Pauley kept in fight by Truman act
President Truman delayed a withdrawal move on Edwin W. Pauley’s nomination as undersecretary of the Navy. Pauley defended his integrity and qualifications, denounced character attacks, and said he would continue to press for confirmation despite criticism and opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauley
Truman
Washington
Senate Naval Committee
Edwin W. Pauley
Navy
California
Senate
Sen. Tobey
R-Nh
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Tam
Mexico
Max Thornburg
State Department
Thornburg
William A. Patterson
United Air Lines
Roosevelt
Ickes
Knox
Victor Rossetti
Los Angeles
Rossetti
Late Blizzard Grips Cedar Rapids and State Wide
A late winter blizzard swept across Cedar Rapids and much of western and central Iowa causing school and highway closures, power and telephone outages, and railway delays. Snow depths reached four to eight feet in places with up to 14 inches in Cedar Rapids and 14 inches in Storm Lake. Several towns were isolated as lines failed and many trains and buses were delayed or canceled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Storm Lake
Iowa
Oakland
The
American Automobile Association
Highway Patrol
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Council Bluffs
Grant
Emerson
Henderson
Braddyville
Shambaugh
Coin
Northborough
Blanchard
Farragut
Riverton
College Springs
Telephone Company
Atlantic
Charles City
Cherokee
Fort Dodge
Ames
Sioux City
Mason City
Des Moines
Perry
Spencer
Montezuma
Iowa City
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Northern
Half Way Mark Reached in Red Cross Campaign
Linn County Red Cross reported four days into its 1946 drive to raise 86500 that $43731 has been subscribed by volunteers in business industry and residential areas. Rural contributions are growing at headquarters in the Granby building but lag behind. Link Belt Speeder Corp exceeded its industrial quota while Gordon Barber's mercantile division reached 7400 of 9500. People’s Savings Bank joined 100 percent award winners as campaign chiefs urge speed to finish in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Red Cross
Reginald B. Figge
Granby
Figge
Link Belt Speeder Corporation
Gordon Barger
People’s Savings Bank
Churchill urges unity of English speaking peoples in dangerous times
Winston Churchill urged close Anglo American unity before the Virginia House of Delegates warning peace cannot be kept if warlike strength is cast aside in dangerous times. He said Americans and Britons must stand together for future generations and defense of shared causes. General Eisenhower and Mrs Churchill attended the speech.
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Richmond
Winston Churchill
Britain
Virginia General
Western Hemisphere
America
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Henry Maitland Wilson
Churchill
Washington
William M. Tuck
Virginia
Virginia House of Delegates
Thomas Jefferson
John Marshall
Robert E. Lee
House
Thomas B. Stanley
Fulton
United States
Nervous Sailor Delivers Baby Aboard Stormy Tanker
On a sea voyage 1,200 miles at sea, Navy pharmacist mate Jerry Bradbury delivered a seven pound four ounce baby girl aboard the U S S Puente Hills under radio guidance from a coast guard medical officer. The mother, an unidentified passenger, and Bradbury are reported safe as the Haida races to rendezvous for a postdelivery examination.
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Seattle
Navy
Coast Guard
Jerry Bradbury
Cleburne
Texas
U. S.S. Puente Hills
Bradbury
Puente Hills
Haida
Sdid
Donbass
Comdr
R A Sarrillo
Okinawa
25000 Shifted To Air Force in Pacific Transfer
Manila reports that Lt. Gen. Ennis C. Whitehead announced a transfer of 25000 ground and service troops to air force units in the Pacific. The move, ordered by Gen. MacArthur, aims to fix air force personnel shortages caused by rapid demobilization.
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Manila
Sns
Pacific
Ennis C. Whitehead
Pacific Air Command
Whitehead
MacArthur
Air Force
United States
Condition of Cardinal Glennon Deteriorates
Dublin report says John Cardinal Glennon, 83, of St. Louis, worsened Friday as doctors cited uremia plus a lung infection that had confined him to bed earlier in the week.
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Dublin
John Cardinal Glennon
St. Louis
Stilwell Road Abandoned After World War Efforts
Washington reports the Stilwell road and 11 Burma airfields, costing the U S about 137 million and 15 million respectively, are to be abandoned. The Foreign Liquidation Commission says their use freed more than 12,000 soldiers to speed their return home.
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Washington
United States
Burma
Office of the Foreign Liquidation Commission
China
Hannegan Not Aiming To Quit Chairmanship
Washington AP Postmaster General Robert E Hannegan said on Friday he did not intend to resign as Democratic national chairman. He stressed his commitment to continue leading the party and supporting its campaign efforts.
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Hannegan
Washington
Robert E. Hannegan
Fire on Queen Elizabeth Put Under Control
A fire swept the isolation hospital aboard the Queen Elizabeth in Southampton causing smoke for about 90 minutes. Firemen protected by breathing apparatus boarded the ship as harbor authorities investigated suspected sabo tage amid a recent string of shipblazes. The liner, idle for reconversion, arrived from New York and was to be refitted for Atlantic passenger service in about six months.
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Southampton
England
Truman Names Railway Panel Amid Threat of Nationwide Strike
President Truman appointed a three man fact finding board to resolve grievances of two railroad brotherhoods. Judge Leif Erickson Frank M. Swacker and Gordon S. Watkins will study the dispute, likely delaying a strike 30 to 60 days. He noted past emergency boards often yield settlements and criticized sensational headlines.
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Washington
Truman
Leif Erickson
Montana Supreme Court
Frank M. Swacker
New York
Gordon S. Watkins
Economics Department
University of California
General Motors
Smyth Twins Spark Insurance Policy Birth in Hollywood
Hollywood could barely contain surprise as Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Smyth, who bought a twin insurance policy four months ago for a $50 premium, collected $1,000 on Friday after their twin boys were born Wednesday night.
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Hollywood
Anthony Smyth
Soviets Tighten Grip in Manchuria As Reporters Are Barred
AP correspondent Spencer Davis reports Changchun under Soviet control with Malinovsky unavailable for comment. Chinese officials are cut to a bare minimum as shops close and civilians flee by 4 pm. Journalists are interned or expelled while tension rises over economic coordination between USSR and China in Manchuria.
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China
Manchuria
Changchun
Spencer Davis
Russia
Rodion Malinovsky
Red Army
Chungking
Mukden
US Pressures Reds to Withdraw From Iran
President Truman defended the UN, saying it would not collapse even if Soviet troops stay in Iran. The State Department released a 650 word note urging immediate Russian withdrawal and citing Tehran and other allied accords. George Kennan delivered the Iran note in Moscow as Byrnes sought a prompt Soviet reply.
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Washington
Truman
United Nations Organization
Russia
United States
Iran
World Peace Agency
UNO
Moscow
State Department
Tehran
Soviet Union
U. S
George F. Kennan
Byrnes
Ken~nan
Manchuria
Kremlin
U.S
Middle Eastern
Graven Attacks Witness Fee as Being Too Small
Judge Henry N Graven criticized the federal per diem for witnesses at 1.50 a day in a patent infringement case involving Pickwick Corp. The court declined a defense request for a witness and noted additional 3 per day subsistence if multiple days. L R Long of Barker Poultry Equipment testified about rubber fingers on chicken pickers.
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Cedar Rapids
Henry N Graven
Graven
Pickwick Corporation
Alexander C. Mabee
Chicago
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C.R
Cedar Rapids News
Western Union
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Louis Silvestri
Europe
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Union
Westport
Wash
Willard Campbell
San Francisco
Miami
Fla
Glennon
Stilwell
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