Choice Of Two Roads Faced Today By Hick Blakemore
In a Cedar Rapids interview Senator Hick Blakemore argues the world stands farther from real peace than since Poland’s invasion. He warns of two paths: a generally peaceful world or a total war, aided by atomic and biological threats, urging America to lead a decisive peace effort.
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John Reynolds
Hitler
Poland
Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper
Idwa
America
Hick
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Fiber Board Blamed for Hotel Canfield Fire Spread
Des Moines AP reports state fire marshal John Strohm says rapid fire spread at the Hotel Canfield in Dubuque Iowa last Sunday morning was caused by fiberboard on walls and ceilings. Nineteen died. cause initially blamed on cigarette stubs tossed into a cardboard container in the Red Lounge storage area.
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DES Moines
John Strohm
Canfield
Dubuque
Strohm
A. A. Lubberden
Zack Cook
H. J. Corcoran
Iowa Insurance Service Bureau
Corcoran
Lubberden
Red
Parachutist Saves Plane In Midair At Adrian Air Show
A 25 year old parachutist Warren Berg of Detroit collided with a Piper Cub piloted by Sterling Mead. Berg clung to the tail and opened his emergency chute, slowing the plunge and guiding the plane to a safe landing. Berg suffered a broken ankle and head bruises.
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Adrian
Mich
Michigan
Warren Berg
Detroit
Sterling V. Mead
Berg
U S Sends Third Bid to Russians to Discuss Loan
The United States drafted a third note to Moscow inviting talks on a billions dollar loan in mid July. Secretary Byrnes approved the message before leaving for Paris. If not sent, it will go out in days. The note outlines topics for discussion alongside loan negotiations, including eastern European economic conditions.
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Washington
United States
Moscow
State Byrnes
Paris
Europe
Food Drive Opens Tomorrow in Cedar Rapids To Aid UNRRA
The Linn county food collection campaign aims for 5000000000 starving people and 50000 cash, with 100000 cans of food. Receptacles in all county grocery stores collect milk meat and fish. A can-food admission cartoon movie at State theater runs 9:30 to 10 a.m. for under 16. volunteers and police assist.
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Linn County
UNRRA
United States
China
Shanghai
America
Cedar Rapids News
State Theater
Tri-States
Boy Scouts
Latin American highway engineers hosted in Cedar Rapids
Nineteen Latin American highway engineers on a year long U S training tour in road building study are hosted in Cedar Rapids. Roy Choate and Howard Hall host a noon lakeside visit followed by a swimming party and luncheon. The group from 16 South and Central American countries toured Washington D C and Iowa Manufacturing and LaPlant Choate companies and Link Belt Speeder sponsored events.
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Middle West
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Roy Choate
Howard Hall
United States
Washington, D. C
Iowa Manufacturing Company
LaPlant- Choate Company, Inc
iLink-Belt Speeder Corporation
Proving Grounds
Roosevelt Hotel
Montrose Hotel
First Group of Children Go to Camp Tomorrow
Camp Good Health Fund records show a total expense of 3,223.43 with multiple donors and groups listed including Cedar Rapids organizations and charities such as Knights of Columbus Cedar Rapids Council 909, American Gold Star Mothers, and Zion church affiliates. The preliminary funding acknowledgment notes 2,526.43 previously received and outlines contributions from various clubs, lodges, and circles across Cedar Rapids and nearby communities.
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Camp Good Health Fund
Cedar Rapids Lodge
B.P.O. Ellis
Harper
Fred
Daughters of Isabella
Circle
Z.C.B.J
Glendale
Calif
Merry Martha Society
Phoebe
Lamb Missionary Circle
Bethany Congregational Church
Knights of Columbus
Cedar Rapids Council
American Gold Star Mothers, Inc
Foresters of America
Court Cedar
Opti Mrs. Club
ALFY
Ccccc
Cece Une Round Table Girls
Yowa
Electric Light and Central Committee
Jeanne
Lisa
Sally Cedar
Rapids Lodge
ALSN
Eace Morcombe
Anon
Vernon
Adz Boardman
Manchester
Is.s
Town Assn
Phi Rho Society
Marion Nature and Garden Club
Marion
Luther
Feedoenses
Camp Good Health staff bid farewell to quiet Sunday
Members of the Camp Good Health staff describe a last quiet Sunday of early summer with notes of rest before continuing on Page 5 Col.5.
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Cedar Rapids
Camp Good Health
Big Four talk pact includes Austria peace terms
In Paris the Big Four foreign ministers agreed on a four point agenda including Austria and a postwar peace treaty. Molotov withdrew opposition to Austria discussion and backed Italy as civil unrest looms. The ministers noted bloodshed in Naples and Taranto amid referendum tensions. An interior ministry report uncovered a 40 ton cache of arms at a Bordeaux area chateau.
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Paris
Austria
James F. Byrnes
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Italy
Byrnes
Germany
Naples
Taranto
Ministry of the Interior
France
Bordeaux
Jap Widow Becomes Tokyo Black Market Boss After Husband's Death
Yoshiko Matsuda, 30, a widow in western attire, assumes leadership of Tokyo's black market after her husband Giichi Matsuda is killed. The 5,000-strong network pledges loyalty, paying a daily 1,500 yen for protection and services as she pledges to move toward legitimacy.
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Jap Widow
Morrie Landsberg
Tokyo
Yoshiko Matsuda
Underworld
Giichi Matsuda
Matsuda
Shimbashi Railway Station
Rose guilty in war secrets case in Montreal
Montreal jury convicts Fred Rose a Communist MP of conspiring to pass war secrets to Russian agents. The verdict comes after a high profile trial that highlighted espionage tensions during wartime.
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Rose
Montreal
Quebec
Fred Rose
Woman Kills Young Wife Passing House in Seymour
Pretty Jewel Zimmerman 22, mother of two, was shot three times by neighbor Opal Seyferth as she walked to a grocery. Seyferth held without bond after first degree murder charges. Witness Roy Elkins and family details noted. grand jury to review case.
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Seymour
Ind
Jewel Zimmerman
Jerrell
Senator Bankhead's Successor Named in Alabama
Gov Chauncey Sparks appointed State Highway Director George R Robin Swift to the senate seat left by the death of Senator Bankhead Reps John Sparkman and Frank W Boykin announced candidacies in a special Democratic primary likely in August.
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Montgomery
Ala
Chauncey Sparks
George R
Robin” Swift
Senate
Sen. Bankhead
D-Ala
John Sparkman
Frank W. Boykin
Clubwoman Fatally Shot In Blazing Bucks County Home
Peggy Shetland a 48 year old club woman was found slain in her blazing Langhorne home. Bucks County Detective Chief Anthony Russo identified her husband Walter A Shetland Essex Rubber Company executive of Trenton as her spouse. A teenage youth was arrested hours later and held without charge in connection with the crime.
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Langhorne
Peggy Shetland
Anthony Russo
Bucks County
Walter A.shetland
Essex Rubber Company
Trenton
Russo
Truman Proposes 12 Point Plan For Unified Defense
President Truman sends to Congress a 12 point program aimed at unifying the armed services. Key ideas include a single national defense department, parity for the air force, a council of national defense, and a national security resources board. Navy objections lead to dropping a single chief of staff, with Patterson and Forrestal reporting progress toward unification.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Army
Navy
Senate
House Military and Naval Committee
Department of National Defense
Council of National Defense
National Security Resources Board
Patterson
Forrestal
Senate Military Affairs Committee
White House
Forresetal
Council of Common Defense
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Central Intelligence Agency
Department ‘of National Defense
Air
Air Force
Naval Air Arm
Butter and Cheddar Cheese Price Increases Planned
An OPA official said price hikes take effect Monday with butter up 11 cents per pound and cheddar cheese up six cents per pound. The changes were authorized May 29 by Stabilization Director Chester Bowles and include milk at an extra one cent per quart.
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Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
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Hickenlooper
Whirlwind
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Pearson
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Carl Kane
Montrose
Crystal Ballroom
George Becker
Santiago
Chile
Jorge Ricardo Sierralta
Miguel Salem
Ecuador
Richard N. Turner
LaPlant
Big 4
Malcolm Rout
George Zimmerman
Walter Zimmerman
Marine Corps
Naval Service
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