Cedar Rapids Veterans Loans Lag Behind Other Iowa Cities
Walter T. Robinson of the Veterans Administration notes Cedar Rapids trails peer cities in GI loan activity due to high construction costs and limited affordable housing. He cites 1945-46 totals around 2.25 million for local veterans, with Davenport about 6,000, Des Moines and Ottumwa also higher, urging lenders to back GI loans to aid veteran rehab and homebuilding.
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Cedar Rapids
Walter T. Robinson
Des Moines
Veterans Administration
Robinson
Iowa
Davenport
G. I
School Board Reviews Arthur Building Plans and Modernization
The board weighed two contracts from Chicago architects Childs and Smith for the Arthur school addition and overall modernization. Disagreements on including Arthur and Cleveland in one contract led to proposed separation. Fees discussed ranged from one half of one percent for preliminary work to 5 percent for construction supervision.
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Arthur School
Arthur
Childs and Smith
Chicago
R. R. Mayberry
Arthur Addition
Cleveland
Kenwood
Norman Hatton
West Side Stadium
Corvin and Stuhr
Rock Island
Carl C. Kesler
What Do YOU Think of Liquor and Beer Bills
The Gazette publishes today a resume of the Germ Binh liquor bills passed by the Iowa senate and awaiting action after the recess. It seeks a cross section of opinion for publication Sunday, along with views of Linn county legislators on liquor control in Iowa.
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the Gazette
Iowa Senate
Vision of Liquor Control
Iowa
Linn County
Kenmore Grocery Granted Injunction
Cedar Rapids news reports a temporary injunction granted to Frank Pfaff store owner barring three Amalgamated Meat Cutters officers from picketing Kenmore Food Shop at 3334 First Avenue NE. The order restrains picketing and interference with deliveries and customers. Sowers Harrop and Ramsey are named union officials. Pfaff leads Linn County Retail Grocers Association.
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Cedar Rapids News
Kenmore
First Avenue
Frank Pfaff
G. K. Thompson
John Harrop
John Ramsey
Kenneth Sowers
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen
AFL
Pfaff
Sowers
Harrop
Ramsey
Linn County Retail Grocers Association
Cedar Rapids Red Cross Drive Posts First Day Total
First day the Cedar Rapids Red Cross campaign raised 7 663 dollars toward a 46 700 goal. Linn county contributed 7 663 with 1 956 from rural division and $5 707 from the city. Industrial division led cash subscriptions while commercial section E, under captain Ray Vermont, was first to complete its canvass. Division major is John as II.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids Red Cross
Linn County
William B. Cormack
Ray Vernimont
John_ as II
Quaker Conferees Reach Area of Understanding
Quaker Oats management and United Cereal Workers union negotiators met with federal conciliator Walter C. White in Cedar Rapids to resume talks after a Feb. 24 break. No agreement was reached but parties reportedly arrived at an area of understanding. About 950 workers threaten to strike if the 15 minute rest period is not preserved when the March 8 extension ends. White planned to be present again if needed. Arthur Poe Wes Kopecky Louis Jedlicka declined to comment on a gag meeting. Robert Forster of Chicago did not attend.
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Cedar Rapids News
Quaker Oats
Cereal Workers
Walter C. White
Des Moines
White
United Cereal Workers Union
CIO
Cedar Rapids
Arthur Poe
Wes Kopecky
Louis Jedlicka
Union
Robert Forster
Chicago
House insists on six billion budget cut
In Washington the House refused the Senate's four and a half billion dollar cut limit and moved to a joint conference with a six billion dollar reduction. Speaker Martin announced the aim to cut taxes while preserving national defense and essential services, signaling a 20 percent income tax cut.
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Washington
House
Senate
Taber
R-N.y
Appropriations Committee
Martin
R-Mass
House Republican Steering Committee
Greece on verge of collapse, Marshall warns
Secretary of State Marshall said Greece's economy is on the verge of collapse and the crisis is of primary importance to the United States given the world situation. His remarks were read to reporters at the State Department by a press attaché.
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Washington
Marshall
Greece
United States
State Department
Cedar Rapids Airport funds request sent to Congress
The Cedar Rapids Municipal airport seeks a 120000 grant from Congress for improvements, matching 134070 by the city under the national airport act. Secretary Harriman sent the request to Congress as part of 307 grants for large airports, with CAA approvals pending and funding likely to flow over a seven year program.
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Cedar Rapids
Congress
House
Senate
Secretary of
Commerce Harriman
Civil Aeronautics’ Administration
Howard Green
CAA
Senate Commerce Committee
Green
Don Hines
Airport Commission
Winds Intensify Weather Woe of Snowbound East
Blustery March winds worsen the snowbound East as transport across rail water highway and air faces major disruption. Maryland New York report over 40 inches of snow with high drifts. at least 16 deaths. Isolated communities and closed schools persist as trains stalled and highways blocked.
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Associated Press
Atlantic States
Maryland
New York
New England
Pennsylvania
Hagerstown
Mt. Chittenden
Wendy Cram
Norway Rejects Russian Demand on Spitzbergen Bases
In a secret Feb 15 session in Oslo the Norwegian parliament refused a Russian request for military bases on Spitzbergen. The vote stood 101 to 11, with all Communist opposition voting against the proposal.
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Oslo
Arctic
Spitzbergen
50 Year Dunkerque Treaty Signed by Britain France
Britain and France signed a 50 year alliance to deter future aggression by Germany. Bevin and Bidault signed the pact covering transfer of military and naval materiel and linking western states toward a loose confederation.
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France
Dunkerque
Great Britain
Germany
Bevin
Bidault
Holland
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Poland
French National Assembly
Europe
Nia Teas
Truman outlines peace road in nonintervention doctrine
In Mexico City at a state dinner hosted by President Miguel Aleman, President Truman urged world acceptance of a doctrine of non intervention as the sole path to universal peace and security. He pledged U.S. adherence to the good neighbor policy and mutual respect among nations regardless of size or power.
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Mexico City
INS
Truman
United States
National Palace
Miguel Aleman
Buenos Aires
Truman lays wreath at Chapultepec memorial in Mexico City
President Truman, departing from schedule at his own request, laid a wreath on the monument to the Mexican cadet corps who died defending Chapultepec castle in 1847 during an American attack.
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Mexico City
Truman
Chapultepec Castle
Truman Defends Good Neighbor Policy and Democracy
The text quotes President Truman asserting the binding Good Neighbor Policy, non intervention, and democracy as universal ideals. He argues that peace depends on shared democratic values, human rights, and the UN’s potential to unite nations under Americas standards.
Byrnes Presses Senate to Ratify Axis Peace Pacts
Former Secretary of State Byrnes urged the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to ratify the Axis satellite peace treaties, warning that rejection would bring chaos and risk, while praising Trieste compromises as necessary in negotiations. He and Marshall urged prompt ratification as a start to peace ahead of Moscow talks.
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Washington
INS
Byrnes
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Trieste
Italy
United States
U.N
Security Council
Su Ie
Marshall
New York
Union and City Lines To Bargain In Cedar Rapids
A threatened Cedar Rapids bus drivers walkout was delayed as union and City Lines arbiters met. J C Blodgett said the strike was postponed not canceled, drivers will honor arbitration results, and talks continue after a shift in arbitrator. The union seeks a new contract and accuses City Lines of delaying negotiations.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Union
J. C. Blodgett
Blodgett
O. A. Oliver
Oliver
City Lines Buses
Don Hines
Frank Hahn
Franklin
John Randall
Kohn
Hines
St.Louis
Bridgette
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes
AFL
Senate Hearings Close On Lilienthal Nomination
Hearings on David E. Lilienthal to head the Atomic Energy Commission ended after 25 minutes of questioning by Sen. McKellar. The senator repeated much of the earlier examination in this last procedural session.
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Washington
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Lilienthal
Sen. McKellar
D-Tenn
Russian access to US patents sparks Un-American charge
Washington report says Chairman Thomas of the House Un-American Activities Committee charged that Russia has gained access to key American industrial and military patents through the patent office. He warned some know-how could threaten atomic bomb secrecy and urged Secretary Wallace to testify on how these front organizations obtained such access.
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Washington
Thomas
R-N.j
House un-American Activities Committee
Russia
United States Patent Office
Wallace
House Committee
Two Die in Mexico City Stadium Stampede
In Mexico City two people died and four were injured as thousands pressed police lines to view Presidents Truman and Aleman at the National Stadium. The dead were Maria Sanchez Gonzalez, 19, and an eight year old unnamed child. Police blame asphyxiation in the crowd. four others revived after being trampled and suffocated.
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Mexico City
Truman
Aleman
National Stadium
Maria Sanchez Gonzalez
Sullivan Assails Taft Tory Bloc In GOP Flight
Washington AP reporting Executive Director Gael Sullivan of the Democratic national committee accuses the Taft Wherry Halleck wing of the GOP of fleeing party pledges on fiscal and foreign policy. He likens current leaders to a faction that betrayed peace in 1920 and warns of risks to national solvency.
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Gael Sullivan
Democratic National Committee
Congress
G.O.P
Carroll Reece
Sullivan
Republican Party
Pe Mes
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