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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1946
Page
1
King George II returns to Athens after residency abroad and urges national unity as Tsaldaris is asked to form a new cabinet. Greece faces a north country civil conflict with alleged external aid to leftists while authorities tighten security during the royal return and first parliamentary session.
Belgrade condemned U S handling of Yugoslav barge crews in the Austrian occupation zone and accused the U S Information Service in Belgrade of abusing privileges. Prime delegate Stane Krasovec and Ambassador Sava Kosanovic pressed charges in New York and Belgrade, warning of repercussion for embassy staff.
Private Joseph Ei Hicswa once spared from a death sentence by presidential intervention was recaptured in Yokohama after 11 days of liberty. The Wallington, New Jersey soldier escaped from an army hospital while awaiting transport back to the United States. He had been sentenced to death for killing two Japanese but the sentence was commuted to 30 years. He was stopped by an officer in an Eighth Army headquarters area and ordered to the orderly room for lacking a pass and dogtags.
The Kansas City Star charged that election frauds appeared in the August 6 primary not citywide but surface in several wards. Evidence has been turned over to U S Attorney Sam Wear for digest and possible state department review. The paper cited dubious returns in wards 1 2 and 14 and noted affidavits from hundreds of interviews as it reported on candidates Slaughter Axtell and Walsh amid Pendergast machine influence.
Alexandria AP report says Egyptian Premier Sidky Pasha signed Saturday but King Farouk asked him to remain until the king studies the cabinet situation amid discord in the delegation negotiating with Britain on the 1936 alliance revised.
Paris Sunday AP reports the French Legislature adopted a new constitution for the Fourth Republic by 440 to 106. The late night ballot ended before Gen Charles de Gaulle was to address the nation and urge rejection in the October 13 referendum. The plan had backing from Communists Socialists and MRP, about 90 percent of the electorate.
Washington AP report says housing priorities will cover sawmills starting Nov 1, allowing lumber yards and dealers to issue the HH housing priority to builders of veterans homes. The move, agreed by the National Housing agency and the Civilian Production administration, aims to channel more lumber into housing despite producer opposition.
Harley Stevens argues in Far Eastern Survey that new Chinese government corporations are rapidly displacing private firms. He cites the China Petroleum Company as dominating oil in non Communist China and planning to regulate imports and pricing. The trend, he says, has driven private Chinese from many industries in Chungking Kweiyang Chengtu and Sian since Japan's surrender.
Cedar Rapids reports a cool fall night with 8:30 p.m. readings at 49 degrees, down from 51 at 2:30 p.m. The day’s high reached 59 at 9 a.m. Skies remained threatening as temperatures were forecast to stay cool Sunday with 60 to 65 degrees, then rise Monday.
Lincoln Nebraska delegates at the Nebraska Motor Carrier association annual meeting hear C A Sutherland of National Tank Truck Carriers outline proposed national transportation reforms. He cites Senate subcommittee recommendations to base rates on cost, end the transportation tax, reorganize the Interstate Commerce Commission, and create a cabinet level Department of Transportation.
Washington insiders say labor department efforts aim to stave off a shipping strike set for October. CIO marine engineers and shipowners meet with government mediators as unions including Longshoremen and Masters Pilots prepare to bargain. Key figures Wallace Brown Marion Plant J B Bryan Captain May Captain Martin and Captain Higginbotham participate as negotiations proceed.
In Pittsburgh the 3,500 member union rejected Duquesne Light's 5 percent wage offer and pension revisions by 1,170 to 553, voting to keep the five day walkout. The strike disrupted transit and industry, with about 50,000 jobless and losses near 100 million.
President Truman flew home by Sacred Cow from West Point where Army beat Oklahoma. He greeted reporters at National airport, asked about the Dodgers game and learned they won to take a temporary half game lead over the St. Louis Cardinals in the pennant race.
Daylight saving time ended at 2 am as clocks moved back last April for most. Twenty states stayed on standard time or did not advance clocks, complicating schedules for railroads and radio networks. Starting today networks cut transcription repeats and warnings. railroads drop travel advisories, while major airlines keep schedules unchanged.
London reports a Turkish spokesman rejects joint Soviet Turkish control of the Dardanelles and vows resistance. Byrnes meets Jebb in Paris as US and Britain oppose Russian push, warning it could spark an international crisis. Moscow insists on direct talks and bracketed negotiations with Turkey.
In Hastings Nebraska a four year old, Dickey Carl, balks at sitting in a barber chair. He peers at the shiny domed barber and explains he is afraid he will end up looking like him. The moment captures a child’s hesitation during a first haircut.
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