Diary Cites President in RFC Probe
Senators probing RFC operations reviewed a diary from Walter L. Dunham RFC director showing John Steelman quoted the President urging action on a Boston Common garage and bomb shelter loan. The diary details cases involving Motor Parks Inc and other RFC borrowers, with Dunham questioning legality and influence attempts.
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RFC
Washington
Truman
Walter L. Dunham
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate Banking Subcommittee
Subcommittee
John R. Steelman
White House
Mr. Truman
Boston Common
Dunham
Steelman
Fulbright
John Steelman
Motor Parks, Inc
Solons Blast Nursing Home Regulations
Iowa Senate votes 48 to 0 to strip the Department of Health of some inspection powers over county nursing homes and require local approval for small homes to obtain special licenses. Sen. Arthur Jacobson says tiny homes face “ridiculous” rules and cites examples like closets and kerosene lamps. Sen. Herman Knudson notes inspector orders to remove lighting aids. Original bill targets county homes. author Sen. W Eldon Walter says state and local bodies already inspect larger facilities.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
State Department of Health
Arthur Jacobson
R-Wauken
Jacobson
State Health Department
W. Eldon Walter
R-Beaman
State Board of Control
Earthquake Shakes Tokyo and Yokohama with No Damage
An earthquake rattled Tokyo and Yokohama on Friday but caused no damage or injuries reported by authorities. Seismic activity was felt across the two metropolitan areas and minor tremors were recorded. Local officials urged calm and noted no follow up alerts issued.
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Yokohama
Iowa House delays county pay bill over wage freeze ruling
The Iowa House votes to delay action on the county officers' salary bill until Tuesday to obtain Attorney General Larson's opinion on the federal wage freeze. Rep. Ernest Kosek says the reply cannot arrive before Monday, prompting the postponement before sending the measure to the Senate. The delay follows a 97 to 2 vote on passage.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa House
House
Senate
Atty
Robert L. Larson
Ernest Kosek
Cedar Rapids
Larson
Air Force Lieutenant Missing After B-29 Crash Near Woodland
Search under way for an air force lieutenant missing after a B-29 crashed and burned in an open field near Woodland California. Eight crew members parachuted to safety moments before the aircraft exploded creating a crater in a beet field. The crash occurred 300 yards from the Robert H Smith ranch house. Their five year old son Tommy ran indoors in fear.
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Woodland
Calif
Air Force
Robert H. Smith
Tommy
Mott to retire as dean of Missouri Journalism School
Frank Luther Mott will retire July 1 as dean of the school of journalism at the University of Missouri. He joined the university from Iowa in 1942, will take a fall leave but continue teaching, and return as a full professor. He turns 65 on April 4.
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Frank Luther Mott
University of Missouri
Mott
University of Iowa
Iowa Senate Faces Possible Tax Hikes For Next Budget
In Des Moines the Iowa Senate heard that next biennium revenues may fall about 9 million dollars short of proposed appropriations. Gov Beardsley projects 98 million yearly revenue against a 102 million budget with a 30 million reserve unused. Senators consider raising taxes or cutting spending to cover the deficit.
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Iowa Senate
J. C. Colburn
Harlan
Senate
William S. Beardsley
Appropriations
Sen. Elthan
Sen
X. T. Prentis
R-Mt. Ayr
Colburn
Senate Appropriations Committee
Prentis
Gov
Beardsley
Arthur Jacobson
R-Wauken
Column for Parents Begins in Gazette
The Gazette starts a new writers section with Muriel Lawrence as its parenting columnist. She will contribute three times weekly on the women’s pages and readers should check Today’s Index for page numbers. Lawrence, a New Jersey native with NYU journalism training, has directed publicity for the Children's Village of Dobbs Ferry and previously produced parent radio programs with the Judge Baker Guidance Center in Boston.
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Gazette
Muriel Lawrence
Mrs. Lawrence
Dobbs Ferry
N.Y
The
Friends Help Man Who Lost Four in Fire
Independence crowds aid Leo Nelson after a Thursday apartment fire killed his wife and three children Kitty 23 Karen 3 and Ronald Dean 4 months. Red Cross will cover hospital expenses and funeral costs while Amvets VFW American Legion and Wildlife Association raise funds locally. Funeral services set for Saturday at the First Church of Christ Oelwein. Fire officials say faulty fuel oil pour into a wood stove likely sparked the blaze.
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Leo Nelson
Buchanan County Red Cross
Amvets
V.F.W
American Legion
Buchannan County Wildlife Association
Oelwein
Nelsons
Nelson
Kitty
Karen
Ronald Dean
First Church of Christ
Peoples Funeral Home
Paul Soener
State Fire Marshal
Des Moines
Soener
Spener
Buchanan County
Iowa's May Draft Quota Set at 995 in State Call
Des Moines AP reports Iowa's selective service will call 995 draftees in May, part of a national 60,000 men quota. It marks Iowa's smallest monthly quota since December.
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DES Moines
Selective Service
Iowa
Ill Health Forces Bevin to Step Down as Foreign Minister
London AP reports Ernest Bevin resigns as Britain's foreign minister due to ill health. Deputy Prime Minister Herbert Morrison will assume the post, having steered the Labour government through a fragile Commons majority amid Conservative pressure. Morrison favors direct personal diplomacy. policy direction remains largely unchanged.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Herbert Morrison
Morrison
Labor Party
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Allies Gain As Much as Four Miles In Korea Drive
Allied troops pushed as much as four miles along a 70 mile front in central Korea on day three of a major offensive. Red casualties topped 17 000 in two days, while UN forces resumed their advance with heavy artillery air support. Chinese and Korean Communist attacks were repelled as the 25th and 24th divisions linked up near Seoul and the Han River bridgeheads expanded.
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Korea
Republic
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U. S. Air Force
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Marine Corps
South Africa
Australia
Nate Polowetzky
U. S. First Cavalry Division
Col
Jacob Shacter
Seoul
25Th
Han River
Bomb China war industry, Limb urges action
Col Ben C. Limb urges Gen MacArthur to unleash UN air power against Red China’s war industries. Speaking at Cedar Rapids Temple Judah, Limb says Russians won’t intervene if air action is taken and backs using Nationalist Chinese troops with UN backing. He criticizes unnamed powers in the UN for inaction, warning that appeasement could lead to World War III.
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United Nations
China
Ben C. Limb
Col. Limb
Cedar Rapids
Temple Judah
Limb
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
U. N
United States
Deep Freeze Woman Loses Both Legs by Amputation
Chicago 23 year old Dorothy Mae Stevens known as the deep freeze woman lost both legs after nine inch below knee amputations at Michael Reese Hospital. She survived a body temperature of 64 degrees after being found frozen in an alley on February 8. Doctors said extensive tissue damage and rising toxicity forced life saving surgery though initial hopes for recovery had lingered.
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Chicago
Dorothy Mae Stevens
Michael Reese Hospital
Sitter Doubles as House Ransacker
A 16 year old baby sitter allegedly acted as a house ransacker in San Bernardino. She watched the child then entered unoccupied homes after the parents left, woke the infant to place it on furniture and rang doorbells to find payment. A tip from a suspicious housewife led to her arrest.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Red Cross Drive Tempo Increases in Linn County
Cedar Rapids reports the 1951 Linn county Red Cross campaign sped up Friday but remains far from the $62,633 goal. Officials say $9,624 is now on hand, marking an increase toward the target.
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Red Cross
Linn County Red Cross
Red Cross Linn County drive funds in 1950
The Linn chapter did not run a drive in 1948 due to prior oversubscription. In 1950 it sought only 50000 dollars though the annual budget was 62000, carrying a 12000 dollar surplus from earlier subscriptions into the year.
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The
Red Cross
Linn County
Linn
Linn Red Cross seeks $3,000 drive in Linn County
Drive Chairman Pete Bezanson urged a membership push as Linn County Red Cross sets a near 3000 goal for Thursday. He noted the 1951 budget is only 633 above 1950 while war demands grow and federal plans call for civil defense training in about one seventh of residents. Nine first aid classes run in Cedar Rapids with 433 locals trained last year and many plants joining the program. The chapter seeks broad support to meet next year's obligations.
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Drive
Pete Bezanson
Red Cross
Linn County
Bezanson
Linn
Cedar Rapids
Penalty Cut By Court of Appeal Edict
In Rangoon the Burma Court of Appeal reduced Dr. Gordon Seagrave's six year sentence for aiding rebels to roughly six months, citing age and service to Burma. The court kept guilty on aiding rebels but shortened time already served and allowed release but not yet clear on return to his hospital. Seagrave earlier faced treason charges. a nurse threat claim was reversed.
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Rangoon
Bursmese
Seagrave
Burma
Rachel
Warmer Weather Expected Saturday
Iowa forecast shows a Friday warmup on the way after subfreezing readings across the state. Friday lows included five below at Spencer and three below at Mason City, with warmer south winds expected tonight and Saturday as highs reach the 30s to mid 40s.
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Iowa News
Iowa
Spencer
Mason City
Decorah
McCoid Chosen to Hear Lons Murder Trial
Supreme court appoints District Judge Paul H. McCoid of Mt. Pleasant to preside over the murder trial of James Lons, Iowa City restaurant operator, charged with stabbing waiter Andrew Davelis. Trial set for 10 a.m. April 17. other judges in the district had disqualified themselves.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Paul H. McCoid
Mt. Pleasant
James Lons
Iowa City
Lons
Andrew Davelis
James P. Gaffney
Marengo
E. D. Evans
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