Big Four End Moscow Meeting With Few Accomplishments
The foreign ministers council closed its Moscow session with little progress and agreed to meet again in London in November. The Big Four set up a Vienna technical panel to study Austrian treaty issues and plan a New York meeting during the U N assembly in September if all attend. Marshall blamed Molotov for the lack of concrete agreements, while Molotov accused the United States of blocking Soviet amendments on German disarmament.
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Moscow
Foreign Ministers Council
London
Germany
Austria
United States
France
Britain
Stalin
Kremlin
Marshall
Vienna
New York
U. N. General Assembly
Allied Control Council
Berlin
Molotov
Ruhr
Rhineland
Saar
Arbitration plan draws GM veto
General Motors rejected the CIO United Auto Workers proposal to arbitrate a 15 cent raise distribution. The UAW urged immediate 11.5 cent raises for 220000 workers and a three man board to decide the rest. GM said matters should be settled by collective bargaining and opposed arbitration.
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Detroit
General Motors Corporation
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Harry W. Anderson
Train and Truck Collide in Fulton Slaying Three Die
A Frisco passenger train and a gasoline truck crashed at a Fulton crossing. Firemen from Fort Scott extinguished the blaze. The two trainmen were S. A. Jackson, engineer, and Ray Tippen, fireman, both of Kansas City. The truck driver was not identified immediately.
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Fulton, Kan
Fulton
Fort Scott
S. A. Jackson
Ray Tippen
Kansas City
Iowa House Rejects Beer Saloon Bill
Iowa House rejected the conference committee beer control bill on Wednesday by 57 to 49. The measure would have outlawed rural taverns and restricted beer sales in taverns to business districts, with a signage requirement and limits on minors and restaurant sales in small towns. A separate liquor by the drink bill was also deemed practically dead as the House committee again refused to place it on the calendar.
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Des Moines
Town House
Senate
House
Gus Kuester
Feneral
Bil
Lncal
Death Pronounced After Suicide Near Swisher Iowa
Joseph W Jansa 49 of Cedar Rapids died by hanging at his mother Emma Jansa's home two miles northwest of Swisher at 445 pm Wednesday coroner said. Born Feb 19 1898 near Western he worked for Wilson and Company. Survived by son Leonard Cedar Rapids two sisters Mrs Joseph Vanorney Mrs Roy Vanorney near Solon and brother Charles near Swisher. Funeral at Brosh chapel 2 pm Saturday burial Bohemian National cemetery. Friends may call.
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Cedar Rapids
Joseph W Jansa
Second Street
Emma Jansa
Swisher
Linn County
Robert Brash
Western
Wilson and Company
Ill Bee
Leonard
Joseph Vanorney
Roy Vanorney
Near Solon
Charles
Near Swisher
Brosh Chapel
T. B. Hlubucek
Bohemian National Cemetery
Hawkeye Downs Project Begun At All-Iowa Fairgrounds
Plans announced by Willam Ruinderknecht to overhaul the Hawkeye Downs amphitheater start soon and finish by late May to host Memorial Day auto races and the Eastern Iowa Band Festival on June 7. A committee led by A L Killian and Arthur Poe works to raise funds for repairs and improvements including toilets and sewage upgrades, with completion aimed before the All-Iowa fair August 10 to 16.
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Cedar Rapids
Hawkeye Downs
Willam Ruinderknecht
A L Killian
Arthur Poe
Rinderknecht
Fair Board
Sponsor to drop Sinatra from CBS broadcast after June 4
New York firm P. Lorillard and Company will discontinue Frank Sinatra from its Wednesday CBS program after June 4 citing unsatisfactory ratings for the price. Lennon and Mitchell Advertising Agency issued the announcement describing the move as a cold business proposition.
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New York
INS
P. Lorillard and Company
Frank Sinatra
CBS
Lennon and Mitchell Advertising Agency
Sinatra
United Air Lines Lacks Phone at Municipal Airport
United Air Lines has no telephone at the Municipal airport due to a telephone strike. The published number in a Gazette ad was for Chicago. Dick Schrader, United’s Cedar Rapids manager, asks callers to use the Municipal airport number and a notice will be given when the line is installed.
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Cedar Rapids
United Air Lines
United
Gazette
Chicago
Dick Schrader
Nation's alcohol consumption fades after wartime binge
Washington reports a sharp drop in national intake of whisky wine and beer after postwar peaks in 1946. Whisky use fell 22 percent and wine 12 percent with beer also easing. Officials cite high prices reduced purchasing power returning servicemen and reconversion of war industries as key factors.
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Washington
INS
Internal Revenue Bureau
Distilled Spirits Institute
The
Wine Institute
Price cuts gain steam across U S
Newburyport merchants launched a 10 day price rollback and the plan spread to New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Minnesota and California as manufacturers and shops voluntarily reduced prices by 10 percent or more in a bid to clear inflationary pressures and boost sales.
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Newburyport
Mass
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
California
Brockton
Leo
Zakeer Auto and Home Supply Announces 10 Percent Sale
Fort Dodge store will discount all items by ten percent Friday and Saturday in response to President Truman's plea. The promotion follows Newburyport Mass price cuts and marks the first local response to the appeal.
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Fort Dodge
Zakeer Auto and Home Supply Co
Newburyport
Mass
Truman
Regional retailers cut prices in synchronized move
Lever Brothers and Colgate Palmolive led a price reduction wave with 10 percent cuts across soaps groceries and hardware. Clover Farm and Lincoln Stores followed while Boston urged a citywide concerted action. New England New York and New Jersey merchants weighed the plan amid mixed local reaction.
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Minster
Amesbury
Mass
Spring Valley
N. Y
Virginia
Minn
Sherman Oaks
Calif Lever Bros. Company
Lifebuoy
Rinsa
Lux
Swan
Truman
Essex County Development Council
Colgate Palmolive Peet Company
Jersey City
N. J
Lincoln Stores, Inc
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Clover Farm Company
Boston
General Cable Corporation of
Cowhig Industries
James M. Curley
Newburyport
Chicago
Illinois Federation of Retail Associations
Portsmouth
N. H
Chamber of Commerce
Proc tor and Gamble trims soap prices and Crisco
The Proc tor and Gamble Company announced a wholesale cut of up to 10 percent on household soaps. It also reduced Crisco vegetable shortening by two cents per pound immediately, totaling four cents per pound since April 1.
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Cincinnati
Proctor and Gamble
Lewis
Centralia
Ill
Goldsborough
District of Columbia
Fire at East Malartic gold mines kills man and leaves 11 missing
A blaze at the East Malartic gold mines in Malartic Quebec killed one man and left 11 others unaccounted for. Rescue teams worked through the debris as officials investigated the cause of the fire.
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Malartic
Quebec
Cloudy Cool Weather Forecast With Rain Likely
Weather today remains overcast and cool after many areas posted warmest of the season. Cedar Rapids reached 69 with no rain overnight. Keokuk tied 78 statewide and logged .71 inches, Decorah 60, Decorah's low 26, tonight around 34 north. tomorrow's high 55.
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Keokuk
Cedar Rapids
Decorah
Chambers
Chinese Reds Free 2 Yanks
The United States embassy says Maj. Robert Rigg and Capt. John Collins, held prisoner by Chinese Communists since March 1, were released Thursday. Brig. Gen. Robert Soule reports they are in good health.
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Nanking
China
United States
Robert Rigg
John Collins
Robert Soule
Rigg
Collins
Wallace urges UN role in Saudi oil deal
Henry A. Wallace says the United States should obtain Saudi Arabian oil through the United Nations to avoid appearing imperialistic. He argues the U.N. Charter Article IV requires natural resources be shared on a fair basis and warns against branding the U.S. as the world's greatest grabber.
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Paris
Henry A. Wallace
United States
United Nations
Anglo-American Press Association
Middle East
Saudi Arabia
Wallace
U.N
Pay Hikes Put in Mill By Cedar Rapids City Council
Cedar Rapids city council proposed across the board pay raises for about 360 city employees with retroactive effect to April 1. Hourly workers would gain 10 cents an hour, drivers up to $1.10, and garbage crews to $1.13. Monthly staff would see roughly $19 more per month, with department heads allowed to adjust within three cents for inequities. Final action pending third reading next Thursday.
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Cedar Rapids
Police
Fire Departments
Gordon Hughes
Council
Hahn
Louis D. Burgos
Czechs Hang 6 for Part in Lidice Crime
Six Gestapo men linked to the destruction of Lidice were sentenced to hang by a Czech people's court. nine others received prison terms totaling 105 years. Harald Wiesmann led the case with direct responsibility for 333 Czech deaths.
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Prague
Gestapo
Lidice
Harald Wiesmann
Kladno
Thomas Karl Thomsen
Rudolf Vicek
Otto Gehle
Oskar Felkl
Walter Forster
Joseph Gebert
Alfred Forkel
Henrich Faber
Heinrich Gutweniger
Joseph Richter
Jan Svoboda
Peter Porst
Heinrich Lockert
Antonin Szpat
Ewald Hartke
Reinhard Heydrich
Cedar Rapids Debates Daylight Saving Change
Petitions urging daylight saving were piling up at city hall as opponents led by the Committee for the Retention of Central Standard Time asked for a delay. Council members said no action would occur until broad input from all groups, including retailers, is gathered. Proponents presented extensive petitions from local workers and industries.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank Hahn
Emil J. Novak
Linn County Farm Bureau
Francis C. Gillon
Cedar Rapids Theater Managers Association
WMT
Darrell C. Eves
Searles Dairy
Gillon
Tri-States
H. D. Grove
Hahn
Grove
Living standard glamorized by movies cautioned students
Ross N. Young of Collins Radio urged about 350 students at a vocational information conference that Americans’ living standards are distorted by films. He warned Hollywood exerts strong influence, noting a middle class home costs about 3000 for land and facilities, with mere 10 percent savings requiring a $30,000 income.
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America
Ross N. Young
Collins Radio Company
Hollywood
United States
Young
McKinley High School
Lewis Gives 100000 to Phone Union After Fund Refund
John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers donate 100000 to striking telephone workers days after a 2800000 refund of a 3500000 contempt fine. The funds support strike needs while officials confirm compliance with court mandates and warn the injunction remains in force.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine
T. Alan Goldsborough
UMW
Lewis
John T. Jones
C. W. Werkau
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Werkau
Body of Boy Recovered After Sewer Plunge
In Boston area, three year old Anthony Tammaro fell into an open manhole near his home and was swept about nine miles through a fast sewer. His body was found late Wednesday night near a wire mesh sea screen at the Hough's Neck pumping station in Quincy.
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Boston
Nut Island
Quincyay
Anthony Tammaro
Hough's Neck
British Royal Family Leaves South Africa for England
CAPETOWN South Africa AP The British royal family sailed for England late Thursday aboard the battleship Vanguard.
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South Africa
Capetown
England
Vanguard
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