Britain to Intercept Vessels Carrying Illegal Jewish Immigrants
Britain warned it would intercept search and arrest ships from other nations carrying Jews to Palestine. A policy statement outlined a Europe wide crackdown on illegal immigration, a Cyprus detention camp for captives, a sea blockade, and appeals for absorption of refugees by sparse countries.
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London
Britain
Truman
Palestine
Holy Land
Europe
Cyprus
Carada
Famagusta
Downing Street
Whitehall
Five Arrested in Jerusalem Raid Uncovers Arms Cache
British authorities detained five men in a four hour search of Jerusalem's Jewish working class district. Police found a quantity of small arms and ammunition during the operation.
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Jerusalem
INS
Truman weighs counterproposal on Palestine partition plan
Washington officials scramble for a ready solution as Truman weighs a counterproposal to Britain’s plan. He favors more liberal Jewish immigration, greater autonomy for partition zones with a federal voice, and loosening land sale rules to Jews, while no final decision has been reached.
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Washington
INS
United States
Palestine
Holy Land
Truman
State Department
Belgian Emissary Killed In Maryland Car Crash
Leon Grell aged 43 assistant director of the Belgian economic mission to the United States was killed in an automobile accident twelve miles west of Annapolis Maryland on Saturday authorities said the crash occurred in a rural area and involved a single vehicle
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Annapolis, Md
Leon Grell
United States
Annapolis
Poisoning Probe Reaches Possible Exhumations
Police plan exhumations Monday for the husband of Mrs. Lockman and two others as investigators probe poisoning links. Mrs. Lockman denies recognizing mercury while authorities review her bank accounts and connections to the deceased and a hardware store operator.
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Sauley
Graham Tevis
McConnell
Giddings
Indiana
Deaths Mrs Henry Jung claus Jung elaus service details
Services for Mrs Henry Jung elaus a former Cedar Rapids resident who died at Northwood will be held at Beatty chapel at 2 p m Monday Burial is in Linwood Cemetery Friends may call at the chapel Sunday evening Surviving are three daughters Mrs John Copp of Manley Mrs Velma Manwilder and Mrs Selma Jung claus of Fort Orchard Washington two sisters Mrs Paul Nathan and Mrs Gus Schuerer Cedar Rapids and a brother Earnest Krause Cedar Rapids
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Henry Jungelaus
Cedar Rapids
Northwood
Beatty Chapel
Linwood Cemetery
John Copp
Manley
Velma Manwilder
Selma Jungclaus
Fort Orchard
Wash
Paul Nathan
Gus Schuerer
Earnest Krause
Services for Mrs. Fred S. Donis thorpe
Mrs. Fred S. Donis thorpe of 629 L Street SW died in an Iowa City hospital on Saturday. Services are set for 2 p.m. Monday at Monahan funeral home with Rev. F. O. Hillman of Jan Hus Methodist church officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Calvary cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel Sunday afternoon and evening.
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Fred S. Donisthorpe
L Street
Iowa City
Monahan Funeral Home
F. O. Hillman
Jan Hus Methodist Church
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Martin Roths Dies. Atkins Retired Farmer Was 82
Martin Roths 82, longtime Linn and Benton county farmer, died at home after a long illness. Born in Germany December 16 1863 he came to America at age 12. He married Mary Schlotterbeck March 19 1895 and leaves son Charles, grandchildren Keith and Paul, brothers Fred and Rev George Roths, sisters Christine Armstrong Jennie Kneeskern Lena Kibbie. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at home and 2 p.m. at Atkins Presbyterian Church with Dwight Krumholtz officiating. Burial in Raetz cemetery.
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Martin Roths
Linn
Benton County
Germany
Roths
America
Linn County
Mary Schlotterbeck
Charles
Keith
Paul Roths
Fred
Vinton
George Roths
Belle Plaine
Christine Armstrong
Cedar Rapids
Jennie Kneeskern
Frankville
Lena Kibbie
Shellsburg
Atkins Presbyterian Church
Dwight Krumholtz
Raetz Cemetery
Two civilian planes collide near Fairfield air base
Two civilian light planes collided in mid air two miles from Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Base California Saturday, crumpling to the ground and killing both occupants as army authorities reported.
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Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Base
Calif
Nazi Picture Ruse Revealed at Dachau War Crimes Trial
Col Henry Rosenfeld disclosed details of Mauthausen mass killings where prisoners were executed in a gas chamber under the guise of baths. He described a crematorium next door and said 125,000 victims were turned into fertilizer. He noted 61 perpetrators already punished and about 1,700 in custody awaiting trial.
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Washington
Henry Rosenfeld
United States
Dachau
Germany
Rosenfeld
Camden
N.J
Mauthausen
Rose Rosenfeld
23 Injured in Mt. Washington Cog Line Crash
Berlin New Hampshire police report 23 passengers injured on the Mt. Washington cog railway after a box car broke loose from its mooring and trundled down the track, striking an approaching passenger train. Two deaths are not reported. The moving box car collided with a passenger car being pushed uphill by a locomotive.
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Mt. Washington Cog
Berlin
N. H
Mt. Washington Cog Railway
Walter Hines
U.S. Employees To Get Retroactive Overtime
Washington report states 1 to 2 million federal workers will receive retroactive overtime pay dating from 1934. The payments are funded by a $20 million deficiency appropriation signed by President Truman, with most beneficiaries at Army and Navy installations.
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Washington
Truman
City plan commission meeting scheduled for Tuesday evening
City plan commission will meet at city hall council chambers Tuesday at 7 30 p m. Co C Pitlik dentist has returned from service and opens an office at 922 Merchants Bank Bldg phone 3 3409 Adv
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City Plan Commission
City Council
City Hall
Two adults charged in Cedar Rapids case release cited
Harold R. Floyd, 25, from Riverview hotel, was freed on bond at Linn county jail after 1:10 p.m. Saturday. Ward Root, 30, of Vinton, pleaded innocent Saturday to contributing to the delinquency of a 15-year-old Cedar Rapids girl. Root held on $500 bond. Call Century Cabs for courteous service. Hanford post members worked carnival party Tuesday at the Coliseum Armory. Prout Furniture Co. advertises reopening.
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Harold R. Floyd
Riverview Hotel
Linn County
Ward Root
Vinton
Cedar Rapids
Root
Hanford Post
Coliseum Armory
Credits for aerial photos from Pioneer scenes atlas
The edition credits Del Blumenshine of The Gazette staff for aerial photographs on sections 5 and 6. The photos were taken from a Hunter Flying Service plane piloted by Jim Wathan, capturing pioneer scenes of local residents from the illustrated historical atlas published in Chicago.
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del Blumenshine
Gazette
Hunter
Jim Wathan
R. Kaecces
Chicago
Crisis Over Iran Sees British Pressure and Soviet Counternarrative
A Soviet commentator accused Britain of pressuring Iran and warned of a growing crisis as Britain moves ships and troops toward the Persian Gulf. The Observer noted naval diversions and government notices, while Iran protests British troop movements to Basra opposite Adaban, home to Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. operations.
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Great Britain
Persia
Iran
Britain
United Nations Security Council
Foreign Office
Persian Gulf
Security Council
Russia
India
Basra
Iraq
Adaban
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co
Yermashov
Radio Moscow
Mya
Karam
Sunday Observer
Admiralty
War Office
Farm Equipment Union Appeals to Republicans
CIO Farm Equipment Workers president Grant Oakes said Truman has turned the seven month strike against J S Case and Allis-Chalmers into a political issue. He reported meetings with Indiana Governor Ralph Gates and Illinois Governor Dwight Green to seek help with settlements and noted the labor department had promised seizure action.
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Washington (Ap
Grant Oakes
CIO Farm Equipment Workers Union
Truman
J. S. Case
Allis-Chalmers
Oakes
Chicago
Ralph Gates
Indiana
Dwight Green
Illinois
Arkansas Vets Rallying Against Political Machines
World War II veterans in Arkansas warn of political machines in two counties and plan independent slates for November. In Yell county they organize a full G I slate. in Independence county they seek a July recount cue. A Danville rally drew over 1,000 veterans opposing Democratic nominees.
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Little Rock
Ark
Yell County
Independence County
G.I
Tennessee
William Weaver
Hot Spring County
Danville
J. E
Navy conducts pilotless plane tests at Cherry Point
At Cherry Point Marine Air Base two modern drone aircraft were controlled entirely by radio. An SB2C Helldiver and an F7F Tigercat performed maneuvers with no pilots aboard. Both suffered postflight mechanical issues during landings, including landing gear and flap failures, attributed to hydraulic problems.
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Cherry Point
N.C
INS
Navy
Marine Corps Air Base
Bell Aircraft Corporation
Meat Supplies Forecast for 1946 and Per Capita Food Energy
Agriculture officials project larger civilian meat supplies in 1946 with total production at 22.6 billion pounds, below 1945 and well under 1944. Sugar per capita remains steady with five pound quarterly rationing. Food energy for civilians in 1945 46 averaged about 3300 calories daily, above prewar levels.
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BAE
U. S
Reds Deny U S Consul Privacy of Dispatches
Washington reports that the United States has protested Moscow over Red army limits on American consul H Morrell Benninghoff in Dairen. The consul must file dispatches through Russian channels and cannot send them in code. The issue is under consideration with no protest action decided yet.
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Washington
INS
State Department
United States
Moscow
Red Army
Dairen
H. Morrell Benninghoff
Higher clothing prices predicted by Porter on radio
Price Administrator Paul Porter said clothing prices will rise into next year. He warned higher retail prices for automobiles and other commodities as subsidies end under the new OPA law. He projected some easing in clothing costs in 1947 as supplies expand and competition tightens.
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Washington
Paul Porter
ABC
Porter
Ari
Asa
OPA
Milwaukee Boy Contracts Polio Again
A Milwaukee physician reports a 9 year old boy with bulbar poliomyelitis in isolation hospital after a prior spinal form last year. The case shows that one attack does not guarantee lasting immunity.
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Milwaukee
Max Fox
Fox
Truck With Bodies Returns From Red Zone in Europe
A U.S. army truck carrying two soldiers and 52 American war veterans arrived near Liege Belgium after disappearing in the Russian zone of Germany. The bodies, disinterred from makeshift graves in the Russian zone, are mostly airmen killed by Nazi atrocities during the war.
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Berlin
Germany
Liege
Belgium
Pig Fetches Fifty Cents in Venice Market
In 1247 Venice records show a pig sold for the equivalent of fifty cents in contemporary American money. The note reflects early price values and trade practices in medieval Italy.
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Venice
Italy
Postwar Plans Clash Over German Zones And Trieste
The Big Four decisions cast shadows on Trieste and local industry as France rejects a partial German occupation merger and proposes four zone coordination. The US Britain plan economic fusion of two zones. Vishinsky’s floor clash marked a disorderly session as Evatt protested the motion.
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Versailles
Trieste
France
Allied Control Council Openn
Berlin
United States
Britain
Molotov
Andrei Y ¥. Vishinsky
H. V. Evatt
Vishinsky
Break Up Juvenile Ring Selling Penny Dynamite
Police break up a juvenile ring selling dynamite for a penny a stick. Portland parents are warned that some dynamite may be stored in homes. A 17-year-old boy had six sticks for six cents, leading to a rock quarry cache where teens hid the explosives and some were thrown at rocks to cause an explosion.
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Portland
Earl Kinn
July War Plane Output Below Half of Schedule
American manufacturers produced 67 military planes in July, below the 150 planned. The Aircraft Industries Association reported 52 fighters, six transports, six photo recon aircraft and three bombers, bringing total US military plane output for the year to 704.
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Washington
The
Aircraft Industries Association
United States
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