Plan City and School Athletics Plan 200 Injured in La Salle Blaze
Cedar Rapids city and school officials meet to coordinate a west side 58.6 acre recreation complex including stadiums and tennis courts with a future east side plant. The plan follows a March vote authorizing a Memorial stadium and outlines joint ownership and governance proposals. Concurrent Chicago La Salle hotel fire claims many lives and injures over 200, with initial reports attributing the blaze to an elevator shaft and prompting a mass emergency response.
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la Salle
Cedar Rapids
East Side
West Side
Eighth and
Sixteenth Avenues
Rockford Road
Cottage Grove Avenues
Memorial Stadium
Chicago
Loop
Unidentified La Salle Guest Snores Through Fire
In Chicago a hotel fire leaves six victims in the hall outside room 1248. Police break in to find a middle aged man asleep in the room and unaware of the disaster. He asks if anyone is missing then returns to sleep.
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Chicago
la Salle Hotel
Henry Milea
Blind Woman Guided Down Fire Escape by Seeing Eye Dog
A blind woman and her German shepherd guide led her down La Salle hotel fire escape amid panic. The calm pair navigated crowds as firefighters directed evacuations and the dog kept a steady path to the street.
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Chicago
INS
la Salle
Operator Dies at Switchboard Post in Chicago Fire
Mrs Julia Barry a Chicago telephone operator perished at her switchboard while warning La Salle hotel guests of a fire. She refused to leave the post as smoke filled the lobby and collapsed from asphyxiation.
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Chicago
INS
Julia Barry
la Salle Hotel
Barry
McNarney Raises Germany Occupation Time to 15 Years
General Joseph T. McNarney said on Wednesday he has increased the minimum occupation period for Germany from ten to fifteen years. The remark was made in Frankfurt where he oversees Allied occupation policies.
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Frankfurt
Joseph T. McNarney
Germany
Murray Urges Pact Without Tieup Over Shipping Strike
CIO President Philip Murray reportedly urged maritime union leaders to avoid a strike set for June 15. CIO officials criticized Harry Bridges and Joseph Curran for appealing to the World Federation of Trade Unions instead of addressing the WFTU through CIO channels at the national headquarters.
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Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
Harry Bridges
Joseph Curran
World Federation of Trade Unions
WFTU
Pen Cio
Coast Guard Halts Some Discharges in Labor Tension
The Coast Guard ordered stop orders on discharges for regular personnel in over‑manned ratings, affecting about 2 000 of 24 000. Reservists continue to be discharged. CIO union shifts from 40‑hour week, proposing a basic week beyond 40 with a weekly hour limit and overtime rules. Navy considers curb on discharges while leaders warn of possible cross‑border labor solidarity.
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Washington
Coast- Guard
Coast Guard
U.S
Edgar L. Warren
CIO National Maritime Union
Warren
Department
Louis Saillant
World Federation of Trade Unions
Paris
U. S. Army
U. S
Williams Guilty in Coe College Manslaughter Case
A six men and six women jury found Lawrence W. Williams, 29, guilty of manslaughter in the death of June Lavelle Davey, 19, a Coe College student. The verdict was delivered at 2 30 p m after 21 hours 25 minutes of deliberation. The charge carries up to eight years. sentence date was not set. Williams was arrested March 15 after his car struck two Coe students on First Avenue.
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Cedar Rapids
Lawrence W. Williams
June Lavelle Davey
Coe College
Floyd Philbrick
State Penitentiary
Philbrick
Jesse W. Howe
B Avenue NE
Howe
R. S. Milner
Williams
Miss Davey
Senator Warren Austin Named U N Security Council Delegate
The White House announces President Truman will appoint Senator Warren R Austin Republican Vermont as United States delegate to the United Nations Security Council. Austin will succeed Edward R Stettinius Jr but cannot take effect until January 3 due to a constitutional provision.
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Washington
INS
White House
Truman
Warren R. Austin
R-Vt
United States
United Nations Security Council
Two Firemen Killed in Firetruck Bus Crash
Two St Louis firemen were killed and five others injured when a speeding firetruck crashed into a bus while responding to an alarm. The collision occurred Tuesday in St Louis as the firemen tried to reach a fire.
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ST. Louis
INL
Local Newspaper Page Summary Gleanings and Sections
Fragmentary OCR shows sections including Court House, Daily Record, Deaths, Editorial Features, Movies, Radio, Sports, State, and Women's Features. Key readable items: Deaths and court notices coexist with entertainment and sports briefs. The page reads like a cluttered contents guide with multiple short items and fragmented headlines.
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Cccseeecsererss
I Daily Record
Aseeey Nee II
Prarsiek
Italy votes to become republic ousting King Humbert II
Rome reports Italy has chosen a republic with about 1.8 million votes seizing power from King Humbert II and the House of Savoy. War Minister Brosio urged calm as returns solidified the monarchy’s end and Premier De Gasperi’s Christian Democrats led by example.
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Rome
Italy
Humbert II
House of Savoy
Manlio Brosio
Pietro Nenni
Humbert
Victor Emmanuel
Egypt
Naples
Christian Democrat Party
Alcide de Gasperi
Christian Democrats
Democratic Union
Ae Uomo
U S Czechs Sign Credit Plan for War Surplus
Washington officials announce a credit arrangement with Czechoslovakia allowing up to 50 million dollars of U S surplus war property in Europe to be sold for relief and reconstruction. The deal was disclosed by Foreign Liquidation Commissioner Thomas B McCabe.
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Washington
INS
Thomas B. McCabe
Czechoslovakia
United States
Europe
Senate panel Reaffirms Plan to Lift Price Controls
Washington AP The Senate banking committee reaffirmed by an 11 to 7 vote its proposal to lift price controls on livestock meat poultry dairy products by June 30. The plan aims to end the government set limits across meat and dairy sectors.
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Washington (Ap
Senate Banking Committee
Senate punts teen draft bill amid delay and pay rises
The Senate halted work on a teen draft bill to allow time for a Revercomb substitute, while continuing selective service authority to May 15 1947. The chamber approved exemption for 18 and 19 year olds subject to call and approved pay increases for enlisted ranks, though officers’ raises were pared back. Special deferments for scientists were added and the bill prohibition on induction of men with dependent children was included. Iowa senators Wilson and Hickenlooper split on the teen draft vote with Hickenlooper in favor and Wilson opposed.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley
Revercomb
R-W. Va
Selective Service Authority
Congress
Gurney
R-S
Johnson
D-Corp
House
Magnuson
D-Wash
Austin
R-Vt
Iowa
Wilson
Hickenlooper
Dragnet On for Marengo Man After Shotgun Incident
Police in Eastern Town Wednesday pursued Peter Cooper of Marengo after an early morning confrontation with farmer Peter Dvorak 12 miles east of Cedar Rapids. Cooper, 34, reportedly attacked with a shotgun during a barn encounter, then fled as deputies investigated. Cooper had been in marital difficulties and was last believed to be at Jake Furler’s farm north of Marengo, with reports placing him five miles east of Marion later that night. He is described as 34, 5'10", 160 pounds, blue eyes, blonde hair, blue suit, possibly wearing a cowboys hat or bareheaded.
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Walter Boris
Chicago
Boris
Madison
la Salle Jatients
Financial District
Paul ‘Gerhardt
Bureau de
John L. Fenn
Fire Prevention Bureau
Kelly
Cedar Rapids
Peter Cooper
Marengo
Peter Dvorak
Larry Condon
Cooper
Condon
Dvorak
Dvoraks
Gilbert Caldwell
Sheriff's Office
Caldwell
Linn County Sheriff's Office
Jake Furler
Furler
Marion
Identified Dead at Hotel La Salle List of Names
The identified dead in the Hotel La Salle tragedy include Delbert Roush Newton Iowa and many others across Illinois Ohio Kentucky and beyond. The long listing covers residents and associates from Chicago Waukegan Springfield Quincy and more with names such as Frank Fenton Evans Henry Smith Ruth Feey and Cyrus W Gates among others.
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Chicago
Hotel la Salle
Delbert Roush
Newton
Bill
Denniston
Frank Fenton Evans
Hartville
Ohio
Henry Smith
Waukegan
Ill
Mabel C. Regnan
Thacher Moss
Hopkinsville
W. K. Thompson
Alexandria
Emil Sommer
Amherst
N. Y
Effie Harmon
Brice McBride
Provo
Utah
Louis Marco
Rex M. Gaynor
Elmwood Park
Hugh W. Huddieson
Green County
Wis
Nathan Adelson
Douglas L. Boyer
St. Louis
A. F. Schmitthenner
Chambersburg
Edward Farrar
Ruth O. Feey
Springfield
Samuel Unger
Henry G. Miller
Duane
G. G. Taylor
Eldon Adams
Florence Jackson
Cyrus W. Gates
Cincinnati
Eugene Freeman
Martin Heinen
Quincy, Ill
Four Newton youths die in Chicago La Salle Hotel fire
Four Newton youths perished in a Chicago La Salle hotel fire during a post high school graduation trip. A fifth youth was missing, feared among the unidentified dead. The confirmed dead are Delbert Roush Joseph Barton Eldon Adams and William Denniston. Paul Harrington accompanied them. Adams was a high school junior and a close friend of the others. Evelyn Wagner of Dubuque was among the injured.
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Associated Press
Chicago
la Salle
Newton
Delbert Roush
Joseph S. Barton
Eldon Adams
William Denniston
Paul Harrington
Harrington
Roush
Barton
Denniston
Adams
Fothers
Evelyn F. Wagner
Dubuque
Missouri War Veterans Bonus Plan Defeated in House
Jefferson City Missouri The House of Representatives killed a proposed veterans bonus plan on Tuesday in a 54 to 43 vote short of the 76 votes needed for passage. The outcome ends the effort to grant a wartime veterans bonus this session.
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Jefferson City
House of Representatives
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Memorial Commission
Stadium Advisory Committee
Playground and Recreation Commission
Frank K. Hahn
John Beck
Stadium Committee
Paul Packer
University of Iowa
Beck
H. R. Green Engineering Company
Dean Packer
Packer
Cleveland
First Avenue
Fifteenth
Seventeenth Streets
Hedges Company
Memorial Commission and School Board
Green
Public Safety
Gordon Hughes
Don Hines
Charles Penningroth
J. K von Lackum
Board of Education
Otto Ambroz
Playground Commission
A. L. Brodie
Michael Corrigan
John Flanagan
Edward McNamara
McNamara
Corrigan
Red Cross
Murray
U.N. Council
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