Japan’s New Constitution Renounces War and Redefines Emperor
Tokyo reports a new Japanese constitution renouncing war as a sovereign right and prohibiting armed forces. General MacArthur says the draft has his full approval and Hirohito will become a symbolic figurehead. The document shifts sovereignty to the people, creates a elected house of councillors, and allows continued moribund cabinet members while a purge proceeds.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
Hirohito
Empire
House of Peers
House of Representatives
Wataru Narahashi
Diet
House Prices Terrible Say Cedar Rapids Realtor
Naomi Doebel reports Cedar Rapids realtor John J. Wagner told a Coe College audience that current house prices are terrible with no justification beyond shelter needs. He warned relief from abnormal market prices is unlikely for five years and traced the shortage to 1929, a wartime building lull, and a postwar housing boom driven by veterans. Wagner urged buyers to consider site and neighborhood as well as the house, noting veterans may be the only buyers this year under the priorities plan.
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John J. Wagner
Cedar Rapids
Coe Chapel
Wagner
Coe College
Acquittal of Lynn Crozer in Bus Assault Case
Judge Howard R. Churchill directed a verdict for Lynn Crozer after finding insufficient evidence in a Big Springs district case. Nine students testified Crozer stopped the Kenwood to Big Springs route on January 29 and alleged he struck Larry Holsinger with a lunch bucket.
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Cedar Rapids
Justice of the Peace
Howard R. Churchill
Lynn Crozer
Crozer
Big Springs
Kenwood
Tve
Larry Holsinger
Larry
J. _W. Holsinger
Louisa Street
Beeson Seeks Re election As Linn County Supervisor
Clarence L Beeson announces re nomination bid on Republican ticket for first district Linn county supervisor. A Cedar Rapids native born December 2 1901 he previously ran the American Cigar store for 13 years and served in World War I with the Sixth division. He and wife have daughter Claris and reside at 1629 K avenue NE. Beeson belongs to Mt Herman lodge Iowa Consistory El Kahir shrine Elks American Legion St Pauls Methodist Church. First district covers Clinton College Fairfax and Rapids townships.
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Cedar Rapids
C. L. Beeson
Linn County
American Cigar Store
Beeson
Chicago-Northwestern Railroad
Claris
Franklin Junior High School
K Avenue
Mt. Herman Lodge
Iowa
el Kahir Shrine
the Elks, American Legion
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Clinton
College
Fairfax
Rapids
Moscow Papers Ignore Churchill Fulton Talk
Moscow morning papers on Wednesday did not mention Winston Churchill's Fulton address nor the notes the United States sent to Russia on issues involving Iran and Manchuria.
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Moscow
Churchill
Winston Churchill
Fulton
Hanor
United States
Russia
Iran
Manchuria
Spaniards Retaliate For France Action At Border
Madrid authorities retaliate for France closing the border by banning French nationals and their property from Spain and prohibiting Spaniards from entering French territory.
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France
Madrid
Spain
Council Flayed For Overriding City Planners
Cedar Rapids city council is sharply criticized by Roy R. Downer, a city plan commission member, for overruling the commission on rezoning decisions. Downer cites the Mt. Vernon avenue ballroom site and a 842 Fourteenth Street SE lot as examples where council action jeopardized tax revenue and hindered commercial growth. He calls for the commission to resist altering its policy to avoid hamstringing local business and industrial life.
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Cedar Rapids
City Plan Commission
Roy R. Downer
Commission
Downer
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Archer
Cedar, Rapids
Marion
Thirty-eighth Street
Tom H. Archer
Des Moines
Plan Commission
Cedar Rapids Tribune
Fourteenth Street
R. R. Keep
Kep's
Iservice
P-Residential
C-commercial
Koepsell
Truman Urges Spiritual Strength to Halt Atomic Threat
President Truman warned in Columbus that only a revival of spiritual strength and a higher moral code can check atomic power. He urged housing legislation, a share-the-homes plan, fair employment practices, extension of price controls, and a universal sacrifice to feed hungry millions, pledging U S support for the United Nations Charter. Churchill continued to Washington after Fulton.
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Columbus
Ohio
INS
Truman
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Europe
Asia
Africa
United States
United Nations
Washington
Fulton
Winston Churchill
Russia
Rural Areas Reports Lag in County Red Cross Drive
Cedar Rapides News notes return rates from rural areas lagging on Wednesday. Linn township filed a complete report Tuesday as Reginald B. Figge, Linn county Red Cross funds chair, urged full week-end submissions. Maynard Downey reported $1,666 of $3,600 in the wholesale division's quota.
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Cedar Rapides
Reginald B. Figge
Linn County Red Cross
Figge
Linn Township
John T. Hamilton II
Maynard Downey
Presidents Hideaway Destroyed by Flames
Teletype report from Tilghman Maryland says the Jefferson Island clubhouse long used by Democratic presidents cabinet members and congressmen for informal gatherings was destroyed by a fire Tuesday night. Presidents Truman and Roosevelt had visited the Chesapeake Bay hideaway.
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Tilghman, Md
Jefferson Island
Truman
Roosevelt
Chesapeake Bay
House Beats Housing Bill Substitute
Washington AP report on House actions amid housing bill debates. Veterans gain mortgage insurance up to 90 percent, while a Republican substitute to cap prices on new homes fails. The chamber votes reflect party lines as Southern Democrats align with Republicans to oppose price ceilings.
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Washington
House
Housing in Cedar Rapids Vet Couple Search Wide Help
Housing in Cedar Rapids for eight married veterans and their wives grows urgent after hotel moves strip welcome. Veterans Service and Information Center seeks places to reside for these families and about 300 others. Call 30241 to offer room or an apartment for rent.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Veterans Service and Information Center
Nylons First Thought After 11 Story Plunge
New York dispatch reports Renat Chapiro a 15 year old who leaped from an 11th floor Park Avenue apartment. She landed on a car roof causing multiple leg fractures a compound arm fracture and internal injuries. She remained conscious and asked the nurse to be careful with her nylons.
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New York
Renat Chapiro
Park Avenue
Ickes Warned F R on Oil Scandal in 1944
Washington testimony before the senate naval committee revealed Harold L. Ickes told President Roosevelt in 1944 that a scandal would arise if an oilman remained Democratic national committee treasurer. Ickes and Len Tydings clashed as Pauley’s undersecretary nomination was debated. Ickes recalled urging Roosevelt not to have an oilman as treasurer and faulted Pauley for alleged improper methods in opposing tideland settlements.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Roosevelt
Democratic National Committee
Interior
Len Tydings
D-Md
Senate Naval Committee
Edwin W Pauley
Navy
Pauley
California
Democratic National
Icke
Old the Committee
Tydings
Sam Shelton
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Tideland
Ickes
French Warships Fire On Haiphong Target Indo China Clash
Off Haiphong harbor the French cruiser Emile Bertin and other warships faced shelling from an unidentified shore battery. A landing craft was fired on and a French sailor was seriously wounded. Maj. Gen Jacques Leclerc was aboard the flagship amid a brief exchange that left both sides with casualties.
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Emile Bertin
Haiphong
Indo-China
Haiphong Harbor
Jacques Leclerc
Chungking
Vet's Ouster of Man with Higher Seniority Vetoed
New York report on Abraham Fishgold a Brooklyn welder who challenged re employment rights under the selective service act The United States Circuit Court of Appeals led by Judge Learned Hand ruled veteran reemployment does not guarantee seniority over longer serving workers The decision upholds that restoration does not elevate a veteran above others with greater seniority and reverses Judge Abruzzo's earlier ruling for the union
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New York
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Learned Hand
Jerome N. Frank
Matthew T. Abruzzo
Brooklyn
Abraham Fishgold
Sullivan Drydock and Repair Company
Abruzzo
Fishgold
Iease
Phone Tieup Thursday Slated Amid Nationwide Rail Strike
The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers set a Monday 5 am CST strike deadline. Talks with phone companies and government leaders failed to avert a nationwide strike planned to start Thursday at 6 am. James F. Dewey joined the labor talks in Washington to report on the GM negotiations.
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Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Amy Central
James F. Dewey
General Motors
Labor
Schwellenbach
Washington
Labor Department
Dewey
Detroit
A. F. Whitney
B of R. T
Al~vanley Johnston
B. of L. E
Johnston
Stanley S. Lobred
B. of R. T
C R Situation Hinges On Area Instructions
The Association of Communications and Equipment Workers Local 62 faces a potential strike Thursday if area officers authorize it in Minneapolis or Des Moines. Cedar Rapids locals will not strike while other National Federation of Telephone Workers branches pause. Local 62 may picket the Cedar Rapids exchange, with three Northwestern Union locals observing lines. The union will not cross authorized pickets without strike permission and will ensure emergency service for telephone company property if management informs the union of breakdowns.
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Cedar Rapids
Association of Communi<ications
Minneapolis
Des Moines
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Third Avenue
Seventh Street
iTed Adams
North~western Union of Telephone Workers
National Federation of Telephone Workers
John F. Campbell
Cedar Rapids Exchange
Telephone Company
Northwestern
Campbell
Communications and ‘Equipment
Western Electric
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C.R. Realtor
Naomi Doebel
Acquntal
Clarence Beeson
Associated Press
Kaiser-Frazer
Henry J.kaiser
Kaiser-Frazer Corporation
Joseph W. Frazer
Jack Ferring
Council
Capital
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Wilson W. Wyatt
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Nylons
F.R
Vet
AP Dispatches
United Auto Workers
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