Ferry Tragedy Near Caruthersville Claims Dozens
Muddy Mississippi search for at least 10 bodies after a ferry collides with two oil laden barges near Caruthersville Missouri. Vehicles and passengers plunge into the river as two tugs push the barges upstream. Names and ages of missing include Jim Ed Kelly 12 Aaron House Ridgely Tenn and several Cronanville Tenn residents. Coast guard divers from Memphis and Cairo join the effort as officials say up to 25 people may have been aboard the ferry.
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Jim Ed Kelly
Aaron
House
Ridgely
Tenn
Janice Eastwood
Robert Lee Eastwood
Ann Hopson
Cronanville
Jennings, la
Mt. Vernon
Ind
Fred B. Zigler
G. B. Zigler Towing Company
Jennings
War contract terminations blamed for millions in losses
Comptroller General Lindsay C. Warren told the senate war investigating committee that defects in war contract termination laws allowed untold sums to be paid to contractors. He cited a terrific army lobby influence, named four former officers now with contracting firms, and said refunds totaling about 10.96 million dollars were recovered by GAO from renegotiation. He warned Congress that the 1872 statute prohibiting former officials from handling claims for two years after retirement had been weakened by lobbyists and consultants.
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Lindsay C. Warren
Senate War Investigating Committee
Warren
Mead
DN. C
Maritime Commission
General Accounting Office
Army
George W. Parker
Howard Aircraft Corporation
Forrest W. Smith
Schwitzer-Cummings Company
Indianapolis
G. L. Calvert
Sheffield Steel Corporation
Houston
Maj
Kerrwin Hagerty
Northwestern Aeronautical Corporation
Congress
GAO
Pearson in Paris Paris Reports on Peace Conference
Drew Pearson, renowned Washington Merry Go Round columnist, is in Paris to file on-the-ground reports. He will provide play-by-play coverage and background context on what could be the era’s most important peace negotiations. Watch The Gazette editorial page for daily dispatches.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
The
Gazette
Paris
Britain Back Reich Zones Unification Aimed at Economic Unity
The state department announced Britain has accepted in principle the U S plan to unify occupation zones in Germany. It urged Russia France and Britain to join promptly, and said joint economic unity would ease the financial burden and distress from Germany’s four zones. Byrnes proposed linking the U S zone with others for an economic unit.
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State Department
Britain
Germany
Russia
France
United States
Byrnes
Department
Heirens Guarded After Note Indicating Suicidal Thoughts
CHICAGO AP The jail cell guard was intensified after Sheriff Mulcahy reported a note found Friday in William Heirens's jail cell addressed to Dear Mom and Pop. The 17 year old had reportedly contemplated death by own action, with a 24 hour guard installed and instruments removed.
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Chicago
William Heirens
Michael Mulcahy
Chicago Daily Times
Mulcahy
Heirens
Senate Banking Unit Okays Decontrol Trip
Washington AP says the senate banking committee on Monday unanimously approved President Truman's three nominees for the price decontrol board.
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Senate Banking Unit
Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Truman
View Price Decontrol Board
May Charges Mead Using Him as Political Stepping Stone
Rep. May accuses Sen. Mead of using his testimony linking him to a munitions syndicate as a smear campaign for New York gubernatorial aims. He says the fight relates to secrecy over atomic bomb controls and notes Mead’s probe into defective 42 inch shells amid ongoing political tension. May, recovering from a heart attack, may not testify for two weeks.
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Washington
May
D-Ky
Garsson
Sen. Mead
D-N.y
Jim Mead
New York
Mead
Senate War Investigating Committee
Henry and
Murray Garsson
Russia
City To Spray Garbage Cans In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids city council approves purchasing spray gear and DDT to treat all garbage cans as a polio prevention measure. The plan, modeled after Minneapolis, aims to begin spraying soon with arborsist equipment and may extend to households for can spraying. No polio cases have been reported locally.
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Cedar Rapids
Don Hines
Frank K. Hahn
Minneapolis
L. D. Burgus
Board of Health
Three Cedar Rapids Women Share in California Will
Mrs. Frederic M. Blanchard of Carmel Highlands Calif died at 87 leaving $10 000 each to Miss Mary Lackersteen and Miss Hazel Brown and $5000 to Mrs. Anna Swanda of Cedar Rapids. Cedar Rapids Children's Home receives 2500. Bequests total 93 000 to individuals and 68 500 to institutions. Swanda unaware of the bequest and plans unknown. Board members await formal notification and plan for the Home's funds.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Frederic M. Blanchard
Carmel Highlands
Calif
Anna Swanda
Madison Street SE
The
Children’s Home
Officer Sentenced to 3 to 5 Years for Branding Girl
Boston AP says Lieut. Thomas Farrell an army air force officer was sentenced to three to five years in state prison for branding 18 year old Helen Stavrou. The sentence was stayed as defense counsel said an appeal to the state supreme court would be filed.
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Boston
Thomas Farrell
Army Air Force
Helen Stavrou
State Supreme Court
Marines clash with Chinese Reds near Peiping train
A Chinese Communist force attacked a passenger train carrying about 100 United States Marines from Tientsin toward Peiping. Casualties were reported on both sides with Americans suffering more. The clash marked a major political flare amid north China tensions and may still be ongoing as Nationalist troops rush to the scene.
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Tientsin
China
United States
Tientsin-Peiping
Fair and Warmer Weather Predicted for Oelwein
Local weather note reports a warm spell with highs near 91 degrees in Oelwein on Monday afternoon and Cedar Rapids peaking at 89. Temperatures slid to 82 by 7 pm and 68 near midnight, with 74 at 7 am and 83 at 9 am. A brief shower occurred very early Sunday morning.
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Oelwein
Sumnday
Oornay
Bus Plunges From Bridge Killing 3 Near Vernon Texas
An eastbound Continental Trailways bus plunged 20 feet from a narrow concrete bridge into the dry Pease River three miles west of Vernon Texas. Three people were killed and at least 40 injured as more than 50 passengers were treated at Vernon hospitals. The accident occurred on the Dallas to Amarillo highway near a curve west of Vernon between Vernon and Childress.
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Vernon and
Childress
Cattle and Hogs Hit New Highs Across Markets
Cattle and hog prices surged to fresh highs in major markets led by Chicago where a load of prime steers sold at 27.00, tying the U S record. St Louis Omaha and Kansas City posted top cattle at 26 50 while Minneapolis matched 26 50. Hogs rose across markets except St Louis with gains from 75c to 1 50, St Paul up 1 90 and Cincinnati and Chicago records at 22 75 and 22 10 respectively. Omaha at 22 ties July 23 record.
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United States
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Omaha
Kansas City
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St. Paul
Cincinnati
Bidault Opens 21 Nation Peace Conference
Foreign Minister Georges Bidault opened the 21 nation peace conference in Luxembourg palace with a warning to colleagues to do a better and more lasting job than the Versailles planners after World War I. He presided at the initial session and pledged France to full cooperation with all democratic nations to establish enduring peace.
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Paris
Georges Bidault
Coleagues
Versailles
Luxembourg Palace
Bidault
France
Trygve Lie
United Nations
W. L. Mackenzie King
San Francisco
Association of Peaceful Nations
Byrnes
Evatt Pushes Equality at Conference Committee Naming
Australian Foreign Minister Herbert Evatt urged small nations to have equal say in treaty drafting and sought an immediate meeting of the committee on procedure. All 21 conference nations were named to the committee and its first meeting is set for Tuesday morning.
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Paris
Ins
Herbert Evatt
Committee On Procedure
Open Nonbinding Drafts Shape Postwar Treaty Talks
Delegates from 17 nations handed draft texts for Italy Hungary Romania Bulgaria and Finland as the Big Four foreign ministers prepare for the peace conference. Open meetings press access and hearings for former enemies are urged while Byrnes vows to honor ministerial accords yet retain freedom on unresolved issues.
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Italy
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Finland
Byrnes
Moscow
Housing Bill Dies in House Banking Committee
Washington The administration's long range housing program died in the House banking committee as members rejected a move to report out the legislation without further hearings. Rep Spence said action was unlikely this session and adjournment would block progress. Sponsored by Wagner Taft Ellender, the bill faced an unfriendly hearing posture.
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House Banking Committee
Rep
Spence
D-Ky
Banking Committee
Congress
Wagner
D-N.y
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Ellender
D-La
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