Blue Flags Haphazard Penal Setup Criticized by Iowa Governor
Des Moines Gov. Robert D. Blue condemned the haphazard penal system in Iowa noting the state board of control is weak and urging a citizen committee to study reforms. He said a successor to former chair David McCreery should work out a uniform plan as lawmakers respected a long history of complaints about Eldora and other institutions.
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INS
Robert D. Blue
State Board of Control
David McCreery
Blue
Eldora State Training School
Mae Lynch
House
Pocahontas
Grace Gilbert King
West Union
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Woodward
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
F. H. Cooney
Carroll
Clarence Johnston
Ottumwa Daily Courier
Supreme Court
Robert Mitchell
Fort Dodge
Board of Control
State Bureau of Investigation
Hickenlooper
Kraschel
Herring
Control Board
Tear-Gassed From House After Gunfight
A 58 year old bachelor was recovering in county jail after authorities dragged him unconscious from a Cincinnati Iowa house where he held five officers at bay for two hours. Henry Bailey fired two shotgun blasts wounding Cincinnati Township Marshal George Ross who responded to the call.
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Centerville
Cincinnati
Jack Bailey
Henry Bailey
George Ross
Ross
Bailey
Income Tax Drives Man to Kill Wife in Buffalo
Lloyd Breeser, 41, a railroad fireman, killed his wife Isabel with a hammer after an argument over income tax papers. He then cut his own throat with a butcher knife and called a hospital for an ambulance. Five children were in school. Breeser's mother witnessed the events, saying he blamed the tax papers.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Lloyd Breeser
Breeser
Haiti President Ousted in Bow Overthrown Leader Detained
Haiti’s President Elie Lescot was ousted Friday and held at his private residence after nationwide protests over the shutdown of the La Ruche student newspaper and the dispersal of student demonstrations. La Ruche staff were arrested for registration noncompliance. Lescot had served as ambassador to Washington before his election in 1941.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Elie Lescot
Lescot
la Ruche
Washington
New Coast Guard Point Scores Told
Washington announces new Coast Guard discharge point scores effective February 2. Enlisted males 38, male officers 41, enlisted spars 24, spars officers 30. Reductions are first since September 26 with further cuts for all personnel except yeomen, storekeepers, and pharmacists mates scheduled February 15 and March 2.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Yuletide Returns to Hollan Home After War
LeRoy E. Hollan Jr. returns from Europe to Cedar Rapids after three years away, ending a long Christmas drought. The family lights a wreath and a tree in the front window as neighbors celebrate his homecoming with calls and gifts. The 3110th Signal Service battalion veteran recalls the wait and joy of reunion.
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Cpl
LeRoy E. Hollan
Cedar Rapids
Hollans
Hollan
LeRoy E. Hollan, Jr
Second Street NW
Camp Dodge
3110Th Signal Service
LeRoy
Mickey
LeRoy, Sr
Mrs. Hollan
Navy vetoed scouting of Tarawa before sneak raid
Washington informed Saturday that the navy department vetoed prewar plans to survey the Gilbert Islands, including Tarawa, where Marines suffered heavy losses. Admiral Kimmel reported Washington warned against moving fleet units near the Gilberts, while Halsey ordered a Wake Island task force to sink Japanese ships.
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Pearl Harbor
Navy Department
Husband E. Kimmel
Gilbert Group
Tarawa
Gilberts
United States
Central Pacific
Kimmel
Senate-House Committee
Congressional
William JF
Bull) Halsey
Wake Island
Halsey
Hawaii
Wake
Enterprise
Navy
Walter C. Short
Short
Pearl Kimmel
Flight Engineer Guilty in Sea Crash Probe
Honolulu AP reports John R. Patek of Tulare California civilian flight engineer convicted of involuntary manslaughter in a sea crash that killed 18 aboard a four engine Liberator. He received six months confinement and a $2000 fine for failing to verify refueling before takeoff 500 miles northeast of Honolulu on the flight to California.
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Honolulu
John R. Patek
Tulare
Calif
California
Patrick
Jap Cabinet Shaken Up Five Dropped in Reorganization
Prime Minister Kijuro Shidehara reshuffled the Japanese cabinet dropping five ministers after an Allied blacklist tied to militarist and ultra nationalist groups. New ministers face MacArthur approval. ceremony to install them set by Kyodo News. Cabinet had been in office since October 8, 1945, and newspapers say changes may be limited in effect.
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Kijuro Shidehara
Kyodo
Chuzo Iwata
Japan
MacArthur
Shidehara
Gen. MacArthur
Hitch-hiker Takes $51 From Red Skelton After Gun Talk
Los Angeles AP reports Red Skelton picked up a hitch-hiker in uniform who spoke of guns. The man offered a .38 pistol for sale, but Skelton said he only had $51 on him and declined, driving away.
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Red Skelton
Los Angeles
Skelton
Red
Soviets Fail To Delay UNO Security Council Vote
London AP reports the United Nations General Assembly rejected 34 to 9 a Soviet motion to delay forming the Security Council. Byrnes opposed the postponement, while six non permanent seats were filled by Brazil Egypt Mexico Poland the Netherlands and Australia. Bevin urged moving forward and warned delaying set a dangerous precedent.
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London
United Nations General Assembly
Vital Security Council
United States
James F. Byrnes
Security Council
Brazil
Egypt
Mexico
Poland
Netherlands
Australia
Peter Fraser
New Zealand
Southwest Pacific
Jan Masaryk
Ernest Bevin
Byrnes
Assembly
Andrei Gromyko
Russia
Colder Weather Returns With Snow Across Iowa
Colder and snow expected Sunday as northwest winds return after a brief thaw. Cedar Rapids saw 9 to 18 degrees today with sub zero readings planned for Sunday morning. Snow flurries were reported tonight and Sunday forenoon while roads remain icy in eastern Iowa.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids News
Iowa
Mercury
Iowa Weather Bureau
Ames
Des Moines
Fort Dodge
Atlantic
Ottumwa
Montezuma
Burlington
Dubuque
Spencer
State Highway Patrol
Rock Island Pickets Clash With Police Over Strike at J I Case Plant
In Rock Island Illinois 350 striking United Auto Workers and allied CIO unions faced off against city and state police who opened the lines at the J I Case plant. Eight pickets arrested for disorderly conduct. one seriously injured. Rioting lasted over an hour amid three days of union activity. Strike began December 27 seeking a new contract and a 30 percent wage rise.
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Rock Island, Ill
United Auto
CIO
Tri-cities
J. I. Case
Joseph Summers
Rock Island
Parleys Switched to White House Amid Labor Crisis
WASHINGTON AP A presidential fact finding panel proposed an 18 percent wage rise for CIO oil workers while Truman moved steel talks to the White House to avert a nationwide strike. Key developments: possible federal seizure, GM rejected 19.5 cent offer, unions planned wider work stoppages, and New York City operators voted to return to work amid service cuts.
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CIO
United Press
Truman
White House
United States
General Motors
Philip Murray
United Steel Workers
Benjamin Fairless
United States Steel
New York
Murray and Fairless
Clashes in Java report deaths near Soerabaja
British authorities said two Indian soldiers were killed and two wounded in clashes with Indonesian forces southwest of Soerabaja near the Dutch naval base. The fighting occurred Saturday as tensions rose in Batavia and surrounding Java areas.
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Batavia
Java
Soerabaja
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