Congressional Air Plans Peril Unity Aims of President
Washington AP reports congressional plans split big air arms delaying Truman’s unity goal. Army air budget cited at 369 million dollars versus 385 million for navy air, with officials noting no consolidation. Critics say the Navy gains funding to avoid relegation, undermining a separate air force proposal.
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Congressional Air Plans
Peril
Washington
Army
Navy
Truman
House Appropriations Committee
W. Stuart Symington
Air
Army Air Force
Iowa and Minnesota Weather and Police Briefs
Daily weather notes list highs and lows for major cities including Miami Chicago New York Sioux City and more with precipitation figures. Iowa Agricultural Forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions Thursday and cooler air then rising temperatures Friday and Saturday. Police brief outlines theft reports fines and notices across several residents and businesses with specific names and addresses and court actions, including drunkenness and disturbing the peace charges and parking offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Camp Good Health Fund Seeks Donations for Cedar Rapids Camp
Good Health Camp operated by Public Health Nursing Association aids physically handicapped children aged 6 to 12 from low income Cedar Rapids homes. Six week season budget requires 831.48 more after donations. aim is to keep 60 children at camp. Send contributions to The Gazette Camp Good Health Fund Cedar Rapids Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Good Health
The
Public Health Nursing Association
Cedar Rapids
Camp Good Health Fund
Care of the Gazette
Husband Signs Drastic Pact Returns to Wife in Chicago
Joseph Barrile, 41, agrees to a strict set of terms after returning to his wife Anna 37. He will not see another woman, stop gambling, turn his pay to his wife, be taken out twice weekly, face potential jail for provocation, attend church weekly, stay with family, and risk eviction if consented by his wife. The agreement, drawn by her attorney and approved by a court, also dismisses her separate maintenance suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
Joseph Barrile
Anna
Joseph
Toto
Diane
Joan
Michael Feinberg
Budget Director Smith resigns for World Bank post
President Truman announced the resignation of Budget Director Harold D. Smith who will join the International Bank as an official. Smith leaves the Washington post to take up duties abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World Bank Post
Washington
Truman
Harold D. Smith
The
International Bank
Writing Gives Degnan Clue
Chicago police chief says hidden imprints on the ransom note for Suzanne Degnan provide a clue. The note is believed to have been written on a pad used near a telephone. about 40 names and number sequences were deciphered, narrowing suspects but no complete name identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Walter Storms
Suzanne Degnan
Storms
Frank San Hamel
Bloodhounds Aid Search for Missing Child in Wapello
Bloodhounds joined scores of volunteers in a search for 2 year old Ann Herrick missing since noon in Wapello Iowa. Residents were summoned after a fire siren sounded Tuesday night as emergency crews dragged the Iowa river area near a trailer home occupied by William Herrick his British wife and their child. The Herricks moved to Wapello last February from elsewhere where Herrick served as an army mechanic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Ann Herrick
William Herrick
Iowa River
Muscatine
U.S. Stands by Argentine Policy Despite envoy plea
The United States rejected calls to modify its policy toward Argentina after an hour and a half meeting at the State Department. Gen. Carlos von der Becke, envoy from the Peron government, urged changes, while Acting Secretary Dean Acheson and Assistant Secretary Spruille Braden listened alongside Argentine embassy representatives.
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Washington
INS
United States
Argentina
Carlos von der Becke
Peron
von der Becke
Dean Acheson
State Department
Spruille Braden
Army War Powers Expand to Build Atomic Weapons
The House Military Committee voted to empower the army to manufacture or acquire atomic weapons under specific conditions. The draft would direct the President to seek Atomic Energy Commission cooperation to allow military use of fissionable material driven devices, a power not present in the Senate bill. Critics fear the commission might refuse army production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Military Committee
Senate
Atomic Energy Commission
House Committee
Hoover Returns from Latin American Tour
Former President Hoover returned Wednesday from a 15,000 mile, nine nation food survey of Latin America. He plans to report to President Truman later in the week who commissioned the tour.
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Washington
Hoover
Latin America
Truman
Corning Mother and Two Young Children Named
Corning Iowa report identifies mother Mrs. Geraldine Sleep with her two young children Richard aged 3 and Iona Marine aged 2.
Illinois Cop and Two Auto Thieves Slain in Battle
State policeman Marvin Archer, 31, was killed during a gun battle at a state road intersection with two suspects. A Negro identified as Duncan Smith, Chicago, also died. The white man escaped, stole cars, and was later trapped and killed near Gifford as police closed in. Archer left a wife and three-year-old daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paxton
Jill
Marvin Archer
Army
Duncan Smith
Chicago
Vernon V. Harper
Gibson City
Ill
Archer
Indiana
Illinois
Gifford
British Cut Off Tel Aviv Amid Curfew
British tanks planes and infantry sealed Tel Aviv from the world as five kidnapped British officers hung in the balance. Soldiers conducted house to house searches behind sandbag barriers opposite the slum quarter while barricades closed streets. Mayor Israel Rokah warned the officers would not be returned while the curfew held. Tel Aviv, a 200000 coastal city, suffered a total curfew and rising unrest across Palestine.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Israel Rokah
Palestine
Householder Injured in Fall as Ladder Slips
C Bob White aged 61 of 1724 Second Avenue SE fell from a roof in the 800 block of Fifth Avenue SE when a ladder slipped. He may have fractured two vertebrae. attendants at St Luke's Hospital described his condition as fairly good after an ambulance transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Bob White
Second Avenue SE
Fifth Avenue SE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Deaths Aquilla J Lindsay 67 Cedar Rapids Brick Mason
Aquilla Jarvis Lindsay 67 of 253 Thirty fourth Street Drive SE died at 6 p m Tuesday after a long illness. He was a brick mason who worked for Cedar Rapids contractors before retirement. Born December 25 1878 in Daytonville Iowa he lived in Cedar Rapids 19 years. He married Ida Brurok September 8 1928 in Hettinger North Carolina. Surviving are his wife two sons Bert of Cedar Rapids and San Jose California and others including four daughters and 17 grandchildren. The body was taken to Moon chapel for calling hours.
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Aquilla Jarvis Lindsay
Thirty-fourth Street
Cedar Rapids
Daytonville
Ida Brurok
Hettinger
N.C
Obituary for Otto P. Rigg Service Details
Otto P. Rigg of 801 0 Avenue NW died Monday. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Veterans of Foreign Wars club led by Rev. Rodney C. Gould. Burial at Cedar Memorial Park with Crescent Lodge No. 25 A F and A M assisting. VFW to perform military rites at the grave. Body lies in state at Teahen chapel Wednesday evening and at the VFW club after 11 a.m. Thursday. Master Masons to meet 1:30 p.m. at Masonic hall for the service.
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Otto P. Rigg
Avenue NW
Veterans of Foreign Wars Club
Rodney C. Gould
Cedar Memorial Park
Crescent Lodge
A. F
A. M
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Teahen Chapel
Veterans Club
Masonic Hall
Funeral services for Mrs. Frank G. Wagner set at Spillville
Mrs. Frank G. Wagner dies at her daughter’s home J A Lynott 834 Second Street NW. Services will be held at St Wenceslaus church Spillville at 10 a m Friday with Rev Joseph Badura. Burial follows in St Wenceslaus cemetery. Rosary by Rt Rev Msgr Wenceslaus Hradecky at 7 p.m Wednesday at Polanský chapel with calling hours Wednesday evening.
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Frank G. Wagner
J. A. Lynott
Second Street NW
St. Wenceslaus Church
Spillville
Joseph Badura
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery
Msgr
Wenceslaus Hradecky
Polansky Chapel
Widow Named Sheriff To Succeed Slain Mate
Cambridge dispatch reports Lelia Pierce was named sheriff of Henry County, succeeding her slain husband. The appointment comes after the death in the line of duty, with Pierce taking office amid ongoing investigations and community reaction.
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Cambridge
Lelia Pierce
Henry County
Kyron L
British Officer and sergeant linked to $28 million Japanese cache theft
London Daily Mail reports Batavia arrests of a British officer and a sergeant over the theft of a treasure valued at $28 million hidden by Japanese authorities in a Batavia pawnshop. Capt. Nakamura allegedly buried $4 million in a garden and surrendered the rest to a colonel, with Eurasian companion Carla Wolff aiding authorities.
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London
Batavia
London Daily Mail
Nakamura
Tan
Carla Wolff
Mail
Buses in Loop face opposition over route change and shelter
Merchants oppose new bus plan arguing it would disrupt downtown traffic and hurt premium rents at key loop locations. Spokesmen urge three adjustments to reduce delays: end-of-zone pull ups, no passing in downtown, and limit idle waiting. Matias notes stores rely on current routes for traffic and protection during bad weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Avenue
Matias
Industrial Milk Ceilings Applied by DES
The Iowa OPA announced ceilings on milk purchases by dairy makers and industrial users for the first time. Ceilings of 40 cents above the November 1945 average paid to producers, plus a low of 3 dollars and a high of 3.20 per hundredweight, and additional charges per butterfat basis were set. Amendments let retailers refigure butter and cheddar cheese prices with the next purchase after June 17 and every Thursday thereafter to reflect higher costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CFA
Whittington
Clinton
Dubuque
Sioux City
Davenport
Department of Agriculture
Milk Marketing Administration
Bidault Named French President Premier by Assembly
Paris reports George Bidault, foreign minister and leader of the Popular Republican party, named president premier of France by the constituent assembly. He won 384 votes to form a new government, with Communists abstaining. Support arose as Socialists and other left groups joined the Popular Republicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
George Bidault
Popular Republican Party
France
Constituent Assembly
Bidault
Felix Gouin
Left Republican Union
Democratic Socialist Group
Popular Republicans
Soviet Denies Reports of Reich Troop Concentration
Moscow radio denied on Tuesday night reports that Russian troops were concentrating in southeastern Germany. The Soviet denial was broadcast from Moscow.
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Reich
Russia
London
Moscow Radio
Germany
Britain Promises Full Help for U S Atom Plan
Britain pledges fullest cooperation to shape a plan to outlaw atomic weapons and punish violations. Sir Alexander Cadogan of the U N atomic energy commission welcomes the U S plan and urges confidence and staged international control through the International Atomic Development Authority. Canada also backs the U S approach and its core principles.
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New York
Great Britain
United States
Alexander Cadogan
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Cadogan
International Atomic Development Authority
Andrew G. L. McNaughton
Canada
Pan American Clipper Makes Emergency Landing in Conn
A Pan American four engine Clipper made an emergency landing on a field near Willimantic Connecticut at 4 10 p m after reporting engine trouble en route from LaGuardia to transatlantic destinations. Forty two passengers including Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh were reportedly uninjured as they were transported by bus to Hartford. One engine reportedly fell off over Plainfield and observers said part of a wing was on fire during the landing.
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New York
Willimantic
Conn
LaGuardia Field
Laurence Olivier
Vivien Leigh Eee
Pan-American
Windham Field
Hartford
Olivier
London
Old Vic” Repertoire Company
Leo Carroll
Connecticut State Police
Plainfield
Businessman seeks order over undelivered directories
R J Cosgrove of Des Moines asked Polk county district court to compel Cedar Rapids Tribune Publishing to send 4000 directories or return his 946.28 down payment. He says they never delivered and a Linn county judgment for 544.07 was obtained in 1943. He notes a May 3 execution and bank levy by the Polk County Sheriff and asks to bar further collection of the balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Cosgrove
Des Moines
Polk County District Court
Cedar Rapids Tribune Publishing Company
Cosgrove
Linn County
Associated Press Dispatch
Polk County
Vane Beepe
Overturff
Courthouse Glenn Ilgenfritz Fined for Drunk Driving
Glenn Ilgenfritz, 37, of 1000 Twelfth Avenue SE, was fined 300 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to drunken driving. He was arrested around 8 05 p.m. Tuesday following a collision on Fifth Street SE involving Floyd Greenlee and a parked car. Police reported Ilgenfritz swerved into Greenlee’s northbound car, then struck the parked vehicle owned by C A Broadstone. Ilgenfritz previously paid 100 dollars and costs for reckless driving last December.
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Glenn Ilgenfritz
Twelfth Avenue
Floyd Philbrick Ie
Jenet
Glenn Walters
John Kuba
Floyd Greenlee
Sixteenth Street
Fifth Street
Fourth and
Fifth Avenues
Sigenfritz
Greenlee Machine
C. A. Broadstone
Second Avenue SE
Ilgenfritz
Wills Listed for Probate of Derr Darlington and Saxon
Wills of Mrs. John L. Derr Mrs. D ton Darling ton and Warren T. Saxon admitted to probate executors named Grace B Saxon Mrs Harry E Myers and Margaret Good rich Dorothy Fee designated heirs and beneficiaries with estates and furniture and jewelry allocations noted no bond required and dates of death given Cedar Rapids and Alburnett referenced Still readable probate notices indicate heirs and executors with divisions among heirs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Derr
D. B. Darlington
Warren T. Saxon
Grace B. Saxon
Elmhurst Drive
Saxon
Cedar Rapids
Harry E. Myers
Halverson Pleads Not Guilty of Rifling Cars
Harry Halverson, 61, of 210 Fifth Street NE, pled innocent in district court to a larceny charge. He is held on a 2500 dollar bond after allegedly stealing items from two cars on Fifth Street near First Avenue E, with the items recovered by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Halverson
Fifth Street
Halverson
First Avenue E
Tubbs Transport Sues Logan Firm Over 1945 Account
J. W. Tubbs of Tubbs Transport Service filed suit against D. R. Mertz of Logan Iowa seeking $348.63 for gas oil and service rendered from May 1 1945 to September 21 1945. Mertz operates a truck service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Tubbs
Fifteenth Avenue SW
Tubbs Transport Service
D. R. Mertz
Logan
Tubbs
Mertz
Judge Throws Out Libel Suit of Miss Kellems
Federal Judge Louis E. Goodman in San Francisco dismissed the $1.5 million libel suit by Miss Vivien Kellems of Bridgeport Connecticut against the CIO Labor Herald. The case, tried without a jury, found the paper’s coverage of her anti tax stance and alleged ties with a German syndicate in Argentina to be permissible commentary savoring of treason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Vivien Kellems
Bridgeport
Community Chest draws emergency funds to shore up budgets
The Roosevelt Hotel meeting of the public welfare bureau approved tapping the emergency reserve to cover a 1946 Community Chest shortfall of about 30 000 dollars, with 20 000 of that for capital improvements removed from the budget. A 10 000 dollar reserve transfer seats agencies through December 31 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Chest
Emergency Reserve Fund
Public Welfare Bureau
Roosevelt Hotel
United War Fund
Chamber of Commerce
National Community Chests and Councils, Inc
William Barron
Founder of Shaeffer Pen Company Dies at 79
W. A. Shaeffer, founder of the Shaeffer Pen company, died at his Fort Madison home at 79. Born July 27, 1867 in Bloomfield, he moved to Fort Madison in 1906 and started the jewelry shop before founding the pen firm in 1912 with seven employees. The company now employs about 2,500 and he remained active in leadership until near his death. his son C. R. Shaeffer is president.
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Fort Madison
W. A. Shaeffer
Shaeffer
Bloomfield
Pen Company
C. R. Shaeffer
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Bismarck
Miami
St.P’l
Ios Desis A
Douglas R. Slife
Elizabeth Jean Slife
F. B. Jones
Sven A. Hertel
First Avenue SE
Kenneth Lindsay, Jr
Marjorie van Winkle
Buell Tyler
Agnes Jensen
Donald Cooke Austin
Betty Elaine Robertson
Norman Shears
Mary Co. French
Carl Floyd Hettinger
Lenox
Edris Gertrude Johnson
Robert Stanfield
Kimball, Neb
Mary T. Sova
Rice’s Landing
William Thomas Spencer
Oakland
Calif
Evelyn Matus
St. Luke’s
W. E. Stern
Nineteenth Avenue
Creighton Hardenbrook
Thirty-fifth Street
Mercy
Harold Franks
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Enoch Allen
H Street
Carrol Holliday
Third Avenue
Minneapolis
Edward Horak
Horak
Fred Anderson
Lillian Horak
C Avenue NE
Charles I. Cruise
Roger Robertson
E Avenue NW
Charles E. King
Thirty-third Street
Acme Oil Burner Company
Lowell W. Andress
Crescent Street
L. C. Stoakes
Anamosa
R. W. McGillicuddy
Fourth Street
George Claassen
Woodland Drive
James McAndrews
First Avenue
Fred Kness
Blakely
Edward L. Coler
Linn Boulevard
D. L. Gillam
U. S. Army
Kouschol
Johann Klapper
MacDill
Tampa
Fla
Degnan
U.S
Householder
A. J. Lindsay
Rigg Services
John B.turner & Son
S.E
Britain
D.M
Tribune
KoolAid
Florist
Darlington
Derr
Woids
Miss Kellems
Shaeffer Pen Company
Sau
Nee Ykeley Blades
Consolidated Rator Blade CO
Optometrist
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