Chinese Agree On Procedures To End Chinese Civil War
In Chungking on Saturday night Chinese Communists and government leaders reached a cease-fire framework and steps to restore communications. Marshal and Wedemeyer announced U S moves to shift 26,000 government troops into Manchuria within 10 days with airlift for other forces, under a three person committee guiding the talks.
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Chungking
China
George C. Marshall
United States
Shanghai
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Manchuria
K. C. Wu
Marshall
China renounces Outer Mongolia independence claim
China recognizes Outer Mongolia as independent after a plebiscite, ceding to Russia a major role over about 1,000,000 square miles. The move follows a Sino-Soviet pact and is linked to Chiang Kai-shek’s envoy son’s Moscow visit. observers question plebiscite freedom.
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Chungking
China
Outer Mongolia
Russia
Supreme National Defense Council
Chiang Ching Kuo
Chiang Kai-shek
Moscow
Chiang
Manchuria
Iinor
Dutch Marines Wear US Gear in Java Provocation
The Merdeka newspaper in Batavia reports American trained Dutch marines arrived wearing United States marine uniforms and carrying gear marked with The paper urges Americans in Java to protest to Washington, saying the Dutch uniforms should bear Netherlands insignia or that the Dutch flag be used to signal Dutch and American neutrality.
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Batavia
Merdeka
United States Marine
Java
Washington
Army Slows Demobilization To Keep Overseas Strength
The Army will slow the demobilization pace and delay some discharges due to difficulty in finding overseas replacements. Lt Gen J Lawton Collins said troop requirements overseas will exceed replacement capacity for six months, with no one kept out of discharge more than three months after eligibility. The aim is to reach 797,000 overseas by July 1 while averaging 300,000 returns monthly.
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Washington
Army
J. Lawon Collins
War Department
Collins
United States
Europe
Asia
Execution of 38 Yanks Told
Tokyo dispatch reports 38 American flyers killed after Nagoya air raids. Investigations show 11 were formally tried, 27 faced on the spot verdicts labeled trials in spirit. Of 70 crash victims, 44 survived initially and 6 were evacuated home. Over 50 Japanese officials are under investigation for participation in the executions.
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Tokyo
INS
Nagoya
United States
Sanity ruling shelves Mansfeldt murder appeal
Mrs Anne Irene Mansfeldt was found sane at the time of the October 4 slaying of Nurse Vada Martin and was sentenced to one to ten years in Tehachapi state prison on a prior manslaughter conviction. The six member jury deliberated 8 hours 30 minutes over two trials before returning unanimous sanity.
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San Francisco
Annie Irene Mansfeldt
Vada Martin
Tehachapi
Mansfeldt
Truman Acts To Ward Off Rail Walkout
President Truman named an emergency board to investigate the dispute between the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the St. Louis and San Francisco railway to avert a strike set for Sunday affecting about 7 000 workers. The action, under the Railway Labor Act, halts walkouts during inquiry. The move follows pressure from national mediation boards amid broader labor tensions.
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San Francisco
Brotherhood of Railroad
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Medi‘ation Board
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Oklahoma
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Tennessee
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Mississippi
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Florida
New York
Frank J. Fitzsimmons
Independent
Western Electric Employer Association
Western Electric Company
Fitzsimmons
Housing in Cedar Rapids Seeks Home for Veteran Family
Mr and Mrs Paul R McDowell and their three children live with relatives with 15 relatives in the house. The veteran, back from service, is the rental manager for Tait and Wagner Real Estate. He seeks an apartment or house to accommodate five and asks for offers to rent a room or house through Howard McLaughlin the office manager of the mayor s emergency housing committee.
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Bill Norrisett
Cedar Rapids
Airport Commission
Iowa Aeronautics Commission
Roosevelt Hotel
Norris
J. D. Marshall
Paul V. Roberts
Kansas City
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Cedar Rapids News
Paul R. McDowell
McDowells
McDowell
Tait and Wagner Real Estate
Howard’ McLaughlin
Man Claims True Age After 108 Listed in Hospital
William Kopita who recently fractured a hip argued with hospital attendants Friday over his listed age of 108 insisting he is really 107.
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New York
William Kopita
Aviation Education Plan Proposed for Iowa Schools
Regional meeting in Cedar Rapids questioned the Iowa aviation education plan and possible seaplane landings on Cedar River above the dam. The Iowa Aeronautics Commission backs a school program as vehicle for math and physics, with a planning group to shape its direction.
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Iowa
Iowa _ aeronautics commission
Roosevelt Hotel
Cedar River
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Department of Public Instruction
Gov. Blue
Commission
State Department of Public Instruction
F. E. Mueller
Des Moines
Mueller
State Department
Lester G. Orcutt
Aeronautics Commission
Local Newspaper Index Highlights Sections and Features
A compact listing shows the day’s pages including Courthouse Daily Record Deaths Editorial Features Movies Sports State and more. Readers are guided to page references and department features within the issue.
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Daily Record
Tintete Aaie
Rm Marion
Ping
Fathead Fiery
A.W.O.L. Yanks Nabbed in Reich
Six American soldiers fled service and were captured Jan 1 in Hereford Germany. They allegedly staged large scale train robberies and black market operations over 18 months from a furnished boxcar. British troops aided. four gang members were nabbed while relaxing with German companions. Names not disclosed.
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Hereford
Germany
A.W.O.L
American soldiers held on charges of stealing Army supplies
United States army headquarters announced that about 25 officers and enlisted men were arrested on charges of stealing more than 50000 worth of Army food clothing and medicines and selling them on the black market. The men await trial and the raids were run by military police. The announcement said no evidence of an organized GI ring was found.
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Shanghai
United States Army
G.I
Taft Attacks Truman Plan as Left Wing CIO-PAC Program
Senator Taft branded President Truman's proposals as Communist and left wing in a Friday night NBC address. He criticized the strike plan as hastily drawn and said wage arbitration could lead to government-set wages and prices. Taft argued the Democratic party is split over CIO-PAC influence and that Congress moves slow mainly due to Democratic chairmen.
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Taft
Ohio
Truman
Congress
Senate
NBC
Cincinnati
Republican National Committee
Stalin
Democratic Party
House
Cio-Political Action Committee
Cio-Pac
Quaker Oats Union Approves 15.32 Percent Pay Rise
United Cereal Workers local 110 CIO members vote to accept a 15.32 per cent wage increase. The deal includes a 10 cent across the board raise, higher night shift bonuses, paid holidays, and a profit sharing bonus averaging 8.2 per cent. Starting pay rises to 74 cents an hour with enhanced lunch and rest periods and longer vacation scales.
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United Cereal Workers Local 110
FTA
CIO
Quaker Oats Company
Cedar Rapids
Forster
Wes Kopecky
Kopecky
Weather turns to rain then snow flurries for Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids area faces showers tonight with fog and mild temperatures. Sunday partly cloudy with showers and strong southwesterly winds, then a shift to snow flurries Monday and a drop in temperatures. Rain totals include .90 inch Friday and Saturday in parts of Iowa. Ice and flood reports affect Decorah, Charlotte, and crossings near Durant, Savanna, and Fulton.
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Cedar Rapids
Wweek
Chicago
Mercury
Chambers-Inskeep
Iowa City
Davenport
Dubuque
Burlington
Montezuma
Lamont
Iowa River
Decorah
State Patrol
Iowa
Highway 6
Durant
Mud Creek
Charlotte
Mississippi
Plum River
Savanna
Fulton
Death Toll Rises From East Texas Tornadoes
Twenty three people were known dead with about 150 injured after Friday night tornadoes cut through Palestine and Nacogdoches counties. Rescue crews faced blackouts as power lines failed and roads washed by rain, with Southview hardest hit and James Wilkie among eyewitnesses describing widespread devastation. Texas state guardsmen were mobilized for rescue work.
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Palestine
Texas
Nacogdoches
Appleby
Dallas
Southview
Decatur
Fort Worth
Denver
James Wilkie
George Hawkes
Navy Announces Further Point Reductions for Discharges
The Navy disclosed new point reductions effective February and March that expand eligibility for discharge by 188 750 personnel through March 2. Scores for enlisted and officer ranks are trimmed across multiple dates including February 2 February 15 and March 2 affecting sailors nurses doctors and flying duty officers.
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Washington
Navy
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