Labor Day Messages Highlight Postwar Reconversion Efforts
President Truman praised labor's key role in reconversion and urged continued effort to ensure domestic prosperity and international understanding. John L. Lewis and George Meany criticized lack of unity and fascism threats while labor leaders warned on postwar strikes and the shift from government wage controls to free collective bargaining.
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Washington
Truman
White House
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Journal
Lewis
George Meany
AFL
Schwellenbach
U.S
Wieters Named Sanitation Engineer in Hospital Plan
A H Wieters longtime head of Iowa public health engineering is named sanitation engineer for the national hospital construction program. He will leave Sept 14 for Washington on leave from state service while federal duties may become permanent. Paul Houser to replace him. Congress enacts 75 million dollar annual federal aid for five years for hospital construction with a 375 million total program. Iowa share about 7.5 million for five years. Rural hospital emphasis and several million dollars worth of projects loom.
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Des Moines
A. H. Wieters
Walter Bierring
Wieters
Washington
United States Public Health Service
Paul Houser
Iowa City
State Health Department
Congress
Pries
Iowa
Health Department
Council of State Governments
Global Flight B-29 Lands in Hawaii
A B-29 aircraft from a global flight landed in Hawaii at 2:30 p.m. local time. The plane, weighing about 147000 pounds and carrying a large amount of gasoline, completed its approach after a long transoceanic leg.
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Global Flight
Hawaii
Sue Usan
Wait
Leliansfeld
Calif
Cool Weather For Labor Day Across Nation
The Associated Press reports excellent weather for most of the nation this Labor Day weekend with rain in scattered sections and storms over the Great Lakes. Thunder showers are expected in the Rocky Mountain region in late afternoons. General precipitation is forecast from Minnesota to New England and eastern Texas, ending Monday morning, with only the Northwest at risk. The Weather Bureau in Chicago warns of cool, windy conditions in the North Central states, and storm warnings remain through today for Lakes Superior, Michigan and Huron. Small craft warnings are in effect for Lakes St. Clair, Erie and Ontario.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
Rocky Mountain
Minnesota
New England
Texas
Far Northwest
Federal Weather Bureau
Chicago
North Central States
Lakes Superior
Michigan
Huron
Lakes St. Clair
Erie
Ontario
Car Plunges into Canyon Killing Two and Wounding Four
Livermore California police report a car driven by David Ashworth 46 and his daughter Gwendl yn 18 plunged into a 300 foot canyon. Four other family members were critically injured in the Saturday incident.
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Livermore, Calif
INS
David Ashworth
San Francisco
Gwendolyn
Union Anti Boom Procession Draws Light Attention
Local 831 of the International Association of Machinists staged a downtown Cedar Rapids anti inflation protest parade Saturday afternoon. Six cars carried union slogans but drew little crowd interest as fewer than 26 members joined, with 2000 notices sent to members and posted at plants. Eugene S. Daley said more than 40 members had pledged cars for the demonstration.
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International Association of Machinists
AFL
Cedar Rapids
Tone Shop
Eugene S. Daley
Daley
Gazette-Reynolds
Weg
Machinists’ Union
Final Pleas of Nazis Mark Contrast to Days of Pomp
Twenty one leaders of Hitler’s Third Reich faced the witness chair for final pleas as judges prepare Sept. 23 verdicts on potential execution or long prison terms. The men, once central to Nazi rule, offered excuses and propaganda while the ruined Nuremberg courtroom echoed with doom and doubt.
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Edward W. Beattie
Mernberg
Adolf Hitler
Third Reich
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Hitler
Berlin
Ploetzensee
Brazil Congress Debates Riots as Rio Streets Burn
In Rio de Janeiro riots over the cost of living left one dead and over 100 injured as mobs smashed storefronts and clashed with police. Army troops patrolled streets while Congress demanded answers on the arrest and release of Communist deputy Trifino Correia and condemned police actions against lawmakers. President Dutra reportedly suffered a heart attack in the turmoil.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazilian Congress
Congress
Nereu Ramos
Trifino Correia
Melo Viana
Getulio Vargas
Brazil
Vargas
Arruda Camara
Mario Lins
Eunico Gaspar Dutra
Correia
Dutra
Year-Round Basis For All-Iowa Fair Planning Mapped
A Cedar Rapids meeting of eighteen business and professional men recommended forming a committee to establish a year-round organization to plan and promote the All-Iowa fair. They analyzed this year’s fair, noting about 55,000 attendance and a projected $6,000 profit, and urged stronger local participation to boost drawing power. William Rinderknecht, president of the All-Iowa Agricultural association, presided.
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Cedar Rapids
Montrose Hotel
C. D. Moore
William Rinderknecht
All-Iowa Agricultural Association
Former Head of C R Little Gallery Dies in Washington DC
Edward B. Rowan, Ohio native and former director of Cedar Rapids Little Gallery, died in Washington DC after illness while serving as GI college instructor in France. A World War I veteran, he helped build Cedar Rapids as a regional art center with Carnegie funds totaling 75000 and led exhibitions to promote culture. Funeral in DC and burial at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Cedar Rapids
Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
Rowan
Walter Reed General Hospital
France
Ohio
Miami University
Oxford
Fogg Museum
Harvard University
Carnegie
Carnegie Foundation
Middle West
i\Little Gallery
Third Street
Third
Fourth Avenues
Molotov Reaches Moscow by Plane
The Moscow radio reported that Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov arrived in Moscow Saturday night by plane from Paris. He left the Paris peace conference and French circles expect a Kremlin meeting before Molotov returns to Paris for a Kremlin conference.
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London
Moscow Radio
V. M. Molotov
Moscow
Paris
Molotov
Kremlin
Monarchy Is Issue On Ballot In Greece Vote
In Greece a plebiscite on restoring King George II triggers heavy fighting reports. Up to 250 killed in 48 hours ahead, with bands of 200 alleged Communists slain or captured in Macedonia. Police posts and voting sites targeted as bars closed and passes required during voting.
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Athens
George II
Macedonia
Greece
Pelo
Ponnesus
Tripolis
Thessaly
Platykampos
Larissa
Volos
Boy Hurt as He Walks into Car Near Cedar Rapids
Robert Eugene Peiffer 6 of Van Horne was injured on Highway 30 near his home while crossing the road to join his brother. He suffered a deep facial cut and other head injuries. Patrolman Jim Gildroy said the accident was unavoidable on Dixon’s part. no charges to be filed.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert Eugene Peiffer
Elaine Peiffer
van Horne
Mercy Hospital
Jim Gildroy
Aaron “Dixon
Montour
Gildroy
Dixon
Illinois
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