limits while Strawberry Point crowds are light. Fish hatchery near Manchester notes several angers taking limits early, with two to three pound fish common. Earmuffs appear as a new accessory for winter fishing.
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Marvin Broker
Lisbon
Frank Benesh
Mt. Vernon
Manchester
Benesh
Iowa
Decorah
Bohemian Creek
Howara
West Union
Glover’s Creek
Strawberry Point
Pulitzer Awards Honor South Pacific and The Way West
The Pulitzer prizes went to the Broadway hit South Pacific and to The Way West by A B Guthree Jr. Other recipients include Chicago Daily News and St Louis Post-Dispatch for meritorious public service. Awards announced from Columbia University honor journalism and letters funded by Joseph Pulitzer.
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New York
A. B. Guthree
Chicago Daily News
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Illinois
Columbia University
Joseph Pulitzer
Samuel Flagg Bemis
John Quincy Adams
Meyer Berger
New York Times
Howard Unruh
Camden
N. J
Edwin O. Guthman
Seattle Times
Melvin Rader
The
University In
Washington
Edmund Stevens
Christian Science Monitor
Carl M. Saunders
Jackson, Mich
Citizen-Patriot
James T. Berryman
Washington, D. C
Evening Star
Bill Crouch
Oakland
Calif
Tribune
Venice Harbor Capacity Cited by Britannica
Venice served as the commercial hub in the 15th century with 3,300 ships homeported there and a combined carrying capacity of 150000 tons, Britannica states.
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Venice
Britannica
Four More Building Trades Get Boost
Four building trades in Cedar Rapids won wage increases over the weekend. Local 89 Iron Workers and Local 561 Cement Finishers plus Local 405 Electricians and Local 263 Sheet Metal Workers each received pay raises from five to 15 cents an hour. Iron workers up to $2.25, cement finishers to $2.10, electricians to $2.30, sheet metal workers to $2.40. The agreements follow earlier raises granted to plumbers, laborers, truck drivers, painters, and carpenters.
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Cedar Rapids
John Evans
Business and Construction Trades Council
Evans
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
International Association of Sheet Metal Workers
Reds Seize Mosinee In Mock May Day Insurrection
In Mosinee Wisconsin 2200 residents staged a one day mock Soviet takeover led by Benjamin Gitlow. Mayor Kronenwetter and Police Chief Gewiss were arrested and the Red banner raised over city hall while the Mosinee bank was seized and a Soviet proclamation issued.
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Wisconsin Town
Mosinee
Wis
Caryl Gewiss
Reds
Benjamin Gitlow
Communist Party
United States
Daily Worker
Kronenwetter
Gewiss
Mosinee Weekly Times
Red Star
Europe
Kornfeder
Moscow
Gitlow
Weather pattern shiftsed toward normal spring in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids reports show winter degree-days 9 percent below normal, now balanced with a slight excess. Mean temperature fell six degrees below normal last month with 660 degree days vs 480 normal, and rainfall reached 4.92 inches, nearly double the usual.
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Cedar, Rapids
Nature
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Berlin May Day Showdown Across Sector Lines
Berlins tense May Day crowds clashed across sector barriers as West and East police kept order. West Berlin saw 11 000 police and 8 000 Allied troops guarding the West sector while about 750 000 Germans cheered anti Soviet speakers. East Berlin held a heavily guarded Communist rally at Lustgarten with police keeping demonstrators in check as Potsdamer Platz again saw cross border tensions.
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Berlin
Russia
West Berlin
East Sector
Potsdamer Platz
Red Square
Utley Testifies in Senate Spy Inquiry Over Lattimore Links
Freda Utley testified she has no proof Lattimore is a Communist but believes his and his wife follow the Communist line. She recalled meeting Lattimore in 1936 in Moscow and noted personal ties after meeting the couple in Baltimore in 1940. Rep. Karsten urged scrutiny of McCarthy cases and defended the State Department against charges of harboring Communists.
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Washington
Freda Utley
Owen Lattimore
Lattimore
Rep
Karsten
D-Mo
McCarthy
House
State Department
Cordell Hull
James F. Byrnes
George C. Marshall
Dean Acheson
Hull
Byrnes
Edward Stettinius
Phoenix
Ariz
Communist Party
Acheson
Cedar Rapids forms five man panel to study low cost housing
Mayor Sedive and the Cedar Rapids council named a special five man committee to investigate and foster desitable low cost housing. The advisory group will study conditions, pursue private enterprise help, and explore potential federal loans while addressing the trailer camp problem and urban growth. Members are Sam Cohen James F. Scolaro LeRoy Kling David G. Bleakley and E B Laurer.
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Cedar Rapids
Clarence L. Sedive
Sam Cohen
American Legion
Ellis Trailer Camp
James F. Scolaro
LeRoy Kling
Hamilton Seed and Coal Company
David G. Bleakley
E. B. Laurer
Sedive
Iowa
Post Office Economy Drive Saves Cedar Rapids $358.62 First Week
Postmaster William McLaughlin reports the first week of the post office economy drive in Cedar Rapids saved 258 hours. The period April 22 to 28 reduced man hours from 3088 to 2830 with substitute pay averaging 1.39 dollars per hour. Officials expect further gains as routes are reshuffled under new regulations. The conservative Cedar Rapids population estimate yields savings of about half a cent per person weekly.
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Cedar Rapids
William McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Penny Postal Card Surfaces After Four Years
A penny postal card mailed in January 1946 by Mrs. Fred Ilen of Marshalltown to her father Valentine Keiper in Cedar Rapids arrived four years and three months later. The daughter, wife of a Lutheran minister, wrote from Cedar Rapids that she had arrived home safely but the train was two hours late.
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Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Valentine Keiper
Maple Drive
Fred Ilen
Davenport
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