Truman Warns Against Complacency In Postwar Reconversion
President Truman cautions against relaxing efforts as Snyder reports record peace time production and ongoing inflation risks. He urges extension of price control and stabilization laws to prevent economic chaos and notes coal and housing bottlenecks. The report cites 150 billion dollar annual civilian output and warns inflation remains the main threat to reconversion progress.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
John W. Snyder
Snyder
America
Rail workers win 16 cent hourly raise from arbiters
An arbitration board awarded a 16 cent an hour wage increase to about 1.22 million railroad workers across 18 brotherhoods. Non operating and operating employes gainers say the raises will boost payrolls by 548 million annually and may prompt higher freight rates.
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Chicago
Bert M. Jewell
Richard F. Mitchell
Fort Dodge
Carl J. Goff
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
R. W. Brown
Philadelphia
Reading Railroad
Jewell
Two Slayers Escape Jail and One Is Retaken
Joseph D. Medley, 44, one of two convicted slayers who escaped from DC jail in guards’ uniforms, was captured eight hours later in an Anacostia river boathouse. Earl McFarland, 24, remained at large after they overpowered two guards, stole a car, and fled. Medley faced a prior rape slaying case involving Dorothy Berrum and stated he would “try again.”
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Washington
Joseph D. Medley
District of Columbia
Earl McFarland
Medley
Anacostia River
Harvey G. Callahan
McFarland
George Little
Maryland
H. C. Davis
Davis
Oscar C. Sanderlin
Eeats
Ichigan- Stagies Tiory
Gail
Nancy Boyer
Guadalcanal
Dorothy Berrum
Soviet Troop Withdrawal Seen in Iran Within Weeks
New York AP reports Iran proposed shelving the Iran case at the UN Security Council if Russia would guarantee unconditional troop withdrawal by May 6. A tense session adjourned with Russia saying withdrawals would occur in a month and a half, and Iran seeking a peaceful settlement.
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New York
Iran
United Nations Security Council
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
Weather To Stay Windy and Cool
The Gazette reports a windy, cool spell with a 72 degree afternoon and 35 mph gusts. Temperatures fall expected Thursday as winds ease, bringing calmer conditions and a detachment for the weather boy.
Eisenhower Orders Probe of Officer Protection
President Eisenhower ordered an immediate investigation into charges that a government prosecutor sought to shield officers from prosecution in the Lichfield court martial case in England. The probe aims to clarify allegations of improper protective efforts.
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Eisenhower
Washington (Ap
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Cen Cers
Lichfield
England
Quadruplet dies after birth in Kelso hospital
One of Mrs. Leo Pierce's quadruplets died in his incubator Tuesday night at Kelso. The 36 year old widow with two existing twins received transfusions after the birth. Three babies A B and D remain alive in Longview where the other newborns were moved. Local officials and the Long Bell Lumber mill pledged aid.
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Kelso
Leo Pierce
Longview
Chambers of Commerce
Long Bell Lumber Company
Pierce
Gazette Circulation Tops Fifty Thousand Mark
The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports its average net paid circulation for March surpassed 50 000, marking a new peak for the newspaper and reflecting growing reader demand across the region.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Gazette vows steady news flow amid print shortages
The Gazette reports demand at unprecedented levels as wartime paper restrictions tighten. Editors say newsprint remains scarce but sufficient to maintain steady columns and service to readers.
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Gazette
Agp
Keelation
Execution of Bataan Death March Leader Homma
Japanese Lt. Gen Masaharu Homma, who ordered the Bataan Death March, was executed by U S army firing squad in Manila. He was convicted February 11 for ordering atrocities in the Philippines, tied to a post with a hood and a heart target as twelve rifles fired. The execution followed trial and appeals, mirroring a prior case in which Lt Gen Yamashita was hanged.
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Manila
Masaharu Homma
Bataan
United States Army
Homma
Corregidor
Tokyo
MacArthur
U. S. Supreme Court
Wataru Narahashi
Ealier
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Yamashita
Philiippines
Iowa City Men Buy Taft Hotel in Lease deal
Ray H. Wortmann announced sale of Taft hotel equipment and furnishings to R O Amish and E J Amish of Iowa City. The Amises take a 10 year lease with option for another 10 years. The new operators, brothers who own hotels in Iowa City Des Moines Muscatine and Fort Madison, plan limited activity through June 1.
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Ray H. Wortmann
Taft
Second Avenue SE
R. O. and
E. J. Amish
Iowa City
Brothers
Des Moines
Muscatine
Fort Madison
Wortmann
Housing Subsidies Move Up a Notch
The Senate Banking Committee advanced a bill including 600 million dollars in building materials subsidies. It also proposes price ceilings on existing homes to stabilize the market.
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Washington (Ap
Senate Banking Committee
U S Steel Slashes Production Amid Nationwide Strikes
United Press reports drastic cuts at U S Steel Pittsburgh plants as AFL UMW negotiators near breakdown. About 700000 U S workers idle, with 400000 from the mine strike. Ford lays off 35000 for a week. Detroit area and nationwide layoffs total about 18500 and 16500. Transit workers hold mass meeting. Akron digs in on three day walkout.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
AFL
United Mine Workers
United States
United States Steel Corporation
UMW
Ford Motor Company
W. L. Bricker
Detroit
Bricker
Akron
Ohio
Charles Slusser
British Sub Crew To Face Court Martial At Portsmouth
The crew of the British submarine seized intact by the Nazis during the war will confront a court-martial next Tuesday in Portsmouth. The Admiralty refused to release details of the marine prisoners captured early in 1940.
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London
INS
Portsmouth
Admiralty
Te Ee Marine
Signal Requirement Before Turn In City Traffic Rules
A city traffic ordinance notes a driver must signal intention to turn during the last 100 feet traveled before the turn. This item is the tenth in the series detailing local traffic regulations.
Knudten Named President of Universal Engineering
Herbert J. Knudten became president of Universal Engineering on April 1, succeeding A. W. Daniels. Knudten, formerly Utah Radio Products secretary in Chicago, moved to Cedar Rapids as secretary treasurer, with E. F. Djerf named as new secretary treasurer. Daniels remains a director.
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Herbert J. Knudten
Universal Engineering Corporation
A. W. Daniels
Utah Radio Products Company
Chicago
Knudten
Cedar Rapids
Universe
H. F. Rikoff
E. F. Djerf
Certified Public Accountant
Alexander Grant and Company, Accountants
Djerf
American Institute of Accountants
Daniels
War Department declares death of Flight Officer Gerald Wachal
The War Department confirms the death of Flight Officer Gerald Junior Wachal, missing since November 19, 1944 after his Liberator bomber based at Biak Schouten Islands failed to return from a Mindanao mission. Born December 5, 1922, he was Franklin high school class of 1941 and attended Iowa State College before enlisting in June 1943. His mother Mrs. Ella L. Wachal of 1360 I Avenue NE was notified.
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Cedar Rapids News
Gerald Junior Wachal
War Department
Ella L. Wachal
I Avenue
Biak
Schouten Islands
Mindanao
Philippines
Franklin High School
Iowa State College
Franklin
Wachal
San Marcos
Red Army withdrawal from Iran speeds toward home ports
Tehran and British reports confirm Soviet forces are crossing the Iran frontier and boarding Caspian Sea steamers for transport back to the USSR. The movement indicates a full withdrawal as Russian troops retreat from Iranian territory.
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Tehran
Red Army
Iran
Russia
Kurdish chieftain cites Russian aid to train Kurds for free Kurdistan
A Kurdish chieftain in Sauj bulagh, northwestern Iran, accused Russian technicians of training Kurdish tribesmen to wage a general drive for a free Kurdistan. The claim was reported by AP from Tehran.
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Tehran
Saujbulagh
Iran
Kurdistan
UN Abbreviation Debate Lorded By UN Official
Benjamin I Cohen, assistant United Nations secretary general for public relations, said UN is the correct abbreviation for the organization in response to newspapers using UNO. He noted the UN abbreviation should be used in reference to the new Sir Peatel proposals and related materials.
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New York
Benjamin I Cohen
United Nations
UNO
Sir Peatel
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Trygve Lie
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