Veto debated over loopholes in atom plan details
Washington discusses the United Nations Atomic Development Authority proposal to mine all fissile materials and run primary production plants while denatured products go to secondary sites worldwide for scientific or industrial use. Senators Ferguson Pepper and Hickenlooper weigh veto rights, insisting on majority action and robust enforcement.
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Washington
Sen
Ferguson
R-Mich
State Department
United Nations Atomic Development Authority
UNO Security Council
Pepper
D-Fla
Security Council
Sen. Hickenlooper
R-Ia
United States
World Agency
State Byrnes
David E. Lilienthal
Tennessee Valley Authority
International Atomic Development Authority
Traffic Signals and Stopping Rules Ordinance Note
Public notice of traffic regulation states no stopping or sudden speed decrease without prior signal to the vehicle behind. Requires hand and arm extended downward when signaling. Fifth installment in a series on city traffic ordinances.
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Iity
OPA Increases Retail Beef and Pork Prices Nationwide
Washington announces postwar meat price hikes affecting about one third of beef and 75 percent of pork cuts starting Monday. Increases average a third of a cent per pound for beef and three quarters of a cent for pork, with regional variations. Some cuts rise by one to four cents. lighter adjustments apply to liver and briskets. The move aims to offset a 16 percent wage hike for 90,000 workers in five major packers.
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Washington
OPA
Los Angeles
Dallas
Chicaee
New York
Nashville
American Meat Institute
J. Eggert
The
Meat Institute
House’ Agriculture Committee
German Rations Cut 20 Percent Across Zones
Lt Gen Lucius D. Clay announced a 20 percent cut in German food rations effective April 1 reducing daily calories from 1550 to 1275 in the American zone and to 1042 in the British sector. He said 15000 tons of wheat would be shipped in April through June and more shipments would be needed to maintain the new ration scale.
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Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
Bavaria
Wuerttemberg-Baden
Greater
Hesse
Stuttgart
War Department
Marine private swindles bank of yen in Japan hoax
In Yokohama a marine private posed as an inspector and defrauded a rural Totsuka bank president of 587 800 yen 39 192 dollars. With forged credentials he obtained the money and fled with a Japanese girl and a truck driver then disappeared. The scheme collapsed when he was trapped by 20 military police at a resort hotel.
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Yokohama
Otis J. Carter
Criminal Investigation Division
Pfe
Earl L. Brown
Clarksburg
W. Va
Carter
Brown
Totsuka
Masatori Kishimoto
Eighth Army
Tokyo
Kishimoto
Yokosuka Naval Base
Air Force General Earns High School Diploma in Kokomo
Major General William E. Kepner, who quit school 41 years ago to join the military, received his high school diploma at Kokomo High School in a ceremony with 35 otherGIs. Kepner led Eighth Air Force fighters in World War II and later served as deputy commander for air in the Bikini atomic tests. He also holds balloon and zeppelin expertise, having captained the American team in 1928 and commanded the Explorer balloon during a 1934 flight.
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Kokomo
Ind
Eighth Air Force
William E. Kepner
Kokomo High School
Kepner
C. V. Haworth
G.i’s
Air
Bikini
Pacific
Japan
Doolittle
United Air Lines and Cedar Rapids Protest CAB Action
United Air Lines joined Cedar Rapids in protesting a CAB recommendation to deny United permission for regular stops on its East West route. The filing argued the examiner failed to consider Cedar Rapids industrial importance, proposed traffic potential, and benefits of direct connections to major cities.
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United Air Lines
C.R
CAB
Cedar Rapids
Civil Aeronautics Board
F. Merritt Ruhlen
United
Don Hines
Ruhlen
Iowa
Dubuque
Waterloo
Hines
Examiner
Des Moines
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Washington
New York
Boston
Omaha
Denver
Germans and Jews Clash at Stuttgart Riot
UNRRA deputy director claims German police shot at defenseless Jewish displaced persons during a US army authorized raid on the outskirts of Stuttgart. The two hour clash involved 1800 Poles and 220 German police, one displaced Jew killed and two wounded. Several German officers injured. Clearfield says Jews cried they had no right to be there. Police seized cigarets and candy, legally acquired, according to the deputy director.
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Stuttgart
Germany
UNRRA
David Clearfield
Hazleton
Clearfield
Five Dead in Seattle Smallpox Outbreak
The Seattle smallpox outbreak has five deaths and fourteen diagnosed cases with four probables. Health officials say the infection came from Japan via returning servicemen. mass vaccination of residents and schoolchildren is underway, in what a physician calls the nation’s worst since 1913.
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Seattle
Japan
U S Plane Barred From Russian Zone
An official American source said Russian authorities refused a request for an American plane to land at Heijo in northern Korea. The note, likely tied to U S Soviet Korea talks, offered no reason for the denial and followed a pattern of tensions at joint commission meetings since March 20.
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Seoul
Korea
Heijo
Iorea
I. M. Chistiakov
John R. Hodge
38Th Parallel
U.s.soviet Commission
Recess plan for Iran Russia dispute offered at UN
New York Anglo American proposal seeks a cooling off period in the Russian Iranian dispute and would adjourn the UN Security Council session until Monday or Tuesday for direct replies from Moscow and Tehran If replies are not received the US and Britain plan to move ahead mid week with hearings on Iran s charges in Russia s absence The Iranian general staff announced the army was ordered not to reoccupy evacuated territory.
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United Nations Security Council
Moscow
Iran
United States
Britain
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
Truman
Washington
State Byrnes
White House
Byrnes
House Votes Petrillo Curb Senate House Conferees Approve
Washington (UP) The house approved a senate house conference bill to curb Music Czar James Caesar Petrillo’s radio demands. It would make forcing stand by orchestras or broadcast bans a penal offense with a 1000 dollar fine and one year in prison. The measure now goes to the President for final approval.
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Washington
House
James Caesar Petrillo
Senate
15 Year Old Boy Dies At Jitterbug Dance
Maheim PA AP Melvin T Shank 15 collapsed at a high school gym party while performing a jitterbug dance. School physician Dr Ruth M Brennan cited a heart attack as the cause.
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Maheim
Melvin T. Shank
Ruth M. Brennan
Cedar Rapids Names Clyde Parker as School Superintendent
Cedar Rapids school board selects Clyde Parker 41 to succeed Arthur Deamer retiring Sept 1. Parker previously led Moline schools for 24 years, earned a master’s from Indiana State Teachers College, and pursued a doctorate at Indiana University. He seeks an $8,500 annual salary on a one year contract starting July 1. He has held multiple Indiana school posts, taught philosophy of education at Augustana, visited 168 of 212 classrooms this year, and holds nine professional memberships. He is married with two daughters.
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Cedar Rapids
Clyde Parker
Arthur Deamer
Parker
Moline
Jil
Dugger
Ind
Franklin College
Indiana
Indiana State Teachers College
Indiana University
Dugger High School
Huntingburg, Ind
Huntingburg
Washington, Ind
Augustana College
Kiwanis Club
Moline Chamber of Commerce
Masonic Lodge
Rock Island Association of Baptist
Governor Tuck drafts VEPCO workers into state militia
Virginia Governor William Tuck orders about 1500 VEPCO production and maintenance workers into the unorganized militia under military law to ensure electric service during a looming strike. He declares a state of emergency and directs employee reporting to the Virginia State Guard after 24 hours. AFL leader Green decries compulsory service.
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Richmond
William Tuck
Virginia Electric and Power Company
Commonwealth
VEPCO
Tuck
Virginia
Virginia State Guard
Virginia Electric Power Company
J. H. Bradford
Bradford
Moscow Says Smith Brought Truman Letter to Stalin
A Moscow radio report quoted by Reuters said Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, new U.S. ambassador to Russia, delivered a letter from President Truman to Premier Stalin during an off the record meeting with correspondents.
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London
INS
Reuter
Moscow
Walter Bedell Smith
U. S
Russia
Stalin
Truman
Smith
Tremor Shakes Martinez and Nearby Areas
A 2:41 a.m. Friday earthquake rattled buildings in Martinez, California, and several surrounding communities, with reports of shaking across the region. No injuries were immediately reported.
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Martinez
Calif
Mauldin Urges Army to Junk Caste Theory
AP dispatch from Washington reports Bill Mauldin urging the army to discard the caste notion that officers are inherently superior to enlisted men. He criticizes the outdated system, calls for officer-enlisted equality, and cites wartime press freedom differences between the Pacific and European theaters. Navy civilian advisory panel also formed to shape postwar practices.
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Washington
Bill Mauldin
G.I
Army
Mauldin
War Department
Secretary of Navy
Forrestal
Navy
Louis Denfeld
House
Naval ‘Committee
Juvenile Gang Terrorizes Ellis Park Motorists
Police investigated a gang of about 25 teens in the Ellis Park area who stopped cars, struck occupants with clubs, and swore at them Thursday night. Six boys were arrested, ages 15 to 17, after uniformed officers intervened. fire hydrant tampering was also reported with guards urged to question the youths.
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Cedar Rapids
Ellis Park
Park
John Zenisek
Ray Murdock
George Shimek
Juvenile Bureau
E. P. Kohout
Kohout
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