Shipowners Plea to Wage Board for Higher Seamen Pay
AFL seamen strike swells as shipowners urge the Wage Stabilization Board to reverse its wage ruling. J B Bryan of the Pacific American Shipowners Association presses for higher wages while the White House remains silent. CIO leaders threaten a parallel push threatening port paralysis and possible maritime strike if AFL gains. Army officials warn a prolonged stalemate could disrupt supplies for occupation troops abroad.
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Washington
AFL
J. B. Bryan
Pacific American Shipowners Association
American
White House
Charles G. Ross
Truman
CIO
Republicans Win Maine Election
The Associated Press reports Maine voters reelected a full slate of Republicans in the first postwar general election. Senator Owen Brewster was re elected along with three Republican House members. Leaders see an ongoing GOP trend while Democrats note relative gains in some races. Gov Horace Hildreth defeated Democrat F Davis Clark 103027 to 59543 in incomplete returns, improving on 1944 margins.
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Associated Press
Maine
Congress
Owen Brewster
House
Horace Hildreth
F. Davis Clark
Hildreth
J. Paul Jullien
Four Die As Gas Tanks Catch Fire After Crash
CORDELL Okla AP Four persons died Tuesday when two 5000 gallon gasoline tanks caught fire after a tractor pulling them on a trailer struck a bridge and careened into an automobile.
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Cordell, Okla
Parker Flags Overcrowding In Cedar Rapids Classrooms
Cedar Rapids schools faced teacher shortages as the new superintendent Clyde Parker told the school board overcrowded primary grades. Kindergarten classes at Arthur and Buchanan numbered 44 and 35 respectively, with Garfield and Polk also over capacity. Parker called for action on the Packer survey and noted legal bidding delays for Arthur additions amid material and labor cost uncertainty.
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Jack Ferring
Cedar Rapids
Clyde Parker
Parker
Arthur School
Buchanan
Garfield
Polk
Ed Moorman
J. K. von Lackum
Ed Lundquist
Arthur
Charles Penningroth
Howard R. Green
Edgewood School Residents Vote For Annexation
Cedar Rapids news reports Edgewood district residents voting 242 to 96 to direct their board to seek annexation to the Cedar Rapids Independent School District. The Cedar Rapids board agreed to meet Edgewood officials to work out details, noting uncertainties about absorbing the district and the use of Edgewood buildings. Edgewood enrollment totals are 120 in No. 1, 108 in No. 2, and 48 in No. 3.
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Cedar Rapids News
Edgewood
Cedar Rapids
A. D. Thompson
Edgewood Board
Charles Penningroth
Ed Lundquist
Lundquist
Edgewood No. 1
Edgewood No
Edgewood No. 3
Odiferous Job Cops Shoot Bury Intruder
Patrolmen Murphy Davis and John Kuba responded to a call at 419 Gwendolyn Drive SE about 8 p m Monday. They encountered an intruder in a garage and shot once, killing the intruder. The animal was buried promptly.
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Cedar Rapids
Murphy Davis
John Kuba
H. K. Spurrier
Gwendolyn Drive
Coe College to Add Air ROTC Unit This Year
The Aviation Unit of R O T C at Coe College will join the curriculum this year with four Iowa colleges offering the new training. President Hollinshead, noting an army air forces officer will arrive next week, reported two more officers by November 16 and three enlisted technicians by October 1. Coe will host 44 elementary and 56 advanced aviation students, with facility details to be decided.
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Cedar Rapids News
Air R.O.T.C
Coe
Byron S. Hollinshead
The
War Department
Iowa
Iowa State College
University of Iowa
Drake University
Hollinshead
Army Air Forces
Army Air Training Command
Hunter
Air Forces
Stock Market At Law of '46 Stocks Slump Near Close
New York stocks skidded to new year lows as a late selling wave pushed many issues down $1 to over $12. The ticker tape lagged up to three minutes amid heavy liquidation. Early trading dipped then recovered briefly before a sharp final drop.
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New York
Scotland Yard Moves to Halt London Squatter Invasion
London police acted to preserve order as Communist led squatters seized vacant luxury flats in West End districts including Kensington and Duchess of Bedford house. Officials notified eviction actions while Bevan refused a delegation on using empty homes for working people.
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London
Scotland Yard
West End
Home Office
Ministry of Works
Kensington
Duchess of Bedford House
Ealing
Ommunist
Aneurin Bevan
Corn Estimate Is Cut But Record Crop Still Looms
Washington report shows August weather trimmed corn prospects by 170 million bushels, with a total forecast of 3.371 billion bu. Still larger than 1944’s record. wheat and oats estimates adjusted upwards and Iowa foresees another record corn crop near 673.3 million bu.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Des Moines
Leslie M. Carl
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
High Command Called by Truman at White House Conference
President Truman summoned the army and navy high command to the White House for a Tuesday conference. He called heads of the war and navy departments and the chiefs of staff of the army and navy to discuss strategic matters.
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Washington
Ins
Truman
Army and Navy High Command
War and Navy Departments
Chiefs of Staff
Army and Navy
White House
Meat Ceiling Price Boost Is Discussed
Washington AP reports that agriculture department officials discussed raising meat ceilings to curb shortages without rationing. Experts foresee a short-lived shortage, possibly a month, and favor higher livestock ceilings over rationing. OPA retail ceilings return Sept 16 for meals with meats. bean price hikes also announced.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Secretary of Agriculture
OPA
Holbert Blames OPA Politics For Meat Shortage
J C Holbert of Washington Iowa told Cedar Rapids Farmers club luncheon that OPA regulations were driven by politics not economics since the war. He warned price ceilings harmed expansion, cited last year’s timing for ceilings, discussed corn and protein costs, and urged farmers to feed and hold cattle for a freer market to avert meat shortages.
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OPA
J. C. Holbert
Washington
Cedar Rapids Farmers Club
Holbert
Iowa State College
Iowa Hereford Association
American Hampshire Sheep Registry Association
Helbert
Iowa
Strike Vote This Week at Wilsons Cedar Rapids
Wilson and Company workers and United Packinghouse Workers of America Local 3 will vote this week on a potential strike if demands are unmet. Balloting at 1434 Third Street SE runs Thursday to Saturday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Eligible voters include current Wilson employees and those laid off after June 1, 1946.
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Cedar Rapids News
Wilson and Company
United Packinghouse Workers of America
CIO
Third Street SE
Harold J. Smith
Wilson
Smith
Fields Contempt Charge Signed in Texas
Washington lawmaker Speaker Rayburn signed contempt proceedings against Benjamin F. Fields a Washington contract expeditor. Papers to be turned over to federal prosecutors later Tuesday. Signed at Rayburns home in Bonham Texas. Fields cited for failure to produce records on transactions in surplus bronze wire Screening before a special house committee investigating disposal of surplus war property.
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Washington
LLP
Rayburn
D-Texas
Benjamin F. Fields
Bon‘ham
Texas
Fields
House
Malta Base Discussed as Possible Anglo American Navy Hub
The Daily Express on Tuesday reported a potential future Anglo American naval base at Malta. The island, a heavily contested British fortress during the war, could host joint naval operations pending strategic decisions.
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London
INS
The
Daily Express
Malta
Indemnity Talks Limited In Yugoslavia Reparations Dispute
United States Undersecretary William L Clayton said Yugoslavia has tentatively agreed to pay indemnity for five American lives lost in two forced plane crashes last month but has not yet decided if compensation should include the loss of the planes. He noted no conclusive agreement with Marshal Tito's regime and that Patterson has only presented preliminary Yugoslav reactions. Clayton mentioned other topics including UNRRA, distribution of aid in Yugoslavia, reparations rumors in Germany, a potential $50 million Export-Import loan to Brazil, and talks with Panama on U S air bases.
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Washington
William L Clayton
Yugoslavia
United States
Richard C. Patterson
Clayton
State Department
Byrnes
Acheson
Marshal Tito
Patterson
AFL
UNRRA
Germany
Brazil
International
Panama
Cooler Weather Returns to Iowa
Cool weather moved into Iowa on Tuesday bringing relief from prior heat and heavy rains. Forecasters expect it to linger for several days with Cedar Rapids at 65 degrees and nearby towns reporting varying rainfall amounts from 0.45 to 1.13 inches.
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Cedar
Iowa Falls
Des Moines
Waterloo
Plashesttown
Eddyville
Cedar Rapids
St. Louis man reports theft of false teeth at filling station
Ben Stribel told police on Tuesday that a customer asking to use the washroom at his filling station left with his false teeth.
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ST. Louis
Ben Stribel
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