MacArthur Bars Hatoyama From Japanese Diet Roles
General MacArthur barred Ichiro Hatoyama, leader of the ruling party in Japan, from Diet membership and any official post citing a nearly two-decade anti democratic record. The move comes after Hatoyama’s party won most Diet seats in April elections, making him a likely premier candidate. The order cites involvement in prewar militarist policies, suppression of dissent in education, and support for aggression, including remarks praising Pearl Harbor.
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Tokyo
Gen. MacArthur
Ichiro Hatoyama
Diet
Hatoyama
Baron Kinjuro Shidehara
Chinese Reds Suffer Defeat Near Mukden
Associated Press reports Nationalist forces rout 60,000 Communist troops in two days at Penhsihou southeast of Mukden. Gen Tu Li-ning says Penhsihou fell Friday after a Wednesday start. 3,000 Communists captured per his figures. Chou En-lai notes Russian diplomats and rail officials pulled from Manchuria. Soviets request broader cooperation.
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Mukden
Penhsihou
Tu Li-ning
Chou En-lai
Nanking
Manchuria
Changchun
China
Peiping
Yeh Chien-yin
Chou
Gen. Marshall
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
Doty Building on Third Ave Sold To Ribble Firm
The two story commercial Doty building at the northwest corner of Exhth street and Third avenue SE was sold by Mrs George Doty of Long Beach California to the Third Avenue Investment company. The sale dated April 29 1946 shows a price around 50000 with an assessed value of about 20410. Officers of the new company include Harry W Ribble president Erwin J Wasta vice president and Russell Landis secretary treasurer. The building now leased to Baxter Motor until July 1, later to relocate with a new site at 625 A avenue NE. During the war the Collins Radio company used it for a branch and the sale was handled by the Hedges company.
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Cedar Rapids News
Third Avenue
George Doty
Long Beach
Calif
Third Avenue Investment Company
County Recorder’s Office
Des Moines
Harry W. Ribble
Erwin J. Wasta
Russell Landis
Baxter Motor Company
A Avenue NE
Collins Radio Company
Doty
Hedges Company
Farm Union Urges Labor Help to Oust Anderson
The National Farmers Union calls on CIO president Philip Murray and AFL chief William Green to join James Patton in urging Truman to replace Secretary of Agriculture Anderson. Congress members debate meat price controls as Truman defends ongoing ceilings and the Agriculture Department raises pork and lard set‑asides to meet foreign demand.
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Washington
National Farmers Union
Anderson
Truman
Farmers Union
Speaker Rayburn
Texas
Agriculture Department
Warden Johnston Busy Amid Alcatraz Battle Calls
A London newspaper attempted to phone Warden James A. Johnston during the peak of the Alcatraz battle. A prison official said on Saturday the warden was busy and could not answer.
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San Francisco
INS
London
James A. Johnston
Battle of Alcatraz
Reprieve Granted After Failed Electric Chair Test
Willie Francis, 17, condemned for killing a druggist, survived a prior execution attempt in St. Martinville Louisiana. Governor James Davis granted a reprieve until Thursday while officials review the case and an electrician inspects the chair after the device failed to operate.
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ST. Martinville
Willie Francis
James Davis
Francis
Fred S. LeBlanc
Brady Jarrad
Shreveport
Leonard
Express Shipment Embargo Ordered
The Office of Defense Transportation announced an embargo on express shipments effective 12:01 am May 10 due to the coal strike. The embargo mirrors the freight limits and exempts fuel food and medical supplies to prevent diverting freight to express service using coal burning locomotives.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
Railway Express Agency
ODT
Truman Seeks Taylor Return as Vatican Ambassador
President Truman announced he asked Myron C. Taylor to return to Italy as his personal representative at the Vatican with ambassadorial rank. He cited renewed direct relations with Pope Pius and said he sought religious leaders’ advice to help establish enduring peace.
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Washington
Ins
Truman
Myron C. Taylor
Italy
Vatican
Pope Pius
Tremendous quake recorded by Philadelphian seismograph
The Franklin Institute reported a tremor described as tremendous by its seismograph. Director Dr Roy K Marshall said the quake occurred late Friday about 12 000 miles away in the South Pacific.
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Philadelphia
Franklin Institute
Roy K. Marshall
Institute
South Pacific
Phantom Killer Terrorizes Dixie Area Five Slayings
TEXARKANA Texas residents fear a phantom killer after a farmer Virgil Starks 36 was murdered and his wife wounded in Ho man Ark Both Texas rangers and Arkansas patrols led the massive manhunt with FBI involvement. The killer’s pattern linked to three other night shootings of couples in isolated spots.
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Dixie Area
Texarkana
Texas
Virgil Starks
Homan
Ark
Texas Rangers
Starks
Richard Griffin
Polly Ann Moore
Austin
Rangers
Arkansas
FBI
Predict Rainy Weather Ends On A Dreary Day
The weather boy laments failing to deliver a perfect spring day for a friend on Saturday as two bursts of rain cut the plans. He forecasts a warm sunny Sunday despite a 53 degree afternoon. Friday saw a high of 50 with rain late night and early Saturday.
Armed Services Family Allowance Program to End
Cedar Rapids recruiters announced that the armed services family allowance program ends for new enlistees after June 30. Enlistees before that date will receive full benefits during their first enlistment, with payments to wives and each child funded by both the government and the service.
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Cedar Rapids News
Armed Forces
Army
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Cedar Rapids
Fisherman's Luck Captures Long Lost Audiomaece
New York AP reports Captain Harry Matson aboard a dredge pulled from the East River a rare catch a 1941 audiomaece. Police say the sedan involved had been stolen in 1943 and recovered with the find.
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New York
Harry Matson
East River
American Clerk in Moscow Embass y Accused by Soviet Actress
Waldo Ruess, an American embassy clerk in Moscow, was summoned to the Moscow city prosecutor to answer charges of insolent acts toward a Soviet actress. He declined comment, has served two years, and faces criminal proceedings without arrest or bail. Soviet press called the acts hooligan and noted immunity questions for non listed embassy staff.
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Moscow
Waldo Ruess
Hollywood
Calif
United States
Ruess
Trud
Allies Pulling Out of Levant
New York AP report says Britain and France are withdrawing troops from Syria by April 30 and Lebanon by June 30. The Security Council shifts focus to Iran and Palestine as evacutions proceed.
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New York
Great Britain
France
Syria
Lebanon
United Nations Security Council
Middle East
Iran
Palestine
Britain
Security Council
Arab League Says Palestine Delegation to Moscow Sought UN Action
An Arab League spokesman quoted Palestine reports claiming Arab groups planned to send a delegate to Moscow to ask the Soviet government to submit the Palestine problem to the United Nations.
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London
Arab League
Moscow
United Nations
Blasts Hit German Ammunition Factory in Feucht Area
Several score explosions at a German poison gas and ammunition facility near Riesenbach eight miles from Nuernberg rocked the area Saturday night. Casualties were not immediately reported.
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Feucht
Germany
Risenbach
Nuernberg
Settlement Seen In Westinghouse Strike Talks
Pittsburgh reporters say negotiators reached a virtual agreement on six or seven major issues in the Westinghouse Electric strike, signaling a speedy settlement as of Saturday.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Two Omaha youths held for kidnapping and robbery
Omaha Chief of Detectives Fred Franks announced the arrest of 18-year-old Earl Lorentzen and 19-year-old Howard Brisby, who allegedly kidnapped and robbed two Council Bluffs men and shot Wyoming rancher Thomas Dale after abducting him April 7. Victims Keenan and Wadsworth identified the suspects.
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Omaha
Fred Franks
Council Bluffs
Wyoming
Thomas Dale
Franks
Earl Robert Lorentzen
Howard Lee Brisby
Lorentzen
Marine Corps
William Keenan
John Wadsworth
Atlantic
Manilla
Nebraska
Blair Bridge
Keenan
Brisby
Wadsworth
Columbus
Neb
Dale
Iowa
Bodies of Alcatraz mutineers recovered after tied siege
Three ringleaders Bernard Coy Joseph Cretzer and Marvin Hubbard died in a cell block during the Alcatraz island mutiny. Officers found their bodies in a utility corridor with weapons and gear nearby. Marines and guards pressed a long, dangerous assault using grenades and improvised charges.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz Island
James A. Johnston
Berenard Paul Coy
Joseph Paul Cretzer
Marvin Franklin Hubbard
Johnston
Coy
Cretzer
Buckner
Oliver Implement Shutdown Seen By Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune reports Oliver corporation with seven Midwest plants warned OPA that unless price relief is granted by Tuesday it will suspend operations. President Alva W. Phelps said Oliver filed for an overall price increase on April 9 due to rising labor and materials costs and ongoing operating losses, having to sell at a loss of 23 cents on the dollar. Charles City, Iowa hosts one plant.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Oliver Corporation
Midwest
OPA
the Tribune
Alva W. Phelps
Porter
Oliver
Charles City
Limit on Loan Debate Blocked
Washington Senate leaders failed to secure agreement to limit debate on the British loan bill. Senator Barkley pressed for unanimous consent three times but was blocked by Senator Johnson who argued no gag rule was needed. Backers sought cloture in principle, but no path to a one hour per senator limit emerged.
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Washington
INL
Senate
Barkley
D-Ky
Sen
Johnson
D-Coro
Mihailovic Rejects American Defense Offer
Belgrade Yugoslavia General Draja Mihailovic refused an offer by American attorney Morris Ernst of New York to defend him at treason trial. Interior Minister Lt. Gen. Alexander Rankovic reported the decision on Saturday.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Draja Mihailovic
Morris Ernst
New York
Alexander Rankovic
Anti-Red Scheme Foiled in Hungary
Hungarian political police said they uncovered a neo fascist plot against democracy with an arms cache and 89 arrests. The suspects wore masks and allegedly killed three Russian army officers, according to official reports from Budapest.
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Budapest
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Associated Press
Paris
Georges Bidault
Andrei Vishinsky
Vyacheslav Molotov
James F. Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
Bidault
MacArthur
B. M. Fitch
Allied
Tanaka
Japan
Ich
Europe
Fumimaro Konoye
Doty Building
Third Ave
Ribble
Farm Union
Taylor
Seismograph
Paul Martin
Betty Jo Booker
M. T. Gonzuallas
Armed Services
Levant
Blasts Rock German Ammunition Factory
Towans’ Story
Hubbard
Hunt
Albert Arsenault
Alcatraz
Leavenworth
Kan
Charles L. Buckner
Memphis
Tenn
Arsenault
Mihailovic
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