United StatesDefends Iran Policy In UN Row With Russia
United States senior delegate Edward Stettinius denies bad faith in the Iran dispute as Trygve Lie notes a legal question on re opening Iranian case. Gromyko charges motives while Stettinius insists the council keep the case on agenda until Russian forces depart Iran. France, Poland offer limited compromise amid broad opposition to ending the dispute.
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New York
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Russia
Iran
Trygve Lie
Unity Nations Security Council
Agena
Committee of Experts
Henry Bonnet
Stettinius
Andrei Gromyko
United States
Great Britain
United Nations
Gromyko
Alexander Cadogan
Britain
Holland
Australia
Brazil
Egypt
Mexico
Council
Poland
France
Butterfat Returns to Wartime Controls Planned
Washington AP Stabilization Director Chester Bowles announced a revised five point dairy subsidy program to prevent milk price rises and boost butter production. Measures include higher subsidy payments in May and July, higher butterfat pay, restored limits on butterfat use in ice cream, and price ceilings on cream sales.
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Washington (Ap
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Remember the Old Days Guest Rooms Delayed Housing Week
Houston housing week was postponed as planning chair Marie McGuire cited the lack of living accommodations for guest speakers. The delay highlights ongoing housing scarcity affecting event logistics and public discussions.
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Houston
Tex
Marie McGuire
Truman Signs Bill Aimed at Petrillo
President Truman signed federal legislation to curb coercion against radio broadcasters aimed at curbing AFL musicians union practices led by James C. Petrillo. The act imposes up to one year in prison and a $1000 fine for forcing stations to hire more staff, pay for unperformed services, compensate unions for phonograph use, or pay again for a transcript, with similar penalties for interfering with foreign educational broadcasts.
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Washington
Truman
AFL Musicians Union
James C. Petrillo
Reds Smash into Manchu Capital in Chungking Report
Central News Agency said Communist troops breached Changchun on Monday delivering bitter house to house fighting with a few Nationalist troops. A military spokesman claimed peace preservation and small government forces still held the capital late Tuesday as reports said 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 Regulation Reporting After Accidents
Regulation states a driver involved in a vehicle crash resulting in injury death or property damage of 200 dollars or more must immediately report the incident to the Chief of Police. This is the eighteenth article in the city traffic ordinances series.
Senate Approves Housing Bill With Prevailing Wage Clause
The Senate passed a housing bill aimed at 15,000,000 homes in the next decade. An amendment requiring prevailing wages on FHA financed homes drew opposition and warnings from officials that it could undermine mortgage insurance. The measure sets up a national housing agency, expands FHA loan insureds, and includes provisions for urban redevelopment and public housing with annual funding.
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Washington
Senate
House
Federal Housing Administration
CIO
AFL
Secretary of Labor
Federal, Home Loan Bank Board
FHA
Insurance Companies
War Orphan To Get Dad's Medal
In San Francisco a war orphan, Joan Dewey Mackay, known as a prize pinup in a Japanese camp, was set to receive her father Everett Mackay's Purple Heart. Gen. MacArthur arranged to have the medal found for her. her father died in a Japanese prison camp after being captured on Corregidor in 1945.
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San Francisco
Joan Dewey Mackay
Gen. MacArthur
Everett Douglas Mackay
Air Corps
Corregidor
MacArthur
Nana
Poppa Everett
Mamma
Alice
Homer M. Groninger
San Francisco Port of Embarkation
Purple Heart
Jean
Truman Plans Pacific Tour Including Japan Visit
President Truman intends to visit Japan soon after his July trip to the Philippines, with Gen. Douglas MacArthur's headquarters declining to confirm or deny the additional plans.
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Truman
Japan
Tokyo
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Rock Island Strike Vote by Trainmen
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen on the Rock Island system voted to strike at 5 p.m. Wednesday. Chairman J A Coleman said the action followed a vote overwhelmingly in favor, sparked by the dismissal of three employees without impartial investigation. He cited six to seven other cases where the company allegedly changed rules to evade 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
Rail wage increase sought by Chicago unions
In Chicago, 15 non operating railroad brotherhoods filed notices demanding a 14 cent per hour raise for over one million workers across 130 carriers. The wage hike would fill the gap between the 30 cent original demand and the 16 cent board award from April 3, while operating brotherhoods are not part of this action.
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Chicago
Army Draft Stand Raked As Stupidity
Senator John son accuses the War Department of blind and congenital stupidity for seeking a one year extension of the draft law and warns the House approved nine month extension renders the act impotent after May 15. He urges a six week extension and notes the Senate will likely slow action on the two bills while the pay raise passes.
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Washington
Sen
Johnson
D-Colo
War Department
Senate
Patterson
House
Congress
Eastern Iowa Band Festival in Cedar Rapids June 8
About 35 high school bands expected for Cedar Rapids first annual Eastern Iowa Band Festival on June 8. Sponsored by the young men’s bureau and the retail merchants’ bureau of the Chamber of Commerce. Parade kickoff, mass band concert at Hawkeye Downs, two band stands in afternoon concerts, entertainment and education programs, industry tours, noon dinner, and queen selection Miss Eastern Iowa. Stanley Vesely helps lead Coe College bands. co-chairmen are Wade S. Patterson and Herbert Beckman.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Young Men’s Bureau
Retail, Merchants’ Bureau
Chamber ‘of Commerce
Asia
Hawkeye,Downs
Cedar Rapids Industries
Stanley Vesely
Cedar. Rapids
Wade S. Patterson
Herbert Beckman
Aid for Sick Youth Foiled By Red Tape
Philadelphia youth Julius Diamond, 21, and a Rahway New Jersey boy face scarce streptomycin as officials fight red tape to obtain the drug. Merck distribution, government clearance, and a black market surge hinder access while Dr Keefer is away.
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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
Warm Weather Expected After Frost across Iowa
Mild temperatures return after a frosty night with readings as low as 25 degrees at Atlantic and 30 in Cedar Rapids. Nurseries report no frost damage although some early plantings remain underground or just breaking soil while other areas show no precipitation as Tuesday climbs to 60 degrees.
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Cedar Rapids
Atlantic
Mercury
Chambers
Williams Charge Argument Is Set
Lawrance Wesley Williams 29 faces a manslaughter indictment to be argued at 10 a.m. Thursday after defense demurrer alleging the indictment is fatally deficient in form and information. Williams held on $5,000 bond as the case proceeds, stemming from a March 15 accident that killed a Coe College student. Temporary receiver named for Williams’ property with permanent to follow April 24, and a lien placed on real estate amid a $5,000 damage suit by Mary Hazel del Yates and her father Guy Yates of Palo seeking redress for the same incident.
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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
Washington officials report the Office of Price Administration plans to raise prices on multiple pack and vending machine cigaret sales. There will be no increase for single pack cigarets. Proposed hikes include five cents per carton and one cent for each two pack and single pack sold in vending machines.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Meat storage stocks rise from last year, government report shows
Special correspondent notes April 1 storage figures at 671,211,000 pounds up more than 100,000,000 from a year ago. Beef, pork, and canned meats exceed last year while veal and lamb decline. Packers dispute the rise, some claim meat held for government accounts, others call it political maneuvering amid OPA battles.
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Chicago
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Government meat holdings cited as reason for storage rise
Harry A. Palmer of Wilson and Co Cedar Rapids plant cites large government pork and beef stocks and producers delaying shipments amid price control unsettledness. He notes CCC pork in government warehouses at 23,433,000 pounds and 41,593,000 pounds of beef held outside processors. Palmer says his firm ships meat as fast as government orders arrive.
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Harry A. Palmer
Wilson and Company
Cedar Rapids
Commodity Credit Corporation
OPA
Palmer
Boy, 2, Hit by Train Near-Fatal Brush
Evanston, Illinois. Guy Morrill aged two was on a North Shore Line baggage train track when a train at 40 mph struck him. The motorman Elmer Mink applied brakes too late. the boy was knocked into an embankment but hospital reports only a cut on the forehead.
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Evanston, II
Guy Morrill
North Shore Line
Guy
Elmer Mink
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