U N backs Big Four plan to set Trieste free
The United Nations security council approved the Big Four agreement to create the Free Territory of Trieste with U N protection. The measure passed 10 to 0, Australia abstaining, to place Trieste under UN governance pending incorporation into the Italian peace treaty.
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Lake Success
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United Nations Security Council
Trieste
Australia
United Nations General Assembly
U.N. Security Council
Italy
Yugoslavia
United States
Great Britain
Russia
France
N. J. O. Makin
Seity Council
Defense of Iowa Board of Control in Eldora report
The Iowa legislative interim committee defended the state board of control and its Eldora boys training school security building. The panel urged retaining the board of control and opposed transferring Eldora, Mitchellville, the Soldiers' Home, and Toledo Juvenile Home to other state agencies citing cost and efficiency.
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State Board of Control
Boys’ Training
Eldora
Iowa
House
Senate
Board of Control
State Board of Education
University of Iowa Hospital
Board of Education
Eldora Institution
Mitchellville Training School
Soldiers’ Home
Davenport
Toledo
State Board of Social Welfare
Colder Weather In Iowa By Weekend Forecast
The Cedar Rapids bureau warned an end to the January heat wave with a gradual shift to colder conditions through the weekend. Light snow flurries were possible in northern Iowa Sunday as temperatures linger around the mid thirties in Cedar Rapids and nearby towns.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
The
Mercury
Hunt Ends Grant And Hughes Safe
An hour long air search by authorities and the press located Howard Hughes and Cary Grant at Nogales Arizona on Saturday as they traveled toward Mexico for a vacation. The pair had departed New York near noon Friday aboard a converted B 23 bomber with two crewmen and were feared lost after overnight wandering and a search involving pilots and reporters.
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New York
Howard Hughes
Cary Grant
Hood
Nogales
Ariz
Mexico
Flyer
Sportsman
Dayton
Ohio
Field Marshal Montgomery Leaves Moscow with Expensive Coat Gift
In Moscow field marshal Viscount Montgomery departs by air carrying an $8000 sable lined coat given at Stalin's farewell dinner. The coat, originally Marshal Vassilevsky's gray dress coat, was modeled by Montgomery for guests with Molotov watching. He met Stalin privately and was joined by British minister Frank Roberts.
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Moscow
Viscount Montgomery
Josef Stalin
Alexander Vassil
Vassilevsky
Montgomery
Stalin
V. M. Molotov
Frank Roberts
London
Russia
Kremlin
Byrnes Policy Speech On Air At Nine Tonight
Secretary of State James F. Byrnes delivers a policy talk titled United States Foreign Policy. The broadcast airs on NBC at nine o clock and precedes the Cleveland Forum on World Affairs.
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Byrnes
NBC
United States
Cleveland Forum
Cedar Rapids School Board Sets Budget Hearing Date
Cedar Rapids school board schedules Monday January 20 for a budget hearing to amend the district budget. The plan seeks 200000 for teacher bonuses and recreation area costs, raising operating funds from 1313900 to 1513900 if receipts cover the excess without raising current year taxes.
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School Board
Cedar Rapids
West Side Recreation
Passenger Train Derailed in Burke Killing Foreman's Daughter
A Southern rail train derailed near Burke Virginia injuring nine others and killing the section foreman's daughter who was standing along the right of way. The accident occurred Saturday as cars left the tracks, authorities said.
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Burke
Southern Rail
Health Department Proposal Seeks Federal Cabinet Post
The Senate received a proposal to create a cabinet level department of health and security. Senator Fulbright introduced the bill, with support from Senator Easton. A House proposal would place health, social security and education under the new cabinet.
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Washington
Senate
Department of Health
Ae and Security
Sen
Fulbright
D-Ark
D-Ohio
Harris
D- Ark
Epee
Food prices show downturn in nationwide survey
A coast to coast survey reports retail food prices trending downward for the first time since wartime inflation began. Butter leads declines in major items while coffee remains an upward outlier. wholesalers note widespread markdowns in lard meats and canned goods with more declines expected as summer stock enters markets.
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Chicago
Europe
New York
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Detroit
Ter
Vets Bivouac in Park To Protest Housing Shortage
Fifteen hundred veterans spent Friday night in MacArthur Park in a big sleep protest against the housing shortage. The mass demonstration, secretly planned to avoid police interference, featured veterans carrying signs about fox holes and rat holes as they questioned whether the public will sleep in parks instead of finding homes.
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Los Angeles
MacArthur Park
Fox Holes
Stassen Seeks 5 Billion Cut in Budget
Harold E. Stassen, candidate for the 1948 GOP nomination, joined the Republican attack on President Truman's 37.5 billion dollar budget. He urged a 5 billion dollar cut and a 25 percent across the board reduction in most items except defense, veterans care, housing and debt interest payments.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
G.O.P
Truman
Stassen
Employer May Talk to Employees in Labor Dispute Ruling
In Harrisburg Pennsylvania the labor relations board ruled that an employer may discuss union matters with his employees without committing an unfair labor practice. The two to one decision came on an appeal by owners of a hotel and restaurant whose employees were on strike. We are unable to find in the full text the continuation of the ruling.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board
Big Mapping Job by U.S. and Britain Revealed
Reports from Frankfurt note a large aerial mapping operation by the United States and Britain covering much of Europe. Agreements with many nations were cited, while Russia’s involvement remained unclear. US crews faced navigational errors in 1946 and several planes needed recovery or rest.
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Wellington Long
Frankfurt
Europe
United States
Britain
Russia
Germany
United States Army Air Forces
Casey Jones
Suit says she's widow of Fields
A blind claimant, Edith Williams, says she married comedian W. C. Fields in 1893 when she was 13, and she now seeks a claim against Fields's $800,000 estate. She testified she was promised a share from a profitable early stage partnership and that Fields later disappeared on a temperance scare night.
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W. C. Fields
Edith Williams
Fields
St. Louis
Iscare
Furlough Fares To Expire on Jan 30
Washington AP reports reduced railroad and bus furlough fares offered during the war will end on January 30. The program lowered travel costs for workers and families relying on rail and bus service, with participating lines noting schedule and fare changes ahead.
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Washington
Nine Byrd expedition crewmen missing in Antarctica
The navy said the burned wreckage of the Byrd expedition plane sighted in the Franklin D. Roosevelt sea area shows six of nine crewmen aboard are alive. Three crewmen remain unaccounted for as survivors’ gear is dropped by parachute. The plane vanished during a routine recon flight amid heavy fog and bad weather near Ellsworth land. the Pine Island support group led the search.
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Washington
Navy
Antarctic
Franklin D. Roosevelt Sea
Ellsworth
Pine Island
de Orce
Hick Is Favored To Head Joint Atomic Group
The Senate committee on atomic energy favors appointing Hick to head the joint group backing the Baruch no veto plan for worldwide atomic development. GOP leaders see new appointments as reinforcing party support against Russian or Polish opposition. Senator Vandenberg weighs remaining as a member while Byrd’s seat may shift with congressional control changes.
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Hick
Joint Atomic Group
Washington
Senate Committee On Atomic Energy
G.O.P
Russia
Poland
United Nations Energy Commission
Dec
Senator Vandenberg
R-Mich
Congress
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Con
Truman Budget Silence Rumors Shake Army-Navy
President Truman’s edict silences administration officials and press relations officers. Reporters seeking explanation of the 1,590 page budget were waved away and warned not to discuss the figures with anyone.
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Washington
Truman
War and Navy Departments
Congress
Soldier-Husband Fatal Shootings Prolong Stay Incident
A military spouse allegedly shot her husband in the hand to delay his departure. The case details reveal a domestic dispute tied to a plan to extend their time together. Authorities continue investigating the motive and legal proceedings.
Lewis Fight In Supreme Court Begins Over No Strike Injunction
Washington AP report says John L. Lewis and United Mine Workers challenge the government’s no strike injunction in the soft coal dispute. They contend Norris LaGuardia and Clayton acts bar federal restraining orders against unions. the government argues obedience to the orders is required and fines for contempt totaling 3,510 dollars were assessed. The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments next Tuesday.
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Washington (Ap
John L. Lewis
The
United Mine Workers
Supreme Court
Lewis
High Court
Congress
Kuester Chosen House Speaker by Republican Caucus
Kuester 58 of Griswold was unanimously nominated to be speaker of the Iowa House by the Republicans the selection effectively decides the post He will replace Marold Felton who died last month Arch McFarlane of Waterloo was named majority floor leader Morrissey elected speaker pro tem Gustafson named chief clerk for the fourteenth time Kuester the first farmer in 19 years to hold the post said the session must serve good government with no personal political aims In a surprise move Richard V Lee of Dysart was elected president pro tem with 30 votes while Hart of Alt Keokuk won unanimous support as president pro tem after a 56 vote tally
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Griswold
Iowa
Kuester
Farmer
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Richard V. Lee
Dysart
Shoot Kom
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Alt Keokuk
Sen
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