Tragic Twin Air Crashes Kill 26 as Wreckage Lies in Sierra
Army C-47 from Stockton to Denver explodes in the Sierra Nevada near Truckee killing 26 aboard and injuring none. A B-29 missing from Hawaii bound to Fairfield-Suisun is later found absent with seven on board. Rescuers battle blizzards to recover bodies and determine if more remain beneath wreckage.
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Truckee
Calif
Livermore
Here
Army
Navy
Hawaii
Fairfield-Suisun Army Airbase
Pacific
Stockton
Denver
Officer Only Nylon Bargain Sale Halted
Army sales of nylon stockings labeled for officers only sparked outcries over a caste system as 25 000 pairs surplus from Wacs and nurses were sold at 87 cents each before a halt order. The issue prompted a broader probe into officer enlistment discrimination and the civil service form seeking veterans service details. Veterans groups urged terminal leave pay for both officers and enlisted men while a board investigates the 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 Five Cents Per Hour Hike
Linn county road employes were offered a five cents an hour pay increase by the Linn county board of supervisors. The proposal mirrors the 1945 agreement except for the 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. workday with a one hour lunch. Walter Hurt will present the offer to 55 employees.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Linn County Board of Supervisors
C. L. Beeson
Walter Hurt
Housing crisis grows as rooms scarce for veterans
In Cedar Rapids the Veterans Service and Information Center lists few vacancies for single men with rooms offering one or two double beds and no housing for couples or veterans with children. They urge landlords to rent a room or house to veterans, calling for contacts at 30241.
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Cedar Rapids
Veterans ‘Services and 'Information Center
Veterans -Service and Information Center
Punishment Task Missed Car Wash Turns Profit
Henry Lundberg 51 was sentenced to wash a police squad car for disorderly conduct. He accepted the job and police provided water. Inspectors found he washed nearly every car on the street except the squad car and charged a small fee for each wash.
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Chicago
Henry Lundberg
Lundberg
Femeela
Property Owners Object To New Trailer Location
Residents near Ellis Park oppose the Federal Public Housing Authority plan to place 80 veteran trailers there. A 102 signatory petition to Mayor Hahn cites impact on park beauty health conditions and property values plus overcrowded Harrison School. City Engineer Young says plans include white-painted trailers a white fence and paved streets per FPHA specs.
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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 Des Moines Meeting Planned
Brig. Gen. Charles H. Grahl director of state selective service announced Iowa will raise its April draft call from 1000 to 3000. He said a meeting with farm leaders is set for March 27 in Des Moines to discuss farm labor and quotas and noted national monthly quotas have remained around 50 000 while state totals lag.
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Des Moines
INS
Charles’ H. Grahl
State Selective Service
Grahl
Iowa
Secetary of Agriculture
Harry iLinn
Hanford Post Inducts Largest WWII Vet Class in Ceremony
The Hanford Post No. 5 inducted a 1,357 member Victory class of World War II veterans in a Memorial Coliseum ceremony. Over 5,000 attended as 15 women veterans joined, boosting the Cedar Rapids post to 3,553 members, the largest in Iowa. The event featured color guards, salutes, and a recitation of the American Legion pledge.
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American Legion
Hanford Post No. 5
Memorial Coliseum
Legion
Hanford
Armed Forces
Davenport Guard of Honor
Raymond J. Kelly
Detroit
Tribesmen Fight Iran Garrisons Near Iraq Border
Iranian general staff officer says Kurdish tribesmen attack three garrisons near the Iraq border with 3000 attackers. Air support dispatched to keep garrisons from being cut off from divisional headquarters amid cross border involvement. Also reports of strangers speaking a Turku dialect among tribesmen. The other item notes Iran charging Soviet troops remain beyond deadline and Soviet interference in Iran.
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Tehran
Iraq
Iran
Azerbaijan
Washington
UNO
Security Council
Trygve Lie
Hussein Ala
Mail Flights to Pacific Boosted
Sharply increased air mail flights to support American troops in the Pacific were announced by Air Transport Command. From Hamilton Field on March 28 eight daily trips will operate, with four to Hickam Field, three 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
80 Reported Dead In Railroad Crash Near Aracaju
At least 180 people were reported killed when locking brakes caused a passenger train to telescope cars near Aracaju Sergipe. Hundreds were injured in what authorities called one of the worst rail disasters.
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Rio DE Janeiro
INS
Aracaju
Sergipe
Cooper Rebuts Iowa City Officials Over Inmate Basketball Attendance
Fred N. Cooper of the Iowa Training School for Boys defended sending seven inmates to the state basketball finals in Iowa City. He criticized Johnson County Sheriff Preston Koser and Iowa City Police Chief Ollie White for protesting, saying the inmates were chosen with approval and could become gentlemen through rehabilitation. Cooper argued the school’s mission is progress not punishment and that community support is essential.
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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
Cooper
International News Service
White
Croft Pushes Central Heating for Wet Housing
Prof. Huber O. Croft of the University of Iowa urged central heating for new housing projects and for existing homes. He described baseboard radiation and panel heating, noting cost and practicality, with electric options and coal plants as economical in Cedar Rapids.
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Huber O. Croft
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Iowa
Coe Chapel
Coe College
Croft
Cedar Rapids
Prof
Prof. Croft
Government reports slight drop in 16 crop acreage goals
Washington reports that the 16 major crops acreage this year stands 3 percent below the Agriculture Department goals but above last year. Corn acreage is put at 93,993,000, spring wheat 18,961,000, with farmers urged to meet wartime and peacetime demands amid a global food shortage and a national call for higher grain production.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Crop Reporting Board
Iowa Corn Planting Acreage Near 1945 Level in 1946
Des Moines AP reports the Iowa livestock and crop reporting service estimates 11,071,000 acres in Iowa will be planted to corn in 1946, about the same as 1945. The total trails the Production Marketing Administration goal by 379,000 acres.
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Des Moines
Iowa Livestock and Crop Reporting Service
Iowa
Production Marketing Administration
Officials see unlikely return to food rationing
Washington officials said it was very unlikely Americans would be forced to resume rationing. OPA spokesmen stated they had no idea of restoring rationing to aid war-scarred Europe and Asia, noting the peak food crisis should end by summer and a new rationing staff would take nearly that long to assemble.
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Washington
OPA
Europe
Asia
Lehman Pushes Wartime Rationing for UNRRA Nations
Director General Herbert Lehman urged the 47 UNRRA governments to enforce strict wartime food controls including rationing of scarce commodities to meet postwar needs and maintain supplies for global relief efforts.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Herbert Lehman
UNRRA
Pepper Urges Big Three Conference to Restore Confidence
Sen. Len Pepper calls for a full scale Big Three meeting inviting all walks of life and leaders to quell fear across society. He urges destroying U S atomic weapons and facilities, sharing atomic energy secrets with Russia, and granting reconstruction loans to Russia and Britain.
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Washington
Len Pepper
D-Fla
Pepper
Senate
United States
Russia
Britain
Detroit Car Black Market Tied to Nationwide Scale
Complaints from Detroit reveal a nationwide black market in used cars worth several million dollars. A federal grand jury is expected to indict next week as the investigation expands beyond Michigan. Authorities say at least 5 000 cars were involved, many shipped from car pools in Detroit.
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Detroit
United’ ‘States
Joseph
Murray
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