Big 4 Argue Policies in Reich Zones
Secretary of State Marshall reports widespread concern over denazification in Germany and urges uniform laws. Molotov counters with criticism of mass denazification and Nazi influence in judicial and public offices across zones. Bevin lists high Nazi officials in the Soviet zone as ministers debate policy.
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Big 4
Reich Zones
Marshall
Allied Control Council
Bevin
Germany
Soviet
Molotov
Socialist Unity Party
Truman
Kline Urges Iowa Education Reform in Rural Schools
Iowa Farm Bureau president Allan B. Kline spoke at McKinley High School urging state funded schools and tax reform. He criticized local property taxes, called for 50 percent state support, and noted Iowa teachers earn about half a dollar above a packing house worker hourly rate as he urged better pay to attract qualified educators. Before his remarks Marion high school students performed a musical program.
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Louise Johnston
Allan B. Kline
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
McKinley High School
Iowa
Kline
Army Seeks Merit Basis for Promotions Across Services
Secretary Patterson urged a sweeping shift to merit selection for regular army promotions up to colonel, replacing automatic service promotions. A House bill would speed Navy ranks, making most wartime temporary grades permanent, with limited downgrades. Controversy surrounds Col Kilian receiving permanent rank despite a court martial in the Lichfield prison case.
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Washington
Senate
Secretary of War
Atterson
Navy
House
Army
Patterson
War Department
Col
James A. Kilian
Lichfield
Kilian
Senate approves 10 year presidential term limit amendment
The Senate voted 59 to 23 to send a constitutional amendment limiting future Presidents to 10 years of service. Hickenlooper and Wilson supported the majority. The session followed a long debate over Franklin D. Roosevelt and included discussion of Lilienthal’s AEC nomination.
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Washington
Senate
Hickenlooper
Wilson
Iowa
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sen. Brooks
R-Il
America
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
House Votes Permanent Army Navy Nurse Corps
The House on Thursday unanimously approved a bill to create a permanent army and navy nurse corps. A Powell amendment to require non-discrimination by the President on race creed color and origin was rejected 187 to 47.
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Army-Navy Nurse Corps
Washington
INS
House
Army and Navy
Powell
D-N.y
Controversy Over Friley Is Confirmed
DES MOINES AP reports a board of education discussion confirmed complaints about Iowa State College administration and President Finley. No action taken yet. Alumni and student petitions were presented as the issue is studied.
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DES Moines
Charles E. Friley
Iowa State College
David Dancer
State Board of Education
Iowa State
Finley
Dancer
Ames
C. Coykendall
Iowa State College Alumni Association
Sioux City
Henry C. Shull
Coykendall
Board of Education
Remodel Now Build Next Year Curtis Tells Farmers
Naomi Doebel reports Hugh Curtis of Successful Farming urged remodeling this year and planning new farm homes next year at the two day Farm Home conference in Iowa. He cited supply shortages and rising costs, offering a cost estimate method and advising remodeling to cut expenses while prices peak.
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Curtis
Hugh Curtis
Successful Farming Magazine
Chamber of Commerce
Civilian Production Administration
Weather Roundup Iowa Faces Rain Snow and Cold
Cedar Rapids and much of Iowa endured rain turning to snow with more precip listed. The Weather Bureau forecasts cooler readings and gradual clearing by Thursday night. Cedar Rapids measured .68 inch total with .17 inch from 8:30 a.m. to noon. highs reached 42 earlier, then 38 by midnight and 37 at 9 a.m. Thursday. The state expects slippery highways and temperatures dipping to 22 in the northeast and 30 in the southeast.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Day of Shame in Truman Talk Sparks Uproar
The Communist Daily Worker labeled President Truman’s call for U S action in Greece and Turkey as a day of national shame for America in a New York report. The piece, datelined Thursday, frames the demand as an affront to national values.
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Daily Worker
Truman Talk
New York
Communist Daily Worker
Truman
America
Greece
Turkey
Senate orders daily sessions to act on Greece aid by March
Senate Republican policy committee moved to hold daily sessions through March 31 to speed action on a proposed 400 million dollar loan to Greece and Turkey and other measures. Taft said night sessions would meet Wednesdays as the group presses Congress to act before the month ends. Vandenberg urged full disclosure of foreign credit plans and pledged to let Congress judge details, arguing UN action is not ready and agreeing with President Truman on opposing Communist aggression.
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Washington
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Senate
Greece
Turkey
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Truman
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Patterson
Forrestal
War and Navy
Acheson
Mediterranean
Ooe
Union Objects To Time Study For Repairmen
About 600 AFL workers halted production at Penick and Ford in Cedar Rapids to protest a time study scheme proposed by Penick vice president Dr J Max Widmer. Union leaders claim any time study requires negotiation. Widmer says it is not a time study and not subject to collective bargaining.
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Penick
Ford
Cedar Rapids
AFL
Robert Decker
National Council of Grain Processors
J. Max Widmer
Dr. Widmer
Quaker Oats Plant Idle as 950 CIO Workers Strike
About 950 CIO workers struck Quaker Oats over a 15 minute rest period at the giant plant here. The walkout began at 7 am with night shift workers leaving, pickets in drizzle, and no disturbances by noon. Management and union blamed each other as talks failed.
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Gazette
del Blumenshine
CIO
Quaker Oats
Cedar Rapids
United Cereal Workers
AFL
U.S
Walter C. White
Des Moines
White
Arthur Poe
Wesley J. Kopecky
Cereal Workers’ Local 110
Kopecky
Poe
Gasoline Price Jumps Half Cent Across Midwest
Gasoline prices rose a half cent per gallon and tractor fuel gained one cent in 11 Midwest and Mountain states including Iowa. The increase follows a 25 cent per barrel crude oil rise and affects kerosene diesel and other fuels. Shipping and container costs are noted as factors.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Midwest
Iowa
A. L. Stouffer
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
Shelly Oil Company
Phillips Petroleum Corporation
Shell Oil Company
Texaco
Standard Oil Company
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Iota
Wisconsin
Reds react to Truman speech in Soviet paper front page excerpt
Izvestia on its back page published a 132 word report quoting unfavorable U.S. senatorial reaction to President Truman's speech seen as urging loans to Greece and Turkey. Tass had not carried the speech by Thursday morning, 12 hours after delivery.
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Moscow
Izvestia
Truman
Greece
Turkey
Tass
Marshall Stalin To Discuss Policy In Moscow Talk
Secretary of State Marshall plans to present the new American policy against communism to Josef Stalin, with officials unsure if a conference will be initiated by Marshall or awaited by the Russians. Diplomats weigh how the policy will affect Germany talks and whether Soviet reaction will be passive or retaliatory. A Kremlin dinner could precede a formal谈.
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Moscow
Marshall
United States
Germany
Socialist Unity (Communist) Party
Allied Control Authority
Allied Control Council
Josef Stalin
Stalin
Kremlin
Truman
U N Faces Suspense Over Truman Policy For Middle East
The United Nations sits in suspense as President Truman moves to openly oppose Communist expansion in the Middle East. Neutral diplomats say major U N projects like world atomic control and universal disarmament hinge on U S and Soviet leadership settling basic strategic disputes.
One Dead As Flames Sweep College Dorms
A fire gutted two dormitories at Cazenovia Junior College in central New York. A housekeeper leaped to her death, and more than 150 students and staff escaped or were helped to safety as flames swept the 122 year old campus, near Syracuse.
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Cazenovia
N. Y
Cazenovia Junior College
New York
Syracuse
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