Government Aids Atomic Cancer War
The government opened free access to about fifty radioisotopes for cancer research and treatment as part of a 450000 dollar anti cancer program by the Atomic Energy Commission. The move, backed by Oak Ridge and Argonne labs, enables researchers studying cancer causes, diagnosis, and therapy to obtain isotopes at no cost with a small packaging charge.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Argonne National Laboratory
Chicago
Record 53 000 Attend 1949 Winter Fair
Memorial Coliseum drew a record 53 000 attendees over three days at Cedar Rapids 1949 Winter Fair with Saturday peak of about 24000. Final night featured amateur contest finals with Sandra Lowell Cedar Rapids winning 15 dollars, Mary Elaine Burkey Cedar Rapids second and Shelby Brown Cedar Rapids third.
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Art Heusinkveld
Cedar Rapids
Howdy Roberts
WMT
Bob Lilly
KCRG
Sandra Lowell
Mary Elaine Burkey
Shelby Brown
Dempsy Jones
Jones Boys
Chamber of Commerce
France
University of Iowa
Civic Lesson on Registration for March School Board Vote
Cedar Rapids City Clerk Maude Krebs taught a civics lesson on voter registration for the March 14 school board election. Five days remain to sign up at City Hall by 5 p.m. next Friday, with hours 8 to 12 and 1 to 5. About 6,830 Cedar Rapids residents were removed from rolls for not voting in four years, reducing registrations from 42,743 to 35,813.
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Cedar Rapids
Maude Krebs
ABC
Miss Krebs
Iowa
Linn County
Krebs
Footpads Beat and Rob 83-Year-Old Pedestrian in Greene Square
An 83-year-old Cedar Rapids man, Fred Hohl, was beaten and robbed near Greene Square at 9:15 pm by two unidentified men. He lost a gold pocket watch and $12 billfold after being shoved to the ground and assaulted. a witness, D. L. Seaton, saw the attack from a distance. The victim reported no injuries.
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Cedar Rapids
Greene Square
Fred Hohl
Fifth Avenue SE
Hohl
Fourth Street
D. L. Seaton
High Drive
Italy Faces Cabinet Crisis as Saragat Resigns
In Rome, Vice Premier Giuseppe Saragat resigns over party rifts while Premier Alcide de Gasperi contemplates rejection. Police raid Naples arming caches and arrest 100 as Communist protests warn against fascism resurgence.
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Rome
Palmiro Togliatti
Italy
Giornale Della Sera
Togliatti
Giuseppe Saragat
Labor Socialist Party
Alcide de Gasperi
Carabinieri
Naples
Paraguay Overthrows President Rolon in Civil Military Move
Gen Raimundo Rolon, who seized power 26 days ago in a bloodless coup, was ousted as Paraguay's president on Saturday night. He was replaced by education minister Felipe Molas Lopez as the new head of state. Rolon, elected Jan 31 to replace the ousted Natalicio Gonzalez, had promised elections in two months and invited exiled leaders to return.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Raimundo Rolon
Rolon
Felipe Molas Lopez
National Assembly
J. Natalicio Gonzalez
Colorado Party
Rerouting of Sixteenth Ave Line Starts Today
City Lines Manager E A Prochaska said the Sixteenth avenue bus line will no longer pass Hamilton Hayes and D streets SW due to poor road conditions from bad weather. Buses will detour from J street east on Wilson avenue to Second street SW then north to Sixteenth avenue and east to C street before resuming the regular route.
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Cedar Rapids
Sixteenth Avenue
Hamilton
Hayes
D Streets
City Lines
E. A. Prochaska
Prochaska
J Street
Wilson Avenue
Second Street
C Street
Calcutta Reds Seizing Arms in Farm Raids
In Calcutta, Communist bands reportedly conducted raids to seize arms. Five people were killed and seven injured, two Europeans reported missing, and West Bengal police were mobilized. Dispatches claim raids hit the airport arsenal, several police stations, and factories.
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Bombay
India
Calcutta
West Bengal
French Army Charges Four With Espionage after Protests
Paris AP report says four alleged Communist sympathizers faced reduced charges from espionage to threats to state security after War Minister Ramadier conferred. Named are Pierre Jum Jacques Friedland Robert Penillaut and Bertrand Jouenne. eleven others may have been released.
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Paris
Paul Ramadier
Kremln
Communist Party
Polite
Pierre Jum
Communist Picture Weekly
Jacques Friedland
Robert Penillaut
Car Resistance Movement
Bertrand Jouenne
National Central Aviation Company
Former Teacher Sends Soap Bar to President Truman
Isabelle J. Anderson, president of the King County Women’s Republican club, mailed a bar of ivory soap to President Truman with a note recalling wash-your-mouth-out lessons for coarse language and hoping his language becomes purer.
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Truman
SEA
Isabelle J. Anderson
King County Women’s Republican Club
Dutch Promise Self Rule for All Indonesia
The Hague AP reports the Dutch government will release captive Indonesian leaders immediately and grant self rule to all of Indonesia, possibly by mid-summer. Officials say the move lacks concrete steps toward restoring Soekarno and Hatta as leaders or forming a recognized state, with a round table conference set for March 12 to discuss an interim government.
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Indonesia
Soekarno
Mohamed Hatta
Republic of Indonesia
Hatta
United Nations Security Council
Jogjakarta
Soekarno and
Batavia
Java
Two Killed Four Hurt In Grash Near Decorah
Special to The Gazette Decorah Iowa two men were killed and four injured seriously in a truck car collision eight miles north of Decorah at about 5 30 p m Saturday The dead are Helmer E Hovden Cresco and Gilbert O Hovden Decorah The seriously injured are John Klema and Thomas Hanlon near Harmony Minnesota and Arnold Howden and Henry Halverson Ridgeway The pickup struck the car carrying the other four men.
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the Gazette
Decorah
Helmer E. Hovden
Cresco
Gilbert O. Hovden
John Klema
Thomas Hanlon
Near Harmony
Minn
Arnold Howden
Henry Halverson
Ridgeway
Ema
Hanlon
Waterloo Boy 14 Fatally Shot in Waterloo Iowa
A 14 year old boy named Joseph Richard Williams was shot and killed at his grandparents home in Waterloo Iowa. Coroner Sidney D Smith said the wound was at close range and likely accidental. Police questioned 15 year old Carl Brigson who was alone with Williams upstairs. Williams’s mother and the boy lived with his grandparents. his father is serving in the Pacific.
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Waterloo
Joseph Richard Williams
George E. Spragg
Sidney D. Smith
Carl Brigson
Smith
Young Williams
Williams
Army
John Williams
Pacific
Senate Nears U S Commitment in Western Defense Pact
Washington reports say the North Atlantic security pact will pledge U S force against armed aggression in Western Europe with full discretion on when where and how to act. Senator Taft supports the pact but opposes a corollary arms lend lease program as a potential trigger for war with the Soviet Union.
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Washington
Senate
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Russia
U. S
Europe
Communists Spur Debate Over North Atlantic Treaty
Washington dispatch reports rising Cold War tensions as Western European Communist leaders Thorez and Togliatti are studied for signs of driving fear about Red Army invasion. Acheson prepares for treaty draft completion and home debate as six-nation talks resume.
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Washington
Europe
Finland
Norway
Red Army
Maurice Thorez
France
Palthiro Togliatti
Italy
Phil Harris and Alice Faye Re-sign with NBC 1949
Phil Harris and Alice Faye remain with NBC under a new Rexall Drug contract announced Saturday night. The duo will continue on NBC through 1949 with options to extend beyond that year. They had been linked to CBS previously.
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Hollywood
INS
Phil Harris
Alice Faye
Jack Jetta
CBS
Justin Dart
Rexall Drug
Oan
NBC
Mary’s Dessert Miracle Ends In Humble Revelation
A bedtime joke scene shows Mary sharing pudding at Sunday supper. Her father passes the first dish to a guest, then to himself, and again to others until warned by death. The child returns with a third dish and quips that they are all the same for him.
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Mary
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