Britain and U.S. Firm on Dardanelles
Washington reports the United States and Great Britain will oppose Soviet proposals for sharing control of the Dardanelles with Turkey. France joins the West in resisting Moscow, with an international conference eyed this year to discuss revised Montreux treaty terms and future straits policy.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Dardanelles
Foreign Office
London
France
Britain
Turkey
Moscow
Mediterranean
Black Sea
Fedor Orekhov
State Department
Montreux
Byrnes
Orekhov
United Nations
Ankara
White House
Army
Navy
Truman
Surrender of Johnny Craft Ends Runtime Manhunt in Mississippi
Jackson AP Johnny Craft one of three black brothers sought for ambush and shootings in Magee Mississippi surrendered to officers in Jackson. He walked to the county jail unarmed in marine fatigues and said he walked from the scene. Eight other blacks were taken into custody for questioning as the manhunt continued for Craft’s brothers Garfield and Bill.
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Jackson, Miss
C. M. Herrin
Johnny Craft
Jackson
Craft
United States Marine
C. R. Bradley
Garfield
Bill
John
Magee
Fielding Wright
United States Attorney
Lamar Caudle
Walter White
New York
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
New Winter Store Hours Announced in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids merchants vote for winter hours 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily including Mondays and Saturdays. Hours take effect Sept 3 and run through May 1947, announced Gordon Barger, bureau chairman.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids Retail Merchants Bureau
Gordon Barger
Mail Train Derails Near Fair Junction Wyoming
An eastbound Union Pacific mail train derailed one mile west of Fair Junction, Wyoming. The engineer B. F. Michie of Rolland, Wyoming, and the fireman A. Gustafson were seriously injured according to Union Pacific headquarters in Omaha.
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Omaha
Union Pacific
Fair, Junction
Wyo
B. F. “Michie
Rolland
A. Gustafson
President Akers Route Goes South With Truman At Sea
President Truman scrapped his New England vacation plan and ordered the presidential yacht Williamsburg southward for a freeform Atlantic voyage. White House aide Ross called it a journey into nowhere and said the original Maine coast route was tentative as the president seeks warmth at sea.
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Truman
Jbrisk
New England
Atlantic
Quonset Point
R. I
Cape Cod
Williamsburg
White House
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Mr. Truman
Maine
Continuation Of Cool Weather In Cedar Rapids
The Gazette notes a missing weather reporter with no explanation but confirms continued warm conditions. Tuesday’s temperature reached 85 degrees at 2:30 p.m. with prior highs around 76 and overnight lows near 51. Readings show 70 p.m., 66 at midnight, 58 at 7 a.m., and 73 at 9 a.m. Tuesday.
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Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Dilly
Chambers-Inskeep
British Take Over Reich Iron and Steel Industry
In Oyenhausen Germany the British control commission announced the nationalization of the entire German iron and steel industry within the British occupation zone. The move places full state control over steel production and related facilities as Allied authorities assert economic reconstruction actions.
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Reich Iron, Steel
Bad Oyenhausen
Germany
British Control Commission
Frank Pierce Shines As Iowa Municipalities Convene
Frank Pierce of Marshalltown drew focus at the League of Iowa Municipalities forty-eighth annual convention in Montrose hotel. Some 151 representatives from 70 Iowa towns attended the opening session amid a dispute over leadership and a legal tangle delaying league affairs. Pierce seeks the secretary post he held 47 years, arguing a quorum defect invalidated last year’s election.
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Frank Pierce
Marshalltown
League of Iowa Municipalities
Montrose Hotel
Iowa
League
Pierce
Price Verdict Awaited On Food Price Ceilings
Washington reports the Price Control board will decide tonight at about 6 p.m. Central Standard Time whether ceilings on meats milk butter and other basics will be restored. An 8 p.m. radio explanation by the three board members will follow. Any new ceilings would take effect Friday and OPA actions may shift to Wednesday or Thursday as readings adjust.
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Washington
OPA
Paul Porter
Porter
U S Protests Poland Over Democratic Harms
Washington a sharp note from Under secretary of State Dean Acheson protested Poland’s oppressive acts that blocked normal democratic activity. The note cited arrests censorship and interference against the Polish labor party and demanded four guarantees for political freedom before elections.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
United States
Poland
Arthur Bliss Lane
He'll Pay for Car Accident 20 Years
Ernest Martin, 21, must give not less than 10 percent of each payday for 20 years to support two children after pleading guilty to manslaughter in a fatal collision with Mrs. Clara Fuller. Superior Judge Harold R. Scoville placed him on probation and ordered payments to the county probation officer until the younger child turns 21, the older being four.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Ernest Martin
Harold R. Scoville
Martin
Clara S. Fuller
Scoville
Cedar Rapids Teen Wins $5,000 Fisher Prize
Leo C. Peiffer 17 earns top United States honor in GM education foundation 1946 contest senior division for building Napoleon’s coach miniature. He is son of Leo P. Peiffer and plans Iowa State College or Notre Dame University. Scholarship covers any college.
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Detroit
Napoleon
Leo C. Peiffer
Leo P. Peiffer
Upland Drive
Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild
United States
General Motors Education Foundation
Craftsman’s Guild
George J. Fisher
Boy Scouts
Peiffer
Franklin High School
Iowa State College
Notre Dame University
School Board To Consider New Pay Plan
Cedar Rapids school system proposes a unified salary base for clerks teachers and principals with added payments for training and responsibilities plus accumulative sick leave. The plan aims for annual $5 raises for clerks over six years and would affect custodians and cafeteria staff. Board referred the proposal to the education committee for study and a meeting with the School Maintenance union is planned.
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Cedar Rapids
Board of Education
Supt
Clyde Parker
Parker
J. C. Blodgett
Education Committee
Morgan Out As Displaced Persons Chief
London UNRRA Director General F H La Guardia says Lt General Sir Frederick Morgan will be released from duties directing displaced persons operations in Germany and return to England The War Office notes Morgan was released in view of the changing situation He is believed to have discussed action with Gen Joseph McNarney US commander in Europe Meyer Cohen will become acting director in Germany
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London
F. H. la Guardia
UNRRA
War Office
Sir Frederick Morgan
Germany
Morgan
England
Berlin
la Guardia
Joseph McNarney
United States
Europe
Meyer Cohen
Washington
Crowd Lifts Jail Releasing Youth in Ohio Incident
In Cambridge Ohio Sheriff Oliver said 75 men stormed a shed jail in Eyesville Saturday night and freed Clifford Shatto, 19, a war veteran. Shatto had been jailed after a scuffle with Marshal Reed over driving his car. later re jailed, he walked free again when the charge was dropped by Ferris Francis, the nightclub operator whose claim left Shatto as his mother's sole support.
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Cambridge
Ohio
Wilmer O Oliver
Eyesville
Clifford Shatto
Shatto
Raymond Reed
Byesville
Reed
Oliver
Ferris Francis
Here
Plumbers in Wage Dispute Pause Work After Rate Change
Plumbers and steamfitters local No. 125 halted work Monday and Tuesday awaiting government approval of a 25 cent wage increase from July. Vice president Roy Cessford declined comment. Contractors J W Darragh and Ben Rubins said both union and management await approval to move from 150 to 175 dollars an hour set July 1. Darragh cannot pay 175 without wage adjustment board approval and noted the wage action ended with the OPA on June 30. He says the Washington official in charge is on vacation until mid September, delaying a ruling.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids Plumbers and Steamfitters Local No. 125
AFL
Roy Cessford
J. W. Darragh
Ben Rubins
Darragh
Washington
Lake Strike Unionists Face Suit for 250000
Three tanker companies filed suit in Cleveland against the National Maritime Union and 12 officers claiming breach of contract over the Great Lakes strike. Damages sought total 250000 dollars.
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Cleveland
National Maritime Union
Great Lakes
Attack Is Denounced By Acheson
Washington an undersecretary of state denounces a Yugoslav attack on an American plane as outrageous. The United States issues a strong protest to the Yugoslav government, the third in two days, with Acheson permitting direct quotes at his news conference.
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Washington
Aches&on
State Department
Byrnes
Blunt
United States
Acheson
Yugoslavia
Flights Canceled Over Yugoslavia By U.S. Air Transport
The United States Army Air Transport Service announced the cancellation of its flights over Yugoslavia on Tuesday pending clarification of air rights between the two nations.
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Rome
United States Army Air Transport Service
Yugoslavia
U S protests Yugoslav aggression over missing plane near Trieste
The United States lodged a formal protest after Yugoslav fighters forced an American transport to crash land, wounding a passenger, and detained crew and passengers without consular access. The note demanded immediate release and access and warned of potential compensation claims. A second transport bound for Italy from Austria was reported missing amid tracer activity.
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Trieste
Yugoslavia
United States
Italy
Austria
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Associated Press
Patterson Field
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Bayne Freeland
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