Relief Aid Bill Signed For European Relief Program
President Truman signed a 350 million dollar European relief bill to ship food medical supplies and feeds to Greece Hungary Austria Italy Poland China and Trieste this year. Richard Allen former Red Cross official is expected to run the program with Marshall authority to start immediate relief shipments and a 75 million dollar loan pool via the Federal Financing Bank.
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Washington
Truman
George C. Mar
Congress
Greece
Hungary
Austria
Italy
Poland
China
Trieste
Richard Allen
Retran Red Cross
Iet
Marshall
Mars
Fieion Finance Corporation
The
Senate
U. S
FBI
De Gasperi forms 15 member cabinet with leftists opposed
Premier Alcide De Gasperi unveils a 15 man cabinet including Communists and Socialists as he pledges to save the lira. Ezio Vanoni withdraws as treasury minister with Luigi Einaudi taking the post temporarily. Socialist Avanti calls for overthrow and protests spread to Naples Terni Milan Genoa Turin.
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Rome
INS
Alcides
de Gasperi
Ezio Vanoni
Treasury
Luigi Einaudi
Bank of Italy
Pietro Nenni
Avanti
Naples
Terni
Milan
Genoa
Turin
Palmiro Togliatti
Republican
Liberal
National Democratic Union
Tornado Strikes S W Area Again Leedey Oklahoma Town Wrecked
A tornado ripped into Leedey Oklahoma Saturday night leaving the town described as three quarters destroyed. Six bodies were found with fears of more casualties as authorities pleaded for ambulances doctors and medical supplies. The storm moved from Higgins Texas toward Leedey after damaging nearby towns.
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S.W
Leedey
Okla
Oklahoma
Jack Sapp
Sapp
Higgins
Texas
Arnett
Gage
Woodward
Ohloa
E. E. McFarland
Motorist Ditches His Car To Avoid Hitting Girl
Cedar Rapids police credit Jamin W. Carpenter with possibly saving the life of 10 year old Inda Duxbury after he ran off First Avenue to avoid a bicycle rider near Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Carpenter and his wife suffered injuries when the car rolled over after leaving the road. The girl escaped with a bruised arm.
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Acedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Jamin W. Carpenter
Centavenue
Marion
Inda Duxbury
First Aven
Saturdy
Carpenter
First Avenue
Cedar
Pavee
Truman to Visit Canada for Brief Good Will Trip
President Truman will leave June 9 for a short visit to Canada, arriving in Ottawa by train June 10. He is to address Parliament during the trip and will stay a little over two days before returning to Washington. schedules after Congress adjourns remain tentative.
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Washington
Truman
Canada
Ottawa
White House
Parliament
Congress
Ross
Three Killed in Denver Apartment House Collapse
A two story brick apartment building in Denver exploded, killing three people and injuring ten. Firemen found the owner Mrs. Gertrude Rowan and her grandson Dickie Rowan among the dead, and M C Breckenridge 70 later confirmed. A gas leak was blamed. tenants reported ongoing leaks and strong odors prior to the blast.
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Associated Press
Denver
Allie Feldman
Gertrude Rowan
Dickie Rowan
M. C. Breckenridge
Mary Vandenberg
Leonard Abercrombie
St. Francis de Sales
Howard Turner
Ira Burton
Theon
Oliver C. Rowan
Sylvia Ralston
W. H. Balliew
Balliew
Dorsey Childs
Camera enthusiast leaps over Times Square lands in backyard
Leonard D Attolico 26 of Brooklyn parachuted from a plane over Times Square carrying a 16 millimeter camera. He said he wanted to film the city from a bird s eye view and claimed 17 army parachute jumps. He was arrested for endangering public safety and violating the sanitary code.
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New York
City
Times Square
44Th Street
Broadway
Leonard D’attolico
Brooklyn
503Rd
Atd
D’attolico
Amityville
Long Island
Empire State Building
Lee+ Gorbissiano
Baccalaureate Today At Second Christian Cedar Rapids
Combined baccalaureate services for Wilson and Roosevelt high school graduates are set for 7:45 p.m. at the Second Christian Church. An earlier Gazette error mislocated the services at Trinity Methodist and Salem EUB churches. The sermon titled Three Keys to Life will be given by Rev. G H Bamford of Salem EUB. Prayer will be offered by Rev. D Keith Irwin of Olivet church and Rev. F L Hinshaw of St James Methodists.
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Cedar Rapids
Wilson and
Roosevelt
Second Christian Church
Third Avenue
Sixth Street
Trinity Methodist
Salem ’ Evangelical United Brethren
G. HM. Bamford
Salem E.U.B
Adrienne Ames Dies Actress And Commentator
New York born Adrienne Ames aged 39 and once a noted movie actress died Saturday. For six years she was a Hollywood and Broadway radio commentator and was often listed among the United States' best dressed women. She leaves a daughter Barbara and sister Jane Merrick of New York, plus three brothers Samuel Joseph and Walter McClure.
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New York
INS
Adrienne Ames
Miss Ames
United States
Barbara
Jane Merrick
Samuel
Joseph
Walter McClure
Hills
Calif
Two Die In Bus Auto Crash In Indianapolis Area
A Greyhound bus collided with an automobile at a suburban intersection and crashed through a garage. James Peavier 28 Greenwood died at the site. James Adams 29 Whiteland died at a hospital. Ten hospitalized. police freed trapped passengers with crowbars. Pvt Ed Willis 17 Fort Knox was critically injured. Police said the bus swerved to miss the car before crashing into the garage.
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Indianapolis
Greyhound
James Peavier
Greenwood
James Adams
Whiteland
Ind
Pvt
Ed Willis
Fort Knox
William Me
A. T. Steele Surveys Japan Occupation Outcomes
A. T. Steele, veteran Far Eastern correspondent, surveys the results of the occupation of Japan in the opening article of his seven part editorial series in the Gazette. The piece reflects on economic conditions and expert analyses shaping postwar policy.
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Gazette
A. T. Steele
America
Japan
Steele
New York Ferald Tribune
Allis-Chalmers 1941 strike linked to Communist influence
Washington reports say the house labor committee charged Harold Christoffel, former CIO local president, with orchestrating the 76 day 1941 strike at Allis-Chalmers under Communist direction to advance its program. It cited fraud suspicions and false oath testimony, urging justice steps and noting alleged Navy work by the plant.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Harold Christoffel
CIO
Allis-Chalmers Company
Communist Party
Justice Department
Department
Christoffel
United Automobile Workers Local 248
Robert Buse
Allis-Chalmers
Buse defends CIO Local chief on union testimony
Milwaukee. Robert Buse, president of the CIO Auto Workers local at the Allis Chalmers plant, says he is not worried about testimony given at a Washington hearing. He insists he told the truth in response to charges from the House Labor Committee.
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Milwaukee
Robert Buse
CIO Auto Workers Union
Allis Chalmers
Washington
Buse
House Labor Committee
Waterloo Woman Fatally Injured When Hit by Car
Waterloo, AP. Mrs Emma Weldon 75 was fatally injured Saturday night after being struck by a car driven by William Warmuth 28. She was taken to a hospital but died on arrival.
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Waterloo
Emma Weldon
Herbert Raab Saki
William Warmuth
Cub Ship Hits Big Transport In Midair Collision
Two men died when a small private plane collided with a four engine DC-4 transport near Red Bank New Jersey. The DC-4 returning to Bennett Field New York carried ten aboard as both pilots reported sighting the yellow plane before it vanished into clouds. The crash site lay in woods two miles south of Red Bank with mangled remains and rescue personnel scouring for wreckage.
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Red Bank
N. J
Bennett Field
N. Y
New York
Maryland
Francis Cole
Middletown Township
Willard Ivins
Rumson
Here
Cole
Ivins
Charles Hayes
Martha’s Vineyard
Mass
Navy
Hayes
Toeda
Coast Guard
Pilots Leader Hits CAB Over Pilot Error Inference
AFL Air Line Pilots Association President David L. Behncke accused the Civil Aeronautics Board of inferring pilot error before proper investigation in the UAL LaGuardia crash. Behncke and his wife Mary Behncke urged independent air safety probes and pledged to publish their findings without regard to CAB opposition.
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Chicago
David L. Behncke
AFL Air Line Pilots Association
Civil Aeronautics Board
New York
Mary Behncke
Ee Cee
Behncke
Engineering and Air Safety Department
United State
LaGuardia Field
Camp Good Health Fund Seeks Daily Donations For Summer Aid
The Camp Good Health Fund aims to raise $4,139.80 still needed to meet a June 16 goal. Donations must average $265 per day to support physically handicapped children from Cedar Rapids arriving at the camp, with past contributions listed including $8,995.00 and $2,740.20 from Knights of Columbus.
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Camp Good Health Fund
Cedar Rapids
Camp Good Health
Knights of Columbus
Kin Seek To Identify Crash Dead At Port Deposit
Relatives from the South and East traveled to an improvised Port Deposit morgue to identify 53 victims of a Friday Eastern Airlines DC-4 crash. The scene lay three miles west of Port Deposit in Maryland near the Pennsylvania border. Navy doctors and Eastern Airlines staff assisted in dental and other identifications after the bodies were moved to Bainbridge naval station.
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Port Deposit
America
Eastern Airlines
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Bainbridge Naval Training Station
Navy
Death toll rises from New York wreck
New York police report two fatalities from the weekend wreck. Wiss Lois Jeanne Weber 24 of Cleveland died of injuries, while Charles J. Shannon of Elmhurst Queens succumbed to his injuries.
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New York
INS
Wiss Lois Jeanne Weber
Cleveland
Charles J. Shannon
Elmhurst
Queens
Eight Identified in Newark DC-4 Crash Toll
About 24 hours after the Newark DC-4 disaster eight victims were positively identified including Mrs. H Schrifrin of New York City Mrs. Edith Stuart and her one year old son Michael of Miami Beach Donna Mbedling of Watertown Conn Leo and Queenie Machter of Miami Theodore Lundstrom the plane purser from Elmont NY and stewardess Helena OBrien of New York City The crash remains under investigation with the Civil Aeronautics Board to decide on a date for public hearings The tail section of the ship reportedly broke off before impact relatives gathered at a hostess house for the identification and recovery effort The witness Seaman Frank Welch of Tonawanda NY described the plane turning over and the tail disintegrating into nine pieces
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H. Schrifrin
East 96Th Street
New York City
Edith Stuart
Michael
Miami Beach
Donna Mbedling
Watertown
Conn
Leo
Queenie Machter
Miami
Theodore Lundstrom
Elmont
N. Y
Helena O’brien
Waverly Place
Newark
South Or
United States
Frank Welch
Tonawanda
Welch
Goodrich Cuts Tire Prices Nationwide
AKRON AP report notes a general reduction in the retail price list for passenger car tires. The move is described as a price cut aimed at expanding consumer access, with pricing impacted across product lines and potential tax implications noted by officials.
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Goodrich
AKRON
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