Paris Conference Ends In Deadlock With Power Struggle
Paris three power European conference collapses after five meetings with Britain and France threatening to pursue independent economic action. Molotov accuses British French plan of undermining sovereignty while Bevin and Bidault warn of consequences. Soviet reply rejects European plan to create a coordinating body and warns it would invite outside interference and harm small states.
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Paris
Britain
France
Europe
Russia
Molotov
Bevin
Rose
United States
Solons urged to ponder rationing plea
Washington INS reports Chicago economist Leverett S Lyon told Congress the nation is on the verge of a peacetime emergency that may require rationing of food and other products. He urged the joint committee on the economic report to consider a rationing plan saying the country is approaching an economic emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Chicago
Congress
Leverett S. Lyon
Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry
Joint
Congressional Committee On the Economic Report
Tot Killed in Fall from Car Enroute Here
Four year old Joyce Irene Mayfield of Baxter Springs Kansas died in Cedar Rapids after falling from a moving car as her parents tried to open the rear window. She suffered a four inch skull wound and died about 30 minutes after arrival at a hospital. Funeral plans set for Webb City Missouri where she was born.
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Kansas
Cedar Rapids
Joyce Irene Mayfield
Charles Mayfield
Baxter Springs
Kan
Fairfax
Joyce
H. F. Meyers
Second Street
Robert E. Brosh
Turner Mortuary
Webb City
Cedar Rapids to host British teacher in exchange program
Cedar Rapids will welcome Mary Smart of Brighton Sussex as a British teacher next fall while Florence Gritzner, a Cedar Rapids principal, will go to England under an exchange set up through the U S Office of Education. Gritzner leads Hayes school and Clarence B Luvaas will serve as acting principal in Dubuque as the district negotiates unsettled salary terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Florence Gritzner
England
United States
Hayes School
Dubuque
Clarence B. Luvaas
Parker
Continued Fair Weather Forecast
Cedar Rapids residents enjoyed dry skies with no rain across Iowa for over a month as the Weather Bureau forecast continued fair conditions. Cedar Rapids reported 83 degrees at 2 30 p m with river levels improving as the Raccoon River bounded within banks and Des Moines River expected to follow by Friday.
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Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Chambers
Cedar, Rapids
Air Safety Board Urges Congress to Fund Aviation Aids
The special air safety investigation board told President Truman that without substantially increased funds for aviation aids, the pattern of recent commercial air crashes will repeat itself. Chairman James M Landis stressed that basic safety improvements depend largely on financial outlay.
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Washington
Special Air Safety Investigation Board
Truman Wednes
Congress
James M. Landis
Arthur School Addition May Cost Much More Than Planned
Arthur school expansion faces a bid stage with architects estimating about 150000 dollars, nearly double the original guess, prompting discussion of building a completely new Arthur school. Board actions include rehiring secretary Lundquist with a higher salary, clarifying roles between secretary and superintendent, reviewing the 1948-49 budget, and approving last year’s audit. Architects’ plans for the Arthur addition are near completion as bids may be sought. a contour survey for a new Cleveland school site was also authorized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur School
Clyde Parker
Chicago
Childs and Smith
J. C. Blodgett
Kenwood
Cleveland
Arthur
Edwin W. Lundquist
Parker
Reginald B. Figge
Cedar Rapids
Arthur Addition
Douglas Grant
Blod- Bett
First Avenue
Howard R.~ Green Engineering Company
Landford 78, Landford’s Daughter 18 Wed in Kansas City
Kansas City bridesgroom Robert Bucher 78 weds Miss Lillian Van Brunt 18 on Tuesday. The couple’s wedding follows the groom’s 120 acre farm holdings, with Bucher having prior marriages leaving four children and four grandchildren. His second wife died eighteen years ago.
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Kansas City
INS
Robert, Bucher
Lillian
van Brunt
Bucher
Crowded Cedar Rapids schedule for Czech Sokols visit
More than 60 Czechoslovakian Sokols arrive in Cedar Rapids for a day of public appearances and old world exhibitions. The group, led by Dr. Antonin Hrebik, includes two Sokol gymnastic shows at the Paramount theater and Hawkeye Downs, with official welcomes, tours, and lunches planned before departure to Omaha.
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Cedar Rapids
Union,depot
Paramount Theater
Hawkeye Downs
American Legion
Andrew Polehna
Union Station
City Hall
Herbert S. Stamats
Soldier's Field
Bohemian National Cemetery
Z.C.B.J. Park
Z.c.bj
Hrebik
Czechoslovakia
Mrs Joan Field Granted Divorce In Manchester Court
Mrs Joan Field wife of Marshall Field IV and Chicago publisher was granted a divorce on Tuesday with cruelty cited as the basis. The case centered in Manchester New Hampshire as reported by AP.
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Manchester, N. H
Joan Field
Marshall Field IV
Chicago
U S Surplus 754 Million Reported for 1947
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder announced the 1947 fiscal year closed with a budget surplus near 754 million dollars, first since 1930s. The surplus reduced national debt retirement to 11.522 billion and left total debt at 258.376 billion. Income reached 43.259 billion while expenditures were 42.505 billion.
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Washington
Secretary of Treasury
Snyder
Truman
Coolidge
Four of Amana Family Hurt in Crash in C. R.
Four persons were injured late Tuesday when a car driven by William Bahndorf from Amana collided with a Cedar Rapids City Cab at the intersection of B avenue and Ninth street NW. Mrs Bahndorf was described as fairly good by Mercy hospital staff, while Bahndorf, his daughter Jean aged eight, Miss Lucile Hess and the cab driver Mason Smith received minor injuries.
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Cedar Rapids
William Bahndorf
Amana
B Avenue
Ninth Street
Bahndorf
Mercy Hospital
Bahndorfs
Jean
Lucile Hess
Mason Smith
Ninth Avenue SE
Hopes Rise For Peace In Coal Pits
Washington AP powerful soft coal operators predicted an agreement with John L Lewis to avert a strike. Northern and western pits expected full 35 cents per hour wage hike. southern mines faced possible capitulation or pit closures after miners’ 10 day vacation ends Tuesday. Side issues included royalty for the union fund. Senators Taft and Rep Hartley urged Truman to invoke the labor act and establish an inquiry board to prevent a walkout.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Benjamin F. Fairless
United States Steel Corporation
George M. Humphrey
Pittsburgh Consolidated Coal Company
Southern
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Rep
Hartley
N.J
Truman
al Hartley
Moratorium on Babies Proposed by Sanger in UK
Margaret Sanger urged the United Nations to sponsor a 10 year moratorium on births in hungry countries. She argued feeding existing children is better than adding more mouths in a world of “living death.” Sanger planned an international conference on population and family problems in Britain.
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London
Margaret Sanger
United Nations
Miss Sanger
England
Escaped Convicts Seize Calapan in Mindoro Coup
Manila reports 32 heavily armed inmates overran Calapan, Mindoro, with 10 captured and 19 at large after a night of fighting. Rebel leader killed. Calapan police, mayor, and governor were briefly disarmed. Philippine Airlines pilot Cpt Manuel Conde captured, later freed. reinforcements arrived as MP forces retook the town.
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Manila
Calapan
Mindoro
Philippines
Manuel Conde
Romero
M.P
Conde
Bat
All Decontrols Not Automatic and Cedar Rapids Hotels Rent Increases
Area Rent Director T J Wilkinson warned that decontrols of hotels lodgings and new dwellings under the new rent law are not automatic. Before actual decontrol a petition must be filed with the area office, though rent raises are authorized in the interim. A Des Moines conference for rent directors and inspectors was set as nationwide confusion continued. In Cedar Rapids hotels mostly raised permanent guest rates, aided by the new bill, with several properties noting only limited increases and exceptions. some rooms shifted to transient status and a few properties reported larger jumps in permanent rates, including Roosevelt and Montrose.
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Cedar Rapids
T. J. Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Des Moines
Truman
OPA
Pullman
W. E. Wessler
Roosevelt and Montrose
J. C. Kennedy
Roosevelt Hotel
Montrose
Charles J. Gustin
William Barta Gored by Bull at Route 2 Farm
William Barta, 50, admitted to Mercy hospital after being gored by a bull on his Route 2 farm. He was pinned against a wire fence suffering a chest injury and facial cuts. His condition was described as fairly good.
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Cedar Rapids
William Barta
Mercy Hospital
Barta
Camp Good Health Fund Seeks Additional 1522.80
The Public Health Nursing Association approves funding by Camp Good Health Fund with Pleune authorized to hire workers for grounds and facility improvements. The Gazette urges contributions to reach 1522.80 needed after 5472.20 raised, listing donations from Cedar Rapids and area groups to The Gazette office.
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Public Health Nursing Association
Camp Good Health
A. T. Pleune
Camp Good Health Fund
Care of
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Towa
City Plan Commission approves Equitable Life housing project
The City Plan Commission approved the final plat for a $1.5 million Equitable Life housing project in a new 130 acre subdivision off Old Marion road. The plan calls for 180 frame houses, site maps, and varied lot sizes, with the initial 60 acres west of Cedar Memorial cemetery. The commission overrode a streets committee demand to widen C avenue NE, sending the plat to the city council for Thursday consideration. A motion to condemn 40 feet of C avenue NE near the cemetery was approved.
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City Plan Commission
Equitable Life Assurance Society
United States
Marion Road
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
J. J. Albaugh
Old Marion Road
C Avenue
F Avenue
Forty-second Street
Planning Board
Major Streets Committee
The
C Avenue NE
Streets
C. C. Loomis
Cedar Park Memorial Cemetery
William Harnish
Sixth Avenue SE
Bev~er
Cedar Rapids
Seventh Street
Sixth Avenue
Seventh Avenue
James D. White
D Street
Board of Adjustment
Bruce A. West
Westland Heights Inc
Highway 30
Barta
Drop in Buying Power Indicated
MINNEAPOLIS AP Investors Syndicate said Wednesday its monthly survey indicated real income had taken a sharp drop for the first time in many months. The investment company declared that although the average family income today is $1.18 for every $1 earned a year ago prices have risen to $1.23 for every $1, reducing the real income index to 96 cents from 1.02 a month earlier and 1.06 four months ago, signaling a major fall in purchasing power and possible effects on the industrial index.
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Minneapolis
Investors Syndicate
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Bidault
Solons
Cedar Rapids News
C.R
Board
Today's Index
Ee Farm
Siveeenseae
Deere
Aly
By Bayne Freeland
Contour Survey
Landford
Sokols
Soldier Field
Paramount
J. C. Penney Company
Killian Company
Sokol Hall
Model Farm
Omaha
Field
U.S
C. R
Macy Mae Piper
Magnus
R. O. Amish
Taft Hotel
Ed Simpson
Nashua
Donald Y. King
Rabaul
New Britain
Home Garden Club
E. H. Wheeler
St. Paul's Church
J. B
Alma Frick, Conroy
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