Vet Buying Of Surplus Scrutinized
Washington investigators opened a review of surplus war property sales to probe veteran priority abuses in buying scarce War Assets Administration goods. Hearings set for next month, with questions on large-scale veteran misuse and potential prosecutions, plus scrutiny of a $400000 airport gift to a private school run by army officers.
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Washington
House
Carroll
Slaughter
Glendale
Ariz
British Vets in Housing Revolt
A wave of veterans occupies vacant army camps and military shelters across Great Britain in a squatters revolt over housing. Families move into Nissen huts and later into derelict or requisitioned residences as whole communities adopt new names and settle in improvised military shelters.
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London
Great Britain
Scotland
England
Storms Bring Strong Winds and Rain Across Iowa
Iowa faced heavy winds and thunderstorms Friday night into Saturday, with Cedar Rapids recording 1.17 inches of rain and 66 mph winds in Ottumwa. Des Moines reported 58 mph gusts, 500 motorists blocked by a power line, and widespread phone outages. Temperatures reached 89 in Cedar Rapids. more storms and a cooling trend were forecast for Sunday and Monday.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Ottumway
Clarence
Clinton
Waukee
Guthrie Center
Iowa City
Des Moines
Perry
Marshalltown
Ottumwa
Sigourney
Weather Bureau
Davenport
Indianola
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Chambers
Note 20 Years Old Indicates Death by Own Action
The body of Aurelio Scalzitti, 55, a Chicago music teacher, was recovered from Lake Michigan. Police found a note dated 20 years earlier in his possessions indicating a death by own action. A WWI army discharge and a locker key were found, with a 1926 note spoken of in proverbs and the line I shall never borrow. A brother said Scalzitti had been unemployed recently.
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Chicago
Aurelio Scalzitti
Lake Michigan
Scalzitti
Dearborn
It's a Cinch They Weren't Carried Off In Someone's Pocket
Police searched for one and a half tons of watermelons reported stolen by Robert Hewitt of 258 Nineteenth Avenue SW He said he hauled the melons from Manchester to Cedar Rapids and parked the truck in his yard. when he returned the melons were missing.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert Hewitt
Nineteenth Avenue
Hewitt
Manchester
Manchester Boy Dies of Polio
Six year old Lawrence Edward Turner son of Mr and Mrs Leslie Turner living five miles northeast of Manchester died Friday in an Iowa City hospital of polio myelitis He was Manchester s first polio victim this year Services will be at Gill funeral home at 2 p m Sunday Burial in Oakland cemetery He was born Sept 19 1940 He is survived by his parents grandparents and Mrs Phoebe Turner and Mrs George Whitman both of near Manchester
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Manchester
Lawrence
Edward
Larry” Turner
Leslie Turner
Iowa City
Gill Funeral
Oakland Cemetery
Larry
Phoebe Turner
George Whitman
Six Japanese war criminals hanged at Changi jail
Singapore AP reports six Japanese war criminals were executed by hanging at Changi jail on Friday. Among those executed were Maj. Nakamia Kinji and Capt. Miwakawa Shigehiro who were found guilty of murder.
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Singapore
Changi
Nakamia Kinji
Miwakawa Shigehiro
Lorraine Young Crowned 4-H Queen at Fair
18 year old Lorraine Young of Palo was crowned Linn county 4-H achievement queen at the All-Iowa fair held at Hawkeye Downs amid rain. The event followed a strong week of attendance, with the fair drawing over 60,000 visitors. Her Angus steer won the county 4-H grand championship, and she received a $25 saving bond as queen.
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Hawkeye Downs
Palo
Linn County
Erne Young
Charles D. Moora
Moore
Miss Young
George Young
Angus Steer
Cedar Rapids
George Goodyear
Linn County Farm Bureau
Geryl Dean Brown
C. C. Brown
Maxine Quaas
O. E. Quaas
Marion
Alice Wacker
John Wacker
Springville
Arlene L. Ritze
Glenn E. Ritze
Alburneit
Margaret Stewart
Palo Consolidated School
Mary Ellen Peck
Daily Record Index and Editorial Highlights
A fragmented index page lists sections such as Editorial Features Movies Radio Sports Deaths and Courthouse. The readable fragments reference Marlon and a dated entry, suggesting a combined directory of sections and a courthouse notice within the issue.
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Daily Record
Ccccs
Anee
Illinois Floods Cause Millions in Property Loss and Homelessness
Heavy rains drenched Illinois communities, killing four and leaving more than 1,200 homeless. Levee failures near St. Louis flooded Pearl and East St. Louis, destroying dozens of homes and stranding workers. Rescue boats saved hundreds, while drownings and electrocution deaths were reported in Elsberry, Centralia, and nearby areas.
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Ill
Belleville
Associated Press
Illinois
Mississippi
St. Louis
Pearl
Steve Hoover
Coast Guard
Washington Park
Jand Belleville
Evansville
Ind
Louisville and Nashville
Mt. Vernon
CIO Drives to End Strikes Before Elections
Washington reports CIO President Philip Murray and United Auto Workers chief Walter Reuther moving to finish current strikes and curb new walkouts ahead of November elections. They plan wage talks delayed until Oct. 16, while organizing buyers and political action to defeat inflation-supporting lawmakers.
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Washington
CIO
Congress
Philip Murray
United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
Reuther
UAW
Chrysler Corporation
President Truman
Lottie Lockman Freed on Bond in Poison Murder Case
Mrs. Lottie Tot Lockman 62 Dupont housekeeper granted release on a $15,000 bond by Justice of the Peace Elmer Crozier in Madison Indiana. No bondsman appeared yet. attorney Joseph Cooper said she would soon be out of the county jail. Prosecutor Donald Bear and Cooper waived arraignment. Cooper claimed a neighborhood witch hunt and sought an immediate hearing.
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Madison
Ind
Lottie
Tot) Lockman
Dupont
Minnie McConnell
Justice of the Peace
Elmer L. Crozier
Joseph Cooper
Donald Bear
Cooper
Jews Passively Resist Deportation at Haifa Harbor
In Haifa 1300 Jewish refugees were moved to ships for Cyprus after a brief passive resistance. British troops and Indian reinforcements surrounded two vessels as crowds gathered, chanting the Jewish anthem. Hagana labeled call urged readiness for further action as refugees were transferred.
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Jerusalem
Haifa
Cyprus
Katral Yaffee
Hagana
Voice of Israel Radio
Toll of Dead Hits 250 in Indian Riots
Calcutta erupts in direct action clashes between Muslim and Hindu mobs leaving about 250 dead and 1,600 injured over two days. Sir Frederick Burrows condemns mob rule as orders bar gatherings and weapons. British troops assist police as looting and arson disrupt transit and commerce across the city.
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Calcutta
India
Reuters
Frederick Burrows
Bengal
Iwo Jima Hit By Typhoon Strikes US Installations
Tokyo based AP reports a typhoon with 115 mph winds damaged all American installations on Iwo Jima Friday. No casualties were reported. 85 percent of buildings failed to weather the blow and power lines were down. food rations beyond canned goods were destroyed. The storm was set to reach Japan’s mainland by Sunday afternoon but would likely miss Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Iwo Jima
United States Air Force
Minnesota Past Worst of Polio Epidemic
Minnesota health officials said the worst phase of the poliomyelitis outbreak has passed with 1,327 cases and 90 deaths in the state. In Minneapolis 39 new cases were reported Friday, and 849 polio cases have occurred there this year. City health commissioner Dr F J Hill noted the peak appeared in August, while measuring by infection date.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
David Harris
F. J. Hill
Eisenhower Says He Will Stay Out of Politics in Latin America
Mexico City AP reports General Dwight Eisenhower declared he is absolutely staying out of all national and international politics. He voiced this remark amid questions about U.S. involvement in Latin American matters and emphasized neutrality during his travels.
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Mexico City
Dwight Eisenhower
Claude Porter Dies Long in Iowa Politics
Claude R Porter 74 longtime interstate commerce commissioner died Saturday two days after a stroke at work. His son George B Porter 52 died in San Francisco choking on food. Porter formerly served as assistant attorney general and FTC chief counsel, active in Iowa Democratic politics since 1895. Born Moulton Iowa July 8 1872, he rose from state legislator to U S attorney and Wilson appointee. His ICC term would have ended December 31 1949.
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Claude R. Porter
Interstate Commerce
San Francisco
George B Porter
Porter
United States
Federal Trade Commission
ICC
Calvin Coolidge
Iowa
State Senate
Moulton
Centerville
Wilson
IWW
Chicago
Spain
50Th
Iowa Lnfantry Volunteers
Rent control sought in all 99 Iowa counties
Des Moines up The labor advisory committee to the Iowa district Office of Price Administration petitions Paul Porter to extend rent control statewide. Only 17 counties now have controls. The nine point resolution calls for residential control and a study of commercial rents. Price boards could take on added duties with nominal cost, the letter says. The push cites veterans and low income families as housing need and urges action to prevent evictions and unfair increases. Chairman is C G Brandon of Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Labor Advisory Committee
Iowa District Office of Price Administration
Paul Porter
OPA
Iowa
Labor Committee
C. G. Brandon
Brotherhood of Railroad
Police limit personal calls at Blue Island station
Chicago AP reports Lt. Carl Relli at suburban Blue Island state police station issues a personal call limit. New girl friends get one minute, sweethearts two minutes, fiancées two and a half minutes, wives only half a minute.
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Chicago
Blue Island
Carl Relli
Conference invites Austria to speak on Italy treaty
At the European peace conference 15 voting against Russia invited Austria to present its views on the treaty with Italy, while a Soviet motion to invite Iran was unanimously adopted. Iran would speak but not vote, with United States support and Iranian contributions noted.
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Paris
Austria
Italy
Iran
United States
Britain
Albania
Mexico
Cuba
Egypt
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
South Tyrol
Council of Foreign Ministers
Russia
Ukraine
Poand
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
State Department
Benjamin W Cohen
Vishinsky
United Nations
Germany
Quo Tai-chi
Cohen
Medical Aid Sped To Troop Vessel Near New York
A coast guard aircraft carried medical supplies to the troopship Newbern Victory, 400 miles east of New York, after a passenger died and another became seriously ill with respiratory difficulties aboard the 1495-troop vessel. The ship, en route to dock Sunday, prompted the aid response.
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NEW York
Coast Guard
Fire Aboard Steamer Benjamin Milam Off Newfoundland
The coast guard said a wireless message from the steamer Benjamin Milam reported a coal cargo fire about 500 miles off Newfoundland. Skipper Arthur Jensen described the condition as serious but not critical.
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New York
Coast Guard
Benjamin Milam
Newfoundland
Arthur Jensen
Burglars Take $300 at Suttons Appliance Store
A breakin at Suttons appliance store on Second Street SE netted $300 in cash. Police report says entry was gained by ripping a wall section between Suttons and the Million and Million photographer building. A skeleton key may have been used as the photographer shop door was locked and no forced entry was found. The cash came from the register.
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Cedar Rapids
Sutton
Second Street
Harry Sutton
John Wanna
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