U S Insists On Staying In Germany
A high American diplomat said the United States will reject Soviet demands for rapid withdrawal of occupation troops from Germany. The State Department is drafting counter proposals for Paris talks and remains committed to a long term occupation policy. He warned a comprehensive German solution will not emerge at Paris and emphasized caution in four power discussions.
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Washington
United States
Germany
State Department
Paris
Council of Foreign Ministers
Dean Acheson
France
U. S
Philip C. Jessup
Department
Charles Bohlen
Berlin
Ford and Union Ready To Resume Talks On Strike
Detroit Ford II and UAW CIO President Reuther both signaled willingness to resume negotiations over the Ford Rouge and Lincoln Mercury plant strike. Ford offered arbitration on the speedup charge and urged a quick settlement to spare thousands of workers and families from ongoing hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Union
Detroit
INS
Henry Ford II
Uaw-Cio
Walter P. Reuther
Ford Motor Company
Rouge
Lincoln-Mercury
Young Ford
Reuther
Orville Hubbard
Dearborn
Michigan
Deaths in Texas Storms Reach Five
Flood waters swamped about 200 Lubbock homes and caused one death raising Texas storm toll to five dead and 36 injured. In Sundown a tornado killed one and injured five. damage about 100000 dollars and 15 homeless families. A Greyhound bus crash in Mitchell county killed one and injured 31. In Lockney, Mrs. W F Pierce was struck by lightning.
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Lubbock
Texas
Sundown
Greyhound
Mitchell County
Lockney
W. F. Pierce
Mississippi Searched From Air for Plane
A Saturday air search by the Illinois Aeronautics Commission over the Mississippi river near Savanna failed to locate a missing Humboldt Iowa couple. Three planes scoured backwaters and swamps after fishermen reported a low flying plane last Sunday shortly after John Russell and his wife Marilyn departed Chicago for Humboldt.
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Savanna, Ill
Mississippi River
Here
Humboldt
Illinois Aeronautics Commission
John Russell
Marilyn
Chicago
Friend Adds 100 Dollars To Morgan Death Reward
An additional 100 dollars was added to the reward for information in the death of 18 year old Dean Morgan of Cedar Rapids. The Morgan family and friend Leo Shirk contributed to raise the reward. Morgan’s cap was found near Theodore Bailey’s home while his body was found over a mile away after a hunting trip. Inquest officials suggested two dogs may have carried the cap toward the Bailey home. Morgan had been staying at the Bailey residence since October after being picked up while hitchhiking in Missouri.
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Cedar Rapids
Dean Morgan
Fristoe
Missouri
Morgan
Willis Morgan
Fourt Avenue
Morgans
Leo Shirk
First Avenue Road NW
Theodore Bailey
Bailey
Cora Morris
Bailey Home
Mr. Bailey
Bailey Farm
Famed Sgt Alvin York Suffers Stroke at 62 in Tennessee
World War I hero Sgt Alvin C York has suffered a stroke and is confined to his Pall Mall home. Capt B H Hale said Mrs York told him the attack likely occurred Thursday night and paralyzed the right side of his face and tongue. He was invited to serve as honorary guard marshal for the state American Legion convention parade in Chattanooga on July 25.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Alvin C. York
B. H. Hale
Hale
York
Pall Mall
American Legion
Easter wish comes true as boy finds his mother
Pittsburgh lad Andy Tempos Jr. has reunited with his mother after five years apart. The Sun Telegraph recounted how the 10 year old’s plea for a mother drew national offers, but he waited for a single letter signed Mother. The mother, moved by the plea, arranged the reunion with help from Latrobe friends and family.
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Andy
Pittsburgh
Andy Tempos
Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph
Sun-Telegraph
Elgar Heads Iowa Young Democrats
Alanson Elgar of Mount Pleasant was elected president of Iowa Young Democrats to replace Clyde Herring who resigned to join the U.S. Census Bureau. Sherwin Markham of Des Moines was named second vice president. Mrs. Alton Powers and Neal Smith were elected national committeewoman and committeeman. Nine delegates named to the 1949 national convention and a Beardsley criticism resolution were adopted.
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DES Moines
Alanson Elgar
Mount Pleasant
Iowa Young Democrats
Clyde Herring
Elgar
Drake University
Herring
United States Census Bureau
Sherwin Markham
State University of Iowa
Hotel Fort Des Moines
Alton Powers
Hubbard
Neal Smith
Secretary of Agriculture
Charles F. Brannan
William S. Beardsley
Beardsley
Jaycees Name Buckmaster Outstanding Man of Iowa 1948
Robert Buckmaster former Waterloo mayor was chosen Iowa outstanding young man of 1948 at a Junior Chamber of Commerce banquet in the Roosevelt hotel. He received the Gies senbier permanent trophy from Jack Moskowitz and led a 20 year city plan for planners. Buckmaster, 36, had governed since May 1947 after Knapp F. Matthews death and helped grow Waterloo Amvets and local civic groups.
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Robert Buckmaster
Waterloo
Iowa
Knapp F. Matthews
Uckmaster
Waterloo Red Cross
Rotary Club
Boy Scouts
Waterloo Amvets Post
Frank T. Nye
The
Gazette
Ray Smalling
Ames
Daniel Whalen
Davenport
Richard Wiebe
Boone
C. E. Richards, Jr
Fort Madison
Paul I. Namtvedt
Spirit Lake
Don Tebbe
Shenandoah
Charles Saville
Council Bluffs
Clifford Moore
Wapello County
Wayne E. Putnam
Iowa City
Iowa Cities
Bendix Talks To End Strike Fail To Break Impasse
Negotiations to end the 18 day Bendix Aviation strike in South Bend Indiana ended abruptly with Bendix officials saying talks were recessed indefinitely. Millard E Stone director of industrial relations stated the effort left them right back where they started as the CIO United Auto Workers locals walked out after a 5 15 p m meeting.
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South Bend
Ind
Bendix Aviation Corporation
Bendix
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Millard E. Stone
Joe Walkers Fate in Hands of Murder Jury
In Boulder Colorado district court at 4 52 p m Saturday the fate of Joe Sam Walker in the murder of 18 year old Theresa Catherine Foster a Colorado University co ed was placed in the hands of a jury.
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Boulder
Colo
Joe Sam Walker
Theresa Catherine Foster
Colorado University
Boulder District Court
Cardinal Spellman to Dedicate $10 Million Boy Town Buildings
Francis Cardinal Spellman of New York will dedicate new facilities in Boys Town Nebraska, a $10,000,000 project for homeless boys, today at the famed haven.
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BOYS
Shanghai Cut from Rail Center
The Shanghai garrison reports loss of communications with Kashing, 62 miles southwest of Shanghai, amid fighting nearby. Reds reportedly repelled at Kashing airport as claims of northern Nationalist holds fall. broadcasts claim advances toward Tsingtao and Linghsnan, with conflicting reports on North China liberation and U S naval positions near Tsingtao.
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Shanghai
Kashing
Tsingtao
Peiping
Peiping-Hankow
North China
Garpi
Ghai
San Francisco
Associated Press
Red
South China
Yangtze River
Arnold Becomes First General of Air Force
President Truman signed a bill creating the United States Air Force and Henry H. Hap Arnold was named its first general. The historic act, approved Saturday, formalizes the separation of air duties from the Army and marks a milestone in military history.
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Arnold
Air Force
Washington
Henry H
Hap” Arnold
Army Air Forces
Truman
Congress
Camp Good Health Fund Near First $1,000 Mark
Mother's Day donations push Cedar View Country club and other groups toward the Camp Good Health fund goal. Pleane seeks staff for June camp. positions include director nurse dietitian and two counselors. Send contributions to The Gazette Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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Cedar View Country Club
Camp Good Health Fund
Bill Mallon
A. T.pleune
Pleane
Bever Avenue SE
Law Sets Out Procedure for Rutledge Trial
Opening statements in the murder trial of Dr. Robert C. Rutledge Jr. are set for tomorrow at 9 a.m. in Judge J. E. Heiserman's court before a segregated jury. The process includes indictment reading, pleas, state and defense summaries, witness evidence, rebuttal, closing arguments, and judge instructions before the jury decides Rutledge's fate.
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Robert C. Rutlledge
J. E. Heiserman
Iowa
Rutledge
Byron C. Hartman
Roosevelt Hotel
Linn County
Dr. Rutledge
Buresh and Cerveny Named Accident Investigators
Cedar Rapids Police Chief Jesse Clift announced patrolmen Robert Buresh and Harold Cerveny as accident investigators. They were among five men who passed a civil service test. three others were removed after declining appointments. The new investigation car will be manned on the evening shift with Badger and Farrington off the list, while Mackey and Davis operate the car on days.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert Buresh
Harold Cerveny
Jesse Clift
Carl Badger
Jerry Clift, Jr
C. A. Farrington
Badger
Farrington
Clift
Baresh
Cerveny
Man Shot in Leg When Gun Dropped From Holster
Allen Stein, 59, of 411 First Avenue SW, was wounded in the right leg when a .32 revolver discharged after slipping from his holster and dropping to the floor. He was taken to St Luke’s Hospital by Ambulance Service. condition listed as good.
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Cedar Rapids
Allen Stein
First Avenue SW
Stein
St. Luke’s Host
Fisherman Weighs His Catch to Prove His Tales
A fisherman who boasted of big catches buys scales for his library and weighs his fish with friends watching. A neighbor returns thrilled after ten minutes claiming he is the father of a 24 pound baby boy, declaring victory in the humorous prank.
Guards Aboard Berlin Trains As Blockade Eases
Western Allied military governments plan armed guards on all Berlin bound trains this week at the first sign of Soviet obstruction. A note to the Soviet authorities fixes midnight Wednesday as the blockade lift target and outlines resumed traffic. The first trains will be British freight from Helmstedt and U S routes to Berlin with routes later expanding to Hof Halle Hamburg and Buchen. The issue of returning rail cars from the Soviet zone and adherence to international rail conventions is highlighted.
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Berlin
INS
Alles
Helmstedt
U. S
Helmstedt-Berlin
Hof
Halle
Hamburg
Buchen
Soviet
West Germany
Mount Vernon Cab Crash Injures Local Man
H. C. Miller of Mt. Vernon was hurt about 11:45 p.m. Saturday when the City taxi rear ended a car at First avenue and Second street SE. Miller was taken to St. Luke's hospital for possible rib injuries. The other driver was Richard D. Whitney of California. The taxi was driven by G. W. Carley of 1518 First avenue NE.
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Cedar Rapids
H. C. Miller
Mt. Vernon
First Avenue
Second Street SE
Miller
St. Luke’s Hospital
Richard D. Whitney
California
G. W. Carley
Truman Proclaims May 23 National Maritime Day
President Truman designated May 23 as National Maritime Day and urged all vessels to sail under the American flag. The day honors the steamship Savannah for its 1819 transoceanic voyage under steam propulsion.
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Washington
President Truman
Truman
Congress
Savannah
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Spellman
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