France Expels Two Bulgarian Journalists From Paris
Paris reports the French government orders immediate 24 hour expulsion of Bulgarian correspondents Amy Bakaloff and Lozan Ivanov Strelka from France in retaliation for a prior Bulgarian move. Paris also suspends ongoing Bulgarian commercial treaty talks and bars renewal of press credentials for other Bulgarian reporters.
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Paris
France
Amy Bakaloff
Lozan Ivanov Strelke
Mme. Bakaloff
Smliak
Noviny
Strelkov
Rabotnitchescu Delo
Bulgaria
Talmadge Signs Closed Shop Ban
Governor Herman Talmadge signed into law measures banning the closed shop and mandatory union dues checkoff in Georgia. The act prohibits forcing union membership as a condition of employment and outlaws mass picketing that obstructs public roads and travel sites.
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Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Thames Flood Cuts Off London Drinking Water
Flooding in Britain leaves nearly 1.59 million Londoners without drinking water as the River Thames nears a fifty year peak. Seven people are dead with two missing in a severe winter storm sweeping the British Isles. Continuous rain and gale winds hinder coal shipment and threaten wider flood damage across 13 000 square miles from Yorkshire to beyond London and Cambridge to the Severn.
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London
Britain
Yorkshire
Cambridge
Severn
Notre Dame to Honor Milwaukee Publisher with Laetare Medal
William George Bruce, 91, Milwaukee publisher and civic leader, will receive Notre Dame's Laetare medal for 1947. Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, the university president, announced the award, to be officially declared on Laetare Sunday.
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South Bend
Ind
University of Notre Dame
William George Bruce
Milwaukee
John J. Cavanaugh
Roosevelt to Rest Ten Weeks for Tropical Fever
James Roosevelt, chairman of the California Democratic state central committee, is ill with a tropical fever recurrence and must take a complete rest for at least 10 weeks. The illness was made public Saturday as Roosevelt canceled his engagement in Long Beach, with plans to speak next Tuesday night in Loyee.
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Long Beach
Calif
James Roosevelt
California
Democratic State Central Committee
Roosevelt
Four Americans Among 23 French Airliner Victims
An Alpine search party found the Air France Dakota wreck on Moucherolle peak near Grenoble. Four Americans were among 23 dead, with 18 passengers and five crew aboard. conditions suggested explosion and avalanche burial. Names include Sgt. Edwin Mantz and Stephen Anfossi.
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Grenoble
France
Moucherolle Peak
Air France
Louis Garnier
Sony
Edwin Mantz
Germany
Italy
Stephen Anfossi
New York
Emmanuel Faber
Mabel
Congress Easter Recess Hope Dims
Congress faces a tight timetable as Easter recess on April 6 nears and Senate discussions may spill past the holiday. House aims for a Truman request to bolster Greece and Turkey before March 31, while Senate activity could extend into April. Republican leaders push to keep both chambers moving to avoid spring break.
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Washington
Congress
House
Truman
Uest
Greece
Turkey
Senate
Controls Urged To Prevent Milk Buyers Strikes
Chicago report says Pure Milk Association warns public boycott of some dairy products while federal marketing orders can curb future strikes. President Wilbur J. Swayer and manager Arthur H. Lauterbach urge government controls to stabilize prices and align fluid milk costs with basic dairy commodities, preventing price distortions.
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Chicago
Pure Milk Association
Wilbur J. Swayer
Association
Arthur H. Lauterbach
Lauterbach
Swayer
25 Hurt In Crash Between Truck And Streetcar
Twenty five people were injured when a truck sideswiped a crowded streetcar in Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville district on Saturday.
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Pittsburgh
Lawrenceville
Decline of Whaling Near Spitsbergen Threatens Arctic Wildlife
The waters around Spitsbergen north of Norway once hosted vast whaling activity but intense hunting left whales and walruses near extinction in the area, signaling a drastic decline of Arctic marine mammals.
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Spitsbergen
Norway
General Lucius Clay Takes Command in Europe
General Joseph T. McNarney transferred command of all U S forces in Europe and the military government of the American zone in Germany to Lt. Gen. Lucius D. Clay in a ceremony at the army headquarters. Clay, weather permitting, planned to fly to Moscow to join Secretary George C. Marshall's advisers. McNarney received the Distinguished Service Medal as he prepared to depart Germany for a role with the joint chiefs of staff.
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Frankfurt
Joseph T. McNarney
United States
Europe
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
Army Headquarters
Clay
Moscow
George C. Marshall
Marshall
McNarney
Army Air Force
Joint Chiefs of Staff
United Nations Military Staff Committee
Rotary Meeting Opens With Open Forum Panel
City brief notes an open forum and panel discussion on current events at the Rotary club during its regular Monday noon meeting at the Roosevelt hotel. Century Cab offers a two way radio dispatch at 5146 for details.
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Rotary Meeting
Rotary Club
Rooosevelt Hotel
Cedar Rapids Stamp Club Meets Monday at YMCA Rooms
The Cedar Rapids Stamp Club will hold its meeting Monday at 8 p.m. in YMCA club rooms. Members are asked to note the change in meeting place. Bungalow cooking school advertised for Monday Tuesday Wednesday.
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C. A. Stamp Club
Cedar Rapids Stamp Club
Bungalow
Endsley S on Okinawa Serious Illness In Army Notice
Warren Endsley reports Pvt. Warren M. Endsley of 404% Sixth Street SW has been seriously ill on Okinawa since March 8. Stepanek Tailors announces new location at 608 9th Ave SE.
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Warren Endsley
Williard M. Endsley
Sixth Street
Pvt
Warren M. Endsley
Okinawa
Stepanek Tailors
Lth
Ave
Brooder House Burns Fire blazes at Glass road NE home
A fire destroyed a one story frame brooder house owned by B. Knott on Glass road NE. Fire company No 3 answered the still alarm. Later at 5 25 p m Saturday company No 5 extinguished a second fire caused by a defective fuel pump in Emmett Phipps 1934 sedan at Sixteenth avenue and Eleventh street SW.
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Brooder House
B. Knott
Glass Road
Company No. 5
Sixteenth Avenue
Eleventh Street
Emmett Phipps
Farm Income Up Early This Year Despite 1947 Outlook
The Agriculture Department reports that income for farm operators in the first two and a half months of the year is about 25 percent higher than the same period last year. For 1947 the department expects cash receipts and prices to average lower than 1946 while expenses rise, possibly yielding a slightly lower net income for the year. Cash receipts for farm marketing in 1946 are estimated at about 2.5 billion dollars with farm operators’ income around 15 billion.
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Washington
Agriculture Ee
Department For Farm
No Change In Quaker Plant And Bus Strike Standstill
Cedar Rapids reports a standstill as 950 CIO cereal workers at the Quaker Oats plant and Cedar Rapids City Lines bus drivers dispute drag on. Pickets stay on 24 hour duty at the cereal mill gates with no disturbances. Arbitration remains unchanged as lists of three arbitrators are exchanged and awaited.
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Cedar Rapids
CIO
Quaker Oats
U S
M. E. Sherman
AFL
Cedar Rapids City Lines
A. Prochaska
City Lines
Chicago
John Randall
Randall
B. W. Franklin
National City Lines
Quaker Oats Company
Cedar River
United Cereal Workers Union, Cio
Murray opens drive to bar Communists from Congress
In a tense hearing Murray denies being a Communist while accusing others of party ties. He asserts some labeled Communists work for wage earners and suggests three bills: mandatory voting in unions and corporations, compulsory union membership if voters favor a union, and faster NLRB case disposal. He also asserts Vito Marcantonio as a Communist, a claim he does not back with evidence.
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Comcate
New York
Murray
Rep
Barden
D-N.c
Congress
Vito Marcantonio
American Labor Party
New York City
Solons Hear Recordings Of CIO-PAC Broadcasts
Des Moines AP reports Governor Robert D Blue sponsors Camp Dodge sessions where CIO PAC broadcast recordings are shown to Iowa legislators. Lawmakers who viewed the records endorsed Democrat Frank Miles and urged defeating incumbent Republican congressmen. The meetings align with a push for five labor bills including a closed shop ban, set for debate in coming sessions.
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Des Moines
Robert D. Blue
Camp Dodge
CIO
Political Action Committee
Iowa
Frank Miles
Blue
House
Cash Settlement Ends Ty Cobb Divorce Case
Redwood City California AP Mrs Ty Cobb withdraws divorce suit eight days after filing citing a cash settlement of around 500000 dollars from Ty Cobb The Georgia Peach of baseball fame ends the action without public explanation as her attorney confirms the settlement details.
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Ty Cobb
Redwood City
Calif
Ty. Cobb
Georgia Peach” of Baseball Fame
Bidault outlines postwar German population issues
Bidault tells deputies that Germany’s population would exceed 70.9 million after emigration and transfers. He cites density of 185 per sq km and 4.5 million Germans moved from Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Hungary plus 2 million war prisoners to be returned.
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Bevin
U. S
George C. Marshall
Bidault
Marshall
France
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Hungary
Mayflower Fire Scarred and Towed for Repairs
The former presidential yacht Mayflower, scarred by a third fire in 50 years, lay at anchor in Chesapeake Bay awaiting repairs before towing to Baltimore. A Canadian seaman, Robert Telloquin of Quebec, was trapped when a boiler backfire ignited oil in the fireroom during a seal-hunting voyage. he remained missing as 16 shipmates were brought to Baltimore.
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Cedar Point
Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore
Coast Guard
Robert Telloquin
Quebec
Arctic
Telloquin
Deaths Barta Services Held For Local Resident
Funeral services for Mrs. Val M. Barta of 1953 Bever avenue SE Cedar Rapids who died in a Chicago hospital Friday will be conducted Monday at 1 30 p.m. in Turner chapel by Rev. Andrew E. Kurth of Westminster Presbyterian Church. Interment will be Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Barta
Val M. Barta
Bever Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Turner Chapel
Andrew E. Kurth
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Bartal
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Housewife Wins $17590 In Radio Identity Contest
Mrs. William H. McCormick of Lock Haven Pennsylvania won 17590 dollars in the NBC Truth or Consequences radio identity contest after identifying "Mrs Hush" as Clara Bow. McCormick, mother of three, will split the prize with her sister and a neighbor who helped solve the mystery.
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Hollywood
Calif
William H. McCormick
Lockhaven
Hush
Clara Bow
Lock Haven
McCormick
Trade Policy Hearings Set For March 24
Members said the House Ways and Means Committee voted 13 to 8 to open hearings March 24 on the Truman administration foreign trade policy. It was described as a straight party vote.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
U.S. Signals Bolder Role in United Nations Policy
U.S. officials reveal a tougher anti-Communist strategy for the United Nations as part of President Truman’s new foreign policy. The move aims to push the U.N. toward the margins while using the world body to curb Communist expansion, with Greco Turkish tensions cited as a broader test.
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Lake Success
N.Y
United States
United Nations
Truman
World Organization
U.N
U. N
State Park Searched For Missing Boone Man
Boone AP Harry Lantz 53 has been missing since Tuesday and a larger posse was planned to resume search at Ledges State Park. Reports of a man matching his description sparked checks by ground teams and air units led by Sheriff Steve Julien and Police Chief L. J. co, but no trace was found. Lantz had recently returned from California seeking better health.
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BOONE
Harry Lantz
Ledges State Park
Lantz
Steve Julien
L. J. Co
California
Poland Calls 20 Year Olds for Army Training
Warsaw reports the ministry of national defense calling up 20 year olds for two years of military training and announcing a recruiting program for volunteers aged 22 and 23 for the period April 9 to 30.
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Poland
Warsaw
Ministry of National Defense
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Hesser
Fifth Avenue and
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Legion
Thomas J. Brady
Colson Wheel
Ambulance Service Company
Gen. Clay
Quaker
J. David Stern
Stern
Philadelphia
Camden
N. J
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National Labor Relations Board
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Cedar Rapids Monument CO
Third Avenue
Mayflower
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