No November 1 deadline set to lift most price controls
Washington officials say the OPA will end most price ceilings on foods and services by November 1 in an orderly manner. Some items will stay under ceilings, including rents autos and durable goods, while small concessions lift on jams preserves and handkerchiefs. The push aims to remove controls ahead of January, with rent ceilings remaining in place and a reduction of OPA staff to essential functions.
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Washington
OPA
Congress
Ivan D. Carson
Carson
Wilson Wyatt
White House
Veterans Housing Program
Cedar Rapids student wins steak contest at Iowa City
Cedar Rapids native John McKay defeated Bill Mahone of Clear Lake in a steak eating contest at a local restaurant marking the end of meat price controls. McKay ate ten steaks to Mahone's nine while spectators watched, with all contestants students from the University of Iowa.
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Iowa City
Big John McKay
Cedar Rapids
McKay
Bill Mahone
Clear Lake
Bruce McKay
Thirty-sixth Street
Marine Corps
Mahone
University of Iowa
Rene Jacobs
Wall Lake
Substitute for soap developed from paraffin extract
Dr Chester M Suter of the Sterling-Winthrop Research Institute spoke to the Philadelphia American Chemical Society about mersol a substitute for soap made from paraffin hydrocarbon and treated with sulphur dioxide and chlorine He noted Germans developed it during the war to replace scarce synthetic cleaners and that mersol shows excellent wetting and good foam properties.
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Philadelphia
Chester M. Suter
Sterling-Winthrop Research Institute
Rensselaer
N. Y
American Chemical Society
Cedar Rapids Chest Drive Sees $58,648 Raised Early
By Friday afternoon the Community Chest drive in Cedar Rapids stood at 58 648 with 83 614 63 still to raise to meet a 142 262 63 goal. Iowa Manufacturing's second shift of 178 men donated 950 topping its quota by 200 and over 60 percent of workers lived out of town.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Manufacturing Company
James F. Plumb
Byrnes to Speak On National Policy In NBC Broadcast
Secretary of State Byrnes will address the nation for 30 minutes at 9 p.m. Iowa time over NBC to reinforce his firm policy toward Russia after the Paris peace conference. The speech follows President Truman and includes discussion of progress at the Paris talks and potential replies to criticism by Wallace.
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International
Byrnes
Truman
Sen. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Washington
Russia
Iowa
NBC
Paris
United Nations Assembly
New York
White House
Commerce Wallace
CBS
Vandenberg
State Department
Walter Bedell Smith
California
United States
Commerce
Portrait of Truman Slashed at Smithsonian Museum
The Washington Times-Herald reports an unknown vandal slashed an oil portrait of President Truman by John Slavin at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum. A two inch gash across the face prompted Slavin to call the act an indirect and outrageous insult against the President. Slavin owns the painting and plans to insure it for $10,000.
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Washington
Washington Times-Herald
Truman
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum
John Slavin
Slavin
Daily Deaths Highlight From Courthouse Notes
Unclear fragments point to a courthouse reference and daily notices including death notices. The readable text remains sparse with no identifiable names, dates, or locations to anchor a full summary.
All 1945 Draftees Out by Year End Economy Move
The army will discharge about 235,000 draftees taken in during 1945 by December 31, part of a plan to cut total strength from 1,745,000 to 1,310,000 by year end and to 1,070,000 by July 1, 1947. The move, aimed at budget balance, saves about 50 million dollars and supports an all volunteer force.
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Washington
W. S. Paul
War Department
Paul
Truman
Patterson
Army
Pacific
Air Force
FBI Probing Missouri Vote Fraud Tied to Truman Home County
The FBI opened an inquiry into alleged vote irregularities in Missouri's Democratic primary last August in Truman's home county. An unknown candidate backed by the President and the Pendergast organization defeated Rep. Roger C. Slaughter in the Fifth district. The probe followed a Kansas City Star series, with pictures of hornfields and a burned-out apartment cited as voter addresses.
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Kansas City
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Truman
Pendergast Democratic
Roger C. Slaughter
Missouri
FBI
Kansas City Star
Justice Department
Washington
Election Board
The
Star
Hornfields
First Real Heavy Frost Expected Tonight
The weather bureau warned a heavy frost and freezing temperatures would arrive tonight with lows of 25 to 30 degrees. Cedar Rapids reported 53 degrees at 2:30 p.m. and recent heavy rains had little impact on the day’s temperature. Saturday and Sunday were forecast warmer.
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Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Corn Refiners Move to Full Capacity Output
Corn refiners said production will be stepped up to capacity to meet a large backlog after government restrictions were removed. American Maize and Corn Products Refining cited moving crops and a box car shortage as factors, with ceilings on prices easing pressure as supplies grow.
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New York
Corn Products Refining Company
American Maize Products Company
Penick
Ford
Gandhi suggests Hindu women attacked by Moslems may die by holding breath
In New Delhi Gandhi urged that Hindu women assaulted in east Bengal could achieve death by self action through holding their breath. He cited forced conversions and contrasted it with dying by poison, while in Chicago Dr. Morris Fishbein questioned if one could die by breath-holding.
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New Delhi
East Bengal
Gandhi
Chicago
Morris Fishbein
American Medical Association
Coe Parades Brown Brains And Beauties At Homecoming
Coe college celebrated Homecoming with floats despite shortages of tissue and wire. Students designed humorous and colorful displays for a Cedar Rapids parade signaling the upcoming Cornell football game at Coe field.
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Coe
Brown
Beauties
Carl Kane
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Cornell
Bronze bucket to honor Cee-Cornell game winner
A bronze plated bucket on a walnut base will be awarded to the victor of the Cee-Cornell football game this Saturday. A joint student committee created the prize to curb paint smearing and rowdyism seen in past years and the bucket will be presented at a chapel period later in the fall and displayed at the game.
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Cee-Cornell
Coe students stage fiery display in mock Cornell fate
A vivid parade scene shows Coe rooting crowds around a carved block with a limp dummy in Cornell uniform as sorority members craft floats. The sign proclaims meat-lid lifting by OPA while devil figures and a Goddess of Victory center the display. Floats feature red and gold footballs and a purple, white Cornell theme.
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Coe
Cornell
OPA
Marine Band to Perform Two Concerts in Cedar Rapids
The United States Marine Band, America’s oldest military musical organization, will give two Memorial Coliseum concerts in Cedar Rapids next Tuesday. The program spans Shostakovich to Sousa. Tickets are available in The GazetteBuilding lobby through 9 p.m. today, Saturday, and Monday. Any profits will go to unspecified charity.
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America
Memorial ‘Coliseum
Cedar Rapids
Shostakovich
Sousa
Gazette
U S Charges Yugoslavs Enslave Americans
The United States charged that many self described Americans died in Yugoslav prison camps and others are used for slave labor. A note to Yugoslav authorities condemned arrests without charges confinement to unsanitary camps and punishment without conviction.
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Washington
United States
Richard C. Patterson
Soviet embassy blasts U S foreign agent demand on delegates
The Soviet embassy accused the Justice Department of hampering cultural ties by requiring Russian delegates to the Slav congress in New York to register as foreign agents. Michail Vavilov said the move damaged ties and recalled the 17-member Soviet delegation. Three foreign delegates registered. Americans faced no such rule.
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Washington
Justice Department
United States
New York
Michail S. Vavilov
Russia
Frantiseck Fiala
Vavilov
Soviet Republics
Soviet Union
Auto Union In Wage Bid In Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther announced that wage contracts covering more than 400000 auto workers would be reopened within 60 days. CIO President Philip Murray will arrive in Cleveland to join the VAW international executive board. A Cleveland local had urged negotiating terms including cost of living wage bonuses a guaranteed weekly wage and a management financed pension plan.
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Cleveland
Walter P. Reuther
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Philip Murray
VAW International
Reuther
Boss Communist Has Exit Blocked
New York AP reports Gerhard Eisler, labeled as the top Communist in the United States by a former Daily Worker editor, had his planned departure to Austria blocked by cancellation of his exit permit. The State Department declined to discuss the cancellation, while the Daily Worker cited FBI questioning related to Budenz’s assertions.
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New York
Gerhard Eisler
Daily Worker
United States
Austria
State Department
FBI
Eisler
Louis
Budenz
Calif. Governor Slams Henry Wallace Over Intrusion in Politics
Gov. Earl Warren accused Henry Wallace of intruding into California politics and said he will answer any Wallace speech on behalf of Democratic candidates. He challenged Wallace to campaign in Iowa, questioned his qualifications, and pressed six questions about intrusion, party ties, and policy in California.
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Sacramento
Calif
Ins
Earl Warren
Henry Wallace
California
Wallace
Iowa
Warren
PAC
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