Pact Signed For Prison Surrender In Michigan Standoff
Mutinous convicts at Southern Michigan prison agreed to surrender after an 11 point reform plan drafted by Earl Ward. Governor Williams approved the terms ensuring no reprisals for 172 inmates and hostages, with surrender to occur after Ward reads about it in daylight. Ward delayed formal surrender citing Sunday’s uprising. Guard hostage James Akins released amid signs of nervous collapse. Deputy Warden Vernon Fox negotiated the pact. psychologist Fox noted Ward’s mood shifts as the crisis wore on. The truce followed Gov. Williams sending his signed letter authorizing the terms to the prison.
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Ward
James Akins
Vernon Fox
Fox
Moody
Jack” Hyatt
Gov. Williams
Lansing
Earnest C. Brooks
Julian N. Frisbie
State Police
Donald S. Leonard
Crazy Jack
Detroit Free Press
Mississippi Crest Delayed as Flood Threat Persists
Mississippi River crest is now expected one to three days later along the Iowa Illinois stretch with levels holding for five to six days. Delays bought floodworkers and 11 Iowa guard units more time to reinforce dikes while winds and beaver and muskrat activity threaten levees from Muscatine to Burlington. Sabula and La Crosse face ongoing breaches and burrowing animals as authorities rush sandbags and seek permission to use firearms against wildlife. Dubuque and Guttenberg report heavy damage, with Dubuque alone pegged near 3 million dollars. residents prepare for possible Illinois refuge requests.
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Iowa News
Mississippi Express
Iowa-Illinois
Iowa National Guard
Pfe
John O’brien
la Crosse
Wis
Mississippi
The
Conservation de
Sabula
Satur
George Ulmer
Illinois
Dubuque
LaVerne Schlitz
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Conservation Area
Guttenberg
Eldon Snengling
Agreement Reaches Rutledge Insurance Settlement
In Houston the widows of Dr. Robert C. Rutledge Jr and his first wife, Mrs. Eula Ruth Suggs, reach a settlement over a $10,000 G I policy. Mrs Suggs gets six thousand five hundred dollars while Sydney gets three thousand five hundred. The doctor, a 29 year old St. Louis physician, killed Hartman in Cedar Rapids after a murder conviction and appeal denial.
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Houston
Texas
Robert C. Rutledge
Rutledge
St. Louis
Here
Iowa Supreme Court
Bryan C. Hartman
Eula Ruth Suggs
New York
Sydney
Seymour Lieberman
Suggs
Hattman
Cedar Rapids
Mailing of Tax Refunds Lagging
Washington AP reports the government is about three million refunds behind last year as Treasury gives requests stricter scrutiny causing a delay. Officials say the pace will pick up, with projections of eight million checks in April and nine million in May.
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Washington
Treasury
Revenue Bureau
Paul
The
Nab Man Wanted Coast-to-Coast For Bad Checks
Russell Dalrymple 26, Indiana native, was arrested in Cedar Rapids after passing about $11,000 in forged checks. Detectives and FBI seized him near a tavern with his wife present. He faced federal charges for transporting a stolen car and had bonds set at $10,000 as warrants spread from Clinton, Ames, Keokuk, and Minnesota.
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Cedar Rapids
Russell Dalrymple
Indiana
FBI
Frank Bukacek
Dalrymple
Quad-Cities
Cedar .Rapids
Bukacek
Detective Bureau
Dalripple
Criminal Investigation
Des Moines
Clinton
Keokuk
Fort Madison
Ames
Minnesota
Benesh
Sioux City
Ukacek
Eokuk
House Votes for Probe of Wage Stabilization Board
Washington AP reports the House directed its labor committee to investigate the Wage Stabilization Board in a 255 to 88 vote after a lengthy debate sparked by Republican demands. CIO steelworkers wage boosts and government seizure plans dominated discussion, with industry lawyers urging courts to block President Truman’s move and claiming proposed raises are immediate and irremediable.
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Washington
House
CIO
Rep. Allen
R-Ill
McCormack
D-Mass
Truman
U.S. Steel Corporation
Theodore Kiendl
U. S
David A. Pine
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Kiendl
Alexander Holtzoff
Moscow Death Report Details End of Coal Industry Ties
Moscow AP reports the death of a chemical industry figure linked to coal and western regions, noting a Thursday incident that ends a long chain of industrial ties and regional coal production.
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Moscow
Nice
Co 1
Toalala
Coal Ani
Japanese Editor Will Be Cornell College Speaker
Kiyoshi Togasaki editor and publisher of Nippon Times Tokyo will speak at Cornell College ninety ninth commencement on Monday June 9 announced by President Russell D. Cole. Togasaki will have his daughter Betty graduate during exercises. He was born in San Francisco and is UC educated. He and his family returned to Japan in 1933 where he is chairman of the board for the International Christian University in Tokyo. He plans to leave May 5 arriving June 7 and will lead a fundraising drive for the new university after speaking at a Missionary commission in California June 17 to 19.
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Japan
Togasaki
New International Christian University
Tokyo
Cornell
Commission of Foreign Missionaries
California
The
International University
Is Title of This Book Misspelled Should Be Dammed?
AP report from Bismarck notes a patron delayed return of a borrowed book after his home flooded by the Missouri River. He said the book was going down the Big Muddy and cited the title The Dammed Missouri Valley, a likely misprint or joke reflecting the disaster.
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Bismarck, N. D
Bismarck Public Library
Missouri
Missouri Valley
Truman Signs $25 Million Flood Relief Bill
President Truman signed emergency relief legislation allocating 25 million dollars for the Missouri river flood area. The measure, rushed through Congress, directs all federal agencies to marshal resources to provide food clothing temporary shelter disease prevention and other critical needs for the affected region.
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Washington
Llp
Truman
Missouri River
Congress
No Settlement In Strike of City Workers
Cedar Rapids city workers remain locked in a two week strike with curtailed services as a new closed session is planned. AFL spokesmen warned of potential job losses if council terms are not accepted while pickets will not disrupt an upcoming Memorial Coliseum ice show. Further meetings are expected Friday to consider the council’s final offer amid tense discussions citing a Supreme Court opinion on government strikes.
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Cedar Rapids
Ceder Rapids
AFL
James D. White
Memorial Coliseum
CID
H. S. Gates, Jr
Tte
Hur Council
Gates
U. S. Supreme Court
Louis Burgos
President Truman Clarifies Iran Ultimatum Claim
President Truman told reporters he issued a 1945 ultimatum to force Soviet withdrawal from Iran, but the White House corrected him, saying no ultimatum was sent. Officials described the action as a strong note in 1946 and emphasized U.N. diplomacy rather than a classic ultimatum. He defended the steel seizure as necessary for national welfare and Korea security, and denied plans to seize newspapers or radio.
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Washington
Truman
Iran
White House
Ian
Stalin
Roger Tubby
L Hyman
U. S
U. N
Security Council
Tubby
U.S
Yugoslavia
Trieste
United Kingdom
Soviet Union
Persia
U.N
Korea
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National
Mrs. Rutledge
Omaha
Charles Benesh
Mr. Truman
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Putnam
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U. S. Chamber of Commerce
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