Footprint Spurs Big Search for Girl in Wisconsin
An eight year old girl, Georgia Jean Weckier, is missing near Fort Atkinson Wisconsin. A footprint matching a child s shoe prompted a large search with 1000 volunteers and planes. Authorities suspect foul play but ruled out ransom. The last sighting involves neighbor Mrs Floerke giving the girl a ride to a lane leading to the Weckler farm.
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Fort Atkinson
Wis
INS
Georgia
Jean Weckier
Weckler
Dane County
Madison
Weckler Farm
United States
Jefferson County
George Perry
Georgia Jean
George C. Weckier
Carl Floerke
Georgia Jéan
Fund Drive Begins for Hawkeye Downs Repairs
Aimed at raising about 45000 for Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids repairs and improvements started Saturday under Co chairs A L Killian and Arthur Poe Forty Cedar Rapids business men serve as solicitors More than 10000 pledged at opening. campaign to end by May 12 Plans include overhauling the amphitheater rebuilding box seats and safety upgrades The work overseen by city inspectors and funded from restricted sources to not cover general repairs Also planned are additional toilets sewage upgrades water system and a new 4 H building dormitory and other club structures.
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Cedar Rapids News
Hawkeye Downs
A. L. Killian
Arthur Poe
Cedar Rapids
Killian
Fair Board
Fair
Iron Workers and Contractors Reach 17.25-Cent Wage Deal
Iron Workers and Allied Construction Interests settle wage dispute with a 1.75 cent hourly increase to 1.92 dollars. Cement finishers failed to agree. more talks expected soon. Union officials say Cedar Rapids locals extend rates to Dubuque Waterloo and other Iowa Minnesota towns. most Waterloo workers idle while Dubuque largely resumes under $2 scale or retroactive deals.
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Cedar Rapids News
AFL Iron Workers
Allied Construction Interests
A.C.S
J. W. Sullivan
Iron Workers
Scales
Dubuque
Waterloo
Iowa
Minnesota
Cedar Rapids
Penicillin Inhalation Variant Promises Injection Reduction
Rochester scientists announce a penicillin inhalation method using pulverized crystals. They claim each inhalation dose equals eight intramuscular injections given at three hour intervals, suggesting a major reduction in needle use and clinic visits.
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Rochester
N. Y
University of Rochester
Sunday Forecast for Iowa: Fair Skies and Mild Temps
A Sunday forecast calls for fair skies and mild temperatures with scattered light showers possible in northern areas this afternoon. Eastern sections may see precipitation in the late afternoon or tonight while highs reach around 66 to 70 degrees and morning readings hover near 50 to 58 degrees.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers-Inskeep
Close Call as Constellation Ground Loops at Logan
A four motor Constellation from Europe ground loops on landing at Logan International, injuring none. Thirty four passengers and five crew evacuated. wheel sagged on touchdown and right wing cracked. pilot treated for a hand cut. Flight originated in London with stopovers Shannon and Gander before Boston.
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Boston
INL
Europe
Logan International
Shannon
Eire
Gander
Newfoundland
National Guard
Constellation
London
Neighbors Lights Stop Burglar Plot At Barton Home
In Philadelphia AP Harvey Barton fought two intruders before neighbors turned on lights during a street fight. The light exposure aided Barton in escaping, and he chased the assailants from the doorway as his pajamas tore. Mrs Barton was briefly seized at the door before Barton repelled the men.
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Philadelphia
Harvey Barton
Barton
Mrs. Barton
Navy plans Arctic warfare experiment and ship conversions
The Navy seeks authorization for a $55.58 million program to test undersea warfare in the Arctic. It calls for converting nine destroyers four submarines and two other ships for polar operations with some submarines serving as troop or cargo vessels and Arctic recon craft. The plan includes ice capable transport and an LSD adaptation while broader funds would cover installations in Newfoundland Alaska Guam Pearl Harbor Puerto Rico the Panama Canal Zone Saipan and Greenland over three years.
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Washington
Navy
Arctic Ocean
Department
Congress
Pollar
Arctic
Polar
Europe
North Pole
Eeeae
Newfoundland
Alaska
Guam
Pearl Harbor
Puerto Rico
Panama Canal Zone
Saipan
Greenland
Retail Food Prices Rise 2.9 Percent in March
Cedar Rapids consumers faced a 2.9 percent jump in mid March from mid February as fats oils meats and dairy led price increases. The Cedar Rapids index reached 195.6 of the 1940 baseline with lard pork chops bacon butter and flour up notably while fresh produce edged down.
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Cedar Rapids
Bureau of Labor Statistics
U. S. Department of Labor
Bureau
Oldsters Resist Heart Seizures Better, He Says
Dr Wallace M Yater reports on 950 men who died of coronary sclerosis finding older men more likely to survive a heart attack and to develop new heart channels. He notes older men show warning signs like breathlessness or chest pains before an attack.
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Chicago
Washington
Wallace M. Yater
Army Institute of Pathology
American College of Physicians
Yater
English gale with rain and hail lashes coast
A 70 mile per hour gale struck England on Friday night bringing torrential rain and hail across coastal areas. The storm disrupted travel and caused localized flooding while authorities advised caution for sailors and residents along exposed shores.
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London
Wife Helps In Capture Of Truant Soldier In St Louis
Private Mario Pappalardo, 24, serving 25 years for desertion, was captured in St Louis after his wife Irene unwittingly aided investigators by leaving New York with officers tracking letters he sent to General Eisenhower ridiculing efforts to catch him. He escaped Green Haven in July and had been moving between cities while emailing five letters.
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ST. Louis
INS
Eisenhower
Army Chief of Staff
Mario Pappalardo
Green Haven
N. Y
Pappalardo
Italy
Irene
New York
Criminal Investigation Division
Joseph Moose
Moose
Army
Gen
New Hopes Of Break in Phone Hall
Tentative wage talks between Bell system and NFTW affiliates show progress with a Chicago pact for 4 dollars per week pending ratification by 16 000 members and a separate mixed offer from AT T to long distance workers in Washington while government conciliators urge patience in late Friday sessions.
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Washington
Bell System
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Chicago
NFTW
Illinois Bell Telephone Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
American Union of Telephone Workers
A.T. and T
Peter J. Manno
William N. Margolis
Manno
Margolis
Anne Benscoter
Illinois Traffic Union
Illinois Bell
Edwin R. Hackett
Richard Long
Long Lines
Greek Aid Has Narrow Escape
Washington predicts the 400 million Greco Turkish aid bill will pass next week by a substantial majority. Speaker Martin says the rules committee vote did not reflect House sentiment and that debate will begin Monday with votes likely Wednesday. Rep Chenoweth foresees a rough battle but victory for the president’s program.
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Washington
INS
Martin
R-Mass
House
Rules Committee
Truman
Chenoweth Je
Thirteen German War Criminals Hanged in Hamelin
Berlin AP reports five German men convicted by a Ravensbrueck tribunal were hanged at Hamelin. three women were hanged a day earlier. Five more were executed at Hamelin for killings at Scandelah and Bemerode camps, including two unidentified Allied prisoners.
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Berlin
Ravensbrueck
Hamelin
Scandelah
Bemerode
Japan Adopts New Constitution Emperor Appears in Rainy Ceremony
Tokyo reports the new pacifist constitution taking effect with Emperor Hirohito briefly on the rostrum as crowds applaud amid drizzle. The charter renounces war, makes the emperor a figurehead, and designates the diet as the sovereign body.
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Japan
Tokyo
Hirohito
Imperial Plaza
City Sells Fire Station in Error
Kansas City officials discovered they had sold Fire Station No. 4 to Lonie Chevrolet Company of Ashland Nebraska in a sheriff sale for delinquent taxes. The city filed in circuit court to set aside the sale as the property was mislisted with tax arrears for 1932 and 1934. A May 8 hearing date was set to consider the city’s motion.
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Kansas City
Ashland, Neb
Lonie Chevrolet Company
Ashland
Britain hints at atom propelled battleship program
London reports the admiralty signals intent to pursue extensive atom energy research for naval power. The ministry will spend about £6,000,000 this year across navy research while a new youth atom work school opens in August at the government energy factory in Springfield, northern England.
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London
Admiralty
Ministry of Supply
Government Atomic Energy Factory
Springfields
England
Riot at Fort Leavenworth Barracks Kills One Prisoner
Army reports 250 of 800 prisoners surrendered after a night of rioting sparked by white and Negro inmates eating separately. Tear gas and gas shells flooded two blocks as Col. Graeme Parks sought control. eight casualties noted with one death.
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Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Graeme Parks
Iowa
Parks
Dewey Osborne
White
Mountain City
Tenn
Fort Leavenworth Military Reservation
Joe Wellington
Kansas City Times
Henry C. Triesler
Akfast
Americans support government funds for informational abroad programs
The National Opinion Research Center at the University of Denver announced on Saturday that an overwhelming majority of Americans favor using government money for informational programs overseas.
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Denver
INS
National Opinion Research Center
University of Denver
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