U S Shipping Strike Slated For Mid June
Five major maritime unions move to strike on June 15 to push for higher wages and better conditions. About 300,000 workers across coasts Gulf ports and Great Lakes would be affected pending membership ratification. Organizers seek international backing from the World Federation of Trade Unions in Paris.
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San Francisco
Gulf Ports
Great Lakes
World Federation of Trade Unions
Paris
Joseph Curran
CIO National Maritime Union
Harry Bridges
CIO International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
ILWU
CIO Marine Cooks and Stewards
Independent Marine Firemen’s Union
NMU
CIO American Communications Association
CIO Inland Boatmen’s Union
CIO Marine En
Engineers' Beneficial Association Pledges Support
The association promised moral financial and physical backing to the strike, signaling organized labor solidarity and potential resources for workers.
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Gineers’ Beneficial Association
Registering Bicycles Penalty-Free Possible Says Captain
Captain J H Clift outlines a method to register bicycles without penalty but stresses May 1 1946 as the plate deadline. Police will impound unlicensed bikes at the station for a week or two to encourage compliance, with all bikes showing 1946 plates or remaining in custody. He notes only a sneaky station visit avoids penalties.
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J. H. Clift
Clift
ODT Order Curtails Cedar Rapids Chicago Sleeper
Chicago and North Western imposes schedule changes under an ODT order. The Cedar Rapids Chicago sleeping car will not operate from Chicago or Cedar Rapids on Saturday nights, railroad officials said.
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Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Chicago and North Western Railroad
ODT
Trustee Armstrong Elected to Coe Board of Trustees
Robert C. Armstrong Coe alumnus class of 1918 was elected to the college’s board of trustees to fill a vacancy. Arthur Poe chair announced Thursday. Armstrong, head of Armstrong Clothing, follows his father S. G. Armstrong who served 1906 to 1928. He attended Harvard business school in 1920 and is active in the American Legion Kiwanis St Pauls Church St Luke's hospital board and YMCA leadership.
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Robert C. Armstrong
Coe
College
Arthur Poe
Coe Board of Trustees
Armstrong
Armstrong Clothing Company
S. G. Armstrong
Esther Youel
OPA Secures Injunctions Against Grocer and Two Eldora Firms
Three federal injunctions filed in the federal clerk's office target Huttons grocery in Marion and Andrle and Creps Furniture and Vilmont of Eldora. The actions allege ceiling price violations and fail to post sale prices. Graven enjoins Hutton from overpricing and requires pricing rule marks on invoices.
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OPA
Eldora
Marion
Hugh Hutton
Hutton
Henry N. Graven
E. J. Andrle
H. W. Creps
Andrle and Creps Furniture
W. H. Vilmont
Man offers eye to save Racine home
George Dehne a 38 year old Racine foundry worker and father of six offered to sell one of his eyes to save his homestead as mortgage foreclosure loomed. He claimed he could manage with one eye and sought wide publicity to attract an offer.
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Racine
Wis
George Dehne
Dehne
Council Delays Airpark Rezoning Decision
Cedar Rapids city council withholds action on rezoning near 6th Avenue and Eleventh Street NW until next Thursday. Clarence Hess seeks airpark zoning and will meet the school board Wednesday to explain the project after the board passed a resolution urging rejection.
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Cedar Rapids
6 Avenue
Eleventh Street
Clarence Hess
Burglars Break into Feder and Sons Office
I. M. Feder, manager of M. Feder and Sons at 1211 F avenue NE, reported burglars broke into the office between 5 30 p.m. Wednesday and 7 15 a.m. Thursday. Drawers among the office contents were disturbed.
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Feder and Sons
I. M. Feder
M. Feder and Sons
F Avenue
Thief Slips into Yard Through Gate Break A Window
Feder tells detectives a 50 foot steel tape was the only item missing after entry was gained by breaking a padlock on a yard gate and smashing a window to reach the office, according to Detective John Hanna.
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Feder
John Hanna
Hanna
Notified Defendants in Linn County Sash & Door Case
In the District Court of Iowa Linn County the plaintiff bdnaes sues Cedar Rapids Sash & Door Company and listed officers directors employees and creditors. James C Loomis Receiver of the Cedar Rapids Sash & Door Company and unknown claimants are also named with Lot Nine Block Thirty Four Fourth Addition to Cedar Rapids Iowa and personal representatives heirs spouses assigns and beneficiaries all defendants are notified the petition is on file.
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District Court of Iowa
Linn_County
Bdnaes
Cedar Rapids 7 & Door Cok
Heride Ace E. Briden
Frank Eder
Soboda
Said Corporation
Saida, Rapids Sash & Door Company
James C. Loomis
J. C. Loomis
Cedar Rapids Sash & Door Re
Quieting title action over Lot Nine in Linn County Iowa
The Clerk of the Dintrist Court of en County Iowa notes a quiet title petition by E J North attorney for plaintiff claiming sole, adverse possession for over ten years and requesting establishment of estate and title against unknown claimants and all persons claiming any right or interest. The notice warns defendants to appear within twenty days after last publication or default will be entered and judgment rendered at Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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Dintrist Court
En County
Iowa
Simp
Ame Seta Real Estate
Smeead Co
Pratt
Town
Y Ltd
Cedar Fants
Linn County
Removal of New York Sixth Avenue El Began in 1938
The project to dismantle New York City's Sixth Avenue elevated line commenced in 1938, marking a major shift in urban transit as the elevated structure was slated for removal.
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New York
Sixth Avenue el
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