MacArthur Calls for World Renunciation of War
Tokyo dispatch reports General MacArthur urging the United States Britain Russia and China to renounce war to preserve the United Nations. He denounced critics of Allied occupation policy and urged universal prohibition of war as a sovereign right, warning a new war could annihilate mankind.
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China
Japan
United Nations Organization
Traffic Right of Way at Intersections Ordinance
The ordinance states that when two vehicles approach an intersection with paths that may cross the right of way goes to the vehicle from the right unless state laws or the ordinance provide otherwise. This is the eleventh installment in the city traffic ordinances series.
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State of
Iowa
Geiger Named New President At North Central College
Dr. C Harve Geiger longtime Coe College dean was elected president of North Central College Naperville arriving amid an 85 year ban on dancing. He will assume duties mid summer guiding a campus strike settlement without delay.
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Coe College
North Central College
Naperville
Evangelical Institution
the Gazette
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Coe
H. M. Gage
Charles Anderson
Byron S.hollinshead
University of Chicago
Harvard’university
Columbia’ University
Man
Wage Floor Legislation Is Dead Says Sponsor
Washington AP The author of the administration minimum wage bill abandoned it after the Senate insisted on adding a farm price rise provision Pepper the sponsor called the bill dead He noted the Russell farm amendment passed 46 to 38 and 43 to 31 in prior votes The 60 cent wage floor was approved 76 to 6 with six opposing including Wilson Hickenlooper supported Pepper predicted the measure would be vetoed by President Truman if amended and sent to the White House
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iChester Bowles
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House Panel Extends Price Controls and Cuts OPA Powers
The House Banking Committee approved a one year extension of price controls guided by President Truman. It rejected a Republican bid for a nine month renewal and voted to bar retailers from absorbing higher costs on manufactured goods for six months. The panel also backed a gradual end to the $2 billion annual subsidy program by June 30, 1947, subject to further action.
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Truman
OPA
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Senate
Weather Outlook For Cedar Rapids Cloudy Skies
The report notes 58 degrees at 2 30 p m Friday with increasing cloudiness this afternoon and tonight. Showers are forecast Saturday amid continued mild weather, following a Thursday high of 54 at 3 p m and temperatures dipping to 33 by 7 am. A trace of rain was recorded.
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Cedar Rapids
Stalin receives Bedell Smith as new U S ambassador
Moscow radio announced that Generalissimo Stalin received Lt General Walter Bedell Smith, the new United States ambassador to Russia, with Foreign Commissar Molotov present at the meeting.
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London
Moscow
Stalin
Walter Bedell Smith
United States
Russia
Molotov
Bricklayers and Dragline Workers In Labor Tiffs
Cedar Rapids bricklayers 56 workers skipped work Thursday and Friday to press for higher pay from 1.81 percent to 2.12 percent per hour. James Forrest, business agent for Local 1, said talks continued with no agreement. another meeting was set for Monday as stoppage persists. The union claims no strike, while wage talks with Allied Construction Interests hold with no statement yet. Dragline operators faced mixed job status after a March 6 agreement pegged operators’ wages at 1.70 per hour, with ongoing dispute between two firms and local 301.
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Cedar Rapids
James Forrest
Bricklayers and Plasterers International Union of America
the Gazette
Forrest
Herbert L. Morehead
Allied Construction Interests, Inc
Iowa
Wage Adjustment Board
International Union of Operating Engineers
Local No
Accord
New York Rules Roosevelt Estate Taxes Under Question
Albany New York tax officials ruled that executors for the late President Roosevelt must file a 1945 state personal income tax return amid doubt over whether he qualified for military exemption. The decision notes the president’s role as commander in chief and cites civil authority precedent while advising protection for the executors.
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Roosevelt
United States
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Chapman
Wilson
Iran and Soviet sign accord on oil venture and troop withdrawal
Iranian Premier Ahmad Ghavam and Soviet Ambassador Ivan Sadchikov sealed a pact ending rancor with Russia. The agreement calls for complete Red Army evacuation by May 6 and the creation of a Russo Iranian oil company with a projected 51 percent Soviet stake and 49 percent Iran.
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Russia
Iran
Ahmad Ghavam
Ivan Sadchikov
Muzzafar Firouz
Ghavam
Moscow
Azerbaijan
Red Army
U.N. Security Council
Red Cross Over Quota by $10,213 in Linn County Campaign
Linn county's annual Red Cross drive exceeded its goal by 10 213.57 reaching 96 713.57 in cash and pledges from 20 687 members. The county chairmen announced the split 48 percent to the national organization and 52 percent to the local chapter with 44 033.19 mailed to the national chapter.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Red Cross
Wells C. Peck
Midwest
Iowa
Wells
Communnty House
Helen V. Hubbard
Masonic Leader Dr. C. B. Whelpley Dies in Boise
Dr. C. B. Whelpley 81 retired Cedar Rapids dentist and Masonic leader died after brief illness in Boise Idaho while visiting his daughter Mrs. Marie Patrick. Born 1864 in New Brunswick he moved to Cedar Rapids in 1891 after Bangor practice and Maryland graduation. He headed every Masonic body he belonged to and held top posts in Crescent lodge El Kabir Shrine and York Rite bodies.
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Boise
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Iowa
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Trowel
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Templar
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Greatest of Mail Thefts Now Solved
Washington AP reports three postal inspectors recovered 153000 dollars buried nine feet deep in a Jacksonville yard as part of 180000 dollars stolen by former clerk Joseph D Marshall. His death preceded confession. his wife Margaret was acquitted of conspiracy.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Jacksonville
Fla
Post Office
James J. Doran
Marshall
Margaret
Captain Butcher's Wife Seeks Divorce in Miami
Ruth B. Butcher filed for divorce from Capt. Harry C. Butcher of the U.S.N.R. naval aide to Gen. Eisenhower in Miami Beach. The couple wed in 1924, have a 13 year old daughter Beverley, and separated in 1942. the suit cites cruelty. Captain Butcher has links to Cedar Rapids and New York residence.
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Ruth B. Butcher
Miami Beach
Harry C. Butcher
U.S.N.R
Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Composer Vincent Youmans Dies at 47 in Denver
Vincent Youmans, renowned composer of Tea for Two and Great Day, died Friday after weeks of tuberculosis illness. The Denver resident had been in a sanitarium for over a month after achieving fame in 1920 with the musical comedy Two Little Girls in Blue.
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Denver
Vincent Youmans
Car Thief Sentenced After Nonchalant Gaze in Tavern
In Green Bay Wisconsin Francis X Dugan 37 alias Weismiller was sentenced to one to four years in state prison for auto theft. Police officers Bob King and Ray Petirosky saw the stolen car in front of a tavern and arrested Dugan inside after noting he was the only man who did not look up as they entered.
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Green Bay
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Bob King
Ray Petirosky
Francis X. Dugan
Weismiller
Dugan
King
Truman to Air at 3 P.M. Saturday Across Networks
President Truman’s Army day speech at Soldier Field Chicago will be carried by all networks at 3 p.m. Saturday. The broadcast underscores the nationwide observance with broad radio and television coverage.
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President Truman
Soldier Field
Chicago
Work Halted at 4 Transfer Lines
Four Cedar Rapids motor transit and transfer firms idle as 40 to 45 Teamster workers walk out after Nash Finch orders own freight moved. Affected firms include Cedar Rapids Transfer and Storage, Hawkeye Motor Express, Warner Express, and Western Transportation. Writs of replevin served. goods seized and moved by Nash Finch amid a 11 day union dispute over recognition.
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Cedar Rapids Transfer and Storage Company
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Western ‘Transportation Company
Teamsters Union
Teamster
Rock Island Motor Transit Company
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Jersey Governor Seizes Utilities Amid Strike Threat
In New Jersey Gov. Walter E. Edge used an anti strike law to seize nine gas plants after workers from six independent unions walked out at midnight. The move aimed to prevent service disruption to about 3 million users as utilities resumed operation following the governor’s executive order.
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Lee
Walter E. Edge
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