Norway Rejects Soviet Pact Bid and Backs Atlantic Talks
Norway's parliament voted 118 to 11 to reject a Soviet non aggression treaty while agreeing to join discussions on a North Atlantic pact. A Norwegian delegation will travel to Washington within 10 days to coordinate with the United States Britain and other allies.
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Oslo
Russia
Washington
United States
Canada
Britain
France
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Norway
Fed
United Nations
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Cedar Rapids Linn County urged to form unified health department
Federal and state health agencies proposed a $92 000 yearly unified health department for Cedar Rapids and Linn county funded by local, state, federal and private sources. A ten day US Public Health Service and Iowa Health Department survey cited modern transit as a health risk and noted smallpox exposure and inadequate restaurant inspection. The plan requires a full time director and faces legal hurdles before implementation.
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Unified Health Department
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
United States Public Health Service
State Department of Health
R W Hart
Kansas City
Iowa
Iowa County
Healthen
Citizens’ Health Committee
van Vechten Shaffer
Shaffer
Health Department
Denmark to discuss NATO defense role with U S in Washington
Denmark announced that Foreign Minister Gustav Rasmussen will visit Washington next week to discuss participation in the North Atlantic defense alliance. The official statement said Denmark has concluded that a separate Scandinavian defense pact linking Norway, Sweden, and Denmark is not possible at this time.
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Copenhagen
INS
Denmark
Gustav Rasmussen
Washington
Alliancie
Norway
Sweden
Two People File for Cedar Rapids School Board Election
Cedar Rapids two candidates filed for the board race joining three incumbents for three-year terms. Mrs. Robert H. Smith and Virgil E. Payne announced before Friday’s filing deadline. Smith cited three children as motivation. Payne and incumbents are listed with their Cedar Rapids addresses.
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Cedar Rapids
Cédar Rapids
Board of Education
Atwater Kent Dies in Hollywood at 75
Atwater Kent a famed radio pioneer and philanthropist dies in Hollywood at age 75 after a yearlong illness. Born Arthur Atwater Kent in Burlington Vermont on December 3 1873 he helped establish the Atwater Kent Manufacturing Company in Philadelphia which once produced 6000 radios daily and employed 12000.
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Hollywood
Atwater Kent
Kent
Bel-Air
California
John G. MacDonald
Atwater Kent Manufacturing Company
Philadelphia
Arthur Atwater Kent
Burlington, Vt
Arthur
A. Atwater
Angell, Onetime Yale Head, Dies
James Rowland Angell, 79, former president of Yale University, died Friday of cancer in New Haven. He served as Yale's 14th president from 1919 to 1936, guiding expansion and the house plan to foster closer student faculty ties. He later advised NBC on education.
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New Haven
James Rowland Angell
Yale University
Angell
Charles Seymour
National Broadcasting Company
Yale
Stuents
Iowa Veterans Bonus Law To Be Tested In Court
Iowa will seek a judicial ruling on the constitutionality of the 1949 veterans bonus law. Attorney General Larson said a test suit will determine if the legislature can amend a voter approved law and if bonds can be sold in groups. The case likely lands at Polk County district court before a supreme court affirmation, with earliest decision possible at the June term.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Larson
Beardsley
John M. Grimes
Ray Johnson
Polk County
Supreme Court
Chicago
State Veterans Bonus Board
Divorce Granted To Mrs Ford In Chicago Case
Eleanor Ford, 20, was granted a divorce from her 70 year old husband Harry in Chicago on grounds that he was intensely jealous and struck her. She testified the marriage deteriorated after her continued mistreatment.
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Chicago
UPJ
Eleanor Ford
Harry
Ford
Death penalty sought for four Bulgarian Protestant leaders
A Bulgarian communist prosecutor demanded the death penalty for four of fifteen Protestant churchmen charged with spying and treason. He accused them of leading a covert network tied to American and British interests and of plotting a revolt to invite foreign intervention.
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SQFIA
Bulgaria
Dimiter Georgiev
United States
Britain
World Council of Churches
Vassil Georgiev Ziapkov
Yanko Nikolov Ivanov
Nikols Mihailov Naumov
George Nikolov Chernev
Pentecost
Unemployment Rises in February as Weather Affects Jobs
Washington reports 3 221 000 unemployed in February, with total civilian labor force at 60 388 000. Weather and seasonal factors cited for layoffs. Truman calls for government action to support uplift in economy while losses remain below prewar levels.
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Washington
Dwartie
Janary
Onth
Truman Friday Galve
Iowa State Collected $236 759 from U S Twice
Veterans Administration said a temporary arrangement exists with Iowa State College overcharges in GI costs totaling about $550 000 for postwar instruction costs through July 9 1948. Iowa State to receive 55 percent of estimated GI costs this semester pending final settlement. Eight overcharges cited with some items disputed. new GAO audit requested.
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Washington
Iowa State
Des Moines
GAO
Wales
Ben
Understandin
Exit of Blockaded Russian Repatriation Mission
Eight Russian soldiers left the Frankfurt Berlin mission headquarters after a two day siege by American MPs. The group departed in three cars and two trucks, their quarters burned and belongings packed. Russian authorities ordered US graves registration men to leave the Soviet zones, while the United States cited Yalta Teheran agreements and a March 1 deadline.
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Associated Press
Yank
Col
A. Lasarev
Frankfurt
Sterling A. Wood
U. S
Germany
Big House
Berlin
United States
United States Army
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
Russia
Yalta
Teheran
United States State Department
Mission Building
Sterling Wood
M.p.’S
Iowa rivers rise as western state braces for floods
Flooding sweeps western Iowa with the Boyer river near Misso Valley forcing evacuation of 50 families. Nishnabotna and West Nishnabotna flood roads near Elliott Hastings and Sidney while Cedar River near Cedar Rapids climbs to 4.9 feet. Officials warn of rising water on the Raccoon and Des Moines rivers and expect further increases over the next 24 hours as warmer weather returns.
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Cedar Rapids
Boyer River
Misso Valley
Nishnabotna
West Nishnabotna
Elliott
Hastings
Sidney
Cedar River
Floyd
Big Sioux
Iowa
Raccoon
Des Moines
Bob Moore
Highway 34
State Highway Patrol
Ellott
van Meter
Weather Bureau
Boone River
Eddjyville
Eddyville
Bureau
Tracy
River Bulletin
Clair Gross
KFNF
Shenandoah
Randolph
Highway 2
Sioux City
Senate labor bill approved by Democrats without changes
The senate labor committee voted 8 to 5 along party lines to approve President Truman’s labor bill, overruling Republican protests and refusing amendments. Taft denounced the move as high handed, while Chairman Thomas defended it as necessary. The measure aims to repeal Taft Hartley and adopt an improved Wagner act with curbs on certain strikes and a national emergency mechanism.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Truman
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Thomas
Utah
Conciliation Service
Labor Department
Morse
R-Ore
Congress
Iowa Tax Division Seeks Owner Of Stray $10 Bill
The Iowa state income tax division is seeking the owner of a stray ten dollar bill arriving in a New Hampton postmarked envelope with no return. Tax officials say anyone who can identify the bill’s serial number may claim it. A separate $26 from Fort Dodge with the same circumstances remains held.
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DES, Movies
Iowa
Hampton
Fort Dodge
Johnson Promised Strong Defense Under New Secretary
Washington AP Louis A Johnson announced as new secretary of defense that the nation must maintain a strong military establishment until America is secure. Johnson said the defense buildup is essential and noted President Truman selected him to replace James F. Forrestal after conferring at the White House.
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Washington
Louis A. Johnson
Defense
America
White House
Truman
James F
West Virginia
Farr
Johnson
Forrestal
Grahl Plans Flood Preparedness Meeting Next Week
Brig. Gen. Charles H. Grahl said he will call a flood preparedness meeting next week after conferring with Gov. Beardsley. He stressed there is no current flood threat, just readiness planning in case one develops.
Five Firemen Die in Blaze in Charleston
In Charleston West Virginia a large blaze destroyed two downtown stores Woolworth and Kresge causing five firefighters to die and nine to be treated for burns and injuries. The fire began around 4 a.m. and led to a partial building collapse trapping crew members in the Woolworth basement. Firemen Frank Iharp Richard McCormick Fred Die Summers Frank Miller and George Coates were named among those involved with the rescue effort.
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Charleston
W. Va
Woolworth
Kresge
Frank Iharp
Richard McCormick
Freddie Summers
Frank Miller
George Coates
Two 12 Year Olds Admit Train Wreck Attempt near Dixon
State's Attorney Morey Pires said two 12 year olds admitted placing spikes and debris on eastbound rails two miles west of Dixon to cause a wreck. A railroad crew cleared the obstruction before the Omaha to Chicago diesel train arrived. The boys were questioned by railroad special agent George Addington and released to their parents pending action.
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Dixon, Ul
Morey Pires
North Western
Here
Omaha
Chicago
George Adedington
Railroad
Pires
Vet Insurance Dividend Payment Set for June 1950
Washington AP reports that dividends on nearly 20 million dollars in veterans World War II policy premiums will be paid in full by June 30 1950. Veterans Administrator Carl R Gray Jr said every veteran who paid a premium is entitled to a dividend.
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Washington
Carl R. Gray, Jr
Gray
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U.S
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Marengo
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Committee
Democrats
Ohioan
Vet Insurance
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