Vandenberg backs Truman on aid fund
Senator Arthur Vandenberg joined President Truman in warning that cutting Marshall Plan spending would jeopardize world peace and recovery. Truman urged $4.198 billion for the aid program for the next year, while Vandenberg warned against arbitrary cuts and praised Paul Hoffman’s administration. Economy leaders argued more reductions were possible.
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Washington
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Truman
Senate
Paul G. Hoffman
Little Rock
Ark
Congress
Vandenberg
Sen
Kenneth McKellar
D-Tenn
Hoffman
Family faces hardships across ocean voyage and census
In a Lancashire family the father recalls ration limits of five pounds of meat for 13 people weekly in England while seeking a free country for his children. He notes red tape hindering life. He acted as midwife for twins Carolyn and Dorothy. The census adds Ruth Philip Michael Muriel Melvin Doris Betty Gordon Marion aged 2 to 19 across three cabins.
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Lancashire
England
Hartley
Melvin
Doris
Betty
Gordon
Marion
Hancher Warns World Universities Under Threat
Virgil M. Hancher, president of the University of Iowa, delivering USC’s 66th commencement address, warned that universities worldwide face grave peril. He received an honorary doctor of laws and told 4,600 graduates that universities must interpret and transmit learning, noting crises in the USSR and China and limited resilience in most regions.
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Los Angeles
Virgil M. Hancher
University of Iowa
University of Southern California
Hancher
Ussr
China
South America
Scandinavian
Commonwealth
United States
Frank E Green, Veteran Educator, Dies at Coggon
Frank E Green 73 longtime Coggon Iowa school superintendent died of cancer Saturday at a Cedar Rapids hospital after a long illness. He held degrees from Iowa State Teachers College and Tabor College and led schools in Massena Malvern Logan Avoca Story City and Coggon for 19 years. He also taught at Brandon during WWII. He was a past president of Coggon's Community Club library board elder and chairman of church board and a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason. Survivors include his wife Edna an adopted daughter in Los Angeles and a granddaughter in Des Moines. Funeral Monday at the Christian church in Coggon with graveside rites by the Masonic lodge.
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Gazette
Coggon
Frank E. Green
Iowa
Cedar Raids
Iowa State Teachers College
Tabor College
Massena
Malvern
Logan
Avoca
Story City
Coggan
Brandon
Green
Coggan’s
Lodge
Blue Lodge
Knights Templar
Edna
William Monro
Los Angeles
Nadine Mortdect
Des Moines
Christian Church
Norwegian Army Issues Defensive Battle Orders Across Forces
Oslo reports detailed battle orders issued to all officers in the Norwegian armed forces. The directive covers guerilla resistance if attacked and warns of a potential fifth column aiding an invasion. Norway, aligned with NATO, fears Soviet pressure and contemplates isolated resistance if cut off from units.
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Oslo
INS
Norway
Russia
McMahon and Hickenlooper clash over AEC secrecy
The two senators spar over closed AEC sessions with Hickenlooper pressing for public hearings while McMahon urges full public discussion where national security permits. McMahon warns he will reopen the issue of shipping radioactive isotopes to foreign nations if Hickenlooper stalls.
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Ing
Atomic Energy Commission
McMahon
Loyalty hearings loom as committee seeks top officials guidance
A congressional panel, stymied by last week's testimony, asks Attorney General Tom Clark and FBI Director J Edgar Hoover for advice on loyalty issues raised by Hickenlooper. A three member subcommittee will meet with enforcement officials as no date is set for action. No decision has been made on holding hearings for Case A.
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Tom Clark
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hickenlooper
Millikin
Rcoro
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Deaths Mrs Julia Dolezal Former Cedar Rapids Resident
Mrs Julia A Dolezal a former Cedar Rapids resident died in a Independence hospital Saturday at 12 30 p m after a long illness Surviving are a son Charles Ss Burdick Cedar Rapids a daughter Mrs Hugh Howard Portland Ore three brothers F J Huth Marion Fred Huth Weston Mo and Charles Huth Alhambra Calif and three sisters Mrs Gertrude Chaflin Barkley Minn Mrs David Morrison Marion and Mrs H E Kunz Cedar Rapids Services will be at Beatty chapel 1 30 p m Tuesday Burial will be in Wood Cemetery Friends may call after 3 p m Sunday
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Julia A. Dolezal
Cedar Rapids
Independence
Charles Ss. Burdick
Hugh Howard
Portland
Ore
F. J. Huth
Marion
Fred Huth
Weston
Charles Huth
Alhambra
Calif
Gertrude Chaflin
Barkley
Minn
David Morrison
H. E. Kunz
Beatty Cha
Wood Cemetery
Cedar Rapids Man Dies of Heart Attack At 57
Frank W. Harapot 57, of 320 Fourteenth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids died suddenly Saturday at 1 35 p m from a heart attack. He worked for Collins Radio Company born June 6 1892 in Ely Spokane and Cedar Rapids resident 46 years survived by wife Tillie two sons John F and George E Cedar Rapids a brother John Teastrike Minn a half sister Mrs Albie Bartos Cedar Rapids and three grandchildren funeral services at Polansky funeral chapel to be announced later.
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Frank W. Harapot
Collins Radio Company
Ely
Cedar Rapids
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Tillie
John F
George E
John
Teastrike, Minn
Albie Bartos
Polansky
Obituary for Joseph J Priborsky in Cedar Rapids
Joseph J Priborsky, 88, died Saturday at his Cedar Rapids home 335 Wilson avenue SW. Born December 12, 1860 in Czechoslovakia, he lived in Cedar Rapids 56 years. Survived by five sons Frank Joseph F Anton Edward of Cedar Rapids and Charles J of Davenport. one sister Mrs William Volz of Cedar Rapids. one brother Frank Priborsky of Omaha. four grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday at Janeba funeral home conducted by Theodore B Hlubacek. friends may call after 2 p.m. Monday.
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Joseph J. Priborsky
Wilson Avenue
Czechoslovakia
Cedar Rapids
Frank
Joseph F
Anton
Edward
Charles J
Davenport
William Volz
Frank Priborsky
Omaha
Janeba
Theodore B. Hlubacek
Funeral services for Mike Wyman set for Tuesday
Funeral services for Mike Wyman will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Polansky funeral chapel with Rev. Charles B. Willming of Springville Presbyterian Church officiating. He died Saturday at the home of his son Walter G. Wyman near Center Point. Burial will follow in Bohemian National cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Monday.
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Mike Wyman
Polansky
Charles B. Willming
Springville
Presbyterian Church
Wyman
Walter G. Wyman
Near Center Point
Bohemian National Cemetery
Polton Rites Planned For Mennonite Church Wayland
Henry L. Polton 82 died after a long illness Saturday at his son Joseph Polton’s home 118 First Avenue NW Born March 19 1867 Dayton Ohio he lived in Cedar Rapids three years after moving from Belle Plaine He was a Mennonite Church member at Wayland He leaves two sisters Lizzie Wehrle Iowa City and Bertha Epperley West Liberty one brother John Washington Indiana six grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren His wife and an adopted daughter preceded him in death Funeral services at Wayland Mennonite Church burial in North Hill Cemetery Wayland Friends may call at Rohn chapel Sunday evening.
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Henry L. Polton
Joseph Polton
First Avenue NW
Dayton
Ohio
Cedar Rapids
Belle Plaine
Polton
Mennonite
Wayland
Lizzie Wehrle
Iowa City
Bertha Epperley
West Liberty
John
Washington, In
Pro-Tito Albanian Is Sentenced to Death
Prague dispatch reports Lt. Gen. Kochi Xoxe once Albania’s vice premier was condemned to death for backing Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia. Four other ex-Communist leaders received 10 to 20 year prison terms for supporting Tito and for plotting against popular democracy. One official was purged with other pro-Tito elements last December by Enver Hoxha’s order.
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Prague
Kochi Xoxe
Albania
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Tirana
Tito
Enver Hoxha
Prosecutor Opens War on Night Riders
In Jefferson County Alabama Hooded attackers beat a 42 year old grandmother and threaten a cafe owner after accusing them of wrongdoing The victims were dragged from their homes forced to watch cross burnings The prosecutor Emmett Perry vowed a special session grand jury if needed to identify the night riders and ordered police protection for the cafe proprietor’s wife The attack occurred near Birmingham with residents vowing to defend their homes
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Birmingham
Ala
Circuit
Emmett Perry
Jefferson County
Ku Klux Klan
Hugh McDonal
Perry
Grand Jury
Dubuque UAW Signs New Deere Contract
CIO United Auto Workers local 94 at the John Deere plant in Dubuque Iowa signed a wage and hour contract retroactive to June 6 and running to September 1 1951. The agreement offers a five cent an hour pay raise and a four cent raise for piece workers. The Waterloo local had signed earlier. Other plants in Des Moines and Ottumwa plus Deere Harvester in East Moline voted to accept but not yet sign.
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Dubuque
CIO
United Auto Workers
John Deere
UAW
Waterloo
Iowa Deaths Edgewood Frank May Dies at 91
Frank May of Edgewood dies at 91 after a Friday passing. Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday at Rhines Funeral Home with burial to follow in the family plot.
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Edgewood
Frank May
Rhines Funeral Home
Wiggins Resigns as Iowa Soldiers' Orphans Home Head
E. G. Wiggins, superintendent of the Iowa Soldiers' Orphans Home in Davenport since 1946, announced his resignation on Saturday, effective August 1.
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Davenport
E. G. Wiggins
Iowa Soldiers
Camp Good Health Seeks Funds For Summer Operation
Health Camp continues from Page 1 to combat malnutrition with fresh air play and rest. Sponsored by Public Health Nursing Association, it relies on voluntary donations and family doctor referrals for admission. Less than half the budget is raised. over 4000 dollars are needed to run at full capacity this summer. Send donations to The Gazette Cedarpain Iowa to The Camp Good Health Fund.
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Camp Good Health
The
Public Health Nursing Association
Camp Good
Gazette
Cedarnapian
Iowa
Camp Good Health Fund
California's Clifford Cooper elected Jaycees president
Clif ford Cooper of Alhambra California won the 30th presidency of the U S Junior Chamber of Commerce after a roll call victory that followed two demonstrations over his nomination. Hamrick of Gaffney South Carolina was runner up with strong southern support. The convention included a veterans policy debate opposing a broad pension system for veterans.
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Colorado Springs
Jaycees
California
Clifford Cooper
Cooper
Alhambra
John M. Hamrick
Gaffney
S. C
U. S
Ala
Alabama
Hamrick
South
Iowa
Midwest
Frank Nye
Cedar Rapids
Junior Chamber
Congress
Berlin Strikers To Act Today on New Soviet Offer
Russia proposed to pay 60 percent of West sector salaries in West marks with no retribution for 15,000 striking workers. Western commanders added 15 percent more, totaling 75 percent. Union leaders planned a Sunday meeting to decide on accepting the plan as trains may roll again.
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Berlin
Russia
Britain
France
United States
Paris
Soviet Railway Administration
West Marks
CST
Hospital Group Backs Voluntary Health Plan
The American Hospital Association endorsed a substitute national voluntary health insurance bill proposed by Senators Hill O Conor Withers and Morse. Association president Joseph G Norby said the plan would provide sensibly and economically needed hospital and medical care on a voluntary basis while criticizing the administration measure as socialist and unfulfillable.
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Chicago
American Hospital Association
Truman
Association
Sens. Hill
Dala
O’conor
D-Md
Withers
D-Ky
Morse
R-Ore
Joseph G. Norby
Betty Jane Rase Weds Norman Baker in Home Ceremony
Betty Jane Rase formerly Miss Birmingham and Mrs Mickey Rooney married musician Norman Buddy Baker in a private home ceremony in North Hollywood. Rev Stewart Marsh officiated with Don Morris as best man and a 250 guest reception afterward. Both brides had previous marriages. Rase’s divorce from Rooney became final last week.
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North Hollywood
Calif
Betty Jane Rase
Birmingham
Ala
Mickey Rooney
Norman “Buddy” Baker
Stewart Marsh
Don Morris
Rooney
Mickey Jr
Tim
Mickey
Martha Vickers
Olmsted Praises World Federation Support
Des Moines insurance executive George Olmsted and president of the United World Federalists of Iowa commends 91 congressmen who introduced a world federation resolution. He calls world government the most important issue before the 81st congress and hopes hearings will be held soon by the House committee on affairs.
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Des Moines
George Olmsted
Des Moines Insurance
United World Federalists of
Iowa
Olmsted
House of Representatives For Affairs Committee
FBI files cited as malice and slander in Coplon trial
Dr. Condons disclosure asserts FBI documents shown in the Coplon trial reveal malicious gossip and false accusations that threaten the American way of life. He warns decent Americans may object to FBI methods and urges scrutiny of the bureau's information handling. He spoke with his wife on the Kent-Sotom incident.
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FBI
Condon
Coplon
Purser of Luxury Liner Vanishes Aboard President Wilson
The chief purser Harry De Grandpre, 52, of San Francisco disappeared while the President Wilson sailed from Manila to Hong Kong. The ship returned and scanned a 100 mile area but found no trace. De Grandpre was a 20 year veteran on the line and had recent health issues.
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Hong Kong
American President Steamship Lines
President Wilson
Manila
A. O. Pierson
Wilson
Harry de Grandpre
San Francisco
Pierson
de Grandpre
Line
Rotary Speaker D West to Address Cedar Rapids Club
The Rev D Kirk West long time Cedar Rapids resident fresh from 15 years in China will speak at the Rotary meeting Monday noon in the Roosevelt hotel. James Keevers Cedar Rapids Rotary secretary leaves for New York to attend the Rotary International convention June 12 to 16 as official delegate.
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Rotary
D. Kirk West
Cedar Rapids
China
Roosevelt Hotel
James F. Keevers
Halsey Urges Fixed Marine Force Size for Perpetual Corps
Retired Fleet Admiral William Bull Halsey urged Congress to fix six percent of all armed forces as the Marine Corps permanent strength. Speaking at the Washington Monument grounds during the Fourth Division reunion, he said the plan would ensure a Marine Corps of proper size without further legislation.
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Washington
William “Bull” Halsey
Congress
Isey
Washington Monument
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
Halsey
Sweden Grants Asylum To Russian Air Refugee
Sweden defied a Russian extradition request and granted asylum to Lieutenant Ilya Moutchec who fled Russia in a new model fighter plane. He received a residence permit and alien passport and is being cared for by friends after landing near Stockholm on May 17. The plane was returned to Russia following a technical examination.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Russia
Ilya Moutchec
Moutchec
Soviet Zone Professor Declares Russia Has A-Bomb
In Munich a Soviet zone German professor claimed the Soviet Union definitely possesses the atomic bomb. Victor Klemperer, Romance languages professor at Halle University, spoke to a meeting of the Bavarian Communist party cultural committee and later affirmed the remark as informal. He is a member of the Socialist Unity Party in the Soviet zone.
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Munich
Soviet Union
Dena
Victor Klemperer
Halle
Sloan Gives Million to Massachusetts Tech
Alfred P. Sloan Jr., chair of General Motors, donated one million dollars to MIT for a metals processing laboratory. Sloan, MIT class of 1895, has previously given over another million dollars to the institute.
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Sloan
Massachusetts Tech
Boston
Llp
Alfred P. Sloan Jr
General Motors Corp
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.I.T
Eastern Massachusetts Bus Strike Is Ended
A 10 day strike affecting 500000 commuters in 79 eastern Massachusetts communities ended when AFL workers voted to accept a new agreement. The contract bases pay at 1.50 dollars per hour for a 40 hour week with added holiday and vacation benefits. The lines had sought 0.10 dollar cut and drivers a 0.15 dollar increase per hour.
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Boston
Massachusetts
AFL
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Jay W. Hesser, Jr
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Funeral Directors Dial
Iowa Memorial Company
Laance Une Alten Krebs
T. B. Ixie
Morlun
Associated Press
Steve Marshlar
Brookside
Marshlar
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Wiggins
Buddy” Baker
World Federation
Lara Ee
James V. Novak & Son
2Nd St
Dr. Condon
City Briefs
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Adv
Moore
Board of Adjustment
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Dial
Charles H. Duster
Garden Drive
National Grocers Association
Custer
Hanford Post No
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Armory
Fairfax
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Tony’s
XC Club
St. Patrick’s Parish
Donald C. Spaight
Elmhurst Drive
State Board of Examiners
Prastka Jewelers
Loraine Bomkamp
Frank Bomkamp
Hinkley Avenue
Clarke College
Bomkamp
Mt. Mercy College
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C. R
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Venezuela
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Center Point Road
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New York
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