Chiefs Oppose Flying Boats Pact Amid War Production Debate
War Production Board head Donald Nelson backed an $18 million Kaiser Hughes contract to build three flying boats despite objections from the joint chiefs of staff and a Senate war investigations panel. The controversy centers on cargo plane production versus the combat plane program and includes testimony from Jesse Jones and Robert A. Lovett about government financing and flight testing.
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Washington
War Production Board
Donald Nelson
Kaiser - Hughes
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate
Ferguson
R-Mich
Robert P. Patterson
Nelson
Joint Chiefs
Howard Hughes
John Meyer
Hughes
Meyer
Paris
Roosevelt
Jones
Roosevelt Hyde Park
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Robert A. Lovett
Air
War and Navy
Kaiser-Hughes
Patterson
Army
Harold Talbott
British Hostages Die as Booby Trap Explodes in Israel
Two British sergeants Mervyn Paice and Clifford Martin were hanged by Jewish underground fighters near Nathanya and a booby trapped body exploded during removal. Thirteen soldiers escaped injury as the trap detonated. The incident follows the militants' claim of executions for spying.
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Jerusalem
Irgun
Zvai Leumi
Mervyn Paice
Clifford Martin
Paice
Martin
Jewish Agency
Jewish National Council
Nathanya
Sharon Plain
Reserved Seats On Sale At All-Iowa Fair
Box seats for all grandstand attractions at the All Iowa fair go on sale Monday at the Montrose hotel lobby booth. Tickets cover every afternoon and evening performance including rodeo auto races motorcycle races midget auto races and the society horse show. Box seats cost 1.25 dollars and general admission is one dollar.
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Montrose Hotel
Rails Accused on Plane Mats: Clark Alleges Excess Freight Rates
Attorney General Clark charges more than 900 railroads with unjust war time charges on steel landing mats. Case filed with Interstate Commerce Commission seeks reparations for overcharges on mats shipped 1942 to 1946 from eastern points to Pacific ports. Government cites thousands of carloads and significantly higher rates than for similar iron and steel articles.
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Washington
Clark
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pacific Coast
Justice Department
Opium Cache Unearthed Aboard British Vessel
Boston customs officials announce the seizure of opium valued at over 100000 aboard the British motorship Silver Larch arriving from Far East ports. The 58 crew members including 33 Chinese were interned, with captain R G Tilmouth credited for the alert that led to the discovery in a lifeboat. Arrests promised as authorities break up a drug ring supplying New York.
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Boston
INS
Far
New York
R. G. Tilmouth
Dewey Rebutts Taft Challenge on Public Speaking
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey attacked Sen. Taft's call for leaders to speak on national issues and said he has no plans to campaign outside New York. In Flint for a dinner, he declined speculation on Michigan and the 1948 Republican nomination while also noting Gov. Kim Sigler’s cautious stance and desire for a winning, competent candidate.
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Flint
Mich
APJ
Thomas E. Dewey
Robert A. Taft
New York
Taft
New York State
Dewey
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Owosso
Sen. Vandenberg
United States
Sigler
Michigan
Wife Plea for Fair Tickets Sparks Wit in Ionia
A wife in Ionia Michigan writes a humorous plea to obtain fair tickets. She asks for seats near the stage so her husband can have a good look at the pretty girls, prompting lighthearted local chatter as the Tonya fair opens Monday.
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Ionia
Mich
One-Stop Tokyo Washington Flight by B 29s Shows AAF Might
Eight B 29s began a long distance one stop flight from Yokota near Tokyo to Washington with Anchorage as a rendezvous. The mission aims to cover 7086 miles in about 31 hours, refueling up to three hours at Anchorage, and then fly via Canada and the northern United States to meet Washington noon Friday. Brig Gen Roger M. Ramey urged the crews to bring them home with horsepower.
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Tokyo
Washington
United States
Army Air Force
Anchorage
Alaska
North Pacific
Canada
Roger M. Ramey
Eighth Air Force
Yokota Field
Gulf of Alaska
Watson Lake
Edmonton
Regina
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Detroit
Cleveland
Britain and United States in economic talks
London reports high level talks as Britain seeks to avert a deepening crisis. Cripps flies to Paris to meet William Clayton as Britain weighing imports cuts to save dollars. Public reaction favors austerity with potential longer working hours and reduced living standards.
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London
Britain
United States
Board of Trade
Stafford Cripps
Paris
William L. Clayton
America
Yorkshire Post
Anthony Eden
Czechs Sign Trade Pact With U S and British Zones
Berlin AP dispatch reports Czechoslovakia signed a trade agreement with the American and British occupation zones of Germany. U S negotiators call it the first success in a drive to expand Western Germany east European trade outside the Marshall plan framework.
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Berlin
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Germany
Duck Hunting Season Reduced to 30 Days in Most States
President Truman cut the duck hunting season to 30 days or less after Secretary Krug cited sharp declines in waterfowl. The 1947 open seasons span Illinois Missouri October November and Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota with stricter bag limits set including four ducks per day and a separate merganser allowance.
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Washington
Truman
Interior Krug
Illinois
Missouri
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Bitten by Own Teeth in Auto Crash
Walter Springer, 57, suffered a painful chest injury when a car crash caused his false teeth carried in his shirt pocket to nip him.
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Ann Arbor
Walter Springer
Greece charges Russia allies at U.N. in bid to curb Balkan unrest
Greece formally accuses Russia's Balkan satellites of aggression to counter a Soviet veto on a U.N. border commission proposal. Ambassador Dendramis submits the complaint under Chapter VII as the Security Council considers Indonesian and Balkan cases. The United States backs Greece and Truman aid plans remain in force.
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Lake Success
Greece
Russia
Balkan
United Nations Border Commission
Vassili Dendramis
Ivan Kerno
U.N. Security Council
Dendramis
U.N
Australia
Security Council
United States
Balkans
Herschel V. Johnson
State Department
Washington
Council
Johnson
Odegard Captured In Galena After Robbery
Leonard Odegard 22 of Oelwein was captured in Galena Illinois after holding up a Texaco station and stealing a police squad car. He escaped through Dubuque, disarmed two officers, and was seized following a brief scuffle with Galena police. The case drew in Iowa authorities and the FBI for potential federal charges.
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Oelwein
Leonard Odegard
Galena
Fred House
West Union
Odegard
Dubuque
Garry Marry
Iowa Highway Patrol
Cedar Falls
House
William Walker
Texaco
North Frederick Street
Walker
Don Binning
Fred Becker
South Fredrick Street
Sheriff House
Mike Frame
Becker
Frame
Binning
Edgewood
Eldora
Casper
Louis F. Benedetti
Joliet, II
Truman signs war department civil functions bill
President Truman signed the $502,123,912 appropriation bill funding war department civil functions including flood control and rivers and harbors work.
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Washington (Lp
Truman
War Department
Rex Conn to Lead Farm Bureau Europe Study Trip
Rex Conn, farm editor for the Gazette, will join 20 Iowa Farm Bureau leaders on aSeptember departure for Europe to study Marshall Plan needs and the food situation. Allan B. Kline invited the Gazette to send Conn. the group pays its own expenses. The itinerary includes London and Edinburgh, Paris area farming sites, Switzerland, Belgium, and possibly Germany, with a return planned around October 1. This follows Conn’s previous international trip to Guatemala last year.
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Des Moines
United Air Lines
New York
London
Edinburgh
REX Com
France
Paris
Switzerland
Belgium
Germany
Russels
Mr. Conn
Guatemala
Cooler Weather Moves Into Iowa
The report notes cool air from Canada making Iowa pleasant on Thursday with slightly warmer forecasts for Friday as a warm air mass moves east from the western plains. Rain is expected to remain scarce with only showers in the East and South. Cedar Rapids set a seasonal high of 98 by Chambers Inskeep, while high statewide reached 103 in Lamont and Spencer recorded a 51 low.
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Cedar Moulds
Canada
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Plains
Cedar Rapids
Lamont
Spencer
Chambers
Homemade bomb explodes killing 12 year old in Alameda
In Alameda California Richard James Lafave twelve died after a homemade bomb of dry ice and water exploded in his hand. Police said he and another boy were testing dry ice in empty wine bottles corked and partially filled with water. The device exploded as Richard lifted it from a garbage can lacerating him and causing fatal bleeding during transfer to a first aid station.
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Alameda
Calif
INS
Richard James Lafave
Richard
Taft Boom Started By Bricker
Senator John Bricker gave an unconditional endorsement of Senator Robert A. Taft for the 1948 GOP nomination in a Wednesday press call from his Columbus law offices. Bricker said he urged the state committee to mount a united campaign for Taft for the Ohio delegation.
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Columbus
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
John W. Bricker
G.O.P
State Republican Committee
Bricker
State Committee
Taft
Ohio G.O.P. backs Taft for 1948 nomination
Columbus Ohio The state Republican committee voted unanimously to support Senator Taft for the 1948 presidential nomination Taft thanked the committee and said he would respond with a definite statement in early October after gauging public sentiment nationwide.
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Columbus
Ohio State Republican Committee
Sen
Taft
Bricker says he has no 1948 presidential plans
The former vice presidential nominee Bricker states he has no intention of running for the 1948 convention. He says he would support Taft and would not abandon his country or party, even if the convention deadlocks and drafts him. He notes talks with Taft about Taft seeking the Ohio delegation.
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Taft
Dewey
Bricker
Congress
Ohio
Stassen Opposes Dewey for GOP Nomination
Harold E. Stassen, former Minnesota governor and 1948 Republican hopeful, says he opposes Gov. Thomas E. Dewey as the party standard bearer because Dewey has not taken a clear stand on key issues. He notes he does not entirely agree with Senator Taft, who he says has taken a stand on primary issues. Stassen identifies main campaign themes as curbing communism in the United States and housing and veterans' legislation.
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Los Angeles
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Thomas E. Dewey
New Yorker
Stassen
Taft
Ohio
United States
Camp Good Health Fund Appeals Donations Total
In memory of Felix Saldana and Phillip Murillo from Ray Mond Tapia and V.C. 5.00 from Mr. and Mrs. Ray T. Moore for the Mr. and Mrs. the Club. Total contributed 6328.97. Amount to be raised 666.03. Send donations to The Camp Good Health Fund care of The Gazette Cedar Rapids Iowa. Checks payable to Camp Good Health Fund.
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Felix Saldana
Phillip ‘Murillo
Ray
Mond Tapia
V.C
Ray T. Moore
Camp Good Health Fund
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Towa
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Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Jeep
Pardes Hana
Associated Press
Brewster
Maine
War Investigating Committee
Bhaeveene
Teree
Wreee
Marion
Tereere
eBay
Tokyo-Washington
U. S
U.S
Galena, Ill
Rex Conn
Boy
Taft Boom
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