Linn County to Be Debt Free by End of 1946
Linn county will be debt free by Dec. 31 1946 after paying 45000 in courthouse bonds. Board of supervisors announced the county has reduced bonded indebtedness from 1345000 in 1936 to 2184000 in 1941 and to about 729000 by 1945 with only 45000 county obligation remaining. Primary road bonds are state funded and to be paid off by 1950.
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Linn
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Elmer Seevell
Benton
Cedar
Chet B. Akers
Adair
Buena Vista
Butler
Carrol
Clay
Clayton
Delaware
Dulbuque
Franklin
Henry
Howard
Ida
Keokuk
Lyon
Madison
A Montgomery
O'Brien
Sac
Sioux
Union
Winneshiek
Seevell
Earl C. Holloway
Dayton H. Winter
State Auditing Department
U S Flags Argentina Split Seen War Crisis Grows
The United States accuses Argentina of harboring Nazi influence and calls its regime totalitarian in a 1945 blue book released amid an evolving diplomatic crisis. Secretary Byrnes says no single nation action against Argentina is planned.
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Washington
State Department
Germany
United States
Argentina
Byrnes
Buenos Aires
Juan Peron
Spruille Braden
Peron
Sit
United Nations
United Nations to establish interim headquarters in New York
A United Nations assembly committee on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to establish a temporary UN headquarters in New York City, rejecting a proposal for a San Francisco site. The decision moves the question to the full assembly for final action.
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London
United Naions Assembly
United Naions
New York
San Francisco
Solons Charge CCC Open to Graft and Graft
Senate agriculture committee releases an interim report attacking the Commodity Credit Corporation as open to graft, collusion and favoritism. It urges ceiling prices reconsideration on rye, ending CCC fund use against private enterprise, and daily CCC grain sales reports. The underscored concern cites Undersecretary Hutson’s divided duties and secret negotiations with preferred dealers.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Commodity Credit Corporation
Senate
Thomas Dokla
CCC
Thomas
Wheeler
D- Mont
Bushfield
R-S.d
Stewart
D-Tenn
J. B. Hutson
Husbands Wait For Trains To Bring Their Brides
Two veterans wait at Cedar Rapids Union Station for trains bringing their brides from the British Isles. Thomas Jennings and Daniel Essary, discharged soldiers, have spent Tuesday meeting trains and anxious hours in the station lobby while their wives travel home. Their sister LaVelle Myers notes how women can influence men. The men had met the Milwaukee Hiawatha Tuesday afternoon and the Los Angeles Challenger carried their brides.
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British Isles
Cedar Rapids
Union
Thomas James Jennings
Nineteenth Avenue
Daniel James Essary
Eleventh Street
Dan
LaVelle Myers
Jennings
Essary
Milwaukee
Hiawatha
Marion
Union Station
North Western
Weatherman’s Forecast Proves True in Cedar Rapids
A Cedar Rapids weather note confirms the forecast: mostly cloudy with rain and snow, temperatures near 20 degrees, and a drop to around 5 above expected tonight. Tuesday boosted 42 then fell to 21 by mid afternoon, with Wednesday readings from 24 to 17 and 19 at 9 am.
Prayers for Rain Set to Begin in Rome Churches
The central Italian drought worsens as Rome church authorities call a rain prayer service for Friday after planning worship on Tuesday. Local faith leaders urge collective prayer to bring relief amid the arid season.
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Rome
Italy
Wages and price policy seen easing controls
A government official said Truman is near finalizing a wage price policy that would ease price controls without a strict wage cap. The plan hinges on steel price moves and a wage rise for roughly 750,000 CIO steelworkers, with a targeted gain about 18.5 cents per hour.
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Washington
Truman
White House
John C. Collet
Collet
CIO
Strikes End in Pittsburgh Philadelphia and New York
After a day of disruption in Pittsburgh Philadelphia and New York City the three cities resumed near normal operations. In Pittsburgh 3400 Duquesne Light workers returned to duty ending a 19 hour walkout over wage disputes. Philadelphia transit workers ratified a 12 cent hourly raise with a union shop, easing a 48 hour strike that halted 9900 CIO employees. In New York NFTW leaders would decide on a pending nationwide strike potentially tying up toll and local telephone service in 21 states if called.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
New York City
AFL
William O’dwyer
Duquesne Light Company
Greater
CIO
Philadelphia Transportation Company
Alexander Eliman
Independent
National Federation of Telephone Workers
New York
NFTW
Eltmann
Western Electric
Sonja Henie Granted Divorce From Dan Topping
CHICAGO AP Sonja Henie the ice skating star testified her husband told her to go your way and I will go mine and she was granted a divorce from Dan Topping, a wealthy New York sportsman. They married July 4 1940 and separated Jan 11 1945. They had no children. A property settlement was arranged and she waived all other rights asking restoration of her maiden name which was granted.
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Chicago
Sonja Henie
Dan Topping
New York
Plane crash near Chelsham Surrey kills eight
A Canadian military transport plane crashed Wednesday near Chelsham Surrey, killing at least eight people. No further details on casualties or investigators were immediately available.
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London
Chelsham
Surrey
Roosevelt Heirs Seek Tax Break as Soldier Death
Heirs of Franklin D Roosevelt ask New York Tax Commission to classify his death as while in active military service to grant state and federal income tax exemptions. Through Basil O’Connor the estate argues his role as commander in chief qualifies for exemptions on income from family holdings and his presidency. The ruling could affect war-time tax relief and funding, with authorities noting possible backdated federal relief and year of death state exemption.
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Albany
Franklin D Roosevelt
New York State Tax Commission
Basil O'Connor
State Tax Commission
Treasury Department
New York
Armed Forces
United States
Housing in C R Others In Need Of Houses Too
A 24 year old polio handicapped man, his wife and 20 month old baby face housing crisis. They live in a cellar behind a furnace after a landlady’s failed offer of an apartment. The family needs a room, apartment, or house and someone to help locate housing. Contact Mrs. W. E. Lamey at 3-1987.
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Cedar Rounds
Jones
Mr. Jones
Fire destroys C. Penney store in Kokomo
A fire in Kokomo Indiana destroyed the C Penney store injuring nylon hose stock worth about 100000 dollars. The loss covered building and merchandise from a shipment received shortly before the blaze.
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Kokomo
Ind
INS
Monoey
C. Penney
Tenure of 13 Years Ends Over Pauley
Harold L. Ickes resigns as secretary of interior amid a public dispute with President Truman over his testimony against Edwin W. Pauley. Ickes cites lack of confidence in him and criticizes the administration for pressuring truthfulness. Oscar L. Chapman named to assume duties pending a permanent appointment.
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Pauley
Navy
California
Ickes
Truman
Oscar L. Chapman
Irkes
Mr. Truman
United States
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