Lewis and Operators Reach Pension Payment Pact
John L. Lewis and most coal industry operators signed a new wage agreement effective July 1. It adds $1 per day for union workers and 20 cents per ton in operator contributions to the welfare and retirement fund, with 1947 terms remaining in the 1948 contract. U S Steel refused due to the union shop provision. Mosse walked out.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Union Welfare and Retirement Fund
U. S. Steel Corp
Virginia
Tennesee
Alabama
Moses
Harry M. Mosse
U .S. Steel
Lewis
Wilson Packers workers weigh switch from CIO to AFL
In Cedar Rapids on June 25 the CIO United Packinghouse Workers reported many Wilson and Co. employees show desire to leave the CIO and join the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers AFL. Max Crowell of the AFL says talks with CIO and AFL leaders indicate strong sentiment for a change.
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Cedar Rapids
CIO United Packinghouse Workers Union
Wilson & Co
CIO
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers
AFL
Max Crowell
Amalgamated Union
Will Honor Members of Ainsworth Church
Special services at Ainsworth Methodist Church honor six couples with 50 years of marriage or more. Pastor Carl F. Stiefel will deliver the message at 11:00 Sunday using Golden Wedding as the topic. The church invites all Washington county couples celebrating 50th anniversaries to attend as guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth Methodist Church
Carl F. Stiefel
Stiefel
Washington County
John Freeland
D. W. Griffiths
L. G Roberts
SS. Tim Wheeler
Tom H. Will
John H. Krause
Plan Special Events At Two Playgrounds
Washington's playground program expands as Art Brown urges 9 to 15 year olds to attend sessions at Lincoln and Stewart schools to enable softball teams. Biocycle hikes are set next week with Stewart boys Tuesday and Lincoln boys Thursday. craft classes are planned at Stewart Wednesday morning and Lincoln all day. A large July field day is planned for both playgrounds with races games and contests. CIO employee membership noted.
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Washington
Art Brown
nKessions
Lincoln
Stewart
Stewart School
Brown
Ford Union Demands Flat 14 Cents Plus Benefits
The CIO United Auto Workers union counters Ford Motor's 11 to 14 cents an hour offer for 108000 production workers with a flat 14 cent raise plus 14 cents more in benefits. Ken Bannon leads the national negotiating committee in presenting the demand to Ford vice president John S. Bugas. The union had previously scaled down from 30 cents plus 20 cents in benefits, noting most peers settled for about 13 cents.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Union Today
Ford Motor Company
John S. Bugas
Ford
National Aid Negotiating Committee
Ken Bannon
UAW
Bannon
Bugas
General Motors Corporation
Chrysler
Accused Murderer Freed By Mistake In Chicago
Warden Frank Sain reports an alleged killer is at large after a jail release error. Two men named James White, one charged with rape, caused the mix-up when clerk Edward Urban called the wrong name. the innocent inmate mistaken for the murderer fled and police hunt continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frank Sain
Sain
James White
Sam
Edward Urban
Freak Mouse Spotted in New Haven Potato Patch
The Fred Chalupa family in New Haven spotted a pure white field mouse in their potato patch. The creature stood out from ordinary mice only by its color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Chalupa
New Haven
Russians Lift Ban on Berlin Rail Traffic
Russian forces reopened the Berlin rail corridor, allowing westbound freight to Berlin once more. Allied officials reported the Marienborn border command cited urgent repairs as the reason for halting traffic, easing a threat of starvation for 2 million Berliners and reducing pressure on Western Allied presence in the city.
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Berlin
Russia
Helmstedt
Germany
Marienborn
Promises Warren Full Partnership in Dewey Admin
Philadelphia June 25 Gov Thomas Dewey said he would make Warren a full partner in the national government. He planned to reorganize Washington to bring order out of chaos and to relieve Warren from senate duties to devote time to administration.
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Thomas &. Dewey
Farr Warren
Washington
Dewey
Tom
Senate
Berlin Crisis Eases Yet Russian Rhetoric Persists
British reprisal actions sparked a Russian pull-down on a closure order, while Leipzig and other western zone cities remain dependent on western supplies. The Helmstedt report suggested the Berlin crisis might ease, though Moscow has repeatedly raised tension over Berlin and then eased it at a critical point.
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Leipzig
Berlin
Youth Center cancels Saturday dance at city hall
The Youth Center dance this Saturday in the Legion rooms at city hall is cancelled. The center will close this week but plans a large dance on Saturday July 3.
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Legion Rooms
City Hall
Iowa VFW Delegates Urge Housing Bill in Des Moines
Iowa Veterans of Foreign Wars closed their convention with resolutions urging housing for veterans and anti communism measures. The event featured a post band contest and drum corps, a memorial service led by Rev DeLoss Marken, and the Cooties group hosting banquets dances and a parade as attendance set a new record at 5000.
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Des Moines
Iowa Veterans of Foreign Wars
Competiton
DeLoss Marken
Des Moines Veterans Hospital
Cooties
Brower Elected Girls State Auditor in Grinnell
Patricia Brower Hawkeye Girls state representative from Washington was inaugurated as state auditor on the Nationalist ticket. Judge Charles Wennerstrum officiated as Joan Welle took the oath of office as governor. Brower was sent to Grinnell by the American Legion auxiliary post of Washington. This marks the first year a local representative attended Iowa Girls State which runs through Sunday.
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Grinnell
Patricia
Charles Wennerstrum
Chariton
Joan Welle
Newton
Miss Brower
American Legion Auxiliary Post
Washington
Iowa
Schedule Talks With Rail Unions
Washington June 25 The White House resumes efforts to end the rail labor dispute with a new conference set by John R Steelman assistant to the president with heads of the three rail unions. The unions reportedly prepared a package proposal and have eased demands from a 3 a day pay rise and rate changes while railroad representatives await a call in the afternoon. The aim is an amicable settlement so government control of the roads can be relinquished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
John R Steelman
Steelman
Holbert Named Speaker at National Barrow Show in Austin
J. C. Holbert of Washington is chosen as a speaker for the National Barrow show to be held in Austin Minnesota from September 13 to 16. He will address the opening evening of the event, per an announcement by P. J. Holand, the show director.
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R. W. Marner
Lett
Muscatine
Jacob R. Leichty
Noble
Leichty
Court House
Mr. Marner
Washington
J. C. Holbert
Austin
Minn
P. J. Holand
Mr. Holbert
Evangelist Bray Delayed by Smoke at Belvidere Church
Evangelist A. R. Bray had to delay a sermon on Fire on the Earth when smoke filled the Mission Covenant Church in Belvidere as a stoker motor burned out.
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Belvidere
A. R. Bray
Mission Covenant Church
Protest Over Detention Of Five U S Soldiers
The United States protested to Yugoslavia over the arrest and prolonged detention of five American soldiers taken into custody by Yugoslav military authorities on June 15 while swimming at a beach in the Yugoslav controlled zone of Trieste. Ambassador Cavendish Cannon delivered the protest to the Yugoslav foreign office per State Department instructions.
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State Department
Cavendish Cannon
Cannon
Trieste
Two More Boys to Attend YMCA Camp Arrowhead
Bill Sherman and Dean Willey have added their names to the list of Washington boys who will attend Camp Arrowhead the Ot tumwa YMCA camp during the week of July 4 to 11. Others registered include Danny Kiesey Orin Jarvis Phil McCreedy Paul Graf and Jim Alsi. Any other boys interested are urged to contact Artemas Brown YMCA secretary soon.
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Bill Sherman
Dean Willey
Washington
Arrowhead
Ottumwa Y.M.C.A
Danny Kiesey
Orin Jarvis
Phil McCreedy
Paul Graf
Jim Alsi
Artemas Brown
Y.M.C.A
Local Hawkeye Band Releases Correct Membership List
The Des Moines segment lists band members for the Hawkeye Holidays parade with conductor Robert Steele. Cornets BE Burham and William Littlejohn. clarinets Dick Tweete Don Radda. trombones Dan Holland Robert Steele Milo Steele Jr.. bass M W Steele Sr.. bass drum Harold Kerr. snare Wayne Brock. Don and Jesse Radda piccolos and fifes. Everette Burham William Littlejohn bugles. Jesse Radde Art Brown horns. Bob Steele conducts and provides vocal solo.
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Des Moines
Journal
Robert Steele
BE. K. Burham
William Littlejohn
Dick Tweete
Don Radda
Dan Holland
Milo Steele
Filly Foaled in Illinois Claims Tiny Shetland Pony Title
Golconda Illinois reports Mrs Frank Werner believes a 19 inch tall 19 pound filly born on her farm is the smallest Shetland pony on record. The dam Shetland stands 38 inches and is named Wee Bit.
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Golconda
Ill
Frank Werner
Wee Bit
Delegates Ratify Warren as Dewey's Running Mate
The 24th GOP national convention chose Gov. Earl Warren of California for vice president on the Dewey ticket by acclamation after Arizona abandoned its plan to nominate Harold E. Stassen. Warren accepted with the condition that the vice presidency be a working role if the ticket wins.
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Convention Hall
Philadelphia
Earl Warren
California
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Arizona
Harold
Dewey
Warren
Harold Eli. Stassen
Chicago
Cance
John W. Bricker
Roosevelt
Lamar ‘Ooze
Portland
Ore
Alabama
Stassen
Stranger Breaks into Jail in Emporium
A stranger in Emporium, seeking a free bed, smashed a rear jail window and crawled inside. He was fined 10 dollars in the morning.
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Emporium
Weather notes for Des Moines Iowa June 25
Partly to mostly cloudy conditions with warm temperatures continue tonight and Saturday. Scattered showers or thunder showers are possible. Highs around 80 to 85 degrees today, lows near 62 to 66, with tomorrow's highs about 85.
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Des Moindes
Jume
Iowa
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Desert Cio Union
Ainsworth Church
Ford Union
Freak Mouse
Albany
N. Y
John M
Thomas E. Jr
Wehr Photo
Promises Warren
Phiadelphia
VFW
Pat Brower
Girls State
Patricia Brower
Hawkeye Girls
Rail Union
Holbert
U.S
United States
Yugoslavia
YMCA
Camp Arrowhead
Hawkeye
E. Stassen
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