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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1946
Page
5
Washington AP reports Democrats fear the Wallace compromise may hurt the party as campaign activity shifts to Wallace speeches. Sparkman says ripple will pass. others call the deal cowardly and dangerous to national defense. Rep. Engle adds resign or be dismissed over cabinet disagreement.
The battleship Oklahoma, sunk at Pearl Harbor and raised, will be sold as is for scrap. Admiral Nim itz directed the sale to Vice Admiral Badger, with the ship berthed at Pearl Harbor and to be advertised in Hawaii and the mainland.
Akron Ohio AP W James Sears rubber director for the Civilian Production Administration says GAS general purpose synthetic rubber will be about 25 000 tons short for tire making in the last quarter of 1946. The tire industry needs 175 000 tons for the three months but only 150 000 will be available. Possible fixes include more natural rubber and earmarking more grain for alcohol making from bumper crops.
OPA on Wednesday approved higher prices for brick and related construction materials, predicting a 2 to 3 percent rise in delivered rail prices due to higher freight rates. The increase does not affect F.O.B plant sales or truck deliveries and takes effect Sept. 23. Applies to clay and shale building brick, glazed and face bricks, structural clay tile, certain clay tile, sewer pipe clay products, and sand lime brick.
In Oroville California psychiatrists and a psychologist testified 14 year old Albert Jones is sane and able to stand trial for the confessed double slaying.
Bill Kern of Traer re enlists as a captain after five years in the army and heads to Washington, D C for adjutant general office duty. He spent his final year in Europe and earned Belgium decoration for meritorious service.
A WAC member who has served in the corps since February 1943 has been assigned to duty in Japan. Prior to her overseas posting she directed publicity for the Illinois recruiting district based in Chicago. Earlier she served as public relations officer for the Ft. Wayne post and ordnance depot in Detroit. Pvt. Richard H. Krohn of the medical corps at Fort Dix, N J, is on a 15 day furlough with his parents, Mr and Mrs Walter Krohn, 953 Rockford road SW.
The United States warned the Slav bloc that the four power accord on Trieste and the Italian Yugoslav frontier is an all one decision. Ambassador James C. Dunn told the Italian political commission that the American position requires unity in accepting or rejecting the pact at the peace conference in Paris.
Dunn argued the plan envisions a truly free Trieste with real rights and guarantees for security. Slav delegates seek city limits while South Africa backs expansion along the Istrian coast. The Belgrade accord created two occupation zones and did not recognize Yugoslav claims in Istria.
Ir Enloe Waters and his car raced to the hospital as his wife gave birth to three boys at five minute intervals. The fourth child arrived at home before Waters could start the car, a girl completing the family.
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