Porter Cool Toward OPA Compromise
Washington AP dispatch reports Senate leaders clash over reviving OPA as Barkley delays action and Bridges argues OPA is dead. Porter pushes for a one year extension aligned with Truman while opposition predicts continued delays and filibusters.
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Washington
Barkley
D-Ky
Senate
Bridges
R-N.h
Senate Appropriations Committee
Price
Paul Porter
McKellar
D-Tenn
Congress
Truman
Senator Barkley
Kielce Pogrom Claims 40 Lives in Anti Jewish Riots
The Kielce pogrom leaves 40 dead and 60 wounded as Jewish residents flee to the city jail. Victims include 36 Jews in the hospital, among them nine women and an infant. two Poles and a Polish army officer also die. Rumors of Jewish killings fueled the mob's organized assault.
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Kielce
Poland
Secret Police
Stanislaw Steds
Security Ministry
Wladislaw Anders
July 25 Date For Atom Test
Vice Admiral Blandy sets July 25 as the tentative date for Bikini's second atomic bomb detonation below the lagoon surface. A July 19 full dress rehearsal was planned. He lowers initial wave estimates to about 70 feet and expects a radioactive cloud and spray to affect ships delaying inspection. The test is deemed a success with a fleet prepared for possible misses.
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W. H. P. Blandy
Bikini
Task Force One
Bikini Island
Blandy
Nagasaki
Arkansas
Pensacola
Sakawa
Wife Kills Mate After He Asked Her To Shoot Him
In Columbia City Indiana a middle aged wash woman, Mrs. Flossie Walker, said she killed her husband at his urging claiming he was ill and begged to be killed. Sheriff Fremont Fisher said charges of first or second degree murder will be filed. Walker, a World War I veteran, had been a patient at Marion hospital several times in the past decade.
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Columbia City
Ind
Flossie Walker
Fremont Fisher
Walker
Veterans Hospital
Marion Hospital
Real Estate Board Opposes Rent Hikes Above 10 15 Percent
Cedar Rapids real estate leaders at a called meeting officially opposed rent increases beyond 10 to 15 percent and the issue of 30 day eviction notices until Washington action clarifies rent rules. Members will mail bulletins urging agents to discourage such notices and excessive raises. Reports from several offices include a $16 to $40 Oak Hill rent increase and senior tenants paying $9.10 to $35 monthly, plus a room formerly $5 a week now at hotel rates.
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Cedar Rapids News
The
Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board
Washington, D.C
Real Estate Board
Board of Governors
Oak Hill
Northwest planes return after machinists end strike
Air service resumes as Northwest Airlines grounds crews abandon walkout and return to work following President Truman's order for an emergency fact finding panel. Officials anticipate normal operations soon on the Seattle to New York route after 30 hours idle.
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ST. Paul
Northwest Airlines
Seattle
New York
Chicago
Portland
Inion Pendent Union
Truman
Blazecof Color Closes Cedar Rapids Fourth of July Celebration
Cedar Rapids hosts 1946 Fourth of July finale at Hawkeye Downs with 12,000 attendees. The 225-member massed band, top prize winners from Hawkeye Music Festival, performed a three hour program culminating in an accordion showcase by Jack Mordorst whose pieces drew strong applause and prompted a crowd singalong.
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C.R
Carl Kane
Cedar Rapids
Hawkeye Downs
Hawkeye
Coe College
Windy City
Helen Grant
Fairfield
Ruth L. Johnson
West Liberty
Martha Wilkinson
Anamosa
Miss Wilkinson
Nancy Pearson
Shooting Star Thrills 15000 At the Airport
Major Larry Dennis pilots a Cedar Rapids Shooting Star at the Municipal airport air show drawing an estimated 15 000 spectators from Cedar Rapids and beyond. Jets P 51s P 47s A 26s B 25s C 54 C 82 aircraft performed, with air patrol refueling support and police traffic control.
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Cedar Rapids
Larry Dennis
Army Air Forces
Jack Ferring
Army
H. H. Wilson
15Th Airforce
Italy
Brenner Pass
Dennis
Shooting Star
Civil Air Patrol
Politician Refuses Press Demand for Apology in Mississippi
In Tupelo Mississippi Representative John E Renkin of the DMixe party declined to respond to a National Press request demanding an apology over a violation allegation. The exchange underscores tense relations between Renkin and national media as details remain unclear.
Cedar Rapids Council OKs Postwar City Plan Survey
Cedar Rapids city council unanimously approves starting a postwar city plan survey. Harland Bartholomew firm to be engaged if budgeted funds of 5 000 to 7 000 dollars are available this year, with two year survey expected and costs to be set in the next fiscal year. Commission chair T R Warriner Horace Hedges and secretary C C Loomis push for expert planning.
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Cedar Rapids News
Harland Bartholomew and Associates of
St. Louis
Cedar Rapids
City Plan Commission
T. R. Warriner
Horace¢. Hedges
C. C. Loomis
Commission
Don Hines
Plan Commission
David L. Williams
Dick Jones
Warriner
Hedges
Mrs. Loomis
George Hearn
Edmond P. Boynton
Charles T. Hickok
Harry E. Kepler
George H. Cockburn
World War II Peace Conference Deal Deadlock in Paris
In Paris the foreign ministers council failed to break a deadlock over inviting China to the 21 nation peace conference. Russia pressed to delay invitations and insist on procedural rules before invitations. The session followed lengthy talks on Italian reparations and the Danube navigation issue, with Molotov pushing for strict Mosco n terms while Byrnes Bevin and Bidault sought timely consideration of conferees’ advice.
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Paris
Foreign Ministers Council
Russia
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
V. M. Molotov
China
Italy
Great Britain
France
Soviet
United States
Finland
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Czechoslovakia
Ethiopia
Greece
India
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Ukraine
Union of South Africa
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
James F. Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
Georges Bidault
Pr Ng
Danube
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Byrnes
Bevin
Weather Outlook Clouds Drift Over July Weekend
The weatherboy predicts continued mild conditions with cloudy skies after the Fourth of July. Cedar Rapids recorded 92 degrees at 2:30 PM, topping Thursday’s 86 by six degrees and signaling a pleasant day with warm afternoon readings.
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Cedar Rapids
Weatherboy
Illinois Central Expects To Avert Trainmen Strike
Chicago officials of the Illinois Central railroad said the threatened walkout of trainmen may be settled before July 21. Personnel manager R Young said chances are good that company officials and members of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen will reach a settlement of the dispute.
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Chicago
INS
Illinois Central Railroad
R. Young
The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Sunday Roast Beef Returns to Cedar Rapids Tables
Rex Conn reports that Cedar Rapids diners can expect more Sunday roast beef as Wilson and Co. boosted beef purchases after CPA restrictions eased. Retail shelves show larger supplies and prices reflect former subsidies, with wholesale rates inching above OPA ceilings.
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Cedar Rapids
CPA
Wilson and Company
R. W. Carfrae
Betf
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