French Aid Talk Triggers U S Budget Standoff
Washington officials said the Truman administration will use funds on hand to avoid a special foreign aid bill next year. France's Robert Buron suggested a $600 million US commitment may not require congressional approval, prompting a rebuff as Britain eyes further American dollars to cover deficits. Churchill's government seeks a sizeable aid estimate for six to seven months as Harriman discusses the matter.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
United States
Robert Buron
Paris
France
U. S
Byron
Britain
Churchill
W. Averell Harriman
London
Don Hines Joins Loras College Board of Regents
Cedar Rapids attorney Donald T. Hines is named one of four new regents for Loras College in Dubuque, joining Arch Ward of the Chicago Tribune Dr Charles G Lanner of Dubuque and Frank J Enbusk of Mason City to fill vacancies caused by deaths.
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Dubuque
Donald T. Hines
Cedar Rapids
Loras College Board of Regents
Loras T. Lane
Arch Ward
The
Chicago Tribune
Charles G. Lanner
Frank J. Enbusk
Mason City
Panama Limited Derailed Near DuQuoin
The Panama Limited passenger train of Illinois Central derailed the last five cars within DuQuoin city limits on Saturday night. Initial reports said no injuries. both north and southbound tracks were torn up for nearly a block.
Pope Pius XII Returns to Vatican From Castel Gandolfo
Pope Pius XII returns to the Vatican after five months at his summer residence Castel Gandolfo in a normal routine move. He had stayed at the papal summer residence near Rome during the period and resumed official duties.
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Pope
Vatican
Vatican City
Pius XII
Castlegandolfo
Iowa Deaths A B Dunlap and Five Others
Obituary notices from multiple Iowa towns report deaths and funeral arrangements. A B Dunlap, 时ired blacksmith, died Friday with services Sunday at Harrison Garrison funeral home and burial in Hickory cemetery. Louise Crookshank, 84, died Friday night with services Monday at Passmore funeral home and burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Alexander Ehresman, 77, died Saturday with body at Sheets funeral home and arrangements pending. Hyrcanus Fisher, 77, death Friday with services Sunday at Peffers funeral home and burial in Beal cemetery. Kate Geraghty, 62, death Friday with services Monday at St Marys church and burial in Monona.
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Quasqueton
A. B. Dunlap
Harrison-Garrison
Hickory
Central City
Louise Crookshank
Passmore
Oak Hill
Tipton
Alexander Ehresman
Sheets Funeral
Belle Plaine
Hyrcanus Fisher
Peffers Funeral Home
Beal Cemetery
McGregor
Kate Geraghty
St. Mary’s
Monona
Interim Linn Supervisor To Be Appointed
A three member panel will appoint a temporary Linn County First District supervisor at a special courthouse meeting. Beeson faces three grand jury indictments for embezzlement and false pretenses and is suspended. The appointee must be a Cedar Rapids Republican and serve until Beeson’s ouster case is resolved.
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First District
Mt. Legee
Clarence L. Beeson
Iowa
Beeson
Otto F. Hanzlik
Dempsy Jones
Arthur Axmear
Hanzlik
Axmear
Jones
Linn County
Rapids
Cedar Rapids
Clinton, College
Fairfax Townships
G.O.P. County Central Committee
Joe Schindler
State Tax Commission
Joe J. Mitralsky
H. F. Gensicke
Fred Higley
Wiley
Ed Cherry
Rapids Township
Louie J. Pochobradsky, Jr
Ed Ko
Crowd of 420000 Sees Livestock Show on Last Day
Chicago AP The 52nd International Livestock Exposition ended Saturday night drawing an estimated 420000 attendees. The crowd set a postwar record, surpassing the 1950 tally by more than 20000, with earlier shows drawing 450000 in the late 1930s. Exhibitors from 35 states and six Canadian provinces departed with prize money and ribbons.
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Chicago
William E. Ogilvie
Toledo Home Employee Fired Over Alleged Abuse Claims
Robert Gilchrist, 33, a storekeeper at the Toledo state children’s home, says he was fired by Superintendent L. H. Ladd for allegedly speaking out on how the institution is run. The Des Moines Register cites support for concerns about paddling and discipline, while officials deny substantiated brutality claims.
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DES Moines
Robert Gilchrist
Toledo
L. H. Ladd
Des Moines Sunday Register
Gilchrist
the Register
Ladd
State Bureau of Investigation
William S. Beardsley
State Board of Control
Doe
Fred O. Ekstrand
Twin Cities Shell Plant Reopened Under New Contract
Minneapolis firms win contract to reactivate and operate a government owned shell plant at Twin Cities arsenal New Brighton. Company president announced Saturday.
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Minneapolis
Minneapolis-Moline Company
Twin Cities Arsenal
New Brighton
Services for Milford Matthews at Beatty chapel
Milford Matthews dies at 1208 Ellis boulevard NW. Funeral at Beatty chapel 1 30 p m Tuesday with Rev F L Hinshaw of St James Methodist church officiating. Burial in Linwood cemetery. Friends may visit chapel after 1 p m Sunday.
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Milford Matthews
Ellis Boulevard
Beatty Chapel
F. L. Hinshaw
St. James Methodist Church
Linwood Cemetery
Fairfax Legion Post Celebrates 30th Anniversary
Fairfax Pekong post No. 572 of the American Legion and its Woman's auxiliary marked their 30th anniversary with a Saturday night meeting at the Legion hall. About 150 attended as first post commander Frank Holets and first auxiliary president Mrs. Christie Boland were among 30 year members honored with pins. Miss Tillie Andrie has never missed a meeting. Also present were Curtis Selzer, master of ceremonies, auxiliary president Mrs. Wesley Sedlak, and historian Mrs. George Buresh. Marine Sgt. Harry Iben, Korean veteran now at Hastings, Neb., attended as a guest.
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Fairfax
Pekong
The
American Legion
Legion Hall
Frank Holets
Christie Boland
Auxiliary
Tillie Andrie
Mary Andrle
Charles Dvorak
Frank Barta
James Yanecek
Emma Boland
Curtis Selzer
Wesley Sedlacek
George Buresh
Sgt
Harry Iben
Hastings
Neb
Prudential Agents’ Strike Planned for This Week
Cedar Rapids agents will join a planned nationwide strike this week led by the AFL Insurance Agents International Union which represents about 15,000 of Prudential Life’s 18,000 agents. D. Rogers confirms local participation as industrial agents seek higher pay and more benefits.
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Prudential Life Insurance
Cedar Rapids
Socal
AFL Insurance Agents International Union
D. Rogers
Rogers
Maynard Smith Quits WSB Public Member Post
KEY WEST Fla The White House announced the resignation of G Maynard Smith from the Wage Stabilization Board public member seat. A successor will be named within a few days.
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Key West
Fla
Ins
White House
G. Maynard Smith
Wage Stabilization Board
Finnegan Paid $50,000 Fee Tied to Zenith Probe
The Globe-Democrat reports former IRS collector James P. Finnegan received a 50 000 dollar fee from Zenith Radio Corp portions paid in 1950 and this year. The federal grand jury investigates possible services rendered and bribery charges hang over Finnegan as his March 3 trial approaches. Irving Herriott and U S District Attorney Robertson oversee the inquiry and deny tax case ties while noting motion picture access tests for phonevision prompted the payment.
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Finnegan ST. Louis
Globe- Democrat
James P. Finnegan
Internal Revenue
Zenith Radio Corporation
Finnegan
Grand
Globe Democrat
Thomas E. DeWolfe
U. S
George L. Robertson
Irving Herriott
Chicago
Globe-Democrat
Herriott
Phonevision
Badman Cook Starts Toward Death House
William E. Cook, 23, convicted killer of six, was moved toward the San Quentin death house Saturday. He was escorted from El Centro by U S Marshal Ray Waldron and deputies Wayne Lewis and Bob Jensen in a guarded automobile.
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EL Centro
Calif
INS
William E. Cook
San Quentin Prison
U. S
Ray Waldron
Wayne Lewis
Bob Jensen
Pontiac Introduces 1952 Models With Dual Range Transmission
Pontiac announces 1952 cars featuring a dual range hydramatic transmission higher compression engines and a lower rear axle gear ratio. The manufacturer disclosed details Saturday noting styling changes across the line.
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Pontiac, Mich
Pontiac
Kaiser-Frazer to Produce Allstate Car This Week
Kaiser-Frazer will begin manufacturing a new car this week to be sold by Sears Roebuck under the Allstate name. The model is described as the K-F company’s non FS A variant with sufficient changes to establish distinct features.
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Detroit
Kaiser-Frazer
Sears, Roebuck Co
Gerald Mercer 13 Hurt in Bicycle Car Collision
Gerald Mercer age 13 of 224 Twenty seventh Street NW was treated at St Luke s hospital for non serious injuries after a car struck his bicycle in front of 2205 Johnson Avenue NW around p m Police identified the driver as Robert C Gaddis of 2672 First Avenue W Mercer sustained minor cuts and a upper left arm injury
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Gerald Mercer
Twenty-seventh Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Johnson Avenue NW
P.m
Robert C. Gaddis
First Avenue
Young Mercer
Japan
Seaman
Donald Vejda
Anton Vejda
Twenty-first Street
Moji
Robert Swartz
Washington
C Street
Bowling Street
Twenty Applicants Take Exams for State Jobs
About 20 candidates sat competitive exams Saturday at McKinley High School under the Iowa state merit system council. Examinations were held at 15 other centers statewide for roughly 400 applicants seeking clerical and professional posts with the State Employment Security Commission, state and county welfare offices and the state health department.
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McKinley High School
Iowa State Merit System Council
State Employment Security Commission
Social Welfare
State Health Department
City Briefs features Cub Scout Bobcats and civic notices
First meet of Cub Scout pack No. 3 at Grant Wood school named Bobcats including Robert Bender Neil Kepple David Higley and many others. Also lists YMB social and council meetings at Roosevelt hotel Rotary Club movie on aviation and community events plus local incidents including a Japan returnee, no visitors order, reckless driving arrest, and fires at the Grand hotel site and a 1021 Second avenue SE radio fire.
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Grant Wood School
Robert Thiersch
Robert Bender
Neil Kepple
David Higley
Terry Baugh
Bill Clarke
Philip Palmer
Nathan Frink
David Duncan
Robert Whipple
Bobby Galway
Dickie Dodge
Allen Techau
Steve Prewitt
Fritzie Diers
David Pickford
Justus Reid
Robert Block
Terry Clark
Bobby Carfrae
David Wilson
Steven Ihrig
Richard Whyte
Robin Moore
John Cooper
Phil Blanchard
John Shanklin
Bobby Horak
Bobby Thiersch
Hugh Fisher
Douglas Morris
Gary Wright
Gordon Reid
Clayton Ink
Strasburger
Larry Janda
Glenn Kalous
Charles Miller
Charles Jenkins
James Lemley
Jeffrey Thompson
Tim Tousey
Ronald Whyte
Dennis Ellertson
Bobby Lee
Ronnie Feder
Jimmy Ead
Grand _ hotel
First Avenue
Third Street
Company One
Company Three
Second Avenue SE
Noted Flight Leg Includes Florida Trips With Federal Officials
Clark recounts continuing to Atlantic City and landing at the naval air station. Mallonee says he piloted two Florida flights cited by Caudle to the King subcommittee on income tax irregularities. Caudle lists federal officials who allegedly joined the trips.
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Atlantic City
Naval Air Station
Internal Revenue Bureau
James M. Barnes
Roosevelt
Harry Holt
U.S
Richmond
Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark Recalled Private Plane Trips
Justice Clark said he remembered flying with Charlotte businessman Troy Whitehead in his private airplane while attorney general. He noted he did not know a federal tax investigation of Whitehead was underway at the time.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Tom Clark
Troy Whitehead
Charlotte
N. C
Clark
Whitehead
Army Tangled In Own Tape
The United States Army faces secrecy challenges over a Pentagon produced public map showing the proposed Korean cease fire line. The map differs from the Panmunjom traced line and risks exposure if intercepted by Communist observers. The army cites coded transmissions and safeguards but offers few details.
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Washington
Tas
Pentagon
Korea
Panmunjom
Secret East West Disarmament Talks Open in Paris
Secret talks began among top officials from the Big Four to seek agreement on rival East-West disarmament plans. They met with Luis Padilla Nervo of Mexico, president of the UN General Assembly, to discuss procedure and preparation for substantive discussions to start Monday at 4 30 a.m. CST.
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Paris
United Nations General Assembly
Luis Padilla Nervo
Mexico
Padilla
Rotary and Kiwanis To See Airliner Film
A 46 ton airliner features in United Airlines film United 6534 to be shown to Cedar Rapids Rotary and Kiwanis clubs at their meetings Monday and Wednesday. Scenes from Los Angeles San Francisco river and Chicago with real airline workers unfold among Grand Canyon Hoover Dam and other scenic views from 19 000 feet New York skyline appears in the closing sequence. The Lions club will also view the film December 27.
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Cedar Rapids
Kiwanis
United
United Air Lines
Los Angeles
San Francisco
River
Chicago
Grand Canyon
Hoover Dam
New York
Cedar Rapids Lions Club
Hole in K Avenue Endangers Cars Prompt Barricade
Police called city workers to block the 500 block of K Avenue NW after a motorist Harold Bruce of 2549 Otis Road SE reported his wheel damaged when it dropped into a large hole around 9 p.m. The discovery followed a police inquiry into the pothole described as dangerous.
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K Avenue NW
Harold Bruce
Otis Road
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Loras Board of Regents
Illinois Central
DuQuoin
Ill
Gazette
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James B. Dunlop
Eighth Street NW
Dunlops
Linn
Pat McPartland
Henry J. Hood
Springville
Miles P. Sutera
Robins
Twin Cities
Lapes x
Florist Third Ave
Barta
Hesser
Jay W. Hesser, Jr
Jay W. Hesser
Fifth Ave
Eighth St. SE
Dial
Matthews Services
Fairfax Legion Post
Prudential
WSB
Badman Cook
Death House
Sears
John Courrege
Winfield, Ill
Ruth McCormick
Katherine Gould
YMB
Young Men's Bureau of
Chamber of Commerce
Spencer
Marion
YMB Council
Executive Council
Young Men’s Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt Hotel
Retail Merchants
Retail Merchants Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Glen Evers
Montrose Hotel
Jane Boyd
Stewart T. Saylor
Sixth Street
Iowa City University
Russell P. Myers
Edward Oliver Spores
Worthington Acres SW
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Tokyo
U.N
Army
Rotary and
Jordan
Betz Monuments
3Rd Ave. S.E
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Cee
Third Avenue
K Avenue
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Landmea
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T. B. Hiubucek
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