Stands Fall at Purdue Kills Two, Injures 250 In Collapse
In Lafayette Indiana a wooden bleacher collapse at Purdue fieldhouse during a Big Nine game against Wisconsin killed two students and injured about 250 others, hospitalizing around 146. The 30 foot high east stands collapsed onto the floor, pinning and injuring many fans as ambulances arrived.
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Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University
Tudsay
Purdue
Wisconsin
G.I
Ward Carlson
Gelhausen
Clark Pollock
Carlson
Rumor of Attempt on Truman Life Baseless
Washington AP reports the White House called a Radio Luxembourg claim that an attempt had been made on President Truman's life completely groundless. No details or credible evidence supported the rumor and officials dismissed it as unfounded.
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Truman
Washington (Ap
Buffalo principals join city wide teachers strike
In Buffalo New York high school principals joined the teachers strike that closed 77 of 98 schools and all but two high schools planned to hold classes. The Federation of Teachers said at least 12 elementary principals would quit. The walkout began Monday with 2434 teachers quitting to demand a $500 cost of living bonus and a $1025 salary rise next year.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Federation of Teachers
New York
Robert T. Bapst
Board of Education
Albany
Truman Modifies Trade Program Move for Unity
President Truman issued an executive order amending the reciprocal trade program to protect American interests. The order requires escape clauses in trade pacts and authorizes tariff commission study of industry complaints, a bipartisan compromise between State Department officials and Senate Republicans.
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Washington
Truman
Tariff Commission
Acheson
Clayton
Barbara Stanwyck Hospitalized in Paris With Cold Illness
Hollywood reports Barbara Stanwyck is ill in the American hospital at Paris with a cold. Her husband Robert Taylor cabled that she was hospitalized three days ago.
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Hollywood
Barbara Stanwyck
Paris
Robert Taylor
Pilot Describes Dramatic Rescue on Greenland's Ice
WESTOVER FIELD MA USAF Lt Bobbie Joe Cavnar 22 piloted a C-54 to land on a frozen Greenland lake to rescue 11 marooned airmen and later ferried them to Thule. The survivors formed a human runway 2,500 feet long, 300 yards apart, guiding the aircraft in with cheers. Cavnar cleared the runway by lightening the plane and dumped nonessential gear before surfacing the lake, then lifted off at about 80 mph after firing wing rockets.
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Westover Field
Mass
North Pole
Greenland
Bobbie Joe Cavnar
Tever
Oklahoma City
Cavnar
Thule
Jimmy
Air Trans‘port Command
Stock Market In Sharp Drop Amid Broad Selloff
New York trading saw a sharp market decline as heavy selling pushed prices down from 1 to over 3 dollars a share. Industrials and rails suffered most while unions and other sectors also weakened with Union Pacific at 127, down 4.50. Chrysler 99, down 1.50. International Paper 48.25, down 2. United States Steel 74.50, down 1. The drop reflected investor concern over potential economic effects.
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NEW York
New York Exchange
Union Pacific
Chrysler
International Paper
United States Steel
Cal G Greene dies. Cedar Rapids booster and benefactor
Cal G. Greene age 91 died at St. Luke's hospital after a 17 month stay. Son of Judge George Greene he led Cedar Rapids growth, founding street railway electric light, completing Greene’s Opera House, serving Coe College trustees, backing St Luke's site gift, and organizing key civic institutions including the Masonic library, Cedar Rapids and Chicago Railway, Cedar Rapids Country Club, and the YMCA.
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Cedar Rapids
Calvin G. Greene
St. Luke’s Hospital
George Greene
Cal
Judge Greene
Col Robert W Stewart Dies In Miami After Operation
Col Robert W Stewart 80 prominent Coe alumnus and donor of the Stewart Memorial library on the Coe campus died in Miami Florida Monday night after an operation. The body will be cremated and flown to Cedar Rapids. Funeral at First Presbyterian at 2 pm Saturday with Dr Harry Morehouse Gage officiating. Stewart born near Cedar Rapids was once chairman of Standard Oil Company of Indiana and a Coe trustee who in 1929 gave the college the $200000 library completed in 1931. His career as lawyer soldier and industrial leader peaked with a 1929 defeat by John D Rockefeller Jr in a key vote battle for control of Standard Oil. He faced contempt and perjury trials, was acquitted both times, Rockefeller demanded his resignation.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert W. Stewart
Coe College
Stewart
Coe
Miami
Fla
First Presbyterian Church
Harry Morehouse Gage
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Record Living Cost Seen Rising Through June
A Labor Department source and Agriculture spokesmen forecast a new peak in living costs by late spring and June, driven by higher food prices. Retail food prices were 30.4 percent above a year earlier on Jan 15, with wholesale gains pushing up retail costs. hog prices surged to record highs in Chicago, signaling ongoing inflation in meat and grain markets.
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Washington
Labor Department
Agriculture Department
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago
Russ Jeter
Marvin Wenning
Strike Uniones Ask Truman Aid To End Movie Walkout
Hollywood report says the Conference of Studio Unions sent an appeal to President Truman on Tuesday asking for help in ending the ongoing movie strike. The move underscores rising tensions in the industry as studios and unions seek a resolution.
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Hollywood
INS
Truman
Studio
Bevin faulted Truman over Palestine talks in Commons
Foreign Secretary Bevin told the House of Commons that President Truman ruined chances for a peaceful Palestine settlement by urging immediate admission of 100000 Jews during the U S election. Bevin said a different approach might have succeeded and warned that U S intercession risked civil strife over a thousand years of religious conflict.
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London
Bevin
Truman
Palestine
Holy Land
United States
House of Commons
United Nations
Quaker and Union Talks Stalemated Over One Point
Negotiations between the Quaker Oats Cedar Rapids plant and the CIO union stalled after a five hour session over rest periods. A tentative wage boost of 12 cents was offered contingent on keeping 15 minute rest breaks. A strike vote earlier favored action. a wage and rest-period dispute remains unresolved.
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Cedar Rapids
Quaker 1\Oats management
Armando Valdes
Cleveland
Food, Tobacco and Agricultural Workers Union
CIO
Valdes
Arthur Poe
Robert Forslev
Chicago
Forslev
Poe
Our Control Of Japanese Isles Upheld
Washington AP Secretary of State Marshall said Russia advised the United States that Soviet leadership views American trusteeship over the Japanese mandtated islands as entirely fair. He noted only Russia supports the American trusteeship proposal before the United Nations. Marshall announced the incident with Acheson is closed and outlined other US notes on Moldavia famine relief, India's independence dispute, Dulles joining the Moscow delegation, and surplus goods transfer to China.
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Paris
United States
Bevin
Byrnes
Truman
Thomas E.) Dewey
Washington
Marshall
Russia
Pacific
United Nations
Acheson
Dean Acheson
Senate
Romania
Moldavia
Red Cross
India
Britain
Congress
Ait
Vandenberg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
China
Rent Increase Bill Approved in Senate Subcommittee
A Senate banking subcommittee approved a bill to authorize a 10 percent rise in rent ceilings and end federal rent control by December 31. Control would move to the courts unless states create their own enforcement. Decontrol would apply to new construction, newly rented rooms, and hotel accommodations.
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Washington
OPA
See More Chilly Weather for Iowa
The weather bureau said temperatures will stay about 5 degrees below normal, with highs around the mid 20s and lows near the teens. Light snow flurries and icing affected roads in parts of the state, with snow expected to end tonight.
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Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Chambers
Daily Record Index Contents and Section Mentions
A fragmented page listing various newspaper sections such as Deaths Editorial Features Farm Marlon Movies Sports and Women’s Features. The line shows section headers with garbled markers and page numbers, resembling an index or contents page.
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Cessesceses
Seeneerece
Csccencseccesseres Ld Radio
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C.R
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Midwest
Coe College Board of
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