Air Safety Board Proposes Runway Weight Limits
President Truman's air safety panel issued ten tentative recommendations to curb future disasters. It urged closing runways under 4000 feet to four engine planes and setting uniform load limits per active runway. The interim report focuses on the LaGuardia DC-4 crash that killed 43, with hearings planned to decide immediate actions.
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Washington
Truman
Special Air Safety Board
Mr. Truman
New York
Maryland
Virginia
U.S
United Air Lines
LaGuardia Field
N. Y
Bainbridge
Leesburg, Va
Pennsylvania Central Airlines
Blue Ridge Mountains
James M. Landis
Civil Aeronautics Board
J. C. Hunsaker
Milton W. Arnold
Howard B. Cox
T. P. Wright
LaGuardia
Winds Darken Cedar Rapids In Severe Storm
A weekend wind and rainstorm knocked out power and blocked streets in Cedar Rapids. Wires and trees fell, flooding occurred, and police reported several minor accidents. Emergency water supply was prepared at the purification plant. Patrolman Us Her was injured but returned to duty.
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Ineer T. A. Norberg
Greene Avenue
Sixteenth
Sevnteents Streets
Paris
Third Avenue
Tenth Street
Enth Street
Keith Us
Chandler Guilty Of Treason Count
Douglas Chandler, 58, former Baltimore newsperson, was convicted by a federal jury of treason for Nazi propaganda during World War II. The 12 jurors found him guilty on all 10 overt acts after a 52 hour deliberation over two weeks. The case was continued for sentencing. defense plans appeals.
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Boston
Douglas Chandler
Baltimore
Francis J. W. Ford
Chandler
Ford
James S. Allen
Chinac
Patricia
Bombs Could Erase All World's Big Cities says Hutchins
University of Chicago Chancellor Robert M. Hutchins warns in Common Cause that the U S stockpile of new bombs is large enough to destroy a very large city. He argues Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs are obsolete and calls for a world parliament and disarmament to achieve lasting peace.
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Chicago
Robert M. Hutchins
University of Chicago
U.S
Hutchins
American Science and Technology
Common Cause
Coal Holiday Grips Steel as Miners Take Paid Break
Pittsburgh steel and coal sectors stagger under a 10 day paid vacation shutdown for miners, forcing layoffs and a drop in plant capacity. United Mine Workers and operators edge toward a wage deal while soft coal supplies tighten after broader industry cutbacks.
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Watem
Theountry
Afl-United
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U.S. Steel Corp
Pittsburgh-Youngstown
Ohio
UMW
John L. Lewis
United States Steel Corp
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Lewis
Washington
United Mine Workers
Department of the Interior
U.S. Navy
Jessica Dragonette Weds Attorney in New York Ceremony
Screen and radio singer Jessica Dragonette marries attorney Nicholas Meredith Francis Cardina in a private ceremony at his New York residence. After the wedding the couple planned a Hollywood trip for film commitments, with Dragonette remaining in New York for several days on business.
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New York
INS
Jessica Dragonette
Nicholas Meredith
Francis Cardina
Hollywood
Joe Martin Emerges as a 1948 Republican Dark Horse
Washington dispatch reports Speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr. of Massachusetts is viewed by observers as the potential Republican dark horse for the 1948 presidential nomination. Truman’s proposed succession law would make Martin the next President if the office is vacant before January 20, 1949, boosting his perceived standing with Republicans in both chambers.
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Washington
INS
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
Truman
White House
Congress
Sam Rayburg
Texas
Senate
House
Martin
Infant Diarrhea Blamed For Stanek Baby Death
The Stanek infant Merlin Steven died Friday at M hospital from diarrhea blamed for five infant deaths in local hospitals since April 1. Pneumonia followed the weakened condition caused by the diarrhea, a doctor said, marking the 23rd known death in the Rapids area and the fifth fatal case reported in the period.
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Cedar Rapids
Merlin Steven Stanek
Leo H. Stanek
M Hospital
Wesaid
Prices Up One Year After OPA
A year after the OPA died amid uproar prices are higher and more goods are available. The AP survey notes bulked stocks for some foods, low cold storage levels, and meat shortages easing yet still tight. Paul Porter, last OPA administrator, declined comment, urging the agency rest in peace. Continued on Page 4.
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Chicago
OPA
Associated Press
Paul Porter
Porter
Russians face choice on Marshall plan at Paris talks
Washington officials say Molotov may accept or reject the European recovery proposal at Paris this weekend but cannot wreck it. The United States believes the plan offers Molotov a take it or leave it option and constrains Soviet veto of Europe’s economic program.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Molotov
Marshall
Paris
Britain
France
Congress of the
United States
Tis
Europe
London
Bevin
Bidault
Paris Parley Shrouded in Early Gloom and Russian Tactics
Paris reports say Molotov joined Bevin and Bidault in a long session amid growing gloom over European aid plans. Observers see Moscow attempting to pull the United States into technical committees while widening East West rifts over Germany and the Ruhr.
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Bevin
Britain
Bidault
France
Molotov
Paris
Washington
United States
East
Germany
Ruhr
Europe
Camp Good Health Fourth of July Plans and Fund Drive
Camp Good Health plans a July fourth program with cabin numbers on the entertainment schedule after a field day of relays contests and prizes plus ice cream. The First Christian church leads the day’s services while fundraising shows a vacancy for a high school boy with a license to assist kitchen work and relieve staff. Community contributions total 1512.05 toward a 1612.05 goal with gifts from Burch Truck Lines Circle I Central Park Presbyterian Church Mrs Celia E Daniels and others.
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Camp Good Health
First Christian Church
Camp Good Health Fund
Circle I
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Celia E. Daniels
Population bureau predicts doubling of feebleminded in 50 years
Washington based Population Reference Bureau forecasts that the lowest third of Americans, accounting for two thirds of births, will nearly double the number of feebleminded persons in fifty years. The bulletin cites four tests psychological educational occupational and economic and calls for an educational campaign to address the trend.
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Washington
INS
Population Reference Bureau
United States
Co Oe
Cee Security Board
Bureau
Gazette Promises Vacation Aid Service
Vacationist advertises a service to handle vacation notices by collecting the address and dates, promising to manage rest of the process. It invites readers to contact the circulation department for details.
Teachers To Get Higher Pay in New School Year
NEW YORK AP The New York Times reports teachers across nearly all states will earn higher salaries in the 1947 48 school year, with total salaries rising by 350 009 000 from last year. The average per teacher gain is about 406, and states plan minimums of 2400 while retirement and working conditions improve.
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NEW York
The
New York Times
Benjamin Fine
Several -Ates
Fine
Times
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