Taft Outlines Three Key Labor Bill Issues
Senator Taft says Republicans must settle three main points to counter President Truman's labor bill. The issues are union security and closed shops, procedures for national health and safety strike threats, and defining and banning secondary boycotts with enforcement.
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Taft
Washington
Ohio
Truman
Senate Labor Committee
Morse
R-Ore
Ives
R-Ny
Doctor Robbed Of Auto and Money Near Davenport
Davenport authorities search for a bandit who abducted 71 year old Dr A B Kuhl after a hospital night call. He was forced to drive to a west Davenport highway, robbed of about 100 dollars and his car, then released with a cold metal object held to his neck. The car was later found abandoned in Rock Island.
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Davenport
A B Kuhl
Kuhl
Iowa Highway Patrol
Rock Island
Northern Koreans Shoot Down Yank
An American air force Captain Keith A French from Rosebud Texas piloting a light observation plane was shot down Saturday by North Korean border guards near Kaesong. He received first aid for bullet wounds to his left leg and abdomen, was flown to an army hospital and listed in all right condition as a UN commission inspected border installations nearby.
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Kaesong
Korea
INS
Lght
Keith
Rosebud
Texas
United Nations Commission
South Korea
North
Air Force
U.N
Weather Update Cloudy and Cold With Snow Flurries
Cloudy and cold through Sunday with brief snow flurries tonight. Low tonight 12. High Sunday 20.
Substitute for Salt Blamed in Recent Deaths
The AMA accuses a common salt substitute, Westal lithium chloride, of causing at least four deaths in Cleveland and Ann Arbor with a suspicious case in Baltimore. The FDA has ordered withdrawal and warns the product is dangerous.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
Food and Drug Administration
Cleveland
Ohio
Ann Arbor
Mich
Baltimore
A M.A
AMA
The
Medical Association
Westwood Pharmacal Corporation of
Buffalo
N. Y
Westal
Salt substitute with lithium pulled from shelves in Cedar Rapids
A Cedar Rapids pharmacist said lithium salt substitute was removed from stores on orders from companies. He minimized the danger and suggested many with high blood pressure might still have survived using it. He warned even common salt can be deadly in large amounts. Hospitals reported no use of the withdrawn brands.
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Morris Fishbein
A.M.A. Journal
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Cedar Rapids
Fishbein
Multiple Lithium Salt Brands Withdrawn Amid Poisoning Alarm
In a nationwide action the FDA urged purchasers of lithium chloride to stop using the poison at once as three firms withdrew products. Vestal Westwood Pharmaceutical division Foster Milburn Co Foodsal Foods Plus Saltisalt Lueths Bakery Kansas City sold 25 pounds of substitute salt with physician directions. Lueths reported limited sales and no ill effects though some doctors and patients were enthusiastic.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Paul B Dunbar
Commissioner of Food and Drugs
Dunbar
Vestal
Westwood Pharmaceutical Division
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Foodsal, Foods Plus, Inc
New York City
Saltisalt
Lueths Bakery
Kansas City
Leuth
Lueth
Mouse in Bar Sparks Man or Mouse Joke
A timid man rises to leave while a rival taunts him at the bar. He answers with dignity that he is a man because his wife fears a mouse, ending the exchange with a sly punchline in Acme News style.
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Acme
Rent control attacked as ungodly by Tulsa landlord leader
Rev. Wal lace Murphy, Tulsa property owner, testifies before the house banking committee against rent controls calling them ungodly and praising market withdrawal. He attacks Housing Expediter Tighe Woods and staff as incompetent and unethical, warns of a move toward communism and compares controls to Hitler and Hirohito.
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Washington
United States
Murphy
St. Matthew
Woods
Hitler
Hirohito
Senate Foreign Committee Approves Treaty Talks Prep
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee gave no objections to Secretary of State Acheson pursuing final negotiations on the North Atlantic pact after a closed preview. The accord among the United Nations members pledges aid to deter aggression but leaves the U.S. discretion on aid form, with ratification needed before participation. Committee members stressed secrecy and indicated broad support with varying degrees of assurance to Europe.
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Associated Press
Acheson
Secretary of
Sen
Connally
Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senandenberg
R-Mich
Washington
Dean G. Acheson
United States
Senate
Tom Connally
D-Tex
U.S
Europe
State Department
Western
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Complaints of Veterans on Housing Now Being Checked
Investigation into complaints by veterans who bought priority-built housing in 1946 47 in Cedar Rapids covers shoddy construction and missing features like screens and storm windows. About a dozen new complaints joined the 57 reported January 15 by the Des Moines area rent control office. a Chicago housing expeditor representative is in Cedar Rapids, with work awaiting clearance through that office.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
T. J. Wilkinson
John Beller
Chicago
Wilkinson
Mysterious Ship Signal Says They Are Trying to Kill Me
An incoherent set of wireless messages, including They are trying to kill me, was sent from the Atlantic on Saturday. Signals began with an SOS at 12 27 am near the Azores aboard the William Phips. British listeners confirmed the garbled calls and a coast guard spokesman offered no explanation. The 7 176 ton William Phips, registered at Portland, Maine, was en route to Galveston via Gibraltar.
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New York
Atlantic
William Phips
Coast Guard
Stuart Heintzelman
Azores
Pierce
Portland
Maine
Gibraltar
Galveston
American destroyer leaves Gibraltar amid mutiny scare
An American destroyer at Gibraltar sped away Saturday after an ambiguous wireless from the American steamer William Phips hinted at a possible mutiny aboard.
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Gibraltar
William Phips
Favoritism in Meter Campaign Sparks City Debate
Santa Ana AP reports Police Commissioner Allen Mandy ordered strict enforcement yet allowed a scheme for violators. Mandy appeared in police court with a parking ticket and a dollar bill, meeting Police Chief Hershey who also held a bill and ticket.
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Santa. Ana
Allen Mandy
Mandy
B. A. Hershey
Planes Collide Over England Death Toll 14
Coventry England Four teenagers including three Americans die when an RAF trainer and a British Dakota collide near a hospital on the outskirts of Coventry. Four RAF crew and four passengers also perish while six others aboard the Dakota are killed. The Americans named are J E Michaels of Chicago and Cameron Aitken of Rhode Island. A Buenos Aires report notes an American C 47 crash in the Andes with seven air force men and a wife aboard.
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Coventry
England
R.A.F
British European Airways
London
Renfrew
Scotland
Air Ministry
J. E. Michaels
Chicago
Cameron Aitken
Rhode Island
Midlands
Buenos Aires
INS
Air Force
Panama
Argentina
Andes
Iowa
Cedar Rapids School Board Incumbents Seek Re-Election
Three Cedar Rapids school board incumbents filed papers to seek new three year terms in the March 14 election. Charles Penningroth board president J C Blodgett and Sandoe Jordan are the candidates with filings due by noon March 4. The trio hold leadership roles and are active in local legal labor and civic groups.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Penningroth
Tipton High School
University of Iowa
Harvard Law School
Philippines
Linn County Bar Association
Iowa State Guard
All-Iowa Fair Association
Fourth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids Tribune
Blodgett
Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor
Cedar Rapids Typographical Union
Iowa Federation of Labor
Linn Boulevard
Colder Weather Hits Iowa Rivers Face Midweek Freeze
Cold weather moved into Iowa over Friday night and Saturday halting the thaw. The Des Moines River rose at Indianola to 12.6 feet and the Des Moines River near Tracy climbed to 6.6 feet while the Cedar River at Cedar Rapids eased to 2.9 feet. Cloudy skies and a weekend cold snap followed with a high of 50 and a low of 24 in Cedar Rapids. The 2:30 pm reading was 33 degrees.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Des Moines
Middle
Indianola
Tracy
Cedar River
Redding
First Negro Named to Jesuit Honor Society in St Louis
Theodore McMillian a 30 year old law student at St Louis University was named Saturday to Alpha Sigma Nu becoming the first Negro to join the national Jesuit honor society.
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Sport. Louis
Theodore McMillian
St. Louis S University
Alpha Sigma Nu
Mindszenty Urges Hungary Bishops to Seek Settlement
In Budapest AP reports Cardinal Mindszenty urged Hungary's Catholic bishops to compromise with the Communist government over church state differences after his treason conviction. Informants say bishops debated the letter but adjourned without a decision while some urged Vatican guidance.
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Budapest
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Mindszenty
Vatican
Holy See
Vatican Won't Negotiate With Hungary Over Mindszenty
A Vatican source said the Holy See will not negotiate with Hungary until Cardinal Mindszenty is freed and church freedom is guaranteed in Hungary.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Holy See
Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Eight Hurt in Coralville Crash Involving Trucks
Eight Rock Island residents were injured near Coralville when their car collided with two semi trailers on highway 6. Driver C R Foster and passengers including Betty and Gerald Foster suffered injuries. one required more serious care. The Des Moines truck drivers were cited as swerving to avoid a curve. all victims treated at a local hospital.
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Iowa City
Rock Island
Highway 6
Coralville
Here
C. R. Foster
Mrs. Foster
Gerald Foster
Betty
Michael
Jacqueline
Charles Foster
Alice Bates
Ronny Foster
S. L. Richardson
Des Moines
A. M. Snyder
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