Byrnes Warns U S Will Fight If Need Be for Peace
Secretary of State Byrnes told the Overseas Press Club that the United States will use force if necessary to prevent aggression and uphold the United Nations charter. He urged stopping power politics and emphasized readiness, universal military training, and a trained citizenry while addressing Russia directly and warning against coercion and incursions into liberated territories.
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New York
INS
Byrnes
Big Nations
America
United Nations
United States
Overseas Press Club of America
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Soviet Russia
Russia
Great Britain
Netherlands
France
Kremlin
C R Receives Examiner OK On Air Route
Cedar Rapids news notes Mid-Continent Airlines may gain temporary CAB certificates to operate cargo and passenger flights serving Iowa. Ruhlen recommends routes from Chicago to Des Moines and beyond with four stop minimums, plus a parallel Minnesota route via Rockford to Mason City and Rochester. Parks Air Transport also seeks a temporary certificate for Chicago to Des Moines service with four stops.
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Mid-Continent Airlines
Cedar Rapids
F. Merritt Ruhlen
Civil Aeronautics Board
Iowa
Chicago
Milwaukee
Rockford
Freeport
Sterling
Clinton
Dubuque
Tri-Cities
Muscatine
Waterloo
Marshalltown
Oskaloosa
Des Moines
Boone
Fort Dodge
Mason City
Austin
Albert Lea
Rochester
Mankato
Faribault
Minneapolis- St. Paul
Ruhlen
Parks Air Transport Inc
Aurora
Mineota
la Salle
Princeton
Peoria
Kewanne
Tri- Cities
Galesburg
Monmouth
Burlington
Ottumwa
Albia
Knoxville
United Airlines
Sioux City
Illinois
Farmer Killed At Crossing Near Covington
Joseph E. Owens, 63, Palo farmer, died instantly when the cattle truck he drove was struck by a Milwaukee line troop train at a crossing west of Covington. The truck, heading for Cedar Rapids with four head of cattle, was demolished and hurled 200 feet. Engineer E. J. Collins on the train. Survived by his wife and four sons Melvin John Dwayne and Hartzell. Body taken to Cedar Rapids hospital.
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Cedar Rapids
Joseph E. Owens
Palo
Milwaukee Line
Cov‘ington
Owens
Chicago
Pete Whittemore
R. D. Spooner
E. J. Collins
T. Frank Hersch
Linn County
Melvin
John
Dwayne
California
Hartzell
Arizona
Cedar Rapids Gazette Farm Page Leader Sets Standards
The Cedar Rapids Gazette maintains a daily farm page noted as nationally known and first of its kind in the country. Rex Conn, the farm editor, provides an economic and practical farmer perspective with farmer-sourced photos and town farm observations.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Iowa
Gazette
Rex Conn
Conn
Economist
Farm News
General Strike Hints as GM Talks Fail on Day 101
Negotiations in the General Motors strike fail to secure a settlement on the 101st day as a session adjourns. CIO workers contemplate a general strike in Philadelphia while Newark reports riot tensions at a Westinghouse plant. OPA stalls Detroit milk strike price demands until a wage settlement is reached.
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General Motors
Detroit
CIO
Philadelphia
Newark
William H Butler
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Bloomfield
N. J
Texas and New Orleans
OPA
CIO Industrial Union Council
Philip Murray
Truman
Steel
Negro Admits Slaying Of Stephens Graduate
Missouri highway patrol head Col Hugh H Waggoner reported Floyd Cochran a 34 year old Black man signed a full confession to rape strangling Marylou Jenkins a 20 year old Stephens college graduate. Cochran known to the Jenkins family entered their home about 10 30 PM on February 6 claiming to collect money for garbage.
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Columbia
Hugh H Waggoner
Missouri Highway Patrol
Floyd Cochran
Marylou
Jenkins
Stephens College
Waggoner
Cochran
Marshall hints 18 month U.S. job in China
General George C. Marshall indicated in Kalgan that Americans will remain in the crucial North China area for at least 18 months. The statement underscores ongoing U.S. military and political presence in the region amid postwar efforts.
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U.S
China
Marshall
Gardner Cowles dies on 85th birthday in Des Moines
Gardner Cowles sr publisher of the Des Moines Register and Tribune died at his home on his 85th birthday. He founded the Gardner Cowles foundation in 1934 to aid Iowa colleges and charities. Survived by wife six children fifteen grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
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Des Moines
Gardner Cowles
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Cowles
Iowa
Des Moines Register and Leader
David S. Kruidenier
James D. le Cron
Berkeley
Calif
Bertha Quarton
Cedar Rapids
John Cowles
Minneapolis Star- Journal and Tribune
Minneapolis
No Insurance If Death By Atom Bombs London Policy Update
The Sun Life Assurance Society announced that future life policies will not pay if death is caused by atom bombs. It said if a single atom bomb fell on London the payout would be three quarters of a million sterling to policyholders.
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London
Sun Life Assurance Society
Pope Pius XII to mark seventy with US blessing
Vatican City AP reports Pope Pius XII reaches age seventy on Saturday and on the eve of his birthday he sends a special blessing to all Americans reflecting the churchs outreach during his pontificate.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
United States
G L Loans in Iowa May Hit Billion Mark
Cedar Rapids business leaders questioned Walter T Rob inson, VA loan official, at the YMCA about GI loan rules. In seven months Iowa veterans received 2,786 loans totaling 10.65 million dollars, with homes making up 83 percent. About 200 loans funded new businesses and others financed farms. Rob inson noted pending forms and a refinancing loophole under liberalized rules.
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Cedar Rapids
Walter T Robinson
Veterans Administration
Iowa
Ymc.a
Robinson
Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board
Des Moines
House Nips Ceilings on All Houses
Washington AP The House rejected by 154 to 68 votes an administration plan to place price ceilings on all existing dwellings, leaving a provision for pricing new houses and signaling possible later action. Debate centered on wartime housing controls with opposition fearing black market sales and supporters citing veteran housing needs.
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Washington
Patman
Texas
Crocker Announces School Board Candidacy
Byron J. Crocker of 326 Thirty Fifth Street NE announced his candidacy for one of the three year terms on the board of education in the March 11 school election. He filed nomination papers with Board Secretary Ed Lundquist Friday morning.
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Cedar Rapids
Byron J. Crocker
Board of Education
Crocker
Ed Lundquist
Russian fighters fire on U.S. patrol plane
Washington officials say two Russian fighters shot at a United States patrol aircraft near Port Arthur, China coast. Eight crew escaped injury as the Navy reported damage but offered no return fire. Russia claims the overflight was illegal. the United States has taken up the incident with Soviet authorities.
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Washington
United States
Port Arthur
Navy
China
State Department
Girl, 4, Reunited With Parents After Annapolis Disappearance
Dr and Mrs Andrew Taylor of Charlotte NC reunited with their daughter Terry four after a three day disappearance. A 19 year old nursemaid posing as the mother was held for North Carolina authorities on kidnapping charges. The child and nurse were found at the Seay home after a tip from Mrs Helene Seay of the naval academy. The nurse claimed destitute widow status and the child was known as Jerry. The journey began with a Charlotte soda fountain visit and involved a soldier, according to Mrs Seay.
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Annapolis
Andrew Taylor
Charlotte
N. C
Terry
Taylor
Thomas G. Basil
North Carolina
Naval Intelligence
Helene Seay
George Cameron Seay
Naval Academy
Seay
Basil
Jerry
Tof
Topeka
Kan
New York Firm To Build Here
The Air Reduction company of New York will construct a 50 000 plant in Cedar Rapids. QO F Paulsen Construction of Cedar Rapids awarded the contract for a one story fireproof building 75 by 65 feet with a 13 by 38 extension. The facility will include a service line to Iowa Manufacturing and will be supervised by Sam Fetter of Davenport.
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Cedar Rapids News
Air Reduction Company of
New York
Cedar Rapids
Howard R. Green
H. R. Green Engineering Company
QO. F. Paulsen Construction Company
Avenue Drive
J Avenue
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Air Reduction Company
Davenport
Sam Fetter
16 Year Old Boy Locked Out by Father
A Cedar Rapids youth, 16, loitered in a downtown hotel lobby after his father, a minister, locked him out for returning home late. Police later took the boy home where the father said he had “about lost control” of the boy. The arresting officer found him at 4 15 am after patrolman John Hlavacek spotted him.
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Cedar Rapids
John Hlavacek
Capt
Howard Walsh
Soviet Will Withdraw From Iran in Phases
Moscow radio announced Red troops would pull back from undisturbed areas of Iran while remaining in the northwestern Azerbaijan region. The withdrawal, due March 2 under the 1942 British Russian Iranian treaty, targets eastern northern Iran as calmer areas see retreat. Iran’s Azerbaijan autonomous government was reported after Red forces blocked reinforcements. Premier Ahmed Qavam Saltene h announced he would not recognize the Azerbaijan regime. The U.S. forces in Iran had been withdrawn by January 1.
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London
Moscow Radio
Red
Iran
Azerbaijan
Ahmed Qavam Saltaneh
Moscow
AaeRoalian
United States
Red anti Catholic campaign charged by Cardinal Tisserant
Cardinal Eugene Tisserant charged that Russia aims to erase Catholicism east of the Curzon line and force Ruthenian refugees to return under threat of death or exile. He described pressure on Ruthenians and Ukrainians to join Orthodoxy, with priests labeled enemies and deportation risks. He cited refugee camps in American and British zones of Germany where returns were coerced.
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Vatican City
Eugene Tisserant
Russia
Europe
Curzon Line
Poland
Soviet Zone
Czechoslovakia
Asia
Germany
Red Army
All Employes at LaPlant-Choate Back by Monday
LaPlant Choate weld ing shop workers will return to full production Monday under personnel manager Bill Waite. Receiving, steel yard, machine shop, fabricating, pump and hydraulic, heat treat, tool making, experimental, shipping, repair and spray paint departments resumed by February 21, following a three month strike that ended February 15, marking Cedar Rapids labor history.
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Cedar Rapids
LaPlant-Choate Company
Bill Waite
LaPlant-Choate
Truman's Red Cross Talk on Air Tonight
President Truman will deliver a radio address from the White House to formally open the national Red Cross drive. The talk is scheduled for 8 55 p m Iowa time and will be broadcast over all major networks.
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Truman
Red Cross
Washington
White House
National Red Cross
Iowa
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Algona
G.l.loans
Bayne Freeland
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Wyatt
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G. O. P. Bill
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