75 Narrowly Miss Death In Explosion
Fire at St. Mark's Lutheran church on Second Avenue and Third Street SW caused a furnace backdraft that blew out walls and damaged the roof while about 75 children and adults evacuated in orderly fashion. Fire Chief Kohout compared the blast to a furnace backdraft as teachers and volunteers ensured no one was left inside.
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St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Second Avenue
Third Street
Kohout
Alvin Nelson
Eighth Street
Nelson
Donald Spicher
Carl
Donald
A. A. Steen
Roy Stepanek
Woodrow Morrison
Cedar Rapids Endures Deep Freeze Sets Record Low For Season
Cedar Rapids recorded a low of 6 above zero early Monday as a broad cold wave gripped the region and eastern Iowa. Temperatures fell across the state with frigid readings in Elkader Decorah Mason City and Bemidji Minnesota the nation’s coldest. State forecasts warned of rain or snow and continued cold weather through the week.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Elkader
Decorah
Mason City
Weather Bureau
United States
Huntington
W. Va
New York City
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
Bemidji
Minn
Walking encyclopedias for barbers planned by NE Barbers
The New England Barbers Association announced a new education plan for apprentices. Fourth Vice-president Frank Fulginiti said the streamlined curriculum will not curb talkativeness but ensure barbers know their topics. They will study psychology and neurology to better explain concepts.
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Boston
New*England Barbers Association
Frank Fulginiti
Fulginiti
Modern U S Carpetbagger Fattening on Foreign Woes
Hal Boyle profiles a young American, Jimmy, who plans a foreign trip under a phony do good premise to profit from distress abroad. He boasts of high daily pay, a car, cigaret profits, and a comfortable return home, exposing a self serving opportunist abroad.
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U.S
New York
Jimmy
Philanthnopl
McMahon Denounces Atom Bomb Story as Irresponsible
Senator McMahon of Connecticut rejected a Reynolds News report that he claimed the U.S. is building atom bombs 600 times more powerful than those dropped on Japan. He said the quote misrepresents his remarks at a London gathering and he has a stenographic transcript.
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Paris
INS
McMahon
D-Conn
London
United States
Japan
Reynolds News
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Farmer Near Coggon Loses His Right Hand
Edward Albrecht a tenant on the Heldt farm near Coggon lost his right hand in a corn picker Saturday afternoon He was taken to St Luke s hospital in Cedar Rapids Neighbors picked Albrecht s corn Monday
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The
Gazette
Edward Albrecht
Caroline Heldt
Here
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Albrecht
City Council Plans Road Extension to Ease First Avenue Traffic
Cedar Rapids city officials debated extending C avenue NE to Marion to create a major northeast street. Equitable Life Assurance proposed a plan involving cemetery land. the city must condemn a 40 foot cemetery strip if the cemetery association refuses to convey the rest.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
First Avenue
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
U. S
Marion Road
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Equitable
C Avenue
City Plan Commission
Cemetery Association
Frank Young
Carl K. Linge
Don Hines
Frank K. Hahn
Young
David L. Williams
Hines
Gas, coal clash and court duel in postwar UMW strike
Government plans fast use of Big Inch and Little Inch pipelines to ease coal shortages with gas moving 50 million cubic feet a day soon and 150 million within six weeks. A coal strike would spike unemployment to five million, experts say. The trial of John L. Lewis continues with Krug and 10 witnesses called, including Hamilton Acheson, Town coal mine administrator.
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Washington (Ap
Interior Krug
Big Inch
Little Inch
Krug
House
Seaboard
Federal
T. Alan Goldsborough
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Fot
Goldsborough
John F Sennett
United Mine Workers
Hamilton Acheson
Shanghai Quiet After Weekend Riots Ends
Police with shoot to kill orders guarded the streets as shopkeepers reopened in Shanghai. The unrest left at least 100 injuries and reports of 5 to 12 deaths denied by officials. Mayor K C Wu blamed the Communists for the outbreak and warned of a prelude to a general strike.
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Shanghai
K. C. Wu
Molotov Touted as Stalin Successor in Soviet Press
London AP reports a publicity push elevates Vyacheslav Molotov as a potential heir to Joseph Stalin. Molotov, 56, praised as an honorary member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences fuels speculation of leadership transition amid health rumors surrounding Stalin.
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London
Vyacheslav M
Molotov
Europe
Stalin
Moscow
Soviet Academy of Science
Byrd’s Task Force Heads For Antarctic
Norfolk AP dispatch details Rear Admiral Richard Byrd leading Task Force 68 to explore Antarctica with 4 000 men and 13 ships from Norfolk and West Coast ports. The expedition will map coastlines, study minerals, weather, andUndersea samples while aiming to shorten unexplored areas and test naval equipment.
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Norfolk
South Pole
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Byrd
Ross Ice Shelf
Little America
Richard H. Cruzen
United States
Mexico
Antarctica
Navy
Veto Issue Sidetracked by UN Debate
A move to curb the veto privileges of the Big Five was sidetracked as the UN Assembly's political and security committee sent the question to a subcommittee. Britain warned it would pass the baby, and little chance of action before session end was seen. The five powers remained united behind retaining the veto, with limited support for voluntary changes.
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New York
Britain
United Nation
Russia
Trial of Slovaks War Chief Opens in Bratislava
Father Josef Tiso wartime president of the autonomous Slovak republic faced 113 charges with possible death penalty. Interior Minister Sano Mach and Foreign Minister Ferdinand Durcansky were tried with him. Durcansky was absent in Rome. Defense argued the court lacked jurisdiction due to the president’s imprisonment.
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Bratislava
Czechoslovakia
Josef Tiso
Igor Daxner
Tiso
U S Action Against Him Is Dismissed
Chicago report on Judge Walter S Labay dismissing two criminal informations against James C Petrillo of the American Federation of Musicians and ruling the Lea act unconstitutional. The ruling cites indefiniteness and First Fifth Amendment issues including free speech and employment restrictions. The government plans an appeal and may seek Supreme Court review.
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Chicago
United States
Walter S. Labay
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
Petrillo
Lea
WAAF
Labay
Marriages and births head for records in 1946
The National Office of Vital Statistics reports that the first nine months of 1946 saw 2,259,000 births, about 1 percent above 1943’s record. City figures show 595,289 marriage licenses issued in that period, exceeding the 1942 annual total. September birthrate reached 27.9 per 1,000, higher than prior highs.
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Washington
National Office of Vital Statistics
Pact Talks Denied in U S Britain Military Accord
London AP report says officials are discussing technical standardization of weapons and peacetime cooperation but no firm agreements or aggressive decisions have been made. The Communist Daily Work claimed Britain was about to enter a far reaching military pact with the United States with details agreed.
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London
United States
Great Britain
Work
Britain
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St. Mark's Lutheran Church
Carl Kane
P. Kohout
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