Shattered Dream Tag Draws U.N. Criticism in Greek Aid Debate
U.S. lawmakers debate Truman aid to Greece and Turkey totaling 400 million dollars with U.N. involvement. Pepper calls for emergency U.N. assembly. Tydings calls the U.N. impotent. Critics warn delay past March 31 risks Britain withdrawal and U.N. relevance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Nations
Congress
World Peace Organization
U.N
Truman
Near East
United States
Greece
Turkey
Sen. Pepper
D-Fla
Pepper
U.N. General Assembly
Dardanelles
Britain
Suez Canal
Johnson
D-Coro
Vandenberg
Iowa Weather Forecast and Local Notices Highlights
Iowa forecast shows clearing Thursday with partly cloudy Friday and Saturday and light snow on Friday or Friday night. Temperatures stay below normal with highs near 40 and 22 for the low. Local notices list names in Cedar Rapids and court-like pairs such as Dutcher and Kleppe, plus birth announcements and small-town incidents including chimney and roof fires, fines for traffic violations, and new births at St Luke's and Mercy facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Two Parties Need Internal Unity Asserts W R Boyd
William R. Boyd, chairman of the State Board of Education finance committee, told Cedar Rapids and Marion Republican Women the two major parties have long been split and must unite to sustain responsible government. He warned of the national debt and discussed Greece, the international scene, and military training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Boyd
State Board of Education
Cedar Rapids
Marion
K.V. Cafe
Mr. Boyd
Republican Party
Congress
Boyd
Europe
Traffic snarl eases after midmorning crash cluster
A sequence of minor accidents clogged a two mile stretch west of the junction with Highway 30 on Wednesday. By mid-morning highways and city streets had cleared, easing police burdens after a Tuesday afternoon surge of minor collisions.
County funds show increase in road and general budgets
Linn county approves special revenue allocations with 15 funds, roads rising to 505 745 when including construction, aided by more equipment. Secondary road maintenance tops at 310 000, higher than 1946 totals, while county general budget reaches 290 000. Several offices receive near-askings with notable gains in sheriff and courthouse appropriations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bang
Board of Supervisors
Cedar Rapids
Board of Social Wet
Youth tells details of Black Dahlia killing in Los Angeles
St Louis AP reports 23 year old Melvin Bailey of Lemay Missouri, questioned for auto theft, volunteered a detailed account of Elizabeth Short known as the Black Dahlia. He described meeting Short in LA bars, drug use, and the killing with a commando knife before disposing of her body in a vacant lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Leonard Murphy
Elizabeth Short
Los Angeles
Murphy
Melvin R. Bailey
Lemay
Bailey
Black Dahlia
Elizabeth
Bet
Blackie
Long Beach
Jack Donahoe
Chief Murphy
Air Force
Miss Short
Palm Beach
Seven Seas
Springfield
Banquet Winds Up District Credit Groups Conference
A three day District Credit Conference in Cedar Rapids ended with a banquet at the Montrose hotel and a talk by Rev D A Loferski on Man s Dilemma. Speakers covered tricks of the trade financing the tor trimming your overhead and credit bureau management responsibilities. Bernard J Duffy was elected district president of the Collection Service Division with officers including Melvin L Cramer and R D Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Montrose
D. A. Loferski
Vern F. Nellis
Waterloo
C.S.D
William S. Korpela
Shawnee
David Morantz
Kansas City
Kan
Melvin L. Cramer
Hastings
Neb
Credit Bureau
Jack Cundiff
St. Louis
Ralph R. Gard
Red Wing
Minn
Ervin F. Stepanek
National R&ail Credit Association
Bernard J. Duffy
St. Paul
Associated Credit Bureaus of America
R. D. Thompson
Theodore E. Barger
Lincoln
National
Warren Brown
Omaha
Thur F. White
Minot
Y.M.C.A. aid planned to rebuild Philippine facilities
Cedar Rapids YMC A and friends launch a $15000 drive to replace a destroyed Philippine Y building. Stant Taylor, longtime Manila Y leader and Santo Tomas inmate, will speak at an 8 am breakfast Tuesday. Campaign runs through March 28 with Russell Knapp as general chairman and a local team coordinating the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Y.M.C.A
International Program
E. S. “Stant
Taylor
International
Y.M. C.A
Grinnell College
Manila
Santo Tomas
Turner
Islands
Russell F. Knapp
Lee B. Winterberg
Robert C. Armstrong
William P. Whipple
Deaths Ora Lester Craig 58 Bertram resident
Ora Lester Craig died Wednesday morning at his Bertram home after a long illness. He was a Methodist church member. Survived by wife Rena. three daughters Mrs Dickens, Mrs Opal Neagle, and Mrs Viola Hawley. son Lester Craig. brother William Craig of Wisconsin. three sisters Mrs Vern Fairley, Mrs Chester Spidle, and Mrs Nettie Woodruff. Services at Beatty chapel with time to be announced. Burial in Campbell cemetery. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Thursday.
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Ora
Lester Craig
Bertram
Craig
Rena
Dickens
Opal Neagle
Center Point
Viola Hawley
William Craig
Wisconsin
Vern Fairley
Mechanicsville
Chester Spidle
Mrs. G L Dickover Dies in Cedar Rapids Nursing Home
Mrs. G L Dickover of Central City widow of George L Dickover died after a long illness in a Cedar Rapids nursing home at 10 20 am Wednesday She was born August 8 1957 in Logansport Ind Surviving is daughter Mrs L F Jamison of Central City Private services will be held at Hatch funeral home Central City at 2 30 pm Friday followed by services in Linwood Cemetery Cedar Rapids
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L. Dickover
Central City
George L. Dickover
Cedar Rapids
Logansport
Ind
L. F. Jamison
Hatch
Linwood Cemetery
Services for Chester Stebbins Held in Turner Chapel
Chester Stebbins, 85, died in a Marion nursing home Monday. Services by Rev. Dwight E. Webster at Turner chapel 3 30 p.m. Thursday. Burial in Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Stebbins
Marion
Turner Chapel
Dwight E. Webster
Kenwood Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Services for Mrs Clara Clements at Turner Chapel
Funeral services for Mrs Clara Winrott Clements 87 of 1730 Third Avenue SE are set for 1 30 p m Thursday in Turner Chapel reverend Allan E Schoff pastor of Central Park Presbyterian church will conduct the rites burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery.
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Clara Winrott Clements
Third Avenue SE
Turner Chapel
Allan E. Schoff
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Oak Hill
Ceme
Services for Mrs Adele Bradley cremation set
Services for Mrs Adele Bradley of 603 Third Street SW will be held at Beatty chapel at 1 30 p m Thursday conducted by Rev Grant Anderson pastor of First Baptist Church and Cedar Rebekah lodge The body will be cremated Friends may call at the chapel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adele Bradley
Third Street
Beatty Chapel
Grant Anderson
First Baptist Church
Cedar. Rebekah Lodge
Chair Thrown Into Dispute Over Church Fitting and Thrown Seat
McHardy testified he built a church throne from his reading of blueprints after a Chicago visit to study carvings. Costas claimed he offered $500 to McHardy to construct the chair.
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McHardy
Chicago
Fhlow
Costas
Education group to address Fayette teachers on March 26
Miss Ellen Hartnett a field representative of the Iowa State Education Association will address the Fayette county teachers institute here March 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Ellen Hartnett
Iowa State Education Association
Fayette County
Teachers’ Institute
Woman appointed to Linn county Soldiers Relief Commission
Mrs Don Newell of 315 Second Avenue SW was appointed to the Linn county Soldiers Relief Commission, becoming possibly Iowa s first woman on a county veterans relief board. Her term runs until July 1, replacing Edward J Weepie who resigned March 1. Other members include Frank Simon and Carl Smith. Newell served in World War II with the WAC medical corps at Schick General Hospital and trained at Fort Oglethorpe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Newell
Second Avenue
Linn County Soldiers Relief Commission
Board of Superie
Linn Commission
Clarence Beeson
Newell
Iowa
Weepie
Frank Simon
Carl Smith
WAC
Schick General Hospital
Clinton
Fort Oglethorpe
Rumor Links Hickenlooper to AEC Job and Blue to Senate
In Des Moines a rumor swirled through the Iowa legislature that Senator B. B. Hickenlooper would leave the senate to chair the U S Atomic Energy Commission and Governor Robert D Blue would fill his senate seat. The tale, first heard in the statehouse, drew reactions from chief principals described as fantastic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa
B. B. Hickenlooper
Senate
David Lilienthal
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Robert D. Blue
Hickenlooper
Statehouse
Senator backs Lilienthal amid rumor storms
Hickenlooper, chair of the senate committee on Lilienthal, defends the appointment and dismisses rumors as fantastic. Gov. Blue calls the report wild, noting the political maneuvering would require his resignation and a vacancy appointment by Lt. Gov. Kenneth A. to enable Blue’s senate bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickenlooper
Red Press
Kenneth A
Blue
Taggart proposes internship for cost accounting students
H F Taggart speaking at Cedar Rapids NACCA meeting at the Roosevelt hotel urged a six month extended training period for accounting students with moderate pay and academic credit. He cited veterans as stronger students and warned that cost plus contracts and bureaucratic overhead hinder postwar recovery in cost accounting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Taggart
Cedar Rapids
National Association of Cost Accountants
Roosevelt Hotel
Taggart
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Flu Hit Iowa City Schools With Large Absences
More than 300 students were absent from eight Iowa City public schools on Monday due to influenza and related illnesses. Iowa City High School reported 98 absentees as officials monitored the outbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
City High School
Truman Seeks One Year Extension of Export Controls
President Truman asked Congress to extend wartime export controls for another year beyond June 30. He urged continuing government control of critical short supply items to protect the U S economy and aid postwar planning. He promised to lift restrictions as supply meets demand and warned against uncontrolled food exports increasing living costs. The policy aims to prevent hardship for American farmers and the broader economy.
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Washington
President Truman
Congress
White House
Truman
United States
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Shattered Dream
Acheson
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Daily Record
Robert E. Kiecksee
Barbara Hudnall
Clement F. Puth
Eet Wales
John C. Dutcher
Mary G. Dutcher
Lenora R. Kleppe
Victory J. Kleppe
Francis A. Anderson
Lloyd G. Anderson
Ivolee Smothers
Homer C. Smothers
Jessie A. Nerison
Ernest C. Nerison
J. W. Melton
Rockford Road
Ray Buresh
Seventh Avenue
Verle W. Patten
Coggan
Carl Kintzel
Second Avenue SE
D. C
St. Luke’s
Max Smith
Denver
Harold Simon
Eleventh Street
William Moore
Mercy
Frank DeShaw
Albert Schulte
Mt. Vernon Road
Arnold Driscoll
Olin
Pasadena
Dinwiddie Fuhrmeister
W.R. Boyd
Janeba Funeral Home
Joseph J. Janeba
S.E
Linn
Louise Johnston
Credit Bureau Officers
Credit Bureau Division
C. A. Wildes
Minneapolis
John Coad
Duluth
Godfrey Grosz
Fargo
N. D
Louis Ludke
Fort Dodge
Max Meyer
Lincoln, Neb
Meyer
Patricia Barbon
Muscatine
Harland C. Bush
Buffalo, N. Y
L. E. Viele
Council Bluffs
Bush
East
Viele
Dorothy Dix
Gretchen Rickert
Ton County Credit Bureau of
Stillwater, Minn
Collection Service Division
Frederick E. Fluegel
Donald W. Prohazka
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich
Earle B. Dows
C.A. Aid
E. S. Taylor
Lapes Florist
Third Avenue
Ora L. Craig
Stebbins Services
Clements Services
Bradley Services
Drauretous
Lrogues
Royal Rogue
Freeman
Freeman Shoemakers
Isea
Hick
The
Cost Accountant
Sale Aki
Yada
Clarence Beatty
Sro Ave
Carl T. Wuerffel
Gues Bethany Lutheran Church
First Ave
E. W. Wuggazer
Hamilton Ross
Claxton
College Pharmacy
Cedar Rapids Music & Jewelry
James Jewelers
Ryan
Pharmacy
Third Ave
Tenth ST
Sanford's
Schilligg Pharmacy
First ST
Siebke & Taylor CO
Second Ave
Vaver Pharmacy
Sxteenth
Vernon Heights
MT. Vernon Ave
West Side
Lendon
W. Brown Drug
R. A. Steiner
Court
Marengo
Wwa
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