U N Delays Spanish Action As Soviet Veto Looms
The United Nations Security Council discussed a Franco Spain resolution submitted by Australia France and Poland seeking a five nation fact finding panel. Russia warned against investigation and signaled possible veto as debate ran short with 14 minutes of session and a weekend adjournment.
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New York
Australia
France
Poland
United Nations Security Council
U. N
Spain
Russia
U.N
Andrei A. Gromyko
Cduner S
Hodgson
Gromyko
Spain bars enemy nations from entering if UN probe sent
Madrid officials justify a plan to deploy a United Nations investigating commission by saying representatives of enemy nations would not be allowed to enter Spain. The controlled press notes the stance as a safeguard against hostile influence.
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Madrid
U.N
Spain
Three Rail Unions Demand Higher Wages for 325000
Three railroad operating brotherhoods led by David B. Robertson of the Locomotive Firemen and Engine Men join H W Fraser of the Conductors and T C Cashen of the Switchmen in a joint notice to rail carriers. They seek a 30 cent per hour raise beyond the 16 cent increase already granted and will file the demand May 3. Robertson says the original request will be pressed.
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Cleveland
David B. Robertson
Brotherhood of Locomotive, Firemen
H. W. Fraser
Order of Railway Conductors
Cedar Rapids
T. C. Cashen
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Buffalo
N. Y
ot _Robertson
Iowa FHA Sets $5,500 Ceiling for New Homes in State
Des Moines AP reports the FHA announces that half of new Iowa homes must cost under 5 500 including the lot, with one fourth of homes for rental and rental ceilings at 63 per month. Zones split priorities across northern central and southern Iowa while veterans retain priority for up to 10 000 homes and 80 dollar monthly rentals.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Federal Housing Administration
H. R. McBride
McBride
FHA
Colo
Toledo
Soper Held After Death of Man Injured in Fracas
Cedar Rapids man William H. Soper 25 faces manslaughter charges after Ed Smith 57 died from injuries from a fight at Wilson and Company plant on April 13. Smith died in hospital Thursday morning. Soper waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to the grand jury with $2000 bond. Soper arrested by Inspector Kudina and Detective Connell.
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Cedar Rapids
William H. Soper
Carlisle Avenue
William W. Crissman
Ed Smith
Seventeenth Avenue
Smith
Soper
Wilson and Company
Howard R. Churchill
Churchill
W. J. Kudina
George Connell
U S Plans Protests Over Manchuria War Material
Washington officials scheduled Friday to press Moscow over Russia’s removal of war equipment from Manchuria. The note from Moscow reportedly rejects the U S position that the materials belong in reparations not as war booty, while leaving room for further talks.
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Washington
MNS
State Department
Russia
Manchuria
Moscow
United States
McVay Decorated for Okinawa Heroic Service
Captain Charles B McVay III who faced reprimand after a court martial over the Indianapolis torpedoing has been decorated for heroism in the Okinawa assault. The awards underscore his service despite prior charges and inquiry.
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Washington
Charles B. McVay III
Indianapolis
Okinawa
Sheriff Placed On Two More Unfair Lists
Cedar Rapids sheriff Jim Smith was added to two AFL labor lists by the Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor and the Cedar Rapids Building Trades council and Local 238 of the Truckers union. The action followed a Nash Finch strike and writs of replevin on motor transport and transfer companies for Nash Finch freight.
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Linn County
Jim
Smith
AFL
Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor
Cedar Rapids Building Trades Council
Truckers’ Union
Federation of Labor
Labor Temple
Nash-Finch Company
Tranfer
Nash-Finch
Continuation Of Mild Weather In Local Report
Weather notes show Cedar Rapids recorded 67 degrees Thursday afternoon with a drop to 46 by Friday morning. The noon balloon delivered a forecast of cooler, dry conditions for Saturday and a 60 degree reading at 2 30 p m. Drake Relays coverage shifted to Des Moines as reporters tracked temperatures through the day.
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Weatherboy
Cummins
Cedar‘ Rapids
McHugh
Des Moines
Chambers Inskeep
Cedar Rapids
Farm Home Destroyed By Fire Fatal for Six in Minnesota
Six people died when a fire swept the farm home of George Campbell six miles west of Cloquet Minnesota. The victims were Campbell his wife Edith and their four children aged 11 1 5 and 2 according to Carlton County Coroner R H Puumala.
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Cloquet, Minn
George Campbell
Here
Carlton County
R. H. Puumala
Campbell
Edith
Children Foster International Bond Through Mail Exchange
Cedar Rapids Garfield school pupils responded to Paul van Egmond of Rotterdam sending stamps and notes to 6B 6A. The Dutch boy wrote of wartime conditions and thanks for Allied troops, while American students replied with curiosity, gifts, and questions as they kept the friendship alive across seas.
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Nadine Subotnik
Netherlands
Cedar Rapids
Garfield School
Red Cross
Paul van Egmond
Rotterdam
Holland
Good Psychiatrist Would Help the Training School
Carl Kane reports Fred N. Cooper the Iowa Training School for Boys at Eldora needs a full time psychologist or psychiatrist. Cooper said a qualified man could be hired for about 10000 dollars per year and urged paying it. He proposed closer liaison with the University of Town psychopathic staff and a clinic to study boys before commitment to aid courts.
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Carl Kane
Iowa Training School For
Eldora
Fred N. Cooper
Chamber of Commerce
Cooper
University of Town
G I Fugitive Trio Caught in Paris Gunfight
Three fugitive American soldiers described as dangerous killers were captured after a running gun battle through Paris financial district. An old French gentleman was gravely wounded and a policeman injured as CID agents pursued the trio across rooftops and streets near the Bourse.
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Paris
Bourse
United States Army Criminal Investigation Department
Acme News Pictures
CID
M.p.’S
M.P
Beta Sigma Phi members canvass Cedar Rapids for cancer drive
Sixty Beta Sigma Phi members plan a 1:30 PM Saturday house to house canvass in Cedar Rapids to raise funds for the American Cancer Society during cancer control month. Donors may place contributions in cans, with mailed gifts over 1 dollar eligible for enrollment in the Field Army program.
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Cedar Rapids
Beta Sigma .Phi
Business Girls’ Sorority
American Cancer Society
Cancer Control
Beta Sigma Phi
American Cancer Society, Inc
B’ Avenue NE
Ottumwa Mayor and Dealer Indicted on Truck Fraud Charges
Ottumwa Mayor David A. Nevin and Fay P. Graham of Fay Graham Motors were indicted separately and jointly by a federal grand jury on charges of fraud involving the purchase of surplus government trucks. Nevin faces an additional count for a fraudulent $23.95 refund claim. The men appeared before Judge Charles A. Dewey. bonds set at $2,000 each. Arraignment and trial are planned for September in Ottumwa.
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DES Moines
David A. Nevin
Ottumwa
Fay P. Graham
Nevin
Charles A. Dewey
Graham
Fay Graham Motors
Vaughn Chevrolet Company
Wapello County
John D. Moon
Harold D. Evans
Iowa City
Jlack
Calvary Baptist Church Plans $45000 Brick Edifice
Calvary Baptist Church will erect a brick and reinforced concrete edifice on Twelfth Street and Third Avenue SW at a cost near 45000. The 900 seat church, led by Rev. Rodney C. Gould, will include five assembly rooms for 32 Sunday school classes. Construction is slated to begin about June 1 with the present church site at Fifth Avenue and Sixth Street SW offered for sale.
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Cedar Rapids News
Twelfth Street
Third Avenue
Calvary Baptist Church
Rodney C. Gould
Civilian Production Administration
Gould
Robin A. Walker
Kansas City
Fifth Avenue
Sixth Street
War Production Board
Wreck in Naperville Slays 43 and Wounds 125
A Burlington flyer rear ended another train near Naperville on a Chicago bound track killing 43 and injuring 125. Engineer G Blaine of Galesburg faces a manslaughter negligence warrant after saying he was going too fast. Thirty one hurt remain hospitalized with several in critical condition.
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Naperville
Burlington
G. Blaine
Galesburg
Chicago
Union Station
Naperville wreck investigation uncovers speed and signal failure
A Friday casualty list from the Naperville crash omits Iowa names while details emerge of two interstate trains the Advance Flyer bound for Omaha and Lincoln and the Exposition Flyer headed to San Francisco. Engineer Blaine, traveling 85 mph, said brakes failed to stop the stalled Advance as the Exposition crashed into it. Bond set at 5000 dollars after a manslaughter charge cites careless operation. Blaine survived with a fractured skull.
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Associated Press
Burlington Railroad
Naperville
Ill
Omaha Jand Lincoln
Neb
San Francisco
Blaine
Burlington
Lee Daniels
Edward Flynn
Flynn
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Paul
Lorin Meade
Clark Lupton
Dilman Beck
Lorin
Clark
Germen
Dilman
G.I
Advance Flyer
Jack Rue
Rockford
James Tangney
Aufpora
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