Troops in Iran Move as Russia Faces Suspicion
Washington reports cite House rules committee members and former diplomat Harriman speculating Russia delights in bluff while avoiding war. Russian columns traverse toward Turkey and Iraq borders with movements around Tabriz, Miyanduab, and Mianeh as Marshal Bagramian tours northern Iran.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
W. Averell Harrimen
Russia
Associated Press
Iran
Turkey
Iraq
Tehran
Azerbaijan
Tabriz
Khoi
Mt. Ararat
Lake
Urmia
Miyanduab
Mianeh
275 000 Workers Return From GM and GE Strikes
The CIO United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers ratified an 18 4 cent hourly wage rise with General Electric. GM and GE strikes end easing auto and appliance production cuts. Total 275,000 workers expected back as labor peace nears. unions and officials praise settlements and reconversion progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
CIO
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
General Electric
Associated Press
General Motors
Westinghouse Company
AFL
San Francisco
Schwellenbach
United Auto Workers
Littell Learns to Fly After Loss of Legs
S/Sgt Harold Littell, son of Mr and Mrs Co W Littell of 2119 D avenue NE, lost both legs in the Battle of the Bulge. He joined 300 Percy Jones hospital patients in a first ever flight training program. Two two place Ercoupe monoplanes carried 150 soldiers aloft Wednesday and another 150 Thursday at Battle Creek Michigan. Littell was helped into the cockpit and flew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Littell
Littell
Co. W. Littell
D Avenue
Belgium
Battle of the Bulge
Percy Jones Army Hospital
Army Hospital
Battle Creek
Mich
Associated Press
Allies Seize Seven Tons Of Opium In Nippon
Allied headquarters in Tokyo announced the seizure of seven and a half tons of contraband opium valued at over seven dollars and the arrest of seven Japanese.
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Nippon
Tokyo
Allied Headquarters’ Criminal Investigation Division
Stochl Seeks Democratic County Supervisor Seat
W L Sam Stochl announces as a Democrat for the first district county supervisor nomination in the June 3 primary. The incumbent C L Beeson, a Republican, seeks re election. The district includes Clinton College Fairfax and Rapids townships. Stochl a Cedar Rapids business veteran and former Navy veteran emphasizes his wide Linn county ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Gromyko Enroute to Security Council Meeting
Andrei A. Gromyko Russian ambassador to the United States is enroute to New York to take part in a United Nations Security Council meeting, announced by the Soviet embassy on Thursday.
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Washington
Andrei A. Gromyko
United States
New York
United Nations Security Council
Churchill to Deliver World Importance Address Tonight
Winston Churchill plans a 9 30 to 10 p m Friday address from the Waldorf Astoria New York. He refused to comment on Stalin’s denunciation and will broadcast the speech via nationwide radio links from a New York dinner.
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New York
INS
Winston Churchill
Stalin
Iowa
Churchill
Waldorf-Astoria
Washington weighs if a third world war is possible
Washington experts say a third world war with Russia remains uncertain with an uncertain balance of power. The article notes the Truman administration pledges to support Britain and UNO actions while admitting limited knowledge of Soviet strength and plans.
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Washington
INS
Russia
United States
Great Britain
Truman Administration
Britain
Truman
German Reich
Congress
United Nations Organization
UNO
Southern Democrats Warned On Coalition Movement
Rep Richards of South Carolina warned that southern Democrats would be fools to join a coalition movement with house Republicans. He accused Republicans of seeking to discredit President Truman and his administration by organizing such a coalition.
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Southern Demos
Washington
Rep. Richards
D-S. C
House Republicans
Truman
Bevin Cites Stalin Assurances on Iran Integrity
Foreign Secretary Bevin told the House of Commons that Stalin and the Soviet government gave categoric assurances Iran's territorial integrity would be respected and that no Russian aggression against Iran is planned. He noted notes and Molotov statements supported withdrawal by March 2 and said Britain will wait for Moscow's reply before acting further.
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London
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
Stalin
Iran
Bevin
Britain
Russia
Council of Foreign Ministers
V. M. Molotov
Moscow
Tehran
City Protest Files Against CAB Action On Cedar Rapids Stops
City Attorney Don Hines mailed exceptions to the Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington protesting examiner F Merritt Ruhlen s recommendation denying United Air Lines permission for regular scheduled stops in Cedar Rapids The city argues the ruling would hinder Cedar Rapids growth as a manufacturing center and delay needed North South and East West air service The protest notes Cedar Rapids as a key midwest hub for road machinery radios and food processors and urges approval of Mid Continent Airlines routes through the city
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Cedar Rapids
Don Hines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
F. Merritt Ruhlen
United Air Lines
Ruhlen
Midwest
Cme
Servce
United
Moline
Des Moines
Chicago
Milwaukee
Rockford
Freeport
Sterling
Clinton
Dubuque
Tri-Cities
Muscatine
Waterloo
Marshalltown
Oskaloosa
Boone
Fort Dodge
Red Cross drive tops goal as campaigns exceed quotas
Campaign chairman Reginald B. Figge announced the 1946 Red Cross drive surpassed its $86,500 goal with $87,061 collected by Thursday. Of 13 city divisions seven finished over their quotas, including Public Employes, Commercial, Mercantile, Residential, Transportation, Service Establishments and Men’s. Rural totals were not yet in.
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Cedar Rapids
Red Cross
Reginald B. Figge
Figge
Gordon Hughes
Commercial
John T.hamilton II
Mercantile
Gordon Barger
C. C. Kaldenberg
Arthur Coburn
M. J. Kelly
J. C. Kennedy
Don Isett
Land near Ellis Park chosen for veteran trailer project
Cedar Rapids council authorizes Mayor Hahn and City Clerk Krebs to sign a 48 month lease with Park Avenue Realty for 80 temporary veteran housing trailers south of Ellis Lane and Ellis Park. City plans sewer water mains streets and may buy property with 30 day notice.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank K. Hahn
Maude M. Krebs
Frank S. Col
Federal Public Housing Authority
Ellis Lane
Ellis Park
Eighth Street NW
Q Avenue NW
Park Avenue Realty Company
Collins
Iowa
Harrison School
Ellis
Frank Young
Fpha Chicago
Don Hines
Chicago
FPHA
Harley Kempter Killed in Action After Missing Status
Lt. Harley C. Kempter listed as killed after being reported missing in Kyushu Japan on Aug 8 1945. A pilot who joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941 and transferred to the US Air Forces in 1942 he went overseas last May. He was 30 native of Clinton. Surviving wife two children and his parents are named.
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Cedar Rapids
Harley C. Kempter
Kyushu
Japan
Washington Avenue SE
Kempter
Royal Canadian Air Force
United States Air Forces
Clinton
Larry
Patty Lou
Ada Biba
Henry Kempter
Charles E. Kempter
Kansas City
Union Seeks 30 Percent Pay Rise for Cedar Rapids Workers
The State County and Municipal Workers of America CIO Local 617 asks Cedar Rapids for a 30 percent wage increase for municipal employees. Milton Phillips of Chicago outlines demands before Mayor Hahn and the council, who say the 1945 budget is set and state law limits raises. The union notes a January letter and says action will wait for the new council after April 1.
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Cedar Rapids
State
Municipal Workers of America, Cio
Milton Phillips
Chicago
Frank K. Hahn
Phillips
Dave L. Williams
William Smith
Smith
Hahn
Williams
Gazette
Smith and Phillips
Red 5 Year Plan for Atomic Development in Soviet Union
Moscow reveals a five year program for atomic energy under the new plan. Sergei Vavilov of the Soviet Academy of Sciences says physicists chemists and engineers will engage in atomic questions and related problems. He says liberation of the atom will open vast new horizons and that extraordinary government measures aid scientists to meet Stalin era directives.
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Moscow
Russia
Sergei Vavilov
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Izvestia
Vavilov
250 Million Voted For Vets Housing
Washington AP reports the House approved spending another 250 million dollars to convert surplus war housing into temporary homes for distressed veterans and families. If Senate approval follows the total would reach 410 million and fund about 200000 housing units.
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Washington
House
Senate
Stassen Hat Not In Senate Ring
Gov. Edward J. Thye announced his Republican bid for the U.S. Senate and said he expects Harold E. Stassen to back him. Thye added he would not run if Stassen himself were entering the race.
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Stassen
Senate
Soviet Izvestia Warns Iran War Seeks Soviet Gains
Izvestia accuses Iranian leaders with foreign help of plans to seize vast Soviet territories around the Caspian and Caucasus and to provoke war with Russia. Stalin’s attack on Churchill raises Britain tensions as rumors of Russian troop moves in Iran spread, with reports of a division near Karaj outside Tehran.
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London
Russia
Stalin
Winston Churchill
Iran
Izvestia
Caucasus
Caspian Sea
Churchil
Britain
London Daily Sketch
Sketc
Churchill
Bevin
Taghe
Tehran
Karaj
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Nuernberg
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Stochl
Andrei Gromyko
William K. Hutchinson
Kremlin
Averell Harriman
State Department
UNO Security Council
Council
League of Nations
America
Red Chief
Harley Kempter
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