Possible Eastern Pick for Truman VP Emerges
Philadelphia dispatch reports top Truman advisors favor a eastern running mate. Names floated include Maryland governor William Preston Lane and Robert F. Wagner Jr. of New York, with Lane favored by southern Democrats and Wagner touted for German and labor support due to his father’s Wagner Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Truman
Dia
William Preston Lane
Maryland
Robert F. Wagner, Jr
New York
Lane
Wagner
New York City
Truman aides say Ike out of Democratic race
President Truman and aides report General Eisenhower has definitively withdrawn from the Democratic presidential race after private assurances from two close friends. McGrath says Ike has no hole for a draft movement and would not accept a party nomination. Some Democrats disagree calling for unity at the convention. Truman contemplates attending if nominated. Ross says McGrath will represent him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Truman
Eisenhower
Rand
White House
New York
Ike
Columbia University
J. Howard McGrath
James Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Charles G. Ross
McGrath
CIO Chief Murray Declines Demo Convention Invitation
Washington AP CIO President Philip Murray along with two other labor leaders refused to address the Democratic national convention. Only AFL official A F Whitney accepted among the four invitees. Murray sent a wire to Democratic National Chairman J Howard McGrath saying urgent CIO business prevented attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
A.F. Whitney
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
AFL
William Green
Daniel J. Tobin
International Teamsters’ Union
Murray
J. Howard McGrath
Cedar Rapids Warm Trend Drives Heat Across Iowa
The Cedar Rapids area saw temperatures rise from 88 at 9 a.m. to 94 by afternoon as a warm front moved through eastern Iowa. Forecasters expect cloudy warm conditions with scattered storms in the northwest, highs around 94 Friday, and no significant heat relief planned for the rest of the week. Elsewhere in Iowa readings reached 95 in Des Moines and 94 in Mason City and Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar
Weather Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Des Moines
Waterloo
Inadequate Teachers Dewey Criticized by Delegates
CLEVELAND UP Thomas E Dewey faced sharp criticism at an education conference over claims he aimed to break the teachers lobby. Delegates pressed for a fuller reply and voted to honor 47 governors who reportedly declined to back his proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Thomas E. Dewey
Drew Pearson
New York
Adolf Hitler
Dewey
Pearson
E R Platform Advocated by CIO for Democratic Platform
In Philadelphia CIO Secretary James B. Carey urged Democrats to pledge a Roosevelt platform. A 18 member platform committee held hearings outlining goals such as federal anti lynching laws poll tax repeal civil rights in the armed forces federal housing price controls health insurance expanded social security higher minimum wages federal education aid excess profits tax and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
CIO
James B. Carey
Roof collapse at Senate theater injures dozen in St Louis
A theater roof fell during a Thursday matinee at the Senate motion picture theater in downtown St Louis causing initial reports of 12 injured. No fatalities were immediately known and the number of people inside was not yet estimated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Senate Motion Picture Theater
Fisherman hid 15 inch trout in hat in Maine incident
In Millinocket Maine wardens report a fisherman concealed a legal length trout in his hat as he came ashore. Warden Winfield S Foster and supervisor describe the head covering as a concealment site. They observed a man place 15 four inch trout inside his hat and land without a catch in sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Winfield
S. Foster
Alexander
Cummings
Foster
Five Japanese to be hanged for 65 American airmen deaths
In Yokohama AP reports five Japanese convicts were sentenced to hang for murdering 65 American airmen during a May 1945 Tokyo prison fire and guard killings. The U.S. Eighth Army command imposed the sentence on the military commission. several jailers and guards named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yokohama
Tokyo
United States
Eighth Army Military Commission
Gallows
Toshio Toshiro
Masao Koshikawa
Isuaki Kambe
Kei
Douglas 2-1 Choice in Columbia Law School Poll
Columbia University Democratic club released results showing Justice Douglas as the 2-1 choice for President over Governor Dewey in an informal Columbia Law School poll. Douglas captured 126 votes to Dewey's 54 among the class of 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Columbia University Democratic Club
Justice Douglas
Dewey
Columbia Law School
Douglas Land
Collumbia Law School
Sokol congress in Prague stirs pro Benes amid Gottwald silence
The Czech Slovak government will probe a Sokol congress marked by public support for former President Eduard Benes and quiet scorn for Communist successor Klement Gottwald. Paraders cheered Benes while Gottwald was passed in silence as ministers prepare a report and study foreign participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Sokol
Eduard Benes
Klement Gottwald
Sokol Society
Benes
Gottwald
Prague Radio
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Cominform
Czechoslovakia
J.prochazka
Commu
Spitfires Enter Malaya Campaign in Ground Clash
Front reports say British Spitfires dive bombed a Malayan communist jungle camp on Wednesday as part of a broader campaign with British and native troops. Ground forces found the camp deserted and wrecked by rocket fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
Malaya
Gable Mistaken Floor Leads to Odd Fitting Misadventure
Clark Gable rode an elevator to the wrong floor at a Fifth Avenue building while en route to his tailor. He entered Ruth Merton Originals by mistake where staff prepared to take a costume measurement before he realized the mix up and fled via a fire escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Clark Gable
Fifth Avenue
Ruth Merton
Survivors recount sea tragedy near Luzon
Manila AP reports six survivors describe a typhoon wreck that swept 11 men to sea in a banca near Luzon. Brother Vincent Sheerer, 32, Holy Hill Shrine Wisconsin, recalls the nightmare and losses including Father Leo Mc Crudden, 32, and several Filipino youths who perished or went missing. An Army B-17 sighted the group as two swam ashore and others were rescued by a Navy flying boat forty miles off Luzon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Vincent Sheerer
Holy Hill Shrine
Wis
Luzon
Leo McCrudden
Holy Hill Bienne
Father Leo
Vincent
Leo
Cedar Rapids Among Heaviest in Inflated Food Prices
Cedar Rapids ranks as one of twenty U S cities hardest hit by inflated food prices with a Bureau of Labor Statistics index of 217 0 versus the 1940 base of 100 The comparison shows February 1947 index at 190 0 and the article notes several cities ahead including Baltimore Jackson Portland San Francisco Houston and Milwaukee The bulletin references a chart listing the affected foods and cities and directs readers to continued coverage on page 4 column 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
U.S
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Cedar’ Rapids
Baltimore
Jackson
Portland
San Francisco
Houston
Mem
Knoxville
Wichita
Columbus
Ohio
Drowning at Lake Macbride Claims Cedar Rapids Student
Oliver Swab Jr., 22, a University of Iowa student and Cedar Rapids native, drowned after diving from a platform at Lake Macbride. The body was recovered by Robert Ball, a Cornell College student, after a 45 minute search. Swab served two years in the Navy and is survived by his parents, a sister, and two grandmothers. Funeral services are set for Friday in Turner chapel with VF W military rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Oliver Swab, Jr
Third Avenue SE
Lake Macbride
Swab
Oliver J. Swab
University of Iowa
Robert Ball
Cornell College
Ball
Iowa City
Ifire
Robve
Ennessey
Wa Bigg
Chadimnn
Chadima
Manatt
John Hanna
Trinity Methodist Church
Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity
Veterans of Foreign Wars
H. Dale, Spaan
Paullina
Rose
Cedar’ Rapids
E. A. Reinard
Orange
Calif
Turner Chapel
Elton B. Wells
Bohemian National Cemetery
V.F.W. Friends
Anti-Coal Strike Order Sought by NLRB
The National Labor Relations Board asked a federal court for an injunction to halt the captive-coal strike. NLRB General Counsel Robert N. Denham filed a complaint against John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers for violating Taft-Hartley Act by seeking a union shop clause in a new coal contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Robert N. Denham
NLRB
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Denham
Lewis
Enon
Robber Steals One-and-a-Half Ton Building Stone
Police hunted Thursday for a muscular robber who escaped Wednesday night with a massive one and a half ton building stone from a house under construction in Lincoln Nebraska UPI reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Neb
Egypt opens offensive near Beer Tavva in Palestine war
Cairo reports Egyptian forces attacked toward Isdud and Beer Tavva as sirens sounded in Tel Aviv. An Egyptian spearhead was briefly trapped, observers noted Union sources say Bernadotte told Arab leagues no truce extension. Israel reportedly ready for a wider war Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Israel Thigh Commandn
Tel Aviv
Beer Taviss
Capsital
Palestine
Isdud
Petotev
Tel 'Aviv
Calo
Abdel
Ahmait
Pasha
League
U. Ni
Folke Bernadotte
Security Council
Lake Success
Israel
Mongrel Proves Costly to Master in English Court
BERNSLEY England UP Peter a mongrel was condemned to death two years ago for bothering chickens. Nora Wilkinson intervened and the judge offered Peter either destruction or a daily $1.50 fine. Wilkinson paid for months until court again summoned him as fines reached 800 and life in the home grew tense. The judge then cut the fine to 20 cents a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernsley
England
Peter
Nora ‘Man ‘Wilkinson
Son
Wilkinson
Funeral for 18 Year Old Teddy Collie Draws 500
In New York a funeral drew about 500 mourners after two days of viewing a satin bier. A wreath bearing Bless my beloved rested on the casket and a procession went to the cemetery where roses were scattered. Nora Gayle mourned as if losing a family member. The deceased Teddy Collie, age 18, had lived in the neighborhood all his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nora Gayle
Teddy
Whereollie
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bony
V.P
Jimmy
Today's Index
Anaeveeereany
Essed
Cessa
Digrest
Mercury
Douglas
Sokols
Serutin Ly
Czech
Gov' F
Gable
Panimoiteshiog
Tage
Vinicent
Patter
Detter
Assiat
Hanna
Pas
Tay, St
Amman
Jordan
Ital
Oxfords
Gentroyers
John Reedman
Tel
Collie
Malathei
Aue
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!