Congress approves partial OPA bill easing price controls
The House sent a conference report on an OPA bill to curb the agency’s powers while preserving meat butter cigars and gasoline price ceilings. The measure extends the war agency for a year, creates a three member de control board, transfers farm product control to Agriculture, and caps subsidies at 1 billion dollars with food subsidies ending April 1.
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House
OPA
Senate
Truman
Secretary of Agriculture
Bank Messenger Robbed of $44,000 in Poughkeepsie
Two armed bandits robbed a Merchants National Bank messenger in Poughkeepsie New York of 44000 dollars. The messenger was attacked Tuesday and the assailants escaped with the cash.
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Parley Stalls Over Trieste Deal Amid Peace Conference Hopes
Paris dispatch says key Western and Soviet ministers halted progress toward a postwar peace conference as talks on Trieste stalled. Molotov and Byrnes met privately amid debates on internationalizing Trieste and dividing Venezia Giulia, with Bevin and Byrnes pressing for action and Danube navigation rights remaining unsettled.
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W. M. Molotov
James F. Byrnes
Trieste
Adriatic
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Molotov
Georges Bidault
Venezia Giulia
Yugoslavia
Italy
Balkans
Danube
Byrnes
Bevin
Southeastern
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Twenty two plead guilty in three million dollar used car plot
In Detroit 22 of 31 defendants admitted guilt in a federal case charging a three million dollar conspiracy to buy and sell used cars above ceiling prices. Seven pled not guilty as Judge Arthur Koscinski prepared trial for the remaining defendants. Bond was set at 1000 dollars per defendant awaiting probation review.
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Arthur Koscinski
OPA
Murray
Cairo
Kentucky
Koscinski
Camp Fire Girls to Pick Up Canned Foods Wednesday
Camp Fire Girls will collect canned food across Cedar Rapids on Wednesday morning using 14 trucks to cover every street. Donors should place tins on the curb for pickup to help Linn county reach a goal of 100 000 cans shipped overseas. The drive coincides with a CBS broadcast titled Hunger Marches On hosted by March of Time.
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Linn County
CBS
WMT
Wood To Keynote GOP Convention In Linn County
Wood, a World War II veteran and vice president of the Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor, will keynote the Linn County Republican convention at the courthouse Friday at 10 a.m. Delegates will also name 101 to the state convention in Des Moines and 101 to the judicial convention. John J. Locher Jr. will keynote the Democratic event at the same hour.
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Cedar Rapids
L. Curtise Wood
Des Moines
John J. Locher, Jr
Linn County
Shrine Auditorium
Hotel Ft. Des Moines
Cooler Weather Follows Showers In City Forecast
The weather report notes Tuesday brought warm humid conditions with early morning thunderstorms yielding 1.29 inches of rain. A cooling trend begins, with Wednesday forecast for clear skies and lower temperatures after a Monday high of 88.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers-Inskeep
Price of Bottled Beer Up a Penny
Washington dispatch notes beer prices rose one cent per bottle Tuesday due to higher grain malt and labor costs. Draught beer remains unchanged, while on premise bottled sales will also see a future one cent increase.
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Washington
OPA
Food Drive chairman out as Linn County campaign nears end
The Linn county emergency food collection near its final days without chairman D. D. Offringa who is hospitalized with a leg infection. The campaign urges cash and food donations through Wednesday and Thursday at Chamber of Commerce headquarters and Memorial building depot, with house to house pickups planned Wednesday morning and volunteer needs announced.
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D. D. Ofiringa
St. Luke’s Hospital
Offringa
Chamber of Commerce
Memorial Building
First Avenue
Fire Sweeps Ferry House in Staten Island
A nine alarm fire devoured the ferry house at St. George Staten Island on Tuesday afternoon killing one woman and injuring two others. The blaze halted ferry service between Manhattan and Staten Island and spread to two nearby oil barges as fire units from Manhattan responded via Holland Tunnel and Outer Bridge, with fireboats and police emergency squads aiding the response.
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New Jersey
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Maryland Senate Incumbent Trails in Democratic Nomination
In Maryland early returns, Gov. Herbert R. OConor led Sen. George L. Ratcliffe by over 20 000 votes for the Democratic nomination to the U S Senate. With 881 of 1331 precincts reporting OConor had 79655 to 59188 for Ratcliffe. Lane led the Democratic governor race.
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INS
Herbert R. O’conor
George L. Ratcliffe
Maryland
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Radcliffe
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J. Millard Tawes
Rep
H. S Baldwin
Lane
Tawes
Baldwin
Theodore R. McKeldin
Fountain Named Guard Commander In Iowa Nebraska Division
Gov. Robert D. Blue named Ray C. Fountain a major general and commanding officer of the 34th division of the national guard. The unit will include about 8,500 Iowa troops and 4,000 Nebraska guardsmen. Fountain, 52, travels to Washington for army exam, previously held colonel rank and served in World Wars I and II including Europe campaigns.
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INS
Robert D. Blue
Ray C. Fountain
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Fountain
Iowa
Nebraska
Washington, D. C
Army Examining Board
Blue
Dwight Griswold
Algeria
French Morocco
Naples-Foggia
Tunisia
Hersherty
France
Rhine
Bus Crash Kills Seven Western International Players
A Spokane Western International league bus fell from a 3,000 foot pass edge in the Cascade mountains, killing seven players and injuring eight others. Identified dead include George Risk, Frederick Martinez, Vic Picetti, plus manager Mel Cole and players Bob Kinnaman Rog James and Bob Patterson. Cause under investigation. survivors describe passengers scattered and bus burning after the plunge.
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Spokane
Western International League Baseball Club
Cascade Mountains
George C Risk
Hillsboro
Ore
Frederick T. Martinez
San Diego
Vic Picetti
San Francisco
Gus Mhallbourg
Boston
Snoqualmie Pass Highway
Mel Cole
Wenatchee
Wash
Bob Kinnaman
Brooklyn
Rog James
Tempe
Ariz
Bob Patterson
Western International League President Plans Spokane Visit
Tacoma AP report details Robert Abel, president of the Western International League, traveling to Ellensburg to confer with Spokane officials after the Snoqualmie bus crash devastated the Spokane baseball club. Abel calls the tragedy terrible for the team and league and discusses potential player loan options only if rules permit.
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Wash
Robert Abel
Western International League
Ellensburg
Spokane
Snoqualmie
Abel
Red Stand Raises Threat Of World Atom Arms Race
Washington AP reports that Russia’s demand for a veto at UN atomic control talks could trigger a deadlock and spark a global arms race. Senators Russell and Johnson caution that continued Russian veto requirements may force an inevitable A-bomb armament race as the Baruch plan seeks broad disarmament protections.
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D-Colo
Johnson
Kesler Named to Cedar Rapids School Board Seat
Dr. Carl C. Kesler a 48 year old Penick and Ford research director was named by the Cedar Rapids school board to fill the vacancy created by the death of Board Member George Kosek. He is a chemical engineer with degrees from Southwestern Iowa State Pittsburgh and has lived at 2168 Linden Drive SE Cedar Rapids with wife and two school age children.
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Cedar Rapids
Carl C. Kesler
Penick and Ford
George Kosek
Kesler
Southwestern University
Iowa State College
University of Pittsburgh
Johnson School
Mary Alice
Carl, Jr
Linden, Drive SE
Wilson Plant in Cedar Rapids Remains Open Despite Shortage
Cedar Rapids Wilson and Company plant still operates all departments to handle the few cattle and pigs available. General Manager Harry A. Palmer says cattle are desperate with no stock in sight for midweek and only 100 head likely for the week. Hog kills Sunday and Monday totaled about 1,700 with 700 on hand Tuesday and no further stock expected. Sheep department runs near normal.
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Wilson and Company
Cedar Rapids
Harry A. Palmer
Palmer
Cedar Rapids Butchers Report Scarcity Of Fresh Meat
A Cedar Rapids survey of local butcher shops finds poultry available but no beef or pork. Butchers say the shortage has persisted for a month and worsened in the last two weeks, with some shops empty since Saturday while a few offer poultry and one mentions limited lamb.
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Cedar Rapids
Lamb Packers Brace For Subsidy Cutoff This Saturday
Producers and feeders push lamb sales before government subsidies end Saturday night. Rates vary by weight from 1 to 2.65 dollars per hundredweight, with about 325 head slaughtered Monday at Cedar Rapids and nearly 500 on hand Tuesday. The plant kept all departments running with a 36 hour weekly guarantee while laying off a limited number of workers. The federal plan to increase meat supplies in mining regions was announced in Pittsburgh by John Getsey of the agriculture department, stating fresh meat will be shipped to stores in remaining towns.
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Chester Bowles
OPA
House
Senate
Byrnes
Molotov
Ernest Bevin
Trieste
Cedar Rapids
Palmer
John Getsey
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Pittsburgh
Flying Wing Completes First Test Flight Successfully
Northrop Aircraft's Flying Wing, the world’s largest bomber, completed a 44 minute initial test flight Tuesday at Muroc Army Air Base in California, marking a successful first hop.
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Hawthorne
Calif
Northrop Aircraft Company
Mammonth
Muroc Army Air Base
Army Plans No Induction For 2 Months
Washington reports the army will halt inductions in July and August as the House passes a compromise draft extension to March. Secretary Patterson says post August draft calls will target only unmet manpower needs, with a strong volunteer recruitment drive planned. The navy also states no draftees for June through August. The bill allows 19 year olds to be inducted while exempting 18 year olds and many fathers.
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ULP
House
Senate
Patterson
Army
Rep
Thomason
Texas
Eisenhower
Navy
Iowa House approves draft extension bill
Iowa representatives split votes on Tuesday with Cunningham and Hoeven voting for the bill while Dolliver Gwynne Jensen Martin Talle LeCompte were not recorded and Dolliver’s stance remains unclear.
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Washington
Iowa
House
House OKs Armed Forces Pay Rise and Draft Extension
The House approved pay raises for all armed forces members varying from 50 percent for privates to 10 percent for top generals. A draft extension was approved after defeating a motion to refer the bill to a conference committee. The compromise allows inductions of registrants ages 19 to 44, with limits on service length and a provision for fathers to request discharge after Aug. 1. Patterson and Eisenhower urged extension to protect national security if not enough volunteers emerge.
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Senate
Rep. Short
R-Mo
Senate-House
Patterson
Thomason
War Department
L Eisenhower
American Cruiser Fargo Heads for Trieste
The 10,000 ton United States cruiser Fargo is en route to Trieste, with no reason given. The fleet move follows the arrival of two U S destroyers, seen as a demonstration of American naval strength in the Adriatic and a signal of resolve to maintain peace in the troubled area.
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Washington
United States
Fargd
Trieste
Adriatic
Bikini Area Declared Off Limits To Foreign Planes
Vice Adm. Blandy, commander of Operations Crossroads, announced aboard the USS Mt. McKinley that the Bikini Atoll zone is out of bounds for all foreign ships and aircraft. He warned that unauthorized craft would be met with force if necessary. He cautioned that any unauthorized flight would be met with a strong response.
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Bikini
W. H. P. Blandy
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