Fred R White resigns as Iowa Highway chief engineer
AMES UP Fred R White 67 longtime chief engineer of the Iowa Highway Commission announced resignation effective Sept 1 He will remain with the commission as consulting engineer after retirement White has led the agency since 192? and held key roles with the American Association of State Highway Officials serving as president in 1924 The commission cited health and age factors but praised his valuable service to Iowa.
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Ames
Fred R. White
Iowa Highway Commission
White
Selma
Keosauqua
Iowa State College
Key West
Florida East Coast Railroad
Morgan Engineering Company
Memphis
American Association of State Highway Officials
Association
Commission
Zeigler
Iowa
Bridges frames tax case aid as routine congressional duty
Senator Bridges said his intervention in a $7,000,000 liquor dealer tax case was a normal act lawmakers perform to ensure proper government action. He cited a friend's report of injustice against Hyman Harvey Klein of Baltimore and denied any personal interest, noting he has no ties to the involved companies or Grunewald, whom he has known for years.
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Washington
Bridges
R-N. H
Congress
Senate
House
Ways and Means
Internal Revenue Bureau
Hyman Harvey Klein
Baltimore
Klein
William Power Maloney
Henry W. Grunewald
Cuba
Panama
Grunewald
Triplets Note 84th Birthday in Marlboro
Three elderly identical triplets Faith Hope and Charity Coughlin observed their 84th birthday in Marlboro Massachusetts. The women born in North Brookfield have lived within 100 miles of their birthplace and now have family ties including Annie Faith MacDonnell whose son George lives in Marlboro.
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Marlboro
Mass
Faith
Hope
Charity Coughlin
North Brookfield
Nora Charity Murphy
Ellen Hope Daniels
Annie Faith MacDonnell
New Bedford
Milton
George
Face Lifting for Incinerator Gets Study by Council
Cedar Rapids city officials reviewed former Plant Supt Clarence Walsh's report proposing upgrades to the idle incinerator plant. The plan, aligned with engineers' January recommendations, calls for wiring and service connections, hopper changes, ash handling, interior basket adjustments, cleaning, painting, and a trial operation. Burgus urged collaboration with City Engineer Frank Young. legality and phased implementation were discussed as council considered the report.
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Cedar Rapids
Clarence Walsh
Louis D. Burgos
Walsh
Burgus
Frank Young
Clarence Sedive
Wisconsin primary could hinge on cross over votes
Democrats crossing over to the Republican ballot in Wisconsin for the Tuesday primary may boost Eisenhower indirectly. Taft criticized Warren and Stassen while Warren, facing possible delegate shifts, refused to pledge Eisenhower support beyond the first Chicago vote.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Ublican Reservation
Gen
Eisenhower
G.O.P
Sen
Taft
Gov
Warren
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
California
Madison
D Warren
Portage
Chicago
Labour MP Battling Bessie Braddock Is Suspended
London AP reports Labour MP for Liverpool Mrs. Bessie Braddock was suspended from the House of Commons after arguing with the speaker during a textile debate. The 125 to 67 vote followed her claim she was being deliberately cut out and her vow to protest. Braddock, 50, left shouting she would make peace with the speaker before returning.
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London
Bessie Braddock
Liverpool
House of Commons
Braddock
Charles MacAndrew
Mrs. Braddock
Two Pilots Land Flaming Braniff DC-4 Near Hugoton
A Braniff Airlines DC-4 with 49 aboard made a controlled landing in a Kansas wheat field after one engine failed and a wing caught fire. One passenger injured, others evacuated via ropes as flames engulfed the aircraft. Pilots Jack Stanford and John Beakley deflected credit, calling it a routine landing.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Braniff
Jack Stanford
John Beakley
Hugoton
Kan
Braniff Airlines
Stanford
Dallas
O. R. Stites
Oklahoma City
Jesse Watts
Greensboro
N. C
Denver
Bloodmobile to Visit Cedar Rapids in April
Linn County Red Cross Chairman William O Gray announced the Iowa Bloodmobile will make a third Cedar Rapids appearance at the Veterans of Foreign Wars club rooms on Second Avenue SE April 15 16 and 17. Mrs Paul Huston urged donors to call the Red Cross office for scheduling and stressed every pint may save a service member's life.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Linn County Red Cross
William O. Gray
Veterans of Foreign Wars Club
Second Avenue SE
Paul Huston
Red Cross
Benton Challenge Given McCarthy press for trial before re election
Senator Benton of Connecticut challenged Senator McCarthy to push for a libel trial before his re election bid next November. Benton claimed he could prove his charges in court and urged voters to judge his sincerity by McCarthy’s diligence in seeking a final trial.
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Washington
Benton
D-Conn
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Soviet Plane Collision Kills 70 Near Moscow
Berlin report cites Soviet control commission sources saying more than seventy people died when a passenger plane from Odessa crashed at Tula airport after overshooting the runway and struck a military transport about to depart for Berlin. Thirty four Voroshilov academy honor students were aboard the transport. No casualty figures for the civilian plane or survivors were given.
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Berlin
Soviet Control Commission
Moscow
Odessa
Black Sea
Tula
Moscow Voroshilov Military Academy
Witness Says Theft Staged By Four Men
A 63 year old retired truck driver testified he saw four men transfer money from an armored car to a black sedan during the Danvers Square robbery. FBI agents questioned two East Boston men with prior records as detectives linked the incident to historic heists and the Brink’s holdup.
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Boston
INS
FBI
Danvers Square
John Gustin
Danvers
Gustin
Danvers Grain Company
Eight Die as Home Burns in Somerset Farmhouse Blaze
Eight persons including six children died in a morning fire at the three story home of John Whipkey in Somerset Pennsylvania. Franklin Whipkey, 10, survived by leaping from a window as neighbors say the blaze started about 7 a.m. at the residence of the retired coal miner and father of 14.
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Somerset
Franklin Whipkey
John Whipkey
Governor Dewey Bans TV Filming at Official Proceedings
Governor Dewey signed a bill prohibiting televising broadcasting or recording motion pictures at any official proceeding where witnesses are subpoenaed. The measure aims to prevent media capture of courtroom or official hearings.
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Albany
Dewey
Stevenson Declines Presidential Nomination for Governor Run
Springfield Illinois Governor Stevenson announces he will not seek the Democratic presidential nomination and will instead run for re election as Illinois governor. Reports say President Truman offered support and a possible draft at a Washington meeting, but Stevenson remains firm.
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Springfield
Ill
Stevenson
Truman
Illinois
St. Louis
Washington
The
Post-Dispatch
Oo Truman
Chicago Sun-Times
Sun-Times
Federal Reserve Orders Breakup of TransAmerica Bank Empire
The Fed voted 3 to 2 to force a breakup of TransAmerica's banking empire across California Oregon Nevada Washington and Arizona. The majority ruled the group restrains competition. dissenters complained of unfair handling and lack of proof. The case, tied to the Clayton act, may be appealed to higher courts and the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
TransAmerica Corporation
California
Oregon
Nevada
Arizona
James K. Vardaman, Jr
TransAmerica
Oliver S. Powell
Vardaman
William M. Martin, Jr
M. S. Szymczak
R. M. Evans
A. P. Giannini
Supreme Court
Linn County Primary Candidates Face 20 Nominees
Twenty candidates bid for Linn County offices in the June 2 primary election 12 Republicans and eight Democrats. Profiles include Republican W D Potter a longtime Marion produce leader seeking Second district supervisor against Miles Sutera, and Democrat Joseph J Severa unopposed for county attorney with a background in law and military service. Also noted is W L Sam Stohl Cedar Rapids insurer and farm feed dealer seeking Democratic nomination for First district supervisor.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
W. D. Potter
Linn County Produce Company
Deep River
Poweshiek
Wilson and Company
Potter
Marion Rural Independent School Board
Marion Township
Joseph J. Severa
Fourth Avenue SE
Severa
St. Wenceslaus High School
Loras College
Creighton University
Omaha
Sixteenth Avenue
Linn County Bar Association
American Legion
Knights of Columbus
St. Wenceslaus Church
W. L
Sam” Stohl
Second Avenue
Rapids
Fairfax
Clinton
College Townships
Stohl
Johnson County
Solon
Stochl
The
Elks
Rancher and Wife Killed in Nebraska Mystery
In Merriman Nebraska a rancher George Mensinger 27 his wife 24 and neighbor Dee Gardner 50 were shot to death early Thursday. A gunman fled in a black sedan before a posse captured him 25 miles away. The case bears grudge hints but no robbery motive.
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Merriman
Neb
Sandhills
Art Jones
McDonald
Mensinger
Dee Gardner
Mensingers
Army Civil Fund Slash Counseled
The House Appropriations Committee recommended 492 million dollars for army civil functions for the year starting July 1. Most funds would go to flood control and navigation projects. The total is 200 million less than Truman’s budget, the largest cut this year for any federal agency.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Truman
Yale Professor Calls Lattimore Principal Agent of Stalinism
In Washington the Yale professor Prof. David N. Rowe testified before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee that he regards Owen Lattimore as probably the principal agent of Stalinism among American Far Eastern specialists.
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Washington
Yale
Owen Lattimore
David N. Rowe
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
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