Stettinius Defends U S Iran Policy Amid Nuclear Clash
In New York Edward R. Stettinius Jr defended American aims in the Iran case before the UN as Gromyko pressed to drop the dispute. He argued Russia’s troop presence influenced Iran’s last minute changes while the security council weighs whether to keep the issue on its agenda until Russian forces depart.
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New York
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Russia
Iran
Trygve Lie
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 Returns to Wartime Controls Under New Subsidy Plan
Washington officials unveil a five point program to stabilize dairy prices and boost production. Key steps include May 1 increases in subsidy payments, reduced seasonal cuts, July 1 boosts in milk returns and butterfat, restored butterfat limits for ice cream, and new ceilings on commercially separated cream sales.
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Washington (Ap
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Rock Island Trainmen Vote to Strike at 5 P M
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen on the Rock Island system voted to strike at 5 p m Wednesday. Chair man J A Coleman said the decision followed a strike vote that was overwhelmingly in favor. The 2500 members protested the dismissal of three employees without a fair investigation and alleged the company changed rules to evade railroad mediation board awards.
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Kansas City
Brotherhood of Railroad
Rock Island
J. A. Coleman
Coleman
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood
Railroad Mediation Board
Draft extension clash over claimed stupidity and pay rise
Senator John A Johnson accused the War Department of blind stupidity for seeking a one year draft extension. He urged a six week extension instead while noting the House approved a nine month measure that could render the act inoperative after May 15. The Senate paused further action on the draft extender and the companion pay bill. The Senate passed the pay raise plan 64 to 13, proposing stepped increases for enlisted ranks and officers.
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Washington
Sen
Johnson
D-Colo
War Department
Senate
Patterson
House
Congress
Sick Youth Foiled By Red Tape
Philadelphia youth Joseph Diamond, 21, pleads with Merck in Rahway New Jersey and with New York officials to obtain streptomycin amid federal procurement limits. Rahway Mayor Doctor Edward Carlin warns black market sales flourish as Keefer, the only agent authorized to release the drug, is unavailable.
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New York
Philadelphia
Joseph Diamond
Rahway
N. J
Merck and Company
New York County
Frank Hogan
Merck
Diamond
William Erb
Julius
Edward J. Carlin
Carlin
United States
Chester Keefer
National Research Council
Keefer
Boston
Meat storage stocks higher than year ago at April 1
United States Department of Agriculture figures show total meat storage at 671,211,000 pounds, up more than 100,000,000 from a year earlier. Beef and pork stocks lead gains while veal and lamb decline. packers dispute government data and call the rise a political move shaping civilian meat access.
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Chicago
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Remember the Old Days Homes Had Guest Rooms
Houston report on Housing Week postponement due to lack of accommodations for guest speakers. Marie McGuire, planning committee chair, explained she could not secure suitable living arrangements for visiting speakers.
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Houston
Tex
Marie McGuire
Truman Signs Bill Against Petrillo Tactics
President Truman signed a federal offense bill targeting coercion of radio broadcasters by the AFL musicians union led by James C Petrillo. The measure imposes up to one year in prison and a $1000 fine for forcing hiring above need, paying for nonperformed services, paying for phonograph usage, or duplicating a program transcript. Interference with broadcasts of foreign cultural or educational programs also faces penalties.
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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 units. A national military council spokesman said the peace preservation corps and a small government force still held the capital late Tuesday as the First Army moved north from Seipinghai to relieve the besieged garrison.
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Chungking
Changchun
Central
National Military Council
Chinese First Army
Seipinghai
Traffic Accident Reporting Rule in City Ordinance
The driver involved in a crash causing injury or death or extensive property damage must report the accident immediately to the Chief of Police. This is the eighteenth ordinance in the city traffic series.
Senate Approves Housing Bill With Prevailing Wage Clause
The Senate passed a housing bill aimed at 15 million homes in 10 years, adding a prevailing wage clause to be set by the labor secretary. The amendment, opposed by Taft and Ellender, would affect FHA insured mortgages on small homes. The package also expands FHA, funds low rent housing, and creates a national housing agency.
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Washington
Senate
House
Federal Housing Administration
CIO
AFL
Secretary of Labor
Ellender
D-La
Raymond M. Foley
McFarland
Dariz
Eliender
Taft
Wage
D-N-Y
War Orphan To Get Dad's Medal
Eight year old Joan Dewey Mackay, a war orphan whose photo was a pinup in a Japanese prison camp, was to receive her father Everett Douglas Mackay’s Purple Heart. Gen. MacArthur arranged for the medal, with Maj. Gen. Homer M. Groninger to present it at waterfront ceremonies in San Francisco after Mackay died in a Japanese camp in March 1945.
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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 to Visit Japan After Philippines Tour
Reports from Gen. Douglas MacArthur headquarters say President Truman plans a Pacific trip including Japan after a July visit to the Philippines. Other headquarters sources declined to confirm or comment on the plan.
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Truman
Japan
Tokyo
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Rail workers seek 14 cent raise in wage dispute
Chicago AP reports 15 non operating railroad brotherhoods filed notices asking for a 14 cent hourly raise for over one million workers across 130 carriers. Existing awards of 16 cents on April 3 by government arbitration. The request targets the gap between the original 30 cent demand and the 16 cent grant, excluding five operating brotherhoods.
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Chicago
Eastern Iowa Band Festival Set for Cedar Rapids June 8
About 35 high school bands are slated to participate in the first Eastern Iowa Band festival in Cedar Rapids on June 8. The event, sponsored by the young men's bureau and the retail merchants bureau of the Chamber of Commerce, features a parade, a mass concert, two band stand performances, and an afternoon program of entertainment and education. Educational tours of Cedar Rapids industries, a noon dinner, and a snack supper are planned. A queen to reign in the evening pageant as Miss Eastern Iowa will be chosen, with a movie star attending to select the queen. Participants include bands from area schools and Coe College bands led by Stanley Vesely. Wade S. Patterson and Herbert [incomplete].
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Young Men’s Bureau
Retail Merchants’ Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids Industries
Iowa
Stanley Vesely
Coe College
Wade S. Patterson
Herbert
Frost Causes Little Damage as Warm-Up Promises Relief
Frost covered the state Monday night with lows as cold as 25 degrees in Atlantic and 30 degrees in Cedar Rapids. Nurseries reported no frost damage with early plantings protected and no precipitation recorded as Tuesday afternoon reached 60 degrees.
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Atlantic
Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Williams Charge Argument Is Set
Legal points of the manslaughter indictment against Lawrence Wesley Williams 29 will be argued at 10 a m Thursday per Judge Floyd Philbrick assignment. Williams is on 5000 bond while a demurrer claims the indictment is fatally deficient as to form and information.
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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 Hazeldel Yates
Guy Yates
Palo
OPA Plans To Raise Cigaret Carton Price
The Office of Price Administration plans to raise prices on multiple-pack and vending machine cigarettes. There will be no increase for single pack sales. Proposed increases are five cents per carton, one cent for two packs, and one cent for single packs in vending machines.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Government meat stocks cited as reason for storage rise
Harry A. Palmer of Wilson and Co Cedar Rapids plant cites large government pork and beef holdings and a tendency to hold back shipments pending price control settlement as factors behind higher meat storage stocks. He notes CCC pork at 23,433,000 pounds and government beef at 41,593,000 pounds outside processors. Palmer says his firm ships meat as fast as government orders allow.
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Harry A. Palmer
Wilson and Company
Cedar Rapids
Commodity Credit Corporation
OPA
Palmer
Boy, 2, Escapes Train Brush With Minor Cut
Evanston Illinois reports a two year old boy named Guy Morrill receiving only a forehead cut after a near fatal encounter with a North Shore Line baggage train at 40 mph. The child sat on the tracks Monday as the train approached from 100 feet away. The motorman Elmer Mink applied brakes but could not avoid contact. Hospital attendants confirmed the sole injury was a cut on the forehead.
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Evanston
Ill
Guy Morrill
North Shore Line
Elmer Mink
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