Hick Urges Caution on Arms Pact
U S senators urge restraint on a North Atlantic alliance pledge. Senator Hickenlooper says no blanket commitment to war and support only for unprovoked aggression against a member. Connally and Vandenberg press Congress final say and oppose automatic war commitments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hick
Washington
Hickenlooper
Len Donnell
R-Mo
State Department
Department
Acheson
Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
Vandenberg
Congress
Connally-Vandenberg
Great Britain
France
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Capitol Hill
Europe Hears U S Backing Down on Pact
European newspapers report that the United States seeks to water down the Atlantic defense pact into a vague pledge. Headlines from London to Edinburgh condemn perceived U S retreat and urge firmer guarantees for Norway and other Scandinavian nations amid Western pressure and Soviet opposition.
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Europe
U.S
Pact
London
United States
Russia
Daily Express
The
Daily Mail
Norway
Manchester Guardian
Ban on Foreign Films Sought by Hollywood Unions
The Hollywood AFL Film Council asked Congress to ban foreign pictures to curb unemployment blamed on currency restrictions. They cited half of Hollywood workers jobless as studios shift production abroad due to foreign currency rules and foreign labor. The council opposes free competition but will oppose artificial governmental limits on US producers.
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Hollywood
Congress
Hollywood Afl Film Council
Congressional
Hollywood Studios
United States
Council
Lange Sees Norway Joining Atlantic Pact
London AP reports Norwegian Foreign Minister Halvard Lange says Norway will seek to join the Atlantic security pact as a founding member. He met with Ernest Bevin and Scandinavian envoys after talks in Washington indicating U S arms deliveries will favor the Atlantic system.
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London
Halvard Lange
North Atlantic Alliance
Lange
Ernest Bevin
Washington
United States
Truman
Rat Steals Show at Covent Garden Opera
A rat at Covent Garden stole the spotlight during a Monday night performance by racing along the balcony ledge toward a box of chocolates. Bejeweled women screamed as an attendant pursued the rodent, pausing briefly before the rat was caught. The royal party including Princess Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Princess Margaret, and Julian Fane watched calmly as the moment amused attendees.
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London
Covent Garden Opera House
Moira Shearer
Princess Margaret
Julian Fane
Earl of Westmoreland
Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Committee Votes Vet Pensions in Stormy Session
The house veterans committee approved a bill to pay 90 a month to all World War I and II veterans at 65. Six Democrats walked out over chairman Rankin’s procedural ruling as the panel shortened eligibility age and dropped non service-connected disability benefits. The plan costs 125.9 million initially and faces a tough fight on the floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Veterans Committee
Rankin
D-Miss
Veterans Administration
Warmer Weather Forecast for Iowa Through Saturday
The Iowa weather forecast calls for moderate temperatures and light precipitation over the next five days after a mispredicted heavy snow. Roads remain slick south and east of a Leon to Elkader line while highways north and west are mostly normal. Cedar Rapids received an inch of snow and sleet, bringing February’s total to 1.33 inches.
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Weather Bureau
Iowa
State Highway Commission
Leon
Oskaloosa
Cedar Rapids
Elkader
Rayburn signals likely tax hike after social security talks
House Speaker Sam Rayburn said after a White House meeting that in all probability there will be new tax legislation to keep the nation from running into the red. He noted no decisions were made on coverage or amounts for old age assistance as the President discussed social security with Democrats and others.
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Washington
Rayburn
Texas
Truman
House ‘Ways and Means
House Ways and Means Committee
Democrats
Congress
Bank Bandits Strike Walbrook Branch in Baltimore
Three gunmen robbed the Walbrook branch of the Baltimore Trust Company taking more than 30 000 dollars. A masked criminal with a blue and white polka dot handkerchief and blue steel revolvers led the assault as six girl tellers and customers were terrorized. The trio entered by separate doors, moved swiftly, stuffed cash into a shopping bag, and fled by automobile.
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Baltimore
INS
Walbrook
Baltimore Trust Company
Linn County Men Given Prison Terms For Draft Violation
Federal Judge Henry N. Graven sentenced two 18 year old Linn county men to 18 months in prison after guilty pleas for failure to register for the draft. Eston L. Rockwell of Springville and Herbert L. Smith of Whittier were charged with failing to register by September 17, 1948 at the Linn county board.
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Cedar Rapids
Henry N. Graven
Linn County
Eston L. Rockwell
Springville
Herbert L. Smith
Whittier
Linn~ County Board
Plane Takes Off Without a Pilot in Believed Crash Flight
A single engine army scout plane took off on a pilotless flight from Fort Lewis Washington and vanished after it climbed to 3000 feet. Passengers Keisner suffered injuries when he inadvertently activated the throttle. Army and Coast Guard pilots pursued. no crash reports yet.
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Fort Lewis
Wash
Washington
Herbert A. Winter
William G. Keisner
Keisner
Siet Army and
Coast Guard
Pilo
Man, 94 Grows Third Teeth in Teething Remark
LAKE HUGHES Calif AP Store teeth are not for George W. Risley 94 He grows his own Risley proudly displayed two new teeth Tuesday He says more of his third set are on the way because he's still teething He lost his second set about 20 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Hughes
Calif
Risley
Railroad Foreman Injured After Fall Beneath Wheels
Cedar Rapids news reports 54 year old Walter F. Wratten of 2760 Meadowbrook drive SE seriously injured near Rock Island yards. He fell from a flat car on train 2713 and was mangled in the left hand and foot with a fractured ankle and probable leg fracture. Brakeman Herbert Stinson alerted crews and set brakes. wrecking crew freed him.
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Cedar Rapids
Walter F. Wratten
Meadowbrook Drive
Rock Island Yards
St. Luke’s Hospital
Wratten
Rock Island
Herbert Stinson
Avenue
Stinson
Explosion Shatters Koppers Coke Plant In New Jersey
An explosion at the Koppers Coke Company in Kearny, New Jersey damaged a building and shattered windows in New York City. Two workers were injured, one critically, as hy drocyanic acid tanks reportedly blew up. Times Square and the Paramount Theater area felt the blast.
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Kearny
N. J
INS
New York City
Koppers Coke Company
New Jersey
Times Square
Paramount Theater
Bargain Day in Cedar Rapids Promotes Local Stores
Cedar Rapids and eastern Iowa shoppers are urged to visit Bargain Day Wednesday with many Cedar Rapids stores offering reduced prices. The event aims to draw crowds to the city and showcase postwar discounts, with details inside the Gazette.
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Cedar Rapids
Pipe Reserve
Iowa
U S Woman Author Under Soviet Arrest
Anna Louise Strong, a 63 year old American author and Moscow correspondent for the Allied Labor News, has been arrested on espionage charges and will be deported. The Soviet press named her among seven U S correspondents in Moscow and noted her pro Soviet writings since 1921.
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Moscow
Moscow Press
Anna Louise Strong
Miss Strong
Russia
Allied Labor News
A. L. Strong
U.S.S.R
Soviet Union
Eddy Gilmore
Thomas P. Whitney
Associated Press
Henry Shapiro
United Press
Joseph Newman
New York Herald Tribune
Edmund Stevens
Christian Science Monitor
Andrew Steiger
Overseas News Agency
Harrison E. Salisbury
New York Times
the Times
Drew Middleton
Robert Magidoff
Izvestia
Cecelia Nelson
Michigan
Magidoff
NBC
Exchange Telegraph
McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
McGraw-Hill
Morse Blames Army Red Tape In Snow Disaster Response
Senator Morse says army operations in snow disaster areas generate widespread dissatisfaction. He urges civilian control and an investigation into the army’s efficiency, citing canceled plans and slow delivery of relief. He points to Snow Cat machines from Oregon not being tested for military use.
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Washington
Senator Morse
R-Ore
Morse
Oregon
Lewis Ss. Pick
Kinsey and His Report Discussed By Albert Deutsch
In January 1948 a dull looking medical book by Alfred Kinsey titled Sexual Behavior of the Human Male vol I became a best seller within two weeks. Kinsey, once an obscure insect specialist, faced strong criticism yet drew praise likened to Copernicus and Darwin as his study of 5300 white American men sparked debate among scientists and the public.
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Miss Strong
the Nation
London Times
Friend, Neb
Germany
Switzerland
Bryn Mawr
Oberlin
Alfred Kinsey
Kinsey
Indiana University
Copernicus
Darwin
Frued
Torrential rains threaten midwest floods and ice hazards
Wire dispatches report widespread rainfall in the Ohio and Missouri valleys raising flood risk. Ice glaze forms east of the Mississippi while Wisconsin and lower Michigan see slippery conditions. Nebraska face snow and flood worries as blizzards impede travel.
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Midwest
Ohio
Missouri
Mississippi
Wisconsin
Michigan
Chicago
Toledo
Effingham
Ill
Hopsinsville
Cumberland
Nebraska
Elkhorn River
Wyoming
Idaho
Boise
Hearn Named to Welfare Post by Cedar Rapids Chamber
George W. Hearn was named chairman of the Public Welfare bureau of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce for 1949 at Tuesday’s meeting. He succeeds Harry Boyd in the post.
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Cedar Rapids News
George W. Hearn
Public Welfare Bureau
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Harry Boyd
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Chamber of Commerce
Robert H. Caldwell
Andy Hanson
London Opera
Enka “Voles
Jersey
New York
Sen. Morse
Oregonian
Albert Deutsch
Dave Wiggins
Hearn
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