22 Nations Bid for Paris Talks on European Economic Recovery
Paris officials announced 22 European nations will be invited to a July 12 meeting to discuss the Marshall plan for economic cooperation. Invited include Austria Turkey Albania Ireland and all former enemy states except Germany Spain appears provisionally excluded, with Russia not invited. Germany’s occupation zone chiefs will be consulted. United States and UN economic commission for Europe will be informed. The decision hinges on a proposed international temporary organization.
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Paris
Marshall
Austria
Turkey
Albania
Ireland
Germany
Frech Foreign Ministry
Spain
Foreign Office
Soviet Union
Russia
United States
United Nations Economic Commission For Europe
Molotov
Moscow
Cloudy but Not Rain for July 4 in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids readers hear a mixed forecast for the Fourth of July with eastern Iowa set for partly cloudy skies and a warming trend into Sunday. Early Thursday lows near 58 degrees, daytime highs around 84, and a Cedar River crest projected at nine feet, well below flood stage.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Man Held for Throwing Hot Water on Children
New York, AP report: Joseph M Oates, 34, held on felonious assault charge after allegedly throwing hot water from a second story window onto a group of children playing in the street below. One 11 year old girl treated for first degree burns.
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New York
Joseph M Oates
Three Democratic Solons Shift, Now Favor It
Washington AP reports a Republican backed bill to cut income taxes by 4 billion dollars annually won approval 18 to 6 in the House Ways and Means Committee. Three Democrats joined 15 Republicans in support, while six Democrats opposed. The bill, identical to Truman’s vetoed measure, shifts the effective date to January 1, 1948. Speaker Martin set a showdown vote for Tuesday. The Senate plans to act after a military unification measure, contingent on House passage.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Truman
Martin
R-Mass
Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
Forger Passes $1,000 Worth of Bad Checks
Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon disclosed that nearly $1,000 in forged and stolen checks were passed in Cedar Rapids after the April 4 and 9 breakins at the Clem Fleury Equipment Co. The forger, using signed and unsigned checks, cashed about $400 before April 9 and then $600 more in other stores. The thief used several aliases Joe Andrle, William Weber, Paul Newton and L. M. Kelly, with Andrle cards linked to the theft.
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Larry Condon
Cedar Rapids
Clem Fleury Equipment Company
Condon
Fleury
Peoples Savings Ibank
Joe Andrle
William Weber
Paul Newton
L. M. Kelly
Andrle
$1,662 in His Pocket Nabbed for Shoplifting
Joseph Kline, a 70 year old man from Grand Hotel, was arrested Wednesday after being accused of stealing a single sardine can from the Me Too store. Police found him at headquarters with $1,662.00 in his pocket and a can of sardines.
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Cedar Rapids
Joseph Kline
Grand Hotel
Henry W. Reggentin
Kline
Voice of America Funds Approved By Congress
Senate and House passage sent to the White House a bill providing 551 million dollars for the state justice and commerce agencies and federal judiciary for the current fiscal year. It includes 12.4 million for the State Department's foreign information program and VOA broadcasts, totaling about 147 million below the President's budget estimates.
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Washington
Senate
House
White House
State
Commerce and Justice Departments
Federal
State Department
Voice of America
Elmer Drexler Survives Blast and Axe Blow
Elmer Drexler, 50, survived a gasoline explosion and an axe blow after attempting suicide at a Witwer turkey farm shack north of Marion. He was conscious after the blast, was hospitalized in fair condition with burns on arms legs and back, and left a note for his brother directing funds from a bank account.
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Elmer Drexler
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Jim Smith
Drexler
Witwer
Highway 13
Marion Country Club
St. Luke’s Hospital
Smith
Alva
Air Crash Victim Targets Estranged Wife’s Home
Miami deputy describes a theory that 27 year old flight instructor Torris V Seigle deliberately crashed his plane near his estranged wife s home after a morning request for reconciliation. Patrolman Wallace G Jefferson with Mrs Seigle and others witnessed the crash scene two blocks from the apartment building. Mrs Seigle allegedly told him she could not live with Seigle any longer and he replied read the papers tomorrow.
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Miami
Claude High
Torris V. Seigle
High
Wallace G. Jefferson
Seigle
Jefferson
Pay as You See Television Set Aims to End Ads
Zenith Radio Corp announced a pay as you see television set, called phone vision, that plugs into the subscriber’s telephone. It would charge viewers per show, remove commercials, and offer color or black and white images, with an expected six month rollout. The box attaches to the telephone, feeds missing frequencies to the TV, and billing occurs monthly. Illinois Bell warned legal barriers exist for foreign devices on telephones.
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Chicago
Zenith
Radio Corp
Hollywood
Broadway
F. McDonald, Jr
Ilinois
Bell Telephone Co
Bell
McDonald
New York
Camp Good Health Fourth of July at Camp Good Health
Miss Ruth Garber explains flag meaning and etiquette to campers at Camp Good Health as they prepare for a Fourth of July program. Activities include flag raising at 7 a.m., oath of allegiance, singing The Star Spangled Banner, games, stunts, a treasure hunt, taps for flag lowering, and a council campfire with a wiener roast. Fund drive totals show $5,743.20 raised with $1,251.80 to go.
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United States
Camp Good Health
Ruth Garber
Barbara Tate
Council
Hanford Post No
American Legion
Hanford Post
Daughters of Union
Charlie A. “Merkel
Marion
Frankfurt transit to close Sundays for operator rest
Frankfurt officials announced the street railway system would shut on Sundays to give operators more rest amid a lack of sufficient food. The move reflects concerns over worker fatigue and supply shortages affecting public services.
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Frankfurt
Fireman Saves Two Boys From Cedar River
Jess Hunter a 32 year old city firefighter plunged into the swollen Cedar river near May’s Island after two boys Herman Meyer 12 and Darwin Kane 14 drifted downstream calling for help. Hunter stripped to his shorts and held the youths afloat as the current carried them eight blocks before rescue.
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Jess Hunter
Cedar River
Hunter
Central Fire Station
May
Herman Meyer
Dena C. Meyer
Eighth Street
Darwin Kane
George Hanson
Fireman Delivers Boys From Currents Near Riverside
A river rescue at May's Island near the Eighth and Sixteenth avenue bridges left three youths struggling in swift water. Fireman Hunter saved two boys, while Meyer, unconscious, was aided by Patrolman Kruidenier and police rescue boats. All were brought to shore exhausted and treated at Central Station.
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May's Island
Eighth and Sixteenth Avenue Bridges
Eleventh Avenue SE
Ray Sample
Arthur Conrad
Hunter
Riverside Park
Dan Kruidenier
Robert Buresh
Harold Cerveny
Sixteenth Avenue Bridge
Meyer
Krukdenier
Kane
Eee
Gazette
Central Fire Station
E. P. Kohout
Railroads Seek 16 Percent Freight Rate Hike Nationwide
Washington (UP) Railroads petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission for freight rate increases averaging 16 percent. They project an extra 1.09 billion dollars in annual revenue to cover wage, material and supply costs. The proposal calls for 25 percent increases in the East and 15 percent in the West and South, with reductions due to commodity-specific caps.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mine Walkout Seen Blocked By Big Raise
Washington AP reports John L. Lewis nears a historic wage deal with steel and coal interests that would raise basic pay for miners to 13.05 dollars a day for an eight hour underground shift, while maintaining a 30 minute lunch and a one hour travel allowance. The tentative terms could end a looming strike if major producers sign on.
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Washington (Ap
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
CIO
UMW
Benjamin F Fairless
United States Steel Corporation
George M Humphrey
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal, Company
Jury verdicts hit May and Garssons in war bribery case
A federal court jury convicted former Rep. Andrew J. May and the Murray and Henry Garsson brothers of war bribery, fraud, and conspiracy after deliberating 1 hour 50 minutes. May, 72, faced up to six years in prison and a $30,000 fine. the Garssons also faced similar penalties. May showed little emotion, vowed to appeal. Murray Garsson wept, Henry Garsson remained stoic.
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Washington
INS
Andrew J. May
D-Ky
House
Garssons
War Department
Army
Charles J. Margiotti
Henry A.schweinhaut
Murray Garsson
Cedar Ranldy
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
David L. Williams
Council
Williams
Davenport Man Dies After Fall from Baggage Car
A coroner's jury in Marengo returned an open verdict in the death of John R. Murphy, 56, of Davenport, who was killed when he fell from a Rock Island baggage car on a local passenger train near Brooklyn. Murphy was sorting catalogs when he vanished at Brooklyn en route to Des Moines. his body was found 2.5 miles east of Brooklyn. Authorities say he likely lost his balance and fell through the open baggage car door.
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Davenport
Marengo
John R. Murphy
Rock Island Lines
Murphy
Brooklyn
Des Moines
Victor
Equitable plat approved for Cedar Rapids housing site
Cedar Rapids city council approved the final plat of Parcrest addition proposed by the Equitable Life Assurance Society for a 1.5 million dollar housing development. The plan, west of Cedar Memorial park, was endorsed after a plan commission vote of 7 to 5 and includes a 40 foot street strip. The council reserved action on condemning an adjoining cemetery tract and renamed Porter lane to Avenue NE, with an $8,000 bond to secure street grading filed later.
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Cedar Rapids
Parcrest
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the
United States
Cedar Memorial Park
City Plan Commission
Commission
Don Hines
Cemetery Association
Equitable
Porter Lane
E Avenue
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