Lewis Again Raises Coal Strike Peril
Washington Under government coal administrator Capt. N H Collisson rejects John L Lewis demand for wage talks and proposes private operator contracts, while Lewis threatens a soft coal strike by miners by November 20. He calls for a new wage deal by November 1, warns of contract breach claims, and pushes for broader wage and policy changes amid the wartime to peacetime shift.
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Washington
N. H. Collisson
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Truman Administration
United Mine Workers
Interior
Krug
UMW
Truman
Workers Return to Jobs After Wilson Dispute in Cedar Rapids
In Cedar Rapids on October 22 1946 United Packinghouse Workers Local No 3 voted to return to their jobs ending a one day stop work dispute at Wilson and Company plant. Management issued a statement condemning the sit down strike as a violation of the labor agreement and outlined steps to arbitrate through arbiter Joseph Lohman. The company cited ongoing wage and scheduling grievances while urging future grievances be handled via the contract procedure.
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Cedar Rapids News
Wilson and Company
Cedar Rapids
United Packinghouse Workers Local Union No. 3
Harold Smith
Joseph Lohman
Wilson
Smith
Lohman
Wilsom and Company
National Union
Wilson Company
Wilson and Company, Inc
Stork Delivers Baby On The Go In Cedar Rapids
On Monday evening in Cedar Rapids a baby girl was born in an ambulance on First Avenue near Sixth Street as Mrs. L. G. Fralin, rushed from the Allison hotel to St. Luke's hospital. Driver Claude Cypra and attendant Donald Coleman assisted as midwife. Dr. L. G. Carrigg and Dr. J. J. McCullough welcomed mother and child at the hospital.
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Cedar Rapids
Allison Hotel
L. G. Fralin
St. Luke’s Hospital
Claude
Babe” Cypra
Donald “Bud” Coleman
First Avenue
Sixth Street
Fralin
Allison
St. Luke's Hospital
L. G. Carrigg
St. Luke’s
J. J. McCullough
Smuts Leaves London for United Nations Assembly
African Prime Minister Jan Christiaan Smuts flew from London to New York for the United Nations assembly meeting. When asked how long he would stay, Smuts responded with a quip directing inquiry to Molotov.
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London
Jan Christiaan Smuts
United Nations Assembly
New York
Smuts
Mr. Molotov
Private arrives in U S to begin 30 year sentence
San Francisco report states army private Joseph E. Hicswa, 21, convicted of murdering two Japanese civilians in Japan, arrived Tuesday to serve a 30 year sentence. He was transferred from a U S military facility and will begin imprisonment under U S law.
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San Francisco
INS
Joseph E. Hicswa
Japan
Be&n
Mr Prosperity Blamed for Shortage by Anderson
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson blamed the shortage of meat and other commodities on the public’s increased buying power. He cited per capita meat consumption rising from 126 pounds in 1943 to an estimated 200 pounds in 1946 as a main cause of tight supplies.
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San Luis Obispo
Calif
Anderson
Government Acts In Airline Strike
The National Mediation board stepped in to speed a settlement in the Trans World Airlines pilots strike. The immobilized fleet of 90 planes halted domestic and global routes. TWA President Jack Frye warned of possible government seizure, but the White House denied such plans. A Daily Mail dispatch noted a UN flight from Paris to New York carrying stranded personnel.
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Washington
National Mediation Board
Trans World Airlines
TWA
Jack Frye
White House
London Daily Mail
Paris
New York
United Nations
Julian Huxley
Larry Trumble
Europe
Stanton
Daily Mail
Diphtheria Outbreak On George Washington Ship
Troops and civilians aboard the transport George Washington are held due to a diphtheria outbreak during the vessel's crossing from Bremerhaven. Embarkation authorities report the situation and containment measures.
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New York
George Washington
Eisenhower asks MacArthur to study Pacific troop morale
Washington reports Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower asked Gen. Douglas MacArthur to investigate morale among U S troops in the Pacific with focus on Manila and the Philippines. Officials cite demobilization, brief training, and low volunteer rates as factors, while living conditions and discipline issues affect draftees.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Pacific
Eisenhower
Manila
Philippines
New York Times
War Department
Pacific Islands
Pork and Beans and Baked Beans Prices Up by OPA
OPA announced Tuesday that pork and beans and baked beans will rise two to three cents per can. The agency also allowed an immediate ceiling increase for processed beans due to higher labor and other costs, with the higher prices reaching stores when cans hit retail shelves.
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Washington
OPA
Cedar Rapids School Board weighs rebuild and expansion plan
The Cedar Rapids school board reviews revised Packer blueprint plans for a west side recreation area and seven new rooms at Arthur school. They consider buying a relocation site for Buchanan, bid for construction, and travel to Rock Island to inspect a football stadium. A 40 hour week for custodians is also discussed. A hearing with the memorial commission and city council is set for Nov 12 at 7 30 p.m.
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Packer
Cedar Rapids
West Side
Arthur School
Buchanan School
Rock Island
Memorial Commission
City Council
Veterans Committee Condemns Trailers At Ced ar Rapids Terrace
Kenridge Terrace the Federal Public Housing Authority s ha ven for homeless Cedar Rapids families was visited by investigators who found the same concerns. Visitors included All Veterans post No 5 of the American Legion and Howard McLaughlin chair man of the committee. Commander Cohen urged inspection and officials from the Disabled American Veterans may join, signaling possible action.
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Kenridge Terrace
Federal Public Housing Authority
Cedar Rapids
All-Veterans Post No. 5
American Legion
Howard McLaughlin
Cohen
Disabled American Veterans
U S Holds Back on Aid to Detractors
Secretary Byrnes said the United States will not extend credits to nations viewing them as economic enslavement. He cited a $40 million Czech credit cancellation and prioritized loans to needy and U S friendly governments. He noted no general program to cut aid in the Russian sphere but stressed reluctance to fund charges of imperialism.
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Washington
Byrnes
United States
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Andrei Vis
Bevin Urges East West Unity to Rebuild Europe
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin told Parliament that Europe cannot recover while East West divisions persist and urged preventing a split. He warned against outside interference in Greece, endorsed revising the Montreux Convention, and outlined Britain’s aim to help Greece and the Middle East build healthy economies while withdrawing troops from Greece and the Netherlands East Indies.
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London
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
Europe
Bevin
Middle East
Britain
New York Legion Condemns Vet March On Senate
Gov. Dewey reported hundreds of telegrams condemning 75 veterans who seized the senate chamber to protest housing delays. Messages from veterans groups decry the action as misguided while the American Legion statewide deplored the march and pledged not to sponsor such actions. Earl C. Hitchcock of the Legion urged Dewey that the Legion will not sponsor or condone any march upon government to force legislation.
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Albany
N.Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Senate Chamber
American Veterans Committee
Capitol Guards
Glens Falls
American Legion
Earl C. Hitchcock
The
Legion
New York State
Dewey
Indian Summers End A Possibility
The Des Moines weather bureau signaled a shift from the lingering Indian Summer with a forecast of cooler, partly cloudy sky and possible showers in the western state regions Tuesday night or Wednesday. Cedar Rapids reported 70 degrees at 2:30 pm and a Monday high of 66, with early morning lows around 46.
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Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Des Moines
Curbs on Use of Fats and Oils Ended
The Agriculture Department lifted all restrictions on use of fats and oils except those governing peanuts and imports. With price ceilings still in place, the move follows the OPA decision to remove price controls on edible fats and oils. The department cited substitutions as making continued use restrictions impracticable and signaled possible decontrol of related products such as soaps and paints.
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Washington
INS
Agriculture Department
OPA
Goering Death Report Still Not Available
NUERNBERG (UP) Col. Burton Andrus, Nuernberg prison commandant, said Tuesday that the official report on the death by self action of a one was not ready Tuesday.
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Goering
Nuernberg
Burton Andrus
Envelope Shortage Delays Leave Pay to Veterans
Washington dispatch reports the War Department delaying terminal leave payments to veterans in savings bonds due to a shortage of air sized envelopes. Maj. Gen. W H Karsten, army chief of finance, cited the envelope shortage as the reason for the delay and said supplies are being strained by the postwar demand for payment letters.
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Washington
INL
War Department
W. H. Karsten
Army
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