Pauley Withdrawal Ends Navy Undersecretary Fight
President Truman withdrew Edwin W. Pauley’s nomination as undersecretary of the navy at Pauley’s request after six weeks of controversy. Senator Walsh announced the Senate Naval Affairs Committee commended Pauley for patriotic action and the White House released letters confirming Pauley’s vindication.
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Washington
Truman
Edwin W. Pauley
California
Navy
Pauley
Walsh
Dmass
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Harold L. Ickes
Interior
Ickes
White House
Leslie Biffle
Senate
Department of the Navy
Goering Recalls Meeting Hitler in Early Nazi Days
In Nürnberg Hermann Goering testifies he met Adolf Hitler in 1922 at a Munich protest against the Versailles treaty. He recalls pledging to obey the Fuehrer and details his role reorganizing the SA and recruiting labor for the movement.
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Mernberg
Hermann Goering
War Crimes Tribunal
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Reichsmarshal
Klieg
Nuernberg
Luftwaffe
Goering
Richtofen
Weimar
Munich University
Hitler
Munich
Hiter
Breach of promise suit filed in Cedar Rapids court
Vera Welsh sues George Roemig for 10000 dollars over an alleged May 1 1943 agreement to marry. She also seeks return of 1100 dollars she loaned him to improve property he owned, claiming he pretended to plan a home for them. The petition notes their courtship from May 1943 to September and his professed love.
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Cedar Rapids
District
George Roemig
Sixth Street
Vera Welsh
F Avenue
Miss Welsh
Roemig
Roeniig
Roemiig
Rainy Mild Weather Continues Through Friday in State
The eastern part of the state enjoys unseasonably mild weather with temperatures in the 60s. Cedar Rapids reported 62 at 2:30 pm while showers are forecast for the region through Friday.
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Mercury
Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Need 45 000 000 Autos Man Who Built Brush Car Says
A. P. Brush, designer of the Brush runabout, in Cedar Rapids, recalls his early work and his belief that 45,000,000 privately owned cars are needed in the United States. He envisions vast highways and rapid travel, continues to dream at 68, and humorously notes hearing aids aid conversation.
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Brush
A. P. Brush
Cedar Rapids
Detroit
United States
Ames Construction Worker Drowned Near Mt Vernon
A 28 year old Ames construction worker, Hope, was believed drowned in the Cedar River near the Ivanhoe bridge site south of Mt. Vernon Tuesday around 4 30 p.m. Deputies and residents searched the river Wednesday morning without success. Buck, employed by J F Beasley Construction on highway 261, was in a small boat with two others when it overturned after hitting a low cable. The two survivors, C Dudley and William Vallun, stated Buck disappeared under water after the boat filled, with Buck staying with the vessel. Deputies learned of the accident from Mrs Buck.
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Hope
Howard Buck
Ames
Cedar River
Ivanhoe Bridge
Mt. Vernon
Linn County
Jim Smith
Harlan Snyder
Bob Spooner
Buck
J. F. Beasley Construction Company
Solon
Ames Man
C. Dudley
William V. Vallun
Vallun
Dudley
Siemon
Stocks Hit Sharp Setback in Midweek Decline
New York brokers reported the worst market setback of the month as prices fell amid gloomy views of the international scene. The downturn trimmed one to over four dollars from many leading issues, with heavy selling and the ticker tape running as much as two minutes late at times.
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New York
Red Cross Campaign Nears County Goal in 1946 Drive
Linn county totals rose to 81798 by Tuesday night as county chair Reginald B Figge forecast reaching the 86500 quota with good luck. Rural collections stood at 11053 and Cedar Rapids was the exception in the county quotas. Major divisions reported strong progress with 31565 against 34500 and the wholesalers' major noted 90 percent of 3600.
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Linn County
Red Cross
Reginald B. Figge
Figge
Cedar Rapids
William B. Cormack
Maynard Downey
Truman Seeks Funds for 100000 More Veteran Homes
President Truman asked Congress to appropriate 253.727 million dollars to build another 100000 temporary homes for veterans. Congress has already provided funding for 100000 such dwellings, and the president said the additional 100000 are needed.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Blomberg Dies at 75 in Wake of Illness
MERNBERG AP Field Marshal Werner von Blomberg once minister of war in the early Hitler cabinet died of heart failure. He had been awaiting summons as his health failed.
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Blomberg
Hitler
Red Leader Hits Back at Fulton Talk
Stalin in a Pravda interview from Fulton Missouri blasts Churchill in stark terms. He accuses Churchill of war mongering and links him to Hitlerian tactics while threatening to scrap the Anglo Russian alliance and criticizing British policy toward Poland and eastern Europe.
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London
Stalin
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Ernest Bevin
Europe
Fulton, Mo
Pravda
Communist Party
Radio Moscow
Hitler
Russia
Poland
U.S. S.R
Russians Close On Tehran As Iran Tense
Reports from Tehran indicate Russian combat troops in full kit near the capital within 20 miles and moving toward the southwest near Turkey and Iraq. The U S secretary of state announced a new note to Moscow seeking an explanation while a correspondent observed 14 Sherman tanks and Red fighters near Kazvin.
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Tehran
Iran
Turkey
Iraq
State Byrnes
Washington
Moscow
Karaj
Kazvin
Qavam Es Saltaneh
Hughes Wins All Precincts In Safety Race
Cedar Rapids voters nominated nine candidates for six city posts in a primary. Safety commissioner Gordon Hughes led with 3,985 votes, sweeping every precinct. Marvin Fatka finished seven to one behind with 465 votes and will challenge Hughes in the March 25 election. Registration runs three days before the vote with extended Friday hours.
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Hughes
Cedar Rapids
Fatka
18.5-Cent Pay Boost Ends GM Strike
The 113 day General Motors strike ends with an 18.5 cent hourly raise and wage equity. The pact includes vacation pay gains and women’s pay parity, lifting the average raise well above 19.5 cents. About 175000 GM workers across 92 plants are to return to work soon after ratification.
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Detroit
General Motors
CIO
United Auto Workers
Truman
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Auay
Stefan Wins Parks Commissioner Nomination in 4 3 Vote
Stefan, long time parks chief, defeated Jones 4 to 3 after polling 2,463 votes across 19 of 23 precincts. Jones, a grain merchant, earned 1,835 votes with four east side precincts won. Stastny finished third with 632 votes, while Wagner trailed with 318 votes. Burgus and Stolba also named in the race.
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Stefan
Jones
Charles Kosek
Kosek
East Side
Leonard B. Stastny
Penick and
Ford
A. A. Wagner
Burgus
Stolba
Pare Home Costs by Skimping on Luxuries Not Structure
Prof Leonard Wolf of Iowa State College urged careful site selection and proper grading for new homes. He advised on footings drains water control basement joints bracing corner columns and sub floor bracing with reinforced diagonals for strength, showing slides to illustrate preferred methods.
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Leonard Wolf
Department of Engineering
Iowa State College
Coe College Chapel
Wolf
Soviet Reply Defends Manchuria Grab In U S Note
Secretary Byrnes said the United States received a Soviet reply to its Feb 9 inquiry on Manchuria policy. The note reportedly defended Russia’s removal of industrial equipment as rightful booty from the Japanese army and denied plans for exclusive Sino Soviet control of Manchuria.
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Manchuria
U.S
Washington
Byrnes
Russia
China
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