City Plan Clean Up Is Sought By Art Heusinkveld
Parks Commissioner Richard Jones calls for a broad reorganization of the City Plan Commission to remove “dead timber.” He cites 16 current members and a proposal to cut membership to 15. Mayor Hahn and Public Improvements Commissioner Williams defend the commission and its work, noting some criticism comes from a small faction.
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Frank K Hahn
Plan Commission
Hahn
the Gazette
Jones
Eed
Cedar Rapids
David L Williams
British envoy and Truman discuss Palestine policy
Sir Oliver Franks outlined Britain’s views on Palestine to President Truman at the White House in a half hour meeting. Bevin and Eden signaled caution about Anglo American policy while Britain keeps military measures in the region and warns against Jewish-Arab escalation.
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Washington
Truman
Oliver Franks
Britain
Palestine
White House
Franks
London
Foreign Office
Holy Land
Bevin
Middle East
Red Sea
Aqaba
Trans-Jordan
Abdullah
East Mediterranean
Suez Canal Zone
Egypt
Anthony Eden
Eden
United States State Department
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Chicago Trucker Strike Averted
AFL Teamsters and the Chicago Truck Drivers union accepted a 25 cent hourly wage rise for 14 000 drivers ending a planned strike. Negotiations stretched from Wednesday morning to Thursday dawn under federal mediators, with unions lowering demands from 30 to 27 and companies adjusting offers. Short haul firms can raise rates immediately, while interstate carriers must seek ICC approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
AFL Teamsters Union
Chicago Truck Drivers Union
Interstate Commerce Commission
Contested Will From Bataan Affects Beloved Sister
In Chicago AP report Maj Charles J Zurick killed in the Philippines April 9 1942 left $35 000 to his sister Mrs Belle Z Barnes. Her siblings contest probate claiming the will lacks proper witnesses. Judge William F Waugh set a new hearing.
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Chicago
Bataan
Charles J Zurick
Phillipines
Benjamin Tecson
Sibul Springs
Philippines
Zurich
Tecson
Hoover Commission urges executive reorganization overhaul
The Hoover Commission urged Congress to overhaul federal organization citing lack of order and authority in the executive branch. It warned that growth in civil manpower, bureaus, and costs demands reform and expands on Presidential-led reorganization with Congress backing.
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Washington
Llp
Hoover Commission
Congress
Commission
Senate
McKellar
D-Tenn
Rayburn
D-Texas
Hoover
Snowbound Indians Face Food and Fuel Shortage in Pine Ridge
United Press reports emergency efforts reach nearly 9,000 Pine Ridge residents starving for food and fuel amid a week of blizzards. Rescue teams plow roads, air drops deliver penicillin, dysentery cases rise, and doctors mobilize as authorities plead for aid.
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Clyde Powers
Pine Ridge
Rockyford
Nebraska
Harrison
Neb
Paxton
Palo Mino Horses Die in Badlands Blizzard Stampede
Fifty three of a herd of sixty six Palo Mino horses perished when the herd surged over a cliff in the South Dakota Badlands while attempting to flee last week's blizzard. Passengers on the first train to reach Pierre from the West report on the scene.
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Wall
Pierre
David Boxrud
City of
George Knapp
Boxrud
Knapp
Associated Press
South Dakota
S. D
Correction Clarifies John Jones Detective Status
A Wisconsin paper notes a typographical error in last week’s notice. It stated John Jones is a detective on the police force. the correction clarifies he is a detective in the police force.
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Wisconsin
John Jones
Jones
Gazette editor Hoyt speaks at Columbia Press Institute
E. C. Hoyt, managing editor of The Gazette, spoke at the American Press Institute seminar in New York City and led discussions on staff training editing and pay. About 23 publishers and editors from 77 newspapers attended, with Hoyt detailing The Gazette’s large Iowa state news staff and collaboration with desk editors.
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E. C. Hoyt
The
Gazette
American Press Institute
Columbia University
New York City
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Hoyt
Iowa
Eat
Midwest
Kcrg-Kcrk
Acheson Denies Hiss Link Asks Senate Questions
Dean Acheson testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Alger Hiss was never his assistant and called him a friend. He defended his ties with the Hiss brothers and Polish connections while outlining policy on the Poland loan and security measures at the State Department.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
Alger Hiss
State Department
Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hiss
Donald
Alger
Hiss Brothers
Connally
Texas
Adolf A Berle
House UN American Activities Committee
Berle
Wiss
Poland
United States
Len Vandenberg
R-Mich
Marshall
New York Harbor Walkout Set For Tonight
Negotiations to avert a harbor strike broke off as AFL union reps extended the walkout deadline to midnight. About 3,500 harbor workers led by Joseph E. O Grady halted talks to comply with Taft Hartley rules. Mayor O Dwyer warned the city could enter the fuel business to prevent a crisis if overtime pay demands go unmet.
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New York
Joseph E. O’grady
William O’dwyer
William J. McCormack
Odom pursues Pacific to New York record flight
Honolulu reporter notes Billy Odom piloting a Beechcraft Bonanza single engine on a 5,300 mile attempt from Honolulu to New York. A Navy PBY Catalina escorted him through a thunderstorm as he aimed to cross the Washington coast by 6 pm. He notes Soviet flyers A Goussarov and V Glebov had a 2,071.7 mile Mos ven to Krasnoyarsk record set Sept 23, 1937.
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Honolulu
Bill Odom
Hawaii
Pacific
Odom
Honolu
New York
Washington
Navy
Oahu
Qdom
West Coast
A. Goussarov
V. Glebov
Mosven
Kransnoyarsk
Labor merger favored to unite AFL and CIO nationwide
Secretary of Labor Tobin said the merger would create a single labor organization, ensure uniform wage rates, and improve the competitive position for management.
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Boston
Tobin
AFL and
CIO
Drastic Anti Slots Bill Introduced in Iowa Legislature
DES MOINES AP A sweeping measure would revoke the operating license of any Iowa business found in willful possession of a gambling device. The bill would cover nearly any retail business and could revoke licenses such as sales tax permits and tavern licenses. Attorney General Robert L Larson said he drafted the proposal at the request of retiring Gov Robert D Blue and that county attorneys sheriffs and police would gain help in wiping out gambling.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Robert L Larson
Robert D. Blue
Larson
Minnesota
New Extradition Hearing Set for Dr Rutledge
Cedar Rapids reports a second attempt to extradite Dr Robert C Rutledge of St Louis to Cedar Rapids for murder. Linn County Attorney Crissman filed new papers in Jefferson City and set Tuesday’s hearing. Rutledge’s $5,000 fugitive bond was extended to next Wednesday and hearing will be conducted by Missouri Senator Emery Allison in Governor Estes Smith’s absence.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert C Rutledge
St Louis
Linn County
William Crissman
Crissman
Massouri
Jefferson City
Rutledge
Missouri
Emery Allison
Senate
Forrest Smith
James Blair, Jr
Washington
Truman
French Cabinet Imposes Second Price Freeze in Inflation Fight
Paris authorities ordered a new price freeze with penalties for violations. Industrial goods stay at December 31 levels while some items such as fruits vegetables pork fish condensed milk wine shoes textiles and feathers face a tighter cap beyond those goods.
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Paris
Nevel
Beardsley Proposes Tax Change And Wide Agenda
Gov Beardsley outlines 21 recommendations in inaugural address urging removal of the sales tax on food and proposing labor mediation, tax study, flood control, school funding, highway finance and education reforms as Iowa shapes policy.
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Des Moines
Williams
Beardsley
Iowa
Labor Department
Industrial Commission
Mine Inspection
State Council of Natural Resources
Board of Education
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O. N. Rowe
Cedar Falls
Vienna
Waterloo
Rowe
Erika Pitzmann
Herbert Pitzmann
Art Heusinkveld
City Plan Commission
Will
Hoover Board
Dakota
United Press
Pine Ridge Reservation
California
Army
Mississippi
Columbia Press Institute
Lasswell Photo
N.Y. Harbor
Dr. Rutledge
Ils
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Dwight McCormack
Board of Control
H. J. Mantz
Iowa Supreme Court
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