Byrnes Proposes 25-Year Four-Power Germany Pact
Secretary of State Byrnes proposed a four power mutual assistance pact binding the United States France Britain and Russia to European security and demilitarization of Germany for at least 25 years after occupation ends. Moscow voiced caveats while London Paris supported in principle, with Byrnes noting prior discussions with Stalin and a similar Japan pact also studied.
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Paris
James F. Byrnes
Germany
United States Senate
France
Great Britain
Russia
United States
Byrnes
Molotov
Japan
Pacific
Moscow
London
Stalin
Yalta
OPA Attacked At Iowa Master Plumbers Convention
The Iowa Master Plumbers association at Montrose hotel lauded the OPA but hosted four speakers critical of its powers. Floyd Whittington defended OPA noting inflation controls enacted by Congress in 1942 and extended to 1946. Rep Thomas E. Martin warned against permanent wartime powers and drafted continued civilian military training as defense.
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OPA
Iowa Master Plumbers Association
Montrose Hotel
Floyd Whittington
Des Moines
Office of Price Administration
George McDonald
Whittington
Congress
Department
House of Representatives
Senate
Worthington
McDonald’s
Thomas E. Martin
Iowa City
Martin
House Military Affairs Committee
Feller Hurls No-Hit No-Run Shuts Out Yankees
Rapid Robert Feller pitched a no hit game to beat the New York Yankees 1-0 in Cleveland. Frank Hayes provided the lone run with a ninth inning homer.
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NEW York
Robert Feller
New York Yankees
Cleveland
Yanks
Frank Hayes
Butter Reserve Ordered For Army And Navy
The agriculture department directed producers to reserve 20 percent of May creamery butter for sale to the army, navy and other war agencies. The program continues in June with details on the June reserve to be announced later. No butter is set aside for export. The military services will meet their needs in May and June while civilian demand remains. The army plans to source at least part of its overseas needs from Denmark and possibly Australia and New Zealand.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Army
Navy
Denmark
Australia
New Zealand
Tuesday Is Bound To Be Beautiful
Weather report from Cedar Rapids notes a sunny warm afternoon with 78 degree temperature and light breeze. Forecaster predicts May 1 will bring cloudy skies and showers starting this afternoon or evening, with ongoing rain through Wednesday and mild temperatures during the wet period.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
E E Hahn Named District Manager of Iowa Illinois Gas
E E Hahn, longtime general superintendent for the Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric company Cedar Rapids, is appointed district manager effective May 1 succeeding retiring Mark Anderson who since 1942 led Cedar Rapids Gas division. Hahn has 35 years with the firm and led gas distribution, construction, and plant operation in Cedar Rapids and Marion. He helped transition from manufactured to natural gas in 1934 and has served with the American Gas Association and Mid-West Gas Association. born Mt. Vernon and a Cedar Rapids resident since age ten.
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Cedar Rapids News
E. E. Hahn
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company
C. P. Conrad
Mark Anderson
Hahn
Anderson
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
Iowa -Illinois Gas and Electric Company
Cedar Rapids
Marion
American Gas Association
Mid-West Gas Association
Mt. Vernon
Private legal opinion to approve GI dormitory use in Iowa
Iowa boards paid 505.46 for private counsel to enable dormitory housing for married GI couples at the University of Iowa. The move followed a previous August 1 AG opinion and involved Cedar Rapids firm Elliott Shuttleworth and Ingersoll. The plan hinges on high construction costs and bidding results, with prior bids rejected as too high.
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Iowa Board of Education
University of Iowa
Iowa Democratic
Jake S. More
Des Moines
More
John M. Rankin
G. I
Elliott, Shuttleworth and Ingersoll
Cedar Rapids
Currier Hall
University
Parklawn
Goiter Cure Seen By Atomic Energy
Harvard medical researcher Dr Saul Hertz claimed a cure for hyperthyroid goiter using radioactive iodine therapy. He said the treatment could cost as little as 2.50 if the army releases needed elements, potentially reducing current 200 to 300 dollar costs.
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Boston
Harvard
Atomic Energy
Saul Hertz
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1.6 Percent Rise in Cedar Rapids Food Prices
The Chicago regional office of the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 1.6 percent rise in Cedar Rapids retail food prices from mid February to mid March. The food index is 1441 percent of the 1940 level and 3.7 percent above March 1945, with most groups up except fresh fruits and vegetables.
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Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Landsberg Jewish DPs threaten strike over 20 arrests
Four thousand Jewish residents at Landsberg displaced persons camp staged a hunger strike and demonstrated against the arrest of 20 comrades after a riot. They shouted anti American and anti Nazi sentiment under guard of American troops, with scattered clashes and a police-like security response.
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Landsberg
Germany
Patten Boy 8 Killed by Train at Crossing
Douglas Lee Patten eight dies after being struck by a westbound Chicago and North Western train at Twelfth avenue Fifth street crossing He was returning from Tyler school with classmates Ambulance staff declared him dead at the hospital Coroner cites crushed skull possible neck fracture and a broken left arm Surviving parents a sister and a brother Funeral set for 3 pm Wednesday Beatty chapel Rev F H Ward Linwood cemetery burial Friends may call after 10 am Wednesday DOUGLAS PATTEN
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Douglas Lee Patten
Alfred Patten
Fourth Street
Chicago and North Western
Twelfth Avenue
Fifth Street
Tyler School
R. E. Weland
T. Frank Hersch
Frank W. Prohaska
Sixteenth Street SE
Patten
Martina
Fador
Ezra and
Elinor Patten
Granville Shelton
Cedar Rapids
Beatty Chapel
F. H. Ward
Linwood Cemetery
Camp Good Health Campaign Highlights Dental Needs
Only 25 of 180 examined children are wholly sound teeth as Camp Good Health operates for physically handicapped youths aged 6 to 12 from low income Cedar Rapids families. Miss Lottie Mathison says dental work is prioritized before camp to boost health gains, with the Public Health Nursing Association offering aid for needed repairs through donations to The Gazette’s Camp Good Health Fund.
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Cedar Rapids
Camp Good Health
Lottie Mathison
The
Public Health Nursing Association
Nursing Association
Outin Ce
Chil
Camp Good Health Fund
Gazette
Iowa
Traffic Tip Warns on Curve Signs and Safe Driving
A roadside advisory from the National Safety Council urges drivers to watch curve signs and heed them. It warns that curves like S curves can turn laughter into slaughter and advises caution on winding roads.
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National Safety Council
Eight Missing and Eighty Hurt in Ship Explosions
Eight missing and about 80 injured after two explosions aboard the U S S Solar sank in lower New York bay near Earle navy depot as ammunition was unloaded. A navy spokesman said casualty estimates were preliminary and most personnel escaped after the first blast.
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N. J
U.S.S. Solar
New York Bay
Earle Navy Depot
Navy
Third Naval District
New York
Soviets Buzz Clark Plane Over Austrian Flight
Two Russian fighter jets intercepted the personal B-17 aircraft of Gen. Mark W. Clark as it flew from Vienna to Linz. Brig. Gen. Ralph A. Snavely led the U.S. air division mission. Clark was not aboard. No shots were fired despite multiple speed runs.
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Vienna
Mark W. Clark
Linz
Ralph A. Snavely
U.S.F.A
Clark
Lewis Plans Anthracite Tieup to Support Demands
John Lewis told the government he would call 75,000 Pennsylvania anthracite miners out in 30 days to back contract demands similar to those that halted soft coal mines. Paul W. Fuller, the special conciliator for soft coal talks, resigned in protest over government handling. Operators say Lewis won’t discuss a new contract until owners pay what he claims for four past holidays.
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Washington
John Lewis
Pennsylvania
Paul W. Fuller
Lewis
Illinois miners strike paralyzes coal output
Officials of the Progressive Mine Workers of America call a strike by 16 000 Illinois union members to begin at midnight. The action affects 125 coal mines across the state and is expected to nearly halt bituminous coal production in Illinois.
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Springfield, Ill
INS
Progressive Mine Workers of America
Illinois
Woman Mistakenly Enters Tavern For Nylons
An unidentified woman followed a line of people to a tavern counter in Lansing Michigan and exclaimed she thought the line was for nylons. The incident occurred as she entered the front door and reacted with surprise at the mistaken cue.
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Lansing, Mich
Plot to Kill General MacArthur Revealed in Tokyo
AP reports a planned assassination of Gen. MacArthur during May Day protests in Tokyo. The head of the plot was Hideo Takayama, a former Thought Police officer, who accumulated 140000 yen for the plan and attempted poison on another plotter. Police revived him after a failed poisoning and pressed the case with several other suspects at large.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Hideo Takayama
Frayne Baker
Kyuchi Tokuda
Communist Party
Gen. MacArthur
Takayama
Baker
Tokayama
Col
Harry I. T. Creswell
Japan
Imperial Palace
Mac Arthurs
E. R. Thorpe
Civil Intelligence Section
Red Army Leaves Azerbaijan Capital After Farewell Message
AP dispatch reports the Red Army formally withdrew from Baku on Monday morning. Soviet General Glidsky, commander of the Tabriz unit, issued a farewell statement promising friendship and peaceful days ahead, though the text appears garbled in parts.
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Red Army
Azerbaijan
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