Dixie Demos Act To Foil Purge Move
Southern Democrats seize control of a House caucus and form an 11 member special committee to counter leaders and oppose punishing insurgents. The move signals heightened conflict within the Democratic Party over the New Deal era and foreshadows tensions at the 1948 national convention. The panel includes Speaker Rayburn and leaders but is filled with anti New Deal Democrats challenging the leftward drift.
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Truman Urges Hoover Return Home Over World Food Crisis
President Truman urged Herbert Hoover to return to the United States to explain the need for European food aid. Hoover, in Cairo en route to India, China and Japan, leads the famine emergency committee. The report details calls for tougher wheat controls, a 25 percent flour cut, and tighter meat use to free grain for hungry abroad.
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Truman
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Hoover
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India
China
Japan
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Orient
Combined Food Board
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Ttey
City Traffic Ordinance Warns Against U Turns
The ordinance prohibits drivers from turning to go in the opposite direction unless safe and non disruptive. It also forbids completing a U turn at intersections controlled by signals. This is the twentieth installment in a series on city traffic rules.
Body of Man Found in River near Prairie Creek
The body of Frank Alberts 51 of Millersburg was recovered from the Cedar river near Prairie Creek at about 3 15 p m Wednesday. Identification made by Mrs Alberts and two sons who arrived in Cedar Rapids near 2 a m Thursday after being notified of the discovery. Linn county coroner Dr T Frank Hersch ruled drowning with no signs of foul play. Two 15 year old boys Bill Bilsland and Douglas Wear found the body snagged about 30 feet from the west river bank. laundry marks helped confirm the name Albert. The report notes the two handkerchiefs marked Alberts and mentions continued investigation.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank Alberts
Millersburg
Cedar River
Prairie Creek
Alberts
T. Frank Hersch
Linn County
Bill Bilsland
C Street
Douglas Wear
Ely Avenue
Bilsland
George Connell
Milk price boost allowed in Midwest urged by OPA
The Office of Price Administration authorized a half cent per quart increase in retail milk in several Midwest communities effective Friday. Rae E. Walters said the regional emergency action aims to ease a fluid milk shortage caused by diversion to manufacturing and other markets. Cedar Rapids is cited among cities, though operators report no official notice yet and say shortages persist as manufacturers pay higher prices.
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Chicago
Midwest
Office of Price Administration
Rae E. Walters
OPA
Office of Economic Stabilization
Department of Agriculture
CES
Cedar Rapids
Boy Loses Thumb But Shields Pal
Four and a half year old Billy Rice of Minneapolis arrived home with a crudely tied bandage and a missing left thumb. He said a playmate chopped it off while cutting wood and buried the digit to keep his parents from finding out. Doctors expect healing in about two weeks but he remains left handed.
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Minneapolis
Billy Rice
William Rice
Billy
Housing Situation Brings Post Office Aches in Cedar Rapids
Post office records reveal a housing crunch driving a flood of change of address cards. About 2,250 monthly changes flood Cedar Rapids as families move seeking space, with 75 daily changes at the general delivery window and 44 carriers handling the flow amid crowded conditions.
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Cedar Rapids
S. G. Smith
Smith
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Smiths
Robert T. Lubbock
Lubbock
Post Office
President Truman to Address World Famine Crisis on Friday
President Truman will speak on the world famine crisis in a 30 minute worldwide broadcast at 6 00 p m central standard time Friday The four major networks will carry the program Former President Herbert Hoover will join as honorary chairman of the famine emergency committee
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Washington
Truman
Herbert Hoover
16 Cent Raise Advised For Rail Engineers and Trainmen
An emergency fact finding board advised President Truman to grant a 16 cent hourly wage increase for over 200000 railroad engineers and trainmen. The Brotherhoods of Engineers and Trainmen sought about 30 cents an hour, or roughly 25 percent, in their request.
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Washington
Truman
Brotherhoods of Engineers
State Dept Worried by Iranian Gag
The State Department weighed possible reactions to Iran’s new blind censorship of outgoing dispatches amid suspicions of Russian pressure connected to the UN Security Council dispute. Tehran challenged Britain over Bahrain island and taxed Bahraini oil, asserting Iran’s claim to the island and its integral status.
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United States
Iran
United Nations Security Council
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Washington
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State Department
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Persian Gulf
United Nations
Britain
Predict Warmer Weather Friday
Forecast calls for a warmer Friday after a cool night. The weather summary notes recent temperatures including 68 degrees at 2 30 p m Thursday and a Wednesday high near 76 degrees between 2 30 and 4 p m. Overnight low fell to 38 degrees with a 7 a m reading of 40.
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Cedar Rapids
Weatherboy
Chambers
Truman Plans Weeklong Atlantic Cruise for Naval Maneuvers
President Truman will depart Sunday for a week on the yacht Williamsburg to Norfolk and Hampton Roads, then join the carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Atlantic to observe maneuvers through Tuesday noon. He will be in radio contact with the White House and travel with his immediate staff.
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Truman
Atlantic
Charles G. Ross
White House
Williamsburg
Norfolk
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hampton Roads
Chesapeake Bay
Ross
Gage to retire as Lindenwood College head
Dr. Harry Morehouse Gage will retire as Lindenwood College president at the end of the fiscal year after June commencement. He has led Lindenwood since 1941 after earlier presidencies at Coe College and Huron College and holds multiple honorary degrees. Mrs. Gage noted no fixed relocation plans, plans remain indefinite.
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Cedar Rapids News
Harry Morehouse Gage
Lindenwood College
St. Charles
Lindenwood Bulletin
Gage
Coe Colllege
Lindenwood
John L. Roemer
Coe
Huron College
Huron
Wooster College
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Wooster
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Illinois College
Emporia College
Association of American Colleges
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Presbyterian
Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Chicago
The
Gazette
George N. Harless
C Avenue NE
Williams Demurrer Hearing Over Manslaughter Case
Lawrence Wesley Williams 29 faced a demurrer argument in his manslaughter indictment. Judge Floyd Philbrick said a ruling would come by Saturday noon. County Attorney William Crissman, assistant David Elderkin, and Williams attorney R S Milner argued the form and sufficiency of the indictment during a two hour session. The March 15 accident near Ma zon Illinois killed Coe College sophomore June LaVelle Davy. Milner labeled the indictment a blunderbus and dangerous to proceed. He claimed it lacked proper information and form required by law.
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Cedar Rapids News
Lawrence Wesley Williams
Floyd Philbrick
Philbrick
William W. Crissman
David M. Elderkin
R. S. Milner
Williams
June LaVelle Davy
Coe College
Ma~ Zon
Ill
Milner
House votes to extend OPA nine months in changed form
The House approved a nine month extension of the office of price administration but in amendments Porter warned would wreck price control. The vote was 355 to 42 with Iowa's Dolliver siding with the minority. Rent control survived the rebuke with all attempts to revise ceilings defeated.
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OPA
Paul Porter
Truman
Iowa
Dolliver
Senate
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Charles G. Ross
Ross
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