Deadlock on Steel Front Is Unbroken
United States Steel offers a 10 cent hourly pension and insurance share to avert a nationwide strike, but CIO United Steelworkers denounce the move as pressure to strike. Union leaders insist negotiations are deadlocked and blame the company for seeking a forced settlement and labor conflict.
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Pittsburgh
United States Steel Corporation
CIO
United Steelworkers
United States Steel
Fairless
Philip Murray
Steel Industry Board
Reds Agree with West on Greece
In Lake Success New York Russia joined the West in urging postponement of the United Nations debate on Greece while private efforts tackle the Balkan issue. Observers saw Vishinsky's stance as a qualified acceptance of Acheson’s appeal to unite with the West on international problems including Greece.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Russia
United Nations
Greece
Balkan
Vishinsky
Acheson
General Assembly
Killing Frost Is Forecast Tonight
Cedar Rapids area forecasters predict the first general killing frost of the season tonight with temperatures dipping to 28 in the north and 32 in the south. Partly cloudy conditions gave way to a clear and warmer Thursday in the state.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Episcopal Women Protest Ruling Over Deputies Seat
In San Francisco the women's auxiliary of the Episcopal church protested a general convention ruling. Deputies earlier voted against seating four elected women deputies but later agreed to allow them to occupy seats without voting or voice in house affairs. The dispute centered on whether the term laymen in the constitution restricted deputies to men.
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San Francisco
Protesant Episcopal Church
House of Deputies
Death on scaffolding at Bon Durant grain project claims Lloyd W. George
Lloyd W. George 51 of 1232 Third avenue SE was killed Tuesday when scaffolding collapsed at a Wickes Construction grain storage job near Bon Durant. He served as supervisor and held a ladder for a coworker as long planks caused beams to strike his back. Funeral planned in Menomonie Wisconsin Friday.
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Lloyd W
Edgerton
Mr. George
Roosevelt High
George
Mt. Herman Lodge
Wickes Company
Menomonie
Wis
Philip
Minneapolis
John
Eau Claire
Karl
Waukesha
Carl White
Des Moines
Russia Blasts U.S. Policy on China at the UN
Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky denounced United States support for the corrupt Kuomintang regime in China while defending Soviet possession of the atomic bomb. He spoke in the UN general committee as China pressed charges against the USSR and opposed bringing them before the General Assembly.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Russia
United States
Kuomintang
China
Vishinsky
General Committee of the
United Nations
General Assembly
Soviet Union
War seems inevitable without world government
Russia's atomic progress prompts George Olmsted of the United World Federalists of Iowa to warn that World War III is likely without a world government. He spoke from the group's Des Moines headquarters saying a repeat of the 1930s could occur unless most of the world unites.
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Iowa City
Russia
George Olmsted
Des Moines
United World Federalists of Iowa
Olmsted
Acquitted man Oscar Fetters takes jail residence in county
Oscar Fetters aged 63, acquitted on a 35 year old murder charge, moves into the Washington county jail as temporary headquarters after a not guilty by insanity verdict. He previously spent years in reformatories and habeas corpus actions, and will stay with Deputy Loren Robertson’s family while awaiting further matters.
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Washington, Ia
INS
Oscar Fetters
Washington County
Fetters
Charles Snyder
Loren Robertson
Hugh Dougall, Jr
Washington
R. G. Yoder
Paul Shearer
Dougall
Mary
Sarah Dougall Sailor
Canada
Anamosa Reformatory Criminally Insane Ward
Reformatory
Robertson
Shearer
Iowa
Charles A. Dewey
Cedar Rapids Food Bill Dips in August
The Cedar Rapids family food bill fell 0.6 percent from mid July to mid August as fresh vegetables and fruits dropped 9.4 percent. Meats and poultry rose 0.4 percent while lamb prices fell 12.4 percent. Eggs rose 7.8 percent and dairy products 0.9 percent with butter up about two and a half cents per pound. Lard surged 13.4 percent and sugar and sweets increased 1.1 percent. The mid August index stood 8.2 percent below last year but 203.9 percent above the June 1940 average, and up 37.6 percent since June 15, 1946.
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Cedar Rapids
United States Department of Labor
Midwestern state aviation officials meet in Des Moines
Directors of Aeronautics commissions from seven midwestern states will meet in Des Moines Thursday and Friday for the fifth regional conference of the National Association of State Aviation Officials. States represented include Iowa South Dakota Nebraska Colorado Wyoming Kansas and Missouri.
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Des Moines
INS
Directors of Aeronautics Commissions
National Association of State Aviation Officials
Iowa
South Dakota
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Kansas
Missouri
House Approves Higher Sum for Arms Aid Bill
The House passed the foreign arms aid bill at 1.314 billion dollars with a 223 to 109 vote. The package includes 1 billion for Atlantic Pact countries, moving toward final Senate approval and a White House signature by President Truman.
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Washington
House
Senate
White House
Truman
Chamber
Walkout on Iron Range Called Off
Leaders of union iron ore miners in Minnesota Wisconsin and upper Michigan called off plans for a strike. Henry Burkhammer of United Steelworkers said miners would remain at work until further notice. They had announced a Tuesday night plan to walk off at midnight Wednesday.
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Duluth
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Henry Burkhammer
United Steelworkers
Iron Range
Labor department reports August CPI uptick
The Labor Department said the cost of living rose two tenths of a percent in August while the consumer price index remained 3.3 percent below year earlier levels.
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Washington
Labor Department
Firemen Warn of Nationwide Rail Strike Over Diesel Crew
David B. Robertson, head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, says a strike against major railroads is planned next month to press for an extra fireman on diesels. The presidential emergency board rejected the demand, and Robertson notes the union may strike after the 30 day cooling period. The board cited improved diesel design as addressing safety without another crewman.
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Washington
David B. Robertson
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and
Robertson
Chicago
Emergency Board
George W. Taylor
University of Pennsylvania
Truman May Use I Need the Job Slogan
Washington AP report notes Al Jolson quoted President Truman joking about possibly running again on the slogan I need the job. Jolson recalled a 1908 Kansas City minstrel show and told reporters Truman said Jolson would turn 62 next May.
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Washington
al Jolson
Truman
White House
Jolson
Grand Opera House
Kansas City
Bogart Roughs Up Two Glamor Girls in Nightclub
New York police and El Morocco staff investigated after Humphrey Bogart scuffled with two glamor girls and knocked a dinner plate from Johnny Jelke. Club spokesman Leonard MacBain said Bogart was not barred and described the incident as a lark with no injuries.
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New York
Humphrey Bogart
el Morocco
Bogey
Leonard MacBain
Bill Seeman
Robin Roberts
Bogart
Robin
Peggy Rabe
William G. Rabe
Johnny Jelke
Miss Rabe
Jelke
Seeman
MacBain
Deadlock on Foreign Aid Sum Broken
Washington reports that lawmakers resolved a months-long deadlock by approving 4.852 billion dollars in Marshall plan spending within a 5.81 billion dollar foreign aid package. The accord funds non military aid in Greece and Turkey and relief programs in Germany and the Far East, with a watchdog committee gaining 110 thousand dollars to monitor foreign aid. Recovery chief Paul Hoffman may spend 25 thousand dollars on a re survey of dismantling effects in Europe.
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Washington
Senate
House
Greece
Turkey
Germany
Far East
Conference Committee
Joint
Congressional Watchdog
Paul G. Hoffman
Grand Jury Keeps Conn Case Open
Centerville Iowa Appanoose county grand jury declined to indict Kenneth Conn 28 of Plano after he shot his wife Sept 29. The case remains open until the Oct 17 term while Mrs Conn recovers from shotgun injuries at University Hospital Iowa City. Conn admitted drinking the night of the shooting and said he was holding the gun when it discharged.
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Centerville
INS
Appanoose County
Grand Jury
Kenneth Conn
Plano
Conn
University Hospital
Iowa City
South Koreans accuse Soviets of daily armed attacks
Seoul accuses Moscow of almost daily armed assaults near the 38th parallel and urges Western powers to back a United Nations move. Foreign Minister Ben C. Limb says three military operations in three months and daily Pyongyang radio broadcasts incite armed violence in South Korea.
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Washington
INS
Russia
United Nations
Ben C. Limb
U.S
Limb
U.N
38Th Parallel
South Korea
Pyongyang
Wholesale Food Prices Decline Again in Week
New York report shows the Dun and Bradstreet wholesale food price index down five cents to $5.67, a 28 month low close, reflecting an 18 cent drop over two weeks. The year ago index was $6.70, 15.4 percent higher than today.
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New York
Dun and Bradstreet
Vessel Missing With 60 Aboard
The Argentine minesweeper Fournier with 60 men aboard was reported missing on Wednesday September 21 near Buenos Aires.
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Buenos Aires
Fournier
Republican Chairmen To Hold Chicago Conference
Whitney Gilliland Iowa state chairman will report on party strategy at a 19 state meeting of Republican state chairmen and vice chairmen in Chicago October 14 15. Vernon Romney Utah state chairman said the gathering will be the opening gun of the 1950 campaign for state chairmen.
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Chicago
Whitney Gillilland
Iowa
Vernon Romney
Utah
Midwest
Rocky Mountain
Churchill attacks Attlee in demand for new election
London—Winston Churchill called for Parliament to oust Prime Minister Attlee’s Labour government and permit a new election. He warned Britain faces national and international bankruptcy under devaluation and high taxation, demanding tax cuts and fewer controls to restore confidence. He cited atom bomb fears and nationalization as failed policies.
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London
Winston Churcheill
Attlee
Britain
Churchill
Churchi
West Berlin Talks Broken Off By Western Allies
Western Allies cut off discussions with Russia on restoring normal life in Berlin amid a dispute over Soviet control of the city’s elevated railways. A senior American British and French commandant’s letter cited lack of trust that any agreements would be honored by Soviet authorities. No Russian representative attended the last minute talks sought to avert Four Power rule collapse.
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Berlin
Russia
Paris
Colla
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