Berlin Looks For Meeting Of Big Four
Berlin reports Western Power talks with Prime Minister Stalin may yield a Big Four conference and lift the Soviet blockade. Officials kept silent as Washington and London brief the American and British occupation commands. Informants suggest Moscow talks show early optimism for a compromise and possible return to normality with a new Big Four session to set a date for lifting the blockade.
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Berlin
Stalin
Moscow
Washington
London
Weather Forecast and Local Notices Roundup
Iowa forecasts call for fair weather with clear skies and low humidity through Friday, then increasing clouds and possible showers in the west. Temperatures rising Friday and Saturday with highs 80s and lows 50s to mid 50s. Curfew violations led to fines for Hollis Melendy and Mrs. John King. Traffic court reports include fines for reckless driving and speeding. Births and deaths noted in multiple locations including Lowden, Toledo, Tama, Independence, and Des Moines with funeral service details.
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Iowa
West Portion
Met Cancels 1948 49 Season Over Wages Dispute
The Metropolitan Opera Association halted plans for the 1948 49 season after failing to reach a wage agreement with musicians. Negotiations with Local 802 of the AFM failed before a self imposed deadline. The Met cites a $220 000 deficit and cannot grant raises.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera Association
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
Met
Smith Carrying Ball in Moscow
United States Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith emerges as the driving force among Western envoys in Moscow. He pushed for a high level action, traveled to Berlin and London to brief military governors and British and French officials, and stepped into the Moscow talks as leaks grew. Smith, Eis enhower's former chief of staff, is portrayed as carrying the ball in the evolving diplomacy.
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Moscow
United States
Walter Bedell Smith
Smith
Berlin
London
Eisenhower
Stalin Likely Demands West German State Withdrawal
Eastern European sources in London say Stalin probably will press for withdrawal of plans for a West German state as his price to settle East West differences. They expect the demand in response to the Kremlin talks among American British and French envoys.
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London
INS
Stalin
Kremlin
Western Allies, Russia hold urgent talks in four capitals
Four capitals report urgent conferences on moves in East West negotiations. Rumors swirl of a possible Stalin meeting with Attlee Truman and Molotov and Bevin’s envoy Roberts remains in Moscow. Diplomats hope for progress to end Berlin crisis amid cautious optimism from Paris sources.
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London
Russia
Truman
Clement R. Attlee
Andre Marie
U. S. State Department
Politburo
Moscow
Josef Stalin
Frank Roberts
Ernest Bevin
Stalin
Viacheslav Molotov
Bevin
Roberts
Berlin
Paris
Reich Communists And West in Duel On Constitutions
Berlin reports a race between East and West to produce postwar constitutions. The Communist led peoples council aims to finish its German democratic republic draft by mid September for approval by the congress, while Western powers plan a Western Germany assembly in early September. A potential currency compromise in Berlin surfaces as the city negotiates legal tender rules.
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Berlin
Germany
People’s Council
German Democratic Republic
Communist Peoples Congress
Eastern Economic Commission
Progese Ya West Aes
Truman Concentrates on Moscow Meeting Report
President Truman reduced his visitors to one caller and studied the confidential report on the Moscow conference with Soviet Premier Stalin. Ambassador Bedell Smith sent the document to Secretary Marshall after Truman’s return from Independence. The report was a closely guarded secret.
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Washington
Truman
Josef Stalin
Moscow
George C. Marshall
Walter Bedell Smith
Independence
Inmates charged in Belden Hill warehouse burglary
True information filed by County Attorney William Crissman accuses Wilford H. Murphy and Gean von Voltenberg of breaking and entering the Belden Hill wholesale warehouse on September 3 1945 in Linn County. They are already serving lengthy terms in Anamosa reformatory for related offenses. The owner R P Bell lists 77579 dollars in merchandise taken and a Linn County preliminary information is pending.
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Belden Hill
Wilford H. Murphy
Gean von Voltenberg
Linn County
Anamosa
Webster City
First Street
R. P. Bell
McCraith Arrested For Drunk Driving Near Mt Vernon
Joe McCraith, 60, of Route 1 Mt Vernon was arrested Tuesday evening by the Iowa Highway Patrol on a drunk driving charge after his car allegedly side swiped a vehicle driven by John Davies, Route 1 Mt Vernon, at the Highway 30 and 26 intersection about 7 30 p m. He was scheduled for district court arraignment Wednesday afternoon.
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Joe McCraith
Route 1
Mt. Vernon
Iowa Highway Patrol
McCraith
John Davies
Mt Vernon Man Pleads Guilty to Larceny of $40
Jack W. Shuman, 24, of Mt. Vernon, pled guilty to larceny of $40. Judge Floyd Philbrick set August 16 for sentencing after Shuman took the money from Charles E. Bartlett during a tavern round. Patrolman Jack King arrested them when the missing bills were found in the taxi.
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Jack W. Shuman
Mt. Vernon
Floyd Philbrick
Shuman
Charles E. Bartlett
Thirty-third Street
Jack King
King
Bartlett
Girl To Be Arraigned On False Pretense Charge
Miss Patricia Martens, 19, of 625 First Street SW, was scheduled to be arraigned in Linn County district court on a charge of obtaining clothing by false pretenses. She admitted buying clothing totaling 70.91 dollars at Higbee's Graemer's and Newman's charged to Joyce Deberg, with a separate 25 dollar Craemer’s charge. She stated the items were charged while she roomed at Fourteenth Street SE and remained at that address, held by the landlady for 80 dollars in back rent.
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Patricia Martens
First Street
Linn County District Court
Higbee’s
Graemer’s
Newman’s
Joyce Deberg
Fourteenth Street
Craemer’s
Martens
Gill Pleads Innocent To False Uttering Charge In Check Case
Charles E. Gill pled innocent to a false uttering charge after a false $25 check passed at Baranchanu's restaurant on June 8. Gill was reportedly sought as a death by own action in Davenport Monday while actually under arrest by Cedar Rapids police. County Attorney William Crissman filed the true information Wednesday.
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Charles E. Gill
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
William Crissman
Gill
Baranchanu
Hazel Slaymaker Sues Federal Life for 265 in Medical Expenses
Hazel Slaymaker filed suit against Federal Life and Casualty Company seeking judgment for 265 dollars for medical and surgical costs from an accident on March 17. She alleges the insurer failed to pay the loss under the policy she took out in January.
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Hazel Slaymaker
Federal Life and Casualty Company
Jan
Judgment and Foreclosure Against Ehrhardt Car Mortgage
Judge G. K. Thompson awarded Wilson Cedar Rapids Employer Credit Union a default judgment of 657.66 and foreclosed a chattel mortgage on a car against Kenneth L. Ehrhardt. Lucille Broghammer executrix sued Thomas and Golden Lewis for 160 alleging an account due.
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Kenneth L. Ehrhardt
Wilson Cedar Rapids Employer Credit Union
G. K. Thompson
Lucille Broghammer
B. G. Broghammer
Thomas and
Golden Lewis
Judge awards default judgment in Torrence damages case
Judge G. K. Thompson on Tuesday granted the Marengo Grain Company a default judgment for 191.33 dollars against Jay W. Torrence for damages.
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G. K. Thompson
The
Marengo Grain Company
Jay W. Torrence
Judge dismisses Clara Jayne divorce petition on motion
Judge Floyd Philbrick Wednesday dismissed the divorce petition of Clara O Jayne against Elmer Boee on motion of the plaintiff.
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Floyd Philbrick
Clara O. Jayne
Elmer
Bo Ee
Queen Elizabeth Way Quietly Marks 48th Birthday
London AP reports Queen Elizabeth Way observed her 48th birthday in private with family no official observance planned.
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London
Queen Elizabeth Way
Deaths Emma Currell 82 Cedar Rapids Native Dies in Long Beach
Emma B. Currell 82 long time Cedar Rapids resident died suddenly Sunday at her Long Beach home. She with husband B B Currell ran a Cedar Rapids bakery for years and was active in Eastern Star White Shrine and Baptist church. Survived by daughter Laura Grover son R C and Ben F, three grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Husband and son J Fred preceded her. Services in Long Beach at 1 PM Thursday, body cremated and brought to Cedar Rapids for committal.
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Emma B. Currell
Cedar Rapids
Long Beach
Calif
Ben F
J. Fred Currell
Cedar Rapids Widow Martha N Smith Dies Aged 71
Martha N Smith widow of R K Smith longtime Cedar Rapids resident died at her son Devere Smiths home at 206 Twenty sixth Street Drive SE at 1 25 p m Tuesday after a long illness Born October 11 1873 in Tama County she married Raymond K Smith October 18 1892 in Goldfield Survived by Devere and Howard K Smith of Syracuse NY two sisters Mrs W K Roth Mrs Ellen Ross and Mrs Edna Smith two brothers A S Nicoll and J H Nicoll and two grandsons Funeral services will be held at Turner Chapel at 1 30 p m Friday with Dr Marvin B Kober pastor of St Pauls Methodist Church burial in Linwood Cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
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R. K. Smith
Cedar Rapids
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Twenty-sixth Street
Tama County
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Goldfield
Howard K. Smith
Syracuse
N. Y
Frame 62 Dies After Long Illness in Cedar Rapids
John M. Frame known as Jack, 62, of 800 Second Street NW Cedar Rapids, died at 5 30 p m Tuesday after a long illness. He was born December 24 1885 in Wisconsin and worked for Troy and Modern laundries. Survived by wife Irene four children J Edgar Frame Iowa City John M Frame in Germany Kenneth and Merry Cedar Rapids three brothers Guy Hannibal Mo William James Clinton four sisters Frances Atkins Clara Moyers Flora Wright Lorine St Louis ten grandchildren. Services 3 30 p m Thursday Beatty chapel Rev Lynn Charter Four Square Gospel Tabernacle Vinton. Burial Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Jack” Frame
Second Street NW
Cedar Rapids
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Iowa City
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Germany
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Merry
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Hannibal
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James
Clinton
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Clara Moyers
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Hannibal and
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St. Louis
Beatty Chapel
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Four Square
German Chemical Plant Blast Toll Rises to 239
Reports from Ludwigshafen in the French zone say the toll of dead and missing at the I. G. Farben chemical plant last week has increased to 239. American officials announce inspector R. W. Stahl will conduct a three day investigation of the blast causes.
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Ludwigshafen
Germany
I. G. Farben Chemical Plant
American Bureau of Mines
R. W. Stahl
Washington
Gold Star Mother Gets 14 Years for Murder
Gray-haired Mrs. Cecil Elliott, 48, was sentenced to 14 years after a 14 year manhunt? Wait. (This line must be a concise, factual summary.)
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Chicago
Cecil Elliott
Elliott
Edward Kruchinskas
Germany
Iowa City land suit appealed to high court
Mrs. Cena Carson of Iowa City filed an appeal with the Iowa supreme court in her land suit against the state. She seeks the return of about a block of land claimed by the city and argues a 1890 city council acted without rightful authority over park land. The state plans a cross appeal challenging rulings that the city council acted illegally and that the legislature approved the action.
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Iowa City
Iowa Supreme Court
Cena Carson
Arthur O. Leff
Gaffney
Spy Ring Continued as Moscow Inquiry Proceeds
Silvermaster denies charges in Civil Service Commission report saying he is a loyal American and former government employee. He lives in New Jersey and has shifted to house building. Mundt reiterates aim to reveal full Soviet spying story. Silvermaster’s birthplace and birth year are disputed. he came to the U S in 1915 and naturalized in 1927. He held posts with Resettlement Administration and other agencies 1935 to 1946.
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Mundt
Univisions Plans Immediate Replacement of Strikers
Dayton firm under National Guard protection announces it will hire 150 to 200 workers to restore normal payroll at the Univisions plant. M. H. Stanley reports 390 employees back on a troop peacetime second day, aiming for about 450. Lou Kaplan released on $1,000 bond after contempt conviction and jail term for late court appearance.
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Univisions
National Guard
M. H. Stanley
Lou Kaplan
William C. Wiseman
Kaplan
Holiness Association To Conduct Meetings
The Iowa Holiness Association will hold gospel meetings August 6 to 15 in a tent at Hinkley Avenue and Thirteenth Street NW. Rev. Scott Pyie of Cedar Rapids, state president, will be evangelist. Meetings start 7:45 p.m. on weekdays and 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sundays.
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Iowa~Holiness Association
Hinkley Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Scott Pyie
Cedar Rapids
Two Deaths Cedar Rapids Traffic Toll Since March Fifteen
Traffic fatalities in Cedar Rapids rose with two deaths reported in the period since March fifteen. Officials from the police department traffic bureau note figures align with an eight month safety contest sponsored by the Young Men's bureau, highlighting ongoing road danger and enforcement efforts.
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Traffic Bureau
Police Department
Young Men’s Bureau
Dewey May Open Vote Drive with Midwestern Trip
Governor Dewey plans a Midwest campaign swing early next month to kick off his bid for the presidency. He met three hours with campaign manager Herbert Brownell Jr. but issued no statement. Warren, the vice presidential nominee, will lead efforts on the West Coast.
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N. Y
Dewey
Midwest
Herbert Brownell, Jr
James C. Hagerty
Far West
Warren
West Coast
Dewey Would Overhaul State Department With Foreign Apprentices
Governor Dewey plans revolutionary changes if elected president. He argues the United States lags behind Britain and Russia in diplomacy and would create a program recruiting about 1,000 young foreign affairs aspirants every five years. Apprentices would serve five years, rotating through world capitals to build broad diplomatic expertise.
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Pawling
N. Y
INS
Dewey
United States State Department
State Department
United States
Weekly Protests Planned at Woolworth Stores
The CIO Wholesale and Warehouse Workers union said protests will begin next Saturday at Woolworth stores in the U S Canada and Latin America after picketing started at 200 locations last Saturday. Union officials have not signed anti Communist affidavits required by Taft Hartley to use NLRB services.
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New York
F. W. Woolworth Company
United States
Canada
Latin America
CIO Wholesale and Warehouse Workers
Woolworth
National Labor Relations Board
Beefs Fall From Truck Prompt Cedar Rapids Police Rodeo
Cedar Rapids officers on Center Point Road and Fiftieth Street NE stopped a roaming beef incident when three steers fell off a truck. Patrolmen Norman Young and Bernardt Krause assisted in locating the driver and rounding up the cattle.
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Cedar Rapids
Center Point Road
Fiftieth Street
Norman Young
Bernardt Krause
Last of Dozen Indicted Communists Surrenders
Gus Hall, 37, Ohio chairman of the Communist party, surrendered to federal authorities in Cleveland to face New York grand jury charges that he and 11 others sought to overthrow the government. His surrender completes the July 26 indictment roundup of 12 persons.
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Communist Party
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Budget View Of Chest Agencies For Next Year
A Community Chest budget review committee studies next year cost estimates for agencies sharing the chest. With budgets approved the Oct 6 to 20 Chest drive goal can be set. Agencies include Community Nutrition Public Health Nursing Association Salvation Army Home for Aged Women Cedar Rapids Hearing Society Y M C A Y W C A Boy Scouts Camp Fire Girls Community House Sun shine Mission and Public Welfare bureau. Members include Rollo S. Pickford chair Emil J. Petranek Earle G. Nichols Rabbi Herman Schaalm an L P Boudreaux John Evans Harold J Smith Mrs Jean Kohl Miss Frances McFall Richard Carne P M Lattner Amos Melberg John W. Miller A T Pleune Clyde R. Sanborn William C. Crawford. Meetings are in the Bungalow room at Iowa Power and Light Company. Final session ends at noon Saturday.
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Home For Aged Women
Cedar Rapids Hearing Society
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Rollo S. Pickford
Emil J. Petranek
Earle G. Nichols
Herman Schaalman
L. P. Boudreaux
John Evans
Harold J.smith
Jean Kohl
Frances McFall
Richard Carne
P. M. Lattner
Amos Melberg
John W. Miller
A. T. Pleune
Clyde R. Sanborn
William C. Crawford
Iowa Power and Light Company
Concannon Transferred Within Cedar Rapids Police
Officer Joh Keith Concannon a Cedar Rapids patrolman since June 9 1947 was relieved of duty Tuesday and transferred to the juvenile bureau. The move fills a vacancy created when Fred Carstens was promoted to inspector of uniformed police.
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Keith Concannon
Cedar Rapids
Fred Carstens
Chicagoan Hurt Attempting Shade Over Street Light
Chicagoan Randal Schroeder, 32, is in critical condition after climbing a 20 foot pole to install a homemade shade over a street light. He touched live wires, fell, and pierced his back on a stake, keeping him away nights.
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Chicago
Randal Schroeder
Schroeder
Mrs Davidson Rites Held For Emmetsburg Woman
Mrs. F C Davidson 75 wife of retired district judge F C Davidson died after a heart attack at her home. Services will be held Thursday for the Emmetsburg resident.
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Emmetsburg
F. C. Davidson
F. C. Davison
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