Truman Not Alarmed by Cold War
President Truman said he is not alarmed by the cold war and expects a lower defense budget next year. He cited improvements since 1946 and noted a $13.911 billion defense outlay with an additional $350 million authorized by the House committee, mainly for air power. He defended ongoing Marshall plan aid as cheaper than war and faulted tax revenue as the source of any deficit. He criticized Hoover’s UN reorganization idea but supported strengthening moral forces for peace. He dismissed McCarthy attacks as not worth commenting on and declined to engage Stassen’s jab, calling the remark notable but unworthy of response.
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Washington
Truman
Tydings
Taylor
Edwin G. Nourse
United States
House Appropriations Committee
Europe
United Tes
Congress
Trygve Lie
United Nations
Lie
Generalissimo
Stalin
Hoover
Mr. Truman
Russia
Guy George Gabrielson
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
State Marshall
Stassen
Harold E. Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
Hoover U.N
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Kefauver
Senate War Investigating Committee
Highway 30 Roadhouses Under Fire
Bertram township residents near Cedar Rapids moved to revoke roadhouse permits for Wee Blue Inn Hill Top and Club 30 after complaints of late hours noise and disturbances. A standing vote supported closing these establishments, with township officials to consult county officials on banning actions.
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Cedar Rapids
Bertram Townships
Hill Top
Club
James Smith
Bertram
George Willsel
William Crissman
Board of Supervisors
Rent Control Debate Sparks Cedar Rapids Hearing
A Cedar Rapids rent control hearing drew four renter witnesses and a landlord defender as they urged council members to watch rent lids. The session yielded no formal action. Elderly tenant Mrs. Gertrude Heath recounted ten moves in five years amid alleged injustices, and tenant Mrs. Nellie Amstutz spoke of eviction and unreasonable landlords.
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Cedar Rapids
Gertrude Heath
Second Avenue
Dee Little Theater
Heath
Mrs. Amstutz
Milo Poula
William R. White Seeks Linn County Sheriff Nomination
William R. White, of 1422 Fifth Street NW, announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Linn County sheriff in the June 5 primary. Incumbent James H. Smith is the only other candidate. White, born in Cedar Rapids in 1913, is a former Army veteran and trucker who ran a seven year police unit, is married with seven children, and belongs to the Disabled American Veterans and the Eagles.
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Cedar Rapids
William R. White
Fifth Street
Linn County
James H. Smith
White
Rosevelt
332Nd
Disabled American Veterans
The
Eagles
Heavy Electrical Storm Causes Few Breaks in Power
Cedar Rapids was hit by a heavy electrical storm in the early hours causing temporary outages in scattered areas. Iowa Electric Light and Power Company reports transformer fuse blows from lightning with light damage and only brief disruptions including Marion and anamosa feeder lines.
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Cedar Rapids
Don Hunt
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Marion
Springville
Iowa Electric Company
Anamosa
Radar Defense Station To Be Built in Iowa
Washington says four secret radar installations will be built in Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa with Iowa site near Waverly and East Farmington costing about 1 million dollars and employing around 200. Plans tied to classified air force network with no further details available. Nearby farm leases and negotiations have surfaced but no construction steps have begun.
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Iowa
Washington
Air Force
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Mason City-Waverly
East Farmington
Elkhorn
Wis
Duluth
Gurney
Des Moines Register
Washington Dispatch
The
Register
North Central States
Great Circle
Russia
North Pole
America
Waverly
Franklin Players Hurt in Crash of Car and Tractor
Three Franklin high school baseball players were injured when their car collided with a tractor on a highway about five p.m. Wednesday four miles north of a Cedar Rapids. Jerry McArtor Lee Mudd and Elliott Day suffered facial injuries and a possible fractured nose but were released after treatment at St. Luke’s hospital. The tractor was operated by Keith Wingfield. the car’s driver Frank Dorman and two passengers Dick Jacobs and Eugene Frantz avoided serious harm. Both vehicles were heavily damaged.
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Franklin
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Jerry McArtor
Lee Mudd
Elliott Day
Coggon
Keith Wingfield
Alburnett
Frank Dorman
Dick Jacobs
Eugene Frantz
Cash found by Dayton trash collectors remains unclaimed
Four months after trash crews found more than $7,000 in cash in a paper box in the backyard of Louis Preonas in Dayton area Oakwood, no one has claimed it. The money has been placed in a bank, according to City Manager A. C. Bergman.
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Dayton, Ohio
A. C. Bergman
Oakwood
Louis Preonas
Solons Vote To Extend Draft Law
Washington AP report says the House Armed Services Committee approved a two year extension of the selective service act by 31 to 0. The panel also proposed conditions delaying inductions, wartime manpower controls, and continued male registration for 18 to 26 year olds.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
Vinson
D-Ga
United States
Blind Man Attacked in Rooming House Fight
William Jones a 63 year old blind resident of 507 Ninth avenue SE was treated at St Luke s hospital for a broken collarbone after a 12 15 a m fight. Letser Bell 33 pled guilty in superior court to assault and battery arising from the same incident and is held. he faces sentencing Friday. Authorities say Jones refused Bell lodging due to lack of funds and Bell was located later at Midway tavern. Bell also faced drunkenness charges with a police court guilty plea and judge William Matias set Friday for sentencing on both charges.
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Cedar Rapids
William Jones
Ninth Avenue SE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Letser Bell
Superior Court
Jones
Bell
Midway
William Matias
Col Hiram Staunton Brown Dies by Suicide in Chestertown
CHESTERTOWN Maryland AP reports Col Hiram Staunton Brown age 67 a former New York investment banker and utilities executive who also worked in theater killed himself Thursday using a .45 pistol he kept from World War I authorities said Brown was a veteran and prominent figure in regional business and arts circles the incident details remain under investigation
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Chestertown, Md
Hiram Staunton Brown
New York
Truman Says Pepper Defeat Not Licking For Fair Deal
President Truman said Pepper's Florida primary loss was not a rebuff to the administration or the Fair Deal, noting Florida issues differed from the national picture. He also discussed future train rides and California governor prospects, denying ill feelings toward Roosevelt and stressing support for the 1948 ticket.
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Truman
Washington
Claude Pepper
Florida
George Smathers
Pepper
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
White House
D. Worth Clark
Taylor
California
James Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Senate Votes Nationwide Crime Probe
The Senate approved a 69 to 1 vote to create a five man special committee from the judiciary and commerce panels to probe interstate crime and its corrupting influence on local governments. Kefauver to chair. Barkley to appoint. report due by Feb 28, 1951.
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Washington
ULP
Senate
Judiciary and
Commerce Committees
Forrest C. Donnell
R-Mo
Judiciary Committee
Democratic Policy Committee
Alben W. Barkley
Barkley
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Homer Ferguson
Mich
Donnell
Ferguson
Kefauver
United States
Chrysler strike ends after 14 weeks in Detroit
DETROIT AP The 100 day Chrysler strike ended Thursday with mixed feelings among the 89,000 CIO United Auto Workers. Union leaders and Chrysler officials traded barbed words after signing the three year contract at 7:25 a.m. CST. The pact includes 100 monthly pensions at 65 with 25 years service and a three year boost in health benefits. Production is to hit peak within 10 days, potentially pushing this month’s output to about 750,000 vehicles. The strike directly and indirectly cost the industry over 1.38 billion dollars in lost output and wages, with Detroit and surrounding areas bearing relief costs. Walter Reuther condemned Chrysler as having sunk to a new low, while Herman L. Weckler defended the company and blamed the union for reopening settled issues.
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Detroit
Chrysler
CIO
United Auto
Automotive News
Walter Reuther
UAW
Chrysler Corporation
Weckler
Herman L. Weckler
Party Democrats Lead in Alabama
Regular Democrats held a lead over States' Righters in the Alabama Democratic primary as returns came in. Regulars appeared to win at least 37 of 72 executive committee seats with runoff set for May 30. Senator Lister Hill easily led his renomination bid against Lawrence McNeil of Birmingham.
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Ala
Alabama
National Party
Democratic Executive Committee
Lister Hill
Lawrence McNeil
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