Wallace Chooses Silence On Domestic Politics At Paris Talks
Secretary of Commerce Wallace refuses to campaign on domestic issues until President Truman allows foreign policy talks. He cancels engagements through the Paris peace conference as War and Navy chiefs challenge his claims about a military school seeking immediate attack on Russia. Truman then reassures Wallace and seals cabinet unity after a White House meeting.
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Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
Wallace
Truman
United Press
White House
Secretaries of War and Navy
Patterson
Forrestal
Russia
Mr. Truman
Ross
Byrnes
Paris
Truman and Wallace in Cabinet Crisis Stalemate
President Truman held a 20 minute transatlantic talk with Secretary Byrnes as atmospheric conditions blocked radio-telephone links. A cabinet crisis persists with Wallace and Byrnes at odds and a showdown postponed perhaps until after the elections. Truman urged Wallace to stay in the cabinet while avoiding foreign policy speeches, and Wallace refused saying he would not speak unless discussing foreign policy.
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Washington
Ins
Truman
Byrnes
White House
Wallace
Paris
Fort Dodge Cafes to reopen Friday after holiday protest
Fort Dodge restaurant owners agreed on Thursday to reopen Friday after a day of partial closures in protest of OPA rollback orders. Lyle Schrader, a leading organizer, announced he would resume at noon Thursday, while others delayed opening to Friday. The group sought relief from meat meal price ceilings before the local price panel.
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Fort Dodge
OPA
Lyle Schrader
Dwight Rider
Kline
Iowa City Restaurateurs Vote to Close Units Over OPA Price Order
The Iowa City Restaurant Association backed a unanimous plan to shut their restaurants and food departments on Wednesday September 25 unless the OPA price rollback is reversed. A seven member committee was set to meet at 3 p.m. Thursday with University of Town president Virgil M Hancher and Mayor Wilber Teeters to seek influence against the order.
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Associated Press
Iowa City Restaurant Association
OPA
Sevenman
Virgil M. Hancher
University of Town
Wilber J. Teeters
Hancher
Teeters
Stock Market Plunges to New Lows in year
New York reports a frantic noon selling wave that pushed stocks down one to eight points to new lows for more than a year. The liquidation followed a piercing of the previous 1946 lows. All market sections fell sharply and then steadied in the afternoon without meaningful recovery.
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New York
SNS
Cedar Rapids Food Index Rises 1.6 Percent
The Cedar Rapids retail food price index climbed 1.6 percent from July 15 to Aug. 15, led by higher meats especially pork and lamb. Beefs fell, dairy rose 16 percent, eggs 2.6, cereals 6, with pork chops up 38.8 and bacon 26.9 percent. butter declined 3.1 while prices for control lapsed.
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Cedar Rapids
John B. Parrish
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Modest Man Laurence Bock of OSS Receives Medal of Freedom
Laurence P. Bock, an American civilian and OSS officer, is honored for aiding a dangerous mission in the Balkans from September 6 to 23, 1944. He built and ran a communications system supplying Allied HQ with direct operational order information from the occupied country.
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Marion
Charles Kimsey
Iowa
Laurence Bock
O.S.S
Bock
Balkans
Meek
Cedar Rapids
War Department
the Gazette
Jim Cowden
Beck
Laurence P. Bock
New Poison Terror Hints Upset War Debate
Washington reports warn of a “super deadly” crystalline toxin that could kill millions with a single ounce while discussions link radioactive poison gas to future warfare. Maj Gen Alden H Waitt notes toxic agents far beyond prior war research as experts weigh potential defensive and strategic uses.
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Washington
Commerce Wallace
Truman
Gerald Wendt
United States
Canada
Alden H. Waitt
Army
Chemical Corps
Hospitals praise Blue Cross plan as more equitable
Officials at Mercy and St. Luke's in Cedar Rapids welcomed Blue Cross changing to pay hospitals on regular charges rather than a per diem based on systemwide averages. They said large hospitals will no longer be underpaid and smaller ones overpaid, noting the policy better reflects available services and costs. First public notice came from Hospital Service, Inc. of Iowa.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercy
St. Luke's Hospitals
Blue Cross
E. T. Gough
St. Luke’s
Ours
Mercy Hospital
Mary Eileen
F. P. G. Lattner
Hospital Service, Inc. of
Iowa
Missing Belgian airliner located near Gander with 44 aboard
A Belgian transatlantic airliner carrying 44 people, including six Americans and mainly Belgians, was found near Gander Newfoundland after a crash in rugged woods. Ground crews were en route. a PBY float plane may land on a lake to aid survivors, with parachute drops already delivering first aid and food.
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Newfoundland
Coast Guard
PBY
Brussels
Nathan Lindenbaum
Rudy Ruvil
Joseph Alster
Helen Henderson
New York
William and
Mary Wilson
Short Hills
Miss Henderson
International Division of Girl Scouts
France
Ruling Hints Ship Peace in Maritime Labor Dispute
An arbitration award by James L. Fly in the CIO National Maritime Union case places NMU seamen on parity with AFL ship personnel and provides a basis for immediate resumption of shipping. Fly completed hearings on collateral issues from the June 14 settlement that averted a national CIO maritime strike. The award increases salaries by 5 to 10 dollars monthly and calls for seagoing personnel to return to work immediately.
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New York
James L. Fly
CIO National Maritime Union
NMU
AFL
Fly
CIO
Hotel fire admissions raise manslaughter charges
State Fire Marshal Lee Baker said a 39 year old aluminum plant worker admitted in a signed statement that a cigarette in his room started the fire at the Great Northern hotel last Friday night injuring many and killing three. Prosecuting Attorney Curtis Ridgeway said involuntary manslaughter charges were filed. Continued on Page 8.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Lee Baker
Great Northern
Curtis Ridgeway
Lattner
Shreveport
Wilson Claims OPA Reason For Layoffs
Wilson and company cites meat crisis as cause of Cedar Rapids plant layoff surge from 2,100 to 1,500. Thomas E. Wilson says production and distribution idle due to conditions beyond control. Harry Palmer notes payroll kept to hold workers awaiting livestock arrivals. plant blamed for economic factors.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Wilson and Company
Wilson
Thomas E. Wilson
Churchill urges United States of Europe with France and Germany
In Zurich, Winston Churchill calls for a federal German state within a broader United States of Europe led by France and Germany. He argues Germany must be disarmed and punished only to the extent needed, then urges a regional Europe aligned with the United Nations and supported by Britain, America, and possibly Soviet Russia. He warns against repeating postwar vengeance and emphasizes a revived European family.
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Switzerland
Winston Churchill
United States of Europe
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Germany
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United States
Europe
University of Zurich
Britain
United Nations
Great Britain
Truman
European Union
Church Ul
Organization of Europe
World Organization of the United Nations
Regional Organization of Europe
Weather Forecast Turns Into Witty Exchange About Rain
A light weather chat in Cedar Randals News features a weatherboy joking with Havelock Ellis about rain and a date. He reports clouds and possible showers tonight and Friday with temperatures in the 60s and 70s as varying hourly readings follow through.
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