Truman slams housing bill as patchwork and failure
President Truman denounces Congress for passing a housing bill he calls hasty and slipshod failing to meet urgent needs. He signed the measure after criticizing its limits on low rent housing and public housing, and he criticizes the second mortgage market provisions as weakening FHA support.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
80Th Congress
United States
G.I
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Uniformity Push Backed at Linn County Revaluation Hearing
About 60 Linn County farmers, business leaders, and officials urged uniform valuation as state tax officials pressed expert appraisals to revalue real estate outside Cedar Rapids. They argued for independence, with cost estimates around 60 thousand dollars and potential tax shifts among property owners.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Woman in Toledo Near Death After Surgery
Elizabeth Vance, age 38, remained unconscious six weeks after a plastic surgery operation in Toledo Ohio. Doctors said she would live only if she woke on her own and she was given sodium pentathol during preparation for the operation.
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Toledo
Ohio
Elizabeth Vance
O Dwyer Aims New Democratic Organization in New York
New York Mayor William O Dwyer announced plans to form a new Democratic organization to replace Tammany Hall. He condemned Tammany as decrepit and pledged to separate from those profiting off widows and orphans, calling for a fresh party structure.
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Snew York
ULP
William O’dwyer
Tammany Hall
Tammany
O'Dwyer
Scurlock Guilty Fined for Blocking Bus in Strike Ties
George Scurlock of Local 3 United Pecking Workers was found guilty of obstructing traffic and fined 25 dollars plus costs by Police Judge Harry S. Johnson. Testimony by patrolmen and bus driver James White described Scurlock driving ahead of a bus, stopping at a stop sign, and a bumpers incident during a 83 day meat strike aftermath.
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Vedat Raphagehwan
George ‘Scurlock
United Pecking Workers
Harry S. Johnson
Johnson
Scurlock
Wilson and Company
Harold Cerveny
Donald Ankney
Third Street
Fourteenth Avenue SE
James White
White
Predict Showers For Entire State
An extensive high pressure area that brought clear skies to eastern Iowa on Thursday moved east by noon as showers were forecast statewide. Western Iowa saw southerly winds and moist air, with Cedar Rapids at 80 degrees by 2:30 p.m. and a low around 66 early morning.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Queen Elizabeth Search Fails To Unearth Bomb Report
New York AP report says the liner Queen Elizabeth sailed for Europe after a day of stern to stem searches for a time bomb. Police and firemen swarmed the pier as offices received calls predicting a blast 20 hours after departure. the ship was combed with no suspicious finding.
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New York
Stem
Europe
I Aim
Truman Possibly‑running mate discussed by press
The article reports on President Truman addressing questions about running mates and the 1948 campaign. It notes talk of Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt as a possible vice president and mentions Eisenhower as a potential option, with Truman stressing convention control over such decisions.
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Eleanor As
Dent
Truman
Thirsdax ci
Dewey
Paign
Clare Boothe Luce
R-Conn
Roosevelt
General Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Caution Watch Your Driving This Weekend
Nine people were killed and 177 maimed in Iowa auto accidents over the July 4 holiday in 1947. A white ticket being distributed by the Iowa Highway Patrol predicts holiday traffic will rise about 20 percent this year. The message urges drivers to "Drive with extra caution over the holiday" and warns that chances of avoiding an accident are one fifth less than last year. IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU. DON’T TAKE CHANCES.
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Iowa
Iowa Highway Patrol
Mrs Roosevelt rules out running for public office
Hyde Park report states Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt said on Thursday she has no intention whatsoever of running for any public office. The remark addresses persistent speculation about her political ambitions.
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Hyde Park
Franklin D Roosevelt
Hearing On Rents In Cedar Rapids Set For Tonight
Dell O. Ryan of Chicago arrives as observer for a Cedar Rapids rent hearing at 7:30 p.m. in the Memorial building superior court room. Landlords and tenants may present data on proposed increases including a 10 percent horizontal rise and a 7 percent general rise for post March 1 1942 rentals. John J Wagner chairs the advisory board. Thomas H Pirnie acts as counsel and friend of the court. Evidence will be recorded for the housing expeditor.
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Cedar Rapids
Dell O. Ryan
Chicago
Rent Advisory Boards
Superior Court Room
Memorial Building
Rent Advisory Board
John J Wagner
Wagner
Thomas H Pirnie
Yugoslavia Backs Tito In Defiance
Belgrade and Zagreb reported strong support for Marshal Tito as Yugoslavia defied the Cominform. Tito appeared in Belgrade with a youth brigade cheering his leadership while party leaders and divisions pledged loyalty, and a Slovenian central committee telegram rejected Cominform charges.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Cominform
Tito
Yugoslav Communist Party
Central Committee
The
Communist Party, of
Communists Push Purge Of German Party In Berlin
Washington reports Albania backs Russia over Yugoslavia with a broadcast calling Yugoslav leaders treason. Prague notes urge purge of German Communists, warning Hungary that dangers seen in Tito era could recur. Otto Grotewohl leads Berlin drive to reshuffle and retool the party as a fighting unit.
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Washington
Albania
Russia
Yugoslavia
Prague
Germany
Marshal Tito
Cominform
Budapest
Central Committee
Tito
Communist Party
Berlin
Otto Grotewohl
New solid state transistor radio unveiled in New York
Bell Telephone Laboratories revealed a tube free radio device that plays instantly without lights or glow. The transistor uses tiny germanium bits to amplify current and emit radio waves. Inventors John Bardeen and Walter Brattain lead the effort, with potential broader uses beyond radios.
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New York
Bell| Telephone Laboratories
John Bardeen
Walter H. Brattain
Physics Professor Testifies in Viaduct Case
In Linn county district court the Iowa Highway Commission defended the viaduct approach by calling Coe College physics professor Dr. Alfred W. Meyers as an expert witness. He said the youth approach would not significantly reduce light inside six homes though it would briefly block morning sun. afternoon brightness would improve as west light reflects off the embankment. Plaintiffs John Anderiik, Raymond Robinson, and Earl Harper seek condemnation proceedings to determine damages for loss of light, air, and view.
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Barnes and Wormley
Tax Commission
Linn County
Board of Supervisors
Clare Petty
Iowa Highway Commission
Alfred W. Meyers
Coe College
Myers
Sixth Street
Six Plains
John Anderiik
Raymond M. Robinson
Earl Harper
The
Highway Commission
Sheriff’s Jury
Dr. Meyers
Strike Ends At Harvester After 11 Cent Raise
The CIO United Farm Equipment Workers end a two day strike at nine International Harvester plants in Chicago. The company grants an 11 cent hourly raise retroactive to June 28, after a prior offer was accepted but delayed. The union drops demands for premium payments and vacation liberalization, while the company drops major contract revision demands including a one strike pledge and reduced grievance steps.
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Chicago
CIO
United Farm Equipment
International Harvester Company
Boy suffers severe leg injury at Monticello feed mill
Brian Peterson five from Cedar Rapids was visiting grandparents near Monticello when his right leg was caught in a moving conveyor at the Monticello Feed Mill. He was taken to Monticello hospital in critical condition with severe shock. Dr John H Fraser treated him and sought expert consultation.
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Gazette
Monticello
Brian Peterson
David G Peterson
Seventh Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Brian
Reuel McColm
John H Fraser
The
John W. Dulin
Town City
University
Russians quit Berlin four power governance amid crisis
The Russians withdrew from the Berlin kommandatura killing the last functioning four power body in Germany. Kalinin blamed American commander Howley and currency moves. they vowed to withhold meals and kept a Soviet flag and sentry at the building. Western powers pressed currency reform while planning future talks on a divided Germany.
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Berlin
Ne Ly 4
Germany
Kom~mandatura
Kommandatura
Boris Kalinin
Frank Howley
Frankfurt
Ithe’ Tate
United States
Britain
Kalinin
Russia
Howley
William Babcock
Tot Survives Four-Story Fall in Lincoln
Cheryle Karre, 18 months old, survived a four-story fall from a window in Lincoln Nebraska. Doctors reported only slight bruises and scratches as the child recovered. The baby toppled from the crib after pushing the screen from an open window while her mother was in the kitchen.
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Neb
Ins
Cheryle Karre
Amd
William Karre
Cheryle
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