U S considers Greek aid to curb civil unrest
Washington reports urgent U.S. aid to Greece to ease Britain’s burden amid political turmoil. Congress faces decision on about 400 million dollars in aid plus 50 Liberty ships and possible military equipment for Greece, with no plan for U.S. troops. British note called satisfactory but warns time is short.
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Greece
United States
Britain
Congress
Albert J. Mich
Acheson
Douglas and Austin Endorsed by Senators
Washington insiders report the Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously approved Lewis W. Douglas to be ambassador to Great Britain. The move signals swift Senate confirmation likely early this week. The committee also backed Warren R. Austin for American member of the U N disarmament commission.
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INS
Lewis W. Douglas
Great Britain
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Warren R. Austin
United States
United Nations
U.N. Commission On
Mindanao Japanese Stragglers Captured After Cannibalism Claim
Manila report says 34 Japanese army stragglers were captured on Mindanao island. The men admitted practicing cannibalism to survive, after Philippine military police pursued them through Mindanao’s Bukid-Eel mountains.
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Manila
INS
Philippine Interior Department
Mindanao
North Dakotans to Vote on Bonds for Vet Bonus
North Dakota voters will decide in the June 1948 primary on proposed constitutional booster bonds totaling 27000 dollars to fund a veteran bonus plan. The measure was referred to the electorate by the state senate.
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North
North Dakota
North Dakota Senate
Air Transports Evacuate Flooded Trinidad Victims
American transport planes evacuated 1,200 residents trapped by Memore river floods in Trinidad Bolivia, using a small dry strip for landings. South American crews faced storms that prevented many planes from aiding, while Bolivian authorities prioritized rescuing children and noted many refugees sheltered in the cathedral.
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Jose Espinoss Rojas
LA Paz
Bolivia
INS
Trinidad
Memore
Argentina
Teachers Strike Peace Hopes Dim
Buffalo officials try to lure 2,500 striking teachers back to classrooms while Mayor Dowd y and Buffalo Teachers organize for negotiation. President Mond Ast plans to attend a meeting as hopes for municipal funding relief dimmed, leaving prospects of settlement uncertain.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Edward J. Dowdy
Ma’ams
Mond J. Ast
Ast
McDonough
Electric Device Credited For Stopping Hiccoughs
Hartford physicians report a new device that sends electric vibrations through arm grip bars to stop hiccoughs. Doris Hertler a Windsor school student who had hiccupped 20 times per minute for 82 years was treated thrice, first reducing to six per minute and finally stopping after the second day.
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Hartford, Conn
Doris Hertler
Windsor School
Miss Hertler
Hit and run leads to stolen car report in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids police investigated a Saturday night hit and run on SW between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. The pursuing car, later reported stolen, collided with two parked cars and two moving vehicles. The stolen vehicle, owned by W. C. at 727 Fifth Avenue SE, was found later behind a tavern with right rear fender damage.
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Cedar Rapids
Ting
Seventh
Eighth Avenues
Egg
W. C
Fifth Avenue SE
Dake
Columbus Junction Man Heads Limestone Group
W F Sharpe of Columbus Junction was re elected head of the Iowa Agricultural Limestone Association. Also re elected were D Bellamy and Clint A. Ameen from Des Moines as officers.
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Columbus Junction
Des Moines
W. F. Sharpe
Iowa Agricultural Limestone Association
Come Free Sei Ag
Harry Dry D. Bellamy
Clint A. Ameen
Soviet Plan Accelerates Industrial Output for 1947
The Soviet council announced heavy industry and culture targets for 1947, calling for a speedup of work with quotas up to 332 percent of last year. Civilian production in 1946 rose 50 percent from 1945, but many 1946 standards were not met. The plan emphasizes heavy industry with a 33.3 percent production rise and a 60 percent jump in clothing, 37 percent in fuel and food, and a 203 percent surge in agricultural machinery. Worker productivity in industry is to rise 13 percent and in construction 11 percent.
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Council of Y
Russia
Soviet Union
Radio Moscow
Mother Sentenced To 50 Years for Slaying Husband
Lois Willson was sentenced to 50 years for murder in Fairfield Illinois after a circuit court jury found her guilty in a two and a half hour deliberation. The defendant, described as religious, showed no emotion as the verdict was read, and her three year old son Linden Willson played nearby unaware of the proceedings.
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Fairfield
Ill
Linden Willson
Lois Willson
Circuit Court
Willson
Linda Lou
Mass meeting for Linn county retail food dealers urged
A mass meeting for independent Linn county retail food dealers is set at 8 p m Monday at the Chamber of Commerce. The meeting will discuss the importance of trade and all proprietors are urged to attend. Also a bungalow cooking school is scheduled for Monday Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Linn County
Chamber of Commerce
Hughes Denies TWA Merger With Pan American Plan
Los Angeles AP Howard Hughes, major stockholder of Transcontinental and Western Air, denied reports that TWA planned a merger with Pan American Airways. He said no one suggested such a plan to him and cited Aviation News alleging negotiations. The magazine claimed sources inside the Senate committee.
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Los Angeles
Howard Hughes
Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc
Wi Pan American Airways
Hughes
Aviation News
Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Stamp Club To Meet In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids stamp club will convene at 8 p m Monday in the Montrose hotel an APS circuit will be available Stepaneks Tailorshop 608 11th Ave SE alterations and repair work accepted again.
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Stamp Club
Cedar Rapids Stamp Club
Montrose Hotel
APS
Stepanek
11Th Ave
Marion man charged after curb crash and license arrest
Melvin W Herren of 657 Fifth Avenue Marion faces charges for driving without a license and operating a cedier vehicle with faulty brakes after a Saturday night crash at Second Avenue and Sixteenth Street SE when he tried to pass another car, went over the curb, and struck a tree. Alfred Berger Furrier at 208 Seventh Avenue in Marion advertises coats and fur restyling deals through March 15.
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Melvin W. Herren
Fifth Avenue
Marion
Second Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Alfred Berger
Furrier
7Th Ave
Draft Law Message of Truman Due This Week
Washington sources say President Truman will send his draft law message to Congress early this week. He has indicated at recent news conferences that he will not seek continuation of the Selective Service Act, which expires on March 3.
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INS
White House
Truman
Congress
Berreta Inaugurated as President of Uruguay
Montevideo reports Dr Tomas Berreta a Democrat aligned with the United States was inaugurated as president of Uruguay for a four year term. The ceremony drew special missions from 28 countries.
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Uruguay
Montevideo
Tomas Berreta
United States
Ofruguay
Northwest survey plane completes 29 hour Tokyo to Minneapolis flight
The Train Blazer landed at Wold-Chamberlain field after a 29 hour nonstop flight from Tokyo. Northwest Airlines officials cited a 6 259 mile route and a test mission by a two person crew to evaluate mail handling and performance.
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Northwest Airlines
Wold-Chamberlain Field
Tokyo
Eedeg Age Ag
Douglas
Alaska
Ase
Sco Ag
C R Musicians Win Scholarships In State Contest
In Des Moines Iowa four musicians won awards in the Iowa Federation of Music Clubs contest at Drake University. Dorrie voice Bob Colston Cedar Rapids Norman Paula Cedar Rapids violin Pianist Mitchell Andrews Iowa City won the Paul Lavalle state tryout. Four musicians advance to district tryouts March 15 at Drake.
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DES Moines
Drake University
Iowa Federation of Music Clubs
Dorrie
Bob Colston
Cedar Rapids
Norman Paula
Cedar Pids
Mitchell Andrews
Iowa City
Paul Lavalle
Drake
Telephone Co Stalling Warned by Union Leader
Union president accuses Bell companies of stalling as thirty day strike notices cover more than 197000 workers in at least 35 states. He says employers seek a congressional bargaining advantage while wage hurdles and union shop demands remain unresolved. Notices cite Smith Connally act and cover states from Alabama to Wyoming with wage offers ranging up to 29 to 20 dollars weekly in some areas.
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Nelicost
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Denver
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Linn Rural Teachers Convene After Snow Delay
Linn county rural teachers will meet next Saturday after a one month postponement due to heavy snows. County Superintendent Walter Shupp announced the gathering with Dr. Elmer Ritter of Iowa State Teachers College as speaker. Morning sessions start at 9 in the courthouse, lunch is at Trinity Methodist church basement, Fifth street SW. session slated to end at 3 45 p.m.
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Walter Shupp
Elmer Ritter
Iowa State Teachers College
Trinity Methodist Church
Third Avenue
Fifth Street
Eight Insane Inmates Escape Matteawan Hospital
Beacon police and state authorities reported an escape at Matteawan state hospital with eight inmates missing. Troopers statewide were assigned to the search but details were not yet available.
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N.Y. Hospital
Beacon
N. Y
Matteawan
Col Stewart Dies at 80. Coe College Alumnus Honored
Friends and relatives pay parting tribute to Col Robert W. Stewart who died in Miami after a storied career. He once chaired Standard Oil of Indiana's board and funded Stewart Memorial Library at Coe College. Funeral services and private interment followed.
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Miami
Col
Stewart
Harry Morehouse Gage
Gage
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Stewart Memorial
Coe College
Robert R. Little
Oak Hill
Services for Wilbur C. Young at Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Funeral services for Wilbur C. Young will be held at 1 30 p m Monday by the H Ward at the chapel burial is in Cedar Memorial cemetery may call at the chapel for the family bering any arrangements kept simple and respectful.
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Wilbur C. Young
Beatty
H. Ward
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Services for Mrs Anton Sudlik Held at Polish Chapel
Mrs Anton Sudlik of 1813 I street dies at the Polansky chapel under T B Hrubacek care. Burial will be in Bohemian National cemetery chapel after 3 p m Sunday. Surviving relatives include two grandchildren and a member of Zaenka Havlicek lodge, in addition to those listed in Saturday's Gazette.
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Anton Sudlik
Polansky Chapel
T. B. Hrubacek
Bohemian National Cemetery
Jewish Refugee Crisis Sparks Protest in Palestine
Reports say Irgun and Jewish groups in Tel Aviv call for a civil protest strike after the bombing of a Jerusalem officers’ club. Bri sailors intercept a refugee ship near Haifa. deportees moved to British ships as Cyprus transfers proceed amid litigation.
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Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Haifa
Bri
Cyprus
Palestine
Hedy Lamarr Gives Birth by Caesarean in Hollywood
Hollywood AP report: Hedy Lamarr and husband John Loder welcome a baby boy weighing seven pounds fourteen ounces by caesarean. It is the couple’s second child following daughter Denise due in May, and they also have adopted son Jamesie. Lamarr previously married Gene Markey.
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Hedy Lamarr
John Loder
Denise
Jamesie
Miss Lamarr
Gene Markey
Copenhagen Printers Strike Halts Dailies
Four thousand members of the Copenhagen Printers Union struck Saturday halting publication of 11 daily newspapers and all other periodicals. They demand higher wages shorter workday and longer vacations.
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Copenhagen
Senators Oppose Blank Checks for Political Loans
Senate Republicans voiced opposition to wide loans for Greece and other nations, warning such funding could derail proposed 20 percent tax cuts. They press to narrow the budget while a conference committee accepted Senate amendments on wartime excise taxes, reducing expected revenue on luxury items and travel tickets abroad.
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Senate
Greece
U. S
Senate-House
United States
Marshall Faces Tough Job on Trip
Secretary of State Marshall sails for Moscow with an 84 member U S delegation ready to press for a lend lease settlement and to discuss German peace terms and related issues The talks cover naval destroyage of ships seized at Stettin and Italy's seized vessels while Far East disputes await adviser input.
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Marshall
Moscow
United States
Potsdam
Stettin
Italy
Far East
Pacific
United Nations
Fourth Man Arrested in Corn Oil Theft Case
Bill Long of 318 Third Avenue SW was arrested after allegedly denying stealing corn oil from the Penick and Ford plant. He appeared before Justice M. R. Churchill, waived to the grand jury, and posted a $2,000 bond. Long is the fourth man arrested in the plant’s corn oil thefts.
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Bill Long
Third Avenue SW
Penick and Ford
M. R. Churchill
Long
Allies Plan to Partition Prussia into German States
Berlin reports that the Allied control council abolished Prussia and ordered its division into new German states. The move aims to dismantle militarism and Nazi influence, shaping a postwar European map.
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Berlin
Allied Control Council
Aoe
Officials dispute bundle of party ties amid committee questioning
In a tense hearing five officials from a large farm machinery company told the committee that every officer of a local union is aligned with the Communist Party. They were asked to compare socialism in England and Russia and to define democracy, giving uncertain replies and citing limited firsthand knowledge.
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Big Farm Machinery Company
Comece Party
Buse
Rep. Kennedy
D-Mass
Communist Party
Russia
England
Engda
Rural drive leads Fairfax subscription push for Red Cross
Fairfax tops the rural sections with a 593.25 dollar Red Cross subscription and ad donations to Stallman. Marion township under Vincent Hart has Linn county drive chair Ray Short with Anthony Pleune assisting while Cedar Rapids Life and Entertainers Association directs 17 members to coordinate township canvassing.
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Fairfax
Stallman
Fairfax Petative
Marion Township
Vincent Hart
Linn County
Ray Short
Anthony Pleune
Cedar Ra Association of Life and
Ters
W. D. Moore
Cedara
Richard Ryan
Roy Taylor
J. W. Ensign
Byron Joe Buss
Mr. Filipi
Mark Bergman
C. M. Boland
George Healey
Rollo Pickford
H. E. Kensinger
Ashlock
Arch Aukerman and
White
Noted wildlife authority Arthur Peale dies at 78
Norwich Connecticut Arthur Lincoln Peale longtime national authority on wildlife died in Norwich after two months of illness. He was 78 and recognized for his work in wildlife biology and conservation.
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Norwich
Conn
Arthur Lincoln Peale
Texas U to Open Law School for Negroes
Regents of the University of Texas moved to open a law school for Negroes on passage of a pending Texas legislature bill. Final approval expected this week.
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Law
Austin, Texas
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University of Texas
Texas
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