Wage-Price Turning Point Seen As Labor Push Fades
Washington AP reports wage rise resistance by major firms like U S Steel General Electric and Westinghouse signals a potential turning point in postwar economics. If management holds firm through July 1 coal talks and broader industries resist, the long sought third wage round may be blocked despite union pressure and rising living costs.
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Washington
U.S. Stee
General Electric
Westinghouse
Franklin D. Roosevel
John L. Lewis
Lewis
General Motors
Chrysler
Ford
Chicago
Seattle
Greek Cabinet Member Slain By Communist Violence in Athens
Greek Minister of Justice Christos Ladas died after a grenade attack attributed to the OPLA on a May day plot to strike cabinet members in Athens. Martial law was declared as police and army secured the capital. a second bomber wounded himself and others before being captured.
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Athens
Christos Ladas
Themistokles Sophoulis
Sophoulis
Ladas
Constantine Rentis
Rentis
OPLA
Efstratos Moutsoyanis
Moutsoyanis
Oklahoma Tornadoes Kill Several in Small Towns
Oklahoma highway patrol reports multiple fatalities and injuries from tornadoes near Vinita and Claremore. Bernice and Cleora suffered the worst damage on Grand Lake. a separate twister between White Oak and Catale left injuries in Vinita area hospitals with no fatalities reported there.
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Vinita
Okla
State Highway Patrol
Here
Jack Cook
Claremore
Bernice
Cleora
Grand Jake
Cook
White Oak
Catale
Chicken Crosses Road Smashed Eggs Record
In Lincoln Nebraska a hen crossed the road to sit on five eggs. An auto swerved to miss the bird, crashing into a truck and sending 27 cases of eggs flying. The driver counted 9 720 smashed eggs.
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Lincoln, Neb
Chris Takolste
Henry J Hood enters Third District supervisor race
Henry J Hood, 62, Springville farmer, filed for the Democratic nomination in Linn county's Third District race. He is the lone Democratic candidate as six run in total with five Republicans. Hood, born July 21 1885 on a farm near Springville, farms 250 acres and seeks better mail and school bus routes. He is married with three children, and serves in multiple local farm and community groups.
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Cedar Rapids News
Linn County
Henry J Hood
Springsville
Hood
Springville
Buffalo Township
Herman Kregel
Tokyo
Cornell College
Springville High School
Jordan’s Grove Baptist Church
Linn County Farm Bureau
Linn County National Farm Loan Association
Linn County Fair
Knowles Named Vice President at Cornell University
Asa S. Knowles and 39, head of New York State postwar emergency colleges and Associated Colleges of Upper New York, became a vice-president at Cornell University on Saturday.
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Ithaca
INS
Asa S. Knowles
New York State
Associated Colleges of
Upper New York
Cornell University
Utah Senator Urges Bonds To Finance Europe Aid
Senator Thomas of Utah proposed a special issue of recovery bonds to fund the Marshall plan and other world recovery efforts. He suggested selling bonds to American and European investors to remove recovery costs from the budget and create a new investment interest. The plan aims to involve beneficiaries as contributors and tap foreign capital that flowed into the US during the war.
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Utah
Europe
Washington
INS
Sen
Thomas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Treasury Savings
Congress
United States
Camp Good Health Fund Opens 25th Year in Cedar Rapids
The Camp Good Health Fund begins its 25th year to support a health camp for physically handicapped Cedar Rapids children. This year admissions expand to all handicapped local kids, size limited by cabin beds and medical eligibility. Donations to The Gazette fund, including anonymous gifts, will be acknowledged.
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Camp Good Health Fund
the Gazette Company
American Legion Auxiliary
Esther S. Olmsted
Sunshine Circle of King's Daughters
Cedar Rapids
The
Public Health Nursing Association
Big Creek
Lincoln Highway
Mt. Vernon
Camp Good Health
Gazette
Iowa
Aurora Couple Die In Highway Crash Near Independence
A fatal two car and two truck crash on highway 20, east of Independence, killed Mr. and Mrs. John Watson of Aurora. Merlyn Nelson injured, coroner to hold inquest. bodies taken to Kreussel funeral home. A separate note reports Mrs. Lester Hegeland of Ames killed in a head on collision on highway 69 near Jewell. Mrs. Marie Finn injured.
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Independence
John Watson
Aurora
Here
Emery Hart
Buchanan County
Merlyn Nelson
Rowley
People’s Hospital
Hart
E. A Galloway
Watson
Kreussel
Lamont
Buchanan
Fay Ruffcorn
Ames
Jewell
Lester Hegeland
Hamilton County
Vernon Brandt
Hegeland
Radcliffe
Marie Finn
Oskaloosa
Noise Marks May Day in Many Lands
May day celebrations across Europe the Americas and Asia produced noise and fury but no major explosions. Athens saw the gravest incident as a Communist execution squad member assassinated Justice Minister Christos Ladas triggering martial law. Along the 38th parallel Korean Communists clashed with troops while Tokyo and Shanghai held orderly observances. New York hosted rival parades on Fifth Avenue as observers marked labor's holiday.
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Europe
America
Asia
Berlin
Trieste
Prague
Rome
Chile
Brazil
Bogota
Athens
Christos Ladas
Ladas
Korea
Pyongyang
South Korea
Tokyo
Shanghai
Stassen Tops Write In Vote in New Jersey Primary
Harold E. Stassen led write in votes in the New Jersey Republican primary held April 20 with 1411 of about 405000 ballots. Governor Dewey placed second with 1064 votes, followed by Taft 210 Vandenberg 163 MacArthur 127 and Eisenhower 71 in unofficial counts.
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Trenton
Harold E. Stassen
New Jersey
Secretary of State
G. O. FP
Stassen
Dewey
Taft
Vandenberg
MacArthur
Eisenhower
Wallace Ticket Arrest Shocks Wallace Running Mate
Senator Glen Taylor of Idaho, Wallace ticket running mate, was arrested in Birmingham after trying to force a door marked Negroes at a left wing rally. He was fingerprinted, booked on disorderly conduct charges, and released on $100 bond. He suffered a small cut and claimed police used rough treatment before being escorted to a police car. The incident caused a postponement of a radio broadcast.
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Birmingham
Ala
Glen Taylor
Henry Wallace
Taylor
Idaho
Wallace
Seymour Linfield
Man with a Cane Strides Through Cedar Rapids Picket Line
In Cedar Rapids nearly 2,000 UPW-CIO members strike at Wilson and Company. About 400 are women who will monitor gates near the lines Monday to encourage male pickets. A cane‑bearing man walked through the line Saturday night, saying he wanted to prove he could cross and return. No violence reported. police praise picket conduct as strategy meetings continue in Des Moines and Chicago.
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Cedar Rapids
Wilson and Company
Third Street
Union
Harold Smith
George Scurlock
Iowa-Neb.-Cole
Des Moines
Scurlock
Chicago
Wilson
Aircraft To Drop 3 000 Men In Mock Battle This Week
The Third Army will establish an airhead at Fort Campbell on May 8 to assault 3 000 guerrilla forces using 30 000 troops in a large scale exercise along the Kentucky Tennessee border. 3 000 paratroopers from the 82nd airborne division will drop from over 100 C 82 flying box cars with P 51 Mustangs providing air cover.
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Washington
Ins
Third Army
Fort Campbell
Kentucky-Tennessee
82Nd Airborne Division
Third ‘Army
Russian Officer Reported in British Custody After Disappearance
A Russian army officer Lt. Col. J. G. Tessajew, missing in the American zone of Germany, is reportedly in British custody. Officially, Britain says nothing and the Soviets accuse American agents of kidnapping. Tessajew was last seen after a tea at the home of Stanley A. Clem, American director of Bremen port, with reports he asked to meet a British agent there.
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Hamburg
Germany
Russia
Tessajew
Hereford
Fof' Stanley
Clem
Die
Bremen
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Philip Murray
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Jones and Laughlin
Murray
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Babe
Babe Ruth
Charley Dunsmoor
Claire Trevor
Los Angeles
William Bendix
Miss Trevor
Henry J. Hood
Cornell Post
By Naomi Doebel
Pearson
Sanenwees
Euveden
Mt. Social Pete
Ovoensee
Greece
New York
Fifth Avenue
Veterans of For
Mustang
Syria
Lebanon
Egypt
Jerusalem
Middle East
Palestine
Holy Land
Saudi Arabia
Trans-Jordan
Iraq
Tel Aviv
Haga‘nah
Dafne
Ramat Naftali
Dan
Haifa
Upper Galilee
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Damascus
Katana
Cairo
Abdullah
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