British Reinforcements Sent to Aqaba Red Sea Port
London reports the British war office reinforcing Aqaba amid tense moves along the Negev coast. Trans Jordan and Britain view Israel’s Red Sea advance as risky, with Britain bound by a treaty to aid Abdullah’s kingdom if attacked.
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London
Britain
Aqaba
Trans-Jordan
Red Sea
Gulf of Aqaba
Negev
Rhodes
Israel
United Nations
Filat
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Trans- Jordan
Amman
Arab Beersheba
British
War Office
Abdullah
Middle East
My America column to appear in Gazette Tomorrow
The Gazette will carry Harry Boyd's My America five days weekly on the editorial page starting Monday. The longtime Strictly Informal writer returns with universal appeal offering original thinking and humor on inflation church suppers and household clock chaos.
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Harry Boyd
America
The
Gazette
Boyd
Sunday Gazette
King Features Syndicate
Hard Fightin Rent Control Due Tuesday
Washington AP report says administration and Democratic leaders rally to push rent control through the House next Tuesday. The plan extends controls 15 months to June 30, 1950, amid talks of local control shifts and other bills, with Senate filibuster unresolved for two weeks.
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Washington
District of Columbia
House
Senate
National City Lines Guilty on Trust Count
A jury convicted National City Lines Inc and 14 other firms and individuals of anti trust charges on another count. All defendants were acquitted on the remaining counts. The verdict came at 1155 pm after more than 36 hours of deliberation. Judge William J Campbell set April 1 for new trial arguments.
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Chicago
National City Lines, Inc
William J Campbell
Reds Try To Start Outburst In Rome
In Rome Communist led crowds shouted protests against Italy joining the Atlantic pact. Police battled to disperse the 800 to 1100 strong group as they tried to storm Palazzo Chigi and the foreign ministry, causing traffic jams and a heavy security presence after the incident.
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Reds
Rome
Italy
Chamber of Deputies
Foreign Ministry
Palazzo Chigi
FEW invites Philip Murray to speak at Cedar Rapids convention
Grant W. Oakes FEW president says CIO chief Philip Murray has been invited to address the Farm Equipment Workers union convention in Cedar Rapids Ia. The FEW plans to merge with the United Auto Workers and will set its future policy at the meeting opening March 25.
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Chicago
CIO
Philip Murray
Farm Equipment Workers Union
United Auto Workers
Cedar Rapids
Grant W. Oakes
Murray
Oakes
FEIW
American Soldier Identified After Death In Vienna Incident
Post marshal's office in Vienna identified an American soldier as Pfe. Lindy Howell from Fort Worth Texas, who died by his own actions Thursday. The notice follows a Saturday identification by Vienna authorities.
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Vienna
Pfe
Lindy Howell
Fort Worth
Texas
Aes S
Foster Son Accused in Slaying of Texas Educator
Arthur Hester 19 or 18 at the time admitted beating his foster father Dean John W Lord of Texas Christian University graduate school to death with a lead pipe during a dispute over a trip to town. Hester, an AWOL Navy veteran, was arrested in Los Angeles at his half sister's home after fleeing Burleson Texas.
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Los Angeles
INS
Arthur C. Hester
Cleburne, Texas
John W. Lord
Texas Christian University Graduate School
Texas
Arthur Hester
Anna Godberry
Dean John W Lord
Burleson
Hester
Lord
Fort Worth
Sok
Navy
Goes
A.W.O.L
Labor Groups Fire Blast at Taft Hartley and Corporations
Four major labor groups joined CIO leader James B. Carey in blasting the Taft Hartley act on a nationwide ABC broadcast. Carey and AFL, Machinists, and Railway Clerks leaders condemned the act as slowing union bargaining and reducing workers’ security while praising Wagner-era contracts as bulwarks against low wages.
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Washington
James B. Carey
CIO
Philip Murray
ABC
Democratic National Committee
AFL
International Association of Machinists
The
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Thomas
Dutah
Senate Labor Committee
Carey
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Harvey W. Brown
George M. Harrison
Voters Go to Polls Monday for Cedar Rapids Board Race
In Cedar Rapids voters will choose three of five candidates for three year terms on the seven member board of education. Incumbents J C Blodgett Sandoe Jordan and Mrs Robert Smith compete with Charles Penningroth for seats. Two propositions ask voters to sell the existing Cleveland and Kenwood elementary school buildings.
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Cedar Rapids
Board of Education
Cleveland
Kenwood
Charles Penningroth
J. C. Blodgett
Sandoe Jordan
Robert Smith
Precinct Map and Polling Places in Cedar Rapids
Page 8 lists the Cedar Rapids school district polling locations for precincts 1 through 24 with reopening hours 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Details include Hearn Stevens motor company 517 Second Avenue SE and multiple schools, fire stations, and parks as voting sites. The map shows precinct boundaries alongside sketches of candidates and notes that the top three vote recipients are elected.
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Virgil E. Payne
Cedar Rapids
Hearn-Stevenson Motor Company
Second Avenue
B Avenue
H Avenue
Franklin School
Arthur
First Avenue
Jackson School
Voting House
Nineteenth Street
First and
Fourth Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Bever Park
Twenty Seventh Street
Bever Avenue
Buchanan
McKinley
Reo Sales Company
Eighth Avenue
Third Street
Hayes School
van Buren
Taylor School
City Barn
Seventh Avenue
H Street
Harrison
Voting
Sixth Street
Roosevelt School
Cleveland School
Daniels Park
Two Die in West Iowa Crash East of Council Bluffs
A highway crash twelve miles east of Council Bluffs left two dead and two injured. The deceased are Mrs. William Reents of Atlantica, Illinois, and Charles Pizinger Jr. of Omaha. Injured are Mrs. Reents’ husband and Charles Pizinger Jr.’s son, both from Omaha. The Pizinger car reportedly lost control on Middle Silver Creek bridge, collided with the oncoming car driven by the younger Pizinger and Reents.
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Council Bluffs
Here
William Reents
Atlantica
Charles Pizinger, Jr
Omaha
Reents
Pizinger
Charles, Jr
T. W. Keller
Highway Six
Historic Flight Demonstrates Long Range Bombing Reach
A B 36 completed a record non stop 9600 mile flight from North America to Europe and back, dropping its 10000 pound bomb load into the Gulf of Mexico after a 5100 mile leg. Officials say the test proves American superbombers could raid Europe from base in North America and return safely despite minor engine trouble at Carswell Air Base Fort Worth.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Roy A. Showalter
Joseph A. Brown
John D. Bartlett
Earl N. Yaden
Ins
U S
Europe
Carswell Air Base
Air Force
U. S
Gulf of Mexico
Washington
U S Apology to Cuba for Sailors Insult to Statue
In Havana Cubans stoned the U S embassy and tried to burn its flag after American sailors desecrated the Jose Marti statue. Police broke up the crowd and Ambassador Butler offered apology to Cuban officials and the public for the incident.
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Havana
United States
Robert Butlers
Jose Marti
Rodman
Butler
Carlos Hevia
Oscar Gans
Central Park
Marti
United States Navy
Compromise Sought on Filibuster in Senate Talks
President Truman signaled a settlement on the 12 day filibuster fight as a Sunday huddle aims to end the stalemate. Leaders from the administration, Southern Democrats and Republicans will meet to craft a possible two thirds vote change to cut off debate and advance civil rights measures. The plan follows a failed test vote and vacationing Truman at Key West Florida.
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Truman
Senate
Key West
Fla
McGrath
D-Ri
Lucas
D-Il
Russell
D-Ga
Dixie
Wherry
Nebraska
Myers
Neb
GOP
Saltonstall
Mass
Knowland
Calif
Russell and
Byrd
D-Va
Dixie Group
Hayden
D-Ariz
Senate Rules Committee
D-R.i
iSo
Frank Morrison Veteran AFL Officer Dies at 89
Frank Morrison, secretary emeritus of the American Federation of Labor, died Saturday night at age 89 after a long illness. A printer by trade, he served the AFL for 43 years, witnessing growth from 250000 to over 4 million members. Survived by his wife Alice Boswell and son Nesbitt, he had worked under Samuel Gompers and William Green and championed the shorter work day. He lived in Washington. Morrison belonged to the Chicago Typographical Union and the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ executive committee.
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Washington
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
AFL
Morrison
Samuel Gompers
William Green
Oelwein Fights Great Western Office Shift
A petition circulated in Oelwein opposes the Chicago Great Western railroad plan to move its accounting office to Chicago May 2. About 30 office staff would report to Chicago. a conference between the Chamber of Commerce and railroad officials may follow. The move includes centralizing dispatchers in Oelwein and may involve staff from Des Moines St. Paul Chicago and Kansas City.
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Oelwein
Chamber of Commerce
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Chicago
S Office
Chamber
al Brown
W C Boremus
The
Great Western
Brown
Accounting Office
Des Moines
St. Paul
Kansas City
Britain accuses Bulgaria of bad faith over church leaders pact
London dispatch says Britain charges Bulgaria will not honor peace treaty guarantees of religious freedom. Protest notes contest confessions of 15 Protestant church leaders who allegedly spied for Britain, warning that religious freedom in eastern Europe faces a deliberate attack. An official source hints stronger steps may follow.
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London
Britain
Bulgaria
Europe
Foreign Office
Taxpayers Lose $2.24 Billion to Delinquent and Error
Washington reported 2.2358 billion dollars in extra taxes collected last year from delinquents and errors, about five million more than the prior year. The gain came from roughly 55 million income tax payers amid cases of underpayment and mistaken figures.
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Washington
Treasury
Danish Chief In Talks at Washington
Washington officials said Denmark’s foreign minister was told the Atlantic treaty could frame a solution to the long standing issue of American air bases on Greenland. U S strategists favor access to Greenland Iceland and the Azores as part of potential base use.
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Washington
U. S
Denmark
Greenland
Iceland
Azores
Iceland Accepts Invite to North Atlantic Talks
Iceland has accepted an invitation to join Washington discussions on the proposed North Atlantic pact. A government delegation led by Foreign Minister Bjarni Benediktsson will depart tonight by plane for New York and Washington.
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Reykjavik
Iiceland
Washington
Bjarni Benediktsson
New York
Denmark Seeks Facts on Atlantic Treaty Role
Danish officials held talks at the U S State Department on the proposed Atlantic pact. discussions covered the treaty's framework for future base problems, potential American arms aid to Europe, and joint defense plans for the Atlantic area including radar networks.
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Dewees
North America
Western Europe
State Department
Europe
America-Atlantic Ocean
Spectator Severed Arm in Lion Attack at French Circus
In Chateauroux France a circus spectator attempted to pet a lion to see its reaction and the animal bit his arm off. Authorities reported the incident occurred Friday prompting medical attention and safety investigations.
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Chateauroux
France
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Terminal Island Navy
T-H Law
West Iowa
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Bielder
China
Ho Ying-chin
Li Tsung-jen
Legislative Yuan
John H. Hightower
Atlantic
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Henrik de Kauffmann
Charles E. Bohlen
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John D. Hickerson
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