Probe May Yank Rule In Germany
Washington AP reports a Senate War Investigating Committee consider a sweeping inquiry into operations of the American military government in Germany. A private witness described alleged irregularities among occupation troops amid fraternization concerns and conditions in the American zone. Meantime Senator Mead steps down as chairman and Senator Kilgore may lead, affecting timing of any new probe. Brewster endorsed Mead’s delay on May hearing while noting May could testify for weeks if scheduled.
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Washington
Germany
Senate War Investigating Committee
France
Sen. Mead
New York
Sen
Kilgore
D-W. Va
West Virginia
Mead
Andersen
Combine
May
Brewster
Control but No Support Parker Says
Public education in Iowa sits under state control with almost no state funding. Supt. Clyde Parker spoke at Franklin high school on a four point program for January legislative action. He urged removing budget caps, adequate per child funding, full state support for special education and pupil transportation, and urged leadership by Iowa Education groups and parents. He stressed Cedar Rapids as a base for advocacy and urged service clubs to engage.
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Iowa
Clyde Parker
Franklin High School
Cedar Rapids Federation of Teachers
AFL
Parker
Cedar Rapids
Towa
Iowa State Education Association
The
Federation of Teachers
Iowa School Board Association
Parent-Teachers Associations
Des Moines
Wrong Target for Flirtation Leads to Park Shooting
CHICAGO AP. Robert Secor, 23, staggered into park policemen claiming two robbers shot him. He was found shot near the heart but not seriously injured. Policewoman Alice McCarthy, 46, said Secor tripped her after she ignored his advances and she fired twice. She has a 22 year career and is known for prior shootings.
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Chicago
Robert Secor
Grant Park
Park
Secor
Alice McCarthy
Miss McCarthy
Soviets Bar British Recovery of Bodies in Germany
British officials said Soviet authorities barred entry to the Soviet zone of Germany for recovering bodies of RAF and British Army personnel buried there during World War II. The issue centers on access denial for search and repatriation efforts.
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Berlin
Germany
RAF
Break in N Y Truck Strike Opens With Moving Convoys
New York drivers with bona fide union contracts began moving trucks through the Holland tunnel in both directions. Beer, lumber and non perishables rolled in without picket interference. Trucks bore signs reading signed up and local affiliations. The Teamsters international HQ urged member locals with contracts to uphold them.
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New York
INS
Holland Tunnel
New York City
Boston Post Road
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
137 Negro G I s Held for Rumpus at Florence Station
Florence South Carolina police say 137 Negro soldiers, apparently intoxicated, were taken into custody after a disorderly scene at Florence railroad station around 8 p.m. Military police requested aid from city officers. arrests occurred without resistance. Origin of the troops and unit unknown.
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Florence
S. C
J. A. Price
Price
London squatters seize temperance hotel in Bloomsbury rally
Police rushed reinforcements to Abbey Lodge near Regents Park as squatters moved into the Ivanhoe hotel in central London. Twelve families occupied rooms after a feint, while sympathizers demonstrated at Duchess of Bedford and Abbey Lodge apartments. Police outlined a tactic of starving the sites by blocking supplies as Communist leaders planned speeches at Leicester Square and West End rallies.
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London
Abbey Lodge
Regents Park
Harry Pollitt
Leicester Square
West End
Ivanhoe Hotel
Ivanhoe
Bloomsbury
Duchess of Bedford
St. John’s Woods
Albania Massing Troops on Greek Border Report
The New York Times quoted Rome dispatch saying Albania concentrates large forces on the Greek frontier with Russian advisers and materiel. It notes Saseno island secretly ceded to Russia, hundreds of weapons arriving from Belgrade and Yugoslavia, and ongoing Greek Albanian skirmishes with 200 Albanian wounded last month.
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New York Times
Rome
Albania
Times
Belgrade
Saseno
Valona
Russia
Adriatic Sea
Mediterranean
Yugoslavia
Clouds Bring Warmth to Eastern Iowa Friday
Cedar Rapids news notes a shift from lingering fall chill to rising temperatures as Friday forecast calls for cloudy skies followed by warmer conditions. Thursday saw 67 degrees at 2:30 pm with a 71-degree high earlier. overnight lows dipped to the 40s, while morning readings hovered near 58.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Chambers
Agents Nab Four Counterfeiters in New York Bust
UPI reports the Secret Service arrested four counterfeiters in New York and seized $110,000 in counterfeit twenty dollar bills. The operation, the largest bogus money haul in a decade, involved Joseph Soroka and Joseph G. Giarusso of New York, Joseph Paternoster of Newark, and George A. Larkin of Newark.
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Washington
Secrets Service
New York
Joseph Soroka
Joseph G. Giarusso
Joseph Paternoster
Newark
George A. Larkin
Italians Protest Vishinsky insult to Italian honor
Paris. Italy formally protested at the peace conference over Andrei Vishinsky's remark that Italian soldiers are better at running away than fighting. The protest called the comment opprobrious and unjust to Italians who served in regular forces and resistance.
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Paris
Italy
Andrei Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Political Commission
Leif Egeland
Commission
Rome
Prices Boosted on Electrical Items in OPA Move
Washington OPA approved higher prices for several electrical home items and clothing. Increases reach up to 15 percent for knit undergarments, nightwear, cotton hosiery, bandana work hand kerchiefs, and waterproof clothing. Cotton rugs rose 50 cents to 1.50 retail to cover a 15 to 20 percent manufacturer boost. Leather work gloves saw 34 to 38 percent rises. Next Tuesday sets the effective date for boosts on electric fans irons hot plates toasters and space heaters to spur production.
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Washington
OPA
Union Blames OPA for Meat Plant Wreckage
The AFL Amalgamated Meat Packing and Butcher Workers Union accuses the OPA of wrecking the meat industry, estimating 100,000 meat workers idle as housewives face empty counters. Earl W Jimmerson and Patrick E Gorman telegraphed President Truman urging repeal of most OPA powers aside from rents. The CIO United Packinghouse Workers backs meat controls, citing 75,000 idle among 200,000 members.
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Earl W Jimmerson
Patrick E. Gorman
Truman
OPA
United States
CIO United Packinghouse
Little Hope for Early Relief in Cedar Rapids Meat Shortage
Harry A. Palmer of Wilson and Company in Cedar Rapids warns of no quick fix for the meat shortage. He says the plant buys livestock at legal ceiling prices while receipts trickle in and layoffs grow, with 300 to 400 workers already laid off. Western grass cattle and spring pigs expected to boost supply only in six weeks or more. Thursday receipts: 140 hogs, 60 cattle, 31 calves, 198 sheep and lambs.
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Harry A. Palmer
Wilson and Company Packing Plant
Cedar Rapids
Palmer
Wilson Plant
16 New Polio Cases in Iowa Reported
DES MOINES UP The state health department said 16 cases of infantile paralysis were reported Thursday bringing the yearly total to 341. This week there were 34 polio cases, with Tama County accounting for 5 and one case in each of Black Hawk Clayton Dickinson Floyd Jackson Lucas Marshall Muscatine O'Brien Pocahontas and Poweshiek counties.
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Des Moines
State Health Department
Tama County
Black Hawk
Clayton
Dickinson
Floyd
Jackson
Lucas
Marshall
Muscatine
O’brien
Pocahontas
Poweshiek
Brigadier General Rank For Truman's Physician
Washington INS reports President Truman elevated Col. Wallace Graham Kansas City his personal physician to brigadier general. The nomination awaits Senate approval when Congress reconvenes.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Wallace Graham
Kansas City
Senate
Big Drive on Textile Black Market Told
Washington AP reports federal authorities are probing 300 corporations and individuals for textile black market activity. The investigation spans the country from Boston to the West Coast, targeting diversion of cotton textiles above OPA ceilings and frauds in priorities. Twenty-five have been indicted, seven million yards diverted at up to 300 percent over ceilings, with about 3.5 million paid over the limit. six convicted, penalties up to 300,000 dollars.
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Justice Department
Boston
Mississippi
New York
West Coast
OPA
Treasury
Civilian Production Administration
Grand
Tom Clark
CPA
U N Meeting Delayed Again
Thirty seven nations agreed to postpone the United Nations general assembly for one month to October 23. Secretary-General Trygve Lie said no member opposed the postponement by noon Thursday. fourteen of fifty one nations remaining to respond, with a simple majority needed. Russia pushed the move citing staff constraints as Paris peace talks extend into October. The United States did not object but had not answered Lie’s poll.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations General Assembly
Trygve Lie
United Nations
Russia
Paris
China
France
Belgium
United States
Lie
Argument Over Comb Ends in Serious Injury
New York AP report details a dispute between siblings over a comb that led to James Arce, 14, tumbling three stories from a ledge. Gloria Arce, 16, said he took her comb and blocked the door to force him to return it. James sustained broken ribs and possible internal injuries.
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New York
James Arce
Arce
Gloria
James
Detroit Idle Cut in Auto Strike Returns to Work
Detroit disruption eased as back to work actions reduced the number of idle automotive workers from about 22,000 to roughly zero. The decline followed limited strikes and negotiations with automakers, signaling a move toward resumed production in Detroit.
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Detroit
Steelman Told to Seek Peace in Maritime Strike
President Truman directed Reconversion Director John R. Steelman to lead efforts to settle the crippling maritime strike by Thursday night. Charles G Ross announced the move as the Wage Stabilization board, which had met Wednesday night, refused to approve an AFL plan.
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Washington
Truman
John R. Steelman
Charles G Ross
Wage Stabilization Board
Steelman
Ross
AFL Lumber Strike Backed by 60,000 Pacific Northwest Workers
In a development tied to the broader wage dispute, 60,000 AFL lumber workers pledged support for the AFL sailors strike. The confrontation pits the Maritime Commission, backing higher AFL pay, against WSB which limits increases. Steelman faces two courses under the February wage order and broader war powers.
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San Francisco
INS
AFL
Pacific North
West
Sail
Maritaume Commission
WSB
Ross
Steelman
Maritime Commission
CIO
Steelmans
Commission
White House
Strike hits major ports as 40000 unionists walk out
Forty thousand members of the independent Marine Firemen Oiler Welders and Water tenders and Vipers union joined AFL seamen in a Thursday nationwide port strike demanding government approval of negotiated wage raises.
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San Francisco
Independent Marine Firemen, Oilers, Watertenders and Vipers Union
AFL
Probe Kaiser Shipyard Profits Spark House Committee Inquiry
A House Merchant Marine Committee will open an investigation September 23 into wartime profits earned by 19 private operators of government owned shipyards including six Kaiser companies. An official said the probe seeks to determine if any unconscionable profits were made while affirming concern over reasonable profits.
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Washington
House
Merchant Marine Committee
Kaiser
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