Iowa Solons Attack Willis York Over Spending Dictatorship Claims
Iowa House Republicans harshly criticized state GOP chairman Willis York accusing him of trying to dictate school aid spending. Speakers argued a proposed special session would delay action while noting a large state surplus and potential deficits under current plans. Several senators joined in questioning the finance statements used to justify York’s stance.
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Des Moines
Iowa
G.O.P
Willis York
House
York
Nork
Fred Porter
Louis Cook
Senate
Rep
A. H. Avery
Spencer
William Beardsley
New
Virginia
Soviet Press Attacks U S Propaganda Broadcasts
Moscow reports a sharp Soviet critique of American radio aimed at Russia. Ilya Ehrenburg denounces the state department broadcasts as plagiarizing Hitler and sowing enmity, lampooning U S messages on friendship and democracy while praising America’s race and labor contexts as misrepresented by New York radio.
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Moscow
Russia
Hitler
Soviet Union
State Department
Ilya Ehrenbourg
Culture and Life
Central Committee
The
Communist Party
Ehrenbourg
America
Goering
Goebbels
Rosenberg
Ribbentrop
New York
United States
U.S.S.R
U.S.A
Greece
Turkey
Ford
Voice of America
Association of Manufacturers
Woman Dies in Gas Chamber for Slaying
Mrs. Louise Peete of Los Angeles was executed in the San Quentin gas chamber for the murder of Mrs. Margaret Logan. The Friday sentence confirms a high profile case from California.
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San Quentin
Calif
INS
Louise Peete
Los Angeles
San Quentin Prison
Margaret Logan
Streams Recede To Ease Flood Danger in Iowa
Rivers in southeastern Iowa neared flood crests while Cedar Rapids crested and began to drop. Cedar River stood at 7.9 feet Friday morning, 1.5 feet above Thursday. Indian Creek returned to banks and smaller streams flowed within limits. Main highways were open though mud remained a concern.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
R. S. Toogood
Iowa Windmill and Pump Company
River Observer
Indian Creek
George Taylor
Highway Patrol
Raccoon
Des Moines
Weather Bureau
Picket Planned Against Kirsten Flagstad Concert
A to-be-held concert by Kirsten Flagstad in Chicago faced a planned picket by about 100 Norwegian-Americans upset over alleged Nazi connections. The Norwegian National League in Chicago voted not to support the event, while Flagstad denied ties to the Nazis.
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Chicago
Orchestra Hall
Kirsten Flagstad
Rheua Pearce
Congress of American Women
Kirsten
Norwegian National League
Mme. Flingstad
Mass Funeral Planned as Woodward Reels From Tornado
Dazed Woodward prepares for a mass funeral as tornado fatalities in the border region rise to 146. City leaders condemn more cemetery acreage while relief workers, doctors, and volunteers aid 425 injured and shelter 5,000 homeless in a devastated Oklahoma town.
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Woodward
Okla
Texas
Oklahoma
R. A. Bosch
New Woodward
Red Cross
Justice Murphy Loses Decision To Traffic Cop
Washington AP Justice Frank Murphy of the Supreme Court lost a traffic stop dispute to Pvt R V Taylor of the metropolitan traffic police The driver was halted for a lane change and taken to headquarters with a $10 collateral posted Murphy dissented arguing the officer had no right to arrest for a misdemeanor The ruling stood after an appeal to Taylor s superior and the case was described as a friendly discussion by Murphy
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Washington
Frank Murphy
Supreme Court
Murphy
Pvt. R. V. Taylor
Metropolitan
Taylor
Cpl
A. B. Nicholson
Appellant
Quad Cities vote on daylight saving time election
Residents of the Quad City area will vote in a special election on daylight saving time this summer. The election was announced after a joint meeting of Davenport Rock Island Moline and East Moline representatives. It marks the first time the entire Quad City area participates in a law election.
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Davenport
Quad-City
Daverport
Rock Island
Moline
East Moline
Marshall presses for Korean independence cooperation with Russia
Secretary of State Marshall urged Moscow to reconvene the U S Soviet joint Korea commission and set a summer 1947 review date. He warned the United States will proceed with independence steps in its zone to advance the Moscow agreement. He noted past breakdowns and Soviet resistance to including broad Korean leaders in talks.
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Moscow
Marshall
Russia
United States
Korea
America
Molotov
Washington
China
NFTW seeks face to face talks as phone strike lingers
Washington AP report shows policy committee of the National Federation of Telephone Workers demanding an immediate meeting with AT and Labor Department officials with reporters present. If refused, NFTW would bring the case to President Truman and seek a fact finding or seizure of the network. Beirne noted the long lines plan to arbitrate locally but urged broader coverage.
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Washington
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Labor Department
Truman
Schwellenbach
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Joseph A. Beirne
NFTW
White House
Beirne
American Union of Telephone Workers
Strike in Offing At Cherry-Burrell
A strike at Cherry Burtrell Corporation Cedar Rapids dairy equipment plant looms as CIO union spokesmen say no negotiation before 10 am Tuesday two hours before the April 15 strike deadline. Plant manager A L Woggenthaler cites Chicago execs unavailable until Tuesday and union leaders push for a 15 cent blanket rise with contract changes.
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Cedar Rapids
Cherry-Burtrell Corporation
Company
CIO
A. L. Woggenthaler
Chicago
Farm Equipment and Metal Workers
Three NJ union leaders plead innocent in anti strike law case
Three women leaders of New Jersey's 14,000 striking telephone workers pled innocent to charges under the new public utility anti strike law. They posted $500 bail each for a hearing Monday and face fines up to $500 and 30 days in jail per day of strike. The state took over control of New Jersey Bell as the nationwide walkout began.
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Newark
N. J
New Jersey
Mary Hanscom
Traifie Telephone Federation of New Jersey
Virginia Wigglesworth
Ig Hataonl
Elizabeth Ryan
New Jersey Bell Telephone Company
National Federation of Telephone Workers
NFTW
Factor seeks habeas release from Sandstone federal prison
John Factor, known as Jake the Barber, asks a federal judge in Minneapolis for a writ of habeas corpus from Sandstone federal reformatory where he serves a 10 year term for using the mails to defraud. He cites fear of reprisals after the Touhy and Banghart escapes and threats from unidentified sources as justification for the plea. The judge ordered the warden to show cause April 24.
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Minneapolis
John
Jake the Barber
Factor
Chicago
Friday
Sandstone Federal Reformatory
Gunnar H. Nordbye
George W. Humphrey
Roger Touhy
Basil Banghart
Illinois State Penitentiary
Touhy
Banghart
Wiesel
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Settlement May Come From Ballot
Cedar Rapids buses may resume service if striking AFL drivers and maintenance men approve a contract settlement reached this afternoon. The tentative deal centers on a wage increase for about 80 workers, with a 4 p.m. meeting to ballot union members.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Enion
AFL
E. A. Prochaska
Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor
Robert Stack
International Motor Coach Union
Blodgett
House approves county officers salary increases
The Iowa House passed a bill 102 to 1 to raise most county elective officials pay by 27 percent. In Linn Scott and Woodbury counties sheriffs rise to 5000 a year from 4100 and county attorneys to 5000 from 4600. The measure awaits senate action as noted in the article.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Attoreney
Iowa House of Representatives
Linn
Scott
Woodburyes
Scott County
House
Senate
Boy Scout Paper Drive Aims for Camp Waubeek Pool
First collection in the Boy Scout paper drive will be held Saturday. Residents should place papers in the front parking area before 8 a.m. Funds raised will go toward building a swimming pool at Camp Waubeek.
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Camp Waubeek
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Fred Schwengel
R-Dovit
Committee On Governmental Affairs
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Charles City
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Cedar Rapids City Lines, Inc
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