Churchill Says Atomic Bomb Stopped Reds From Overrunning Europe
Boston AP Churchill declares the atomic bomb in US hands deterred Soviet expansion and London bombing. He blames thirteen Kremlin leaders for seeking world rule, warns war not inevitable, urges vigilance, and cites Marshall Plan and Western unity as fixes.
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Boston
Winston Churchill
United States
Europe
London
Britain
Kremlin
Boston Garden
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Churchill
Rus
Rutledge pleads not guilty to first degree murder
Dr Robert C Rutledge Jr, 27, entered a not guilty plea in Linn county district court to the December 14 murder of Byron Hartman at the Roosevelt hotel. The Plea ends defense objections to the indictment and signals an early trial may follow as jurors report April 12 under Judge Floyd Philbrick. The defendant spoke only to state his name at arraignment and sat silent through Friday's proceedings.
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Robert C Rutldge, Jr
Byron C Hartman
Roosevelt Hotel
J E Heiserman
R. S. Milner
W J Barngrover
Milner
Rutledge
Linn County District Court
Robert Cunningham Rutledge, Jr
Heiserman
St Louis
Philbrick
William Crissman
David Elderkin Crissman
Missouri
Iowa
James Smith
Smith
One Woman Killed Three Hurt In Highway Crash
A Friday crash on Highway 69 north of Osceola killed Mrs. Orville Stout 55 of Leon. Injured were Mrs. Winnie Painter 63 Mrs. Grace Wallace 63 and Mrs. Frank Boies 50 all of Leon. Boies in serious condition with crushed chest. Witnesses say the car slipped into mud while passing a truck and overturned into a ditch.
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Osceola
Highway 69
Here
Orville Stout
Leon
Winnie Painter
Grace Wallace
Frank Boies
Boies
Urge Hiring of Negro Teachers in C R Schools
Cedar Rapids news reports a move to place qualified Negro teachers in the public schools. The effort, led by Mrs. M. R. Warren, has the Cedar Rapids Marion Council’s approval and seeks civic group feedback to the school board. Superintendent Clyde Parker says no discrimination policy exists and no applications are on file. The plan arose from local AAUW social studies, St Paul’s church study group, and the Council of Social Planning education section.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
M. R. Warren
Fifth Avenue SE
Christian Social Relations Committee
Iowa Council of Church Women and Racial Relations
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Warren
Board of Education
Clyde Parker
Parker
Dorothy Kniss
Johnson School
Robert Armstrong
Evelyn Zerzanek
American Association of University Women
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Council of Social Planning
A.A.U.W
R. G. Walker
Frank Nye
Richard FE. Wallace
Harry L. Walker
Dorothy Rheinhold
H. J. Newell
Norman Lipsky
L. C. Carrigg
Robert Blahnik
Martha Griffith
P. H. Mounts
Jarvis Burner
St. Paul’s
Eliot Waples
Miss Kniss
Rabbi Herman Schaalmann
Evalyn Zerzanek
Labor Forces Win Victory in Iowa House Action
In Des Moines AP reports the Iowa house scored four straight wins for labor Friday morning. The chamber recessed without a vote on a compromise plan to legalize union shops while preserving the ban on closed shops from 1947. The debate centered on whether to vote the compromise as a whole or by sections, with adjournment efforts defeated and action deferred to next week.
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Des Moines
Labor
Iowa
M _ F _ Hickhin
Wapello
Gus T Kuester
Dewey Goode
Bloomfield
House
Kuester
Attorney General
Skunk Invades Cincinnati Home For Five Minutes
A small skunk forced three family members to flee the Albert Kichler residence in Cincinnati on Thursday. The animal lingered briefly before wandering off, leaving Mrs. Kichler noting relief after burning cedar candles per a neighbor’s tip.
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Cincinnati
Albert Kichler
Cedar Rapids Moves to Buy Two Park Tracts
Cedar Rapids plans to spend about 73000 for two new parks landed back with a special citizens committee. Parks Commissioner Richard C Jones urged real estate review deed checks and a petition for a park buying bond election. The sites include about 150 acres from the Skvor Hach estates in south Cedar Rapids for about 60000 and 19 acres near the Kenwood school site for about 13000.
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Cedar Rapids
Citizens’ Park and Recreation Planning Committee
Richard C Jones
City Plan Commission
Skvor-Hach
Kenwood
F Avenue
New York Cabmen Strike Demands Union Recognition
Thousands of taxi drivers walked out in New York seeking union recognition as Mayor O Dwyer summoned 3250 police on emergency duty. Union officials alleged strikebreakers armed to intimidate pickets while fleets and independent operators debated whether to run.
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New York
William O’dwyer
Leon Zwicker
John L. Lewis
CIO radio operators strike Pan American over new stratocruisers
New York CIO radio operators for Pan American World Airways walked out after contract talks failed. Herman Carroll said operators want to fly the three new stratocruisers on the Honolulu to San Francisco run, but Pan American refused. Picket lines formed at La Guardia as a spokesman warned about 240 international flights being grounded.
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New York
CIO
Pan American World Airways
Herman Carroll
CIO Transport Workers Union
Honolulu
San Francisco
Pan American
LaGuardia
Unemployment Falls as March Adds Jobs in 1949 Report
The commerce department data show unemployment down 54 000 to 3 167 000 while employment rises 479 000 from February to 57 647 000. Total civilian labor force reaches 60 814 000, with seasonal farm work driving most gains and agriculture up more than typical.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Sawyer
White House
Senator Taylor convicted of disorderly conduct in Birmingham
Senator Taylor of Idaho was found guilty by a jury of disorderly conduct after appealing a police court case. He was fined 50 dollars and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with plans to appeal to the United States Supreme Court if needed.
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Birmingham
Taylor
Idaho
Henry Wallace
George Lewis
United States Supreme Court
Weather Forecast Stages April Fool Day Deception
The weather bureau warns the sunny Friday is an April Fool, with clouding Saturday bringing rain or snow across the state Saturday night and lingering into Sunday. More rain and colder air are forecast for Tuesday as Cedar Rapids records a noon high near 50 degrees after 44 on Thursday.
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Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Akron Bus Strikers End Quick After Small Wage Rise
In Akron the CIO Transport Workers called off a six hour walkout by 600 bus drivers and mechanics of the Akron Transportation Company. The company granted a seven cents per hour raise, meeting a fraction of the union demand of 30 cents. Drivers now earn $1.39 and mechanics $1.49 per hour.
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AKRON
Akron Transportation Company
CIO Transport
Brewery Strike Ties Up New York's Major Breweries
Seven thousand CIO brewery workers walk out at 14 major New York breweries as the union contract expires, disrupting production citywide.
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New York
CIO
U S Rejects Red Blast at Atlantic Pact
Washington DC state department spokesman rejects Soviet charge that the North Atlantic Pact serves propaganda against Russia. Officials call Moscow denunciation a propaganda maneuver aimed at casting doubt on the pact signing. The spokesman notes the defense nature of the treaty and its collective defense only activates on attack.
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Washington
State Department
Russia
Moscow
Russia denounces Atlantic Pact as anti Russian aggression
Moscow says the North Atlantic Treaty is designed to daunt nonconforming states and violate the UN Charter. The Kremlin accuses the pact of aiming at Russia and the Eastern bloc, while denying any threat to the United States Britain or France.
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Moscow
Russia
Soviet Union
Kremlin
United States
Britain
France
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Canada
Europe
Potsdam
Yalta
Bus Drivers Yield Cent on Demands in Iowa Talks
Ce dar Rapids City Lines drivers and officials neared a deal after a day of wage talks presided by Federal Conciliator E. S Jackson. Union leaders lowered demands from 10 to nine cents an hour while company offers four cents. City council members attended, with a rescheduled session set for Saturday at 10 a.m. and a monthly drivers meeting later the day.
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Cedar Rapids
E. S Jackson
Des Moines
Oscar Show To Go On Despite Producer Withdrawals
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said the annual Oscar ceremony will proceed next year despite the loss of support from five major producers. Governors indicated they will carry on with arrangements to stage the show.
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Hollywood
Oscar
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Academy Governors
Survey of Force Says Not Needed
A Cedar Rapids police inspector job is proposed for elimination in a 10 page safety survey by Prof Richard Holcomb of the University of Iowa. The report recommends abolishing the inspector post and raises pay for several ranks while lowering new officer entry age to 27 with wartime service.
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Jones
Cedar Rapids
Pres
Cedar ‘Rapids
Police Department
Gordon Hughes
Howard Walsh
Richard Holcomb
University of Iowa
Ene
Holcomb
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