Truman signs large treasury post office appropriations bill
President Truman signed the 12.40 billion treasury post office appropriations bill criticizing the budget as inadequate for tax collection. He warned the internal revenue bureau cuts could force 4 000 to 5 000 layoffs and hinder enforcement, urging political neutrality in tax administration. He called reductions a fallacy and pledged to restore enforcement strength.
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Washington
Truman
Treasury Post Office
Treasury
Internal Revenue Bureau
Tee
Congress
Trman
Bureau
Revenue Men Eyeing Used Auto Market in Cedar Rapids
John Reynolds reports that Cedar Rapids dealers and Iowa auto interests push to curb the curb by curbing new to used car transfers. The Iowa Automobile Dealers Association with about 1 906 members seeks tighter licensing and option plan agreements to curb unlicensed sales in the hot market.
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Cedar Rapids
State
Iowa Automobile Dealers Association
Ate Duce
Gissien
Fehees
Ay My B. Chase
Motor Vehicle Department
the Gazette
Marshall Denounces Malicious Distortion of Aid Policy
Secretary of State Marshall denounces as malicious distortion claims that U S aid to Europe is imperialist. In a speech to the Women’s National Press Club he defends American recovery efforts and outlines conditions for future economic aid, stressing use for economic rehabilitation and global peace.
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Washington
Marshal Tuesday
Europe
Women’s National Press Club
Marshall
Molotov
United States
Russia
America
City council weighs tavern transfer near schools
Sixteen feet of Sixth street SW sparked a council debate after residents petitioned to block Albert Lebrecht and William Vick from moving their tavern license to Fourth avenue and Sixth street SE. The measure comes as Taylor School lies 316 feet away, just beyond the 300 foot school zoning rule.
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Ceder Rapids News
Sixth Street
Southwest Side
Fourth Avenue
Albert M. Lebrecht
William Vick
First Street
Taylor
Ministers To Keep Trying For Accord In Paris Talks
In Paris the foreign minsters of Russia Britain and France discussed U S aid to Europe with Marshall's plan for an hour and a half with a second session likely. Molotov's veto and deadlock risks were noted as Bevin Bidault weigh a compromise to salvage the conference.
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Paris
Russia
Britain
France
Marshall
Europe
Molotov
Bevin
Bidault
United States
Bill with Teeth Drafted in Light of Coal Muddle
Hartley of New Jersey said the House labor committee drafted a bill with sharp teeth to curb a potential nationwide coal strike. It would ban industrywide bargaining and label monopolistic strikes, forcing UMW leader John L. Lewis to negotiate with each operator. The bill could be ready in 24 hours if the strike threat widens after July 8.
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Hartley
Congress
Martin
Rmass
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Dras
Lidice Indictments Target Nazi Leaders Over Village Destruction
MERNBERG IN S. Fourteen German generals and several SS officials plus a woman face war crimes charges for the destruction of Lidice in Czechoslovakia. The village was razed and its population wiped out as reprisal for the assassination known as Lebensborn and the Nazi adoption program.
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Mernberg
INS
Czech
Lidice
Flyer Killed in Louisiana Crash at Barksdale Field
Shreveport AP reports a staff sergeant died when an unauthorized B-17 flight crashed three miles south of Sibley Louisiana. Initial word had four missing personnel, but Barksdale public relations later said this was discounted after checking B-17 personnel at the field.
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Shreveport
Barksdale Field
Sibley
Cops Foil Georgia Lynch Mob At Carrollton Jail Siege
About 300 masked white men gathered at Carrollton jail in an attempted lynching of Eddie Brown Jr 20 accused in the murder of farmer Andrew Boyd 28. Deputies and police held the mob for hours before Brown was secretly moved to Fulton County jail in Atlanta by state police.
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Carrollton, Ga
Russell Lambert
Otis King
Carrollton
Eddie Brown
Brown
Andrew Boyd
Fulton Tower
Atlanta
Lambert
Success in Soviet Cancer Treatment Reported
The American Review of Soviet Medicine reports a new Russian cancer drug showing preliminary success in about half the patients treated. One patient has remained cancer-free for two and a half years. The article notes KR is a chemical extract from South American trypanosomes.
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New York
American Review of Soviet Medicine
American Soviet Medical Society
Pearl Ellis, Last Surviving Child of Theodore Roosevelt, Dies
Mrs. Pearl Tyler Ellis, 87, born in the early 20th century and identified as the 14th and final surviving child of President Theodore Roosevelt, died on Monday in Shawsville Virginia.
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Tyler
Shawsville
Pearl Tyler Ellis
Veterans disrupt New Haven harbor fireworks display
A group of residents from a veterans housing project threw part of a large fireworks show into New Haven harbor during the St. Andrews day celebration. Police say no arrests were made as Capt. Patrick Dempsey notes the veterans want peace and quiet after four years of wartime noise.
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New Haven
New Haven Harbor
Patrick Dempsey
St. Andrews
Terminal Leave Payments Voted by House Armored Services Committee
Washington The House Armed Services Committee voted unanimously to approve legislation allowing the conversion of terminal leave pay bonds into cash after September 1.
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Washington
INS
House
Armed Services Committee
56 Injured in Crash Blame Faulty Switch
WESTVILLE Ind AP fifty six persons were injured late Monday when the Baltimore and Ohio Streamliner Columbian bound from Chicago to Washington struck a defective switch. The train jarred a broken rod causing the track to open as the fourth car passed. Eight of nine cars left the tracks but none overturned. About 180 aboard eight coaches and one sleeper. Injured included Eunice Clinger 52 Des Moines with facial and neck abrasions.
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Westville
Ind
Chicago
Washington
Ans Limited
Ans O
Eunice Clinger
Des Moines
Lightning Kills Two Children As Mother Watches
In Emerson Missouri a lightning strike felled a tree where Olen Meyers ten and another child were near their farm home. The mother witnessed the incident and rushed to help but both children died with the body of Olen falling into his mother’s arms.
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Emerson
Olen = Meyers
Iowa Corn Progress Slows Through Week of June Harvest
Des Moines reports slow improvement in Iowa corn cultivation with clearing skies and drying winds. About 83 percent of acreage had been worked by week’s end, up from roughly 50 percent the prior week, signaling ongoing progress across the state.
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Des Moines
Weather turning pleasant with clear nights and warmer days
The forecast from the weather bureau predicts clear and cool conditions tonight with fair and warmer weather tomorrow. The five day outlook calls for temperatures 2 to 5 degrees above normal and scattered thundershowers with quarter to half inch rainfall. Total rainfall this year nears 25 inches, 5 inches above normal, with Linn County averaging 30.65 inches annually.
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Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Chambers
Linn
Can You Afford It Fee for Filing a Voluntary Bank
A brief notice explains the rising costs to file for a voluntary bank dissolution or closure. It highlights fees impacting customers and stakeholders and cautions on financial burdens during the process.
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Cedar Rapids News
Girl Found Alive After 48 Hours Lost On Mt Harkness California
Greta Ma Gele aged 2 was found on Mt Harkness by Francis Keeler near Tolan summer home after a two day search. She was treated for hunger and exposure and said she hid from a man with a dog amid the rescue effort.
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Lassen National Park
Cali
Greta Ma Gele
Mt. Harkness
Tolan
Greta
Francis W. Keeler
William Gale, Jr
Greg
Keeler
Lee Gaither
Hunter
Britain.
Food Minister John Strachey said Britain is negotiating with Hungary Yugoslavia and Prussia for large food imports. He cited a three year export contract with Hungary covering bacon eggs poultry lard sunflower oil and more and noted similar talks with Yugoslavia and others. the goal aligns with Marshall aid Europe proposals.
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London
John Strachey
Great Britain
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Prussia
Marshall
Europe
Strachey
House of Commons
Cabi
Britain
Ylavia
Hurt Looks Lead To Girl's death by own action
In Pittsburgh a 16 year old girl Doris Kirsoop killed herself with a rifle after family discipline, leaving a note to her mother and father and Don. The coroner examined the note and found a plea of hurt looks and a wish to escape the pressure.
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Pittsburgh
Doris
Kirsoop
Don
Sears
June
Naomi
Shirley
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