House Slashes Relief Funds For Six Nations
The House voted 333 to 66 to cut foreign relief from 350 million to 200 million for Austria Hungary Poland Greece Italy and China. A Colmer Mundt amendment barred aid to Soviet dominated countries unless administered by American authorities. The action marks a rare split from bipartisan foreign policy unity and follows a prior 150 million reduction vote.
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INS
House
Truman
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate
Russia
Rep. Eaton
RNJ
Foreign Committee
Rep. Jonkman
R-Mich
Foreign Affairs Committee
Colmer
D-Miss
Mundt
R-S.d
Jonkman
Colmer-Mundt
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Hungary
Poland
Greece
Italy
China
Administration
Japan
Korea
Germany
Trieste
Tornado Toll Rises Across Three States
Tornadoes struck Arkansas Missouri and Iowa killing at least 21 people and injuring more than 50. Worth Missouri suffered the worst damage with 13 dead and about 45 injured as much of the town’s business district and a brick schoolhouse were destroyed.
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Arkansas
Missouri
Iowa
Bright Water
Garfield
Missouri Line
Clio
New York Pennsylvania Phone Pact Ends Strike
Five unions with 43000 workers in New York and Pennsylvania accept contracts adding 3 to 4 dollars weekly, ending a strike that began with NFTW action. NFTW president Beirne says wage talks continue for a wider settlement while NFTW picket lines persist. Pennsylvania adds 3 or 4 dollar increases by job tier. unions vow to maintain unity and avoid discrimination during the contract year.
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Washington
New York
Pennsylvania
National Federation of Telephone Workers
NFTW
Joseph A. Beirne
Bell Telephone System
Beirne
Frank J. Fitzsimmons
Iowa House Members Back Foreign Relief Bill Passages
Iowa's eight House members voted solidly for both amendments to the foreign relief bill and for passage of the bill itself, signaling united support in Washington.
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Washington
Iowa
House
Mystery ghost plane haunts British skies at night
London reports a midnight ghost plane sighting from radar data in January. Eyewitness accounts say the craft speeds from the east over East Anglia at 400 miles per hour or more, vanishing inland with no return journey. RAF intercepts fail to locate it.
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London
Royal Air Force
East Anglia
R.A.F
Yorkshire Post
Air Ministry
Cent a Quart Reduction in Milk Prices
Cedar Rapids distributors announced a one cent per quart price cut for standard and premium milk and related dairy products effective Thursday. The new schedule lowers cottage cheese by two cents per unit and reduces other items by one cent. producers also see a 40 cent per hundredweight drop to 3.60 dollars for 3.5 percent butterfat milk.
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Cedar Rapids
Howard K. Carr
Carr
28 Engines From Cincinnati Plant Stir War Asset Probe
Clarence Barrett, a crippled tool expert, testifies as Sen. Ferguson probes the War Assets Administration over a Curtiss-Wright engine plant near Cincinnati. The plant produced 28 engines in 18 months, enough for seven B 29s, with many machines unused and a $74 million tool inventory. The hearing exposes a costly, stalled facility and questions of use.
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Clarence A. Barrett
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
War Assets Administration
Barrett
Cincinnati
Miles Culehan
Ferguson
War Production Board
War Investigating Committee
Truman Calls Mexican President Aleman a Grand Guy
President Truman praised Mexican President Aleman as a grand guy after bidding him farewell at the White House before Aleman left to motor to Arlington National Cemetery.
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Washington
Mexico
Aleman
Truman
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
INS
Arlington National Cemetery
Wage settlements reach four construction trades unions
Wage accords announced by Allied Construction Interests and AFL unions raise pay for truck drivers and common laborers by 20 cents an hour. Electricians gain 24 cents to 1.90 and sheet metal workers 25 cents to 1.75. Laborers return to sites Thursday. driving trades had no stoppage, work began after April 1 contracts.
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Cedar Rapids News
Allied Construction Interests
AFL
R. W. Rinderknecht
John Evans
AF Building Trades Council Business
A.C.I. Committee
A.C.I
Durant Gets 15 Years in Jewel Theft
Col. Jack W. Durant convicted by a seven member military court for taking part in the $1.5 million Hesse crown jewels robbery. He is sentenced to 15 years at hard labor and dismissed from the army. His wife, former WAC Capt. Kathleen B. Nash, is serving five years.
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Jack W. Durant
Hesse
Durant
United States
WAC
Kathleen B. Nash
Chicago
War Department
Kronberg Castle
House of Hesse
Move To Split Up Labor Bill Loses Move To Split Up Labor Bill Loses
The senate voted 59 to 35 against breaking the omnibus labor bill into four parts. Taft of Ohio led the committee in arguing the plan defied procedure and aimed at political gain. Morsey of Oregon had pushed the split to avoid a veto amid labor disputes.
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Senate
Taft
Ohio
Senate Labor Committee
Truman
Morsey
Oregon
House
Demonstrations in Southern Italy Leave One Dead and 54 Hurt
In Rome and other southern cities during protests over high living costs, one person was killed and 54 injured as authorities faced demonstrations. Police reported several clashes and evacuations as the unrest spread across the region.
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Rome
Tornadoes Hit Northeast Texas Communities
Small tornadoes struck northeast Texas Tuesday night injuring at least six persons and causing property damage. Clower reported six injuries while Mahank and nearby areas suffered collapsed homes and barns.
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Grand Saline
Texas
Clower
Mahank
Stark Enjoined in Construction Suit Filed by C Hess
Judge G K Thompson permanently enjoined The Theodore J Stark Company from interfering with the construction of a house and garage at 425 Irirasverant Street NE owned by Christian Hess in Cedar Rapids. The firm had stopped work and contested a contract guaranteeing a $9000 ceiling price as prices rose. Hess alleged removal of materials and interference with trades to halt the project and prevent completion.
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Cedar Rapids
Theodore J. Stark
Ihirasverant Street
Christian Hess
G. K. Thompson
Thompson
Latter Hess
Two Athletes Hurt as Cars Collide Near Wilton Junction
IOWA CITY A University of Iowa student died and six others were injured when two cars collided two miles east of Wilton Junction before midnight Tuesday. Howard A. Falk 21 of Dubuque died en route to Iowa City hospital. Injured include Noble Jorgensen 21 former UI basketball center from Pittsburgh who underwent operation for internal injuries but is reported good. Dick Hoerner 24 Hawkeye fullback from Dubuque with both ankles sprained. Joseph B Wells 27 from Boone with a fractured leg and head injuries. George H McNeil 26 from New Sharon with internal injuries. Dorothy Marine 19 Wilton Junction with brain concussion in serious condition. Audrey Hitt 21 Wilton Junction with broken jaw facial cuts and internal injuries. Jorgensen who was visiting in Iowa City was driving the car. Miss Hitt did not drive the other car. Patrolmen said the girls were making a turn and their car was crossways on the highway when the Jorgensen car crashed in. Both cars demolished. Falk was the son of Mr and Mrs Earl Falk of Dubuque.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Highway 6
Wilton Junction
Howard A. Falk
Dusbuque
Noble Jorgensen
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Ironmen
Jorgensen
Dick Hoerner
Hawkeye
Dubuque
Joseph B. Wells
Boone
George H. McNeil
New Sharon
Dorothy Marine
Audrey Hitt
Wilton
Missitt
Showers Expected After Warm Cedar Rapids Day
Cedar Rapids logged a 77 degree high at 2 30 pm on a mild Wednesday amid lingering rain. The weather bureau forecast scattered showers and cooler temps tonight with Thursday bringing generally fair, cooler conditions.
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Weather Bureau
Waterloo
Sioux City
Fed Dogs but Let Children Hunger in Charleroi
Charleroi Pennsylvania AP reports a hearing for Charles Gales and wife Catherine on abandonment and cruelty to minors after authorities say the couple left six children, aged 1 to 12, without food for a week while feeding their four dogs. Alice 1 and James 3 were hospitalized in serious condition.
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Robert Fowler
Justice of the Peace
Raymond J. Curley
Charles Gales
Catherine
Fowler
Alice
James
Gales
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