Zephyr Derailment Kills Two Injures Thirty Five in Illinois Crash
The Twin City Zephyr bound for Chicago derailed at Downers Grove after a tractor fell from a freight train into its path. Engineer Clarence Thurston said he could not stop in time. The collision caused fire, scattered rails, and multiple injuries and deaths.
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Chicago
Burlington Railroad
Downers Grove
Minneapolis
Clarence C. Thurston
Aurora
Ill
Zephyr wreck injures Iowa City residents and others
The Zephyr crash at Downers Grove near Chicago injured Melvin Haas and Carl Gross of Iowa City with head and leg injuries respectively as the train derailed and struck the depot. Two dead were L. W. Wright of Oak Park and Edith Helland of Minneapolis, with several others in serious condition and many treated for cuts and bruises.
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Downers Grove
Ill
Melvin Haas
Iowa City
Iowa
Carl Gross
L. W. Wright
Oak Park
Edith Helland
Minneapolis
Thurston
Hanna Wall
St. Paul
James Anderson
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Minn
Ham Operators Stand by for Phone Emergency in Iowa
Iowa amateur radio operators prepare to handle emergency communications if a threatened telephone strike materializes Monday. Cedar Rapids hams Leslie Edmonds and Bob Mitchell regularly answer IEAN roll call at 12 30 p m on the 75 meter band 3970 kilocycles.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
IEAN
Leon
Leslie Edmonds
Wogim
Bever Avenue SE
Bob Mitchell
Wofpo
Twentieth Street NW
Yeoman
Saved by Early Closing of Depot
Charles Draper, a Downers Grove station agent, and his wife said they likely saved their lives by closing the Burlington depot an hour early on Thursday night for no reason. They usually stay until midnight but shut the depot at 10. About 46 minutes later the Twin City Zephyr derailed nearby, with coaches smashed into the depot.
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Chicago
Charles Draper
Downers Grove
Burlington
Twin City
Zephyr
Strike Likely Won’t Halt Cedar Rapids Phone Service
Cedar Rapids manager M. H. Morrison said a nationwide telephone workers strike will probably not disrupt local dial service immediately. Toll calls and local maintenance will run with a skeleton staff. emergency lines including police, fire, and hospital phones receive priority.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Exchange
M. H. Morrison
Morrison
Mt. Vernon
iCenter Point
Coggon
U.S. Proposes Ruhr and Silesia Under UN Control
The United States aims to place the Ruhr valley and Silesia under United Nations administration amid Big Four talks. The plan, likely tied to European economic structures, faces Soviet and Polish opposition and shifts from Potsdam borders.Deadlock followed as ministers cancelled meetings after repeated postponements of a provisional German government plan.
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Moscow
United States
Ruhr
Germany
Silesia
United Nations
Molotov
Potsdam
Poland
U.N
European Economic Commission
Truman
Special Coordinating Company
Teens Arrested Over Loaded Blank Gun Downtown
Two teenaged boys, arrested Thursday night by Detectives Bukacek and Stusak, appeared before juvenile officers Friday after being found with a gun loaded with blank cartridges in a downtown alley. They admitted plans to threaten a drunken victim and to steal from cars, with a sackful of loot recovered.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank Bukacek
L. F. Stusak
Second Third Streets
First Street
Eighth Avenue
Discharge Papers Filed 84 Years Late In Civil War Case
In Elizabeth New Jersey a clerk filed discharge papers for Civil War veteran William G Pancoast 84 years after his death filing on behalf of his widow 86 who seeks them in the public record.
AWOL 14 Hours Mrs Williams Returns Home
Peace returned to the J F Williams household at 529 Fifth Street SE after Mrs Williams, who left Thursday morning following an argument, was found by her husband at Union Station around 8 30 p m after a 14 hour absence she said she went to visit a friend to help with spring cleaning and the husband reported the departure to police.
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Cedar Rapids
J. F. Williams
Fifth Street
Builders Unions Continue Meetings Amid Wage Talks
Continuous meetings of five building trades unions persisted Friday while a contractors’ representative said no wage agreements had been reached with idle painters, bricklayers, cement finishers, iron workers and laborers after contracts expired at midnight Monday. Negotiations continued with hopes to settle so workers may return by Monday.
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Cedar Rapids
R. W. Rinderknecht
Allied Construction Interests
Molotov Questions U S Greece Aid Aimed at Democracy
In Moscow Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov expressed skepticism about President Truman's plan to aid Greece, saying he doubts it will restore democracy. He declined to see concrete results from the Moscow conference as solely dependent on the Soviets and urged noninterference as the best path to democracy.
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Moscow
Molotov
Truman
Greece
Mr. Truman
Johannes Steel
Miss Overell Freed on Bail
Louise Overell aged 17 was ordered released on $50,000 bail after a grand jury indicted her for the yacht murder of her parents. Her boyfriend George Gollum 21 pled innocent as Superior Judge Franklin G. West set trial for May 26.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Louise Overell
George Gollum
Franklin G. West
West
Otto Jacobs
California
Jacobs
Pay Rise Proposed in Cedar Rapids Bus Strike
Bayne Freeland reports a 12 cent hourly wage increase offer for AFL bus drivers and maintenance men is under review as Cedar Rapids transportation disruption enters its fourth day. Union president O. A. Oliver said members would vote on the proposal at 8 p.m. Friday. City Lines manager E. A. Prochaska noted he had delivered the offer to union leader John D. Randall.
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Bayne Freeland
AFL
Cedar Rapids’ Transportation Tieup
O. A. Oliver
E. A. Prochaska
Cedar Rapids
John D. Randall
Union
Cedar Rapids bus drivers offer free Easter service
Striking Cedar Rapids drivers propose to transport churchgoers on Easter Sunday if Cedar Rapids City Lines provides buses and waives fares. Dr. Carroll C. Roberts of the First Christian church and other church leaders initiated the inquiry. The company will decide after a union meeting Friday night and may run Sunday routes until 1 pm if accepted.
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Cedar Rapids
Carroll C. Roberts
First Christian Church
Cedar Rapids and Marion
L. B. Ryan
Regional City Lines
Dr. Roberts
Company offers wage settlement with new provisions
An attorney reports a counteroffer to renew a disputed contract. Provisions include a 12 cent hourly raise for drivers and maintenance men, pay for off day reports at straight rate, a no strike no lockout clause with damage terms, and a pension plan matching union contributions up to three cents per hour. Prochaska calls it the best possible offer. Randall plans to urge the union to accept.
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Prochaska
Randall
Coordinated City County FM Police Radio Planned
Linn county and Cedar Rapids negotiate a county wide FM radio system to aid law enforcement. Budgeted 4500 dollars for sheriff office radio concept and a three way network including city jail and county sheriff units. Final approval rests with city council and board of supervisors.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Sheriff’s Office
William Crissman
Don Hines
James Smith
Henry Nemec
Board of Supervisors
Federal Communications Commission
Nemec
Marion
United Air Lines Names C R Terminal Station Manager
R V Shrader, longtime United Air Lines employee, has been named station manager for the new Cedar Rapids Municipal airport terminal. The airline plans daily passenger cargo service starting April 27 to the east and west, with Shrader previously serving in Iowa City after postings in Cleveland and Washington.
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R. V. Shrader
United Air Lines
Cedar Rapids
W. C. Mentzer
Opera United
Shrader
Moline
United
Cleveland
Washington
Iowa City
Lilienthal Confirmation Clears Senate Vote Setback
Senate foes concede defeat in weeks long bid to block David E. Lilienthal as AEC chairman. A 52 to 38 test vote Thursday defeats Bricker bid to return atomic nominations for FBI check. Senate recess begins with final vote anticipated after Easter.
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Washington
Senate
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Sen. Bricker
Ohio
FBI
Iowan Senators Split on Atomic Nominations Voting
AP reports Senator Hickenlooper of Iowa joined the majority to deny returning the atomic nominations to committee while Senator Wilson of Iowa supported recommittal. The party alignment and procedural move reflect intra party divides on the nomination process.
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Washington
Hickenlooper
Ilowa
Sen. Wilson
Iowa
Taft and Bricker Clash Over Lilienthal Confirmation Vote
Senators hinged on Lilienthal's fate as Bricker's motion failed amid party lines. Eighteen Republicans joined 34 Democrats to defeat Bricker while 31 Republicans and seven Democrats backed him. Vandenberg defended Lilienthal. Baruch plan praised for international nuclear control. McKellar delayed firm decision on continuing the item.
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Bricker
Hickenlooper Pee
A Energy Committee
Lilienthal
Hickenlooper
Sen. Vandenberg
Rich
Gazette Newsprint Price Increase Announced
The Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company based in Minneapolis, supplier to The Gazette Company, raises newsprint price by six dollars per ton in step with other mills.
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Cedar Rapids News
Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company
Minneapolis
Gazette Company
President Claims Power to Seize Telephone Firms
Attorney General Clark said the President has authority to seize and run telephone companies if a strike occurs, citing the 1940 FCC act and wartime emergency. He noted the power could last six months after war termination, while officials voiced cautious hopes for a settlement within days without intervention.
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Clark
Truman
Federal Communications Commission
Labor
Schwellenbach
Schwelelenbach
40 B-29s To Fly Over Cedar Rapids Saturday
A flight of about 40 B-29s with escort fighters will pass over Cedar Rapids Saturday afternoon as part of Army Week April 6 to 12. The route from Salina Kansas to Detroit then back to Milwaukee Davenport Cedar Rapids and Des Moines includes the local showing. Other Army Week flights are planned for next week.
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Cedar Rapids
Salina
Detroit
Milwaukee
Davenport
Des Moines
America
War Department
United States
Army B-29 Bomber Sends Distress Call Off Washington
A stricken army weather reconnaissance B-29 bomber with an estimated crew of 10 sent a radio distress Friday from about 1,000 miles northwest of Seattle. One of its four engines was reported out of control as the plane aloft near McChord Field Washington.
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Mcchord Field
Wash
Seattle
Berglund Missing from Listing as Salem Phones Scarce
Salem residents face phone shortages as reporters cannot reach Elmer Berglund, sales manager for the telephone company, due to no listed contact number.
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Salem, Ore
Elmer Berglund
Berglund
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John P. Falk
Naperville
International Harvester Company
John Reynolds
Edmonds
U.S
Linn County ‘Painting and Decorating Con‘tractors Association
Miss Overell
Bus Union
Loyal
United Air Lines C.R
Taft
Russia
McKellar
D-Tenn
White House
A. T. and
C.R
Echee Te
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