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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1946

Page

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Dark Bread Rule Ends September 1

Washington AP report details government actions to end the dark bread and flour order by Sept 1 due to improved wheat supplies. The 80 percent kernel-to-flour requirement will drop to 72 percent while domestic flour distribution remains capped at last year’s 87 percent. Relaxations expand grain use for brewers and distillers, raise export goals to 400 million bushels, and keep limits on milling wheat in feed. Brewhouse and distillery allocations rise, but overall grain restrictions remain cautious for livestock needs and future three month outlook.

Washington Agriculture Department Anderson California Idaho Nevada Oregon Utah Montana Chicago, Milwatukee, St. Paul and Pacific

Spiritualist Jealousy Blamed in Chicago Divorce

In Chicago AP report Christian Johnson 66 a self described spiritualist won a divorce from Pearl Johnson 60 after he testified she tore his shirt. Pearl claimed professional jealousy drove the split saying he stirred spirits and barked dogs during seances and pounded the wall to interrupt her work.

Chicago Christian Johnson Pearl

Nehru Given Reins in India

Jawaharlal Nehru named to head an interim Indian government set to take office September 2 with King George VI appointing the administration. The move aims to prepare for independence, but sparks opposition from the Moslem League which threatens to boycott sessions and hinder government function. The extent of state participation remains uncertain.

London Jawaharlal Nehru Congress Party India George VI New Delhi Radio George

$150000 Gold Theft Linked to American Colonel

Shanghai dispatch reports Formosan officials filing criminal charges to recover 1996 ounces of gold valued at 150000 dollars. A former US army officer allegedly looted 3992 ounces from Japanese captors early in Formosan occupation, delivering only half to authorities and cashing the rest in Shanghai before returning to the United States. The case uncovered through routine interrogations and involved a pursuit by military police, with 75 ounces still unrecovered.

Shanghai United States Army United States Army Criminal Investigation Department

Tots Suffocate In Food Freezer

In Cleveland a 6-year-old boy and his 5-year-old sister, Karen Duddy, who recently won a Cleveland beauty child contest, suffocated in a home garage food freezer stored there. They were left with a maid while their mother visited friends and their father worked. The children apparently climbed inside and the top, propped open, fell trapping them. they were found by their father and died two hours later.

Cleveland Michael Karen Duddy

OPA Lifts More Prices but Vetoes Further Car Hikes

OPA ended a day of price increases while vetoing a general rise for automobiles. It set new ceilings on fats and oils, margarine, and shortenings, and allowed dealer-specific increases for handling charges if justified. The agency also announced higher reentries for mixed feeds and other items, with firms mustering decontrol standards to exit price controls.

OPA Washington Minneapolis Paul A. Porter

Iowa to call 725 for September draft

Iowa's first draft quota after the July August holiday will call 725 men. Brig. Gen. Charles H. Grahl, state selective service director, says most selectees will be 20 or older. The draft will begin operating again in the state about September 5.

Des Moines Iowa Charles H. Grahl Selective Service

Monty Arrives in Canada to Mixed Boos from Veterans

Halifax ap report says Field Marshal Montgomery arrived aboard the liner Mauretania with 500 returning Canadian veterans. Cheers and some booing greeted him as he walked down the gangplank, with the crowd including troops among the onlookers.

Halifax Nova Scotia Field Marshal Montgomery Mauretania

Turks Reject Red Demands

London report: Turkey rejected Soviet proposals for Dardanelles bases and argued defense is a United Nations matter. Ankara radio quoted the note saying Soviet terms violate Turkey's sovereignty and security, urging friendly ties with a strong Turkey rather than privileged straits access.

London Dardanelles United Nations Ankara Turkey U.S.S.R Black Sea

Pinball Hoax Confessed By Cedar Rapids Cabby

Harold W. Simmonds a 24 year old cab driver from 111 Tenth street NE admitted fabricating a holdup claim after losing $4 or $5 at pinball machines and hesitating to tell his wife where the money went police said the hoax had the supposed robber near the viaduct on First avenue East between Cedar Rapids and Marion.

Cedar Rapids Harold W. Simmonds Tenth Street W. J. Kudina Simmonds Harley Simon L. F. Stusak Eddie Stearns First Avenue E Marion

Russian Spy DataNames Folk in U S

A Canadian government report on Soviet espionage in Ottawa disclosed in Washington tied a New York watch dealer to Russian agents in the United States. It names William Helbein of the Helbein Watch Co in New York as a go-between and describes $10,000 smuggling to Switzerland credits to Soviet operators.

Washington INS Ottawa New York City Royal Commission of Canada William Helbein Helbein Watch Company New York United States Helbein Switzerland Germina Rabinowitch Rabinowitch Lithuania Rep Rankin Dmiss Tito Oak Ridge, Tenn Miss Rabinowitch

Argentina invites U.S. Labor Men to visit Peron government

New Argentine ambassador Dr. Oscar Ivanissivich announced that 15 American labor leaders will be flown to Argentina as official guests of President Peron next month. He said Peron directed invitations to CIO AFL and other labor groups to select active working men for the visit.

Washington INL Oscar Ivanissivich Argentina Peron CIO AFL Ivanissivich

Five ex-Russian troops try suicide as six escape on repatriation train

Five former Russian soldiers who served with the Germans late in World War II attempted self harm after connection with the German forces. Six other Russian soldiers escaped from an American train taking them back to Russia for repatriation.

Frankfurt Germany Russia

Bevin to London as Britain weighs Yugoslav action

Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin would return from Paris to confer with the cabinet amid hints of British steps against Yugoslavia. The Yugoslav news agency denounced U S river fleet retention as pressure and blackmail. A Foreign Office spokesman said Hector McNeil would accompany Bevin, with talks on Yugoslav detention of eight British soldiers and an attack on a Yugoslav official under consideration.

London Ernest Bevin Paris Yugoslavia Foreign Office Hector McNeil Bevin Italy

Byrnes and Bevin Meet in Paris Amid Yugoslav Crisis

Secretary of State Byrnes and British Foreign Secretary Bevin conferred in Byrnes hotel suite for over an hour amid ongoing Yugoslav crisis discussions. They did not reveal topics as conference commissions studied Hungarian and Romanian treaty preambles. Byrnes limited conference sessions to oversee U S moves on Yugoslavia.

Paris Byrnes Ernest Bevin Britain Palestine Byrnes-Bevin Yugoslavia Tito Upper Slovenia

Litvinov Is Removed From Soviet Foreign Service

LONDON (UP) The council of ministers of the USSR Saturday released Maxim Litvinov from his post as deputy foreign minister in a broad shakeup. Feodor Gusev and Jacob Malik were named deputy ministers to replace Litvinov and Lozovsky as speculation grows over his next assignment. Litvinov, a longtime advocate of Western friendship, was foreign commissar in 1929 and later ambassador to the United States, returning to prominence after 1941 before leaving Washington in 1943 and being replaced by Andrei Gromyko.

London Council of Ministers U.S.S.R Maxim Litvinov Moscow Litvinov Foreign Office V. M. Molotov Feodor Gusev Great Britain Jacob Malik Tokyo Allied Council Japan Solomon ‘Lozovsky United States Molotov Britain Germany Russia Washington Pearl Harbor Roosevelt Andrei Gromyko

Camp Weekend Slightly Warmer Forecast

The weather forecast notes a warmer Sunday after a rainy Saturday across Iowa. Absent weatherboy blamed for missed clockings, assistant predicts weekend showers in Cedar Rapids by Saturday night amid reported 4% inch Audubon rainfall. Cedar Rapids temps ranged from 76 to 60 with 68 at 9 pm.

Cedar Rapids Iowa Mercury

Ukraine protests Greece to U.N. council on Balkan unrest

In Paris the Soviet Ukrainian foreign minister Manuilsky announced a formal U.N. security council complaint against Greece. He cited British troop presence and foreign intervention as disturbing the Balkans peace ahead of Greece’s Sept. 1 referendum on King George II’s return.

Paris Ukraine U.N. Security Council Dmitri Manuilsky Greece Albania Manuilsky Balkans George II U.N

Error in Identity of Circus Victim Leads to Reunion

In Hartford and Portland, a mistaken link between a circus fire victim and a granddaughter is corrected. Mrs. Gertrude Landers of Wyan dotte, who earlier identified the deceased child as her granddaughter Little Miss 1565, learns the child and her mother Estella Lang are alive. The reunion follows months of separation as Mrs. Landers admits the error but calls it honest.

Detroit INL Hartford Conn Gertrude Landers Wyandotte Portland Ore Sherron Nashville Carman McMinnville Tenn Loser Bobbie Ann Keith Carmans Bobbie Ann Jessie Florida Georgia

30000 Mines Loose in Pacific Trade Currents

Tokyo based naval headquarters estimated that about 30 000 mines laid during the war had broken loose and were drifting in Pacific trade currents. The danger rose with the resumption of commercial shipping as Japanese minesweepers aided by U S navy crews located all but 97 minefields containing 950 mines that broke loose and swept into the North Pacific.

Tokyo United States Naval Headquarters United States Navy North Pacific

Tito Charges U S Air Reconnaissance After Fatal Crash

Belgrade reports Marshal Tito accuses United States military authorities of deliberate aerial reconnaissance of border dispositions following a transport crash that killed five Americans. Ambassador Patterson says the bodies will be moved from a mass grave near Bled to Belgrade for funeral with full military honors before interment at a U S cemetery on Belgrade’s outskirts.

Belgrade Marshal Tito United States Richard C. Patterson Bled Patterson

Byrnes Meets Yugoslav-Pilot Crew After Forced C-47 Landing

The pilot and co-pilot of the American C-47 plane Yugoslav fighters forced down Aug 9 spent over an hour Saturday afternoon in conference with Secretary of State Byrnes.

Paris State Byrnes

Five Killed in Yugoslav Crash and Tito Reply

The crash victims named are Capt. Robert H Crays pilot Capt. H F Schrieber Capt. B H Freestone Cpl. C M j Conko and Cpl. C J Lower. Tito blamed unauthorized Allied flights over Yugoslavia for reconnaissance and intimidation while denying responsibility noting Zone B frontier disputes with Italy and asserting such flights were intentional.

Robert H. Crays H. F. Schrieber B. H Freestone C. M. J Conko C. J. Lower Patterson William Crombie East Longmeadow Mass Tito Yugoslavia Venezia Giulia Italy

Acheson Receives Yugoslav Reports Amid Ultimatum Deadline

Washington Acheson gathered official Yugoslav reports as the 48 hour American ultimatum neared expiration. State Department refused to confirm when the ultimatum would lapse and avoided a clear yes or no on satisfaction with conditions tied to release of flyers shot down on August 9.

Washington Acheson Yugoslavia State Department Aches United States

Daily Record Index Summary of Sections

The page lists sections including Editorial Features Movies Sports and a courthouse column. It mentions two deaths and a Marlon feature amid standard New Daily Record content. The OCR reads as a general index of articles and departments with scattered titles and topics.

Seenvenenunne Cceeeenese Daily Record Nye Tesseaeaeess Editorial Seea Marlon Ccserceetevens Csccacccecsanteus Radio Cavecevseccsnvceses Sports Cecesessee State Se Cecness

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