De Gaulle Returns to Power Stirring French Politics
Paris United Press report says Charles de Gaulle ends retirement and reenters politics, provoking alarm in the Communist Party. He meets Prime Minister Ramadier and discusses government clashes while pledging to avoid using wartime hero status in politics. Ramadier seeks restraint and a calm path forward amid possible new speeches.
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Paris
Charles Deulle
Rena
Poerful Communist Party
Pauladier
de Gaulle
Snaky
Binet
Communist Party
Palais Des Sports
de Aulle
Ramadier
Theovernment
Ramaier
Strasbourg
Gaulle
Missing sixth wife of Cedar Rapids man fuels city intrigue
J F Williams, a Cedar Rapids building materials worker famed as Iowa’s most married man, reports his sixth wife Louise Parker Williams missing after a breakfast dispute. He seeks police help, questions reporters’ coverage, and defends his long marriage history while claiming poverty and no mansion.
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John Reynolds
J. F. Williams
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Williams
Louise Parker
Cleveland
The
Are
Five Trade Unions Still in Meetings
Negotiations between contractors and five Building Trades unions continued Friday as nearly 500 AFL construction workers carried on with “continuous meetings” into a third day. Union reps said other unions with expired contracts delayed action while talks persisted. some contracts run until April 15 or 30.
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Bedar Rapids News
Contracors
John Evans
AFL Building Trades Council
Council
Evans
Allied Construction
Jay Davis
Durant Court Martial Upheld For Jewel Theft
Washington reports the war department affirmed a five year sentence for WAC Captain Kathleen Nash Durant after a court martial found her guilty of stealing Hesse crown jewels. The ruling confirms the military court outcome and the length of the punishment.
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Washington
War Department
Wac
Kathleen Nash Durant
King George Lies In State In Athens Cathedral
The coffin of King George, draped in the Greek flag and crowned with a golden crown, was carried on a caisson through quiet crowds to the Athens cathedral. It will lie in state until funeral services Sunday.
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Athens
George
Busmen Demand Contract Before Return to Work
About 65 AFL drivers and 15 maintenance men walked out at 5 am Tuesday after arbitration with Cedar Rapids City Lines bogged down. Union leader Robert Stack said a signed contract is required before drivers return, citing wage increases, a pension system, and meal relief as key demands.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert Stack
International Union
C. J. Lynch, Jr
John D. Randall
Chicago
Lynch
Randall
Union
Company
Stack
Fireworks Plant Blast Kills 12 in Clinton Missouri
An explosion and ensuing fire at the Brown Manufacturing Company fireworks plant in Clinton Missouri killed 12 of 28 workers and injured three. The one story frame building burned as firefighters could not approach within 100 yards while investigators sought the blast cause.
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Clinton, Mo
Brown Manufacturing Company
Greek Church Bishop’s Throne Sold For 1848.98 In Court
A district court awarded G. T. McHardy 1848.98 against Paul Costas for a 12 foot 4 inch bishop’s throne carved by McHardy. The maker claimed 916 hours at 1.60, plus 5383.38 for materials. Costas argued the chair was too large and lacked implied fitness.
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Loyal Meek
J. E. Heiserman
G. T. McHardy
Johnson Avenue NW
Paul Costas
Heiserman
McHardy
Costas
Girls Spot Stolen Car Trap Driver By Feminine Wiles
Baltimore youths were charged after two teenage sisters used flirtation to trap a stolen car. Joan Bennett 14 and Doris 15 testified they recognized the vehicle as their brother Edward’s and lured the driver and his companion with eye signals and whistles. The 17 year old driver was held for grand jury action while his companion was remanded to juvenile court for a hearing.
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Baltimore
Joan Bennett
Doris
Edward
Michael J. Younger
Lacey
250 Laid Off at Fruehauf Trailer
About 250 workers at Fruehauf Trailer Company machine shops on Thirty-first Street and First Avenue NE were laid off temporarily. Plant manager R A Bilton cited a nationwide tightening of industry, a Cedar Rapids division expansion, high inventories, and slower truck production as reasons, with no resumption date yet set.
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Fruehauf Trailer Company
Thirty-first Street
First Avenue
R. A. Bilton
Fruehauf Cedar Rapids Division
Fruehauf
Cedar Rapids Machine Shops
Greek Aid Upheld by Committee
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously approved a 400 million dollar program to aid Greece and Turkey with a plan to strengthen UN involvement. An amended voucher by Senator Vandenberg would allow the UN to halt aid by majority vote and would terminate U.S. aid after UN findings.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Greece
Turkey
United Nations
Vandenberg
R- Mich
United States
U. N. Security Council
U. N. General Assembly
Security Council
General Assembly
U. N
Senate
U.N
State Department
Russia
Sen
Johnson
D-Colo
Pepper
Dfla
Taylor
Idaho
Cloudy Mild Weather Forecast For Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids area saw 2:30 pm readings of 41 degrees amid a misty, damp day. Forecasters predicted cloudy, mild conditions with scattered showers and a low near 44 degrees tonight.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Hapes and Filchock Suspended Indefinitely
NFL commissioner Bert Bell suspended Merle Hapes and Frank Filchock indefinitely on charges of bribery before the Giants Bears championship game. The ruling bars both men from any employment with any league club in any capacity.
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Philadelphia
Bert Bell
National Football League
Merle Ha
Frank Filchock
New York Giants
Chicago Bears
Bell
Hapes
Filchock
Krug Orders Indefinite Closure of 518 Dangerous Mines
Secretary of the Interior Krug orders the indefinite closing of 518 soft coal mines deemed dangerous while 2,013 government held mines may continue operating if managers certify no immediate danger. About 40,000 workers are affected as mines idle during a six day mourning period for 111 miners killed in a Centralia Illinois blast. Navy Captain Collisson calls for union input on any additional hazardous mines.
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Krug
John L. Lewis
Centralia
Ill
Navy
N. H. Collisson
Lewis
Mine Closures Could Hit 518 Ohio WV Mines
Adolph Pacifico, vice president of District 6, United Mine Workers, said Secretary Krug's order to close 518 mines would impact coal operations across Ohio and the northern panhandle of West Virginia.
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Powhatan Point
Ohio
Adolph Pacifico
United Mine Workers
Panhandle
West Virginia
Krug
Western Auto Strike Ends in Cedar Rapids
After five months the walkout by four clerks and one co employee at Western Auto on Second Avenue SE Cedar Rapids ends. The five will return to work Monday with raises of five to six dollars weekly under a signed contract negotiated by James D. White and H. A. Sibert.
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Cedar Rapids
Western Auto ~Cene
Second Avenue SE
James D. White
WAS
H. A. Sibert
Dubuque
Larry Runn
White
R. L. Druliner
Second Avenue
Druliner
Wherry and Morse Almost Fight on Senate Floor
In Washington, Senators Kenneth Wherry and Wayne Morse nearly exchanged blows after Wherry, as acting Republican floor leader, moved to adjourn over Morse’s demand to speak 10 minutes on Lilienthal’s Atomic Energy Commission chair nomination. Morse grabbed Wherry, Morse pursued, and aides restrained them as Thye and Pepper urged calm.
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Washington
Kenneth S. Wherry
R-Neb
Wayne Morse
Ore
Senate
Wherry
Morse
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Edward F. McGinnis
Edward J. Thye
R-Minn
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
Snyder Says Britain Wants No More Loans
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder said on Wednesday that Britain has told the United States it does not intend to request another loan. The remark came from Washington as officials discussed postwar financial aid.
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Snyder
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Britain
United States
Lewis Demands Krug Ouster Over Mine Safety Failures
John L. Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers, testifies before a House labor panel denouncing Secretary of the Interior Krug as dishonorable and scheming. He urges Congress to remove Krug, close unsafe mines, and return $750,000 in fines to the union to aid widows and orphans of mining disasters.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Secretary of Interior
Krug
Congressional
United Mine Workers
House Labor
Lewis
United States Treasury
UMW
Supreme Court
Centralia
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