Meat and sugar ration validity and local notices
The issue lists meat red stamps Al through El and others valid through various dates, sugar stamp 38 valid for five pounds through December 31, and airplane shoe stamps detail. OPA offices are in the American building at First Avenue and Second Street SE with hours 10 am to 3 pm. Weather and Iowa forecast notes clouds, showers, and cold weekend. multiple speeding and parking fines recorded. new births listed from St Luke's and area hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
American
First Avenue
Second Street
A. T Pleune
Major Civil Clash Threatens Chinese Forces Clash Near Hangchow Bay
A Chinese Communist communique claimed fighting began nearly three weeks ago between government forces and a brigade of the Fourth Army. It said Kuomintang troops sought to annihilate the Communists near Hangchow Bay as reports from an American flagship off Tsingtao suggested large-scale forces on the verge of major clashes.
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Chungking
Kuomintang
Hangchow Bay
Tsingtao
Chiang Kai-shek
Roosevelt Junior High Pays Tribute to T R in Navy Program
Roosevelt junior high pupils held an assembly for Navy Day and Theodore Roosevelt’s birthday. Roland Lee narrated Navy Day history while seventh and eighth grade boys' chorus sang nautical numbers. Shirley Finefield spoke on Teddy Roosevelt’s early years, and Bill Seigle read a Boy Scout Resolution. A six‑boy gymnastic display illustrated the strenuous life, with boxing bouts by Vernon Pickerel and others. Principal Fred J. Kluss spoke on the Roosevelt family at Oyster Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt Junior High
Roland Lee
Ruth Webster
Shirley Finefield
Teddy Roosevelt
Bill Seigle
Herman Hagedorn
Jerry Rutan
Eugene Murphy
Eugene Worden
Jack Reif
Don Teigen
Andy Ogren
Dick von Stein
Vernon Pickerel
Jack Kittering
Bob Rhodes
Bert Fisher
Fred J. Kluss
Roosevelt High School
Roosevelts
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Spirit of Men theme frames peace pledge by Turner
E S Turner senior Y M C A official told the Lions at Roosevelt hotel that permanent peace rests on the spirit of men and cited Gen MacArthur's statements during the Japan surrender. He praised Philippine progress under American supervision before the war and warned Asia watches the Philippines independence effort.
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Turner
Philippines
Lions Club
Roosevelt Hotel
E. S Turner
International Committee of the
Y. M.C.A
Douglas MacArthur
Association
Ymc.a
Bataan
Asia
Deaths Clio Frasinger 47 Cedar Rapids resident dies in crash
Clio E Frasinger 47 of 126 Eighteenth St NW Cedar Rapids dies in a local hospital from injuries after an automobile accident on a gravel road near Ely. Survived by husband Joseph two daughters and three grandchildren. Funeral at Janeba funeral home Sunday at 2 30 pm with burial at Cedar Memorial Park.
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Clio E. Frasinger
Eighteenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Killian Company
Ely
Joseph Frasinger
Bruce Merrifield
Robert Paul
Walker
Barbara Gay Merrifield
Janet
William Henry Arnold
Alhambra
Calif
Lawrence Arnold
Los Angeles
H. B. Taylor
Frasinger
Prada Rebekah Lodge No. 5
Order of Foresters
Progressive Lodge
CSA
Janeba
George Stauffacher
Praha Rebekah
Cedar Memorial Park
Soekarno Declares No Power Can Halt Indonesian Move
Indonesian President Soekarno said no power on earth can stop the independence movement in the Dutch East Indies. He invited U S Congress and British Commons committees to visit Indonesia and promoted open foreign investment. Bevin said Britain will send more troops to Java as mediators work with Soebardjo to arrange talks with Soekarno's cabinet.
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Batavia, Java
Soekarno
Dutch East Indies
U. S. Congress
House of Commons
Indonesia
Java
London
Ernest Bevin
H. V. van Mook
The
East Indies
Soebardjo
Commons Speaker Sees Trade Battle With United States
London, UP. Sir Joseph Stanley Holmes urged Britain to aid factories for equipment as he warned of a tremendous trade battle with the United States. The Empire Chambers of Commerce backed a 50 percent postwar export rise and empire preference tariffs to secure Britain’s commitments and Bretton Woods goals. Ford shares rose, British Celanese led industrial gains amid Dalton’s budget reaction.
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London
United States
Joseph Stanley Holmes
House of Commons
America
Holmes
Beecham's Pills
Hugh Dalton
Empire Chambers of Commerce
Britain
Bretton Woods
Dalton
Motors
Ford
Four Congressmen Demand Action on Palestine Immigration
Four congressmen led by Senators Tobey and Myers and Representatives Somers and Gearhart urged interim international action on free Palestine immigration. They cited breaches of faith and obligations and push a joint resolution now before Senate Foreign Affairs and House Foreign Relations committees. The delegation plans to visit England to present the stance to Prime Minister with Guy Gillette of the American League for a Free Palestine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Foreign Affairs
House
England
Guy M. Gillette
Iowa
American League For A Free Palestine
Solon Says OPA Seeks Hand in Latin America
Rep Hale accuses OPA of international authority over South American coffee profits. He cites records of costs production and profits demanded from producers to justify price increases. He warns constitutional doubt and says Congress never granted powers to regulate profits abroad.
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Solon
OPA
Latin America
Washington
Ins
Rep
Hale
Maine
Republican Congressional Food Study Committee
Congress of the
United States
Taylor School hosts Cub Pack meeting with movie showing
City Briefs say Cub Pack No 12 will meet Thursday at 7 30 p.m at Taylor school for a program including movies. A house trailer in excellent condition sleeps four and is fully equipped offered by Rapids Chevrolet Co. Geraldine Snyder reports a theft of a $20 bill and $8 in war stamps from her apartment earlier in the day.
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Taylor School
Rapids Chevrolet Co
1St Ave. E
Geraldine Snyder
Avenue NE
Social welfare official to speak at luncheon on postwar aid
Miss Jean Grout of Cedar Rapids will address the Council of Social Agencies luncheon at the Y M C A Friday noon on Public Assistance in the Postwar Era. Police hunt Robert Breen over two forged checks at Killian's totaling 67.04, marked no account, with $30 in change later reported.
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Jean Grout
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Department of Social Welfare
Council of Social Agencies
Y.M.C.A
Robert Breen
Killian’s
McKesson & Robbins NAMES ROT H TO VP TERM RENEWAL
W K Roth keeper of Cedar Rapids division of McKesson Robbins drug wholesalers was named to another term as vice president. Directors at the annual meeting in New York also reappointed Carl Heinen and J C Lick as assistant secretaries.
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W. K. Roth
Cedar Rapids
McKesson & Robbins, Inc
New York
Carl Heinen
J. C. Lick
Woman suffers nose bruise in city collision
Ednad Bregge of 1415 Bover Avenue SE was injured when a car carrying Pvt. Russell Bowers from Fort Sam Houston struck a parked vehicle at 1748 Mt. Vernon Road SE. Dr. A. H. Lockhart treated the injured woman at the scene.
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Ednad Bregge
Bover Avenue
Pvt
Russell Bowers
Fort Sam
Houston
Texas
Mt. Vernon Road
A. H. Lockhart
Bowers
Satisfactory condition of Ralph Stewart after tavern brawl
Ralph Stewart 32 of 500 F avenue NW was reported in satisfactory condition at Mercy hospital Thursday after police brought him in Wednesday night with a fractured jaw and head cut. Charles Buckman 1433 Mt Vernon avenue SE found Stewart asleep in his car and officers linked the injuries to a tavern fight.
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Ralph Stewart
F Avenue NW
Mercy Hospital
Stewart
Charles Buckman
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Oil Companies and Union Agree to Resume Wage Talks
The navy said 10 oil companies and the CIO Oil Workers union will resume negotiations over a 30 percent wage increase. The wage drive previously led to a strike and government seizure of 53 refineries and pipelines now run by the navy. Assistant Secretary H Struve Hensel said the navy hopes to return the facilities to the companies after a two week operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
CIO Oil Workers Union
H. Struve Hensel
Pennsylvania Convicts End Hunger Strikes at Eastern Penitentiary
In Philadelphia AP reports, twelve inmates at Eastern penitentiary resumed eating after a second hunger strike in two weeks, having refused meals since Monday to protest food quality. A prior group of 13 had halted a 15 day fast begun over privileges.
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Philadelphia
Eastern Penitentiary
Why Japan Failed To Develop Atomic Bomb
Washington AP: Japan pursued an atomic bomb during the war but failed due to mistaken scientific conclusions and the destruction of its Tokyo laboratory by B 29 bombers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Washington
Tokyo Laboratory
Napoleon holds many meanings across games and history
The term Napoleon refers to a card game, a boot style, a French pastry, and an old French coin, reflecting a diverse set of usages across culture and time.
War declaration timing behind Pearl Harbor attack, Nagano says
Tokyo veteran Osami Nagano claims a formal war declaration should have preceded the Pearl Harbor strike by 30 minutes but was delayed in Tokyo for unknown reasons. He says the attack surpassed expectations and accepts responsibility for ordering it despite internal Navy opposition.
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Tokyo
Osami Nagano
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Nagano
Java
Malaya
Isoroku Yamamoto
United States
Hull
Hawaii
Yamamoto
Washington
China
Hideki Tojo
Foreign Office
Union Pickets Fight SKF Plants Over Transfer Situation
Philadelphia report says SKF Industries faces a two million dollar suit after 800 CIO United Steelworkers Local 2898 picketed two plants. One picket injured as police blocked entry while management claims a still in force contract bans strikes and lockouts and alleges a conspiracy over a worker transfer. Union denies the charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
INS
SKF Industries, Inc
CIO United Steelworkers
Idaho Senator Proposes World Republic and Global Authority
Sen. Glen H Taylor of Idaho introduced a senate resolution seeking a world republic under a supreme flag via the United Nations. It envisions abolition of arms, universal suffrage, an international police force, and a flag superior to all nations. The move aims to curb atomic-age destruction within five years.
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Washington
INS
Congress
Glen H Taylor
Idaho
Senate
United States
United Nations’ Organization
Taylor
United Nations Council
U. S. Council
Geiger Cites Marks of Educated Persons
Dean Harve Geiger told Coe College students in Sinclair Memorial chapel that education has advanced further in the United States than in any other country. He listed six traits of an educated person including knowing how to think and tolerance, along with a love of words, philosophy, culture, and religion.
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United States
Harve Geiger
Coe College
Sinclair Memorial Chapel
American Airlines Walkout Spreads Across US Labor Action
Ground crews at American Airlines began a sympathy walkout with exports division workers. Flights New York to Chicago were canceled after Chicago crews quit to back 575 striking New York workers of American Export Airlines. Overseas routes kept flying though London crews may not service DC-4s for return trips.
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United Press
American Airlines
New York
Chicago
American Export Airlines
American
London
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Pan American Airways
CIO Transport
3 200 000 families seen as doubling up
Washington AP John B Blandford Jr national housing administrator estimated that 3 2 million American families will be forced to double up in living quarters by the end of next year.
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Washington
John B. Blandford, Jr
British Dock Workers Vote to Extend Strike
In London Victoria Park a workers meeting voted to continue the British dock strike. The action was approved amid ongoing industrial action and broad support among members.
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London
INS
Victoria Park
Training Hearings Set For November On Universal Draft
Chairman May announced public hearings will begin November 8 before the House Military Committee on President Truman’s universal military training proposal. The committee has an early 1948 bill for one year of training for all able bodied youths at 18 or soon after, aligning with the President’s recommendations.
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Washington
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
Truman
Williams moves Hollywood Ice Time assets to Mason City
Margaret Williams proprietor of the Hollywood Ice Time won court permission to transfer the show's material assets from Cedar Rapids to Mason City. She is defendant in a suit by two Akron men who allege loaned her $9 195 5. Receipts from Cedar Rapids performances remain restrained by court order. A separate judgment for 1543.97 against Raymond Spinler in Marion was sought by J G Vernon for unpaid sales of agricultural lime in 1943 45. Bailey of Marion sues George O Brine for 106.10 for merchandise sold December 7 1944.
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Margaret Williams
Hollywood Ice Time
Cédar Rapids
Mason City
Miss Williams
Akron, Ohio
Cedar Rapids
Raymond Spinler
J. G. Vernon
Marion
Vernon
Spinler
F. W. Bailey
George O. Brine
1946 Profits Rise Foreseen for Industry in Transition
Government economists forecast 1946 factory profits at 6.3 billion after taxes, with wage gains offset by cost declines and tax adjustments. They warn profits and productivity vary by industry as the economy shifts from war to civilian output, complicating wage policy.
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Washington
Reconversion Advisory Board
John W. Snyder
Office of War Mobilization
O. Max Gardner
North Carolina
OWMA
Omahan Hurt After Hotel Fall at Montrose Lobby
Don Radenbaugh of Omaha fell from a mezzanine railing in the Montrose hotel lobby on Wednesday night. He was described as in good condition at St Luke's hospital on Thursday with a cut on his right jaw and a possible skull fracture noted by witnesses.
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Don Radenbaugh
Omaha
Montrose
St. Luke's Hospital
Radenbaugh
Official Notice Vacating John F. Dean Road in Linn County
The commissioner reports in favor of vacation of part of the John F. Dean Road in Section 3, Township 82 North Range 8 West. Objections or damages claims must be filed with the County Auditor in Cedar Rapids by noon December 18, 1845. Landowners listed include Robert A. Lockhart Blanche Crowell Thomas B. Lockhart Anna Hershey and others.
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John F. Dean
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Iowa
Lockhart
Robert A. Lockhart
Blanche Crowell
Thomas B. Lockhart
Anna Hershey
William P. Lockhart
William Womochil
Frances_Womochitl
George Lockhart
Evanle Life Insurance Company _e
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Coggan
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Willard Yates
Harry Meaney
Twenty-ninth Street
Roy H Putman
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Center Point Road
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Lapes
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Gen. MacArthur
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Republic of Nations
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