Byrnes Rejects Soviet Move On Iran Crisis
UN Security Council vote dismisses Moscow bid to block Iran relief appeal. Byrnes challenges Gromyko on delays and urges allowing Iran to present its case. Stalin refutes Churchill bid for action while Tehran says Iran will keep Iran case before the council despite any Soviet troop withdrawal.
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New York
AFP
Byrnes
United Nations Security Council
Iran
Soviet Union
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Moscow
Hussein Ala
Stalin
Security Council
London
Quo Tai-chi
China
Russia
United Nations
Josef Stalin
Hugh Baillie
United Press
Red Army
Winston Churchil
UNO Security Council
UNO
Tehran
Mozaffar Firouz
Russians Withdraw From Karaj Gateway Amid Tehran Push
Russian forces begin a quiet pullout from Karaj, the historic caravan stop near Tehran, signaling a strategic redeployment as the drive toward Iran's capital continues.
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Karaj
Iran
Tehran
Miners to Begin Nationwide Work Stoppage Sunday
Washington, UP: President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers announced a nationwide work stoppage in bituminous coal fields to begin at midnight Sunday after notifying soft coal operators of terminating the current wage contract. He criticized operators’ proposals as unsatisfactory and urged a new contract with improved health and safety conditions while stressing miners would stay home.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Court Enjoins Drivers' Union From Interfering Deliveries
A temporary injunction, issued by Judge G. K. Thompson in Linn county district court, restrains the AFL Teamsters Local 238 and listed officers and organizers from interfering with Nash-Finch Co. deliveries in Cedar Rapids. The petition alleges union actions to prevent deliveries and force stores to reject Nash-Finch goods, naming James D. White, Harry Wilbur, Herbert Young, John Dines, H. J. Dean, M. W. Lingard, Wesley Kratz, J. J. Snider, Carl Baty, and Clayton Schnoeblin as defendants. Page 2.
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Cedar Rapids News
AFL
Nash-Finch Company
G. K. Thompson
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Nash-Finch
Teamsters Union
James D. White
Harry Wilbur
Herbert Young
John Dines
H. J. Dean
M. W. Lingard
Wesley Kratz
J. J. Snider
Carl Baty
Clayton Schnoeblin
Reckless Driving Ordinance Explained in Series
A city traffic ordinance defines reckless driving as driving in a manner that shows a willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property. This is the second installment in a series outlining local traffic regulations.
Resolutions On Housing Hit at OPA
Midwest governors conference urged Congress to liquidate the Office of Price Administration and set price ceilings to promote lumber and building materials production. The six governors drafted three resolutions demanding duties defined for the OPA and that federal policy end government control of industry.
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Opa
Des Moines
Midwest Governors Housing Conference
Congress
Office of Price Administration
H. V. Simpson
Seattle
West Coast Lumbermen’s Association
Douglas Whitlock
Minneapolis
Producers’ Council
Meat Famine Warned By Livestock Expert before Congress
Washington livestock research director H M Conway told the House Agriculture Committee that city consumers face the most acute meat shortage in history within six months unless price ceilings and subsidies on livestock are removed by June 30. He warned of chaos in marketing and processing and said free price movement would shift costs toward higher grade cattle, easing pressure on poorer grades. Rep Reid Murray challenged the claim noting livestock moving outside legitimate channels.
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Washington (Lp
Congress
H. M. Conway
National Livestock Producers Association
House Agriculture Committee
Reid Murray
R-Wis
Coniway
Desperate sign on wall stirs Idaho Falls gossip
Idaho Falls AP reports Colin Mackenzie posted a cheeky sign on a wall stating he will marry any farmer's daughter who owns her own cow and can churn butter. The note reads Signed Desperate, drawing local attention.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Colin Mackenzie
Bertram Seeks Annexation to Cedar Rapids Schools
Bertram township seeks to join Cedar Rapids schools, arguing urban districts offer better education as standards rise. Board members say they cannot recruit qualified teachers and would dissolve if annexation is approved, with students bused to Cedar Rapids for schooling.
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Little Red
Bertram Township School Board
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids School Board
Bertram Board
Jones and Hughes Win Cedar Rapids City Council Seats
Gordon Hughes and Richard C. Jones won seats on the Cedar Rapids city council in Monday’s election. L. D. Burgus was reelected finance commissioner, and Mayor Frank K. Hahn Streets Commissioner Dave L. Williams and Judge Harry Johnson ran unopposed. A $215000 stadium bond passed about four to one. Hughes, a world war veteran, was also elected public safety commissioner by over six to one over Marvin Fatka, carrying every precinct except Fatka’s strong in fourteenth where Fatka had 109 votes to Hughes 126. Hughes carried the twenty second precinct 414 to 53.
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Cedar Rapids
Gordon Hughes
Richard C
Dick” Jones
L. D. Burgus
Frank K. Hahn
Dave L. Williams
Superior Court
Harry Johnson
Hughes
Marvin Fatka
Fatka
W. W. Stolba
Richard C Jones
Ed Stefanee
Municipal Stadium
Yes
Jones
Ed Stefan
Stefan
West Side
Leonard B. Stastny
Charles Kosek
Kosek
W. W
Woody” Stolba
Burgus
Stolba
Williams
Hahn
Johnson
Means Found To Fit Atom To Peace Use
Scientists disclosed that plutonium could be denatured to permit industrial use only and not bombs. An international licensing system under UN control was proposed. Acheson and Blakeslee described how treated plutonium would allow concentrated heat for industry with reduced bomb risk. President Truman named a civilian panel to evaluate Bikini tests, amid debate on sharing atomic energy data.
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Washington
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Dean Acheson
United Nations Commission
Howard Blakeslee
AP Science
Blakeslee
Truman
Bikini Atoll
Acheson
Senate
White House
Government Acts To Step Up Yet Housing
The House approved 253 to 127 thousand emergency funds to provide temporary homes for veterans and families. Aimed at speeding construction, a Civilian Production Administration order halts most new building unless authorized. It limits projects by cost and type, allowing ongoing work but blocking new commercial or industrial construction to conserve materials for 2.7 million homes planned over two years.
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Washington
House
National
Wilson W. Wyatt
OPA
John D Small
United States
McAtee Sentenced to Eight Years for Rape
Hartzell Harold McAtee, 30, was sentenced by District Judge G K Thompson to eight years in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty to raping a 14 year old Negro girl on March 15. He was arrested March 22. A capacity crowd, many of them Negroes, filled the courtroom to witness the plea and sentencing.
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Cedar Rapids
Hartzell
Harold McAtee
G. K. Thompson
McAtee
McAfee
Cedar Rapids drenched after heavy shower with minor damage
Cedar Rapids and eastern towns received a heavy thunderstorm that dumped 1.58 inches in Cedar Rapids in just over an hour. Minor damage was reported including a lightning strike on a transformer at First Avenue and Nineteenth Street W, flooded basements, and street flooding as storm sewers overflowed. Other Iowa towns such as Winterset and Clarinda recorded heavier rainfall while the state cooled then cleared.
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Cedar Rapids
First Avenue
Nineteenth Street
Iowa
Winterset
Clarinda
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Associated Press
John S. Cholewinski
Department of Sanitation
California Institute of Technology
Cholewinski
INS
Britain
Baillie
Beamer
Tass
Churchill
Court
Drivers’ Union
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Beye
Koes Aula
We Radio Oe
Werecersen
Bertram
C.R
Jack Ferring
John McClellan
Jones and
Lee B. Winter
Bere
Citizens’ Stadium Committee
Winterberg
G. K. Strausser
William R. Smith
J. K. von Lackum
T. F. McPartland
H. G. Hedges
N. P. Craemer
John W. Beck
Elmer Ferriter
Edward A. Condon
Bureau of Standards
Truman Names Board
David E. Lilienthal
TVA
State Department
Lilienthal
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Charles A. Thomas
Harry A. Winne
Charles I. Bernnard
Baruch
Bernard M. Baruch
United
Thompson
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