Big Four Seek Fresh Push to Reinvigorate Peace Talks
In Paris, Britain, the United States, Russia and France meet to revive the postwar peace conference amid clashes over an Australian bid for a data subcommittee on the Italian French frontier. Byrnes Bevin Molotov and Bidault seek common ground amid 300 amendments to treaties covering Bulgaria Italy Romania Finland and Hungary. Only five supporting Australia vote for the subcommittee as Beasley protests missing documents. Belgium Brazil Greece Netherlands and South Africa side with Australia.
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Britain
Russia
United States
France
Georges Bidault
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Bevin
Molotov
Bidault
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Italy
Romania
Finland
Hungary
Byrnes
Quai d’Orsay
Vandenberg
Rmich
Connally
D-Texas
Charles Bohen
John A. Beasley
Mont Cenis Plateau
Beasley
Vishinsky
Belgium
Brazil
Greece
Netherlands
South Africa
Australia
Yanks Arrest 15 Germans as Russian Spies
United States authorities announced the arrest of 15 Germans in Stuttgart tied to a Soviet spy ring. Led by Walther Kazmarek, the group operated within the Freies Deutschland organization and sought to penetrate German military government posts. Evidence included recording devices and undercover informants gathered over nine months. Kazmarek admitted receiving 5000 marks from Russian sources for reporting on American troop movements near Frankfurt.
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Frankfurt
United States
Stuttgart
Walther Kazmarek
Freies Deutschland — Organization
Kazmarek
Maj
Droschin
CIC
Freies Deutschland
Russia
Germany
Sunday To See Cold Snap's End
Cedar Rapids weather report notes a period of cool conditions with morning lows around 41 and 2:30 p.m. temperature near 68. The weather presenter humorously describes blanket insomnia as cooler air prompts wakefulness, while forecasts indicate continued cool conditions into the day.
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Cedar Rapids
Weatherboy
Work on Cars for Export Is Refused
Detroit based Nash-Kelvinator Corp said it closed Wisconsin plants idling 12000 workers after some employees refused to work on cars for foreign export. Vice president R A De Vlieg said no negotiations due to unprecedented stoppage and warned the move would cause line pileups if cars were altered. He blamed CIO Auto Workers pressure for sending right hand drive, leather lined cars down lines without assembly. Nash cited export under government quota and described the shutdown as necessary to prevent waste and line disruption.
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Detroit
Nash-Kelvinator Corporation
Wisconsin
R. A. de Vlieg
CIO Auto
de Vlicg
Nash
Milwaukee
Kenosha
UAW
Speedy Meat Famine Seen
CHICAGO UP The rush of hogs and cattle to market halted as OPA ceilings returned. Two months of heavy selling foretell a meat famine in the near term. Experts warn carcasses were slaughtered and not saved, while a packer spokesman links rising ceilings to possible higher pork output due to a record corn crop.
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Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Robert Greaser
Oneo Producers Association
Packer
Adolphus Busch III Dies After Surgery
Adolphus Busch III 55 president of Anheuser Busch Inc. died Thursday after a recent operation. The death follows his leadership of the brewing firm and a medical procedure last week. The obituary notes his roles and the end of a prominent industry figure.
New Fangled Ideas Invade Circus Field
In Cedar Rapids the Ringlings presented a $280,000 spectacle the Parad e of Toyland to crowds of 16 000 to 18 000 over two shows. Critics praised high aerial acts and a unique five watching points setup. Don Colleano the tightwire artist stood out as did the dancing horse and novelty animal acts.
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Ringlings
Cedar Rapids
Circus
Variety
New Philosophy Prevails At Boys' Training School
A new spirit sweeps the Iowa Training School for Boys as Supt. Fred N Cooper outlines a rehabilitative approach. He asserts the institution exists to retrain delinquent youths into useful citizens, warns against punishment as an end, and stresses optimism, initiative, and consistent effort by staff to aid revival and community safety.
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Boys’ Training School
Fred N Cooper
John Curry Artist Dies in Wisconsin
John Steuart Curry 48, artist in residence at the University of Wisconsin, died of a heart attack. A Kansas-born member of a famed Midwest art trio with Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood, his works on rural life, circuses, and history were slated for a Milwaukee exhibit. He painted a controversial John Brown mural for Kansas state capitol.
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Madison
Wis
John Steuart Curry
University of Wisconsin
Curry
Thomas Hart Benton
Grant Wood
Milwaukee Art Institute
Wisconsin
John Brown
Kansas State Capitol
Kansas
Brown
Meat price ceilings stay on schedule for Sept 9
The Office of Price Administration and Agriculture Department reaffirm Sept 9 as the start for new meat ceilings. Beef up about five and a half cents per pound and pork 2.5 to 3 cents higher than June 30 levels, still below current costs. Secretary Clinton Anderson resolved disputes, boosting live animal ceilings and denying resignation rumors.
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Washington
OPA
Agriculture Department
Clinton Anderson
Congress
Paul Porter
Anderson
CIO
Cost of Living Committee
John Thornton
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Yanks To Install Own Berlin Radio
BERLIN AP The American military government announced it has set up its own radio station in Berlin after months of effort to share Radio Berlin. The medium wave station will begin about Sept 1 with one kilowatt power, far less than Radio Berlin’s 100 kilowatts, but expected to be heard across Greater Berlin and possibly into the Russian occupation zone.
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Berlin
Radio
Greater
Reds Move Sparks Potsdam Pact Debate At UN
Russia blocks Ireland Trans Jordan and Portugal UN bid citing lack of normal relations with Moscow. US Australia and others challenge Gromyko, accusing Russia of violating Potsdam terms. Johnson cites 1945 agreement as basis for backing Portugal with Brazil China Netherlands France Britain also supporting.
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Gromyko
Albania
Outer Mongolia
Soviet Union
Johnson
Russia
Potsdam
Brazil
China
Netherlands
France
Britain
United States
Portugal
Appeals Group Accepts 13800 Quota for USC
The Appeals Coordinating Committee in Cedar Rapids accepted a $13 800 quota for the USO national campaign. Funds will come from cash on hand and expected War Chest pledges plus voluntary contributions, with Cedar Rapids raises not including Linn County outside the city. The move avoids a local year-long drive, reduces fundraising, and reflects Cedar Rapids obligation to service members as several hundred local boys remain in service.
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Cedar Rapids
Appeals Coordinating Committee
United Service Organizations
USO
Linn
van Vechten Shaffer
Sam Hawkins
Linn County
Fred H Schwarz Seriously Injured In Marion Crash
Three men were injured in a train automobile crash at Eleventh Street crossing in Marion about 6:45 a.m. Thursday. Fred H Schwarz 77 of Marion suffered a skull fracture and facial lacerations and was listed as serious. Eldon Bencke 28 of Marion had a fractured back and was in good condition. Sam Hook of Medford Wisconsin had a forehead laceration and was treated and released. The locomotive struck the car’s left rear. Engineer J W Anderson of Cedar Rapids led the Milwaukee train from Cedar Rapids to Calmar.
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Cedar Runplds
Eleventh Street
Marion
St. Luke’s Hospital
Fred .H. Schwartz
Eldon Bencke
Sam Hook
Medford
Wis
H. L. Layton
Kilian Convicted for Allowing Cruelties at Lichfield Depot
BAD NAUHEIM Germany AP Col James A Kilian Highland Park MIL former commander of the U S army replacement depot at Lichfield England was convicted by a seven officer military court of permitting cruel and unusual punishment of American soldiers imprisoned in the depot guardhouse He was fined 500 dollars reprimanded and acquitted on related charges More than two dozen witnesses testified about punishments including striking prisoners with fists and clubs and forcing them into painful positions Kilian 55 a Nebraska native and Missouri graduate received the Legion of Merit in 1944 for meritorious service with the depot before the Battle of the Bulge The trial also heard defenses from his adjutant and chaplain saying mistreatment was not proven and that guards sometimes joked about rough handling
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Bad Nauheim
Germany
James A. Kilian
Highland Park
Mil
United States Army
Lichfield
England
Kilian
Kihan
Legion of Merit
William S. Comfort
U S Yugoslavia Tension Revived Over Arrests and Blockade
Belgrade reports of U S counter-intelligence arrests of Vlada Antunovic, head of the Yugoslav river shipping agency, and U S forces blocking Passau winter anchorage with tanks. The issue appears linked to a forthcoming Yugoslav protest airing, reviving diplomatic strains after prior incidents.
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Belgrade
INS
United States
Yugoslavia
Vienna
Vlada Antunovic
Yugoslav River Shipping Agency
United States Army
Passau
Bavaria
Danube
Antunovic
Death sentences of 18 Stern gang members commuted
London AP reports the colonial office commuted the death sentences of 18 Stern Gang members convicted for bomb attacks on Haifa railroad yards in Palestine to life imprisonment in a Thursday night decision.
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London
Colonial Office
Stern Gang
Haifa
Palestine
Rumor of Plot on Life Of Bevin Meets Denial
Paris AP French police and Scotland Yard deny that special measures are being taken to guard Ernest Bevin the British foreign secretary They dismiss as a silly rumor reports in London newspapers that a plot by 14 Jews to kill Begin had been uncovered
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Paris
Scotland Yard
Ernest Bevin
London
Begin
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