Fight Brews On Handling Of Japanese Policy Dispute
Washington and Tokyo clash over MacArthur's policy and the Far Eastern Commission debate. Edwin W. Pauley will survey Japanese assets removed from Manchuria and Korea. The Far Eastern Commission discusses food aid to Japan amid protests by Britain, Russia and China. Whitney warns against probing MacArthur's armor for soft spots.
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Washington
State Byrnes
Edwin W. Pauley
Truman
Orient
Manchuria
Korea
Douglas MacArthur
Par Eastern Commission
United States
Japan
Tokyo
Advisory Council
MacArthur
New Zealand
Far Eastern
Fourpower Council
Gen. MacArthur
Britain
Russia
China
Courtney Whitney
Supreme Headquarters
Whitney
Council
Supreme Commander
Spain
Poland
Mexico
France
Netherlands
Brazil
Australia
Egypt
Triplets Hamper Search for Home
MANITOWOC Wisconsin AP Dr and Mrs R J Van Elis parents of seven sons advertised Thursday for a couple to take care of their 40 month old triplets while they seek to ease housing shortage Eviction notices were issued April 10 and May 10 is the target date Three boys aged 8 16 need space Davis 8 Thomas 12 and Raymond 16 are among the brood The triplets are John Joseph and James Seventh Son Paul 20 is with the army in the South Pacific.
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Manitowoc
Wis
R. J. van Elis
van Elis
Davis
Thomas
Raymond
John
Joseph
James
Paul
South Pacific
Britain and Soviet Split Over Spain at UN
In New York the Britain and Soviet Union clashed in the UN Security Council over Spain. Poland backed breaking relations with Franco while Britain and the Netherlands resisted. the debate produced no decision. The council planned further discussion and an expert panel split on Iran's case.
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Britain
Spain
New York
Great Britain
Russia
United Nations Security Council
Poland
Council
Francisco Franco
Andrei Gromyko
France
Mexico
Madrid
Alexander Cadogan
Netherlands
Brazil
Cadogan
Oscar Lange
Mild Weather Breaks Record In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids records a new spring high of 80 degrees at 2 30 p m surpassing the 79 degree mark set on April 1. The day began with threatening skies and lower readings, but sunshine returned as predictions for warmer weather and possible showers materialized for Saturday.
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Cedar Rapids Newa
Chambers
Girl Wildcat Hides by Day Robs at Night
Seattle police say Joan E. Baker, 20, described as an animal woman, lived in a forest hideout by day and robbed Seattle homes at night. She confessed to stealing over $3,000 in jewelry and goods while guarding loot with a gun. The sheriff called her a wildcat as detectives found loot and a forest hideout.
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Seattle
Joan E. Baker
Baker
Harlan S. Callahan
Greer Garson Survives Eight-Foot Wave Off Monterey Bay
In Carmel California during a location shoot Greer Garson was swept from the shore by an eight foot wave while alongside leading man Richard Hart. Boat operator Vincent Sollezito rescued her. she sustained cuts to her legs and was treated locally.
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Carmel
Calif
Greer Garson
Miss Garson
Richard Hart
Monterey Bay
Hart
Vincent Sollezito
Hoover Will Not Return Just Yet
Dennis Fitzgerald, adviser to Herbert Hoover, said Hoover would continue inspecting European and Asiatic famine areas instead of returning to the United States. He noted Truman's message was not a command to return but an invitation to report to the American people if Hoover wished. Hoover planned to rely on his Friday night radio speech for now.
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Cairo
Ins
Dennis Fitzgerald
Herbert Hoover
United States
Fitzgerald
Truman
Hoover
Famine Emergency Commission
Truman talks with Hoover on postponing return home
President Truman spoke with Herbert Hoover by telephone and agreed to delay Hoover’s return to the United States after Hoover gave reasons for not wanting to come back now. Agriculture Secretary Anderson said the exchange reflected Hoover’s preference and the President’s consent.
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Washington
Truman
Herbert Hoover
Agriculture
Anderson
Hoover
United States
Iowa officials push funding for boy training school reforms
Superintendent Fred N. Cooper urged Iowa residents to fund rehabilitation for boys sent to Eldora’s Iowa Training School. Speaking before 200 peace officers in the Memorial building, he warned that failure to invest would require tripling spending later. He highlighted state comparisons, harsh building conditions, and the need for better staff as the program heads into 1946.
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Fred N. Cooper
Iowa Training School For
Eldora
Iowa
Eastern Central Iowa Peace Officers Association
Memorial Building
FBI
Changchun Reported in Reds Grip
The New China news agency dispatch from Yenan reports Changchun, capital of Manchuria, is under Communist control after forces entered to restore order. A Democratic municipal government is said to have been established as Russians withdraw. About 4,000 Chinese government troops and equal home guards faced around 40,000 Communist troops. AP correspondent Tom Masterson and four other American reporters were in Changchun during the Russian withdrawal.
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Yenan
Changchun
Apital
Manchuria
China News Agency
Communist
Tom Masterson
Masterson
Robert B. Rigg
Chicago
Jack Pond
Portland
Ore
Marshall to lead talks on Manchurian crisis in China mission
General George C. Marshall opened a new slate of consultations in Chungking to halt Nationalist Communist hostilities in Manchuria. Reports from Mukden quoted a Changchun battle with tanks described as driven by officers of another country and a Soviet plane flying over Changchun on April 16.
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Chungking
George C. Marshall
Marshall
United States
Changchun
Butterfly Cafe Sells to Minneapolis Investor Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids restaurant Butterfly Cafe at 306 Third Avenue SE has been sold by Alex and Steve Vavaris to Joseph Annexton of Minneapolis. John McHugh named manager. Purchase price not disclosed. The Vavaris brothers plan a one year rest before reentering Cedar Rapids business.
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Cedar Rapids
Third Avenue SE
Alex
Steve Vavaris
Joseph Annexton
Minneapolis
Annexton
John McHugh
Vavaris Brothers
Glorious Day For Former Pfc Randle In Muncie
Brig. Gen Edwin H. Randle walked into a Muncie police station with a traffic ticket then announced his rank and unit. The desk sergeant replied with a light joke, and the general paid one dollar for the violation.
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Muncie
Ind
Edwin H. Randle
General Randle
Century Plans To Lend 200 Employes Out
Century Engineering Corp faces a threatened shutdown within 10 days due to steel shortages. President E J Lattner announced tentative plans to lend about 200 production workers to Cedar Rapids plants, with return to their jobs once needed materials arrive. About 50 machinists meanwhile moved to Iowa Manufacturing on a lead basis as backlogs and transport issues strain supply chains. The move aims to keep Cedar Rapids workers employed despite the steel and coal strikes and motor component shortages.
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Century Engineering Corporation
Cedar Rapids
E. J. Lattner
Lattner
George Samuelson
International Association of Machinists, A.F. of L
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Century
Indicted in Detroit Used Car Ceiling Price Ring
Twenty-three defendants from Michigan Kentucky and Illinois face six counts each in a federal indictment detailing a $3 million black market for used cars. Cars were bought in Detroit for $50 to $200 over ceiling and sold in Cairo Murray and others for $500 to $700 over ceiling, with operations spanning seven states and involving house to house canvassing and spotters.
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Detroit
CPA
Michigan
Kentucky
Illinois
United States
Joseph C. Murphy
Cairo
Murray
Paducah
Benton
Texas
Arkansas
Mississippi
Tennessee
Louisiana
John C. Lehr
OPA
Office of Price Administration
Washington
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Lehr
Refuse Motion For Dismissal Denied in Nash-Finch Strike Case
Judge G K Thompson refused to dissolve a temporary injunction against AFL Teamsters members involved in the Nash-Finch strike. The order, issued March 27, bars threats to customers, picketing at customers’ sites, and any interference with stores doing business with Nash-Finch. Thompson stressed unions have limits and found no violation of free speech by the injunction. Continued on Page 8, Col 8.
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Cedar Rapids News
AFL Teamsters Union
Wash- Finch Company
G. K. Thompson
Nash- Finch
Nash-Finch
Thompson
Nash
Arsenic Poisoning Strikes 1900 German POWs at Stalag 13
In Frankfurt AP reports 1900 German prisoners of war at Stalag 13 near Nuremberg were stricken with arsenic poisoning in the last 24 hours. No deaths reported as bread from a local bakery, distributed per procedures, was found to contain arsenic. U.S. counter intelligence investigates whether bread reached civilians. Colonel S T Williams notes arsenic on crust rather than in bread and says it may have been sprinkled to combat cockroaches.
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Frankfurt
Stalag 13
Nuernberg
United States Army
Habit with Elevator Results in Death at Station
Washington AP report describes Parlan M Irwin a 59 year old telegrapher on the night shift at the Southern railroad building who routinely operated the elevator himself after work. Leaving with his telephone operator wife and a messenger the doors opened the shaft as he entered the darkened car which was on the sixth floor Irwin was found dead at Emergency hospital early the next morning.
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Washington
Parlan M. Irwin
Southern Railroad
Irwin
Southern
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W. R. Hodgson
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Associated Press
Dorothy Ball
Center
Salvation Army
Mt. Holyoke College
E. Arthur Ball
Ball Brothers Manufacturing Company
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Truman Agrees
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Carl Kane
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Des Moines
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