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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1946
Page
13
Calcutta quieted slightly as Moslems and Hindus fought through the streets in four days of sectarian bloodshed. Authorities reported 2,000 to 3,000 dead, thousands wounded, rampant looting, and looming epidemic danger. British troops patrolled with light tanks as fires burned on both river banks and in factories.
A national survey shows World War II veterans voted without bloc discipline. Many veterans with prior political success won nominations, while first-time candidates were often defeated. Veterans organized in seven Arkansas counties and small pockets in Tennessee and Alabama, with scattered successes in several states.
Washington AP reports a bloc of house Democrats opposed to Chairman Hannegan has declared an informal truce likely until Congress convenes in January. Led by Rep. Ed Gossett of Texas and Rep. Roger Slaughter of Missouri, they said no further concerted efforts to force changes will occur this fall. The truce may involve both sides as Hannegan avoided criticizing dissidents in a recent campaign address.
President Truman began a brisk two mile morning stroll ashore at Quonset Point Rhode Island during his vacation on the Williamsburg. He walked with a fast pace of 120 paces per minute circling hangars before returning to the yacht and planning a chat with Governor John A. Pastore and the U S Solicitor aboard.
General J Howard McGrath, former Rhode Island governor and probable Democratic senatorial nominee, is noted. The President spoke to a reporter denying any significance in Sen Green not boarding the yacht, telling him not to read too much into Green's absence.
In Berlin AP reports Bully Buhlan a 22 year old pale German singer gains the adoring Frauleins as a German Sinatra. He notes audiences were distracted by debris and chocolate bars but now women confess broken hearts. Buhlan compares himself to Frank Sinatra in tone and appeal while joking that both are hungry.
The Netherlands faces how to handle 70,000 internees in 100 camps, with 45,000 slated for release by year’s end. Homes and jobs must be found, while concerns over their future politics, possible hostility from Nazi victims, and slow trials loom large.
Mrs. Anna Pautz of Vancouver Washington reports long suffering from rheumatism and arthritis and says she is now free from pain and able to work. She offers information to others who write. Responds through NUE-OVO Laboratories.
In Pittsfield Indiana a Greyhound bus en route from Kansas City to Chicago overturned on a sharp curve. Margaret Lundmark of Buffalo and Walter Baughman of Pittsfield died. The bus driver Robert Livingstone was jailed without charge after minor injuries. Twenty-three passengers remained hospitalized.
New York AP reports the New Bern Victory debarkation of troops was delayed several hours as men in some quarters were held. No further details on casualties or causes are provided.
Sunday to permit segregation of 421 military personnel who had shared quarters with a serviceman who died at sea. The victim’s name and cause of death were not disclosed. The ship brought 1,493 troops from Leg Horn Italy, and eleven of the segregated men who had been in the sick bay with the deceased were moved to Camp Kilmer Hospital in New Jersey.
J and 410 associated with the victim were to be segregated at Camp Kilmer pending completion of an autopsy.
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