Wallace Calls 15 Billion World Bank Loan to Russia
Paris dispatch says Henry A Wallace urged a near 15 billion dollar loan from the World Bank to wartime Russia as a path to world reconstruction and peace. He suggested conditions including Russia joining international groups and dropping German reparations demands. He favored earmarking about one third of a proposed 50 billion for the USSR and proposed Greece and Britain receive reparations-linked aid. Wallace warned the public against panic and planned a postEurope speaking tour to argue for global unity and conciliatory policies.
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Paris
Henry A. Wallace
Russia
International Bank
World Bank
The
Food and Agriculture Organization
Germany
Wallace
Bank For World Reconstruction
U.S.S.R
Senate Approves Greece Turkey Aid Plan 67 to 28
The Senate approved a 400 million dollar fund to aid Greece and Turkey against communism in a party split vote. President Truman’s policy outlined March 12 faced limited Republican dissent as foreign aid and military instruction measures moved toward the House for action.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Greece
Turky
House
Foreign Affairs Committee
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Truman
Turkey
Three-Year-Old Boy Swept Into Boston Sewer
A 3-year-old boy, Anthony Tammaro, fell into a fast moving Boston sewer while playing with his brother. Rescue crews set barriers and searched subterranean outlets, hoping to find him nearly nine miles underground. officials cautioned the dangerous conditions and gas in the brick tunnel as pumps and floodlights led crews along the system.
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Boston
Anthony Tammaro
John
Anthony
Mattakeeset
Split Senate votes mark two GOP senators from Washington
Washington's two Republican senators diverged on the Greek Turkish aid bill vote. Hickenlooper supported the measure while Wilson opposed it. Earlier, they stood apart on an amendment by Senator Johnson to strike military aid, which failed, with Wilson backing the amendment and Hickenlooper voting with the majority.
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Washington
Hickenlooper
Senator Wilson
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Colo
Senate
Wilson
Truman Plan Sparks Heated Senate Debate
Sixteen Republicans and seven Democrats oppose the measure after five hours of torrid debate. Opponents warn the Truman plan would destroy the United Nations, invite Russian retaliation, and cost vast sums. Vandenberg urges action to prevent aggression and avert a red light for America, while Johnson calls amendments and cautions that the program risks a military alliance with Turkey and war with Russia.
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United Nations
Russia
Vandenberg
Sen. Johnson
Johnson
Congress
Turkey
Stokowski delays UT concert over wife photo demand
Leopold Stokowski refused to conduct the New York Philharmonic at the University of Tennessee until a photographer from the student paper provided the negative of a photo of his wife, Gloria Vanderbilt Stokowski. The concert started after a 10 minute delay once the negative was handed to him.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Leopold Stokowski
New York Philharmonic Symphony
University of Tennessee
Gloria Vanderbilt Stokowski
Stokowski
Actress Lise Merville challenges critic to pistol duel
Paris report says actress Lise Merville challenged a Paris weekly critic to a duel after he called her a walking skeleton in a review of her play, prompting headlines about artistic tensions and press ethics.
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Paris
Liberation
Lise Merville
Daylight Saving Petitions Pour In from Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids petitions urge mayor and council to adopt daylight saving time this spring. Mayor Frank K. Hahn said many petitions exist but none dominant in length. He will not bring the issue to Thursday's meeting and seeks broad public input before any decision.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank K. Hahn
Hahn
President Truman vetoes prober authority in Senate probe
In Washington, President Truman vetoed a bill granting special powers to counsel for the senate defense investigating committee. Senator Brewster, the Republican chair, said the measure would permit hiring former Senator Wheeler to probe the navy’s Arabian oil purchases.
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Washington
Truman
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Brewster
Maine
Sen
Wheeler
D-Mont
Navy
Murray to Meet Green on Labor Unification
Philip Murray CIO president said he was arranging to meet with AFL President William Green as soon as possible to discuss unification of the two labor organizations in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
CIO
AFL
William Green
U S Steel and Union Sign Wage Agreement
In Pittsburgh CIO United Steelworkers and United States Steel Corporation signed a two year pact boosting wages by 12 cents an hour in a milestone labor settlement.
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U.S. Steel and Union
Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
United States Steel Corporation
May Garsson Trial Opens In Payoff Conspiracy Case
Government prosecutor William A. Paisley told a district court jury that former Rep. Andrew J. May used a Garsson lumber group to cover payments for services, alleging fake invoices and a transfer path through Cumberland Lumber. He said $53,000 went to May, with $15,000 still outstanding, while May and his lawyers listened as the testimony outlined the conspiracy involving Henry M. Garsson Murray Garsson and Joseph F. Freeman.
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Washington
INS
William A. Paisley
Andrew J. May
D-Ky
Garsson Munitions Combine
Paisley
House Military Affairs Committee
Henry M
Murray Garsson
Joseph F. Freeman
Garssons
Garsson Group
Erie Basin Metal Products, Inc
Batavia Metal Products, Inc
May
Cumberland Lumber Company
Prestonsburg
Erie Basin
Cumberland
FBI
Kentucky
Chicago
Marshall Assails Soviet Delays as Parley Near End
MOSCOW United States Secretary of State Marshall accused the Soviet Union of delaying the council of foreign ministers on Austrian and German peace treaties. He blamed Molotov directly for the impasse over German assets in Austria and warned of taking the Austrian case to the United Nations if no progress is made.
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Europe
Wallace
American Veterans Committee
United States
Russia
Moscow
Marshall
Council of Foreign Ministers
United Nations
General Assembly
Molotov
Germany
Austria
Port of Career Truths For Cedar Rapids Students
Bayne Freeland reports at McKinley high school vocational conference session one that warned about harsh realities of future work. University of Iowa psychologist Clayon d A Gerken urged students to assess aptitude over fantasy, noting dangers of over optimism and the need to compete. He outlined six success factors and highlighted photography as a top field of interest among about 204 students. He warned most paths are boring and few will reach professional stars in popular fields. Continued on page 2, column 3.
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Bayne Freeland
Cedar Rapids High School
McKinley High School
Clayon D’a. Gerken
University of Iowa
Gerken
Geren
General Electric
Northern Iowa Hit by Storms
A violent wind and hail storm struck northern Iowa Wednesday morning with damage near Gilmore City Humboldt Pomeroy and Charles City. Trees and sheds were flattened and power lines downed across several counties. The storm damaged the Goodrich Company at Gilmore City by about 1000 dollars and caused greenhouse and sign damage in Charles City. Additional storms were reported in the Holstein Ida Grove area with widespread farm and property damage. The weather bureau forecast more rain and thunderstorms tonight with cooler temperatures.
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Gilmore City
Humboldt
Pomeroy
Charles City
Goodrich Company
Ft. Dodge
Holstein-Ida Grove
Weather Bureau
Spencer
Davenport
Fort
Dodge
Cherokee
Cedar Rapids
Senate Panel Approves Taft-Wagner Housing Bill
The Senate Banking Committee approved the Taft-Wagner long-range housing plan by 7 to 6. It would provide federal aid for slum clearance redevelopment and urban and rural public housing at an estimated 7.5 billion dollars over 45 years, aiming to spur construction of 15 million farm and city homes by 1956.
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Washington
ULP
Senate Banking Committee
Wagner
Big Monopoly Case Against Rails Opened
The United States files a landmark anti-trust suit against the Association of American Railroads, 47 western railroads, and major financiers J P Morgan & Co Kuhn Loeb Co alleging a cartelized private government controlled shipping and industry. The government claims illegal rate practices and coordination with oil steel and cement interests to hinder competition.
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Lincoln
Neb
Justice Department
Federal District Court
Wendell Berge
United States
Association of American Railroads
Mississippi
Western Association of Railway Executives
J. P. Morgan and Company
Kuhn, Loeb and Company of
New York
Berge
John W. Delehant
Elmer A. Smith
Chicago
ICC
Smith
Department
Union Vetoes GM Terms for Raise
DETROIT, (UP) The CIO United Auto Workers voted unanimously to accept a flat 15 cent hourly wage increase but to reject GM’s proposed form. The union and GM had agreed on 15 cents but disagreed on payment. GM offered 11.5 cents plus 3.5 cents in holiday pay. UAW President Walter Reuther lowered his demand from 23.5 cents to 15 cents as a flat raise.
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Detroit
General Motors Department
CIO
United Auto Workers
Union and Company
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
U N Papers on Balkans Vanish
Trygve Lie says a suitcase full of UN Balkans investigation documents vanished while the security council commission moved from Greece to Geneva. He noted no evidence of theft and the panel is tracing the missing suitcase.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Trygve Lie
United Nations
Security Council
Balkans Investigation Commission
Greece
Geneva
Lie
Iowa Senate Passes Anti Closed Shop Bill
DES MOINES AP The Iowa senate without debate approved and completed legislative action on the anti closed shop bill as passed by the house. The final passage vote was 36 to 12 with the same roll call as when first approved. Senator Arthur Jacobson called it up after house amendments were explained.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
House
Senate
Arthur Jacobson
R-Waite
Ken
Iowa House approves ban on closed shop in bitter vote
Des Moines reports the Iowa House passed a stringent measure banning the closed shop and related practices by 74 to 31. The bill adds injunctions, strengthens enforcement, and targets employer denial of work based on union membership, with debate and claims of a filibuster as it moves back to the Senate.
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