OPA Price Ceilings Adrift as Congress Looms
Washington AP reports Congress may kill OPA in January and a slim list of scarce items will remain under ceilings. OPA removed price tags from cosmetics and many non food items in a sweep alongside food decontrol. Wage controls loosen for food workers, with sugar syrups and rice staying under OPA. Prices for bread jams beans canned fish and whiskey could rise temporarily as ceilings fall. Trade sources expect short term increases and a gradual market reversion.
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Washington
Congress
OPA
Truman
New York
Chicago
Estonian Refugee Ouster Postponed
Attorney General Clark ordered a temporary stay for Estonian political refugees who faced expulsion from Miami by 11 a.m. The stay accompanies a directive to the immigration service to arrange departure to another hemisphere country, with Cuba or the Dominican Republic as likely destinations.
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Washington
Clark
Miami
Fla
Immigration and Naturalization Service
United States
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Truman backs light immigration tweak for Estonian refugees
President Truman commends Attorney General Clark for deporting 18 Estonian refugees and says immigration laws can be amended for their benefit.
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Washington
Clark
Truman
Residents oppose street vacation near Link-Belt Speeder plant
A Cedar Rapids southwest district delegation urged the city council to deny vacating streets and alleys adjacent to the Link-Belt Speeder plant citing heavy traffic and fire truck routes. Lawrence Finch spoke for residents worried over loss of public highway use and the Koehler property dispute with the company.
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Cedar Rapids
Lawrence Finch
Fifteenth Avenue
Fourteenth Avenue
Finch
Link-Be' Belt Speeder Corporation
Sixth Street
Fourth Dean
Organizational Meeting Ends. Workers Return at Penick Plant
The Grain Processors union local 18619 organizational meeting began Wednesday and ended Thursday with workers returning to the Penick and Ford plant. Company VP Dr. J Max Widmer said the plant had been closed Wednesday and that workers returned on Thursday.
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Cedar Rapids News
Grain Processors Union
Penick and Ford
J. Max Widmer
Six Year Old Doris Webster Stuns Washington with Mozart
Doris Webster a six year old pianist from Fredericksburg Virginia wowed 2000 Washingtonians with Mozart concerto in A Major then Chopin Minute Waltz and a nocturne on stage with the Chamber Music Guild orchestra of Washington. Critics praised memory technique and feeling while her teacher noted rapid nocturne mastery.
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Washington
Mishel Piastro
Doris Webster
Fredericksburg
Convy
Piastro
Chamber Music Guild Orchestra
Raleigh Drake
Doris
Redfor
Right of Firm To Present Views to Employes Upheld
The United States circuit court of appeals in St Louis upholds Montgomery Ward and Co. right to address its views to employees on a 1944 NLRB election. The court says free speech includes employers and that they may defend themselves and maintain loyalty without anti union motives.
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St.louis
National Labor Relations Board
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Montgomery Ward and Company, Inc
Kansas City
NLRB
James A. Barr
Ward's
President Has No Idea Of Summoning Congress
Washington United Press report states President Truman said at a Thursday news conference he has no intention of calling Congress back into session. He added that if Congress wishes it, it can reconvene on its own. The new Congress is slated to meet January 3.
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Arthur Koehler
Sixth Street
Koehlers
Link- Belt Company
Fourth Street
Koehler
Gazette
Congress
Washington
Trumar
David M. Elderkin
Cedar Rapids
Eldora
Mrs. Stark
White House
Gazette Photo Wins Benzing Picture Prize
Amateur photographer Carl E Franks captured a crash at the Ce Carmidget race track causing Harley Phillips death in Bettendorf. The image won the Benzing Sweepstakes prize at the fourth annual Iowa AP News photo contest held in Sioux City. The photo was transmitted Sept 30 from Cedar Rapids to Des Moines and nationwide.
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Cedar Rapids
Carl E. Franks
Iowa Associated Press
Des Moines
U S Probes Reds Move Of Germans
Berlin dispatch reports American authorities will seek an explanation at Friday's kommandatura meeting for evacuating skilled German workers to Russia. About 1,000 more workers are en route, including 300 from Jena optical works, 400 from Junkers plant Dessau, and 300 from Halle, with reports of coercion and family separation.
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Berlin
INS
Russia
Kommandatura
Jena Optical Works
Jena University
Junkers Aircraft
Dessau
Halle
Frank L. Howley
AEG
GOP Places Linn in Sure Bet Column
Republicans brand Linn county a sure bet after a busy campaign day in which Rollo Bergeson of Sioux City touted his bid for secretary of state. The gathering at Montrose hotel featured Gov. Robert D. Blue Rep. Henry O. Talle and Bergeson with about 175 party faithful.
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Linn County
Rollo H. Bergeson
Sioux City
Montrose Hotel
Robert D. Blue
Henry O. Talle
Bergeson
Stasia Shackelton Stark
First Avenue
United Nations urged to tackle Spanish question
Secretary General Trygve Lie urged the UN General Assembly to address Spain under Franco, saying the fascist regime remains a constant source of mistrust and discord. He called for guidance on how liberty and democratic government might be restored, warning the issue could impede other UN activities. He noted veto debates and slow progress on atomic control.
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United Nations Hall
Flushing
N. Y
Trygve Lie
United Nations General Assembly
Spain
Lie
U.N
General Assembly
United Nations
Security Council
Economic and Social Council
Russia
United States
Hickenlooper Intervenes Over Kenridge Terrace Conditions
Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper reports to FPHA after inspecting Kenridge Terrace Cedar Rapids trailer camp. He calls conditions intolerable for decent habitation and urges immediate action. The Cedar Rapids All Veterans Housing committee and local groups echoed the condemnation and demanded swift remedy.
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Kenridge Terrace
Cedar Rapids
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Federal Public Housing Authority
Washington
Gazette
FPHA
Gazette-Blumenshine
Hickenlooper
Kenridge
Veterans
S. Tor
Ray Phelan
Fruehaus Trailer Company
Bill Matuis
All- Veterans Housing Committee
Adrian Eyler
Vew
Sen. Hickenlooper
Ralph Mack
American Legion
William Matias
Ford Forced To Close Up Friday
Detroit Ford Motor Co says it will shut down virtually all operations Friday due to a critical steel shortage aggravated by an unauthorized strike in the open hearth department. About 40,000 workers affected will return to jobs Monday. The strike last 10 days cost the plant and workers significant wage losses over the coming months.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Ford
M. L. Bricker
Coal Problem Up To Krug Truman
President Truman delegates the coal crisis to Secretary Krug as pressure mounts for a nationwide energy policy. The move signals a shift to executive guidance while labor and industry seek a coordinated plan.
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Krug
Truman
Ike Predicts Bradley To Be His Successor
AP reports President Ike predicts former official Bradley will succeed him as leader. The note suggests administration succession planning amid political shifts.
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Ike
Bradley
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