Ex RFC Official Testifies on Influence From Boyle and White House
William E. Willett former RFC director testified to Senate investigators that high White House aides and Democratic national chairman William M Boyle Jr contacted him about RFC loans. He noted three phone calls from Boyle and at least 100 calls from the Democratic committee on behalf of loan seekers. Harvey Gunderson corroborated that E Merl Young said the daughter of a Washington representative for American Lithofold Corp worked in the White House when the firm received 564000 in RFC loans.
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Washington (Ap
William E. Willett
RFC
White House
William M. Boyle, Jr
Willett
Senate
Boyle
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Democratic National Committee
Harvey Gunderson
E. Merl Young
Washington
American Lithofold Corporation
Guy Gabrielson
Republican National
Carthage Hydrocol Company
Gabrielson
G.O.P
Francis D. Flanagan
Subcommittee
Flanagan
Carthage Hydrocol
Brownsville
Texas
Gunderson
James O. Hoover
Carthage
Hoover
St. Louis
Donald S. Dawson
John R. Steelman
Truman
Matthew Connelly
Dawson
Steelman
Boston
Boston Common
Conn
Key West
Courthouse Hours Kept At 8 To 5 In Linn County
Linn County supervisors decide the courthouse will stay open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. A 40 hour week for employees remains under discussion with no definite action taken.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Second District
Miles P. Sutera
Sutera
C. L. Beeson
Beeson
Henry J. Hood
Loans and political connections linked to RFC inquiry
Five years of calls from major party officials tied to Carthage Hydrocol loans totaling 18.5 million dollars for a Brownsville plant. Guy Gabrielson, former Republican chairman, allegedly pressured RFC for loan terms and a modification. Witnesses say officials including Dawson Steelman and Connelly discussed RFC loans aster.
Dick Jones and Bob Spooner File Nomination Papers
Cedar Rapids reports two candidates filing for city offices. Parks Commissioner Dick Jones age 60 seeks a fourth term after joining in 1946. Mayor hopeful Robert D. Spooner age 37 filed Tuesday afternoon. both are former American Legion commanders.
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Cedar Rapids
Richard C. Jones
Robert D. Spooner
Jones
First Avenue E
LaBudde Feed and Grain Company
American Legion
Spooner
Legion
B Avenue NW
The
Collins
Cedar Rapids Bakers Strike Ends? Drivers Reject Offer
Striking drivers from Local 238 Teamsters in Cedar Rapids voted 50 to 1 to reject a settlement offer from three bakeries. The proposal included a base pay of 53.75 dollars per week and three weeks of vacation after 15 years, with the trio citing lengthy service terms.
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Cedar Rapids
Teamsters Union
James White
Teamsters
H. G. Sliss
Etstrike
Ar Colonial Colonial
Pétersend
Allied Command Plans Liaison Team to Kaesong
The United Nations command agreed to a Communist request to send a liaison team to the Kaesong neutral zone near the stalled Korean talks. Four unarmed South Korean soldiers briefly entered the zone and were detained about 20 hours before release, with no mistreatment or equipment confiscation reported.
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Tokyo
United Nations Command
Kaesong
Reds
U. N
Red
U S Casualties Rise to Eighty Three Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Seven
The Defense Department reports 83 257 American battle casualties in Korea, up 895 from last week. The total includes 13 940 deaths, 57 121 wounded, 10 658 still ion 169 captured, and 1 369 previously but returned to duty. Next of kin notifications lag by about three weeks.
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Washington
Defense Department
Conservatives Will Make New Bid To Oust Laborites
LONDON APBritain will hold a general election Oct. 25 after parliament is dissolved Oct. 5. Attlee announced in a nationwide broadcast signaling possible Labor vulnerabilities amid polls favoring Conservatives. Investors reacted with stock market gains and bond selling as political uncertainty rose.
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London
Britain
Attlee
Judge Sets Aside Trade Injunction Against May Drug
Judge J E Heiserman in Linn County on Wednesday dissolved a 12 year old fair trade injunction against May Drug Stores, rooted in Mead Johnson and Company pricing. The move cites a Supreme Court ruling that non signers of fair trade pacts cannot be bound by manufacturer prices.
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Cedar Rapids Net
J. E. Heiserman
Mead Johnson and Company
May Drug Stores, Inc
May
U.S. Supreme Court
Linn County
Maya
Mead Johnson
A.W. Bas
Cedar Rapids
Harold Claypool
Williamsburg
Eli Lilly Company
U.S
May Drug
Edge Predicts Ike Will Agree To Run
Walter E. Edge former New Jersey governor backed Gen Dwight D Eisenhower for the 1952 presidential nomination after a European tour. He said Eisenhower would answer the call if the convention indicated his choice and expressed no doubt about his willingness to run.
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New York
Walter E. Edge
New Jersey
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Edge
Europe
Eisenhower
OPS Enforcement Drives Against Packers Violating Cattle Prices
Washington OPS launched a drive against packers violating cattle price ceilings with immediate court action possible. Edward P. Morgan said investigators will inspect slaughtering plants in Chicago, Cleveland, Philadelphia, and Newark to curb illegal practices and align live cattle prices with compliance. He noted complaints from packers about buying cattle at ceilings, some plants closing, and alleged overestimation of cattle grade and yield to outbid rivals and falsify records.
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Washington
INS
Office of Price Stabilization
Edward P. Morgan
OPS
Morgan
Chicago
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Newark
N. A
United States
Cattlemen Oppose Quotas Reinstatement
Washington hearings heard F. E. Mullin of the American National Cattlemen's Association oppose reinstating livestock slaughter quotas. He cited declines in Iowa slaughter rates and similar drops nationwide, blaming OPS rules. Wilbur Laroe Jr. of the Independent Meat Packers Association said OPS price squeezes have cost packers millions.
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Washington
F. E. Mullin
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Mollin
American National Cattlemen’s Association
Iowa
United States
OPS
Wilbur Laroe, Jr
Independent Meat Packers Association
Office of Price Stabilization
House Cuts Proposed Boost in Mail Rates
The House voted 131 to 98 to reduce a proposed 24 million dollar annual postal rate hike for second class mail newspapers and magazines. An amendment, backed by Rep. John E. Lyle Jr., caps increases at three 10 percent yearly boosts, instead of the committee’s 60 percent over three years.
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Washington
House
House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
John E. Lyle, Jr
Texas
Cedar Rapids Levy Likely To Dip Slightly In 1951
City officials estimate Cedar Rapids 1951 tax levy on real and personal property will be about 21.91 mills, a touch below 1950 figures due to a rise in total property valuation. The 1951 levy combines city, schools, and county taxes, with the county-wide levy yet to be announced.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Lou Burgus
Otto Hanzlik
Burgus
Quaker Officials And Union To Meet Thursday
Quaker Oats officials and union representatives schedule a meeting at 10 in conference rooms to resolve disputes. Cedar Rapids DPOWA delegates led by Business Agent Mervin Myers traveled from Chicago to seek higher-level negotiations while plant managers direct talks locally.
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Cedar Rapids
Quaker Oats
Te Steward
Distrive Processing and
Office Workers of America
Mervin Myers
Chicago
Kopecky
DPOWA
St. Joseph, Mo
CIO
United Brewery Workers
Akron, Ohio
St. Joseph
Akron
Quaker
C R Marine Wounded Twice in Korea
Corporal Hubert J. Polton a 21 year old Cedar Rapids resident was wounded in Korea for the second time. The Marine Corporal first injured December 1950 in the First Marine Division knee wound received in Japan later. Polton arrived in Korea in 1950 and enlisted in the Marines in 1948 after attending Roosevelt School.
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Cedar Rapids
Hubert J. Polton
Korea
War Department
Hubert N. Polton
Sixth Street
Pelton
First Marine Division
Japan
Roosevelt School
Marines
Movie Starlet Betsy Von Furstenberg Engaged to Nicky Hilton
Betsy Von Furstenberg the 19 year old German born movie starlet is engaged to Nicky Hilton 24 the 205 day husband of Elizabeth Taylor. The Journal American said the actress confirmed the engagement by phone from Los Angeles Hilton a wealthy hotel heir will marry with his father’s permission after Taylor divorce becomes final in January.
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New York
Betsy von Furstenberg
Nicky Hilton
Elizabeth Taylor
Journal-American
Los Angeles
Hilton
Miss Taylor
Miss von Furstenberg
Ex-Gambler Refuses To Take Stand In Bribery Case
In New York Kings County Judge Samuel Leibowitz dismissed the indictment against 18 police officers amid gambler Harry Gross’s defiant refusal to testify. Gross was jailed for contempt, facing 60 months and a $15,000 fine, while the trial collapsed and prosecutors debated continuing the case.
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New York
Kings County
Samuel S. Leibowitz
Harry Gross
Leibowitz
Julius Helfand
Helfand
Gross
Fye
Cvice
McDonald
New Jersey
Jene
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