De Gasperi resigns over anti Communist crisis in Italy
Premier Alcide De Gasperi announced his resignation after an emergency ministers meeting, ending his Christian Democrat leadership and triggering a government crisis. He had aimed to exclude Communists from power and had sought U.S. loans to back a non Communist governance. The move followed days of party splits and pressure from within his coalition. The crisis reflected tensions over Communist influence and U.S. involvement in shaping Italian politics.
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Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
de Gasperi
Christian Democrat
Enrico de Nicola
de Nicola
Italy
United States
Truman
State Department
Sugar stamp No 12 moves up to June valid date
The Agriculture Department said sugar ration stamp No 12 for individuals becomes valid June 1 instead of July 1 to speed sugar into homes. Stamp No 11 remains valid from April 1 and continues after No 12. the move anticipates freight-car shortages as the bumper winter wheat crop moves to market.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Congress
Line Blasts After Marines Pass Through Peiping Rail Route
AP report details several sections of the Peiping Linyu line blasted and uprooted as two trains carrying 500 American Marines and their commander passed safely through Communist-held territory. Col Julian N Frisbie and 500 marines reached Chinwangtao to board transports for Guam and the U S They left behind about 350 marines delayed by the explosion at Tiensin station while awaiting the convoy transfer.
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Peiping
Linyu
Julian N. Frisbie
Chinwangtao
Guam
United States
China
Tiensin
Chin ‘Wanegtao
Mills Seized by France Over Bread Supply Crisis
Paris authorities seized all flour mills in the Paris area after Premier Ramadier vowed to use troops if needed to back the cabinet against wage hikes. The move followed a 277 worker strike at the Paris Flour Milling Company demanding 12 cents an hour, amid a critical bread shortage.
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Paris
Ramadier
Stocks Drop To 1947 Low
NEW YORK AP The sharpest decline in nearly a month dropped the stock market to a new low for the year Tuesday. Losses of 1 to more than 3 dollars a share were numerous as investors sold holdings amid doubts on economic prospects labor legislation and price adjustments. The liquidation shaved about 1 billion from steel shares. Johns Manville fell 3.75 to 114. United States Steel down 1.12 to 65.62. Chrysler off 1.75 to 98.25. Goodyear down 1 to 47. Santa Fe down 1.75 to 75.25.
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Brok
Aes
Johns Manville
United States Steel
Chrysler
Goodyear
Santa Fe
Wallace Urges 50 Billion Loan Plan to Foreswear Communism
Wallace told about 800 University of Minnesota students that the United States must act as a modern missionary with a $50 billion, 10 year loan program to rebuild Europe and Asia. He proposed $5 billion annually to create credit that returns to the U.S. and warned against conditional aid.
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Minneapolis
Henry A. Wallace
United States
Europe
Asia
University of Minnesota
American Veterans Committee
Wallace
Taber Claims Voice of America Promotes Leftism
Rep. Taber of New York at a news conference denounced the State Department propaganda program as a deliberate design to carry into the foreign arena support of a left wing position. He said overseas broadcasts fail to check communism and do more harm than good.
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Washington
INS
Rep
Taber
R-N.y
State Department
House ‘Appropriations Committee
Pilgrimage to Graves Proposed by Truman
President Truman proposed that the government allow next of kin of World War II dead to visit permanent overseas cemeteries. He did not detail financial or other aspects but urged a possible pilgrimage.
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Washington
Truman
Three Commercial Sprayers Bid On DDT Project Cedar Rapids
Three commercial sprayers indicated Monday they would bid on the DDT spraying of downtown alleys in Cedar Rapids Fly Control drive opening May 20. The project covers about 23 alleys in three city sections with costs borne by the Fly Control committee. Homeowners may hire a sprayer for about $2 or do it themselves with five percent DDT in oil. Merchants expect to pay $10 per 10,000 square feet for premises spraying.
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Cedar Rapids News
Clyde White
White
Gale Miller
Young Men's Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Miller
Fifth Street
Fifth Avenue
F Avenue
Second Street
Fourth Avenue
Sixteenth Avenue
Kenwood
Commerce Dept reports March sales rise 22 percent
The Commerce Department says chain store and mail order house sales reached about 2.015 billion dollars in March, up 22 percent from March a year ago. The report highlights strong retail activity across major retailers and mail order firms.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Yugoslavia apologizes for breach of immunity incident
The Yugoslav government apologized to the United States over May 2 actions in Pec when municipal officials forced American Charge dAffaires John M. Cabot and his party to surrender cameras. The cameras were returned after Cabot notified the embassy. Belgrade promised a correction and potential disciplinary action.
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Washington
Yugoslavia
United States
State Department
Pec
John M. Cabot
Foreign Office
Belgrade
Cabot
German Appeal to Hoover Reported
Reports from Dusseldorf say the Ruhr province government cabled Herbert Hoover with an urgent request for aid to ease a catastrophic food shortage in the area. The dispatch notes the crisis as dire and seeks U.S. assistance.
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Hoover
Berlin
Dusseldorf
Ruhr l
Herbert Hoover
Mercy Hospital vacates nursery in safety move
Mercy Hospital evacuates the newborn nursery amid a precautionary move against an outbreak of infant diarrhea. Eight babies are in pediatrics with gastroenteritis, four born at Mercy and four others readmitted. St Luke's reports one infant with gastroenteritis. Newborns will not be placed in the current maternity nursery until it is aired and reassessed.
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Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Mercy
Mary Eileen
St. Luke's Hospitals
St. Luke’s
E. T. Gough
Letters to Eisenhower May Help Garsson Case
The trial heard former Rep. May wrote to General Eisenhower in April 1945 seeking exoneration for Capt. Murray Garsson. May described him as a warm personal friend and urged a full facts disclosure leading to exoneration. Secretary Patterson testified May interceded with him on munitions contracts and funds for Garsson firms during his War Department tenure.
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Washington
INS
May-Garsson
Rep
May
D-Ky
Eisenhower
Murray Garsson
Europe
Garsson
Capt
Patterson
Garsson Munitions Combine
Combine
Mass Labor Protest Seen Across Nation May 21
The New Orleans Item reports organized labor plans mass demonstrations nationwide and a possible 24 hour general strike on May 21 in response to a hostile congress. Verification from AFL International Longshoremen's Association president Al Chittenden in New Orleans is cited.
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New Orleans
Organized Labor
Congress
al Chittenden
AFL International Longshoremen’s Association
Chittenden
Four Days Trapped After Car Wreck Near Martinez
Ern est K. Steele, 26, told how his right hand was crushed under his car after it plunged into a creek bed near Franklin Canyon eight miles northwest of Martinez. He cried for help for four days until two repairmen heard him and freed him. He survived on gum and water only, with a wrist injury possibly requiring amputation, while his wife Mae, a nurse, reported his disappearance twice.
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Oakland
Calif
Ernest K. Steele
Steele
Franklin Canyon
Martinez
Mae
Richmond
John Pickings
E. A. Bracken
I Dr Schacht Gets 8 Years In War Trial
Hjalmar Schacht aged 70, former Nazi finance minister and Reichsbank president, was convicted as a major Nazi offender by a German denazification court and sentenced to eight years in prison. The court confiscated almost all his wealth, barred him from public office for life and deprived him of most civil rights for 10 years. His two years already served reduced the term to six years and he may be required to perform labor. His lawyer said an appeal would be filed.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Hjalmar Schacht
International Military Tribunal
Nuernberg
Reichsbank
Schacht
Wolfgang Schwamberger
Senate Votes 68-24 To Override Veto On Labor Bill
Washington senate passes labor bill 68 to 24 well over two thirds required to override a presidential veto. It includes Republicans 47 and Democrats 21 supporting, with 21 Democrats and three Republicans in opposition. The measure moves to conference, with a stiffer house version awaiting compromise before reaching the White House.
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Washington
Senate
Langer
N.D
Morse
Ore
Marlone
Hickenlooper
Wilson
Iowa
Organized Labor
House
White House
Wanderings End In Los Angeles David Rittgers
Twelve year old David Rittgers, missing from Cedar Rapids since April 25, is in juvenile authorities custody in Los Angeles. Parents Mr and Mrs Thomas Rittgers, 816 Fourteenth Street SE, were notified by letter that he had been apprehended. A Linn County probation office note said he was picked up as a wanderer, possibly May 8 or 9, with no immediate plans for return. The case spans Cedar Rapids to Chicago Columbus Ohio and Los Angeles.
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Cedar Rounds
David Rittgers
Los Angeles
Thomas R. Rittgers
Fourteenth Street
Linn County Probation Office
Weather Shifts From Cloudy Cool to Warmer Outlook
A cloudy cool day gives way to generally fair warmer weather by Wednesday. Northern towns report heavy rains up to 1.05 inches, while the south sees lighter showers. Cedar Rapids hit 79 degrees. temperatures slid to 74 at 7 pm and 55 at 8 am, with an overcast sky continuing.
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Cedar Rounds
Weather Bureau
Estherville
Cedar Rands
Mercury
Cedar Rapids
Chambers-Inskeep
Vandenberg Urges European Relief Vote to Save Greece
Senator Vandenberg told the senate the 350 million dollar European relief bill is vital to prevent Greece from unraveling and to support a postwar world. He urged passage as UNRRA shipments have ended and warned of zero hours ahead without relief. The House trimmed the measure to 200 million while the Foreign Relations Committee backed the larger sum.
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INS
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
Greece
House
Italy
Poland
Hungary
China
Trieste
Amer
Ica
Marshall
UNRRA
Europe
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