Lewis Again Raises Coal Strike Peril
Washington government coal administrator Cant. N H Collisson rejected John L Lewis wage negotiations and urged a contract with private operators so the government could release mines. Lewis threatened a new coal strike by miners by Nov 20, demanding talks on wages hours and working conditions and possible contract breach by the government.
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Lewis
Washington
N. H. Collisson
John L. Lewis
Truman Administration
United Mine Workers
Interior
Krug
UMW
United States
America
Wilson and Co Cedar Rapids plant workers return to work
After a one day stoppage United Packinghouse Workers Local 3 voted to return to their jobs and arbitrate the dispute. Harold Smith said the next step is scheduling with arbiter Joseph Lohman as management denounced the sit-down strike and urged grievance procedure under the labor agreement.
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Cedar Rapids
Wilson and Company
United Packinghouse Workers Local Union No. 3
Harold Smith
Joseph Lohman
Wilson
Smith
Lohman
National Union
Wilson Company
Wilson and Company, Inc
Smuts to UN meeting. Molotov quoted on stay
London AP reports South African Prime Minister Jan Smuts flew to the United Nations assembly. He deflected questions on duration by telling reporters to ask Molotov. In San Francisco INS notes Joseph E. Hicswa, 21, an army private, was transported to begin a 30 year sentence after being convicted of murdering two Japanese civilians in Japan.
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London
Jan Christiaan Smuts
United Nations Assembly
New York
Smuts
Molotov
San Francisco
INS
Joseph E. Hicswa
Japan
Mr Prosperity Blamed By Anderson In Meat Shortage
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson blamed rising buying power and demand for meat shortages. He cited 1943 per cap consumption at 126 pounds and projected 1946 consumption near 200 pounds, labeling increased prosperity as the root cause.
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San Luis Obispo
Calif
Anderson
Stork Delivers Baby In Ambulance In Cedar Rapids
In Cedar Rapids Monday evening a baby girl was born in an ambulance near First Avenue and Sixth Street E. Mrs L G Fralin and her husband, both employed by a local construction company, live at the Allison. The ambulance crew assisted as midwife when the baby arrived en route to St Luke's hospital. Dr L G Carrigg attended the mother and baby at St Luke's with Dr J J McCullough and hospital staff present.
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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
L. G. Carrigg
St. Luke’s
J. J. McCullough
Government Acts In Airline Strike
The National Mediation board entered the Trans World Airlines pilots walkout to speed a settlement and resume service. TWA President Jack Frye warned of possible government seizure, but the White House denied plans for drastic action. A Daily Mail Paris dispatch noted a special flight to New York carrying United Nations personnel and British scientist Dr Julian Huxley aboard.
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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
Stanley’ Stanton
The
Daily Mail
Diphtheria Aboard Ship Holds Troops and Civilians
Diphtheria outbreak aboard the transport George Washington prompts holding of troops and civilians on arrival in New York from Bremerhaven. Four cases were found aboard as of the ship's Saturday arrival, with patients confined at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.
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New York
George Washington
Bremerhaven
Ike asks MacArthur to probe Pacific troop morale
Washington General Dwight D. Eisenhower asked General Douglas MacArthur to investigate reports of disintegrating morale among U S troops in the Pacific with emphasis on Manila and the Philippines He noted improvement in Europe but warned morale problems persist in Pacific due to rapid demobilization and short training The war department cited young recruits low training and high nonvolunteer rates as factors and aimed to shift to an SE trainnet basis as soon as possible
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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 Prices Raise Two to Three Cents
OPA announced a two to three cent increase in ceiling prices for canned pork and beans and baked beans. The higher ceilings apply to processed beans due to higher labor and other costs, and consumers will see the rise when first higher priced cans reach retail stores.
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Washington
OPA
School Board Reassesses Cedar Rapids Building Plans
The Cedar Rapids school board discussed revised plans for future facilities including expanding Arthur school by seven rooms, bidding construction, and possibly relocating Buchanan school. A hearing on west side recreation area plans is set for Nov 12 at 7 30 p.m. at city hall, with a joint session involving the memorial commission and city council.
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Jack Ferring
Packer
Cedar Rapids
West Side
Arthur School
Buchanan School
Rock Island
Memorial Commission
City Council
Vets Committee Condemns Trailers By John Reynolds
The All-Veterans Housing committee led by Sam Cohen and Howard McLaughlin condemned conditions at Kenridge Terrace the Federal Public Housing Authority site for homeless Cedar Rapids families after Monday inspections. Cohen said he would meet with VFW and Disabled American Veterans officials to pursue action and fix the site.
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Kenridge Terrace
Federal
Public Housing Authority
Cedar Rapids
the Terrace
All-Veterans Housing Committee
Sam Cohen
Hanford Post No. 5
American Legion
Howard McLaughlin
Cohen
VFW
Disabled American Veterans
U S To Hold Back on Help To Detractors
Secretary Byrnes said the United States will not extend credits to nations that view such aid as economic enslavement. He cited a $40 million Czech credit cancellation and said loans will favor countries needing aid and those friendly to the U S. He noted no general policy to deny aid to states in the Soviet sphere though officials prefer not to fund claims of imperialism.
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Washington
Byrnes
United States
Czechoslovakia
Paris
Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Czech
Romania
State Department
New York Legion Denounces Vet March on Senate
Governor Dewey received hundreds of telegrams from veterans groups condemning 75 American Veterans committee members who seized the state senate chamber for 23 hours to protest housing delays. The New York American Legion deplored the action, with Earl C. Hitchcock asserting the Legion will not sponsor or condone any march to force legislation.
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Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
Senate Chamber
American Veterans Committee
Capitol Guards
Glens Falls
American Legion
Earl C. Hitchcock
Legion
New York State
Indian Summer's End A Possibility
The Des Moines Weather Bureau warned that the Indian Summer spell, while not drastic, could end or temper by Tuesday night or Wednesday. Tuesday night will be fair and cooler, with tomorrow partly cloudy and west showers. Cedar Rapids reported 70 degrees at 2:30 pm, 66 was Monday's high at 1 to 3 pm, with 56 to 54 to 46 degree readings through the day.
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Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Des Moines
Curbs on Use of Fats, Oils Ended
Washington as ed dept lifted all restrictions on fats and oils use except peanut and import controls. The move follows OPA price decontrol and ends use restrictions, seen as paving the way for decontrol of soaps and paints made from these products.
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Washington
Ins
Agriculture Department
OPA
Goering Report Still Not Available In Nuernberg
Col Burton Andrus, Nuernberg prison commandant, said on Tuesday the official report on Hermann Goering’s death by his own action had not yet been released. It was expected to be available Tuesday.
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Nuernberg
Burton Andrus
Hermann Goering
Bevin Urges East West Unity in Postwar Europe
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin told Parliament that Europe cannot recover while East and West remain divided. Reviewing the Paris talks, he criticized states acting for selfish or ideological reasons and urged dialogue to prevent a lasting split. He supported Turkish sovereignty amid the Dardanelles issue, called for revising the Montreux convention, and said Britain would help Greece rebuild while withdrawing troops from Greece and the Netherlands East Indies. He defended Britain’s aims in the Middle East and emphasized building healthy economies for independent nations.
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Loindon
Ernest Bevin
Inhouse of Commons
Europe
Bevin
Dardanelles
Britain
Turkey Z
Black Sea
Envelope short age delays leave pay to veterans
The War Department said terminal leave payments in savings bonds to veterans are delayed by envelope shortages. Army finance chief W H Karsten expects the shortage to persist until next month, delaying mailing of bonds until November when adequate envelopes become available.
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INL
War Department
J. Gen
W. H. Karsten
Army
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