Antarctic Flyers Endure Battles In Rescue at Sea
Six Navy airmen survived a crash in the Antarctic two weeks earlier with pilot Lt. (j.g.) William H. Kearns Jr. leading the rescue aboard the Pine Island. Three crewmates died in the wreck and were buried in crude graves under a wing, as the survivors recounted their ordeal amid cold wind, fog, and ice.
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U.S.S. MT. Olympus
Byrd Expedition
Navy
Antarctic
Seatender Pine Island
Pine Island
J.g
William H. Kearns, Jr
Boston
Henry H. Caldwell
McCarthy
Leblanc
Kenzn
Robbins
Warr
Mariner
Polar
Kearns
Thurston Peninsula
Colder Snow Expected In Cedar Rapids Tuesday
Iowa forecasts warn of continued cold with more snow and fog across the state. Cedar Rapids reports slippery roads and low visibility amid icy highways while temps rise from 28 to 36 degrees through Monday afternoon.
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C.R
Cedar Rounds News
Iowa
Highway Patrol
Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Caribou
Nothern
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Duluth
Minn
Weather Bureau
Bureau
Iowa Highway Commission
Sugar black market ring tied to four-state operation
Hobbs New Mexico bottling plant owner A M Bartlett arrested in what authorities call the largest sugar black market ring in U S history. The probe spans Texas New Mexico Kansas and Colorado with others in good faith purchasers. A former rationing clerk Mrs Trudy Edwards sought and others believed to be in Coronado California. Activities began August 1945 with deposits proving large sugar quotas.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Hobbs
Texas
New Mexico
Kansas
Colorado
United States
Everett M. Grantham
A. M. Bartlett
Grantham
Trudy Edwards
Coronado
Calif
Bartlett
Edwards
Wallace Accepted Britain Visit In Principle
Basil Martin reports Henry A. Wallace has been invited to Great Britain and accepted in principle. The editor notes timing is uncertain due to Wallace’s workload, and the trip will not occur in February.
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Britain
Wallace London
Basil Martin
The
New Statesman and Nation
Henry A. Wallace
Great Britain
Wallace
Man Cannot Grasp Charge After Intoxication Denial
In Maryville Missouri a prisoner brought before Magistrate Milton J. Hull for intoxication replied he did not understand the charge, saying he was drunk when questioned. The exchange highlights a defendant’s lack of comprehension due to intoxication in a courtroom setting.
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Maryville
Milton J. Hull
G O P Helmsmen Seek Another Year For War Probers
The Senate Republican steering committee urged a full year extension of the war investigating committee and eight months for the small business panel. Brewster said the war inquiry would focus on past events while current policy reviews shift to the Gurney group, with Taft noting most special committees will sunset this session. Tobey criticized the move as contrary to streamline laws and warned of fraud, confusion, and deals.
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Washington
Senate Republican Steering Committee
Senate War Investigating Committee
Small Business Committee
Brewster
Maine
War Inquiry Committee
Armed Services Committee
Sen. Gurney
R-S.d
Brewster Group
Gurney Group
Taft
Ohio
G.O.P
Senate
Small Business
Tobey
R-N.h
Handler Motor Replies to OPA in Civil Suits
In U S district court Cedar Rapids, the Handler Motor Company and owners Ben and Pearl Handler denied OPA charges they sold 42 cars at prices above ceilings and moved to dismiss suits seeking 13 352 dollars in damages. They request a more specific statement on alleged over ceiling charges for services.
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Cedar Rapids News
U. S
Handler Motor Company
Ben and Pearl Handler
Cedar Rapids
OPA
Supreme Court Upholds New Attempt At Executing Youth
In a 5 to 4 ruling the Supreme Court allows Louisiana to retry electrocution of Willie Francis a 17 year old Black convict after the chair failed to kill him on May 3. The majority says no constitutional violation and no cruel punishment. the dissent warns repeated shocks amount to torture. Justice Frankfurter sides with the minority while upholding state autonomy.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Willie Francis
Louisiana
Frankfurter
Francis
Reed
Vinson
Jusin
Justice Burton
Douglas
Murphy
Rutledge
Catholic chaplains report high spiritual welfare of U.S. troops in Japan
Three Catholic chaplains from the First Cavalry Division told reporters on Monday that the spiritual welfare of American forces in Japan remains high. They cited daily services and morale as evidence of steady faith and comfort among troops.
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Tokyo
Japan
First Cavalry Division
Will Written Before Airliner Crash Near Galax Va
Mrs. Chloe Newman of Port Huron Michigan wrote a will minutes before boarding a Detroit to Miami flight that later crashed near Galax Virginia. The envelope note requested cremation and ashes strewn in the St Clair River.
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Detroit
INS
Chloe Newman
Port Huron
Mich
Newman
Galax
Hester Stevens
Miami
Blum Flies to London For Talks with Attlee
French Premier Leon Blum arrived in London for talks with Prime Minister Clement Attlee on postwar cooperation and international strategy.
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Blum
London
Attlee
INS
Leon Blum
Nude study halted at Tokyo art school over cold risk
Tokyo reporters state that nude posing at the Uene art school halted on Monday as directors feared models might catch cold. Mai nichi noted no coal had been delivered to the school in the past month.
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Tokyo
Uene Art School
Mainichi
AFL Drives Union Drive for 3 Million Farm Workers
The AFL launches a drive to organize 3,000,000 farm workers into the National Farm Labor union. Delegates, about 150 mostly African American, meet in Washington to push for nationwide organization on farms ranches and plantations. The union cites exclusion from pass laws and benefit programs, calling farm laborers second class citizens.
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Washington
AFL
National Farm Labor Union
United States
Frank P. Fenton
Union
Congress
America
Air Crashes Stir Clamor In Congress
Twenty nine died as seven planes including an airliner crashed in the United States over Sunday and Monday. Congress demands a thorough investigation of the airline accident wave. Representative Rivers accuses CAB and CAA and calls for probes into Eastern and American Airlines. Five killed in a private plane collision at Miami aviation center.
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United States
Rivers
D-S.c
Sen. Brewster
Rmaine
Senate
Eastern Airlines
Gala
Civil Aeronautics Board
Civil Aeronautics Authority
CAB
CAA
American Airlines
Miami, Fla
Aviation Center
Conviction of Curley Upheld and Miami Air Crash Details
The appeal court upheld James M. Curley's six to 18 month sentence for mail fraud alongside two engineers. Separately, investigators blamed a Miami crash on a pilot landing against a red light. one survivor, William Keyes, was rescued amid a scorched wreck as others perished.
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Miami
Papc
Seatedens
New York
James Allen
West Palm Beach
Owens
Allen
William Irvine
Viola Lindner
Valley Stream
N. Y
Washington
United States Court of Appeals
James M. Curley
Boston
Congress
Curley
Engineers Group
Donald Wakefield Smith
Pitts
National Labor Relations Board
James G. Fuller
Smith
Ten Others In School Bus Are Injured In Crash
A school bus carrying 15 students was rear ended by a semi-trailer truck on highway 150 near the Hugo Stolte home. Ten children suffered injuries while bus passengers Martha Wethington and Maurice Ford were hospitalized. Driver Lars Larsen of Tipton and trucker Richard Knee of Peoria faced no severe injuries. two local hospitals treated victims in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City.
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the Gazette
Ereee Eng
Shes
Highway 150
Ford
Ingron
Elmer Stolte
Paul Wright
Martha Wethington
University Hospital
Iowa City
Maurice
William Ford
Cedar Rapids
William
Lars Larsen
Tipton
Hugo Stolte
Stolte
Betty Stolte
Richard Knee
Peoria
G. R. Pitman Trucking Company
Hillsboro
Ind
City Lacks Power To Regulate Phone Rates
Cedar Rapids lacks authority to set telephone rates. City Attorney Don Hines told the council that Iowa has no state franchise power for telephone companies and no city regulatory power. He noted bills to empower cities have failed, with regulation falling to the FCC. The council sought clarification on franchise rights.
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Cedar Rapids
Don Hines
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Iowa
Hines
Federal Communications Commission
Troop Use in Britain Sparks Sympathy Strike Wave
London faces a food supply crisis as 8,000 troops and sailors move groceries to markets. Workers at Smithfield and Convent Garden join a widening sympathy strike, pressuring Attlee’s government amid demands for shorter hours and better pay.
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Britain
London
East End
Smithfield
Convent Garden
Attlee
Greater
Liverpool
Leeds
Southampton
Bristol
Transport and General Workers’ Union
Ernest Bevin
Paraguay moves to quell anti government plot after cabinet resignations
In Asuncion, Paraguay, the government said General Higinio Morinigo and armed forces leaders uncovered a subversive plot involving anarchist groups and the Communist party. A 30 day state of siege was declared as civilian cabinet members resigned.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Higinio Morinigo
Lee
Communist Party
Morinigo
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