Union Group in Threat to Picket Talks
A coalition of independent unions warned of picket lines surrounding next week's labor management conference to protest exclusion of unaffiliated unions. Edward G. Wilms urged officials to include smaller groups, while leaders warned wage and price issues remain unsettled as policymakers seek voluntary solutions or legislative action. The CIO and automakers clashed over wage demands, with Reuther arguing for a 34 percent raise and court action to curb unwarranted price increases.
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Edward G. Wilms
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CIO
R. J. Thomas
United Automobile Workers
Walter P. Reuther
Commerce Department
Reuther
General Motors Corporation
OPA
Packard Motor Company
Higgins launches anti union crusade after plant closings
Industrialist Andrew Higgins moves three New Orleans plants to auction and vows a postwar crusade to rout unions. He will sell to highest bidder and urges workers to find jobs elsewhere while offering severance to 500 non striking staff. A Labor Board election fight continues alongside the closures.
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New Orleans
Andrew Jackson Higgins
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CIO
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Cedar Rapids Sees Cold Snap as Records Fall
Cold spell grips Iowa with Cedar Rapids reading 22 degrees and Spencer 15 as new low marks for the season are set. Forecasters expect continuing low temperatures with gradual warming inland in the next day or two.
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Iowa
Spencer
Weather Bureau
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Chambers
Burlington
Chicago
Midwest
Joeshed
Higher Rents Approved on New Houses
The OPA announced that new houses and apartments will carry rent ceilings before completion. Prices will reflect area comparables plus an allowance for higher building costs since 1939, likely raising rents 15 to 25 percent on new dwellings compared with older units.
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Washington
OPA
Chester
Bowles
100 Arrested in Narcotics Raids
Washington police announced a massive narcotics roundup with more than 100 people arrested in the District of Columbia. The operation involved 32 squads of 220 officers from police, federal narcotics agents, and deputy marshals beginning Friday night.
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Washington (Ap
Edward J. Kelly
Washington Police
District of Columbia
Kelly
Washington
United States
Records on Pearl Harbor Destroyed
Senate Republicans charge records related to the Pearl Harbor disaster were destroyed by the Truman administration blocking a full inquiry. Senators Brewster and Ferguson urged public hearings starting Nov. 15 and sought authority for army navy officers and government employees to volunteer information. They cited committee votes and indicated papers from Grace Tully may be available.
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Maine
Ferguson
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Army
Federal Communications Commission
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Bond Sales Leap In Cedar Rapids Victory Drive
Eric Schrader of Iowa Manufacturing reports Vic Payne paid $3,750 for a batch of fifty dollar bonds after a payroll savings sale. Payne and George Gunn each boosted investments, supporting the Victory loan campaign as Cedar Rapids leaders praised their faith in war bond bonds.
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Eee
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Payne
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Cedar Rapids
Acter
Frank Countryman
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Countryman
the Gazette
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George Hearn
Don Hines Chosen Airport Chairman
Don Hines was elected chairman of the airport commission and Karl Blaise was chosen secretary. The commission gave instructions for the new leadership to proceed with oversight and planning duties.
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Don Hines
Cedar Rapids
Karl Blaise
Former Medal of Honor Recipient Returns to Civilian Work
Pittsburgh AP reports a former Sergeant Charles Neastepaw, a Congressional Medal of Honor winner, returned to a peacetime job on Saturday, resuming civilian duties after military service.
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Pittsburgh
Charles Neaste
Paw
Chinese Reds Charge U.S. Meddling in China Affairs
Communist New China Daily News accused the United States of active interference in China as combat reports show clashes between Reds and government forces. Yenan and Chungking sources claim U.S. reconnaissance aided government troops near Peiping, while government aims push to disarm Japanese by year end and massed forces threaten an offensive against the Reds.
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United States
China
Chine
New China News
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Peiping
Sixth Army
Tientsin
Pukow
Burma
Manchuria
Henan
Hopei Hankow
Barbey arrives at Yingkow for talks with Communist garrison
Vice Admiral Daniel E. Barbey's flagship Catoctin anchored off Yingkow, Manchuria, as talks with the Red army garrison commander and Mayor Wang Tien Chung were planned. No troop landings were expected.
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Yingkow
Manchuria
Daniel E. Barbey
British Dockworkers Set to Resume Work Monday
A national strike committee announced that British dockworkers would resume work Monday to allow negotiations. Troops have been loading and unloading ships in London and other ports during the strike.
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London
Cairo Riots Spread as Shops Attacked in Cairo
Rioting flared in central Cairo with mobs smashing Arab and Jewish shops. Police sealed streets as more than 300 suspects were arrested and casualties from Friday's anti Jewish violence rose, with 10 killed and 430 injured in Cairo and Alexandria.
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Alexandria
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Palestine
Akhbar Elyaam
U. S. Recognizes Hungary De Facto
Washington reports the United States has de facto recognized Hungary's provisional government, a step toward possible de jure recognition. Officials say Hungary remains a defeated foe without a peace treaty, and only a provisional government exists pending formal steps.
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Washington
Hungary
Pauley Says Japan War Plants Moved to Enemy Nations
Edwin W. Pauley, Truman's reparations envoy, announced that Japan war plants able to serve peacetime needs will be relocated to nations under enemy control.
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Washington
Edwin W. Pauley
Truman
Japan
Civil Service Pay Increase Move Stirs Up Discussion
The White House backs a 20 percent raise for federal civil servants arguing pay below private industry. Senator Byrd questions payroll projections while Downey's bill estimates annual cost at 415.6 million for about 860,000 workers with broader spillover to postal and private sectors.
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White House
Senate
Civil Service Committee
Iome
Byrd
Senate Committee
Senate Civil Service Committee
Downey
D-Calif
Flemming
Mine Scion 3 Hunted in Sierra Area
Rich ard Merrittetum Suden three year old boy disappears from Goodyear Bar near Downieville California while playing in front yard. Grandparents fear kidnapping and possible harm. search covers 16 square miles with clues including a loyal collie refusing to move and a mitten found near a log. Authorities consider mountain lion abduction or accident in abandoned mine shafts as possibilities.
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Dickie Tum Suden
Sierra Nevada
Mother Lode
A. L. Merritt
Berkeley
FBI
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Goodyear Bar
Here
Joseph Jum Suden
Brush Rsk
Merri
Sierra County
California-Nevada Line
Dickie
Richard Merrittetum Suden
Tum Suden
Sally Margaret Merritt
Bay Area
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W. Dewey Johnson
Confessed burglars tied to two jewelry store breakins
Inspectors report Marvin Whalen and Samuel David confessed to parts in the Eton Jewelry and Okinaw Jewelry thefts. Breaking and entering charges will be filed Monday. David was arrested at a Cedar Rapids hotel. Whalen at the county jail awaiting trial on a bad check charge. A Sept. 27 break-in at Eton yielded $300 in watches. Oct. 21 at Okinaw saw $1,274 in rings stolen.
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Marvin Whalen
Samuel David
Eton Jewelry Company
Okinow
Bill Kudina
Kodina
David
Cedar ‘Rapids
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Ling
Eton
Okinaw
Junk Heap Faces B-29s at Boeing
Wichita Kansas AP reports Boeing Aircraft plant No 2 uses blow torches to scrap surplus B 29 Superfortresses following army channel directives. A plant official refused to be named, saying no further statement could be made. The note adds that surplus items of little value are routinely destroyed in aircraft plants when government termination occurs.
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