Union Labor Bloc Effort Loses Momentum in 1948 Elections
Washington June 28 CIO President Philip Murray sought a united labor bloc to repeal the Taft Hartley law and back anti tariff measures, but AFL President William Green dismissed joint action and signaled a parallel program. The plan lacked immediate support across unions as Murray aimed for broader political unity without a third party. An earlier ARI CIO merger effort collapsed over control of political committees.
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Washington
UP -Cio
Philip Murray
United Labor Bloc
AFL
William Green
CIO
Green
Murray
Congress
Elo
Murrays
United Action
Organized Labor
ARI
CIG
Father Flanagan Returns to U S
Father Edward Flanagan founder of Boys Town says Japan faces a serious homeless and fatherless child problem. He reports more than 1000 homeless children in Tokyo and criticizes the Japanese and U S governments for lack of funds. He arrived in Seattle aboard the U S S Fall River after a war department mission in Japan.
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Seattle
Edward J. Flanegan
Boys Town
Flanagan
Japan
Washin’ton
Tokyo
Father Flanagan
Washington
War Department
Dovelas MacArthur
U. S. S. Fall River
Tn Hig Renord
MacArthur
Union threatens to picket Taft wedding in St Joseph
In St Joseph Michigan on June 28 a CIO union planned to picket Sen Robert Tafts sons wedding at the First Congregational church despite police threats of arrest. Taft co author of the Taft Hartley law was to attend the 4 PM ceremony. union leaders vowed picketing with possible aid from United Auto Workers locals.
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ST. Joseph
Mich
CIO
Robert Taft
Lloyd B. Taft
Virginia Stone
Gordon Colwell
United Electrical Workers Local 931
United Auto Workers
Eisenhower Warns Army Is a Poor Second to Russia
General Dwight D. Eisenhower told a Senate appropriations subcommittee that the U S Army is thinly stretched and a poor second to the Soviet Union, noting a war remains possible within 12 months though the War Department does not foresee it. He outlined a force composed largely of young, inexperienced volunteers.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Senate
Russia
Eisenhower
War Department
Elief
Russa
Funeral rites held for Ralph E Flynn at Jones Funeral Home
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock for Ralph E Flynn at Jones Funeral Home. Rev Fred E Miller conducted the service and burial followed at Elm Grove Cemetery. Pallbearers were Richard Scott Clifford Freel Joe Vodicka Marion Stransky Merle Howaste and Ferd Skola.
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Ralph E. Flynn
Jones Funeral Home
Fred E. Miller
Elm Grove Cemetery
Richard Scott
Clifford Freel
Joe Vodicka
Marion Stransky
Merle Howaste
Ferd Skola
Patterson Flags Abuse Of Homes For Children In Politics
Patterson and Flanagan urged probes into functioning homes for children, accusing racketeers of turning them into political footballs. He expressed optimism for the future and noted Japanese willingness to accept American guidance.
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Ert Patterson
Flanagan
Six More Teachers Sign Contracts for Washington Schools
Superintendent W. A. Erbe announced six additional contracts for the upcoming term in Washington schools. New hires include Wilda Busby, Marie Landeau, Patricia Davis, Wilma Pettis, Glenn F. Hall, and Louise Burgess, covering home economics, art, third grade, industrial arts, English, and related duties across Lincoln and Stewart schools and the junior high. Only four or five positions remain to be filled, with expected hires in the coming weeks.
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W. A. Erbe
Washington
Wilda Busby
Marie Landeau
Miss Busby
Washington Junior College
Simpson and
Ames
Manchester
Newton
Burlington
Lincoln School
Patricia Davis
Lincoln
Stewart
Clarence
Northeastern Missouri Teachers College
Hall
Louise Burgess
Epps
University of Tennessee
State University of
Iowa
Severville
Tenn
Erbe
Treason Trial Set For Kawakita In Los Angeles
Tomoya Kawakita, 26, California born Nisei, ordered to stand trial on treason charges in the district of arrest. The wartime foreman of a Japanese prison camp pleaded innocent to atrocities against American POWs. Trial slated for Oct. 21.
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Los Angeles
Tomoya
Kawakita
Japan
William C. Mathes
Soviet Plan Is Offered By Molotov
Paris reports Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov presented a counterplan during the big three talks on a unified European aid program. He was to propose that the allies press the United States for exact aid guarantees and suggested lifting the economic iron curtain to allow normal trade with the west.
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Molotov
Paris
Vyacheslav M Molotov
United States
Georges Didault
Bidault
George C Marshall
Washington
Soviet Union
Europe
Russia
Council of Foreign Ministers
Ernest Bevin
Britain
France
England
Walter T. Hershberger Receives Monogram Herd Name
Walter T Hershberger of Iowa City has been granted exclusive use of the herd name Monogram for his purebred Ayrshire cattle. The Ayrshire Breeders Association in Brandon Vermont announced the award. There are over twenty thousand Ayrshire herds in the United States.
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Walter T
Hershberger
Iowa City
Marriage License Issued to Casey Jones and Marilyn West
A marriage license was issued at the courthouse today to Casey Jones and Marilyn West, both of Washington.
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Court House
Casey Jones
Marilyn West
Washington
Pension Plan Details Revealed in Ford Contract
The CIO auto workers union disclosed the first pension plan in the automotive industry as part of a new wage and contract agreement with Ford. The pact offers a seven cent hourly raise retroactive to May, plus eight cents to fund pensions, totaling a 15 cent wage hike. Ford will contribute 200 million dollars for past benefits and 20 million annually to sustain the plan. Employee contributions range from 2.15 percent for those under 3900 yearly and 5 percent for higher earners. Retirement age is 65 with continued eligibility for those who left after 15 years if benefits were not exhausted.
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Detroit
CIO Auto Workers Union
Ford Motor Company
Richard T
John F. Bugas
Ford
Pension Fund
Leonard
Softball Field Plan Topic At Monday Meeting
Washington community committee weighs land options leasing or buying for a lighted softball diamond. Estimates from nearby towns show a fully equipped field at 2500 dollars, a figure locals deem high and likely to drop with further reports. The meeting Monday at eight in the Legion rooms invites softball fans to share input.
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Washington Yye Creation Council
Chuck Hotle
Legion Rooms
Washington
Glenn Green
U S Tankers To Remain In Use
President Truman signed a law extending the U S Maritime Commission's power to operate or charter government owned ships until March 1 next year. About 258 tankers are affected with roughly 60 in domestic operation. The extension prevents a June 30 end to government ship use for oil, coal, grain and other supplies.
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Washington
President Truman
United States
Truman
U. S. Maritime Commission
Congress
Maritime Commission
Brother of Waterloo printer dies at 67
Called from his Milwaukee home to Waterloo Iowa after the death of Fred G Latta a longtime printer. He died June 21 at Allen Memorial Hospital after a seven month illness. Funeral services were held Monday atView cemetery Waterloo. He taught printing in the East High School vocational department for six years and was a brother of Major E Latta formerly of Washington.
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J. K. Latta
W. Jefferson Street
Waterloo
Iowa
East High School
Latta
E. Latta
Washington
Mary Easter 78 Taken by Death in Washington
Mary Alice Pickens Easter 78 died at 11 30 this morning at 1314 East Washington Street after three years of failing health. Funeral 2 30 p m Monday at Sherman's funeral home with burial in Elm Grove cemetery. Survivors: son Hloyd Easter of Washington, granddaughter Mrs Floyd Kenard, and three great grandchildren.
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Mary Alice Master
East Washinston Street
Sherman
Elm Grove Cemetery
Mrs. Foster
Washington
Orange S
Myrtina (Mattison) Pickens
Washington County
William McClelland Easter
The
Christian Church
Pleasent Plain
T Town
Ore
Hloyd Easter
Floyd Kinerds
Six Crewmembers Die In Mt Makalins Wreck
Manila report states all six crew members of a U S Army C 45 plane perished when it crashed into Mt Makalins and the wreckage was found after a two day search. Captain W J Davis led the finder party and noted all watches stopped at 10 15 p m.
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Manila
Mt. Makalins
W. J. Davis
Davis
Teenagers Attend First Dance Session in City Hall
Seventy five youths filled the Legion rooms at city hall for the Washington Recreational Council summer program kickoff. The group chose officers Dick Dare chairing Beverly Crancall vice chair Barbara Dare secretary and Dick Paul treasurer. Admission is 20 cents single and 75 cents for a season ticket to fund the juke box and events.
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Washington Recreational Council
Legion Rooms
City Hall
Golia Miller
Harold Mangold
Howard Miller
The
Legion
Lytle’s Grocery
Dick Dare
Beverly Crancall
Barbara Dare
Dick Paul
Gover
Cotter
Brighton
Kalona
Defective brakes blamed for 6867 Iowa crashes in 1946
A report cites defective brakes as the cause of 6867 traffic accidents in Iowa in 1946, while another item notes a plane on instrument descent toward Manila navigated a radio beam and failed to detect a mountain in its path.
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Iowa
Manila
Cut Backs In Steel Seen As Coal Strike Expands
About 400000 soft coal miners began a 10 day vacation as fuel stockpiles shrink and steel production cuts threaten auto and appliance industries. UMW members protest the Taft Hartley act with questions over July 8 return, amid four blast furnaces banked due to coal shortages. Congress parts ways on new labor laws to avert a strike.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
UFL
UMW
Steel
Rep Blie Steel Corp
Cleveland
Youngstown
Ohio
Birmingham
Ala
Washington
Interior
J. A. Krug
Congress
Capitol
John L. Lewis
Fourth Flood Roils Ottumwa as Des Moines Rises
Ottumwa Iowa rivers swirled through south and west districts for the fourth time in a month. Mayor Herman Schaefer ordered evacuations as about 17 feet of rising water pressed Eddyville and nearby towns. Fort Dodge faced water treatment checks and partial power restoration while Eddyville sheltered residents in a school shelter.
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Ottumwa
Des Moines
Herman Schaefer
Tracy
Eddyville
Chris den Hartog
Fort Dodge
Health Department
Corn Growth Cheer Sparks Iowa Garden Pride
Elmer Bontrager of Washington reports sweet corn in his garden grew 13 percent in three days. He notes the rapid growth as a sign of optimism for the state crop and asks others if they can match the gain.
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Iowa
Elmer Bontrager
Washington
The
Journal Today
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David Howe
Paul Miller
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