Nevada to end career next week in Pacific fate
The U S S Nevada, battered and battle worn after decades of combat, is slated for final destruction next week. Navy plans include bomb tests and attacks by planes and ships as the aging battleship nears its burial at sea near Pearl Harbor.
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Nevada
Pearl Harbor
U.S.S
Bikini
Navy
Iowa
Astoria
Pasadena
Springfield
Say
Bremerton
Attu
Annie Oakley
France
Normandy
Pacific
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Marshalls
China
Fears Organized Gangs Might Gain Control of U S
Chicago Crime Commission director Virgil Peterson warned in a radio address that organized gangs could seize national power. He cited political influence wielded by mobsters and noted gangsters appearing in high places, naming Frankie Costello as an example.
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Chicago
INS
Virgil Peterson
Chicago Crime Commission
United States
Peterson
Frankie Costello
District records show Lim counts and expense reports
In BREA TE SOR TOK DISTRICT and Figen Township officials review Lim counts and expense statements. The report details 9 cotbes and disbursements, with an audit and manager oversight to make the records available.
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Brea TE Sor
Figen
Lim
Beehoel House
Chicago ties in 1944 Democratic convention cited by Peterson
Peterson charged that Cos tello and political friends extended gambling in Miami and Broward county. He cited four Chicago gangsters Charles Gice Louis Campagna Phil D'Andrea and Paul Ricca released after about 30 years in gangsterism.
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New York
Tammany Hall
Lucky Luciano
Panderer
Chicago
Peterson
Costello
Miami
Broward County
Florida
Washington
Charles Gice
Louis Campagna
Phil D'Andrea
Paul Ricca
Tornadoes Ravage Midwest Leaving Damaged Plants and Roads
Tornadoes and severe weather struck multiple midwestern states causing about 250 000 dollars in damage. A four mile wide tornado crossed the northern Illinois border injuring three and destroying buildings while damaging crops. Communications were disrupted. A second tornado hit near Waukesha Wisconsin with no injuries reported.
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Chicago
Illinois
Waukesha
Wis
Windstorm Strikes Eaton Rapids and Midwest Regions
A wind and rainstorm toppled power lines and damaged roofs at a veterans housing project in Eaton Rapids Michigan injuring one woman seriously. The storm caused extensive crop damage and affected eastern Illinois and western Indiana with further structural damage reported.
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Eaton Rapids
Mich
Illinois
Indiana
Dewey Plans Saturday Meeting With Vandenberg And Dulles
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey will meet Saturday night at Pawling New York with Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg and John Foster Dulles to discuss the international situation and the Berlin crisis in detail.
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Pawling
N.Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Arthur H. Vandenberg
John Foster Dulles
Berlin
Togliatti Recovers Sufficient to Rise Briefly
Italian Communist Leader Palmiro Togliatti, wounded in an assassination attempt last week, has recovered enough to rise from his bed briefly, doctors reported Thursday in Rome.
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Rome
Palmiro Togliatti
Koreans Use Red Arms in Assault
United States army investigators report Koreans who attacked an American outpost on the Soviet zonal border used Russian hand grenades and Japanese rifles. Pvt. Charles Labita of Brooklyn was killed. Pvt. Jack Jones of Los Angeles wounded by a grazing billet. Three escaped uninjured: Pfc. Frank Maggio of Brooklyn, Pvt. Edward Twohig of New York, Pvt. Robert Bodi of Racine.
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Seoul
Korea
United State Army
Charles Labita
Brooklyn
Jack Jones
Los Angeles
Frank Maggio
Edward Twohig
New Ph
Robert Bodi
Racine
Newfoundland voters reject confederation with Canada
Newfoundlanders voted to end the federation with Canada and return to self government under Britain as a pre 1934 colony, with results signaling strong support on Thursday and announced on Friday.
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St, John’s
Mftd
Newfoundland
Canada
Great Britain
Take a Chance and You May Take a Life
A dramatic case centers on a man who took a dangerous risk leading to a fatal incident. Police investigations identify key witnesses and a suspect as the community reels from the loss and officials urge caution. The incident raises questions about safety protocols and accountability.
City Hall Notes Police to Attend Davenport Shooting Match
Eighteen Cedar Rapids policemen will attend the Iowa Association of Chiefs of Police and Peace Officers shooting match July 25 in Davenport. The city council authorized travel expenses. officers depart 6 am and return later the same day after the association's first annual police shoot. The Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric Co received permission to lay 162 feet of steel gas pipe in southwest Cedar Rapids and 810 feet of main in the northeast section, with additional pipe work along Eastern Avenue and Thirty-fourth and Thirty-third streets.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Association of Chiefs of Police and Peace Officers
Davenport
Iowa
Illinois Gas and Electric Company
Eighth Avenue
Williams Boulevard
City actions include river gaging funding and curb work
Council approved a $250 expenditure for Cedar River stream gaging for the coming year responding to a District Engineer letter. A drive way permit for Canada Dry building, curb installation on Thirty first Street NE, and beer permit issuances to John J Moses and Aleck Sheronick were authorized with a $100 refund to Charles Shada for Mary W. Berry’s estate.
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Cedar River
Wome
C. Crawford
AIG
Rindecknecht Construction Company
All Egneer and
Canada.Dry Distributing Company
John J. Moses
Third Street
Aleck Sheronick
L Street
Charles Shada
Mary W. Berry
529Th Street
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Roosevelt Sky Grill
Ford's
Oxford
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Paramount Theater
Krebs Flower Shop
Third Avenue SE
Ginsberg
SEMCO
Elim
Perlcrest
Progress
ICE and Fuel Company
Dewey
Vandenberg
Dulles
City Hall
Center Street
Craemer's
Pam
Craemer
KCRG
Judy Bond
Genter
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