21 Dead as 7 States Hit by Tornadoes and Wind
Tornadoes and violent wind storms lashed seven states over the weekend, killing 21 people and injuring more than 160. West Virginia and Kentucky bore the brunt with multiple tornadoes Sunday night, while Missouri Oklahoma and Kansas saw damage Saturday. State tallies include West Virginia six Kentucky four Oklahoma five Missouri three Kansas two Illinois one.
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St. Louis
Retired Farmer Franklin Morris Ends Own Life
The 70 year old Franklin Frederick Morris shot himself with a .22 rifle about 8:45 a.m. Monday in his Marion basement. Coroner cites despondency over ill health. Survived by wife Lydia, two daughters, two sons, two sisters, two brothers, and 12 grandchildren. funeral at Turner chapel 1:30 p.m. Wednesday with burial at Shiloh cemetery Louisa.
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Franklin Frederick Morris
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Robert Brosh
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Lydia Elizabeth Jones
Arlie Jons
Central City
Howard Heinrich
Blairstown
Lee Morris
Ivan Morris
Center Point
Francis Allman
Laura McBurney
Walker
George Morris
John Morris
Turner Chapel
Shiloh
Louisa
Supreme Court bans court enforcement of racial restrictive covenants
In a 6 0 decision Chief Justice Vinson leads the Supreme Court to halt enforcement of racial restrictive real estate covenants. The ruling tolls state and federal court enforcement while upholding the rights of non white homeowners in St Louis Detroit and Washington. The court notes the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause and historic aims of equality in civil and political rights. Justices Jackson Reed and Rutledge took no part.
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Dick's Luck Brings Trouble for Detroit Father
Detroit AP report says Roy Barth faces a $20,000 loss after his 14 year old son Dick won an ideal home in a builders show raffle costing 50 cents. Barth may owe about $4,000 in taxes on the windfall and must decide how to maintain the prize.
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Barth
Internal Revenue
St Luke's Report Luncheon Details Hospital Drive
A report from St Luke's Hospital drive special gifts committee shows 200 of 393 prospects called and 230 425 pledged toward 300 000 goal. Campaign total reached 617 869. Co chairmen John T. Hamilton II and William Quarton. A luncheon for all workers Tuesday at 12 15 p.m. in the Coliseum Armory.
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Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
John T. Hamilton II
William Quarton
Additional Rain Is Forecast for Iowa
Rain showers linger in eastern Iowa with forecast for Monday night and early Tuesday. Cedar Rapids reported 65 degrees at 2:30 pm, up from a 6 am low of 36, while Sunday’s high reached 54. Total rainfall was .93 inches, raising the river 0.4 feet to 4.6 feet.
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Weather Bureau
Mercury
Cedar Rapids trades halt work over wage demands
Nearly all union plumbers and electricians in Cedar Rapids abstained from jobs Monday to press for higher pay. About 50 plumbers and the same number of electricians joined the stoppage as old wage scales expired. Plumbers seek 25 cents an hour, electricians 20 cents, while contractors report a narrow gap of a nickel. Some contractors had already agreed to 20 cent increases, keeping some workers on site. An electricians spokesman said several contractors had approved a 20 cent raise last week and that agreements remain in force with their international union.
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Chicago
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Wilson
Austrians Report Romania May Join Soviet Union
Vienna based Welt Presse reports Romania plans to join the Soviet Union as the 17th Soviet republic per a British licensed newspaper. The claim appeared in the INS dispatch from Vienna on Monday.
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Bruce Named ERP Deputy
WASHINGTON (UP) Howard Bruce a Baltimore banker was nominated Monday by President Truman to be deputy administrator for the European recovery program Bruce 14 years a Democratic national committeeman from Maryland is a director of several large corporations He served 1942 45 with the Army Service Forces in materiel roles
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Howard Bruce
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Truman
Bruce
Jess Larson
War Assets Administration
William C. Foster
Commerce
Maryland
Army Service Forces
Elephant Stops Boy Crush Moments After Grab and Lift
In McKeesport Pennsylvania a nine year old boy was grabbed by a circus elephant named Shirley as the Rogers Brothers show prepared for a one night stand. An attendant yelled freeze and the boy rolled away as the elephant lifted him and slammed him to the ground. The boy suffered a dislocated shoulder.
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Robert Yednak
Rogers Brothers Circus
Shirley
Robert
Hill says hog price discrimination by packers is ridiculous
Iowa Farm Bureau leader Howard Hill declares current hog prices “completely ridiculous” with heavy hogs penalized. He notes 240 pound hogs fetch more per hundredweight than 301 pound hogs and outlines feeding costs, while 360 pound hogs gain little more despite higher costs. He links price discrimination to strike pressure and rising carcass values.
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Farm Bureau
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U S Freighter Shell Bar Afire Off Cape Hatteras
The American freighter Shell Bar was reported afire Monday off a Diamond Shoals lightship about 15 miles from Cape Hatteras. The coast guard cutter Inghram was ordered to Norfolk for action.
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Return To Work At Wilson's
Twenty seven workers and seven truckloads of cattle passed picket lines at the Wilson and Company plant Monday morning. A company spokesman called the back to work movement progressing satisfactorily as cattle loads moved through for delivery and some meat was unloaded at St Luke's hospital.
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Wilson and Company
Third Street
St. Luke's Hospital
British Move to Palestine as Tension Rises Before May 15
British forces rush reinforcements to Palestine amid reports of Syrian and Lebanese incursions into northern areas. A 48 hour truce holds in Jerusalem as UK officials insist May 15 end date remains, with troops to guard order until mandate ends.
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Drift Between Farley and Roosevelt Years Later
Farley describes a gradual drift in political principles with Franklin D. Roosevelt, noting fading White House access and exclusion from platform appearances. He recalls being kept at arm's length, the shift occurring around the 1936 campaign, and hints at pressure from a small, loyal inner circle.
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Supreme Court reopens case on movie theater divestiture
The Supreme Court on Monday reopened the government anti trust case against five major film studios over divesting hundreds of theaters. A 7 1 decision sent new district court proceedings to assess whether joint agreements among the defendants constituted a monopoly and if exhibitor monopoly followed from their actions. Justice Douglas said intent need not be proven for monopoly to exist while Justice Frankfurter dissented.
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Supreme Court
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Frankfurter
Jackson
Housing Program Appeal Renewed in Senate Bill Push
Monday the administration renewed its appeal to the house for a long range housing program. Chairman Wolcott of the banking committee said he aims to move the bill quickly for house action as public hearings begin on the Taft-Ellender-Wagner measure now passed by the senate. The bill proposes government encouragement to build 15,000,000 homes in ten years with private enterprise the primary vehicle and government aid designed to stimulate rather than supplant private operations.
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Wolcott
Rmich
House Banking Committee
Raymond M. Foley
Banking Committee
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Foley
House committee backs draft for men aged 19 through 25
The House Armed Services Committee voted 28 to 5 to draft men 19 through 25 for two years of military service with veterans exempted. The plan would raise total forces to about 2,005,882 by 1950 and create a 70 group air force, with automatic start 90 days after effect.
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Williamson Dies on Mutual Show
Los Angeles AP reports Dad Williamson, 45, master of ceremonies for Mutual Broadcasting System radio show What's the Name of that Song, died Sunday night of a heart ailment. Williamson produced his show from a theater on Wednesday nights.
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Dad Williamson
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Salary Boost Approved For Methodist Bishops’ Pay Rise
Boston AP reports Methodist bishops receive a salary increase from 7500 to 9000 dollars annually. The raise applies to all active bishops for four years, approved at the church’s quadrennial general conference.
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