Stettinius Denies U S Bad Faith in Iran Case
American Delegate Edward R. Stettinius Jr. rejects Russian charges of U S bad faith over Iran. He argues the United States acted to fulfill the UN charter as Gromyko presses to end the dispute while Russian troops remain in Iran. The council weighs whether to keep the Iranian case on its agenda versus evacuations.
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New York
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Russia
Iran
Trygve Lic
United Nations Security Council
Committee of Experts
Henry Bonnet
Stettinius
Andrei Gromyko
United States
Great Britain
United Nations
Gromyko
Council
Alexander Cadogan
Britain
Holland
Australia
Brazil
Egypt
Mexico
Poland
France
Butterfat Return to War Controls to Stabilize Dairy Prices
Washington AP Stabilization Director Chester Bowles announced a five point program to cushion dairy prices and boost production. Subsidy payments on milk and butterfat rise in May and July, butterfat use in ice cream will be limited, and price ceilings set on farm cream and commercial cream sales. Bowles stressed relief to dairy farmers without a general milk price hike.
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Washington (Ap
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Congress
Draft standoff over extension sparks Senate clash
Sen. Johnsons charges the War Department with blind stupidity for seeking a one year draft extension while the House approved a nine month version. He urged a six week extension and warned the bill could render the draft inoperative after May 15. The Senate eyed delaying action for at least a week as pay raise plans cleared the House with a 64 to 13 vote.
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Washington
Sen
Johnson
D-Colo
War Department
Senate
Patterson
House
Congress
Aid for Sick Youth Foiled By Red Tape
Philadelphia boy Joseph Diamond sought streptomycin for his son Julius 21 and a 14 year old girl faced a life threatening shortage. Rahway mayor Doctor Edward Carlin and New York prosecutors pursued government approval while Merck and the National Research Council’s Dr. Keefer were unavailable.
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New. York
Philadelphia
Joseph Diamond
Rahway
N. J
Merck and Company
New York County
Frank Hogan
Merck
Diamond
Edward J. Carlin
Carlin
United States
Chester Keefer
National Research Council
Keefer
Boston
Meat storage rise stirs public concern over shortages
United States government figures show April 1 meat stocks at 671,211,000 pounds, over 100,000,000 more than last year. Beef and pork totals exceed year-ago levels while veal and lamb stocks ease. packers and retailers debate government policy and civilian supply.
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Chicago
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Remember the Old Days Guest Rooms in Texan Housing Week
Planning chairman Ken McGuire said housing week was postponed Tuesday due to failure to locate suitable living accommodations for guest speakers. The delay affects preparations for forthcoming events and speaker arrivals.
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Ken McGuire
Planning Comms
Truman Signs Bill Aimed at Petrillo
President Truman signed federal law making coercion against radio broadcasters a crime. The bill targets AFL musicians union practices led by James C. Petrillo, with penalties up to one year in prison and a $1000 fine for forcing stations to hire excess staff, pay for unperformed services, fund unions for records, or reuse transcripts. It also applies to interference with broadcasts of educational or cultural programs from foreign sources.
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Washington
Truman
AFL Musicians Union
James C. Petrillo
Reds Smash into Manchu Capital
Chinese Communist troops broke into Changchun on Monday and fought house to house with nationalist forces. The National Military Council said peace preservation corps and a small government force still held the capital late Tuesday. The First Army, after heavy fighting near Seipinghai, advanced north to relieve Changchun.
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Chungking
Changchun
Central
National Military Council
Peace Preservation Corps
Chinese First Army
Seipinghai
Traffic Regulations Eighteenth Ordinance Series Summary
City issues eighteenth article in a series on traffic rules outlining updated regulations and enforcement. Officials describe scope, penalties, and effective date for motorists and pedestrians. Rules target signaling, speed, parking, and right-of-way to improve road safety.
Senate Passes Housing Bill With Prevailing Wage Clause
The Senate approved a housing bill aimed at creating 15 million dwellings in ten years with a prevailing wage amendment tied to local wages. Supporters say it encourages private housing, while critics warn it could undermine FHA mortgage insurance for one to four family homes.
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Senate
Washington
House
Federal Housing Administration
CIO
AFL
Secretary of Labor
Ellender
D-La
Raymond M. Foley
McFarland
Dariz
Ejlender
Taft
Wagood
D-N.y
War Orphan To Get Dad's Medal
San Francisco reports 8 year old war orphan Joan Dewey Mackay to receive her father Everett Douglas Mackay’s purple heart. The medal was recovered by General MacArthur and will be presented at waterfront ceremonies, with Maj. Gen. Homer M. Groninger acting on MacArthur’s orders.
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San Francisco
Joan Dewey Mackay
Gen. MacArthur
Everett Douglas Mackay
Air Corps
Corregidor
MacArthur
Nana
Poppa Everett
Alice
Homer M. Groninger
San Francisco Port of Embarkation
Purple Heart
Jean
Truman May Also Visit Japan on Pacific Tour
Reliable Gen. MacArthur headquarters in Tokyo said President Truman plans to visit Japan shortly after his July trip to the Philippines. Other headquarters sources would not confirm or deny the report.
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Truman
Japan
Tokyo
Philippines
Decean MacArthur
Rock Island Trainmen Vote Strike Over Dismissals
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen on the Rock Island system voted to strike at 5 p m Wednesday. The action followed a vote urged by president A F Whitney after the dismissal of three employees without a fair investigation. The union, about 2 500 members, charged the company with evading railroad mediation board awards by changing rules in several other cases.
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Kansas City
Brotherhood of Railroad
Rock Island
J. A. Coleman
Coleman
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood
Railroad Mediation Board
Railroad workers seek 14 cent wage rise in new filing
In Chicago AP reports 15 non operating brotherhoods filed notices demanding a 14 cent per hour wage increase for over 1.05 million railroad workers on 130 carriers. This follows a prior 16 cent raise granted April 3 by arbitration boards. The unions say the 30 cent request is now reduced to 16 cents and do not involve the five operating brotherhoods.
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Chicago
Eastern Iowa Band Festival Sets Cedar Rapids Debut
About 35 high school bands planned to take part in the first Eastern Iowa Band Festival to be held in Cedar Rapids on June 8. The event is sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce bureaus with an all day schedule of parades, concerts, educational tours of local industries, and an evening queen pageant Miss Eastern Iowa. A movie star is expected to attend to name the queen, with each school choosing a queen to accompany its band.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Young Men’s Bureau
Retail Merchants’ Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids Industries
Iowa
Stanley Vesely
Coe College
Wade S. Patterson
Herbert Beckman
Frost Follows Cold Night With Warmups Ahead
Frost covered much of the state with readings down to 25 degrees in Atlantic and 30 in Cedar Rapids. Nurseries reported no frost damage as blooming plants were shielded by warnings. By 2:30 p.m. Cedar Rapids read 60 degrees after a night that reached 38 at midnight and 36 at 7 a.m. Tuesday. No precipitation occurred.
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Atlantic
Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Williams Charge Argument Set in Manslaughter Indictment
Law recaps the manslaughter case against 29 year old Lawrence Wesley Williams. A demurrer argues the indictment is fatally deficient in form and information under Iowa code. Williams remains on a 5000 dollar bond as receivership and liens proceed.
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Cedar Rapids
Lawrence Wesley Williams
Floyd Philbrick
R. S. Milner
Williams
Iowa
William W. Crissman
Coe College
E. J. Weepie
G. K. Thompson
Mary Hazel del Yates
Guy Yates
Palo
OPA Plans To Raise Cigaret Carton Prices
The Office of Price Administration plans to raise prices for multiple-pack and vending machine cigarettes. No increase on single packs. Proposed jumps include five cents per carton, one cent per two packs, and one cent for single packs in vending machines.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Government Holds Fuel Meat Stocks Cited in Report
Harry A. Palmer of Wiland company cites large government meat holdings and stockpiling pending price control talks as reasons for rising storage. CCC pork in warehouses stands at 23,433,000 pounds and government beef holdings at 41,593,000 pounds. Palmer says his firm ships meat promptly to meet government orders and does not withhold shipments.
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Harry A. Palmer
Wil
Cedar Rapids
Commodity Credit Corporation
OPA
Palmer
Boy, 2, Hit by Train in Brush With North Shore Line
EVANSTON Ill UP Guy Morrill aged two escaped with only a cut on the forehead after a baggage train hit him on a track Monday at 40 miles an hour. Motorman Elmer Mink saw the child, applied brakes from 100 feet away, but could not avoid the collision. He was knocked into the air and down an embankment but hospital attendants reported the only injury to be the forehead cut.
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Evanston
Guy Morrill
North Shore Line
Guy
Elmer Mink
Beau
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