Truman Mother's Hip Injury Hope For Six Weeks
President Truman learns his 94 year old mother Martha Truman has a fracture of the neck of the right femur with slight twisting and compression. Doctors say traction will help set the bone and she could walk again in six weeks. The President will return to Washington Sunday after visiting in Grandview Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert G. Nixon
Kansas City
INS
Truman
Martha Truman
Washington
Grandview
Wallace H. Graham
Gen
Graham
Gertrude McKee
Belton
Joseph Greene
Gen. Graham
Muehrbach Hotel
Vandenberg Backs Deep Defense Cut Battle in Senate
Senate President Vandenberg endorses blocking major defense cuts and backs a 4.5 billion dollar reduction in Truman program funding. Taft Millikin and Barkley lead the coalition while Bridges favors a six billion cut but allows for a lower figure. House Democrats push delay to aid diplomacy at the Big Four talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Ohio
G.O.P
Millikin
Rcorp
Barkley
Senate
Joint Budget Committee
Bridges
R.N. H
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Congress
Secretary of State
Marshall
Moscow
United States
Rep. Cannon
D-Mo
Tabor
R-N.y
House Appropriations Committee
R-N.h
Trains Blocked Cedar Rapids Streets Fourteen Minutes
The Cedar Rapids business district traffic was halted by trains on Fourth Street E for 14 minutes from 4:13 to 4:27 p.m. Saturday. EB J Prochaska reports 18 buses, including four extras, were tied up and many people stranded in the loop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Business District
Fourth Street E
EB. J. Prochaska
City Lines
Prochaska
Rock Island Freight
Milwaukee
Bill Remington
Fourth Street
C R Hotels Likely to Raise Some Cedar Rapids Room Rates
After OPA rent controls eased, Cedar Rapids hotels evaluate decontrol. The Roosevelt plans minor increases of 10 to 60 cents per room while Montrose Milner Narva managers say no broad hikes. Some remodeled rooms may see 15 to 20 percent rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Charles Guston
Montrose Hotel
Roosevelt Hotel
Mike Kennedy
Kennedy
OPA
Earl Boyd
Milner
Milner Chain
Josephine F. Bell
Narva
Two Die in Shakopee-Area Auto Crash Saturday
An early Saturday automobile accident near Shakopee, Minnesota killed two people and seriously injured four others. Victims were William Meyer, 23, of Belle Plaine and Anna Mae Birr, 22, of Lasueur.
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Shakopee
Minns
Ins
William ‘Meyer
Belle Plaine
Annaf Mae Birr
Showgirls Forget Elephants Never Says Circus Producer
John Murray Anderson, famed show producer, says he prefers working with elephants to showgirls and departs for Sarasota to rehearse Ringling Bros Circus. He cites elephants never forget while showgirls forget, notes elephant temperaments, and recalls Stravinsky music prompting elephants to balk before switching to Wolf-Ferrari.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Murray Anderson
Anderson
Sarasota
Fla
An ‘Derson
Stravinsky
Wolf-Ferrari
Just Like Atom His Auto Is Split
Michael Kaiser 21 learned on a highway that his second hand car was built from two different vehicles after it split on the road. He drove slowly when the front of the car detached taking wheels engine and hood into a ditch while the rear section landed on the opposite side. Kaiser escaped with minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Michael Kaiser
Kaiser
Irwin Named Ford Public Relations Chief In Detroit
James W. Irwin was chosen as assistant to President Henry Ford II and director of public relations for Ford Motor Company effective March 1. A Wisconsin native and former Midwest newspaperman, he previously led public relations for Frigidaire and GM Dayton divisions from 193? to 1938, then served as assistant to Monsanto leaders in St. Louis before starting his own firm in 1944.
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Detroit
James W. Irwin
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Company
Wisconsin
Midwest
Irwin
Frigidaire
Dayton
Ohio
General Motors Corp
Monsanto Chemical
St. Louis
Milk Price Cuts Hit Omaha and Council Bluffs
Omaha and Council Bluffs dairies announced a one and one half cent per quart cut in retail milk, dropping to 17 cents per quart starting Sunday. Producer prices will also fall, with standard coffee cream down one cent per half pint and whipping cream three cents cheaper per half pint. Dairymen expect another price cut around April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Dairles
Nabbed on Charge of Christmas Eve Hit Run
Cedar Ravids Newa reports R E Dumpprope of 2800 Fruitland Blvd SW was arrested Saturday by Patrolmen Ray Murdock and George Rubey on a charge of leaving the scene after a Christmas Eve accident. A missing hub cap and matching fender piece tied his car to the crash with Jerry Zach of 13354 Fourth Street SE as victim.
Soviet Protest Over Acheson Remarks Warns of Hostility
Moscow radio reported that Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov protested to the U.S. embassy in Moscow against what it called Dean Acheson’s hostile senate hearing remarks. The broadcast cited Acheson’s Feb. 10 assertion that Russia pursues aggressive foreign policy and noted Molotov’s Feb. 14 message to Washington condemning the remarks as a slander against the Soviet Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Moscow Radio
V. M. Molotov
United States
Moscow
Dean Acheson
Senate
Acheson
David Lilienthal
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Sen. McKellar
D-Tenn
Russia
Eee
U.S
Molotov
U.S.A
Bedell Smith
Acheson Clarifies Testimony On Russia Allegations
Senator Hickenlooper said Acheson gave no statement to the Senate Atomic Energy Committee that could offend. Acheson testified Feb 10 on Lilienthal’s nomination as AEC chairman and denied communistic tendencies by former aide Herbert S. Marks, named as AEC counsel.
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Washington
INS
Sen. Hickenlooper
R-Ia
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Dean Acheson
Russia
Acheson
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Herbert S. Marks
Atomic Commission
Columbians Leader Found Guilty in Riot Case
Homer Loomis Jr. 33, leader of the Columbians inc., was convicted of riot in Atlanta. Judge Clark Edwards sentenced him to 12 months in a Georgia public works camp. Loomis Sr. filed for a new trial while Loomis Jr. faces later trials on related charges. The case moves to the Georgia court of appeals.
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Atlanta
Homer Loomis, Jr
Columbians, Inc
Hitler
Clark Edwards
Princet Ion
Georgia Public Works
Homer Loomis
New York
Princeton
Edwards
Loomis
Loomis, Jr
Columbians
United States
Georgia Court of Appeals
Loomis, Sr
Welfare of Labor Farm Seen as One
DES MOINES AP Leaders of two large farm organizations argued against urban labor vs farmer antagonism at the Ninth annual National Farm Institute panel on declining farm prices. Olson urged government aid for small farmers, while Keyserling warned another depression would threaten democracy and world stability.
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Des Moines
Joseph W. Fichter
Columbus
Ohio State Grange
Ole L. Olson
Buxton
N. F
Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association
National Farm Institute
Olson
Wiliam G. Murray
Iowa State College
Murray
Leroy K. Smith
Production Marketing Administration
USDA
Smith
Olsson
Leon H. Keyserling
Council of Economic Advisers
America
Keyserling
United States
Americans On Liner in Colombia
A four motor Avianca Airlines DC-4 flying Barranquilla to Bogota crashed into the Sierra Sabana near Subachoque killing all 50 aboard. The disaster, the worst in Colombian aviation, follows a similar 47‑dead crash weeks earlier. Passengers included officials from Tropical Oil Co and Texas Petroleum Co.
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Bogota
Colombia
Avianca Airlines
Barranquilla
Techo
Sierra ‘Sabana
F. Campbell
H. B. Burton
Tropical Oil Co
Imperial Oil Co
Canada
Carlos Hubman
J. K. Hufendick
The
Texas Petroleum Co
Gustavo Restrepo Gomez
Tropical Oi Ca
Harold Ricoward
W. L. Whon
Marcel Cammarey
Henry Holtzheim
Louis Mardach
Clarette Mardach
L. Elliott
Glen Chandler
Blum Daynon
Avianca
Magdalena River
Avianca Line
Pan American Airways
Palanquero
Camp Good Health Names New Manager Anthony Pleune
The Public Health Nursing Association announced that Anthony T. Pleune has accepted the managership of Camp Good Health, a summer camp sponsor. Pleune, a former Cedar Rapids Gas Co. office manager and wartime executive secretary for Linn County, will begin interviewing staff for director, assistant director, dietitian, counselors, kitchen help, truck driver, and handyman positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cesar Haplas
The
Public Health Nursing Association
Anthony T. Pleune
Camp Good Health
Public Health Nursing Board of Directors
Pleune
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
Linn County
A. N. Palmer
Palmer
Nursing Association
Beaver Avenue SE
W. V. ‘McClung
Bever Avenue
John M. Ely
Guaranty Bundling
Egyptian Prince Among 17 Killed in Tyrrhenian Plane Crash
Rome dispatch reports 17 aboard an Army plane bound for Cairo perished when it plummeted into the Tyrrhenian Sea near Terracina. Among the dead is Princess Armena Sazil, a near relative of King Farouk I, while 12 passengers and 5 crew were aboard. Three or four bodies were recovered as fishermen witnessed flames and the craft exploded upon impact.
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Rome
Terracina
Air Ministry
Armena Sazil
Farouk I
Egypt
Guidonia
Cairo
Italy
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C.R. Hotels
Techian
Warren
Dewe
Sid Mirkin
Atom
Ford Public Relations
Omaha, Bluffs
Hick
Lale News
Vauveenee
Oor
Etavaeenes
Pinendtal
Aeon
Ea Movies
Radio Barseneeriewis Auteurs
Marion
Sereanae
Aresesesege
Fichter
Keyserling Warning
American Airlines
Newfoundland
Miles
Subachoque
I4n
Oi Company
Anthony Pleune
Lasswell
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