Protests Over River Pools Reach War Dept For Action
President Truman referred protests from sportsmen and conservation groups to the War Department over lowering water pools on the upper Mississippi for navigation. Army engineers paused further withdrawals due to river thaw and aim to preserve a nine foot channel, with possible reductions near St. Louis and waterway rocks.
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Truman
War Department
Mississippi River Valley
Army
Charles G. Ross
White House
Army Engineers
Upper
Mississippi
Congress
St. Louis
Chain of Rocks
Hearing on proposed sewer project plans in Cedar Rapids
The City of Cedar Rapids holds a hearing at 10:00 a.m. January 28, 1946, in Council Chambers City Hall on proposed plans specifications and form of contract for sanitary sewers including NE sections near Illinois Central right of way and other streets. Written objections may be filed and oral opposition heard. notice dated January 10 1946 signed by Audem Krebs City Clerk and published January 19 and 21 1946 in the Cedar Rapids Gazette.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Pidts
Mlinois Central Safeway
Auditors
H Avenue
T Avenue
G Avenue
Shaver Road
Ulinois Central Railway
Lincoln Avenue
11Th Street
Audem. Krebs
Our Part in UNRRA
A senate foreign relations committee vote keeps UNRRA work in Europe and aid to China and the Philippines proceeding. The U S has already appropriated final and additional sums while other nations donate a fixed share of their 1943 income, reflecting broad international generosity.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Europe
China
Philippines
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Senate
United Nations
UNRRA
L. L. Henry
Ninth Street SW
City Taxicab Frustrations Prompt War Shell to Cedar Rapids
A Gazette reader lambasts Cedar Rapids taxi service after wartime shortages. He cites long waits, late arrivals, and overcrowded cabs, saying one trip carried nine passengers and dispatchers promise half hour waits only sometimes. He praises City Attorney Don Hines for a firm stand on reform.
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Attorney Hines
the Gazette
Don Hines
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Truman Stassen Lead Campaign to Wipe Out Prejudices
President Truman and Harold Stassen will head a drive to erase racial and religious prejudice. Stassen will be general chairman of a $4 million campaign during American Brotherhood week February 17 to 24, with Truman as honorary chairman.
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Truman
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Minnesotan
Stassen
Navy
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Thead
Mrs Vincent Sheean Divorced on Mental Cruelty Claim
Reno Nevada report states Mrs Vincent Sheean, wife of author and war correspondent, was granted a divorce on Wednesday citing mental cruelty as the grounds.
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Reno, Nev
Vincent Sheean
Devers Warns of Peril In Discharge Clamor
Gen. Jacob L. Devers, head of army ground forces, warned that public pressure for rapid troop releases endangers U.S. security abroad and harms morale of occupation forces. He said America must maintain sufficient occupational force to win the peace amid postwar debates.
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Colorado Springs
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INS
Jacob L. Devers
Army
Atherton Named to National Role in Indianapolis
War ren H. Atherton of Stockton California a past national commander is named for a national post in Indianapolis Indiana United States.
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Indianapolis
INS
Warren H. Atherton
Stockton
Calif
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