Truman signs June 30 CPA death warrant but urges continuity
President Truman signed a June 30 death warrant for the CPA and urged Congress to have rent and sugar controls carried on by other agencies. The measure liquidates the Office of Temporary Controls and merges OPA and the Office of Civilian Production into the new arrangement.
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Washington
Truman
CPA
Congress
Senate
OPA
Civilian Production Administration
Mr. Truman
Frank R. Creedon
Treasury
Office of War Mobilization
Agriculture Department
Truman orders loyalty program for federal workers
President Truman backed a broad loyalty program aimed at strengthening national security. He urged executive agencies to dismiss employees with reasonable grounds of disloyalty, including sympathetic ties to subversive groups, while guaranteeing hearings and a review option. He directed agencies to enforce strict loyalty in the armed services and to prepare master rules for handling confidential documents.
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Truman
Ea Ees
Secretary of War
Secretary of Navy
Secretary of Treasury
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee
Missing Des Moines Boy Located in Nashville
Des Moines fifteen year old Bob Thompson was found in Nashville Tennessee after being missing since Tuesday. Detectives spotted him leaving a grocery store where he had bought a pack of cigarettes and asked him to appear in court as a witness against the clerk. His mother described him as timid and frightened.
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Des Moines
Bob Thompson
Nashville
Tenn Ob
Harley Thompson
Des Moines Woman To Head Education Group
Alice V. Myers of Des Moines will be elected president of the Midwest Conference of Adult Education Workers. Des Moines was chosen as the site for next year’s meeting. Myers is a Drake University faculty member and president of the Iowa Association for Adult Education. Perdue Graves of Topeka was named vice president, Elizabeth Riner of Omaha secretary, with E. M. Hosman of Omaha and Forrest Spaulding of Des Moines on the executive committee.
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Omaha
Alice V. Myers
Des Moines
Midwest Conference of Adult Education Workers
Miss Myers
Drake University
Iowa Association For Adult Education
Perdue Graves
Topeka
Kan
Elizabeth Riner
E. M. Hosman
Forrest Spaulding
Soviet May Veto Albanian Charge Looms in UN
The security council faces a Soviet veto over Albania in a clash with the West. France’ s vote could determine whether Andrei Gromyko blocks a resolution accusing Albania of knowing about the Corfu Channel mine incident last October 22. Gromyko rejects the charges and says they should be dismissed. The pivotal vote is set for next Tuesday, marking a year of deliberations on the matter.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations Security Council
France
Russia
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Albania
Corfu
Great Britain
Tirana
German Mother of GI’s Child Marries US Soldier in City
Ruth M. Meyer, 23, described as the first unwed German mother of a GI’s child to enter the United States, wed William E. Rosch, 27, a former sergeant, in the private chambers of State Supreme Court Justice Morris Eder in New York. They obtained a license and waived the usual 48 hour waiting period. They could not marry in Germany due to the army’s non fraternization rule.
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New York
Ruth M.meyer
G.I
United States
William E. Rosch
State Supreme Court
Morris Eder
Miss Meyer
Rosch
Germany
Slayer of Mussolini Named by Communists
The Italian Communist party identified Walter Audisio 37 a bookkeeper and underground fighter as the slayer of Benito Mussolini and urged Italy to award him the highest military honors. Audisio known as Col Valerio acted under orders of his superiors and had long been a member of the Communist party.
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Rome
Italian Communist Party
Benito Mussolini
Walter Audisio
Italy
Audisio
Col. Valerio
Mussolini
Communist Party
Burger Named Registrar at Colorado School of Mines
William V. Burger former director of admissions at Coe College is chosen registrar and director of admissions at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden. He assumed duties last Monday and previously led Coe admissions from 1936 after graduating in 1922. Burger served in the army as a personnel officer and pre-separation counselor near Denver. The Burgers and their children Paul and Martha Ann plan to move from Denver to Golden.
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William V. Burger
Coe College
Colorado School of Mines
Golden
Colo
Burger
Coe
Denver
Burgers
Paul
Martha Ann
Norfolk Fen Floods After Dike Breach Waters Swell
British fens flood as waters burst dikes and inundate more than 25 000 acres of fertile Norfolk fenlands in latest weather disaster affecting agricultural England.
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London
Norfolk
England
Quaker executives' wartime assignments described at plants
The text details Poe and DeLay careers at Quaker plants from Cedar Rapids to Grand Island and Buenos Aires. Poe led operations at Grand Island until Jan 15 1943 before returning to Cedar Rapids as operating superintendent. DeLay rose from student to roles in Cedar Rapids and Chicago, including eight months in Mexico in 1937 and four years in Argentina preparing a new oat mill.
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Grand Island
Cedar Rapids
DeLay
Poe
Mexico
Ment
Argentina
Buenos
United
Quaker
Chicago
Kennedy Transfers Merchandise Mart Ownership to Family
Joseph P. Kennedy completed arrangements to transfer principal ownership of the Merchandise Mart to his wife and eight children in Chicago. The $26,000,000 building, second in size to the Pentagon, will see Kennedy retain one eighth interest while the rest passes to the family.
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Chicago
Joseph P. Kennedy
Great Britain
Pentagon
Kennedy
Quaker Oats signs new contract ending Cedar Rapids strike
Formal signing of a union management contract at Quaker Oats in Cedar Rapids followed a 10 day strike by 950 CIO cereal workers. The pact allows 1 minute rest periods spread over up to 1 1/2 hours, plus a 12 cent hourly raise retroactive to Jan 15. The walkout, the plant’s first since 1941, ended after a March 13 strike vote.
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Quaker Oats Company
CIO
Emegg
United Workers Union
Paine
Akron
Ohio
Cedar Rapids
Dire Greek aid report urges urgent U S action
An authoritative report on Greece warns immediate U S relief is needed to avert economic collapse. A congressional source says assurances will be given to the United Nations that the aid program respects international processes. Preparations were made to release full texts of agreements from the Varna and Potsdam meetings, with no changes to Greek aid hearings.
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Greece
Turkey
Palestine
United States
United Nations
Valga
Potsdam
State Department
Fairfield Man Named For Iowa Bar President
Roscoe P. Thomas of Fairfield was nominated by the Iowa Bar Association board of governors for president. Raymond Smith of Council Bluffs was named for vice president and Judge F. F. Faville of Des Moines was renominated as librarian. Election by Iowa lawyers set before the 53rd annual meeting June 12 to 14 in Cedar Rapids.
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Des Moines
Roscoe P. Thomas
Fairfield
The
Iowa Bar Association
Raymond Smith
Council Bluffs
F. F. Faville
Iowa
Bar Association
Cedar Rapids
Curb Leaping Motorist Held for Drunk Driving
Grant Junior Collins age 32 of 1847 First Avenue SE was booked on a drunk driving charge after his car jumped a curb on First Avenue East at Nineteenth Street then struck a railing and wall. Police arrested him, with Patrolmen George Rubey and Harold Barger noting a cut above his left eye.
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Grant Junior Collins
First Avenue SE
First Avenue E
Nineteenth Street
Ranning Wall
Collins
George Rubey Ona
Harold Barger
John M Gudgel Dies G A R Leader At 99
John M Gudgel 99 state commander of the Grand Army of the Republic died Saturday at his daughter Mable Darnolds home in Shenandoah Iowa He would have turned 100 in June Born Dayton Ohio he served as a private in Civil War Company K 148th Illinois infantry
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Shenandoah
John M. Gudgel
Grand Army of the Republic
Mable Darnold
Gudgel
Dayton
Ohio
148Th
Illinois Infantry
Deaths Frederick W. Ely services set for Monday
Frederick W. Ely 77 a pay master for Wilson and Company died in a local hospital after a sudden illness. Services will be at Turner chapel Monday at 1 30 pm with Rev. Robert Little and Rev Theodore iilley. Burial Cedar Memorial cemetery. Surviving wife Ella L Winslow a son Charles F Ely a brother a F Ely two sisters and two grandchildren. Ely born August 17, 1877 in Hudson New York belonged to First Presbyterian Church and held treasurer post. He was Mason Crescent Lodge 36 and held many fraternal and civic memberships. Master Masons to meet at Masonic hall at 1 pm Monday.
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Frederick W. Ely
Washington Avenue SE
Wilson and Company
Turner Chapel
Robert Little
Theodore Iilley
Charles F. Ely
Downers Grove
A F. Ely
Vailey Stream
N. Y
Bere
Hlasciota
Gallietta
Clarabel Parish
Hudson, N. Y
Mr. Ely
First Presbyterian Church
Crescent Raeme
A. F
A. M
Owa
el Kabir Shrine
Order of the White Shrine
Cedar
Embassy Club
Iowa Credit Union League
Crescent Lodge
Masonic Hall
Mrs Jennie Merrill 86 Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Jennie Merrill 86 of 724 Vernal Street NW Cedar Rapids died at 7 15 p m Saturday in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a long illness Her husband Joseph H Merrill died in September 1944 Surviving daughters are Mrs Rose Kelly Springdale Mrs Earl Schminkey Des Moines and Mrs Millie Ackley Cedar Rapids Funeral services set for 1 30 p m Tuesday in Beatty chapel Burial in Linwood Cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
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Jennie Merrill
Vernal Street
Cedar Rapids
Joseph H. Merrill
Rose Kelly
Springdale
Earl Schminkey
Des Moines
Millie Ackley
Beatty Chapel
Linwood Cemetery
Services for Mrs Robert Barron Held in Cedar Rapids
Services for Mrs. Robert Barron of 2633 First Avenue SE who died at 2 35 a m Saturday at a Cedar Rapids hospital will be held Tuesday at 9 a m by Rev Father James Kearn. Burial is in Mt Calvary Cemetery. The Rosary will be recited by Father Kearn and the Knights of Columbus Monday at 8 p m at Brady Mortuary. Friends may call after 3 p m Sunday.
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Robert Barron
First Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
James Kearn
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Father Kearn
Knights of Columbus
Brady Mortuary
Mrs. W. C. Garberson Requiem Planned in Sibley Iowa
Mrs W C Garberson wife of District Judge W C Garberson died Friday at her Sibley Iowa home. She is mother of Caryl Garberson Cedar Rapids and Marguerite, with services at St Andrews Catholic church and burial in Sibley cemetery planned.
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Monne
Sibley
Iowa
W. C. Garberson
Nee Caryl Garberson
Cedar Rapids
Marguerite
St. Andrews Catholic Church
Sibley Ceme
Missing Marine Wadden Declared Dead In 1943 Transport Loss
Pvt. William E. Wadden of Cedar Rapids has been officially declared dead after a transport vanished December 10 between San Diego and Seattle with 32 aboard. The 17 year old, who left Roosevelt High School last September to enlist, is presumed lost with no trace found. He was the son of Mrs Harriet Wadden of 1652 Fifth Street.
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William E. Wadden
Cedar Rapids
San Diego
Calif
Seattle
Wash
Navy Department
Harriet Was Wadden
Wadden
Roose— High School
City Briefs Pfc W son of Mr and Mrs Weel fonteres
Pfc W, son of Mr and Mrs Weel fonteres, 917 Twentieth Avenue, is serving in a medical division at Kyushu, Japan. Century Cab contact 5146 via 2 way radio dispatch.
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Pfc. W
Weel Fonteres
Twentieth Avenue
Kyushu
Apan
Principal Hallman to Speak at South Side Civic Club
Malcolm Scott Hallman, principal of Franklin High School, will speak Monday at 8 p.m. before the South Side Civic Club in regular session at C.S.P.S. hall. Refreshments will follow. Bungalow cooking school Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.
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Malcolm Scott Hallman
Franklin High School
South Side Civic Club
C.S.P.S. Hall
Pvt George Hladky in Army Radio Service at Fort Sill
Pvt. George Hladky son of Mr and Mrs Godfrey A Hladky of 1022 Tenth Street SW is stationed at Fort Sill Oklahoma in the army radio service. Stepanek Tailors opens new location at 608 11th Ave SE Adv continues.
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George Hladky
Godfrey A. Hladky
Tenth Street
Fort Sill
Okla
Army
Radio Service
Stepanek Tailors
11Th Ave
Zinke Promoted to Private First Class in Tokyo Transfer
Homer Zinke son of Mr and Mrs Charles Zinke of 215 Seventh Avenue SW has been promoted to private first class and assigned to the special services section in Tokyo. He previously served as a telephone operator.
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Homer Zinke
Charles Zinke
Seventh Avenue SW
Tokyo
Purple Heart charter meeting in Cedar Rapids
A meeting to apply for a Cedar Rapids chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart will be held in the Y.M.C.A. Y's men room Thursday at 8 p.m. Veterans who have earned the Purple Heart are welcome to attend.
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Cedar Rapids
Military Order of the Purple Heart
Y.M.C
Burke released on bond after assault charge in justice court
Edward Burke junior 29 of 3111 East avenue NE was released on bond Saturday after arrest on an assault and battery charge filed by Dorothy Hertges 3315 F avenue NE. Hertges said Burke struck her during an argument Friday night.
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Edward Burke, Jr
E Avenue NE
Justice Court
Dorothy Hertges
F Avenue
Burke
Mount Mercy Faculty Attend North Central Association Meet
Mother Mary Sldephonse and Sister Eleanor of the Mount Mercy junior college faculty will attend the fifty second annual meeting of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools from Monday through Friday at Chicago's Palmer House.
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Mary Sldephonse
Eleanor
Mount Mercy Junior College
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Chicago
Palmer House
Panel discussion on future teachers broadcast from Iowa stations
Miss Olga Sindelar of Cedar Rapids moderates a panel with Mount Mercy junior aye's McAuley club and student teachers. The event, conducted by Future Teachers Association members Dr Wayland M Osborne and Kenneth Johnson of Des Moines, airs March 29 at 9 a.m. on WSUI Iowa City and WOI Ames.
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Olga Sindelar
Cedar Rapids
Mount Mercy
Aye
McAuley Club
WSUI
Iowa City
WOI
Ames
The
Future Teachers Association
Wayland M. Osborne
Kenneth Johnson
Des Moines
Mountbatten Arrives in New Delhi to Start Duties
Viceroy Mountbatten arrived in New Delhi to assume his duties and told Indian leaders Britain hopes to leave India by June 1948. The move follows Mountbatten's appointment as viceroy to guide the transfer of power from Britain to India.
Couple Indicted In Reopening of Detroit Murder Case
Detroit and Wayne County authorities indict Lydia Thompson’s widower Louis V. Thompson and his wife on first degree murder charges ending an 18 month inquiry. The case centers on the mutilation slaying of Lydia Thompson, once linked to a romance with Thompson’s former secretary Mrs Budnik.
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Detroit
Lydia Thompson
Michigan
George B. Murphy
Wayne County
Louis V. Thompson
Thompson
Budnik
Bring Reds into Open F D R Jr Says All Commu nists Should Stand Up
Franklin D Roosevelt Jr addressed a New Jersey Americans for Democratic Action group and urged forcing all Americans who are Communists to be counted. He opposed outlawing the party but called to strip Communists of liberal disguises and warned against conflating attacks on Communists with attacks on Soviet Russia.
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Newark
N. J
INS
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
New Jersey
Americans For Democratic Action
Communist Party
Roosevelt
Russia
Keswick Man Nabbed On Bad Check Charges
Willard L. Holmes of Keswick faced uttering a false check charges after authorities traced a trail of over 300 dollars in counterfeit checks. Detectives Connell and Marshall arrested him in Cedar Rapids and handed him to Manchester authorities for processing.
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Willard L. Holmes
Keswick
Manchester
Cedar Rapids
Holmes
George Connell
A B. Marshall
Prastka Jewelers
James Jewelers
Sears Roebuck
Fairfax Man Held on Drunk Driving Charge
Earl F. Stark, 21, of Fairfax, was held in Linn county jail after a head-on side swipe on highway 30 near Cedar Rapids. Stark allegedly struck an eastbound car driven by George Machula of Cedar Rapids. No injuries reported.
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Earl F. Stark
Fairfax
Linn County
Jim Smith
Highway 30
Cedar Rapids
Stark
George Machula
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Gordon Delay
Merchandise Mart
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G.A.R
Robert Curtis
Phoenix
Ariz
Tabby
Izona Pal
Wm. E. Wadden
Arthur Shattuck
Uuakalan
Cedar Rapids Monument CO
Third Avenue
Hallman
Bungalow Cooking School
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Zinke
Purple Heart Vets
Bond
Miss Sindelar
Reds
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