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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 30, 1949

Page

2

Farm Prices Slightly Rise From February to March

The Agriculture Department reports farm prices up about one percent from mid February to mid March due to higher meat and grain prices, though the index remains eight percent below a year ago. Production costs rose about half a percent. parity stood at 106 percent. Major product prices listed include wheat 198 and 217 cents, corn 118 and 158, soybeans 212 and 236, with other crops shown as well.

Washington Agriculture Department Department

Farm Prices for Grains and Livestock Widely Recorded

The report lists prices for flax seed, hogs, beef cattle, veal calves, lambs, butterfat, milk, live chickens, and eggs. Each commodity shows two figures, likely representing bid and ask or previous and current quotes, with cents and dollars per unit as noted.

Deported for Work in U S Communist Party

Betty Gannett, 42, born in Poland, faced deportation as a revolutionary alien after working as assistant organizational director for the U S Communist party. FBI seized her near party headquarters and she was held at Ellis Island before release on 1000 bond posted by the American Committee for Protection of the Foreign Born.

New York Betty Gannett Poland U. S Communist Party FBI Communist Headquarters Ellis Island American Committee For Protection of the Miss Gannett Justice Department Henry Winston

Radio Listings Highlight Taft Pact Talk and Paris Trip

Robert Taft outlines Atlantic Pact issues on KCRG KCRK at 9 30 pm before the Washington signing. Comedy Play House features Hotash and Perlmutter. School Spotlight explores kindergarten social adjustment at 7 15 pm. Queen for a Day offers a paid Paris trip. This Is Paris with Maurice Chevalier debuts at 9 pm with Claude Dauphin emceeing and Paul Baron’s Orchestra.

Dorothy Kniss Paris Maurice Chevalier Kcrgkcrk France

Radio Gazette Broadcast Snippets and Programs

A compact rundown of radio segments and show titles from the Gazette listings. Includes mentions of Comedy Playhouse and Amateur Hour style programs, with a collage of host names and show topics reflecting a mid century broadcast schedule.

Evening Radio Schedule Highlights and Programs

The listing shows a Wednesday evening slate with sports blocks, music and news segments. Notable items include a sports final, Safety Roundtable, Family Theater, and Mutual Newsreel, followed by The News and entertainment programs like Comedy Playhouse and Leo Beschen.

Raligr Robert Goarleigh MBS Scattergood Baines Gabriel Heatter Mutual Senator Taft Fulton Lewis Leo Beschen O Nora Morales

De Bona Lands After Coast-to-Coast Flight

New York red alert speed pilot Joe de Bona completed a coast to coast flight in five hours and five seconds landing at La Guardia amid cockpit canopy cracks low oil pressure no oxygen and limited fuel. He faced nerve wracking conditions and may not attempt another record. officials must rule on the cross country record. Also noted is Paul Mantz cutting the San Francisco Los Angeles propel­l er record to 49 minutes 32 seconds but blaming generator failure for part of the climb.

New York Joe de Bona la Guardia Field de Bona la Guardia Fred H. Wilkerson National Aeronautical Association Wilkerson NAA Washington Los Angeles Mantz San Francisco Frank Fuller

Communist Party Case Reveals Key Constitutional Clause

At hearings on deportation, Miss Gannett refused to answer questions about being a Communist and faces a long legal fight likely to be settled by the Supreme Court. Budenz testified that the party's first sentence ties the group to violent aims and calls for overthrow of the capitalist state and a dictatorship by force.

Grand Jury Miss Gannett U. S. Supreme Court Budenz U. S Communist Party Communist Party of the

Norway approves Atlantic pact entry after riotous session

Parliament in Oslo approves Norway joining the Atlantic pact by 130 to 13 after a tumultuous debate with Communists casting 11 negative ballots and laborites two. Earlier on March 3 the house voted 118 to 11 to authorize government talks on the treaty.

Oslo Norway

Tipton Farm Couple Win W. G. Skelly Award

Mr and Mrs Benjamin G. Pennigroth of Tipton Iowa named joint winners of the W G Skelly award for superior achievement in agriculture. They will receive the award here on Saturday.

Chicago Benjamin G. Pennigroth Tipton Iowa W G. Skelly

Crustacean Crossword Clues and Answers

A compact listing of horizontal and vertical crossword hints with partial fills including crustacean, vestige, fatty, insect egg, army, sea terms, and related abbreviations. It presents a puzzle clue set and placeholder letters across the grid with several unresolved entries.

Army Southea Isaac’s

McCarthy Forces DC Rent Bill to Match National Law

Senate action mirrors national rent controls as McCarthy flags District of Columbia protection. He proposes six amendments to align DC provisions with the national bill and the chamber adopts them all amid warnings of unequal treatment for lawmakers.

Washington Joseph R. McCarthy R-Wis Congress District of Columbia Washington, D. C House Senate McCarthy

Sokolovsky Relieved as Commander in Chief in Germany

A Moscow communique announced Marshal Vassily Sokolovsky was removed as commander-in-chief and head of the Soviet military government in Germany. Army General Vassily I. Chukov was named to succeed him as chief of foreign Soviet forces.

Thuringia Chukov London 62Nd Stalingrad Mariupol Zaporzhe Nikopol Lubin Moscow Sokolovsky Alexander M. Vassilevsky Bulgania Russia Vassily D. Sokolovsky Germany Council of Ministers Moscow Radio Vassily I. Chukov

U S Peace Delegates Barred From Nationwide Speaking Tour

The U S government ordered foreign delegates from the world peace conference to halt plans for a two week speaking tour and return home quickly. Attorney General Tom Clark directed immigration officials to remove the delegates including Dmitri Shostakovich as visa rules limit their travel. The State Department told the 18 Communist delegates their visas do not permit touring the country and may consider extensions only after the conference ends. The tour plans included Newark Philadelphia Baltimore Detroit St Louis and Los Angeles with Shostakovich to speak in Baltimore.

Washington New York Tom Clark Dmitri Shostakovich United States State Department Cultural and Scientific Conference For World Peace Clark

Reds Repatriate German Prisoners Indoctrinated by Marxism

BERLIN AP sources report Russia sending thousands of German war prisoners to the Soviet zone, indoctrinating them with Marxist ideology to bolster the German Communist party. Three thousand prisoners arrived at Frankfurt on Oder last week as the largest repatriation since autumn.

Berlin Russia Communist Party Germany Frankfurt-on-Oder Soviet Zone United States Great Britain France

Dollar Dealer Radio Calls on KCRG Schedule

The "Dollar Dealer" program makes four weekday calls on KCRG at 8 55 a m 11 65 a m 12 55 p m and 7 55 p m The listing notes daily air times for the segment.

KCRG

No REA Loan For Moscow Dam Project

REA officials stated the Rural Electrification Administration will not approve a private dam loan near Muscatine Iowa. The inquiry into a proposed 31000000 loan by First Iowa Hydro Electric Cooperative was denied for discussion. The Federal Power Commission had licensed the Cedar River dam with conditions not yet met.

Moscow Washington Rural Electrification Administration Muscatine Iowa First Iowa Hydro- Electric Cooperative REA Federal Power Commission Iowa Company Cedar River Commission House Sen

Agencies Accept Incomplete Notice By Committees

The agency accepted the appropriation action, while the two committees had not received any notice as of Tuesday.

Britain's Doctors Demand Pay Hike

London AP reports doctors within Britain's socialized health service urged a pay raise. About 400 general practitioners drafted a plan seeking higher annual fees per registered patient, arguing the change would cost the government roughly £16.5 million yearly.

London Britain British Medical Association National Health Service Ministry of Health

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