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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1946
Page
7
Berlin reports by the American military government say 20000 persons were arrested in raids on black markets as part of a drive to curb illegal trading. Gen. McNarney noted police and troops executed mass arrests and that inflation fight depends on continued enforcement and price controls.
Congress approved a bill sending to President Truman to authorize the return and burial of war dead at the request of their immediate families. The War Department would manage the repatriation and interment.
General Douglas MacArthur publicly defended Manuel Roxas as not a collaborator with Japan. He said Roxas behaved gallantly during Bataan and Corregidor and aided the guerrilla resistance, exonerating him after loyalty reviews. Roxas and US official Paul V. McNutt to visit Washington to discuss Philippines rehabilitation.
The National Labor Relations Board certified the International Association of Machinists as the collective bargaining agent for experimental department employees at John Deere Harvester works in East Moline.
B P Brents, Amarillo service station manager, won a four engined army Flying Fortress in an essay contest. He proposed placing the ship at Boy s Ranch near Amarillo for boys to play in, but Red tape blocks deployment. The plane sits in an Oklahoma yard awaiting civilian pilots and feasible use, leaving Brents considering another essay titled I wouldn t have a Flying Fortress if you gave me one.
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