United Nations invited to Spain to prove charges false
Madrid demanded a UN commission inspect Spain to refute claims German scientists are developing atomic bombs there. Poland pressed at the UN for action, while Spain and Russia defended sovereignty and rejected foreign interference. A U.S. view suggested possible support if Poland can prove Spain endangers peace.
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Spain
United Nations
Poland
United Nations Security Council
New York
Paris
Toledo
Security Council
Russia
Mexico
France
China
Dornier
Messerschmitt
Oscar Lange
United States
U.N
America
Washington
Moscow
Senate Acts To Aid Vets On Surpluses
Washington AP senators moved to strengthen veterans rights to buy surplus government property. The bill gives veterans first claim on certain items and second priority for others, ahead of state and local governments. It directs surplus property sales to favor veterans for personal use or to start small businesses. The measure passed by voice vote and goes to the house amid calls for an investigation of disposal practices.
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Washington
Senate
House
Wherry
Rneb
Morse
R-Ore
Langer
R-N.d
War Assets Administrator
At 81 He Becomes a Father for 20th Time
Bristol district AP report notes Enoch Dowell 81, a tenant farmer near Bristol, has become a father for the 20th time. He recalls feeling like a nineteen year old, proud as with his first child. Dowell had eleven children from his first wife, two of whom died. The second wife, 46, had two children from a previous marriage, then nine with Dowell, all living.
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Bristol
Enoch Dowell
Soviet Hungarian joint ventures formed in Budapest
A Tass dispatch from Budapest reports the creation of two joint ventures in Budapest. One links a Soviet Hungarian bauxite aluminum company with a Soviet Hungarian oil and gas exploration and refining outfit. These partnerships reflect closer economic ties between Moscow and Budapest.
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Moscow
Tass
Budapest
Demurrer Filed in Williams Manslaughter Case
A demurrer to the manslaughter indictment against Lawrence Wesley Williams was filed in district court by attorney R. S. Milner. The filing argues the long form indictment is fatally deficient for missing specified means and unlawful acts, and fails to conform to Iowa code and common law. The March 15 accident in which June LaVelle Davy of Mazon Illinois was killed by Williams’ car sparked the action.
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Cedar Rapids
Lawrence Wesley Williams
R. S
Milner
Williams
Floyd Philbrick
Iowa
W. W. Crissman
LaVelle Davy
Mazon
Des Moines Youngster Crushed Under Truck
Larry Boals four died after falling under an empty coal truck in front of his Des Moines home. Driver Frank Varner twenty three, uncle of the boy, was not arrested and no charges were filed. Witnesses said he attempted to jump onto the running board.
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Des Moines
Larry Boals
Richard Boals
Frank Varner
Varner
Larry
FFA Members Parade At Iowa Convention In Cedar Rapids
About 667 delegates from 96 Iowa chapters of the Future Farmers of America joined a downtown parade in Cedar Rapids on the convention’s final day. The event mixed pageantry with business as officers, band, floats, and banners highlighted a two day state gathering. Governor Blue was to address at the closing banquet along with the new officers.
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Ee —Gazette
J. Glyndon Stuff
Dixon, Ill
National Ffa
Iowa Ffa
Kenneth Parrett
Batavia, Center
David Walker
Monticello
Iowa Association of Future Farmers of America
Cedar Rapids
Towa
Sons of the Soil
America
Iowa
Future Farmers of America
Keota
Keota Club
Lisbon
Robert D. Blue
Saved by Rusty Nail on Chicago River Rescue
Ernest Tiederman, 3, slipped toward icy water along the Chicago riverbank. A rusted nail from a piling held him aloft by the romper seat, saving his life until Anthony Abbott, a bridge tender who witnessed the incident, pulled him from danger and told the parents what could have happened.
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Chicago
Ernest Tiederman
Ernest
Irene
Anthony Abbott
Old Influences Still Strong Among Japs Paper Warns
TOKYO AP A conservative party led by Ichiro Hatoyama won the most seats in Japan's postwar diet in a record vote of nearly 26 million. The liberal party finished with a plurality over Social Democrats and Progressives, but no party gained a clear majority. The Asahi and Yomiuri papers warned that old feudal and conservative spheres remain strong, risking impediments to democracy.
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Tokyo
Hitler
Musso
Lins
Japan
Liberal Party
Ichiro Hatoyama
Social Democrats
Progressives
Asahi
Dld
Yomiuri Hechi
Ford Plans New Low Priced Car
Ford Motor Company, famed for the Model T, said a new low priced car will be added to its lineup. Henry Ford II announced a new division to lead production with public introduction after January 1947, and additional manufacturing facilities will be sought. He also outlined plans for 1947 models, noting no immediate switchover to the new car this year.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford II
Ford
Ford Empire
Prince Moridasa Nashimoto Freed From Sugamo Prison
Tokyo AP report says Prince Moridasa Nashimoto, the sole imperial household member in custody as a war crime suspect, was released from Sugamo prison after detention since December 12. Also freed was Kiyoshi Goko, former Mitsubishi I heavy industries president, held at the same time.
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Tokyo
Moridasa Nashimoto
Sugamo
Imperial Household
Kiyoshi Goko
Mitsubishi Iheavy Industries
Union Charges Packers with Violating OPA
Local No. 3 of the United Packinghouse Workers adopted a three page resolution at a CSPS hall meeting accusing the meat packing industry of trying to scrap price controls and protesting mass layoffs. The resolution calls for a conference among union management and other groups and requests a congressional investigation. Delegates were chosen to attend the International union convention in Montreal June 3 to 6, led by Lewis J. Clark with Horace J. Gates Edward Fitzpatrick and other Local 3 members.
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Cedar Rapids News
United Packinghouse Workers
CIO
CSPS
Secretary of Agriculture
Cedar Rapids
International United Packinghouse Workers of America
Montreal
Canada
Lewis J. Clark
The
International Union
Horace J. Gates
Edward Fitzpatrick
Farmer Admits Slaying Wife Over Business Deal
Harrisonville Missouri AP reports 75 year old farmer Charles H. Rigdon confessed to shooting his wife Minnie Ritter Goodwin in their farm home, claiming her failure to honor a premarital land and banking deal. A lie detector test preceded his signed statement to Kansas City police. Prosecutors plan first degree murder charges.
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Harrisonville
Temple Forrest
Forrest
Charles H. Rigdon
Kansas City
Rigdon
Minnie Ritter Goodwin
Patterson Hinkle Folger
George R. Chamberlin
Government to harness atomic energy at Oak Ridge plant
At Oak Ridge Tennessee an experimental plant will be built to harness atomic energy for peacetime electricity. Major General Leslie Groves, head of the Manhattan Project, said the government will expand laboratories at an estimated cost of 2.5 million dollars. Monsanto Chemical Company will hold overall authority for design and operation, with metallurgical laboratories at the University of Chicago providing the technical foundation. Construction is expected to start this year as draftsmen translate data into engineering blueprints.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
Leslie R. Groves
Manhattan Project
Groves
University of Chicago
Monsanto Chemical Company
Oral Hearings Set On United Air Route To Cedar Rapids
United Air Lines seeks to serve Cedar Rapids on its East West mainline with a three Iowa stop plan including Dubuque and Waterloo. The Civil Aeronautics Board will hear the request in Washington on May 6, with city attorney Don Hines representing Cedar Rapids in urging grant. Briefs due by April 26. outcome could link Cedar Rapids to major cities via direct flights and cargo routes.
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Cedar Rapids
United Air Lines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
Don Hines
United
Hines
CAB
F Merritt Ruhlen
Iowa
Dubuque
Waterloo
Ruhlen
Rapids
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Omaha
Denver
Cloudy and Mild Weekend Forecast for Cedar Rapids
A mild weekend is forecast for Cedar Rapids and eastern Iowa with cloudy skies. The weatherboy warns of possible showers in northern areas while central and southern regions should stay mainly dry. Temperatures expected to reach the upper 70s on Sunday, with Saturday readings around the low 70s and cooler evenings.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Regulation Bars Prostitution Houses for G I S
Washington AP reports the War Department issued a rule making all identified houses of prostitution off limits to soldiers both in the United States and overseas. Commanders must discipline any entrant, replacing earlier discretionary controls by overseas theater leaders.
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Washington
War Department
United States
House Debates Draft Age Rise and Holiday Suspension
Washington AP The House tentatively approved a five month halt to inductions from May 15 to Oct 15 and set the minimum draft age at 20 through 29. The votes were 149 127 for the suspension and 195 96 for the age change. Republicans and Democrats sparred over the move with critics calling it political and proponents arguing it could boost volunteer enlistments.
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Rep
Vinson
D-Ga
Army
Navy
Short
R-Mo
Congress
Holifield
D-Calif
McCormack
Mass
Rep May
D-Ky
Dwight D. Eisenhower
May
Quaker Oats Tieup Ended in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Quaker Oats plant to resume normal operations Monday after union leaders say Akron strike settled. Wes Kopecky of Local No. 110 says Cedar Rapids workers return to work and sign contract at Depew New York. Local meeting planned Saturday at CIO Labor Center.
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Cedar Rapids News
Quaker Oats Company
Cedar Rapids
CIO
Wes Kopecky
United Cerebral Workers
Akron
Ohio
Cedar Rapids Cereal Workers
Shi Kopecky
Quaker Oats
Depew
CIO Labor Center
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