Murray urges revival of profits tax price curbs
CIO President Philip Murray outlined an eight point national program at the CIO convention in Portland proposing returns to excess profits taxes and price controls to curb price rises. The plan also calls for inventories control, anti monopoly measures, farm price floors, a $1 minimum wage, expanded social security, public housing and plant expansion.
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Philip Murray
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John Lund visits Mutual Hollywood studios for interview
John Lund talks with Erskin Johnson on Your Dia KCRG Network about his film career tonight at 8 30. He recalls his first romantic hero setback at age four when a neighbor girl cried as she danced with him. Franklin and Bob Patterson of Wilson join his story as helpers a basketball season opens with Franklin Burlington game on Friday night.
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Mutual Hollywood Studios
Erskin Johnson
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Johnny
Cedar Rapids High School Basketball Schedule Discussed on Sports Final
The 1948-49 Cedar Rapids high school basketball schedule will be examined on KCRG KCRK Sports Final at 9 45 p m. Representatives from Roosevelt McKinley and other schools will join Sports Director Bob Brooks to discuss the season with Dick Surface Bob High and John Tisdale slated to participate.
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Cedar Rapids
KCRG
KCRK
Bob Brooks
Dick Surface
Roosevelt
Bob High
McKinley
John Tisdale
C. R. High
Brooks
Old Flame Aboard Ship Sparks Mystery on Alaskan Voyage
Gregory Hood encounters a former lover aboard an Alaska bound liner as a man vanishes and a uranium mine puzzle unfolds before the ship reaches port. The case unfolds in tonight's CASEBOOK OF GREGORY HOOD at 7 30 on KCRG KCRK.
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Greg Hood
Gregory Hood
Kcrg-Kcrk
Greg
Alaska
Anderson and Mrs Burton Help at Hilltop House
A fragment notes times 6 15 6 30 6 45 and names Anderson Mrs Burton aiding Light tidy and Jane John McCaffrey David Harum Hilltop House.
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Mrs. Burton
Light Tidy
Jane John McCaffrey
Evening Radio Schedule Highlights and Programs
The listing outlines a Monday and Tuesday radio schedule with guests and shows. Highlights include Henry J. Taylor, Gabriel Heatter, Hy Gardner, Eddy Howard, and an afternoon Movie Matinee followed by Accent on Melody and Date with Music. Sports Brief notes a feature on A Star Is Born and various musical programs throughout the day.
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Kets Lewis, Jr
Henry J. Taylor
Sports Camera
Harmon & Brooks
Gregory Hood
Hy Gardner
Gabriel Heatter
Mutual Newsreel
Hollywood Story
John Lund
Sammy Kaye
Fettee Lewis, ix
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Harmon and Brooks
Hollywood
Henry
Pnatins
Radio Council
CIO leader outlines gains from Southern organizing drive
Murray reported progress on security programs via collective bargaining and notes the Southern organizing drive has near 500,000 members, with CIO Southern membership more than doubling since the 1946 launch.
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Murray
CIO
Catholic Students Elect James Nolan Region President
James Nolan son of Mr and Mrs J J Nolan was elected president of the Iowa region of the National Federation of Catholic College Students at Mount Mercy college. He attends Loras college Dubuque. Other officers include Don Hayes Joan Salkeld Bill Kurtz and Dick McManus. Archbishops and priests attended as speakers and chaplains for the mass and ceremonies.
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Iowa
National Federation of Catholic College Students
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Dubuque
Don Hayes
St. Ambrose College
Davenport
Joan Salkeld
Marycrest College
Bill Kurtz
Loras
Bernard Brugman
St. Ambrose
Louis E. Wendling
Mount Mercy
Jim Rochlitz
Mike Walsh
Immaculate Conception High School
Acolytes
Jack Hiegel
Immaculate Conception
Therifer
Sylvester Luby
Arthur J. Breen
Third AFM Orchestra Concert Welcomed At YMCA Little Theater
A near capacity crowd enjoyed the third concert by AFM Local 137 orchestra at the YMCA Little Theater. Rockwell Daehler performed Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor while Strauss Tales from the Vienna Woods and Malaguena featured a cello cadenza by Charles Becker. The program also included Mozart G minor symphony Romberg Desert Song and an encore Night and Day before the next free concert next Sunday.
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American Federation of Musicians
Aid to Britain Tops Billion in Marshall Plan Aid
Washington dispatch reports United States aid to Great Britain under the Marshall plan surpassed 1 billion dollars, totaling 1,018,115,347 since the program began eight months ago. The ECA also announced 78,007,471 in new authorizations to ten European nations and others, with Britain receiving 48,978,000 and Italy 7,702,000 bringing Italy’s total to 412,480,810.
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Brakeman Dies After Fall From Caboose
Richard Callahan a 54 year old brakeman from Silvis DL died in St Luke s hospital at 6 45 am Monday from injuries from a fall Sunday evening. He fell from the cupola to the caboose floor on a west bound Rock Island freight near Walcott and was found four hours later. He regained consciousness but was paralyzed. He was taken to Cedar Rapids hospital after the train reached there. An autopsy will be performed.
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Rock Island Railroad
Silvis
St. Luke’s Hospital
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Rock Island
Walcott
Cedar Rapids
Robert Brosh
Two C R Men Fined on Reckless Driving Counts
Henry Vaclav of 625 Sixteenth Avenue SW and Carl Turkington of 212 Thirtieth Street NE pleaded guilty to reckless driving in police court on Monday. Vaclav was cited for erratic driving and running a stop light on Third Street SE, while Turkington was clocked at 54 mph on First Avenue E near Twenty fourth Street.
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Carl Turkington
Thirtieth Street
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Third Street
Eighth Avenue
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First Avenue E
Twentyfourth Street
Duff among candidates eyed for GOP national chair
Washington officials discuss Gov. James H. Duff of Pennsylvania as a potential successor to Rep. Hugh D. Scott Jr. for the Republican National Committee chair. Duff, influential in a key state, may be part of anti Dewey forces and signals a possible party command shakeup after Dewey's defeat. Senate leadership moves loom as Taft returns from Europe.
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Republican National Committee
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Thomas E. Dewey
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Frat Suspension Over Negro Is Reconsidered
New York report says the Phi Kappa Psi national executive council will recon sider the Amherst college chapter suspension after pledging a Negro. The council will meet Sunday to discuss potential action in the controversy surrounding the suspension.
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New York
Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity
Amherst College
MacArthur Ruling on Jap Verdicts Awaited
In Tokyo AP reports Gen. MacArthur hopes to issue a final judgment on war crimes convictions of Hideki Tojo and 24 co defendants by week’s end. He is reviewing appeals and is seen aligning with the international tribunal rulings. eleven Allied nations advised on the verdicts.
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MacArthur
Hideki Tojo
International War Crimes Tribunal
Court of Last Resort
Stickup Motive in Divorce Plea Cited by Suspect
In Omaha area, Robert Sweigart of Lincoln confessed to using an unloaded gun to rob Taxi Driver Virgil Higginson for a divorce motive. He claimed his wife would divorce him if he faced five years, and noted he has been AWOL from the navy since August. He was found in a snow field north of Omaha with frostbitten feet.
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Hopley Quitting As Defense Head
The White House announced Russell Hopley will resign as director of civilian defense planning. Aubrey Mellinger was named his replacement, though he would decide in a few days. Mellinger is Chicago born, chair of the Chicago plan commission, and former Bell Telephone executive.
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Charles G. Ross
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Mellinger
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Bell Telephone Company
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Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Lifer Who Escaped at Funeral Is Recaptured
George Huston, a 41 year old life-term convict, escaped during his mother's funeral ruse near Richmond Missouri. He was recaptured on a farm 18 miles northwest of Richmond after a week on the loose. Huston and his brother Ernest, 28, were convicted of killing Sheriff Ray Patterson and his son near Lamar in 1944.
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Robert O’dell
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