Death of Chief Justice Stone Leaves Open Court
Washington AP Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone died at 73 after a sudden cerebral hemorrhage. The seven member court faces a possible 4 to 4 impasse until a new appointee, likely from President Truman, reshapes the bench. Speculation focuses on possible nominees among Justices Douglas Jackson and Frankfurter among Democrats, with Republican Harold Burton the lone Republican on the court. Stone had served since 1925 and guided key dissents shaping U.S. law.
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Washington
Harlan F. Stone
Supreme Court
Truman
President Coolidge
Stone
Roosevelt
Mr. Truman
William O. Douglas
Robert H. Jackson
Felix Frankfurter
Hugo Black
Stanley F. Reed
Frank Murphy
Wiley Rutledge
Patterson
New York
New Hampshire
Jackson
Nuernberg
Harold .H. Burton
Mussolini's body stolen from Milan grave site
Milan authorities report Mussolini's unmarked body was removed at night from Maggiore cemetery by unknown persons. An inquiry is under way. Police suspect grave-robbing knowledge, while authorities deny ties to prison riots.
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Milan
Benito Mussolini
Maggiore
Mussolini
St. Vittore
Dance class in Wilkes-Barre ends for lack of girls
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania an adult dancing class was discontinued after 72 registrants produced only five women. The program failed not due to male shortage but due to insufficient female participation.
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Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Byrnes Leaves Washington for Paris Foreign Ministers Meeting
Secretary of State James F Byrnes departed Washington by air for Paris to attend a major four foreign ministers conference. He flew Truman's plane Stored Cow via Newfoundland, expected duration about 17 1/2 hours. Byrnes declined to predict return time and cited the tough nature of the assignment. He quoted the hymn Standing in the Need of Prayer when asked for comment.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Paris
Truman
Stephensville
Newfoundland
Byrnes
National
Cedar Rapids Stores Set Summer Hours Across District
Cedar Rapids retailers announced summer hours from 9 30 a m to 5 p m weekdays and 9 30 a m to 6 p m Saturdays. The change runs June 3 through August 31 and was decided by 30 firms at a Chamber of Commerce retail merchants bureau meeting. The committee also discussed possible rescheduling of downtown bus routes. Police Chief Tom Con Le and Traffic Captain Jesse Clift presented the plan.
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Cedar Rapids
Retail Merchants Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Tom Con le
Jesse Clift
OPA Sets 1946 Car Price Ceilings for Ford and Mercury
OPA fixed price ceilings Tuesday for two 1946 models. The Ford super deluxe eight cylinder sportsman convertible coupe tops at 1558 dollars, while the Mercury sportsman convertible coupe tops at 1764 dollars. Prices exclude excise taxes transportation and preparation. No 1942 model comparisons listed.
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Washington
OPA
Ford
Mercury
Resourceful aunt greets Australian bride on pier
Mrs Louis H Erb of Piedmont Calif rushes onto a San Francisco pier with flowers candy and a picket sign Audrie Duncan to greet her nephew B T Duncan whose Australian bride is docking aboard the Monterey Monday The plan succeeds as the bride sees the sign and calls from the deck
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San Francisco
Louis H. Erb
Piedmont
Calif
B. T. Duncan
Chicago
Monterey
Europe Faces 11 Million Orphan Crisis Says Hoover Mission
Cairo based report by Maurice Pate for Herbert Hoover’s mission warns 11 million orphans and half orphans across Europe due to war, famine, and mass migrations. Poland Austria Yugoslavia and Germany hardest hit with high infant mortality and TB. England cited for strong child feeding programs. Vienna and Belgrade among worst affected urban areas.
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Cairo
INS
Herbert Hoover
Europe
Maurice Pate
Centerville
Mass
Hoover
Poland
Austria
Yugoslavia
Germany
England
Eng
Pate
Warsaw
Vienna
Austrian
Belgrade
Yugoslav
Greece
Rail Express Strike Looms Amid National Labor Turmoil
United Press reports a proposed strike against the Railway Express Agency could idle 65,000 additional workers, with 660,000 already out. AFL leaders seek a 16 cent hourly wage boost as Detroit's Ernest T Weir warns coal strikes threaten steel and auto supply. United States Steel plans a major production cut as pilots threaten a weeklong strike unless Truman acts.
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Railway Express Agency
George M. Harrison
AFL Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
Nationwide Railway Express
Detroit
Ernest T. Weir
National Steel Corporation
AFL United Mine Workers
Weir
United States Steel Corporation
Pittsburgh
David L. Bedicke
Chicago
AFL Air Line Pilots Association
Transcon
Young Demo Head Joins Republicans
Chester J. Michalak resigned as president of the Young Democrats of Wisconsin and announced he was joining the Republican party. He accused the Democrats of abandoning liberal values and favoring government over the people, urging liberal Young Democrats to switch parties. He faulted the Democratic stance toward Poland, Iran, and other nations and criticized fellow Young Democrats for pro Russia sentiment.
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Milwaukee
Chester J. Michalak
Young Democrats of
Wisconsin
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Party
People
Michalak
Poland
Iran
Young Democrats
Russia
America
Committee backs services merger in defense restructuring
Washington UPI reports the Senate Military Affairs Committee approved a bill to merge the armed services into a single Department of Defense. The vote was 10 to 1.
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Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Department of Defense
Cedar Rapids Bridge Speed Limit Ordinance
City ordinance prohibits operating any motor vehicle on bridges in Cedar Rapids at speeds over 20 miles per hour. This is the twenty second piece in a series on local traffic rules.
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Cedar Rapids
Navy to establish Ready Reserve division in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids will host a United States Navy Ready Reserve unit as part of the Ninth Naval District. Lt Cmdr will lead and recruit locally, with 13 officers and 200 enlisted, focusing on electronics and staff roles. Training includes twice weekly drills and a two week summer cruise, with pay scale by rank. The program is tentative, pending congressional funding.
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Cedar Rapids
United States Naval
George D. Murray
Ninth Naval District
Great Lakes
Ill
Naval Reserve
John M. McIsaac
Hold That Line Haircut Prices Up In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids barber rates rise to 3 for haircuts effective May 24 under a new working agreement between Journeyman Barbers local 97 and the Cedar Rapids Master Barbers association. Minimum weekly earnings, shop hours, meal breaks, and holiday closures outlined. Shaves and other services priced as listed two years ago.
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Cedar Rapids
John Greenlee
Cedar Rapids Master Barbers Association
Journeyman Barbers Local No. 97
AFL
Journeyman
William Convey
E. W. Eaton
Confusion Over OPA Sparks Cedar Rapids Debate
Cedar Rapids residents face mixed views on the OPA with business leaders split and locals fearful of inflation if price ceilings vanish. Vandals damaged the OPA office after a Legion dance, while college economists declined to comment. Professor C Ward Macy warns against releasing price controls amid shortages.
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OPA
House of Representatives
Cedar Rapids
Memorial Building
College of Commerce
University of Iowa
C. Ward Macy
Coe College
Lone Bandit Robs Woman Bank Cashier
A Denmark Iowa bank branch at the post office was robbed of 79 dollars by a gunman who fled in a black two seater car. Postmaster Lois C Woodruff, who also manages the bank, handed over 79 dollars from the cash drawer after him threatening with a nickel plated revolver. The bandit wore a service man discharge button on his lapel and demanded the bank funds, leaving the 2,450 dollars reportedly in the bank untouched.
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Denmark, Ia
Denmark
Lois C Woodruff
Woodruff
East Lon State
Rain Freshens Cedar Rapids After Lively Iowa Rainfall
Weather reports say Cedar Rapids and eastern Iowa look greener Tuesday morning after Monday night rain. official tallies show varied totals across the state with Cedar Rapids receiving about half an inch and highs reaching 83 degrees, while temperatures cooled from 71 to the upper 50s overnight.
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Cedar Rapids
Weatherboy
Iowa
Indianola
Creston
Iowa City
Waterloo
Ottumwa
Dubuque
Marshalltown
Carpenter union leader J Robert Weyler dies at 62
J Robert Weyler aged 62, national representative for the International Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, died Monday night in Louisville. Weyler led local and national union efforts and was a prominent figure in carpentry labor circles.
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Louisville
J. Robert Weyler
International Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Government Steps To Ease Men's Suit Shortage
Washington reports Gov action aims to relieve a cotton apparel shortage with new emergency measures. The Civilian Production Administration surveys 80 manufacturers to identify why output fell nearly a million short of the 3,500,000 suit goal for the first quarter. An Erskine directive pushes relief by combining price rises and wartime controls to secure yarn and fabric for shirts underwear and work clothes.
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Graves B.erskine
Erskine
CPA
American sailor goes berserk on Yangtze vessel
In Shanghai US Navy reports an armed Seventh Fleet sailor killed nine shipmates and wounded another aboard LST 172 on Tuesday. William V. Smith of Ashville North Carolina used a carbine revolver and knife before being overpowered. One sailor died, another wounded, and Smith wounded himself as he tried to take his own life. Prevalent details name several victims and note next of kin not yet notified.
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Shanghai
Seventh Fleet
Yangtze River
William V. Smith
Ashville
N.C
Smith
Kenneth M. Stalnecker
Reading
Stalnecker
Imates
Navy
George E. Simpson
Waterbury
Conn
LaPlant Labor Strife Settled
Labor at LaPlant-Choate Manufacturing ends a weeklong stoppage as management agrees to reinstate two suspended weld plant workers. Clarence Barker returns April 27 and Joseph Zacek is immediately reinstated. A third man’s status remains disputed while union and company plan a U.S. conciliation service meeting to discuss union movement rules.
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Cedar Rapids
CIO
la Plant-Choate Manufacturing Company
Clarence Barker
Joseph Za~cek
LaPlant-Choate
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