Senate Probe of Steel Mill Seizure Asked
A group of Republican senators led by Styles Bridges moves to force a Senate Judiciary Committee inquiry into President Truman’s seizure of the steel mills. They seek to determine constitutional or statutory authority for the action and plan to introduce the resolution when Congress returns after Easter recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Truman
G.O.P
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Senate Judiciary Committee
Philipurray
CIO Union
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Bridges
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Knowland
R-Calif
Congress
Poeete
City Briefs from Cleveland Square Dance and More
The Cleveland P T A will sponsor a square dance in the school gym from 7 30 to 9 30 pm Tuesday with dances on the first Thursday and third Tuesday of each month open to the public. Rotary Club meets Monday noon at the Montrose hotel with Wayne Vasey discussing social work. Pancake Supper at Bertram Hall April 17 from 6 to 7 30 pm. Vogels visit Cedar Rapids area with family on 25 day leave. Chief Vogel aboard USS Salerno Bay at Norfolk. Cedar Rapids Board of Adjustment meets 3 pm Monday in city hall. Young Men’s Bureau of the Cedar Rapids Chamber plans a humorous dinner program with reservations by noon Thursday. Trowel Chapter No 49 R A M will confer major and past master degrees.
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Cleveland
Cleveland P.T.A
Nder P.T.A
Playground Commission
Rotary Club
Montrose Hotel
Wayne Vasey
School of Social Work
University of Iowa
Young Men’s Bureau
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Town Notes and Community Events Highlights
Degrees at a species meeting are planned for 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Masonic temple with refreshments afterward. Cedar Rapids Home Builders Association holds its monthly dinner Wednesday at 6 30 p m at the Roosevelt hotel. T Sgt T O Fenton and family return from Tokyo to Cedar Rapids and will head to San Antonio Texas after 30 days with relatives in Cedar Rapids Waterloo and Manchester. Nancy Kay Zearing of Lisbon will be guest organist on WOC TV Square Dance Party Monday at 9 30 p m. Two motorists Albert Carter and Robert Franks were charged with reckless driving after an erratic drive and a nearby accident within 20 minutes.
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Masonic Temple
Home Builders
The
Cedar Rapids Home Builders Association
Roosevelt Hotel
Tokyo
Air Force
T. O. Fenton
Fenton
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Manchester
San Antonio
Texas
Woc-Tv
Nancy Kay Zearing
Lisbon
Albert Carter
Eighth Street SE
Robert Franks
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Carter
First Avenue
Thirty-second Street
Franks
Mechanical Fault Blamed for Crash at Elizabeth N J
The Civil Aeronautics Board blamed a mechanical engine fault for the December crash near Elizabeth City New Jersey killing 56 aboard a Miami Airlines twin engined C 46. The report cites an improperly installed connection on the right engine causing a fire after takeoff from Newark. The aircraft was 117 pounds overweight but certificated. the Newark airport was subsequently closed.
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Washington
INS
Civil Aeronautics Board
Miami Airlines
Elizabeth City
N. J
C.A.B
Newark
Newark Airport
Youth Suffers Face Lacerations in Crash
David Dostal a 15 year old resident of 13050 avenue NW sustained facial cuts in a collision at Second avenue and Seventh street SE. He was treated at St Luke s hospital and released. Police said he rode with David Crew 625 Eighth street NW. Crew s car collided with Charles Steine 417 Sixth street SE then hit a car driven by De Reece 425 First avenue. Following investigation police charged Stevie with reckless driving.
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David Dostal
Avenue NW
Second Avenue
Seventh Street SE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Dostal
David Crew
Crew
Charles Steine
Sixth Street
de Reece
First Avenue
Stevie
Crlen of sha chien cota species found lengthened
A fragment notes a creature described as a crlen of sha chien cota, measuring a foot in length and weighing a peeled pound. The context remains unclear but indicates a small elongated animal or object with unfamiliar terminology.
Revive McMahon Movement Aims at Kefauver Win
Springfield Illinois movement revives support for Senator Brien McMahon as Democratic presidential candidate to block Senator Estes Kefauver. The drive depends on Stevenson’s stance and Illinois 60 convention votes. If Stevenson seeks the nomination, McMahon backing may shift to Stevenson amid prior Kefauver opposition.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Connecticut
Brien McMahon
Kefauver
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Adlai Stevenson
McMahon
Leo Struif
Alton
Straif
Stevenson
Struif
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Senate
Scott W. Lucas
New Hampshire
Reds Ready To Talk Prisoners
The Communist said they were willing to resume the recessed prisoner of war talks any time the allies are ready. The U N command promised an answer later. The talks were recessed by mutual consent April 4 to develop additional avenues of discussion. Sunday's session lasted only 50 seconds.
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Munsan
U. N
Washington optimistic on Korea truce by May
U S officials guiding Panmunjom talks said a Korea truce likely by May 1 as a UN Commmunist prisoner of war release formula nears agreement. The plan aims to avoid forcible repatriation, secure release of allied prisoners, and preserve face for all sides.
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Washington
Korea
United Nations
Panmunjom
North Korea
China
U.N
Warren To Keep Six Wisconsin Delegates
Gov. Earl Warren of California said he would not split the six Wisconsin delegates he won with Gen. Dwight Eisenhower. He stated delegates pledged to him at the Republican national convention could go their own way if he appeared out of the GOP race and he was not seeking the vice presidency in 1952 though he would not refuse a draft for vice-president.
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Chicago
Earl Warren
California
Wisconsin
Dwight Eisenhower
Warren
G.O.P
Tax inspection push targets 500 plus justice department staff
The probe aims to distribute tax return requests to more than 500 DOJ employees as the first step in a broader corruption inquiry. Rhode Island figures McGrath and Caudle are linked to the subcommittee’s tax return requests, covering income excise profits estate and gift taxes through 1951 with confidentiality required.
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Morris
Justice Department
Subcommittee
Rhode Island
McGrath
U.S
T. Lamar Caudle
T. Lamar Caudle, Ousted As Assistant Attorney General By Mr. Truman
Graham
British Delegates Announce Trade Deals With Reds of East
The British delegation at the Moscow world economic conference says it has signed deals to sell 16 million pounds of textiles and other goods to Russia and the East, with a pending 5 million pounds more. A separate agreement with China calls for 10 million pounds of trade each way. London says the textile trade share and commodity exchanges target large shipments. The British business delegation, not government officially recognized, reports anticipated broad textile and mineral exports to Communist China and Eastern markets.
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Moscow
Russia
China
Lord Boyd-Orr
Boyd-Orr
London
W. Douglas Lorimer
Britain
Drunk Driving Charge After Hit and Run Injury Report
Carl Slaymaker, 47, of 111 Sixteenth Street NE, was detained on a drunk driving charge after a hit and run at Ninth Avenue and Third Street SE. Pedestrians Mr. and Mrs. Robert Patterson, 816 Eighth Avenue SE, were struck but unharmed. Cab driver C L Strattson, 1001 Eleventh Street NE, rescued the Pattersons and followed Slaymaker to the scene where police arrested him.
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Carl Slaymaker
Sixteenth Street
Ninth Avenue
Third Street
Robert Patterson
Eighth Avenue
C. L. Stratston
Eleventh Street
Pattersons
Slaymaker
Slight Kefauver Edge In Arizona Delegation
Arizona Democrats chose a 20 member delegation with a slight Kefauver leaning. Most did not declare their choice, but insiders say at least 10 favored Kefauver, with one backing Stevenson, Kerr, and Russell each. Delegates will vote as a unit at the July Democratic convention in Chicago.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Robert Kerr
D-Okla
Richard Russell
D-Ga
Chicago
Easter baskets hauled by Lancaster police van
The Lancaster police used the department’s Easter van to transport 575 baskets filled with goodies donated by service organizations to needy families. The tradition began 15 years ago by Agnes T. Ferriter, Lancaster’s first policewoman.
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Lancaster, Pa
INS
Lancaster
Agnes T. Ferriter
Deaths Anne O'Hare Cunningham 80 in Cedar Rapids
Anne O'Hare Cunningham 80 was found dead in her Cedar Rapids apartment. Coroner says heart attack likely. she died Friday afternoon. Survived by daughter Mrs James P. Martin of New Orleans and son Kenneth Barker of Detroit, plus siblings and grandchildren. Funeral plans pending.
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Anne O’hare Cunningham
Third Avenue SE
Robert Brosh
Louis A. Cunningham
Ted O’hare
Second Avenue
Mrs. Cunningham
Cedar Rapids
James P. Martin
New Orleans
Kenneth Barkler
Detroit
Kenneth O’hare
Johnstown
Neb
John O’hare
Iowa City
Terrance O’hare
Monahan Funeral Home
Services for Weyss W. White in Cedar Rapids
Weyss W. White 1737 Blake boulevard SE longtime Cedar Rapids resident and retired carpenter died Friday after a long illness. Services at Turner chapel 3:30 p.m. Tuesday with Dr. Marvin B. Kober and Dr. Kenneth Metcalf, Oak Hill Cemetery. The family asks friends to donate to the Heart Fund in lieu of flowers.
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Weyss W. White
Blake Boulevard
Cedar Rapids
Turner Lchapel
Marvin B. Kober
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Kenneth Metcalf
Oak Hill Cemetery
Heart Fund
Services for Cedar Rapids Woman Dies After Lingering Illness
Services for Mrs. Thomas J. Flynn, longtime Cedar Rapids resident, will be held at Turner chapel at 3 p.m. Monday with Rev. J. Richard Wagner officiating. Burial follows at Maple Hill cemetery in Montour. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Thomas J. Flynn
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
J. Richard Wagner
First
Congregatio Church
Maple Hill Cemetery
Montour
Services for Mrs Howard Snyder Cedar Rapids
Mrs Howard Snyder of 821 Fifteenth street SE Cedar Rapids died Friday after a brief illness. Services will be held Tuesday at 1 30 p m in Turner chapel with Rev H G Schwegler of First Lutheran Church officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Memorial. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Howard Snyder
Fifteenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
H. G. Schwegler
First Lutheran Church
Cedar Memorial New
Springville
Judy Lee Johnson
Keith Johnson
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Funeral services for Maquoketa woman to be held
Services for Mrs. Charles Butka of Maquoketa who died at her sister’s home in the city will be conducted by Rev. Milton E. White of Bethany Congregational Church on Monday at 1 30 p.m. Burial will be in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Charles Butka
Maquoketa
Fred Getlin
Ellis Boulevard
Milton E. White
Bethany Congregational Church
Linwood Cemetery
Central City
Charles Wynn
Baldwin
Chicago
Passmore Funeral Home
Belle Plaine
Laura Robbins
Elmer van Scoyoc
Peffers Funeral Home
Oak Hill Cemetery
Funeral services for Raymond L. Nippe
Funeral services for Raymond L. Nippe 36 of 35 Twenty-first avenue SW will be conducted by Rev W W Argow at the Chapel of Memories Cedar Memorial cemetery at 1 30 p m Monday Friends may call at Brady mortuary after 1 p m Sunday until 11 a m Monday
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Raymond L. Nippe
Twenty-first Avenue SW
W. W. Argow
The
Peoples Church
Chapel of Memories
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Brady Mortuary
Hundred-Year-Old Pearce Says Life Is Fun and Bright Ahead
In Honesdale Pennsylvania William F. Pearce a 100 year old former railroad worker says living to a century is enjoyable and looks forward to more years He has voted Republican since 1876 and backs Eisenhower in 1952 He enjoys wine whisky and radio remains active with walks and puttering his daughter Blanche Chapman helps out and he recalls past politics and life experiences.
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Honesdale
William F. Pearce
Pearce
Rutherford B.hayes
Blanche Chapman
Death Notice for Mrs Fraatz at Cedar Rapids Hospital
Mrs Bertha Fraatz aged 87 mother of Lillian Fraatz of 845 First Avenue SE Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital after illness. Funeral arrangements are to be announced by the Fraatz family.
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Bertha Fraatz
Lillian Fraatz
First Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Eisenhower Go Home headline in Brussel paper
Editors of Brussels Communist newspaper Drapeau Rouge printed a front page reading Eisenhower Go Home in a Saturday edition. The gag reflects wartime era sentiment amid U S political tension and editorial stance.
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Brussels
Brussel
Drapeau Rouge
Eisenhower
Eisenhower Push in New Jersey Seeks Strong Primary Turnout
Eisenhower supporters in New Jersey mount an 11th hour effort to boost turnout in the presidential preference poll the eve of Tuesday's vote. Taft trails after brief withdrawal and Stassen faces slim odds as the party eyes 38 delegates in Chicago.
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Newark
N. J
Eisenhower
New Jersey
Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Chicago
Organization
General MacArthur
Iowa Deaths Listings From Various Iowa Towns
Series of death notices listing individuals from Monticello Springville Central City Cascade Iowa City Traer and Belle Plaine with ages and funeral arrangements. Names include Monticello's Monticello hospital death Judy Lee Johnson infant death in Cedar Rapids and others with service times and funeral homes.
Taft Captures 49 of 50 Illinois Delegates
In Illinois 22nd district official canvasses show George E. Nichols 32,348 votes Albert Tuxhorn 24,354 Dean E. Madden 24,304 with Madden backing Eisenhower. Madden led Tuxhorn in all counties except Champaign where a late tally cut 194 Madden votes, giving Tuxhorn the edge. Taft won 49 of 50 delegates overall with Henry Schwarz named as delegate.
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Urbana
Ill
Robert A. Taft
Illinois
22Nd
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George E. Nichols
Albert Tuxhorn
Dean E. Madden
Nichols
Tuxhorn
Taft
Madden
Eisenhower
Champaign County
Henry Schwarz
Belleville
Burglar Seeks Hide and Seek in Carr Home
After a country trip the Carrs found a locked bathroom and a broken door. A burglar apparently escaped through a second floor window leaving no items taken. Police entered with guns drawn and found an open window and evidence of a jump.
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Minneapolis
Arthur L. Carr
Carr
Carrs
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Jay W. Hesser
Jay W. Hesser, Jr
Fifth Ave
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Philadelphia
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U. S
East
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Pital
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Flynn Services
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Nippe Services
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Bob
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Fifth Avenue
Andrews
J. W. Novak & Son Monument CO
Shop & Display
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N.J. Fight
Nebraska
John D. M. Hamilton
Democrats
Iowa
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Henry G. Seeh
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