Eisenhower Warns On Arms Spending Amid Economic Risks
In a Columbia University commencement address Eisenhower warned that huge military expenditures are essential for safety but may damage the economy if unchecked. He urged balancing defense needs with a healthy economy and civil rights protections while tackling inflation taxes and budget pressures. He noted possible extra arms funding but stressed safeguarding civil liberties.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Restrictions On Hauling of Rubbish Filed
Cedar Rapids considers an ordinance to license private rubbish haulers and require covered, leak tight trucks. A new petition with 104 signers joins 114 existing objectors to Memorial drive SE sanitary-fill dump, urging closure. Penalty for violations: 100 dollar fine or 30 days in jail.
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Cedar Rapids
Memorial Drive
George Dotson
Iime
Clarence L. Sedive
Dotson
Senate Unit Backing Draft Extension and Segregation Clause
The Senate Armed Services Committee backed a three year extension of the peacetime draft act, keeping the President's power to call men 18 to 26. It includes Sen. Russell's amendment to allow racial segregation in the armed services if requested in writing by a drafted individual. The Senate bill contrasts with the House version, which extends only two years and requires congressional approval of inductions.
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Washington
Senate
Armed Services Committee
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
House
Congress
Brewster Sees Warren Margin Boost GOP Senate Bid
Senator Brewster says Earl Warren’s California primary margin adds a Republican senator to the mix. Warren nearly topped James Roosevelt across both parties but did not win dual nominations, leaving his 1946 feat unmatched and a fall contest with Roosevelt Jr. ongoing.
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Washington
Earl Warren
California
Sen
Brewster
Republican
Senate
Warren
James Roosevelt
Quad City Firm Has Low Bid on First Avenue Job
Quad City Construction Company of Rock Island submitted the lowest bid for Cedar Rapids First Avenue highway work. The 2.3 mile repaving and widening project totals 483 410 dollars, well under the state estimate of 596 986. If accepted Cedar Rapids would pay about 145 700 dollars, a saving of roughly 34 800 dollars. Work to begin after contract award and federal approval.
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Quad City
First Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Fred White
State Highway Commission
Commission
White
Quad City Construction Company
Rock Island
Tenth
Twentieth Streets
First Street
Fifteenth
Highway Commission
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Two Men Arrested After Tuesday Release From Reformatory
Darrell Waterman 18 of Waterloo and Robert Piesall 31 of Reinbeck were freed Tuesday from Anamosa reformatory, then arrested in Waterloo Wednesday night as suspects in a stolen car case. Cedar Rapids detectives linked the pair to the midday theft after their release. Waterman had just been discharged after a year for operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent, while Piesall completed a seven year term for obtaining money by false pretenses.
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Cedar Rapids
Anamosa Reformatory
Darrell Waterman
Waterloo
Robert Piesall
Reinbeck
Waterman
John Hanna
George Connell
Anamosa
Foss Davis
Piesall
Infant Chinese water deer Escapes Bronx Zoo Streets
A few hours old Chinese water deer, weighing 24 ounces, wandered from the Bronx 700 area into city streets. A traffic patrolman found the tiny fawn near the zoo and officers planned a finer wire enclosure to protect it. The mother was a 1947 donation from the Duke of Bedford. full grown they stand about 14 inches high.
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New York
Bronx
Zoo
Duke of Bedford
Senate panel approves two year extension of synthetic rubber program
The Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday endorsed a two year extension of the government's synthetic rubber program, keeping the program active beyond its current expiry on June 30. The action secures continued production and supply assurances amid ongoing material shortages.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Put Up Fight as Sheaffer Urges Manufacturers
C R Sheaffer president of Fort Madison firm urges Iowa Manufacturers Association to defend free enterprise and oppose federal taxes he warns federal policy drifts toward socialism and calls for widespread town level advocacy with business allies to tell their growth story and beneficiaries.
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Des Moines
C. R. Sheaffer
W. A. Sheaffer Pen Company
Fort Madison
Iowa Manufacturers Association
Sheaffer
Association
Cedar Rapids census reaches 72 149 after additions
Cedar Rapids prelim figure 72 000 exceeded by 149 as 249 more residents were added to the rolls bringing the total to 72 149. District Census Director Rodney Birkicht urged missing persons to report and noted a five day delay before books ship. The final total aims for about 73,000 with Washington additions not exceeding one percent. The Linn county total climbs to 103 853 from 103 604.
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Cedar Rapids
Rodney Birkicht
Birkicht
Census Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Linn County
Forrestal Cited Over 1945 Amerasia Arrests
Senate investigators reportedly received testimony suggesting the late James V. Forrestal advised delaying arrests in the 1945 Amerasia case. The claim came through Assistant Attorney General James M. McInerney, a central figure in the probe.
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Washington
Senate
James V. Forrestal
Amerasia
James M. McInerney
Justice
Secret grand jury reopens Amerasia case details surface
A New York grand jury reportedly reopens the Amerasia case and has been summoning witnesses for weeks. The inquiry touches former Navy and Defense Secretary Forrestal, who died in Bethesda, and former Presidential Aide Vardaman, with implications about delaying arrests and ties to Russia and UN matters.
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Washington
New York
Amerasia
McInerney
Andrew Roth
Naval Intelligence
Navy
Navy Department
Roth
The
Baltimore Sun
Forrestal
Russia
Japan
San Francisco
Committee Votes Mail Restoration
The House Post Office Committee approved a bill to undo post office service cuts by a 12 to 8 vote. A Senate committee has approved a similar measure. If Congress orders restoration it must fund the salaries and operations as postal revenues fall short of expenses.
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Washington
Post Office Department
House Post Office Committee
Senate
Congress
Memorial Plan for Sullivan Brothers Honored by Navy Dignitaries
Washington proposes a memorial for the five Sullivan brothers from Waterloo lost when USS Juneau was sunk in 1942. Senator Guy M. Gillette introduces legislation with an honorary naval committee including Leahy Nimitz Halsey Maher Jacobs Gillette and Sheehy to work out details.
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Navy
Sullivan Brothers
Washington
Waterloo
Guy M. Gillette
Iowa
Juneau
Savo Island
Thomas F. Sullivan
George F
Francis
Sullivans
Genevieve
Gillette
William D. Leahy
Chester Nimitz
W. F. Halsey
J. E Maher
Randall Jacobs
Claude Gillette
Maurice S. Sheehy
Leahy
Sheehy
Navy Department
Cedar Rapids council approves pay raises for city workers
About 500 municipal employees in Cedar Rapids receive pay increases effective April 1. Hourly workers gain five cents per hour, monthly staff get $9.53 more monthly, and a seven day sick leave provision is added. The measure, supported by unions, costs an estimated $60,000 annually.
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Cedar Rapids
Burgus
Cedar Rapids to Expand C R Telephone Building
The Cedar Rapids Northwestern Bell plans a 200000 expansion of the C R Telephone Building with a three story rear addition to house more dial and long distance equipment. The project, awarded to James Leck Co of Minneapolis, aims for a June start and completion early next year.
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Cedar Rapids
W. F.mollenhoff
Northwestern Bell Company
James Leck Company
Minneapolis
Carl Steinmayer
Marshalltown
Mollenhoff
Juror Says Remington Lied in Red Denial
New York United States jurors indict former Commerce Department employee William Remington for perjury after he allegedly lied to a grand jury about ever belonging to the Communist party. The one count charges he knowingly lied on May 25, 1950, while recalling his party membership status.
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New York
Commerce Department
William Remington
Remington
Communist Party
Elizabeth Bentley
Department of Commerce Security Board
Miss Bentley
Congress
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer
Department
Departmental
Seven Feared Dead on B-29 Crashes Off Yarmouth
The third and fourth survivors and two more bodies from a U S air force B 29 crashed in flames in the North Sea on Wednesday night were found on Thursday. The known dead rose to three and survivors to four from the 11 man crew as search efforts continued by twenty American and British planes and Royal Navy vessels. The crash occurred on a routine gunnery mission off the east coast of England with extensive search operations continuing. The cause remains a mystery though a stray shell was not confirmed by air force officials.
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Yarmouth
England
North Sea
Air Force
Stalin Reported In Trip to China
Col Rol and W Estey treasurer of the Evening News says Premier Stalin is in China conferring with Communist leaders. Estey reports Stalin left Moscow June 1 and is due back June 10 after the Kremlin absence described as a well earned rest. Source of information not disclosed.
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Salem
Mass
Roland W. Estey
The
Evening News
Eategre Services
Stalin
China
Estey
Moscow
Kremlin
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FBI
Brooklyn Navy Yard
America
Labor
CIO
Horace Gates
AFL
Jim White
C.R. Telephone
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