Plant siege ends with shutdown at Galion factory
In Galion Ohio 375 armed workers and officials remained inside the North Electric plant for nine hours overnight to avert a clash with 100 CIO UAW pickets. A truce arranged by state officials allowed police and deputies to patrol as workers and pickets relaxed. The siege began at 4 30 p m Wednesday after pickets blocked the gate forcing the plant to close.
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Galion
Ohio
North Electric Company
CID
State Adjutant General's Office
CIO United Auto Workers
Edward Duck
Stravinsky Seeks Juke Box Audience With Firebird Fox Trots
NEW YORK AP Igor Stravinsky, famed Russian born composer conductor, embraces the juke box market by reworking part of Firebird into a slow fox trot titled Summer Moon. Lou Levy of Leeds Music notes the shift follows Stravinsky’s American citizenship and aims to boost royalties by moving into a more lucrative category. Levy recalls urging a subtle rework for copyright and easy recording after naturalization.
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New York
Igor Stravinsky
Lou Levy
Leeds Music Corporation
Stravinsky
American Society of Composers and Publishers
Levy
Tchaikovsky
Chopin
Russia
U S Barring Malt Exports
Washington reports the commerce department ordered an embargo on malt exports to support food conservation. The move follows talks with state and agriculture departments and cites brewing industry restraint. Malt, made from germinated barley, is used in beer and ale, and the embargo aims to limit shipments abroad during production cuts.
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Washington
Commerce Department
State and Agriculture Departments
United States
Cooler Weather Reaches Iowa With Rain Across State
Clouds move into Iowa bringing soaking rains in parts of the state The weather bureau says cooler air will linger through Saturday with showers ending Friday Cedar Rapids reported 67 at 2 30 p m and a high of 85 between 1 30 and 3 p m Eastern Iowa highs are forecast in the sixties Temperatures dipped to near 52 55 overnight with a 9 degree low in Wyoming and wintery snows in Colorado Wyoming and southern Montana.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Tamora
Chambers
Mercury
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Anata
Wyo
Burning Freighter Abandoned Off Haiti Near New Fire
The freighter Koert was abandoned by all hands after a fire 15 miles off Haiti. Coast guard HQ said the Haiti coast guard, a new command setup by American officers, reported the situation under control. Commander James De Joy said his office could not yet determine how many people were aboard or the ship’s nationality.
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NEW York
Coast Guard
Haiti
Haiti Coast Guard
American Coast Guard
James de Joy
Polio Closes Palo School After Outbreak
The Palo public school closes until Monday due to a polio outbreak. Two five year old kindergarten pupils Michael Peacock and Douglas Miller are ill. Peacock was moved to University hospital Iowa City after paralysis began. Miller showed early polio signs but no paralysis. Miller's father works in The Gazette mailing department. Five polio cases in Linn county this year.
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Palo
Carl McCalley
Michael Peacock
Harold Peacock
Douglas Miller
Delbert
Peacock
University Hospital
Iowa City
Vinton
Miller
St. Luke’s Hospital
Gazette
Linn
Excused Juror Flouts Court as Trial Schedules
In Springfield Illinois AP Judge De Witt Crowe confronted an absent juror during a scheduled trial when 11 jurors appeared. The bailiff cited a call to the 12th juror Mrs Marion Leimkuehler who said she could not attend to bake chicken for visitors. The judge fined her $5 for contempt of court.
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Springfield
Ill
de Witt Crowe
Town board urged to fix bad street in Cheektowaga
Walter Pietrzak pressed the Cheektowaga town board to repair a severely deteriorated street and to install a warning sign. Board members say Pietrzak’s message shows a demand for substantial street fixing and improvements.
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Cheektowaga
N. Y
Walter Pietrzak
Dentist Accuses Sister Of Cutting Him Off From Love
In New York Dr J S Chapin a 40 year old Forest Hills dentist accuses his 32 year old spinster sister Shirley Chapin of controlling his life. He claims she barred him from bars and hotels and dictated which female patients could visit his office. Shirley was jailed on a disorderly conduct charge after an incident in court when he pressed the complaint. She sought bail as police prepared to remand her to the detention cell.
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New York
J. S Chapin
Fashionable Forest Hills
Shirley Chapin
Dr. Chapin
Fifth Avenue
Miss Chapin
Chapin
Community Chest Fund Drive Reaches $75000 Total
The 1947 Community Chest campaign stands at 75000 on Thursday, with the drive to end next Tuesday. General Chairman Lee Winterberg urges faster report submission as a second audit is set for Friday evening at Chest headquarters. Nine firms met quotas, Baker Shoe Store earned merit certificates, and several companies and employees reported quotas filled.
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Community Chest
Lee Winterberg
Chest
Chamber of Commerce
Winterberg
Baker Shoe Store
E. L. Patten & Company
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company
W. D. Lyon Company
Auto Radiator Service
Swab Motor Company
Standard Glass and Paint
Cedar Rapids Fuel
Syndicate Clothing Company
Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
Central States Electric and
Perpetual Savings and Loan
Bulls Hampers Fire Driving Five Prize Bulls From Barn
Five of 35 prize bulls at the Eastern Iowa Artificial Breeding Association farm were moved from a glass road NE center point property after sparks from a welding torch ignited upholstery in a truck inside the barn. Firefighters removed the truck, briefly blocking the door as stock was directed out. The barn sustained no fire damage, and bulls calmed outside as water and chemicals were applied to the smoldering upholstery.
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Cedar Rapids News
Eastern Iowa Artificial Breeding Association
Center Point Road
Glass Road
No. 3
Glass Road Farm
Britain Bans U S Tobacco Amid Austerity Drive
London AP report says Britain halted tobacco imports from the United States and unveiled large cuts in food imports as Sir Stafford Cripps warned economic collapse could end British democracy. Cripps outlined $800 million yearly austerity and urged lower US tariffs in exchange for reduced imports and higher exports to avert disaster. Trade sources noted Britain has a two year tobacco supply at current consumption.
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London
Britain
United States
Stafford Cripps
House of Commons
Cripps
Illinois Gang Leader Slain in Ambush Near Fairfield
Carl Shelton, a top figure in the Shelton gang known for bootlegging in southern Illinois during the 1920s, was ambushed and shot while riding in a jeep near his farm five miles southeast of Fairfield. Four men in a black sedan opened fire with a machine gun, firing about 15 shots before fleeing.
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Fairfield, Ill
Carl Shelton
Shelton
Illinois
Shelton Brothers
Carl
Earl
Bernard
Charles Birger
Birger
Here
Hartley Seeks Federal Offense for Work Interference
Boston reports Representative Hartley co author of Taft Hartley labor act vows to introduce a measure in the next Congress making it a federal offense to interfere with anyone who wants to work. He says the law would protect workers from harm and restore order, aiming to curb mass picketing and violence.
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Boston
Llp
Rep
Hartley
R-N. J
Czech Americans Win Nobel Prize in Medicine
The 1947 Nobel Prize in medicine is awarded jointly to Czech American scientists Dr. Carl F. Cori and Gerry Cori of Washington University in St. Louis and to Dr. B A Houssay of Buenos Aires. The announcement was made Thursday in Stockholm.
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Stockholm
Carl F. Cori
Gerry Cori
Washington University
St. Louis
B. A. Houssay
Buenos Aires
War Mixup Blamed on Somervell
Former assistant secretary of war Johnson testified before the senate war investigating committee that an industrial mobilization plan for World War II was discarded by top brass to fit Gen. Brehon Somervell. He said Roosevelt and he knew as early as 1938 war was coming and preparations were hindered by Perkins, Woodring, and Somervell, who even planned to remove Gen. Marshall. Johnson, a Clarksburg attorney and former American Legion head, cited “confidential information” from multiple sources including military attaches in Europe.
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Washington
Louis Johnson
Brehon B. Somervell
Roosevelt
Johnson
Senate War Investigating Committee
Pearl Harbor
Brewster
Maine
Labor Perkins
Woodring
Somervell
Army
Gen
Marshall
Clarksburg, W. Va
American Legion
Russia
Germany
Europe
AFL Calls for Third Postwar Wage Increase
Washington based AFL in its monthly economic survey urged unions to seek a third round of wage increases in 1948 to counter rising prices. It marks the AFL’s first explicit stance on a third raise, aligning with CIO calls amid high living costs.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
AFL Monthly
AFL
CIO
Communists Attack Pei Piao Coal Mines Near Mukden
Nanking reports Communist troops after hammering Fuhsin coal mines 65 miles NW of Mukden swung southwest to strike another large coal mining area at Pei Piao. The action follows earlier heavy fighting at Fuhsin as forces maneuver in Manchuria.
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Nanking
Fuhsin
Mukden
Peipiao
Cooper Rejects Communist Scripts in Hollywood Hearing
Actor Gary Cooper told the House Committee on American Activities that he declined several scripts in Hollywood cited for Communist leanings. He said one role portrayed an army unwilling to fight, a concept he found unappealing, drawing a large crowd of film fans during the committee’s fourth day of hearings into communism in Hollywood.
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Cooper
Washington
Gary Cooper
Hollywood
House
American Activities Committee
Actors Guild hearing cites small Communist minority
Robert Montgomery testified that communists exist in the Screen Actors Guild but have never managed to dominate the actors. He described a militant, disciplined minority and linked his wartime service to fighting fascism and communism. George Murphy and Ronald Reagan echoed concerns about Communist influence and impact.
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Robert Montgomery
Screen Actors Guild
Hollywood
George Murphy
Montgomery
Ronald Reagan
Guild
Oldest Burglar Retires at 90 in Disillusionment
London AP Britain’s oldest burglar James Ferguson aged 90 ends a 47 year career with 45 years of jail time. His sentence was commuted to retirement in a Salvation Army hostel after an Oxford court dubbed him the doyen of British burglars. He laments reduced running ability and crumbling opportunities as country houses grow harder to break into.
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London
Britain
England
James Ferguson
Salvation Army
Oxford
Ferguson
French Premier Denounces Commies and De Gaulle Alike
Paris premier Paul Ramadier accuses both the Communist movement and General Charles de Gaulle of pursuing policies that threaten France. He warns such agitation could trigger economic collapse, civil disturbances, and crises in food and raw materials while underscoring unity during a grave crisis. The cabinet is streamlined with seven Socialists and others.
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Paris
Paul Ramadier
Charles de Gaulle
Communist Party
France
Ramadier
Fourth Republic
de Gaulle
French Republic
Truman to reconvene Congress on price crisis
President Truman announced Congress will reconvene on November 17 to tackle the rising price situation and Europe’s economic plight. He urged swift action on inflation and the cost of living, saying he will address the nation Friday night and seek measures to curb prices. He also noted the move could accelerate U.S. involvement in Europe’s recovery program. Senator Connally warned leaders to focus on primary issues, while no pledge or agreement was made with Republicans.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Europe
United States
Connally
Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
White House
United States Rejects Soviet Gag on Reds at UN
U S delegate Warren Austin denounces Moscow’s plan to silence “warmongers” as a direct attack on the United States and a move toward censorship and a police state. He urges the General Assembly to kill the proposal and warns against restricting free speech.
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U.N
United States
Cedar Rapids Community Chest Helps War Bride Adapt
A non English speaking war bride in Cedar Rapids faced isolation before a Public Health nurse intervened. The mother and her healthy baby now attend the infant welfare clinic, learn English, and join the community.
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Cedar Rapids
G.I
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