Navy 97 Vessels To Serve as Guinea Pigs
The navy unveiled Operation Crossroads detailing a 97-ship target fleet at Bikini Atoll for atomic test experiments to begin in May. Key vessels include the Saratoga and Pennsylvania, with Japanese Nagato and German Prinz Eugen also slated for participation.
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Bikini Atoll
Marshall Islands
Japan
W. H. P. Blandy
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
United States
United States Navy
Okinawa
Independence
Nagato
Yamamoto
Sakawa
Gulf
Cedar Rapids Plans Stadium Project For 1946 Return
Cedar Rapids civic workers push a 215000 bond plan to build a 20 acre municipal stadium with baseball fields parking and lighting. If voters approve March 25 the project could start soon with Memorial Commission approval and revised cost estimates.
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Cedar Rapids
Don Hines
Memorial Commission
Hines
Chapman and
Howard Green
Snowy commute snarls as Cedar Rapids roads icy
Cedar Rapids faced slick streets after a snowstorm with one inch of snow and freezing temperatures. City Lines reported buses unable to maintain schedules while highway patrol warned of hazardous statewide conditions. temperatures fluctuated from 8 to 34 degrees as the storm ended and wind caused sharp cold snaps.
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Ceder Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
City Lines
The
Highway Patrol
Iowa
Cedar Raoa
Clark Kerr Stated For Envoy to U.S
Washington reports that Sir Archibald Kerr is considered acceptable by the United States as the successor to Lord Halifax as ambassador to Washington.
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Clark Kerr
U.S
Washington
Sir Archibald
United States
Britain
Lord Halifax
Short accuses War Dept of delaying Hawaii radar in 1941
Maj. Gen. Walter Short told a Pearl Harbor investigative panel that the War Department stalled radar setup in Hawaii in 1941 while completing mainland installations in New York Seattle and San Francisco. He cited a Waterloo Iowa telegram from Maj. Leask saying radar towers were left on a San Francisco pier until Washington ordered them to Honolulu.
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Washington
Walter C. Short
War Department
Hawaii
New York
Seattle
San Francisco
Short
Pearl Harbor
Waterloo
George D. Leask
Army Signal Corps
Leask
Honolulu
Army
Radio Corporation of America
Spaatz To Succeed Arnold As Army Air Forces Commander
President Truman announced Gen Carl A Spaatz will succeed Gen H H Arnold as commander of the army air forces. Spaatz led the US strategic bombing forces in Europe and later the Pacific. Arnold planned to retire after a South America tour and is now en route home.
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Washington
Truman
Carl A. Spaatz
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Spaatz
Arnold
Army
United States
Europe
Pacific
South America
Rail Group Votes To Go with Lewis
Organized railroad workers across the nation welcomed John L. Lewis and his United Mine Workers union after a Railway Mediation Board election of 1,192 Long Island trainmen. The vote favored UMW over the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, marking Lewis first major victory in the drive to organize all railroad workers into District 50.
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New York
INL
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Long Island
Railway Mediation Board
UMW
Lewis
Solons Veto Addition for White House
The House blocked a 1.65 million dollar White House expansion minutes after President Truman voiced little congressional opposition. By 110 to 41 votes, lawmakers redirected 883,660 dollars from the fund for the planned offices to general White House expenses, with the remainder returned to the treasury. Rep. Case led the amendment, arguing the project lacked thorough study and funds should await review.
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Washington
House
White House
Truman
Congress
Chamber
Treasury
Appropriations Committee
Rep. Case
R-S. D
Republcan
Case
UNO Votes For Atomic Guard Plan
The United Nations General Assembly approved a 11 nation atomic energy commission with Canada to oversee peaceful use and prevent destruction. The vote 47 to 0 with four abstentions, while the Security Council prepared to meet on Iran Greece and Indonesia. Byrnes urged unity to prevent a new arms race and emphasized continued occupation in Germany and Japan.
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London
International Commission
UNO General Assembly
United States
James F. Byrnes
World Security Council
Iran
Greece
Indonesia
UNO
Atomic Commission
Byrnes
Security Council
Canada
Council
Poland
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
United Nations
Vishinsky
Assembly
Bucharest
Judge Rosenman to resign as special counsel Feb. 1
President Truman announced the retirement of Judge Samuel S. Rosenman as special counsel, effective February 1. Rosenman plans to return to private life in New York but will visit Washington periodically to offer assistance and advice without compensation.
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Washington(ap
Samuel S. Rosenman
Truman
New York
Washington
Officially Dead War Dept Declares Lt Donald Y King Missing
The War Department declares Lt. Donald Y. King of the Air Corps officially dead after being missing in the Southwest Pacific since November 2, 1943. King, son of Mr and Mrs W S King of 2200 Bever Avenue SE, was a P 38 pilot on an escort mission to Rabaul. His plane was seen in a dog fight south of Rabaul and no further survival information has been found. The decision follows careful investigations and records indicating his absence.
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Cedar Rapids
Southwest Pacific
Donald Y. King
Air Corps
W. S. King
Bever Avenue
War Department
Rabaul
New Britain
Pupils Won't Move Arthur Students to Van Buren
A group of 21 Arthur school mothers met Supt. Arthur Deamer to oppose transferring Arthur district pupils to Van Buren due to crowded conditions. Deamer said moves are not a solution, noting Van Buren is over crowded and teachers are scarce. petitioners left satisfied, claiming they won their point.
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van Buren
Cedar Rapids
van Buren School
Supt. of
Arthur Deamer
Arthur School
George Sigmund
Deamer
Sigmund
Arthur
R. T. Ashlock
Twenty-eighth ‘Street Drive
Kenridge
Union ends tieup held back as wage panel delays
The AFL meat union says its earlier call to end the strike was an error and members will not return until wage increases from a fact finding panel are retroactive to seizure. The panel reports Feb. 16, while CIO United Packinghouse Workers consider back-to-work plans ahead of government seizure.
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Associated Press
Truman
United States Steel
B. F. Fairless
Fairless
Truman Hall
CIO Steel Workers
Henry J. Kaiser
Chicago
Brotherhood of Railroad
Thursdday
Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Ford Motor Company
Chrysler Corporation
General Motors
Andnion
AFL Meat Union
Earl W. Jimerson
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of
North America
Jimerson
Washington
CIO United Packinghouse Workers
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