Vandenberg Proposes UN Rule on Aid to Greece and Turkey
Senate hearings consider a plan to grant the United Nations power to halt U.S. aid to Greece and Turkey by conditions set by the UN Security Council or General Assembly. Senator Vandenberg urges a presidential withdrawal option if such UN requests arise. House committee hearings feature criticism of U.S. intervention and Monroe Doctrine concerns amid Truman aid proposals with a March deadline.
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Washington
Senar Vandenberg
R- Mich
Reece
Turkey
Senate
Greece
U.N
House Foreign Affairs
Rep
Fish
Miners Leave Messages for Kin in Final Notes at Centralia Blast
Fifteen of 111 coal miners who died in the Centralia disaster left farewell notes for wives and families while awaiting rescue. The notes, found in pockets in a mile-long tunnel, reveal pleas about churchgoing for their children and personal affairs as lethal gas filled the mine. Church bells tolled and the town mourned Black Monday as bodies were brought to a temporary morgue.
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Centralia
O. W. White
Refugee clash and oil fires in Haifa harbor
Nearly 1,600 Jewish refugees from the Meledeth are deported to Cyprus after a clash with British troops in Haifa harbor. Saboteurs from the Stern gang blow up Shell Oil pipelines and set eight storage tanks ablaze, causing heavy damage and casualties.
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Jerusalem
Cyprus
Haifa
Shell Oil Company
Haif
Tito Attacks U S in Belgrade Assembly Address
Marshal Tito criticized Western powers and the United States ambassador in Belgrade as the Yugoslav Balkan commission opened its first public meeting. He accused Patterson of giving false information, defended reparations goals for Italy and Austria, and rejected claims of a wheat famine caused by aid conditions.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
INS
Marshal Tito
United States
Richard C. Patterson, Jr
United Nations Balkan Commission
National Assembly
Patterson
Tito
Italy
Austria
Carinthia
Soviet Union
Truman names Cavendish W. Cannon ambassador to Yugoslavia
President Truman on Monday named Cavendish W. Cannon of Utah as ambassador to Yugoslavia. The appointment adds a Utah figure to the U S diplomatic mission amid Cold War tensions in Europe.
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Washington
Truman
Cavendish W. Cannon
Utah
Yugoslavia
Aid to Erstwhile Enemies Angers Veterans
Gen Holland M Smith, veteran Marine commander, said U S government aid to European nations, especially former enemies, provoked resentment among veterans. He cited letters from ex command personnel and questioned why aid abroad occurs while veterans at home struggle to find jobs.
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Smith
Third Annual A A Banquet Highlights Recovery Message
The Cedar Rapids Alcoholics Anonymous group held its third annual banquet at the Roosevelt hotel. Speakers explained anonymity and the 24 hour approach, noting AA is a disease not a moral failing and that sobriety is pursued one day at a time.
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C.R. Alcoholics. Anonymous
Lou Breuer
Cedar Rapids
Sugar Rationing Extension Voted by Senate and House
The Senate unanimously completed action on compromise legislation continuing sugar allocation and price controls until October 31. The measure now goes to the White House after the House approved it earlier Monday.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Congress
House
New Global Mail Service Slated
The post office department announced a new 10 cent air letter service effective April 29 for all parts of the world. Air letter sheets, sold at post offices, measure 12 by 8.5 inches with a gummed flap and fold into a small envelope. A red 10 cent airmail stamp features the DC-4 design, replacing the prior five cent rate. total international mail cost remains 25 cents for letters mailed abroad.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Marshall in Blast at Big Four Delays
Secretary of State Marshall denounced delays in Germany bargaining and warned Russia that no real agreement is better than a weak one. He criticized reparations demands and warned that a divided Germany risks European and world peace, while Molotov defended the Potsdam plan.
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Marshall
Moscow
Russia
Germany
United States
Europe
Molotov
Marshal
Draft Draws Final Breath At Midnight
Cedar Rapids notes the end of the 1940 act that mobilized over ten million Americans. It recalls draft history from Oct 29 1940 first number 158, early local boards, and later casualties and battles in WWII. With closure, nationwide enlistments must reach 30 000 monthly to sustain 1 070 000 troops.
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United States
Hitler
Europe
Australia
War Stimson
Cedar Rapids
Eugene R. Jackson
Philippines
Louis W. Klima
Charles F. Wood
Normandy
Rhineland
France
Haupt's Treason Conviction Upheld by Supreme Court
The U S Supreme Court upheld Hans Max Haupt of Chicago in a treason case connected to wartime Nazi saboteurs. His son, who reached the United States via a German submarine, was executed after capture and trial. Justice Murphy dissented, while Justice Jackson wrote the majority opinion.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Hans Max Haupt
Chicago
Florida
Circuit Court of Appeals
Murphy
Haupt
Justice Jackson
Zoo refuses calls as Bear Wolf and Fox avoid visitors
New York AP reports Bronx Zoo will not answer phone calls Tuesday as 2,708 animals avoid public contact, prompting officials to halt telephones.
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New York
Bear
Wolf
Mr. Fox
Bronx Zoo
Goat and Bar Buddy Split over a Night Out
A goat and a well dressed but unidentified companion visit Lum's tavern and Tony's 316 grill, drink beers, then part ways after the goat decides he has had enough. He wanders to the Humane Shelter and Albert Quinn offers shelter as the companion remains silent.
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Goat
Cedar Rapids
Humane Shelter
Lum
Ley
Albert Quinn
the Humane Shelter
Quinn
Holiday in War Acknowledged By Naval Reserve Lieut
Santa Barbara report notes Lieut A W Ritzinger proposes a six month armed forces reserve holiday at the start of the next war to honor memorial week and oppose John L Lewis. He claims the move would help enemies gain a foothold in the United States.
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Monroe
Fish
Russia
Mediterranean
America
Congress
Crawford
United States
Santa Barbara
Calif
Naval Reserve
A. W. Ritzinger
John L. Lewis
Kilian Dropped From Army Promotion List by Truman
President Truman removed Lt. Col. James A. Kilian from a 683 officer list submitted by the War Department for promotion to full colonel. Kilian, former commander at the Lichfield depot, was court-martialed for cruel punishment of enlisted men, sentenced August 29, 1946, to reprimand and a $500 fine, with an appeal pending. Senate had stalled action on the list over his inclusion.
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Washington
Truman
James A. Kilian
Lichfield
Kilian
White House
War Department
Senate
England
Charles G. Ross
Patterson
Army
Rain Continues Across State Through Tuesday
Showers started Monday and will persist in the east and central areas tonight while the southeast and far east receive rain tomorrow. Temperatures hover near 40s to 50s with today’s highs in the 40s to 50s and tomorrow around 50. Cedar Rapids reported 40 degrees at 2:30 p.m with measurable rainfall.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers-Inskeep
Senate panel rejects 10 percent rent hike and extends controls
The Senate banking committee rejected a proposed 10 percent general rent increase and approved a bill to extend rent control to March 1, 1948. It would transfer OPA rent functions to Frank Creedon, set up advisory rent boards, allow local relief and potential area or state control, and permit evictions of nuisance tenants under state law.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Sis
OPA
Frank Creedon
Creedon
Starting Young Staley Schaefer Disappears in Baltimore
According to his parents, 3 year old Staley Schaefer disappeared Sunday. Hours later three teenage girls delivered him to the police, saying he had been following them. His father quips the boy has an eye for the girls, as the family recalls similar traits in himself.
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Baltimore
Staley Schaefer
Fred Schaefer
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