Tragic Army Plane Crashes Leave 26 Dead in Sierra Nevada
Rescuers remove 24 bodies from a C-47 wreck on a Sierra Nevada slope 11 miles north of Truckee as blizzard conditions hamper the search. A B-29 crash near Livermore with seven aboard is also reported. both incidents involve troops en route to or from Pacific theaters.
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Truckee
Calif
Livermore
Hawaii
Fairfield-Suistin Army Airbase
Pacific
Stockton
Denver
Sierra Nevada
Claire Heater
Hobart Mills
Heater
H. S. Snider
Truckee Forest Ranger
Irwin Swett
McClelland Field
Truckee Civil Aeronautics Authority
Army
Stockton Air Base
Steve Aplin
Southern Pacific Railroad
Officer Only Nylon Bargain Sale Halted
Washington Army stock of 25 000 nylon stockings for officers only caused outcry as sale to Wacs and nurses moved before enlisted access was barred. Halting order followed after parts of stock sold. civil service form seeks service rank data to help vet veterans. Veteran groups press for terminal leave pay and a board to investigate discrimination charges.
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Washington
Army
Quartermaster
War College
Quartermaster General
War Department
Civil Service
Civil Service Commission
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
The
CIO
Patterson
Veterans’ Organizations
Linn Road Men Offered 5 Cents Per Hour Hike
Linn county supervisors offered Linn Road employes a five cent per hour raise on Tuesday with a standard 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. work day and one hour for lunch. Walter Hurt acted for the 55 workers to present the offer to the crew, while earlier demands included 15 cents and extended leave.
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Linn Road
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Linn County Board of Supervisors
C. L. Beeson
Walter Hurt
Housing in Central Region Ends in Worse Shortage
The Veterans Service and Information Center reports dwindling room availability. Single men have access to half of three double-bed rooms, while couples and veterans with children find no rooms. Call 30241 to offer housing or room space for a veteran or family.
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Cedar Rapids News
Veterans Service and Information Center
Punishment by washing squad car in Chicago case
Henry Lundberg, 51, was sentenced to wash a police squad car for disorderly conduct in Chicago. He accepted the task and was given bucketful after bucketful of water to scrub the vehicle, with a modest fee per bucket.
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Chicago
Henry Lundberg
Lundberg
Property Owners Fight Ellis Park Trailer Plan
Local residents and property owners near Ellis park petitioned Mayor Frank K. Hahn with 102 signatures to oppose FPHA plans for a site housing 80 veterans trailer units. They warn of reduced property values and health concerns amid crowded Harrison school. City officials pledge maintenance and improvements including white-painted trailers, fencing, and paved streets per FPHA standards.
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Cedar Rapids
Ellis Park
Federal Public Housing’ Authority
Frank K. Hahn
Hahn
Harrison
Frank E. Young
Young
FPHA
April Draft Call Tripled in Iowa for Farm Labor Strain
Brig. Gen. Charles H. Grahl announced a March 27 meeting with farm leaders in Des Moines to address Iowa's failure to meet draft quotas. He also revealed April draft calls would rise to 3,090 from 1,000 as the state struggles to fill manpower, noting ongoing farm labor shortages and a national shortfall despite lowered physical standards.
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Des Moines
INS
Charles H. Grahl
State Selective Service
Grahl
Iowa
Harry Linn
Hanford Post Inducts Largest World War II Class
A Victory Class of 1,357 WWII veterans was inducted into Hanford Post No. 5 in a Memorial Coliseum ceremony witnessed by more than 5,000 people. The event, delayed by long registration, made the post the largest in Iowa with 3,553 members including 2,207 WWII veterans and 54 women Legionnaires.
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American Legion
Hanford Post No. 5
Memorial Coliseum
Legion
Hanford
Armed Forces
The
Davenport Guard of Honor
Tribesmen Fight Iran Garrisons Near Iraq Border
Tehran reports three Iranian garrisons near the Iraq border engaged with attacking Kurdish tribesmen. Air support was sent to prevent isolation from headquarters. Both Iraqi and Iranian tribesmen fought, with strangers speaking a Turku dialect seen among the attackers, estimated at about 3,000.
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Tehran
Iraq
Iran
Azerbaijan
Iran charges Russian troops stay beyond deadline
Iran accuses Soviet troops of remaining in Iran past the March 2 deadline under an Anglo Soviet Iranian treaty and claims Russia continues to interfere in Iran's internal affairs through Soviet agents officials and armed forces.
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Washington
Iran
UNO
Security’ Council
Trygve Lie
Hussein Ala
Security Council
Russia
Mail Flights to Pacific Boosted
Hamilton Field Calif. The Air Transport Command announced sharply increased air mail flights to serve American troops in the Pacific. Eight trips daily, equal to the pre surrender rate, begin March 28 from Hamilton Field. Four trips will shuttle to Hickam Field, three will go round trip to Tokyo, and one to Manila.
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Hamilton Field
Calif
Ins
Pacific
Air Transport Command
Pacific Air Mail Service
Hickam Field
Tokyo
Manila
180 Reported Dead In Railroad Crash Near Aracaju
Rio de Janeiro dispatch reports at least 180 killed and hundreds injured when a passenger train derailed near Aracaju in Sergipe state Brazil. It is described as one of the worst railroad disasters in history.
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Rio DE Janeiro
INS
Aracaju
Sergipe
Cooper Defends Inmate Attendance at Iowa City Finals
Fred N. Cooper, superintendent of the Iowa Training School for Boys, angrily defended sending seven inmates to the state basketball finals in Iowa City after Johnson County Sheriff and Iowa City Police Chief protested. He said the inmates were chosen by cottages with approval and that the boys are on track to become productive citizens despite stigma and protests. Cooper urged community responsibility and rejected alarm over potential escapes, asserting the school works to rehabilitate and reward positive actions.
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Elcora
INS
Fred N. Cooper
Iowa Training School For Boys
Iowa City
Johnson County
Preston. Koser
Ollie White
State Board of Control
Eldora
Koser
White
Cooper
Fred Cooper
M. L. Puckette
Croft Urges Central Heating for Wet Housing
Prof. Huber O. Croft of the University of Iowa told Coe College Community Home Planning course attendees that central heating is economical for large housing projects. He cited Cedar Rapids city steam, baseboard radiation, and pipe or copper tubing as methods, noting advantages over panel heat and potential future uses including electric draperies.
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Huber O. Croft
Department of
University of Iowa
Coe Chapel
Coe College
Croft
Cedar Rapids
Prof
Government reports crop acreage goals for 16 major crops
The Agriculture Department states current acreage planned is 3 percent below the goals but slightly above last year. Corn is slated at 193,993,000 acres, spring wheat at 18,961,000 acres, with increases reflecting peacetime demand and wartime production patterns.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Crop Reporting Board
Iowa Reports Keep Corn Acreage at 11 Million Acres
Des Moines AP reports the Iowa livestock and crop reporting service estimates 11,071,000 acres planned for corn in 1946, unchanged from 1945, as certified by the Production Marketing Administration.
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DES Moines
Iowa Livestock and
Iowa
Production Marketing Administration
Government sees little chance of new food rationing
Washington officials said Americans are unlikely to face renewed food rationing. OPA spokesmen stated they had no idea of resuming rationing to aid war-scarred Europe and Asia, arguing it would be nearly impossible to restore in time. They expect the world food crisis peak to pass by summer and note the need to build a new rationing staff.
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Washington
OPA
Europe
Asia
Lehman Calls UNRRA States to Ration Food for Peace
Director General Herbert Lehman urged 47 UNRRA governments to enforce wartime food controls and rationing of scarce commodities to meet the world’s postwar peacetime needs in Atlantic City.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Herbert Lehman
UNRRA
Pepper Urges Big Three Conference to End Crisis of Confidence
Senator Pepper called for a full scale Big Three meeting to dispel fear spanning leaders to common people. He urged destroying all atomic bombs and facilities for destructive energy, sharing atomic secrets with Russia, and providing a reconstruction loan to Russia and Britain.
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Washington
Sen
Pepper
D-Fla
Chiefs of State
Senate
United States
Russia
Nationwide black market in used cars exposed in Detroit
Federal probe links Detroit used car dealers to a widespread scheme involving at least 5,000 cars across southern and western states. A grand jury is expected to indict next week, with Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Murray confirming investigations but declining further comment.
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Detroit
United States
Joseph Murray
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