U.S. Official Accuses Moscow Embassy of Hinderance
Armand D Willis, director of the U S information service in Moscow, charges career Russian haters run the American embassy and block information flow. He says Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith and staff suppress contact with Russians and attempt to shanghai him. Willis resigns after reporting the issues to Washington.
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Moscow
Armand D. Willis
United States Information Service
Willis
Washington
Foreign Service
Walter Bedell Smith
State Department
Office of International Information and Cultural Affairs
Smith
Budapest
Shanghai
Elbridge Durbrow
Wilot
Durbrow
William Benton
Benton
Frederick Reinhardt
OIC
Reinhardt
Stalin Rebuffs Marshall at Moscow Conference
The Moscow talks yield no reversal of Stalin’s rejection of a 40 year four power arms plan. Secretary of State Marshall met with Stalin after Molotov’s stand, but the Kremlin remains firm. Officials say the conference will likely end this week without agreement.
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Moscow
INS
Josef Stalin
Russia
Germany
Stalin
Marshall
Kremlin
Molotov
Bevin
Bidault
Senate Passes Slots Tax Bill In Iowa
The Iowa Senate approved a two percent sales tax on slot machines and other amusements not covered by admission tickets. The bill, sent to Governor, would raise an estimated 600000 to 800000 yearly with exemptions for bowling alleys. It takes effect July 1 and does not legalize illegal gambling.
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Des Moines
Senate
House
R. B. Hawkins
Leon
Frank Byers
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Board of Education
Baruch Urges 44 Hour Week to Preserve World Order
Bernard M. Baruch told South Carolina lawmakers that a 44 hour five and a half day work week with no strikes or layoffs through Jan 1 1949 is essential to sustain the American way of life. He warned war persists abroad and at home and urged production and self help to renew world security and economic strength.
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Columbia
S. C
INS
Bernard M. Baruch
Baruch
South Carolina
United States
Missionaries of Hope
America
British Hang Dov Gruner in Acre Prison Dawn
JERUSALEM AP reports Dov Bella Gruner and three other Jews convicted of anti British violence were hanged in Acre prison at dawn as authorities began iron security measures to avert bloody retaliation.
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Jerusalem
Dov Bella Gruner
Acre
Bomb found at Colonial Office linked to Jewish terrorism
London police described a powerful homemade bomb with a fuse found in the Colonial Office, hours after four Jewish extremists were executed in Palestine. A department spokesman said the device, made of 26 sticks of gelignite, could blow up the four story building and appeared connected to Jewish terrorist activities against the country.
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London
Colonial Office
Palestine
Department
Warmer Weather To Follow Snow
Eastern Iowa awoke to a snow cover fading under a bright sun as Cedar Rapids logged about three and a half inches. Temperatures were projected to rise toward 60 degrees on Thursday with clear but cold conditions tonight, as eastern Iowa lows near 28 degrees.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Illinois
Wisconsin
Indiana
Michigan
Cherry-Burrell workers back on job after short strike
About 340 members of the United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers Union walked out at the Cedar Rapids dairy equipment plant Tuesday noon in a two hour conference that ended without a settlement. They returned to work Wednesday morning as a five day recess began and negotiations continued.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cherry-Burrell Corporation
Cedar Rapids Dairy Equipment
United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers Union
CIO
Senate panel calls cut in Iowa school aid totals
Iowa Senate appropriations committee recommended 10.625 million dollars yearly state aid to schools a 4.5 million cut from house figures The plan lowers general aid per pupil 8 million to 5 million land tax credits for farm schools fall from 3 million to 1 million and needy district aid from 1.5 million to 1 million A 2 million tranche would be permanent and 3 million emergency funds would be released from surplus for two years only.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Byers Faul propose half surplus for school aid and reserves
Senators Byers and Faul lay out an amendment to use about half of Iowa's $60 million treasury surplus for general school aid over four years while keeping large reserve funds for state operations. The plan would allocate 16 million for next biennium, 16 million as an emergency school aid fund, and 25 million as a state treasury reserve.
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Des Moines
Frank C. Byers
Cedar Rapids
George M. Faul
Treasury
General Assembly
Government Rejects Plan for Telephone Peace Strike
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach ruled out immediate federal seizure of the telephone industry after the government peace plan was rejected to end a 10 day strike by 340 000 workers. He said the proposal sought a middle ground and would pressure unions to accept wage terms.
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Agement
Schnellenbach
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
National Federation of Telephone Workers
A. T
NFTW
Washington
INS
Schwellenbach
Beirne to Reply Tonight on Schwellenbach Speech
Joseph Beirne head of the telephone strikers plans a televised reply to Secretary Schwellenbach. The address will be broadcast from 7:15 to 7:30 p m over Iowa te.
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Washington
Joseph Beirne
Schwellenbach
Iowate
Northwestern Bell backs modification of arbitration proposal
The Northwestern Bell Telephone Company's regional Omaha headquarters issued a statement Tuesday night supporting changes to the government arbitration proposal in the telephone strike. The note signals the company's intent to seek a negotiated path while maintaining service and labor peace.
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Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Omaha
Texas City Blast Death Toll Soars Across Reports
AP dispatches from New York Houston and Washington indicate Texas City faces a death toll from 200 to 1000 with 2000 to 3500 injured. Authorities ordered immediate evacuation due to spreading poisonous gas fumes, while the Red Cross earmarks 225000 for relief and sends 30 disaster experts.
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New York
Coast Guard
Texas
Texas City
Houston, Texas
Washington
American Red Cross
Police order relief workers out as TNT threat looms
Texas City police ordered all disaster relief workers away from the waterfront area late Wednesday amid reports of a possible TNT explosion threatening the scene and prompting precautionary evacuations.
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Texas City
Texas
Refineries Hit After Tank Explosions Near Texas City
Coast guard reports from a communications truck indicate one refinery tank exploded and the Humble Oil Company tank, the largest on site, is expected to blow up. The alert comes as the crisis unfolds at Texas City.
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New Orleans
Coast Guard
Texas City
Humble Oil Company
Fire and Explosion At Texas City Nitrate Ship
Dr W H Lane recounts a French cargo ship loading nitrate near Monsanto in Texas City catching fire. The blast hurled workers to the floor, cracked walls, and sent bystanders fleeing as additional explosions followed and several ships nearby reportedly detonated.
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Houston
Galveston
Grand Camp
Monsanto Chemical Corporation
The
Tribune
Texas City
Texas
Monsanto
Pan-American
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Eldora
Europe
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Pelly
W. H. Sanberg
Texas City Terminal Railway Company
Grand
Stone Oil Company
Republic Oil Company
Sanberg
W. F. Laddish
J. C. Colwick
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J. K. Poage
Cedar Bayou
Austin
Arthur B. Knickerbocker
Beauford H. Jester
Texas City Police
Telephone Union
Averett Cotter
Southwestern Telephone Workers Union
Bill Nottingham
Houston Post
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