Stevenson Decries Four Freedoms Replaced by Four Fears
Adlai E. Stevenson at a $100-a-plate Jefferson-Jackson dinner in Philadelphia said America’s Four Freedoms have given way to the Four Fears fear of depression fear of communism fear of ourselves and fear of freedom itself. He attacked Republicans and charged President Eisenhower has lost control of his administration. He cited Roosevelt's 1941 freedoms and urged renewed resolve.
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Philadelphia
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Adlai E. Stevenson
America
F Eisenhower
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Stevenson
Democratic Party
Sident
Eisenhower
Expenses of Five Listed For Election
Five of twenty three Cedar Rapids candidates filed campaign expense reports by the deadline nine days past. Total outlay for the five was 1337.16, with past years showing higher costs. The 30 day reporting rule applies, but many candidates remain unfiled. those who did meet the requirement won their races.
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Cedar Rapids
W. W. Stolba
Edward A. Prochaska
Richard C. Jones
Superior Court
George Farmer
Stewart Shank
Louie J. Pochobradsky, Jr
Three $50 Prizes For School Names
Cedar Rapids Gazette invites entrants to name three new grade schools with a $50 prize per contest winner. Entries may honor national state or city figures or reflect each school’s city location. A ballot and rules appear on page 18 section one, with school locations listed there.
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Cedar Rapids
Rail unions push laws on highway explosives transport
Four major railroad operating unions demand stricter federal and state laws to regulate highway transport of explosives. They cite daily explosive truck explosions and fear at crossings, urging legislative action in Washington and across states. Presidents Brown, Gilbert, Kennedy lead the call. Hughes is based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Chicago
Washington
Guy L. Brown
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
H. E. Gilbert
Brotherhood of Locomotive
R. S. Hughes
Order of Railway Conductors
W. P. Kennedy
Brotherhood of Railroad
Hughes
Cleveland
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Thief Steals Three Tents From Shop Including Hymns Volume
In Morristown New Jersey a thief took three tents from an exclusive shop on Friday. One stolen item is a tent titled A Treasury of Hymns. Police investigate the unusual burglary.
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Morristown
Cedar Rapids Elks Aid Yale Charity Through Camp Good Health Gift
Cedar Rapids Elks Lodge No 251 acts as trustee for the Cornelius D Arnold fund and donates 300 to launch Camp Good Health for local children. Trustees note the camp aligns with the Arnold trust and list further gifts to Coe Growth fund Children’s Home Sunshine Mission Salvation Army State Mental Health Institute at Independence Linn County relief YWCA Camp Wapsi Y and Children’s Home nursery. The lodge also mentions a $1000 blood bank gift to Mercy hospital and ongoing year round charitable support.
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Cedar Rapids
Camp Good Health
B.P.O. Elks Lodge
Cornelius D. Arnold
Arnold Trust Fund
Elks Lodge
Nesper
Arnold Trust
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Coe Growth Fund
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Sunshine Mission
Salvation Army
State’ Mental Health Institute
Independence
Linn County J Relief Office
YWCA
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State Mental Health Institute
Relief Department
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Gridiron Club Dinner Skits Roast Ike and Notables
Washington reporters at the Gridiron Club dinner lampoon President Eisenhower and a host of leaders. Skits spoof Truman Benson Stevenson Dewey Byrnes McCarthy and Durkin while the gridiron chorus lampoons espionage and TVA as creeping socialism.
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Gridiron Club
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Senate
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California
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Truman
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Gridiron Chorus
Harry Dexter White
New Jersey
Farm Belt
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Martin P. Durkin
Durkin
James Mitchell
Mitchell
Post Office Opens in Cedar Rapids for Christmas Mail
Stamp and parcel post windows at the main Cedar Rapids post office will be open this afternoon from 2 to 5 p.m. to help Christmas mailers.
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Cedar Rapids
Battle of Plains Shaping Up in Indo China War
Vietminh raise red flag at Lai and press pincers against Dien Bien Phu as French forces fortify the broad plain. Both sides exchange opening shots in a major battle shaping up in northwest Indo China near the Thai frontier.
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Chau
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Montgomery Bus Drivers Strike Leaves 40000 Commuters Without Service
About 40,000 Montgomery riders were left without buses after 94 drivers walked off at midnight. The walkout came as Montgomery City Lines and AFL union members failed to reach a contract, with drivers and mechanics seeking a 10 cent hourly pay raise. The company had offered five cents. current rates are $1.40 for drivers and $1.55 for mechanics.
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Montgomery
Ala
Montgomery City Lines
AFL
Anna May Wong Reported Seriously Ill in Santa Monica
Anna May Wong, the Los Angeles born film star, was reported seriously ill Saturday at Santa Monica hospital. Nature of the illness was not disclosed, but she had been ill for several years.
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Hollywood
Anna May Wong
Santa Monica Hospital
Farm Bureau Opens Chicago Convention Amid Price Support Split
The American Farm Bureau Federation readies its Chicago gathering with about 5,000 delegates from 48 states and Puerto Rico. Key votes will decide farm price supports, surplus disposal, and measures to bolster foreign markets as Benson plans to address the delegates Wednesday.
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Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Puerto Rico
Benson
Federation
Pandit Urges Private Talks on Global Atomic Pool Plan
Madame V. S. Pandit of India urged the United States, Russia and other atomic powers to meet privately soon to discuss President Eisenhower's plan for a global pool of atomic materials for peaceful uses. She endorsed informal talks in the U.N. Disarmament Commission and highlighted India’s role as a global peace maker seeking a No-War Camp.
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United Nations, N.Y
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V. S. Pandit
India
United States
Russia
Eisenhower
U. N. Assembly
Madame Pandit
U.N
Four North Korean POWs killed in Panmunjom camp riot
Four North Korean prisoners of war were murdered at the Indian controlled Panmunjom camp in the Korean DMZ with their bodies tossed from a compound. The UN said no shooting occurred and suspects and witnesses were segregated. Post mortems to determine cause of death were to follow.
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Panmunjom
South Camp
Korean Demilitarized Zone
United Nations
North Korea
Lompound
K. S. Thimayya
Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission
NNRC
U. S
New Yorkers Survive 11 Day Strike With Mammoth Sunday Editions
After an 11 day strike halted most city presses five Manhattan papers issued a combined 1698 pages. The Times News Journal American and Mirror printed large Sunday editions breaking records with 160 380 page issues while Herald Tribune produced a massive edition. A wage settlement proposed by a strike board for AFL photo-engravers awaits acceptance or rejection.
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New York
Manhattan
Times
News and Mirror
Journal-American
Herald Tribune
AFL
China Trades Rice for Rubber Amid Shortage
An American diplomatic source says Communist China continues shipping rice to Ceylon in exchange for rubber despite severe domestic food shortages. Ceylon has built a surplus and is reselling 30 thousand tons of China rice to Japan.
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Hong Kong
China
Ceylon
Japan
Truman Rejects McCarthy Debate
Former President Harry S. Truman declined an invitation to debate communism with Senator Joseph R. McCarthy. The invite came from Herschel Shanks a Harvard Law School student and forum chair asking for a March appearance or another date.
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Harry S. Truman
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Truman
Independence
Herschel Shanks
Harvard Law School
Shanks
McCarthy
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