Aid fund clash ends in conference on foreign aid bill
Washington AP reports the House rejected the Senate's $6.125 billion foreign aid package and sent the bill to a House-Senate conference. The Senate approved the 12 month ERP spending, restoring the 12 month period amid warnings of possible further cuts. Six Republicans and three Democrats opposed final passage.
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Washington
House
Senate
Capehart
Ind
Jenner
Kem
Langer
N.D
Hawkes
N.J
Malone
Nev
Johnston
S.C
O’ Daniel
Texas
Taylor
Idaho
Chamber
Congress
Europe
Appropriations Committee
Economic Cooperation Administration
State Department
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
Parole System Overhaul Urged
The House expenditures committee urged revoking parole for four former Chicago gangsters Louis Campagna Charles Gice Philip D Andrea and Paul Delucia known as Paul Ricca and overhauling the federal parole system. The report calls parole improvidently granted and recommends returning the quartet to prison for failing to list prior arrests.
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Washington
INS
House Expenditures Committee
Chicago
Louis Campagna
Charles Gice
Philip D'Andrea
Paul Delucia
Paul Ricca
Downtown Streets Closed for Re-surfacing Work
Traffic official reports two main downtown avenues closed for re-surfacing on Wednesday. Second Avenue SE shut from Eighth to Fourth streets, First Avenue E closed at Fifth with crews to Tenth. Only Third, A, and Fifth avenues remain open for east west traffic. all downtown bus stops sit on Third Avenue.
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First
Second Avenues
Third Avenue
A Avenue
Fifth ‘Avenue
L. W. ‘Remington
Second Avenue
Eighth Street
Fourth Street
First Avenue E
Fifth Street
Tenth Street
Two Killed in Collision East of Iowa City
A head on crash near a bridge three miles east of Iowa City on highway 6 killed a man and a woman and injured two others. The victims were from Muscatine, the dead being Dr. George D. Callahan identified as coroner and Mrs. Vernon Willis. The truck driver Arlo Barnes and passenger Virgil Broders survived. Two cattle died in the stock trailer and the rest were turned into a field.
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Iowa City
Here
George D. Callahan
Johnson County
Vernon Willis
Muscatine
Callahan
Bob Crose
Arlo Barnes
Malcom
Virgil Broders
Grinnell
Dewey and Warren Hold Late Night Conference
New York Governor Dewey and California Governor Warren met at a New Castle hotel in a half hour midnight conference and declined to reveal their discussion. They said they agreed on world affairs and attended the national governors conference while Oregon Legion chief O Neill criticized a campaign ad and avoided endorsements.
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New Castle
N. H
Dewey
New York
Warren
California
James F. O'Neil
American Legion
Oregon
O'Neil
New York State
Legion
Weather Forecast Calls For More Showers In Iowa
Light and scattered showers were reported across Iowa with an extended forecast of showers tonight and Friday and Saturday. Cooler temperatures persist with a state high of 82 degrees at Council Bluffs and a low of 51 at Marshalltown. Cedar Rapids recorded 76 at 2:30 pm, 72 high, and 59 low.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Mason City
Lamont
Keokuk
Charles City
Iowa City
Spencer
Decorah
Fort Dodge
Dubuque
Burlington
Council Bluffs
Marshalltown
Chambers
Rockford Man Sentenced to 199 Years for Murder
Glenn Marsh, 27, was given 199 years in prison by Circuit Judge William Carroll for the murder of Grant Muhrlein, father of Marsh’s partner’s neighbor. He previously was acquitted of killing Mrs. Anderson’s husband. Muhrlein and Anderson were killed when Marsh seized Mrs. Anderson and forced her to drive away on November 27.
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Rockford
Glenn Marsh
William Carroll
Grant Muhrlein
Vernon Anderson
Marsh
House Votes Shift of Job Dept From Labor to NSA
The House passed over President Truman's veto a $975,914,700 appropriation shifting the U S employment service from the labor department to the Federal Security Agency for the fiscal year starting July 1. The vote was 288 to 113.
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Washington
House
Truman
U. S Employment Service
Labor Department
Federal Security Agency
Social Security Agency
U. S. Public Health Service
Department of Labor
Congress
U. S. Conciliation Service
Department
Labor) Department
United States Employment Service
Fire Hits American Building in Heidelberg After Student Demonstrations
A fire tore through an American-occupied Heidelberg building two hours after Heidelberg University students protested for more food and better facilities. German casualties were reported with two dead and several injured. no American casualties were confirmed. The blaze started on the third floor in a German acting troupe space under American supervision, sparking arson theories as it rapidly engulfed the structure. The building had been demanded by students to be turned over for living quarters.
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Heidelberg
Heidelberg University
United States
Hoover Plans West Branch Birthday Celebration
Herbert Hoover the only living former president will attend his birthplace birthday observance in West Branch on August 10 1948. William B Anderson president of the Herbert Hoover Birthplace Society announced plans for an all day event with a noon picnic and a 2 pm address. Hoover accepted the invitation saying he looks forward to visiting old friends and returning to the place of his birth.
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West Branch
Herbert Hoover
United States
William B Anderson
Herbert Hoover Birthplace Society
Anderson
Hoover
Mr. Hoover
A. M. Leech
L. C. Rummells
Leech
Rummells
William Peterson
Iowa City
State Historical Society of Iowa
Byron S. Hollinshead
Coe
Call 2-1121 To Give Choice as G O P Candidate
Cedar Rapids participates in a nationwide poll on the Republican presidential candidate ahead of the coming convention. The program Opinion Aire on Mutual and KCRG KCRK invites listeners to call 2 1121 to share preferences. Cities report trend results after 15 minutes. National results to follow later.
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Cedar Rapids
United States
Mutual
Kcrg-Kcrk
KCRG
KCRK
Wilson and Co Official In Chicago Ends Life
John T. Turner aged 68 longtime head of the smoked meat department at Wilson and Company died by suicide at his Chicago home Wednesday after several months illness. Police say he had been discharged from hospital a few days earlier.
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Chicago
Llp
John T. Turner
Wilson and Company
Food Price Index At Five Month Peak
Dun and Bradstreet reports the wholesale food price index rose to 7.18 in the week ending Tuesday the highest since January 20 and only 1.4 percent below the all time high of 7.28 set on January 13. The index reflects the total price per pound of 31 common foods.
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New York
Dun and Bradstreet
$100,000 Price Tag On Gen Meyers Estate
The Long Island estate of Bennett E. Meyers, former major general and jailed, is up for sale for $100,000. His wife, the former actress, says she will remain there until it sells, as Meyers serves a jail term for inducing perjury before a congressional war contracts probe.
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Huntington
N. Y
Long Island
Bennett E. Meyers
Air Forces
Meyers
Kinship Found After Two Years Revealed by Chat
Washington AP reports Maggie McGriff and Bessie White, both from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, discovered they share the Adams maiden name and are sisters after renting a room two years earlier. The women had not seen each other since 1924.
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Washington
Maggie McGriff
Bessie White
Winston-Salem
N. C
Adams
Hancher To Give Freedom Train Welcome Address
President Virgil Hancher of the University of Iowa will speak at the Freedom Train welcome ceremonies in Cedar Rapids. The program starts 9 am at Greene Square with a ribbon cutting and bands, then the train opens to the public at 10 am for tours lasting 12 hours. Crowds from surrounding towns and at least 15 busloads of children will view the historic documents housed by major archives and private collections.
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Cedar Rapids News
Virgil Hancher
University of Iowa
Hancher
Greene Square
Byron S&s. Hollinshead
The
Dwight Krumholtz
Frank K. Hahn
Springville
Cedar Rapids
Guttenberg
Mt. Vernon
Vinton
Joseph Frederick
Union
Camp Good Health Camp Nears Opening With One Cook Missing
Camp Good Health prepares to open next Monday with staff complete except for a cook. A. T. Pleune invites applicants, while three carpenters finish repairs. Open house Sunday 3 to 5 p.m. Ninety five children will arrive Monday under Cedar Rapids physicians. The camp is run by Public Health Nursing Association and funded by Gazette readers. Total donations $2,742.08. goal $4,253.60.
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St. James Methodist Church
A. T. Pleune
Cedar Rapids
Jerald Greenblatt
Walter Block
Betty Low
Stanek Wrecking Service
LaPlant-Choate
St. James
Public Health Nursing Association For
Gazette
Camp Good Health Fund
United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers of America
Carpenters and Joiners of America
A. E. Durin
Plasterers
Anna S. Hardy
J. M
North Western Railroad
European Strike Wave Paralyzes Factories and Ports
About 300 000 workers across Europe joined protests on Wednesday with 250 000 Belgian iron and steel workers pressing for a 5 percent raise and a 35 cent hourly minimum. Clashes occurred at Bergougnan rubber plant in Clermont Ferrand as police ousted sitdown strikers. London dockers halted half the port's activity over overtime pay disputes while Britain faced broader union demands over job dismissals and steward rights.
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Clermont Ferrand
France
Bergougnan
United Press
Belgium
Clermont-Ferrand
London
Ministry of Food
Britain
Amalgamated Engineering Union
Texas Georgia farm chiefs indicted in lobby law case
A federal grand jury indicted Texas agriculture commissioner J. E. McDonald Georgia agriculture commissioner Tom Linder and associates and two farm groups for conspiring to lobby for higher commodity prices without registering as lobbyists The targets allegedly held personal financial interests tied to commodity accounts and profits if prices rose or fell.
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Washington
Agricultural Commissioners of
Texas
Georgia
Clark
Congress
J. E. McDonald
Tom Linder
Ralph W. Moore
Granger
National Farm Committee
Robert M. Harriss
Harriss and Vose
New York
Linder
Farm Commissioners’ Council
Justice Department
Linder and McDonald
Grand Jury
Moore
Congressional
McDonald
Plane Carries 21 Czechs to England
Britain’s air ministry reported the surprise arrival of 21 Czechoslovak refugees at an RAF airdrome in London. The group included two women two boys five crew members and 12 men of military age. An RAF official said they had little luggage and were glad to reach the country with English connections.
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London
INS
Britain
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
RAF
Daily Record Index Highlights Thrills and Notices
A concise page overview lists sections from Deaths to Want Ads and Sports with reference to courthouse notices and editorial features. It outlines Marion and state items, along with entertainment and community sections, guiding readers to page numbers for each category.
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Marion
Sccvceceesanes
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