Jap Premier Shidehara Roughly Confronted by Leftists
In Tokyo, leftist groups barred Premier Shidehara from leaving a conference room, triggering cabinet aides to escort him to safety. The incident followed a Sunday riot that saw rocks thrown at the premier’s residence, injuries to policemen, and firing, marking a violent surge since Japan’s free speech restoration.
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Tokyo
Popular Front
Kijuro Shidehara
Shidehara
M.P
Ryuichi Tokuda
Tokuda
Japan
Stolen cash from Cedar Rapids Building and Loan
A burglar cut a hole in the ceiling of the Cedar Rapids Building and Loan Association on First Avenue NW and stole 246.55 dollars from an office cabinet. The main vault was entered but no money or papers were taken there. Detectives believe an experienced safe cracker used a rope and an electric drill to execute the break in. The loot included two 50 dollar bills, four 10s, five 5s, 50 new ones, 11 other ones, and about 20 dollars in change.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids Building and Loan Association
First Avenue NW
W. J. Kudina
L. J. Maresh
Association
Maresha
Kadina
John Hanna
L. B. Marshall
FHA Tells of Loan Plan To Spur Building
Washington AP Government outlines restoration of a pre war Title 1 Class 3 loan insurance program to aid private builders in low cost housing. The plan targets homes priced 3000 to 3500 dollars with loans up to 95 percent of FHA value, up to 3000, over 20 years five months at 4.4 percent interest with insurance and small charges. It aims to provide veterans homes costing as little as 25 dollars monthly including principal interest taxes and insurances. Foreclosure costs rise to two thirds of actual costs above seventy five dollars.
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Washington
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Seaman Seeks Divorce from Milwaukee Common-Law Wife
Milwaukee police were told by merchant seaman Joseph Varga 34 that he wants a divorce from seven wives to wed his Milwaukee common-law wife who mothered six children. He explained seafaring life led to drunken marriages and brief stays from three days to two months. Varga listed his Milwaukee children aged three to 14 and noted prior probation violations. He was brought from Detroit to face municipal court on charges tied to a 1944 abandonment case involving his Milwaukee partner.
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Milwaukee
Joseph Varga
Detroit
Mich
Varga
Helen Henderson
Foremen Granted Bargaining Rights by NLRB Ruling
The National Labor Relations Board on Monday granted bargaining rights to supervisory employees who belong to labor union auxiliaries. An election will be held at California Packing in Yakima, Washington, for supervisory workers to join the Fruit and Vegetable Packers and Warehousemen union, an auxiliary of the AFL Teamsters. The board also allowed foremen at Packard Motor Car and Jones & Laughlin Steel to unionize in independent or rank and file organizations.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
California Packing, Corporation
Yakima
Wash
Fruit and Vegetable Packers and Warehousemen’s
AFL Teamsters’ Union
Packard Motor Car Company
Jones Laughlin Steel Corporation
Boy Keeps Relic on Mantel Finds Father Skull
CASEYVILLE Ill UP twelve year old Clifford Lutz kept a skull on a mantel thinking it a Indian relic until the skull was identified as that of his missing father Albert Lutz. Relatives found skeletal fragments and a pistol nearby but no skull. The coroner noted the father disappeared in 1945 under strain and that Clifford had misjudged the relic until the skull reveal.
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Caseyville
Ill
Clifford Lutz
Manuel
Clifford
George Mutzel
C. C. Kane
Albert
Lutz
Reds Give People Idea U.S. Hangs on to Bases
Moscow reports publish a New York dispatch claiming Ecuador asked the United States to withdraw forces from the Galapagos Islands. The coverage, coupled with earlier notices of U.S. bases in Cuba and Iceland, fosters a view that Washington is reluctant to relinquish global bases.
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Reds
U.S
Moscow
New York
Ecuador
United States
Galapagos Islands
Pacific
Cuba
Iceland
Gerald L. K. Smith Sentenced to 60 Days in Jail
Chicago AP reports Gerald L. K. Smith head of the America First party was sentenced by Municipal Judge John V. McCormick to 60 days in county jail on contempt of court charges.
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Chicago
Gerald L. K. Smith
America First Party
John V. McCormick
Traffic Regulations Entering Through Highways
A driver must stop at the entrance to a through highway and yield the right of way to vehicles that have entered the intersection or are approaching closely enough to be a hazard. After yielding, the driver may proceed cautiously onto the through highway. This is the thirteenth in a series on traffic ordinances.
Streamlined G I Bill loan rules aid veterans
Washington legislators streamlined the G I bill loan provisions in Cedar Rapids and Des Moines loan offices. Veterans sign in one place. if buying a home or farm they sign mortgage and note. The VA certifies eligibility automatically for honorable discharges and guarantees or insures portions of loans to expand credit for veterans.
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Washington
Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette
G.I
Veterans Administration
First Ladies May Adopt 2 French Boys, Paris Says
Paris reports Mrs. Truman and Mrs. Roosevelt plan to adopt two French youths who removed Nazi mines from a Le Mans bridge in August 1944. Moise Lecointre and Raymond Gaufre, then 14, cut wires and dragged mines away to help U.S. troops cross the Sarthe. France-Soir says the boys, celebrated as local heroes, may travel to the United States to meet their future foster mothers.
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Paris
INS
France-Soir
Harry Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
le Mans
George S. Patton, Jr
U.S. Third Army
Sarthe River
Moise Lecointre
Raymond Gaufre
United States
Japanese Women Vote Message to U.S. Voters
TOKYO AP report says the Women's League of Japan declared that Japanese women, for the first time in Wednesday's elections, have begun to taste the joy of freedom from feudalistic bonds. The message urged complete liberation of women as the foundation for a democratic, peace-loving Japan.
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Tokyo
Japan
Women’s League of Japan
Feminine Voters of
America
Foley Nominated as Treasury Assistant
Edward H. Foley Jr of New York was nominated to be assistant secretary of the treasury on Monday. He would replace Herbert E. Gaston who has recently resigned.
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Washington
Edward H. Foley, Jr
New York
the Treasury
Herbert E. Gaston
Reds Raise New Threat Of Boycott
The Soviet Union warned the United Nations Security Council to drop its Iranian case and accept Moscow's view that Iran and Russia settled the issue bilaterally. In a letter to UN Secretary General Trygve Lie, Andrei Gromyko said further discussion is illegal. Pravda explained Russia withdrew troops from Iran, citing Premier Ghavami's friendship, denying the 1942 withdrawal treaty.
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New York
Russia
United Nations Security Council
Council
Iran
Moscow
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.N
Trygve Lie
Lie
Gromyko
United Nations
Security Council
Russia to hold majority stake in Soviet Iranian Oil Co
Premier Ahmed Ghavami disclosed the plan to Parliament detailing a 50 year oil venture in which Russia would own 51 percent and Iran 49 percent for the first 25 years. He said Azerbaijan province leaders would be invited for negotiations and that all exploration costs would be borne by Russia while Iran retains rights to the ground.
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Tehran
Russia
Ahmed Ghavami
Iran
Azerbaijan
Ghavami
Hitler's Private Secretary Seized in German Arrest
Frankfurt AP report says Marie Thekla Weichelt described as Hitler's private secretary was arrested in Wuersberg. She aided draft speeches and was believed close to Hitler until surrender, though she says she served as secretary from 1934 to 1938.
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Frankfurt
Dana
Frau Marie-Thekla Weichelt
Adolf Hitler
Wuersberg
Frau Weichelt
Fuehrer
Counter-Intelligence Corps
Hitler
Monterey sails for San Francisco with 760 brides and children
Sydney reports the U S steamship Monterey departed for San Francisco on Monday carrying 760 servicemen's brides and children. The voyage underscores postwar military family movements as the ship sets course from Australia.
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Sydney
Australia
U. S
Monterey
San Francisco
Government Lifts Clothes Frill Ban and Shorty Coat Rules
The Civilian Production Administration ended restrictions on double cuffs pocket flaps and belts for women’s apparel and revoked the ban on shorty coats about 25 inches long. Thousands of coats already made become saleable while violators may face action. The move eases cloth limits during tight supplies and allows belts pockets and decorative flaps on dresses blouses coats and neckwear for women and children.
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Washington
Civilian Production Administration
CPA
89 Year Old Wolf Weds Bride On Hollywood Style Honeymoon
In Renondo Beach California 89 year old Lewis F Davis known as the wolf of Oceanview rest home married 71 year old Hattie Gage in a Sunday night ceremony. The couple appeared on the Hope Chest radio program hours earlier with MC Jimmy Wallington hosting. Davis once worked as a mail man at the home and earned the nickname Wolf from his chats with residents.
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Renondo Beach
Calif
Lewis F. Davis
Oceanview Rest
Hattie Gage
Hollywood
Carl Crane
First Christian Church
Jimmy Wallington
Hope Chest
Davis
Wolf
Elvira
Ohio
Oxford
Mass
Roseburg
Frost Expected In Far Eastern Iowa Weather Report
The weatherboy warned of cooler air with a frost likely as temperatures drop to or below freezing tonight then warmer, with rain showers possible Tuesday afternoon. Sunday highs barely reached 51, with 1.25 inches of rain overnight and early week readings dipping to near freezing.
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Cedar Rapids
Man Kills Wife and Four Relatives in Des Moines
William Irwin 41, a Register and Tribune printer, killed his wife Edith 38, his mother Mary 64, and two sons John 8 and Henry 5 with an axe at their home. He wounded 5-year-old Geraldine Nelson, was wounded by Officer Thacker, and later told officers he was crazy. Police said he also shot at a patrol car before being captured and jailed in a padded cell awaiting insanity hearings.
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Associated Press
William C. Irwin
Des Moines
Irwin
INS
William Irwin
Register and Tribune Company
Edith Irwin
Mary A. Irwin
John Irwin
Henry Irwin
Geraldine Nelson
Junior
W. C. Thacker
Nelson
Thacker
Paul Casteline
Insanity Commission
James Irwin
William
Chicago
War veteran fraudster posed as Gazette salesman in Center Point
A man using the name S. W. Carter claimed veteran status and posed as a Gazette subscription salesman in Center Point. He collected $6 from at least three Route 1 residents in early March, promising delivery of the Gazette and two farmers’ publications. Delivery was not promised until April, and receipts bore "Auxiliary project" with Topeka gapper publication forms.
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S. W. Carter
Gazette
Center Point
Gapper Publications
Topeka
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