Western Powers Establish Ruhr Control to Bar War Output
The six nation conference led to an international Ruhr control system to disarm Germany’s industrial heart. The Ruhr authority excludes Russia, with Germany on the board after forming a legal government, and an international inspection framework to prevent a revival of war production.
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London
Germany
Ruhr
United States
Britain
France
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Russia
International Control Board
Europe
Hitler
Kaiser Wilhelm
Rain Falls Over Much of State Roads Hazardous
Rain and a thin ice coating created hazardous driving conditions across a large portion of Iowa. Officials warned of colder temperatures and possible snow flurries tonight as Cedar Rapids buses struggled to keep schedules.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
The
Mercury
Weather Bureau
City Lines
State Highway Commission
Nine Families Displaced by West Liberty Fire
A Monday night blaze in West Liberty destroyed four storefronts and nine apartments, leaving nine families homeless and darkening much of the town. The Louis Morris department store and adjacent drug store were gutted, with the Rohner machine shop also destroyed. Fire officials cited an explosion in the Morris electric appliance basement as the probable cause, with flames checked by 10 p.m. by multiple area departments and a fire wall preventing wider spread.
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Gazette
Blake Shipton
West Liberty
Louis Morris
Evans Morris
Dick Wellen
Rohner
Veneta Nolte
Wilton Junction
Clarence Seeley
Morris Electric
Iowa City
Muscatine
West Branch
Wilton
Nichols
Mrs Ybarbo Given 20 Years for Husband Death in Germany
Mrs. John Ybarbo age 23 from Malden Massachusetts was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a United States Military Government court in Marburg Germany for killing her American soldier husband in a bedroom quarrel. The court found malice aforethought but rejected self defense and passion defenses.
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Marburg
Germany
John Ybarbo
Malden
Mass
United States
Sgt
Ybarbo
Dewitt White
Morgantown
W. Va
Tito Signals West Trade Toward Western Markets
Belgrade AP Tito says Yugoslavia will sell to capitalist West if Eastern bloc nations refuse trade pacts, but he denies turning West. Exports to Eastern countries last year exceed Western. aims at boosted industrialization. He cites past practice of selling raw materials cheap and buying finished goods dear. Eastern allies reportedly pressuring Yugoslavia and violating agreements.
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Belgrade
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Europe
Tito
Cominform
Russia
After Christmas Buying Heavy in Cedar Rapids Stores
Cedar Rapids merchants reported one of the heaviest post Christmas shopping days in years with buying, not exchanging, driving traffic. Clothing departments led, price cuts boosted ready to wear, and managers noted unusually high traffic despite no one claiming a million dollars in sales.
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Cedar Rapids
the Gazette
Elliott's Wife Slashes Wrist. Quiz Planned for Roosevelt Photos
Poughkeepsie sheriff says Faye Emerson Roosevelt slash reportedly deliberate though Elliott Roosevelt calls it an accident. Mrs Roosevelt, 31, treated at Vassar Brothers Hospital and released. Roosevelt to appear at district attorney's office with lawyer Joseph McCabe.
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Poughkeepsie (Ap
C. Fred Close
Faye Emerson Roosevelt
Elliott Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Joseph McCabe
Close
H. Sherman Hirst
Dr. Hirst
Vassar Brothers
Ellison H. Capers
Premier Nokrashy Pasha Fatally Wounded by Student
Egyptian Premier Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha was assassinated by a veterinary student acting as a police lieutenant. The attack near the interior ministry followed the outlawing of the Muslim Brotherhood, blamed for fueling student terrorism. The slain 60 year old leader had fought Britain over the Suez canal zone and Palestine.
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Cairo
Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha
Moslem Brotherhood
Nokrashy
Ministry of Interior
Abdel-Meguid Ahmed Hassan
Veterinary College
Finance
Abd Rabbit
Egypt
Ahmed Maher Pasha
Britain
Suez Canal Zone
U. N. Security Council
Palestine
Britain Urges U.N. to Decree Palestine Truce and Sanctions
Paris United Press says Britain called on the U.N. security council to order a Palestine cease fire and a withdrawal to old lines. Harold Beeley blamed Israeli authorities for violations two days before Christmas and cited possible sanctions or armed action under the U.N. charter.
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Paris
Great Britain
U.N. Security Council
Palestine
Israel
Harold Beeley
Council
U.N
Israeli Blows Threaten Egyptian Coastal Corridor in Gaza Area
Telegrams from Tel Aviv report Israeli forces cutting or pinning the Egyptians along the coastal strip toward the garrison point in Gaza. An Israeli spokesman said the southern Palestine battle was slackening and the second Negev fight appeared near its end, focused on the narrow coastal area within mortar range.
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Tel Aviv
Gaza
Egypt
Palestine
Negev
Plane With 30 On Board Feared Lost
A charter DC-3 carrying three crew and 27 passengers was six hours overdue on a San Juan Puerto Rico to Miami flight. Coast guard air-sea rescue and Overseas Radio reported last contact at 3:13 a.m. 50 miles south of Miami. Twenty search aircraft from air force navy and coast guard combed the Atlantic along the Miami San Juan airway and Bahama islands.
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Miami
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Coast Guard Air Sea Rescue Service
New Orleans
Overseas Radio
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Air Force
Navy
Coast Guard
Atlantic
Miami-San Juan Airway
Bahama Island
Saipan
Greenland
Bluie West 8
Bluie West 1
Cap
North Atlantic
Norfolk
East Moline pair jailed after forged check spree
East Moline mother Mary Vermeire and Derwin Sweet were arraigned in Linn County Iowa on charges of uttering forged instruments. Bond set at 5000 each. Detectives say the couple left families Dec 16 and traveled to Los Angeles before returning through Cedar Rapids where a $106.79 forged paycheck was passed. Both vow pleas by Friday.
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Cedar Rapids
East Moline
Mary Vermeire
Derwin A. Sweet
Linn County
G. K. Thompson
Cedar Rapids Detectives, Mrs. Vermeiré
Mr. Sweet
William Kudina
Los Angeles
Vermeire
John Hlavacek
Jim Shannon
Koch
First Street
Harley Simon
Jake Stusak
City Ice and Fuel Company
Silvis, Dr
C. Vermeire
Kudina
Air Force Rescues 12 From Greenland Icecap
Two Air Force rescuers flying a C-47 from Westover Field outflank Navy efforts to pull 12 marooned flyers from the Greenland plateau. Beaudry and Blackwell landed on the ice amid wrecks, loaded all survivors, and returned to Bluie West 8 as a navy carrier Saipan neared.
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Washington
Air Force
Navy
Arctic
Greenland
Emil G. Beaudry
Charles H. Blackwell
Westover Field
Mass
Beaudry
Blackwell
Air Force Rescue
Goose Bay
Labrador
Bluie West 8 Field
Peace Talks Reemerge as China Weighs Leadership Change
In Nanking a new round of peace rumors circulates amid reports of government reorganization and possible negotiations with the Communists. Officials deny the claims while sources insist major developments toward a new national leadership and potential peace could come before the new year. Chiang Kai-shek faces pressure to resign, with Li Tsung-jen seen as possible successor, as forces maneuver near Nanking for a last defense along the Yangtze.
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Nanking
China
Chiang
Yangtze River
Missouri Studies Extradition Plea
Gov. Phil M. Donnelly turned Iowa's extradition request for Dr. Robert C. Rutledge to Missouri's attorney general for study. If papers meet Missouri law, a hearing date will be set. observers expect it not before next week. Rutledge is charged with first degree murder in the Roosevelt hotel death of Byron C. Hattman.
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Cedar Rapids
Phil M. Donnelly
Missouri
Iowa
Robert C. Rutledge
State Attorney General’s Office
Jefferson City
Rutledge
Byron C. Hattman
Roosevelt Hotel
Hattman
St. Louis
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