Inaugural Cedar Rapids Airport Opens With Festivities
Cedar Rapids prepares for the first United Air Lines inaugural on the new airport. Flight 115 bound for San Francisco due at 1 58 p m will mark the start of regular westbound service. Officials including Herbert Stamats and W C Mentzer attend with a 50 member official party and 200 planes expected at the operations.
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Gazette
del Blumenshine
Cedar Rapids
Ohin
United Air Lines
Mary Stevenson
Flight 115
Air Express
San Francisco
Herbert S. Stamats
Chamber of Commerce
W. C. Mentzer
United
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Rep
Henry QO. Talle
Gen
Charles H Grahi
Frank K. Hahn
D. Loferski
Cedare Rapids
United Representatives
Collins Radio Company
CAA
John M. Julius
John
Daylight Saving Time Begins Across 23 States
International News Service reports daylight saving time starts today in parts of 23 states with the clock set forward one hour at 2 am. The change brings confusion in areas observing summer time while neighbors do not and affects regions statewide. States with general daylight saving include New Jersey Massachusetts Rhode Island New Hampshire and Connecticut.
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International News Service
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Welcome United Air Lines to Cedar Rapids Banquet
Cedar Rapids officials and United Air Lines celebrated the inaugural scheduled air service with a Montrose hotel banquet. W C Mentzer praised community support while Lester Orcutt of the Iowa Aeronautics Commission highlighted the value of air transportation. Crew members First Officer W L Barger and June DeNio attended along with 32 guests.
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Cedar Rapids
United Air Lines
United
Montrose Hotel
W. C. Mentzer
Lester G. Orcutt
Iowa Aeronautics Commission
Orcutt
Air Lines Transportation
Air Lines
W. L. Barger
June DeNio
Herbert Stamats
Chamber of Commerce
Conservatives Win Victory in Jap Elections
Tokyo reports Japanese conservatives won control of almost all 466 seats in the House of Representatives after nationwide elections. Results show Liberal Party 133 seats, Democratic Party 126, Social Democrats 142, People's Cooperative 31, Communists 4, independents 13, with one seat undecided and turnout around 27 million of 40.6 million eligible. The victory supports a free market line under temporary government controls as Japan prepares to sign the peace treaty and inaugurate a new constitution on May 3.
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Tokyo
Houses of Representatives
Social Democrats
Shigeru Yoshida
Liberal Party
Baron Kijuro Shidehara
Democratic Party
Progressives
People’s Cooperative Party
House of Councillors
Yoshida
Wrong Wiring of Switch Blamed for Fatal Wreck
Three investigating bodies said the City of Miami wreck near Champaign Illinois last Saturday was caused by improper wiring of a switch. Two people were killed and 107 injured as the switch was wired to operate in reverse while signals stayed normal.
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Champaign
Ill
Illinois Central Railroad
Miami
E. D. Holcomb
Illinois Division
Illinois Commerce Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroad
Railroads Deny U.S. Overcharge Claims in War Storage
The Association of American Railroads rejects government charges that 964 carriers overcharged the wartime storage program, arguing rates were reasonable and often lower than commercial shippers. Attorney General Clark says a formal ICC complaint will seek recovery of alleged multi million dollar overcharges tied to storage from June 3, 1941, to October.
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Washington
INS
Association of American Railroads
AAR
Justice Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
William T. Farley
Clark
Evalyn Walsh McLean Dies Owner of Hope Diamond
Evalyn Walsh McLean 60, noted Washington hostess and owner of the Hope diamond, died at Friendship Home at 5 15 p m CST. Doctor Bernard J Walsh said pneumonia caused her death after a day in an oxygen tent. A Jesuit priest from Georgetown University administered extreme unction. Her death follows the loss of her daughter seven months earlier.
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Washington
Evalyn Walsh McLean
Friendship
Bernard J. Walsh
Edmund A. Walsh
S.J
Georgetown University
Take It Easy To Avert Heart Trouble
Chicago executives attended a lunch at the Union League Club where four human hearts in bottles were shown, including a normal heart and others from a hot tempered, hard driving set. Dr. Katz cited high blood pressure and arterial disease as leading killers, while Fenn urged reducing work pressure and pledged funds for research.
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Chicago
Chicago Heart Association
Union League Club
Louis N. Katz
Michael Reese Hospital
Katz
G. K. Fenn
Fenn
Nose Reattached After Nationwide Auto Mishap
Esther Yvonne Brooks, 15, lost her nose in an automobile accident. Surgeons led by Dr G J S Rambo sewed the severed nose back five days after the crash and report progress and no infection. The teen, now using a wheelchair, remains under careful observation as doctors assess final outcome.
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Los Angeles
Esther Yvonne Brooks
G. J. S. Rambo
Rambo
Meteome
Tee Totter
Es Brooks
Midwest Young Republicans elect leaders at Terre Haute convention
Earl Snyder of Crawfordsville wins Midwest chairman post while Oliver Bolton of Cleveland becomes vice chairman. The two day Young Republican convention in Terre Haute also adopts a resolution urging active U S participation in the United Nations.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Earl Snyder
Crawfordsville
Midwest
Young Republican Organization
Oliver Bolton
Cleveland
United States
United Nations
Knutson Charges Truman With Tax Politics
Republican Harold Knutson accuses President Truman of using tax policy to aid Democrats in an election year. He cites the $27.5 billion budget and says the administration delays tax relief to gain credit. Knutson notes revised receipts and expenditures and warns of further errors.
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Washington
LLP
Harold Knutson
House
Ways and Means Committee
Truman
Republican National Committee
Minnesota
Carroll Reece
Knutson
Treasury
Victim Dies After Pedestrian Collision on First Avenue
Nicholas Kanellis 56, a partner in a Virginia restaurant, was killed instantly when struck by a westbound car driven by John E. Myers 25 of 533 F Avenue NW on First Avenue E near Twenty-first Street. Police reported no witnesses. Survived by brothers James and Nikitas of Cedar Rapids. Taken to Beatty mortuary.
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Nicholas Kanellis
Second Avenue Virginia
John E. Myers
F Avenue NW
Kanellis
Twentieth Street
First Avenue
Twentieth
Twenty-first Streets
Myers
St. Luke’s Hospital
Rey Murdock
Twentyfirst
James
Nikitas
Cedar Rapids
Beatty Mortuary
Motorist Stops But Car Keeps Right on Going
Henry Schultz of 1037 Twelfth Street NE collided at Sixteenth Street and A Avenue NE with M. B. Geesey of 303 Thirtieth Street drive SE. Schultz was bruised and the car rammed a utility pole, then kept moving until another pole was struck. Geesey charged with failure to yield right of way. Schultz cited for operating without a driver’s license. Both cars towed away.
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Henry Schultz
Sixteenth Street
Avenue NE
Schultz
Twelfth Street
M. B. Geesey
Geesey
Senators Not To Override Veto In War Inquiry Pact
Washington AP The Senate war investigating committee will not seek to override President Truman's veto. A new resolution will be introduced Monday to meet his objections to the original measure which allowed former Senator Burton Wheeler to keep his Montana law practice while serving as committee counsel on the Arabian oil inquiry.
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Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
Truman
Brewster
Maine
Congress
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
GE and UE CIO Reach 15-Cent Pay Boost Deal
The United Electrical Workers announce a one year contract with General Electric granting 15 cent hourly raises for 125,000 GE workers. The raise brings about 40 million dollars more pay annually, with six holidays paid and time and a half for Saturdays and double time on Sundays. GE will raise prices moderately on several consumer appliances to offset higher labor costs.
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New York
INS
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
General Electric Company
Albert J. Fitzgerald
Ue-Cio
General Motors
Westinghouse Electric Corp
UE Cio
Sune
Fitzgerald
Westinghouse
Chrysler and CIO Sign 2 Year Pact
Chrysler and the CIO United Auto Workers announced a two year contract providing an 11 percent wage increase plus six paid holidays and classification changes. The pact mirrors the GM agreement and goes to rank and file union locals for quick ratification. The deal also includes a 9 percent raise for sales related staff and a minimum $26 monthly increase for affected workers, about 3 000 employees covered.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
Uaw-Cio
UAW
Magistrate Orders $20 Fine and Bar Tabs in Bookmaking Case
Reading magistrate fines Frederick Carter $20 for bookmaking at a saloon and also orders him to pay for the drinks of two policewomen who waited at the bar to arrest him.
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Reading
England
Frederick Carter
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