Strike Grip Clamped on GM Plants
A Flint Michigan Buick assembly plant and the Fisher body plant reportedly face shutdowns amid a regional strike. UAW leaders criticized price control policy as strikes cut about 283 000 jobs nationwide. Yale and Towne workers repelled a police charge at Stamford with guards protecting executives entering the plant.
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Flint
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Fisher Body
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Cleveland
Washington
United Auto Workers
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Houston
Texas
Texas and
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CIO
Steel
United States Steel
Benjamin Fairless
Stamford
William R. Hoyt
GM announces 10 percent raise for salaried workers
General Motors says about 70 000 salaried employees will receive a 10 percent increase on the first 500 of monthly pay, retroactive to November 1. Senior officers and directors are excluded from the general increase.
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Detroit
General Motors Corporation
Co. E. Wilson
Housing Executive Group Chosen by Cedar Rapids Committee
Members of the housing executive committee named by Mayor F. K. Hahn will oversee long range housing plans and the immediate housing emergency. They will aid in developing zoning ordinance changes and apartment conversions. The appointees include A. W. Daniels Henry Haegg Troy Deal A L Killian Horace Hedges Paul Huston Don Hines William Smith John Wagner Howard Green Howard McLaughlin H S Stamats Fay Merrill E C Hoyt and Jim Scolaro.
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Cedar Rapids
F. K. Hahn
General Housing Committee
A. W. Daniels
Henry Haegg
Troy Deal
A. L. Killian
Horace Hedges
Paul Huston
Don Hines
William Smith
John Wagner
Howard Green
Howard McLaughlin
H. 5. Stamats
Fay Merrill
E. C. Hoyt
Jim Scolaro
Iowa Governor Proclaims Nov 22 as Thanksgiving Day
DES MOINES UP Gov Robert D Blue proclaims November 22 as Thanksgiving day in Iowa making the state one of 46 to observe the holiday statewide. The action aligns Iowa with national celebration plans and sets the official observance date.
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Des, Moines
Robert’ D
Iowa
Vessels Land Chinese Troops Along Shantung Coast
American trained Chinese nationalist forces land unopposed at Tsingtao after U S transport arrival. Marines hold a foothold on Shantung peninsula while Red forces surround port and nearby posts Chefoo and Weihaiwei.
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Tsingtao
United States
China
Shantung Peninsula
Leathernecks
Lemuel C. Shepherd
Chefoo
Weihaiwei
Daniel E. Barbey
Eighth Army
Chinwangtao
13Th Army
T. B. Britain
Ashland
Chiang Kai-shek
Resignation of McCloy Accepted
Washington AP President Truman accepted the resignation of John J. McCloy as secretary of war effective November 24. The White House released letters showing the President’s regret. McCloy offered resignation September 6 after Stimpson’s retirement. the Lovett resignation remained unacted on.
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Washington
Truman
John J. McCloy
White House
McCloy
G McCloy
Henry L. Stimpson
Robert Lovett
Tokyo residents protest bath price hike
Tokyo residents complained of a dirty deal as public bath fees rose from 12 to 20 yen. They rely on baths since homes lack fuel for heating water and most people use the baths daily.
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Tokyo
Iowa Liquor Tax Tally Shows License Holders Increase
Des Moines AP reports Iowa now has 2 361 individuals and groups with federal licenses to sell liquor since July 1 up from 2 240 last year and 2 221 in 1943. State law bans liquor sales except via 176 state stores, yet 2 185 hold federal licenses. Affected gaming device taxes also fell from 799 licenses in 1944 to 678 this year with 2 472 devices taxed.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Federal Collector of Internal Revenue
Towans
Pangborn Appointed Coe College Business Manager
Verne A. Pangborn of Iowa City is named college business manager for Coe College to begin Dec. 15, as part of a reorganization to split duties among business staff. Leighton Beckett will oversee city real estate and housing for veterans, with Pangborn focusing on internal college finances.
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Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Verne A. Pangborn
Iowa City
Byron S. Hollinshead
Pangborn
Leighton D. Beckett
Coe
University of Iowa
Iowa Hospital Association
American Hospital Association
Hospitals
Coralville
Ruml Urges Triple Decker Policy for World Peace
Beardsley Ruml of the Federal Reserve and Macy urges a three-way plan long term toward world government intermediate toward UN support and short term diplomacy to reduce tensions. He warns of an atomic war in five years if the short term part fails and says world government cannot be imposed by force.
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INS
Beardsley Ruml
Federal Reserve Bank
R. H. Macy and Company
Cedar Rapids
Ruml
United Nations Organization
Rum
Rumi
UNO
Light Snow Expected Tonight in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and continued cold with occasional light snow. Tonight's low around 20 while light snow spreads from northwest Iowa. Thursday briefly clears before a colder weekend. Thermometers rise slowly as 39 at 2:30 p m marks recovery from 18 at 6 a m.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Jowa
Burlington
Decorah
Mason City
Iowa City
Charles City
Air Crew Volunteers Slated for Discharge
The Army Air Forces announced it will discharge about 4 000 enlisted men with two or more years of service who volunteered for air crew training. The move aims to avoid training those who would be eligible for discharge soon, with some having completed part of their training.
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Washington
Army Air Forces
E Bond Sales Gain in Linn Rural Sector
E Bond sales rise in Linn County rural areas as new daily pace nears quota. County totals reach 58 841 to date while Cedar Rapids totals top 432 350, with 24.4 percent of the county and city quota of over two million dollars. Larger denominations lag at 15 percent.
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Linn
Cedar Rapids
Lester Mitchell
Linn County
Japan Seeks Allied Food Aid and Pledges Payment
Japan formally asked Allied powers for food and fuel, offering repayment in installments with gold diamonds silk and other goods. The plan includes importing 3 million tons of food 1 million tons of salt and other materials while Japan proposes a barter payment and an internal reparations commission. General MacArthur declined immediate response noting Allied position. occupation forces in Japan and Korea near peak and then expected to fall.
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Japan
MacArthur
Sankuro Ogasawara
America
Robert L. Eichelberger
Korea
Kyodo
Ministries of Finance
Foreign Commerce and Industry
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Ogasawara
United States
Nippon
Unfair Prices to Amputees Charged in Indictment
A federal grand jury indicted 45 corporations 34 individuals and a trade association for price fixing in the artificial limb industry. The probe targets 75 percent of limbs and 90 percent of components, aiming to curb noncompetitive pricing for VA and state agencies. The Association of Limb Manufacturers of America and its president Chester C Haddan are named.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Clark
Association of Limb Manufacturers of America
Chester C. Haddan
Miles Denounces Youth Draft as Unnecessary at Legion Meeting
Des Moines veteran Frank Miles urged educators to run colleges and military to handle war concerns, backing compulsory military training. He argued ROTC helps only college-bound youths and warned the nation must train ready to fight. Miles recalled his son’s death in World War II and insisted Americans must share war lessons to avert future conflicts.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank Miles
Des Moines
Hanford Post
American Legion
Coliseum
Byron S. Hollins
Coe College
Coe
Miles
Hollinshead
Legion
Protest New British Plan On Palestine
In Jerusalem during a 12 hour general strike Jews protest Bevin proposals to settle Palestine. Hundreds stone bus drivers as shops close. Bevin statement studied. Curfew revoked for outdoor protests amid mixed Arab and Jewish reactions to a trusteeship idea.
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Jerusalem
Ibus
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Ernest Bevin
Britain
United States
Bevin
League of Nations
Palestine Post
Truman
Al-Difah
Congress wary of joint Palestine study commission
American lawmakers skeptical of a Anglo American plan to form a joint Palestine commission. Senator Mead warns of delay and no quick solution for European Jewish refugees. Rep. Celler calls for unrestricted Jewish migration. Rabbi Baruch Koroff labels the move a death sentence for European Jewry.
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Palestine
Europe
Truman
Sen. Mead
D-N.y
Rep. Celler
D-Ny
Baruch Koroff
New York City
Builders Seek Breakup of Cities Over 200000
Los Angeles AP report: leading builders architects and structural engineers plan to petition Congress to divide all U S cities with populations above 200000 to reduce bomb damage risk. Sumner Spaulding chair of the AIA committee announced unanimous favor for dispersal of large cities and industrial centers pending ATA membership approval.
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Congress
United States
Atomic
Sumner Spaulding
American Institute Planning of Architects
Institute
Southern California
ATA
Spaulding
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