Soviets End Boycott of U.N. Talks
In New York, Soviet delegate Andrei A. Gromyko resumed his seat on the United Nations Security Council as it met. Moscow had boycotted since March 27 over Iran talks. Byrnes opposed dropping the Iranian issue from the council agenda.
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New York
Andrei A. Gromyko
United Nations Security Council
Russia
Gromyko
Council
Security Council
Byrnes
Iran
Moscow
U.N
Quo Tai-chi
Trygve Lie
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Hussein Ala
Ala
Williams Gets Three Day Stay On Arraignment
Judge Floyd Philbrick set Friday for Lawrence Wesley Williams to plead to the manslaughter charge after a three day postponement under Iowa law. Williams, 29, was arrested March 15 following an accident at First Avenue E and Twelfth Street that killed June La Velle Davy, 19, of Mazon Illinois, and injured Hazeldel Yates, 18, of Palo. Yates and her father filed a $5 000 damage suit. The grand jury indicted Williams April 3 after hearing 16 witnesses over nearly three days. The petit jury was dismissed until next Monday.
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Cedar Rapids
Floyd Philbrick
Lawrence Wesley Williams
Williams
Iowa
First Avenue E
Twelfth Street
Coe College
June LaVelle Davy
Mazon
Ill
Hazeldel Yates
Palo
St. Luke’s Hospital
Miss Yates
Guy Yates
Mrs Worm Pleads Innocent in Timy Worm Murder Case
Mrs Dorothy Worm, 41, pleaded innocent to a first degree murder indictment in the 2½ year old slaying of her husband Tommy Worm, 42. Arraignment moved up due to light docket. Henry Schmitt, 62, Lenox, already serving 99 years after pleading guilty to second degree murder in the November 4, 1948 slaying. District Judge George A. Jonas set April 29 for further action.
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Henry Schmitt
Lenox
Conway
Worm
George A. Johna
Lal
Chiefs Deny Contact with F R Dec 6
Washington report shows Gen. George C. Marshall and Admiral Harold R. Stark testified they had no contact with President Roosevelt the night of December 6 1941 regarding the intercepted Japanese note. They said they learned of the note only the next morning and no one informed them that night.
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Washington
America
Army
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
George C. Marshall
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Marshall
China
Stark
Cmdr
Lester A. Schultz
White House
Schultz
Chief of Naval Operations
Famine Threat Hits China Millions Revealed by UNRRA
UNRRA survey warns four million Chinese face death by starvation unless action is taken. Some 30 million are already at starvation level, with several million in Hunan province surviving on grass, tree bark and clay amid war and poor crops.
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Shanghai
UNRRA
Hunan
China
Deaths and Editorials Highlight Today’s City Pages
The issue lists Deaths at page 2 and Editorial Features on page 6. It notes sections for Men Women in Service and a Movies column, with Sports and Women’s Features at pages 4 and 8 respectively.
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AB Daily Record
City Officials View Work On New Buildings
City officials and union representatives tour Cedar Rapids construction sites to inspect footings and back plastering. They challenge eight inch footings and quest code amendments to require 16 inch footings while noting veterans building homes and mixing practical concerns with cost and waterproofing issues.
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Jack Ferring
Bricklayers’ Union
Cedar Rapids
Don Whitney
William Klepach
Union
Gordon Hughes
James Lilly
Gazette
Whitney
the Gazette
House unit cuts funds for state and commerce departments
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 358.8 million four- department bill, eliminating all funds for the State Department intelligence unit and halving the international information service. It also cut Commerce by 30.75 million below the budget bureau proposal, while preserving FBI funding and criticizing wartime spending psychology. The panel warned against ideological bias and urged lowering or stopping a Russian distribution of the department magazine.
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Washington
House, Appropriations
State Department
Henry A. Wallace
Commerce Department
Budget Bureau
State and Commerce Departments
Justice Department
Federal Judiciary
Byrnes
Wallace
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Candidate Held on Congress Primary Eve for Shooting
Charles Anderson Jr., 38, Republican congressional candidate in Illinois Sixth District, held on assault with intent to murder after shooting Grover McLean, 15. Police say a prank by Hutchison and others preceded the shooting. Anderson admitted the act and is held without bond ahead of Wednesday arraignment.
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Chicago
Charles Anderson, Jr
Anderson
Grover McLean
Charles Hutchison
McLean
Hutchison
Illinois
Gerald L. K. Smith
America First Party
Traffic regulations entering from private driveway rule
The driver entering or crossing a highway from a private road or driveway must yield to all vehicles on the highway. This note is the fourteenth in a city traffic ordinances series.
Housing Fund Bill Sent to White House
The Senate approved a 253.7 million dollar appropriation to create 102,350 temporary homes for veterans by remodeling wartime barracks and moving facilities to college towns as veterans use the GI bill. Debate over a 600 million dollar building materials subsidy paused. Leaders indicated a vote expected Tuesday, with criticism of OPA pricing and calls to replace Chester Bowles.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Truman
Barkley
Kentucky
OPA
McClellan
D- Ark
Wherry
Rneb
Chester Bowles
Lumber export quotas cut 20 percent for housing demand
The Civilian Production Administration announced a 20 percent cut in lumber export quotas to 179.2 million board feet for the next three months, down from 225 million for January through March, due to urgent needs for new houses in the United States.
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Washington
Civilian Production Administration
Woman Hunted Fortune Teller After Forest Cure Claim
Police in West Caldwell New Jersey searched Tuesday for a fortune teller after a Newark woman fed and housed a 32 year old woman in the woods for four days claiming a fortune teller advised this would cure her ailment. The caretaker paid one dollar for the advice and police seek the teller.
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West Caldwell
N. J
Newark
U S Sugar Refinery Strike Set to Hit Saturday
The CIO and AFL unions call a strike at seven east coast refineries processing 70 percent of U S cane sugar. About 8 000 workers would walk out as wage talks fail to yield binding fact finding recommendations. The sides dispute 18 vs 13 cent per hour increases.
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Washington
CIO
AFL
East Coast
Schwellenbach
Eugene Cotton
Louis H. Wilderman
Philadelphia
Senate unit urges civilian defense secretary merger plan
A Senate military affairs subcommittee recommended unifying the armed forces under a civilian secretary of defense who would head a cabinet level department. Army navy and air force secretaries would be civilians, not cabinet members, under a single unified command to reduce conflicts and delays cited from World War II.
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Washington
Senate
Department of Common Defense
Army
Navy
Air Force
Sen. Thomas
Utah
Joint Chiefs-Of-Staff
Weather Boy Predicts Persistent Cloudy Cool Days
The piece reports a weatherboy and his source predicting continued cloudy and cool conditions. Readings show 55 degrees at 2:30 p.m. with a forecast drop to 30 as tonight arrives while past highs reached 49 and early morning lows hovered in the 30s.
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Cedar Rapids
Weatherboy
Weather Boy
Draft Halt May 15 Gets Double Veto
Washington committees rejected immediate draft extensions and favored a one year extension with a ban on inductions until December 15 and a potential revival if enlistments fall short. The vote was 21 to 2 on the proposal.
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Washington
Senate
House
Army
Navy
Rep. Sparkman
D-Ala
Rep
Harness
R-Ind
Congress
Fiveteenth Marriage Nullified in Iowa City Case
Cedar Rapids reports Judge M. C. Hamiel annulled the marriage of James F. Williams to Augusta McGary, voiding their Aug. 3 Iowa City wedding. Williams described the union as a plot, citing $850 in cash and belongings taken when McGary left. neighbors offered evidence in the annulment proceeding. Williams, claiming a 1904 marriage start, varied in age from 23 to 61 to 65.
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Cedar Rapids
James F. Williams
M. C. Hamiel
Williams
Hamiel
Iowa City
Augusta McGary
Kansas City
Fifth Avenue
New Lisbon
Wis
Linn County
Shy Mr. Williams
Husband of Seven Is Given Term in Prison
Joseph Vargo, 34, a merchant seaman, was sentenced in Milwaukee to one to two years in state prison for violating probation. The charge stemmed from a 1944 complaint that he failed to support six children by a woman he called his common law wife. He disclosed he was wanted in Wisconsin for abandonment while Detroit police held him on another charge, of which he was cleared.
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Milwaukee
Joseph Vargo
Vargo
Wisconsin
Detroit
Vets Compile List Of Unoccupied Houses In Cedar Rapids
The all veterans housing committee plans a citywide list of vacant homes. Don Alt says the group will review landlord disputes with involved parties to place veterans in all available housing. Citizens should call 3-2602 at the Cedar Rapids housing office to report vacancies.
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Cedar Rapids
Don Alt
Alt
The
Cedar, Rapids
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