Union Group In Threat to Picket Talks
A coalition of independent unions warned of a picket line around next weeks labor management conference to protest exclusion of unaffiliated unions. Edward G Wilms urged Secretary Schwellenbach to address the brush off. The CIO and auto workers battle for wage increases continues with forecasts of 25 to 34 percent raises opposing price controls.
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Washington
Edward G. Wilms
Independent Unions of
New Jersey
Labor
Schwellenbach
AFL
John L. Lewis
Philip Murray
William Green
Wilms
CIO
R. J. Thomas
United Automobile Workers
Walter P. Reuther
Commerce Department
Reuther
General Motors Corporation
Higgins launches anti union crusade with plant closings
Industrialist Andrew Higgins announced three New Orleans plants would be auctioned and 3,000 striking workers must seek employment elsewhere. He vowed to crusade against unions to avoid tribute and criticized AFL CIO tensions behind the walkout while a National Labor Relations hearing continued.
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Stan
Opotowsky
New Orleans
Andrew Jackson Higgins
Higgins
AFL
National Labor Relations Board
CIO
AFL Metal Trades Council
Mercury Drops to Season Low Across Iowa and Cedar Rapids
New fall records were set as temperatures sank to 22 in Cedar Rapids and 15 at Spencer. The forecast calls for continued cold tonight with a 24 degree low then rising skies Sunday. Many Iowa cities logged lows below 20 while Chicago saw the first snowfall in a cold Midwest snap.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Spencer
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Chambers-Inskeep
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
Ames
Decorah
Mason City
Iowa City
Burlington
Chicago
Midwest
Mobridge
S. C
Higher Rents Approved on New Houses
Washington AP reports the OPA will fix rent ceilings on houses before construction and extend the rule to apartments. Price Administrator Chester Bowles says the change encourages prompt building while protecting tenants from inflation and sets rents on new units above comparable existing housing by an area specific allowance.
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Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Hundreds Nabbed in DC Narcotics Raids
Washington police superintendent Col. Edward J. Kelly announced that more than 100 persons were rounded up in one of the District of Columbia's largest narcotics raids. The operation involved 32 squads of federal narcotics agents and deputy marshals beginning Friday night and was continuing.
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Washington (Ap
Edward J. Kelly
Washington Police
District of Columbia
Kelly
Washington
United States
Records on Pearl Harbor destroyed claim by solons
Two Republican senators on the Senate Pearl Harbor investigating committee charged that records related to the disaster were destroyed and that the Truman administration blocks a full inquiry. They cited lack of full committee access, while committee leaders argued for authorized access and public hearings to begin November 15.
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Pearl Harbor
Washington
INS
Senate
Brewster
Maine
Ferguson
Michigan
Congressional
Truman
Army
Federal Communications Commission
War Department
Barkley
William D. Mitchell
Mitchell
Army Engineers
Wyman
Bond Sales Leap As Payne Counts Out $3 750
Eric Schrader of Iowa Manufacturing led a plant drive for Victory bonds. Victor Payne, hydraulic press operator, paid $3 750 for a hundred fifty dollar bonds after a payroll savings plan prompt. George Gunn boosted his pledge to $1 000, confirming plant workers’ patriotism and smart investment in bonds.
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Star Victory
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Eric Schrader
Victory E
George Gunn
Victor Payne
Gunn
Payne
Schrader
Road Machinery
Cedar Rapids
Frank Countryman
Victory Loan
Countryman
the Gazette
Assembly
Victor Fayne
George Hearn
Lee Winterberg
Victory Loan Campaign
Don Hines Elected Airport Commission Chairman
City Attorney Don Hines was elected chairman of the airport commission at its organizational meeting announced by Mayor F K Hahn. Karl Blaise was elected secretary. The group instructed Hines to draft a resolution of cooperation with the city council and related agencies, and asked the city treasurer to prepare a full financial statement on the airport project. It also called for the acting manager to submit a complete inventory of municipal airport property.
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Cedar Rapids
Don Hines
Airport Commission
F. K. Hahn
Karl Blaise
Hines
Commando Kelly Returns to Peacetime Job at Filling Station
Former Medal of Honor recipient Charles Commando Kelly rejoined civilian life by running a filling station on a Saturday in Pittsburgh. He serves as a symbol of veterans adapting to peacetime, steering public recognition toward service.
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Pittsburgh
Charles
Commando) Kelly
Chinese Reds Charge U.S. Meddling in China War
Communist sources accuse the United States of meddling in China under the guise of a policeman as fighting intensifies between Communist forces and central government troops. Reports say U S trained troops aid the government in northern rail operations and that massing government forces threaten major rail lines toward Hankow Peiping.
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United States
Yenan
Chungking
Peipin
China
Sixth Army
Tientsin
Pukow
Burma
Manchuria
Henan
Hopei
Hankow
Peiping
Flagship anchors off Communist port in Manchuria meet mayor
Vice Admiral Daniel E. Barbey's flagship the Catoctin anchored at Yingkow as a conference with Red army garrison commander and Mayor Wang Tien Chung was planned. No troop landings were scheduled.
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Yingkow
Manchuria
Daniel E. Barbey
Barbey
Red Army
Wang Tien Chung
British Dockworkers To Resume Work Monday
A national strike committee says British dockworkers will resume work Monday and begin negotiations. Troops have been loading and unloading ships in London and other ports during the strike.
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London
Cairo Riots Extend to Arab Shops Amid Outbreaks
Rioting flared in central Cairo with mobs attacking Jewish and Arab shops. Police and military orders stopped leave, as more than 300 suspects were arrested and Friday's toll rose to about 10 killed and 430 injured across Cairo and Alexandria.
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Cairo
Egypt
Soliman Pasha
Ajil
Alexandria
Palestine
Akhbar Elyaam
U. S. Recognizes Hungary De Facto
Washington reports de facto recognition of Hungary's provisional government. The step contrasts with de jure recognition and comes as Hungary remains a defeated enemy without a peace treaty. De jure recognition would follow once obstacles are cleared.
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Washington
Hungary
Pauley Says Japan War Plants to Be Moved Abroad
Edwin W. Pauley, Truman's representative on Japanese reparations, said Japan's war plants that can be used for peacetime purposes will be moved to former enemy dominated countries.
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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 rise for federal civil service salaries amid Senate debate. Senator Byrd opposes, warning the change sets national standards and could spread to private industry. Flemming cites wage gaps and proposes large raises for top officials within a stabilization plan. The bill estimates total annual cost at 415.57 million for about 860 thousand workers, with payroll declines contested by Byrd. Postal workers and other groups are excluded, with Byrd predicting broader demands if passed.
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Washington
White House
Byrd
D-Va
Arthur S. Flemming
Civil Service Commissioner
Senate
Civil Service Committee
Senate Committee
Senate Civil Service Committee
Downey
D-Calif
Flemming
Kidnapping Fear Spurs Sierra Search for Missing Dickie Suden
In Downieville California a search for blond blue eyed three year old Richard Merritt tum Suden continues after he vanished Thursday from his Goodyear Bar home. Grandparents fear kidnapping while FBI declines comment as search expands over 16 square miles amid mountain lion and mine shaft hazards.
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Downieville
Calif
Dickie Tum Suden
Sierra Nevada
Mother Lode
A. L. Merritt
Berkeley
FBI
San Francisco
Goodyear Bar
Here
Joseph Jum Suden
Brush Creek
Merritt
Sierra County
California-Nevada Line
Dickie
Richard Merritt Tum Suden
Tum Suden
Sally Margaret Merritt
Bay Area
Two Confess to Store Breakins in Iowa towns
Detectives report Marvin Whalen and Samuel David confessed to breaking into the Eton Jewelry Co and Okinawa’s Jewelry store. They face breaking and entering charges. David was arrested Thursday night in a Cedar Rapids hotel. Whalen was taken Friday at the county jail. A May 30 Okinawa theft totaled 300 dollars in watches, Sept. 27 Eton break yielded 300 dollars in watches, and Oct. 21 Okinawa window theft amounted to 1274 dollars in rings.
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Cedar Rapids
Marvin Whalen
Samuel David
Eton Jewelry Company
Okinow
Bill Kudina
Kodina
David
Whalen
Okinaw
Eton
Junk Heap Faces B 29s at Boeing Wichita
At Boeing plant No 2 in Wichita electric blow torches are used to destroy Superfortresses slated for scrapping on Army channel instructions. An unnamed plant official confirms no further statement. Maj. E. T. Cuttyback notes surplus material is destroyed when government contracts end.
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Wichita
Kan
Boeing Aircraft
Maj
E. T. Cuttyback
Army
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