Iowa House Opens Beer Bill Debate
Iowa House Speaker Gus Kuester ruled two amendments on the county option beer bill out of order. The house upheld the ruling 73 to 31 after appeals were deemed non debatable. The county proposal would allow a petition by 25 percent of voters to trigger a local option election on beer sales.
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Iowa House
Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Gus Kuester Friday
Fred Schwengel
Davenport
James Armstrong
Waterloo
Kuester
House
Micuester
New Bill for Vet Pensions Is Introduced
Rep Rankin of Mississippi introduced a World War I veterans pension bill offering 72 dollars a month at age 65 for those with annual income under 2000 dollars if unmarried or 3000 dollars if married or with dependents. The measure, sent to the veterans committee, aims to lower cost and avoid confusion amid earlier bills.
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Washington
Rankin
D-Miss
House
House Veterans
Veterans Committee
Forgetful Worker Muddled Rockets
Government scientist Dr. C S Piggot told visitors at White Oak Maryland that a single factory worker who forgot which end of the rocket was up caused widespread faults in World War II rockets. He said nozzles were often installed backward or duplicated as the worker recalled vague instructions.
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Washington
C S Piggot
National Research and Development Board
Naval Ordnance Laboratory
White Oak
Navy
Communist songs taught to illiterate troops in China
An Omaha businessman says Chinese Communists teach songs with good behavior lyrics to soldiers who cannot read. He reports that songs like Song for Discipline for Entering Cities and Four Rules and Eight Disciplines were used to instill discipline as troops seized Peiping and Tientsin, noting rough humor in titles but apparent effectiveness.
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Tokyo
Omaha
Laurence Tighe
China
Peiping
Tientsin
Peace Delegates Picketed by Foes Outside Waldorf Astoria
In New York, about 2,000 protesters gathered on Park Avenue as 150 marchers demonstrated against the Cultural and Scientific Conference for World Peace inside the Waldorf Astoria. Police kept order with 100 officers present while marchers waved Iron Curtain flags and called for Hungary’s Cardinal Mindszenty’s release.
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New York
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Park Avenue
State Department
Cardinal Mundszenty
Hungary
Soviet Shutdown In Iran Reported
AP reports Friday that the Soviet government tentatively plans to close three consulates in Iran. No break in diplomatic relations is confirmed, with embassies in Moscow and Tehran remaining. Secretary Acheson dismisses Moscow’s charges as false and untrue.
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Lake Success
Iran
Tehran
Moscow
Russia
Acheson
Three Killed by Mississippi Gale
A Mississippi tornado Friday killed at least three people and injured about twenty. The Lake Washington community was among the hardest hit as high winds and heavy rains struck the state.
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Greenville
Miss. Ins
Lake Washington
Husband Wins Amnesia Victim All Over Again
Seattle report with Will Sugden repeating his romance to reclaim his amnesia-stricken wife who lost memory of their marriage after a theater cushion struck her. She recalls nothing from 1944 onward and did not know about the war or the atom bomb until he pursued her.
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Seattle
INS
Will Sugden
Kansas City Club Manager Slain in Gang Style
Kansas City police report prominent club manager Wolf C Rimann about 45 was shot dead in his parked car near the downtown area. Three men fled in a car later found abandoned. motive not disclosed. Rimann had drawn up to 25 000 from a bank that day and was to buy a Twelfth Street tavern.
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Kansas City
Wolf C Rimann
Midwest
Rimann
Marty Graham
Twelfth Street
Arthur Upton
Alvin Gerken
Truman Meets Cabinet In Brief 15 Minute Session
President Truman held a 15 minute cabinet meeting Friday, one of the shortest on record. Afterward officials said no major issues were discussed and no important problems were addressed.
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Washington
Truman
May I have Tuesday off Anniversary Joke
A humor blurb notes a worker asking for Tuesday off to celebrate a 25th wedding anniversary. The boss quips about enduring such requests every 25 years, in a lighthearted exchange attributed to The RHC News.
Ban Keeps Inmate of Home from Attending College
An 84 year old paying resident of Hendricks county home is barred from attending Canterbury College while superintendent Ira Plasters says others resent the move. Commissioner Harsel Disney notes rules apply and a final decision is postponed to April 4. Glascock, a former teacher and war veteran, says he is a resident paying his way and studies sociology to keep up with class. Canterbury officials consider finding a pathway for his continued education.
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Danville
Ind
Hendricks County
James L. Glascock
Ira Plasters
Glascock
Canterbury College
Plasters
Indiana
Harsel Disney
Disney
Gladys B. Mowrer
Canterbury
Douglas R. MacLaurey
Red offensive reported against Anking in Yangtze region
The Central News Agency said 20 000 Communist troops opened an attack on Anking, a key Nationalist stronghold on the Yangtze north bank. If true, it would mark the first major Red push since Suchow and Pengpu in January. Anking hosts Anhwei government, 145 miles southwest of Nanking.
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Nanking
Central
Anking
Yangtze River
Suchow
Pengpu
Anhwei
Shanghai
Truman Accepts Smith Resignation as Moscow Ambassador
President Truman accepts Walter Bedell Smith's resignation as ambassador to Moscow with reluctance. Smith, a lieutenant general, plans to return to army duty and is expected to command the First Army on Governor's Island in New York Harbor.
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Washington
Truman
Walter Bedell Smith
Moscow
White House
Smith
Charles G. Ross
First Army
Governor's Island
New York Harbor
Axis Sally Gillars Sentenced to 10 to 30 Years
Maine born Sally Gillars age 48 receives 10 to 30 year treason term in Washington. Federal Judge Edward Curran fines her 10000 dollars and notes citizenship loss on treason conviction. Gillars broadcast Nazi Axis Sally programs during the war and plans an appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Mildred E
Gillars
Edward M. Curran
Miss Gillars
Curran
James J. Laughlin
Supreme Court
Prices Reduced by Six Broadway Film Houses
New York six first run Broadway movie houses cut admission by 10 to 35 cents to boost sagging morning and matinee attendance. Night price scales were slightly lowered as well, but weekend and holiday prices remain unchanged.
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New York
Cedar Rapids Food Costs Fall 2.2 Percent Mid February
Cedar Rapids households faced a 2.2 percent drop in food costs for Jan 15 to Feb 15, led by meat and fish declines. The national cost of living also fell, with groceries down 2.5 percent, and clothing and house furnishings easing as overall prices eased from 1948 gains.
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Cedar Rapids
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chicago
Washington
America
OPA
Realtor Sounding Alarm Over Socialistic Trend in Government
Des Moines realty figure Bill Powell told Cedar Rapids real estate leaders the nation faces a creeping socialist shift. He warned subsidies and federal control threaten individual freedom and warned that housing medicine and utilities could fall under state ownership. He urged home owners and providers to resist central planning and defend free institutions.
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Oo. G
Bill” Powell
Des Moines
Realtors’ Washington
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Hotel
Washington
Powell
FEW Leader Denounces CIO Board and Seeks Unity
Grant Oakes of the United Farm Equipment Workers keynotes a national convention with a defiant stand against the CIO board and a march toward unity within the CIO. He calls for a 30 cent per hour wage increase and a seven hour day with eight hours pay, and denounces dissolution moves while criticizing Taft Hartley and U S administration policies.
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Gazette
Don Padilla
CIO
Cedar Rapids
John Shaffer
Farm Equipment Workers
FEW
Grant Oakes
Gedar Rapids
United Auto Workers
Shaffer
Oakes
United Farm Equipm Workers
Tional Cio
Boa
Truman
No-Discrimination Decree From Federal Agencies
Washington UP The Fair Employment Board ordered all federal agencies to end racial and religious discrimination in employment. The directive, supplementing President Truman's civil service ban, urges equal opportunity and immediate practice across hiring firing and promotion decisions by all departments and agencies.
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Washington
Fair Employment Board
President Truman
Truman
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