Gromyko Named First Deputy Foreign Minister in Moscow
London reports Andrei A. Gromyko is appointed Russia s first deputy foreign minister succeeding Andrei Y Vishinsky who becomes foreign minister. Gromyko, known for sharp UN clashes, was Russia s envoy to Washington 1943 46 and head of the UN delegation 1946 48.
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London
Andrei A. Gromyko
United Nations
Russia
Moscow
Andrei Y Vishinsky
V. M Molotov
Gromyko
Security Council
Washington
Crimea
Foreign Ministry
Jakob A. Malik
Vishinsky
Molotov
Cold Nights Expected To Ease Floods
Cold nights over the next two days may ease floods along Iowa rivers, with high stages still feared on the Des Moines and Raccoon within 72 hours. Des Moines rises were noted at Ottumwa as ice jams form upriver near Chillicothe, while the Mississippi ice breakup surprised observers at McGregor.
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Iowa
Weather Bureau
Des Moines
Raccoon
Ottumwa
Chillicothe
Blackhawk
Mississippi River
McGregor
Cedar Rapids youths save boy from icy creek
In Cedar Rapids two teens, Jerry Zimmerman and Jimmy Roach, both 13 and 14, rescue 3 year old Bud Reading who drifted into Indian Creek after wandering from home. Bud was brought to St. Luke's hospital and was reported none the worse for the plunge.
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Cedar Rapids
Jerry Zimmerman
Carl Zimmerman
Thirty-first Street Drive
James Kvach
Louis Kvach
Thirty-first Street
Lawrence
Bud” Reading
Mrs Lawrence Reading
Jerry
Jimmy
Bud
Indian Creek
James
Kvach
St. Luke's Hospital
Anti Zionist Drive Reported in Iron Curtain Nations
Italian news agency Astra said Communist party orators in Iron Curtain countries are campaigning against Jewish re action and Zionist influence. Expulsions of Zionist Jews are alleged amid claims of American and British reactionary control. Some Zionists allegedly left under cover of voluntary exoduses to Palestine.
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Rome
Astra
Triesté
Iron Curtain
Communist Party
European
Israel
Palestine
Bing Crosby's playful ball drop delights pensioner
A lighthearted golf moment recalls Bing Crosby dropping a ball into the cup during a dog leg hole. An elderly, perspiring golfer emerges from the woods and smiles when told his shot recently landed in the cup. He quips that it gives him a nine.
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Bing Crosby
Man Killed and Injured in West Cedar Rapids Collision
Beverly Wayne Lee, 21 Thirty-sixth Avenue SW, was killed in a crash on Highway 30 five miles west of Cedar Rapids near 11:30 p.m. Saturday. Kenneth Limerly, also in the Bupane gas truck, was injured and rushed to Mercy hospital. Investigators could not determine who drove the pickup as the Bapane truck tried to pass a car and collided with a westbound semi.
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Cedar Rapids
Beverly Wayne Lee
Kenneth Limerly
Mercy Hospital
Highway Patrolnmien
Lee
Limerly
Red Cross Fund Drive Extended in Linn County
The 1949 Linn County Red Cross drive is extended to Wednesday. Drive chairman John Beck reports $32,008.38 raised since Feb 21 toward a $50,000 goal, with a $12,000 war-surplus offset planned to help meet the target.
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Cedar Rapids News
Linn County Red Cross
John Beck
Drive
Lim County
Beck
Anets
Mercantile
Galvin and McGrath Confirmed by Senate
The Senate confirmed Michael J. Galvin as undersecretary of labor and Earl J. McGrath as U S commissioner of education by unanimous consent. Both confirmations occurred Saturday in Washington.
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Galvin
McGrath
Senate
Washington
Michael J. Galvin
Earl J. McGrath
U. S
Education
Russians Release 4 Airlift Flyers
The Soviet air force freed four American flyers after their C 54 transport crashed and exploded in Thuringia. One crewman was killed trying to raid the craft. survivors, including one with a broken leg, were reportedly well treated by Russians. Cause of the accident remains unknown.
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Berlin
Thuringia
Air Force
United States
Potsdam
Miner Killed in Fort Dodge Shaft Accident
John Swartz about 32 was crushed to death Saturday in a Fort Dodge Limestone Company mine shaft at Fort Dodge.
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Fort Dodge
INS
John Swartz
Fort Dodge Limestone Company
Airman Chops Cockpit Floor To Repair Landing Gear
Bedford Air Force Base Massachusetts reports Captain Fran G McLaughlin Malden used an emergency axe and tools to reach a faulty landing gear on a training bomber with fuel nearly gone He cut through the cockpit floor wedged floor boards and levered the gear into place while Lt E Whitley monitored fuel and radio contact with the control tower emergency crews stood by as the aircraft landed safely with the gas gauge reading empty.
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Bedford Air Force Base
Mass
Air Force
Fran G. McLaughlin
Malden
Mclaughlin
Argentine Bank Resumes Free Gold Trading
The central bank of Argentina resumes free trading in gold in Buenos Aires marking a shift after a halt last October. Officials cite stabilization in the market and aim to reestablish liquidity for domestic transactions.
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Buenos Aires
Central B
Argentina
Academy for Air Training Is Proposed
Defense Secretary Forrestal announced the NME will back legislation for an air academy to supply officers for all three services. An eight man advisory board including Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower will study options with a target date of recommendations by April 1. The plan explores a national military establishment and possible combined or rotating academies to reduce load on West Point and Annapolis.
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Washington
National Military Establishment
Air Force
Army
West Point
Navy
Annapolis
Defense
Forrestal
NME
Congress
Arrestal
Air Academy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Sone Air Force
Sane
Trumanec
Air Service
Defense Establishment
Air
Point
Soviet Union rejects Western German state move
Berlin AP. The Soviet Union says it will not recognize or accept the Western German state being formed under U.S., British, and French guidance. Marshal Sokolovsky's letter attacks U.S. restitution policies in Germany and opposes splitting Germany, offering no plan to respond to the new state.
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Berlin
Soviet Union
United States
France
Britain
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
U.S
Russia
Western
Sokolovsky
U.S.S.R
U. S
Girl Spy Suspect Praised by Her Dept Superiors
Judith Copson a 27 year old Department of Justice employee arrested for allegedly stealing government documents was praised by two of her superiors in letters on file at Barnard College. Dean Millicent C. McIntosh released a two page statement describing her high intelligence and talents. One letter from Laurence A. Knapp chief of foreign agent registrations quotes that she had superior talent in this character.
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New York
Judith Copson
Department of Justice
Barnard College
Columbia University
Millicent C. McIntosh
Miss McIntosh
Barnard
Miss Coplon
Laurence A. Knapp
House Unit May Dig into Spy Charges
Washington insiders report the House Un American Activities Committee plans a full dress inquiry into espionage charges involving Justice Department personnel. Rep. Wood chairs the panel and Rep. Nixon urged a thorough probe after Valentin A Gubitchev and Judith Coplon were arrested on espionage charges in New York. The panel may subpoena Coplon and question Gubitchev while examining the Justice Department's Soviet and UN ties.
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Washington
INS
House
UN American Activities Committee
Justice Department
Rep. Wood
D-Ga
Rep. Nixon
R-Calif
Nixon
New York
Valentin A Gubitchev
United Nations
Judith Coplon
Miss Coplon
Gubitchev
Truman Hints New Tenant in White House After 1952
Washington AP report notes President Truman suggesting a White House occupant after 1952. He jokes about ongoing renovations and aims to have the end floor repaired so the next president can move in without political delays. He plans to leave early Sunday for a two week vacation.
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Truman
White House
Washington
Reirs
Ite
Godfrey
Plenty of Jobs, Job For Tax Collector Too
Chicago based deputy internal revenue collector Stanley Kaiser handles a flood of wage withholdings as Lester Wortham of Bellevue Ohio lists 52 employers from 1948. Wortham, a baker by trade who also works as cattle herder and freight handler, explains his diverse labor. He files the slips from Montana Minnesota Nebraska Ohio Iowa Wisconsin and Illinois.
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Chicago
INS
Stanley Kaiser
Internal Revenue
Lester Wortham
Bellevue
Ohio
Kaiser
Montana
Minnesota
Nebraska
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
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