FDR Honored In Ceremonies At Hyde Park
At Hyde Park New York 3500 visitors attended ceremonies marking the second anniversary of Franklin D Roosevelt death Radio memorial program connected from Kansas City featured President Truman praising Roosevelt as a symbol of fortitude justice and hope Morgenthau outlined living memorial scholarships to fund study and research and gather Roosevelt life records for future generations The Times referenced a separate critique of Wallace's foreign policy speech and imperialism stance.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Truman
National Park Service
Roosevelt Estate
Mr. Roosevelt
Kansas City
Roosevelt
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Morgenthau
Roosevelt Home
United States
English Papers Continue Debate on Public Speech
The article discusses reactions to Wallace's speech in Britain with critics noting possible European backlash to American policy. It cites the need for measured rhetoric and recalls Wallace's warning about reactionaries in Europe while criticizing overstatement.
Catholic Paper Urges Boycott of Robinson
The Ave Maria weekly magazine editorially urged a boycott of Edward G. Robinson films citing alleged Communist front affiliations. It charged Robinson was a leading contributor to Hollywood's Communist front and that paying to see his pictures funds communism.
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South Bend, Ind
INS
Ave Maria
Edward G. Robinson
Screen Star
Robinson
Hollywood
United States
Ten Wilson Students Win Poems Published in Anthology
Ten Wilson high students received certificates of acceptance for publication in the Annual Anthology of School Poetry. The anthology is sponsored by the National High School Poetry Association of Los Angeles. Read names include Julia Svoboda, Grace Nesetril, Dalene Soberhart, Barbara King, Ruth Ann Sankot, Eddie Meisha, Richard Hutchinson, Paul McGuffin, Edward Novak, and Robert Kadlek.
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Wilson High
National High School Poetry Association
Los Angeles
Calif
Julia Svoboda
Grace Nesetril
Dalene Sobehart
Barbara King
Ruth Ann Sankot
Eddie Meisha
Richard Hutchinson
Paul McGuffin
Edward Novak
Robert Kadlek
Indiana operators give up voice picketing in strike
Indianapolis dispatch reports that Indiana telephone operators barred from the national strike by state law abandoned their voice picketing on Saturday. The move ends their participation in the labor protest while preserving their legal restrictions.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Trowel Chapter 49 to Confer Royal Arch Degree Tuesday
Trowel chapter 49 will confer work in the Royal Arch degree Tuesday night at 7:00. Refreshments will be served. Call Century Cab’s two way radio dispatched 5146 for details adv.
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Royal Arch
Linn County Rose Society April Meeting Set for Tuesday
The Linn County Rose Society will hold its April meeting on Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the home of Mrs W G Perkins 2424 Avenue NE. Open to anyone interested in rose growing, especially prospective rose gardeners seeking guidance to start.
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Linn County Rose Society
W. G. Perkins
Avenue NE
Jewelers couples to attend convention in Minneapolis
Mr and Mrs Robert L Prastka and Mr and Mrs Wallace G Boyson will attend the Minnesota Retail Jewelers convention in Minneapolis this week. Boyson is president of the Iowa Retail Jewelers Association and Prastka its secretary treasurer. They will plan the association convention for Cedar Rapids this fall. Stepanek tailor moves to 608 lth Ave SE.
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Robert L. Prastka
Twenty-fourth Street Drive
Wallace G. Boyson
Country Club Parkway
Minnesota Retail Jewelers
Minneapolis
Boyson
Iowa Retail Jewelers Association
Prastka
Cedar Rapids
Fire department reports two alarms in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids fire department answered two alarms Saturday. A general alarm at 6 08 p m sent firefighters to 1600 Thirty second Street NE to contain a storage barn fire owned by Mrs Leo Duster and near a residence occupied by Tom Combs. A still alarm at 4 27 p m from company 3 tackled a rubbish fire in the alley behind 1511 A Avenue NE.
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Cedar Rapids
Thirty-second Street
Leo Duster
Tom Combs
A Avenue
Mayor Kelly Plans Open Engineering Office After Mayoral Term
Chicago mayor Edward J. Kelly, who began as a municipal engineer and will leave city hall after 14 years, says he will open an engineering office upon departure. He states he can handle any engineering job after 50 years in municipal engineering.
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Chicago
Edward J. Kelly
Kelly
Strike Disturbances Reported in Portugal
Reuters dispatch from Lisbon reports Portuguese officers ordered back to barracks amid strike disturbances. An unconfirmed French agency note said garrisons near Lisbon may have attempted an uprising against Prime Minister Antonio de Oliveira Salazar's regime.
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London
INL
Reuters
Lisbon
Antonio Oliviera Salazar
Truman’s purge order could cost U S fifty million
President Truman’s sweeping order to purge Communists and disloyal workers from the executive branch may cost close to 50 million dollars, a Justice Department official said. Previous estimates were as high as 25 million. Congress must approve funds before investigations can start.
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D. Harold Oliver
Washington
Truman
Executive
Justice Department
Budget Bureau
Congress
Welcome Awaits Byrd Explorers In Washington
Washington readies crowds to greet 1500 plus members of Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd's fourth Antarctic expedition as the Mount Olympus nears the navy yard. Secretary Forrestal along with Admiral Nimitz will lead official welcomes to Byrd and Cruzen aboard the flagship carrying nearly 700 crew. Scientists also report early notes on Bunger's Oasis, a Shangri La with blue lakes, seen during Byrd's 1946-47 force, signaling possible future Shangri Las as global warming reshapes polar regions.
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Washington
INS
Richard E. Byrd
U.S.S. Mount Olympus
Washington Navy Yard
Navy
Forrestal
Chester Nimitz
Naval Operations
Byrd
Richard H. Cruzen
Mount Olympus
U. S
Bunger
Shangri- la
Blue Lakes
Shangri-Las
South Polar Oasis
David E. Bunger
Coronado
Calif
Grinnell Woman Elected To Press Group Office
Miss Catherine Dines Prosser, woman’s page editor of the Denver Post, was elected president of the National Federation of Press Women in Fort Worth. Other officers include Mrs. Louise Henely of Grinnell Iowa as vice president, Mrs. Nell L. Brown of New Albany Indiana as recording secretary, and Mrs. Elizabeth Kuskulis of Denver as corresponding secretary. Regional incidents include Mrs. Jancie B. Reed of Cherokee Iowa and Mrs. Luby Pollock of Milwaukee.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Catherine Dines_ Prosser
Denver Post
National Federation of Press
Louise Henely
Grinnell
Iowa
Nell L. Brown
New Albany
Ind
Elizabeth Kuskulis
Denver
Jancie B. Reed
Cherokee
Luby Pollock
Milwaukee
Phone patrons to get credit for service disruption
Northwestern Bell customers in Des Moines will receive a credit on their first bills after the nationwide strike ends. District manager J. H. Wilson said both manual and dial access will be credited at the daily charge rate times the days without local service. Some dial phones statewide have been out of order during the strike, though dial systems have generally fared better.
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DES Moines
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
J. H. Wilson
Wilson
Needs of Schools Cited by Head of Parent Teachers
Mrs. L W Hughes of Arlington Tenn president of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers said nearly 90 percent of the nations public school systems need federal aid. She noted median spending per elementary classroom and warned about 2 000 000 children in inferior schools and 2 000 000 not in any school.
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Chicago
L. W. Hughes
Arlington
Tenn
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Congress
Strike impact on Bell System questioned by unions and AT&T
The National Federation of Telephone Workers and AT&T clashed over strike effectiveness as service reportedly improved in some areas while others saw continued disruption. Union claims put strikers at about 335,000, up from 300,000, with some workers returning and some staying out.
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National Federation of Telephone Workers
Ind
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Bell System
Telephone Company
United Press
Reynolds Starts On World Flight
Milton Reynolds, Chicago pen maker, left Gander Newfoundland for Shannon Ireland on the second leg of a world flight aboard a twin engine A-26. His crew of two included pilot William Odom and engineer T C Sallee. The team aims to complete the trip in 55 hours setting a new unofficial record.
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New York
Milton Reynolds
Chicago
Gander
Shannon
Eire
Trans World Airlines
Reynolds
Frederick Lamb
Trans World Airlines International Flight Control
LaGuardia Field
Howard Hughes
Goosey
Labrador
Ca William Odom
Roslyn
N. Y
T. C. Sallee
Dallas
Texas
Dewey Signs New York Teachers Pay Minimum
Gov Thomas E Dewey signed a law creating minimum salaries for New York state teachers from 2000 to 5325 dollars the highest pay schedule in the nation The act followed days of teacher pressure and a Buffalo teachers strike that closed city schools for a week in a bid for higher minimums
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Albany
N. Y
INS
Thomas E. Dewey
New York State
Buffalo
Trial Opens In Swindle Case Monday
Three of the four defendants indicted for grand larceny and forgery in the $780,000 Mergenthaler Linotype swindle will face trial in New York Monday. Defendants include Julius Lobell, 44, alias Jimmy Collins, a Broadway nightlife figure, free on $85,000 bail. Irving Co, 45, alias Izzy the Eel, free on $50,000 bail. and Ariat Nickel, 48, of Freeport, L.
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New York
INS
Mergenthaler Linotype Company
Julius Lobell
Jimmy Collins
Liberty
Irving Co
Izzy the Eel
Ariat Nickel
Freeport
Disabled veteran told ouster more than a year away
In Atlanta a footless battle veteran Ralph C. Cowan and his family face eviction from the Clark-Howell low income project. The Atlanta Housing Authority plans to evict high income families first at 5 percent monthly until Cowan’s name reaches the top of the list after seven months, then gives him six months to move.
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Associated Press
Ralph C. Cowan
Atlanta, Ga
INS
Atlanta
Betty
Ginger
Clark-Howell
158Th Engineers
First Army
James H. Theerle
The
Atlanta Housing Authority
Cowan
Theerle
Mitvalsky Heads Iowa Reserve Officers Group
Lt. Col. M. F. Mitvalsky of Cedar Rapids was elected president of the Iowa department of the National Reserve Officers Association. Other officers named include Lt. Col. Joseph Buchanan Ames and Maj. John T. Wurster Cedar Rapids. Resolutions urged universal military training and preparedness, retirement pay parity with National Guard, and added funding if U S defense needs rise. Brig. Gen. Donald B. Adams urged selling the armed services to the country as the international scene grows more critical.
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Des Moines
M. F. Mitvalsky
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Department
National Reserve Officers Association
Lucius W. Fitch
Joseph Buchanan
Ames
William B. Perry
Storm Lake
John T. Wurster
William Hathaway
Lyman Clark
Fitch
Iown
National Council
National Guard
United States
Greece
Turkey
Donald B. Adams
Washington, D. C
National Reserve Officers Group
Adams
Reserve Officers
God of Creation film at Coggon church union service
A sound color presentation from The God of Creation will be shown Monday night at the Methodist church in Coggon during a union service sponsored by the Coggon Ministerial Association.
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Coggon
God of Creation
Ee Methodist Church
Coggon Ministerial Association
Wallace faces opposition over policy remarks in Senate debate
Senators criticize Wallace for his Middle East plan and accuse him of favoring Communism while urging stronger U S Western hemisphere unity. McClellan calls him a liability to either party and Robertson doubts British reception as the Greek Turkish aid bill looms. Vandenberg plans a major policy address at the Pan American Union.
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Wallace
Truman
Europe
Daily Telegraph
Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
Senate
Scott Lucas
U. S
Sen. Robertson
Great Britain
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Coro
Vandenberg
Pan-American Union
Deaths Mrs John B Scannell Cedar Rapids Resident
Carolyn Scannell 194 Forest Drive SE Cedar Rapids lifelong resident died in a local hospital after a long illness. She was credit manager at Otis Leather Company for 17 years. Born August 23 1906 in Ely she married March 4 1929 in Iowa City. Survived by her husband four sisters a brother and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services are set for 11 am Tuesday at the funeral chapel with burial at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call after noon Sunday.
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Carolyn Scannell
John Beryl Scannell
Forest Drive
Cedar Rapids
Scannell
Otis Leather Company
Ely
Iowa City
L. J. Truhlar
O. L. Walker
Frank C. Holecek
Robert E. Trachta
Rudolph Halva
Vinton
First Presbyterian Church
Wholesale Crevit Association
Infant Raymond Buresh Dies After Brief Illness
Infant son of Mr and Mrs Raymond B Buresh of Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital after a brief illness He was born October 28 1946 Survived by his parents a sister Marie Eileen grandparents Alvin Phillips and Mr and Mrs Charles Buresh and several uncles and aunts Funeral services set for 9 am Monday at Mt Calvary Cemetery by Rev D J Lenihan Friends may call at Teahen chapel
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Raymond Paul Buresh
Raymond B. Buresh
Seventh Avenue SW
Cedar Rapids
Marie Eileen
Alvin Phillips
Charles Buresh
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Services for Ina Mae Buckner in Cedar Memorial
Ina Mae Buckner daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Buckner of 437 Twenty sixth street SE died in Chicago Friday. Funeral services will be at 2 p m Monday in the Chapel of Memories Cedar Memorial park with Rev D Keith Irwin. Burial follows in Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at Teahen chapel until 10 a m Monday.
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Ina Mae Buckner
Arthur Buckner
Twenty-sixth Street
Chicago
Chapel of Memories
Cedar Memorial Park
D. Keith Irwin
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Teahen Chapel
Services for Mrs Mike C No vak
Funeral arrangements for Mrs Mike C No vak of 2217 Second Street SW Cedar Rapids are set with a 9 a.m. Monday service at Kuba Funeral Home and a 9:30 a.m. Mass at St. Ludmila's Church officiated by Rev Frank R Hruby. Burial will be in St John’s Cemetery. St Joseph’s lodge will recite the Rosary at 7 p.m. today at the funeral home where friends may call.
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Mike C. Novak
Second Street
Cedar Rapids
Kuba
St. Ludmila’s Church
Frank R. Hruby
St. John’s Cemetery
St. Joseph’s Lodge
Services for Joseph Plauer Held at Trinity Church
Services for Joseph Plauer of Prairieburg who died Friday will be held Monday at 2 30 p m at Trinity Methodist Church conducted by Rev John E DeLong Burial is at Linwood Cemetery Friends may call at the Rohn chapel
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Joseph Plauer
Prairieburg
Trinity Methodist Church
John E. DeLong
Linwood Cemetery
Rohn
Public Notice Sealed Bids Sought for Transmitters
Official publication notes sealed bids due by 2:00 PM in Des Moines Iowa for 130 watt transmitter sets with specific components. Chief Engineer J Nord Jr of the Radio Division, Department of Public Publication, Des Moines.
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Iowa
Lete
Ences . Nord, Iefgineer
Radio RE
Fairgrounds
Des Saekoneau Tow. Co. J. Nord. JR
Department of Publication
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