United States salutes defenders on Armed Forces Day
The nation marked its second Armed Forces Day with ceremonies coast to coast. In Korea combat troops faced renewed Chinese offensives while large public displays showcased military strength at home and abroad. President Truman reviewed 10 000 marchers in Washington as 117 ships opened to the public and B 36 bombers flew over 250 cities.
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Associated Press
United States
Armed Forces
Armed Services
Korea
America
Constitution Avenue
Washington
Truman
Germany
Defense Marshall
Navy
Arson Suspected In Baltimore Market Fire
A fire at the Cross street market in Baltimore spread to 13 surrounding row houses early Saturday causing mass evacuations. Six firefighters one police officer and three residents were burned or hurt. Damage estimated up to 2 million dollars. Fire and police investigate signs of arson as authorities recall recent market blazes in Belair and Lexington.
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Baltimore
Cross Street
Belair
Lexington Market
Failure To Pay Union Dues Cause for Firing
The National Labor Relations Board ruled that under a valid union shop contract an employer may fire an employee who fails to pay periodic union dues on time. The decision held even belated payments do not prevent discharge and cautioned that excusing dues would distort Taft-Hartley and undermine union-security agreements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
United Chemical Workers (Cio
John Gavicchia
Chisholm-Ryder Co
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Gavicchia
MacArthur Ouster Hearing Proceeds In Congress
The Panama Canal Society of Washington questions President Truman's 12 month consideration of MacArthur removal. Testimony focuses on Bradley’s confidential talks and White House verbatim refusals. Russell notes Bradley testimony to resume Monday with Lawton Collins Sherman Van denberg and Pace to follow. Secretary Acheson may be called after the chiefs testify.
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Panama Canal Society of Washington
MacArthur
Korea
Far East
Wake Island
Truman
Taft
Senate
Wiley
White House
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Bradley
Russell
Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Forrest P. Sherman
Naval Operations
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
Pace
Acheson
Williamsburg and Anamosa Death Notices Summary
Iowa death notices list several obituaries from Williamsburg and Anamosa. Charles F Shin ko 57 died Friday night with services at St Marys Van Horne. Elmer Humphrey 81 died Friday with tentative funeral Monday at 1 30 p.m. at Evangelical church Van Horne. Walter C Bearinger 32 died Friday funeral Tuesday 2 p.m. Goettsch funeral home Hazel Knoll cemetery Anamosa. Mrs W N Dearborn 85 died Thursday funeral Monday 2 p.m. St Marks Episcopal Riverside cemetery Anamosa.
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Williamsburg
Charles F. Shinko
St. Mary’s Church
van Horne
Elmer Humphrey
Evangelical Church
Ayres Funeral Home
Keystone
Anamosa
Walter C. Bearinger
Goettsch
Hazel Knoll
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
W. N. Dearborn
Riverside Cemetery
Medal of Honor Presented to 3 Korea War Heroes
In a White House ceremony President Truman pinned the Medal of Honor on three Korea War veterans Lt. Carl H. Dodd Sgt. John A. Pittman and M Sgt Ernest R Kouma. Dodd led a 24th Infantry Division platoon Pittman commanded a squad and Kouma, a 2nd Infantry Division tank commander, earned the nation’s top award after a nine hour defense against 500 Chinese attackers near Agok Korea.
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America
Truman
Carl H. Dodd
Meee
John A. Pittman
Tallula
Miss
Ernest R. Kouma
Dwight
Neb
Washington
White House
Trumai
Kenvir
24Th Infantry Division
2Nd Infantry Division
Korea
Kouma
Truus
Agok
Iranians Refuse British Oil Negotiation Note
In Tehran Premier Mohammed Mossadegh did not meet British Ambassador Sir Francis Shepherd and sent him away through locked doors. Shepherd delivered the note to Foreign Minister Bagher Kazemi as Mossadegh remains sequestered to push oil nationalization and threaten to take over Anglo Iranian Oil.
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Tehran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Francis Shepherd
Parliament
Shepherd
Bagher Kazemi
United States
Britain
Davenport Man Killed in Crash Near Sioux City
A Davenport man Vernon H. Goff died in a two crash sequence on Highway 20 west of Sioux City. Frank Feustel, 70, suffered injuries. milk truck driver Chester Rolland 35 of Allen Neb. aided. A second crash injured Ray Glover 26 and Bill Shannon 18. inquest set for next Tuesday.
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Sioux City
Davenport
Highway 20
Vernon H. Goff
United Commercial Travelers
Woodbury County
Edwin L. Lunde
Goff
Chester Rolland
Allen
Neb
Frank Feustel
Fenstel
Ray Glover
Bill Shannon
Lunde
Shannon
Glover
Orville Eyler
Thomas L. Corden
Government Aid Sought for Gasoline From Shale
Rep. Reva Beck Bosone asks Interior Secretary Oscar Chapman to back government aid for plants to extract gasoline from shale. She cites Chapman's testimony that the nation uses more petroleum products than it produces and says it is time to mobilize shale and coal resources.
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Washington
Reva Beck Bosone
Utah
Oscar Chapman
Chapman
House
City Briefs: Local Notices and Upcoming Meetings
A compact roundup lists community notices from Cedar Rapids. Home return for Mrs. Pierce. campership luncheon at YMCA. Development Association luncheon at Montrose hotel. Rotary Club talk by Dr. Lippisch at Roosevelt Hotel noon. Adjustment Board meets Monday 3 p.m. at city hall. Memorial Services for deceased Cedar residents Wednesday 8 p.m. Forester hall. Seaman apprentice Kenneth Jones to depart for Moron air base in San Diego after 14 days’ leave. Graduate Nurses Club meets Thursday 6:30 p.m. at Elks club. reservations contact listed.
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Kenneth B. Jones
Lyle E. Jones
E Avenue
Mormon Air Base
San Diego
UAW Local Chief Testifies on Suspended Officers
UAW Local 838 in Waterloo faces charges of disbursing union funds during a Deere Waterloo works strike. President Carl Dahl testified that officers voted themselves $60 weekly living allowances for three weeks, bought a new safe, and refused to share records.
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Waterloo
CIO United Auto Workers Union
Carl Dahl
Dahl
International Union Trial Committee
UAW International Executive Committee
John Deere Waterloo
Europe
Moline
Ill
Earl Riley
John Hild
Victor Kinkaid
Clarence Lines
All babies have blue eyes explains eye color development
The pigment that determines eye color does not form until after birth, so newborns typically appear with blue eyes. This trait evolves as melanin production changes in early life.
Girl Lifeguard And Three Others Save Decorah Boy
A 12 year old boy nearly drowned at the Decorah municipal pool but was saved by lifeguard Beth Evanson and three girls Mary Jane Steen Marjorie Larson and Patricia Carolan. The youth received artificial respiration and palmotor treatment from the Decorah fire department and was taken to the hospital in satisfactory condition Saturday night.
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The
Gazette
Decorah
David Gretley
Roy Grjetley
Beth Evanson
Decorah High School
Mary Jane Steen
Marjorie Larson
Patricia Carolan
David
Two Ramey Suit Trials Monday in Linn County Courthouse
Jury trials set for Monday at 9 a.m. in Linn County District Court involve two large damage suits. Floyd Noble of Amboy Illinois seeks 75000 from Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern Railway Co over a July 9 1950 collision. Bertha Larimer of Marion sues Clarence Platte and Robert J Jacob of Denver Indiana for 52000 over a Nov 5 1950 three vehicle crash that killed Donald E Larimer, with Platte and Jacob counterclaiming 5355.49.
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Linn County
Floyd Noble
Amboy
Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Northern Railway Company
Bertha E. Larimer
Marion
Clarence Platte
Robert J. Jacob
Denver
Noble
W.c.f.&n
Thoney 150
Floyd Philbrick
Larimer
Charles Penningroth
Cedar Rapids
Donald E. Larimer
Platte
Jacob
Gabrielson Calls War on Government Corruption
Washington Republican leader Guy G. Gabrielson urged a national fight against government corruption, praising Sen. Charles Tobey to address a GOP Victory dinner in St. Louis. He linked corruption to the Pendergast era and warned it could threaten the nation like foreign enemies.
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Washington
Guy G. Gabrielson
the Nation
Charles W. Tobey
R-N. H
G.O.P
St. Louis
Gabrielson
Republican Party
Tobey
Senate
Missouri
Murder Warrant Out for Klemme in Iowa Shooting
Waukon, Iowa AP report. Art Klemme, 55, is charged with murder after a gunfire attack that killed Mildredemme Klemme, 48, and left daughter-in-law Clarence Klemme, 18, critically wounded. A warrant issued as Sheriff Huffman reports Klemme fled on foot after the intersection shooting near his home. bloodhounds used in initial search. The couple had divorced and remarried, and the husband was away in the service.
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Waukon
Iowa
Martin Nolting
Art Klemme
Mildredemme
Clarence Klemme
Will Huffman
Klemme
Klemmes
Camp Pickett
W. Va
Parade Show Highlights Civilian Arm Fifth Service
Cedar Rapids parade featured National Guard units, naval reserve, Coe College groups, Roosevelt band and veterans organizations. Adm. Ryan urged civilians to support the four armed services as a "fifth arm" to defend liberty and warned against complacency during ceremonies on the Plaza. Lt. Col. Moyer introduced him. Lt. Cmdr. Glessner led ceremonies.
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8. E. Cooper
Armed Forces Confab
Daniel W. Ryan
Armed Forces
Cedar Rapids
Clarence Sedive
Alex Evanoff
Coe College
Adm
Ryan
America
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
United States
Clinton Moyer
Linn County Reserve Officers Association
Cmdr. Glessner
H. G. Schwegler
Major Gen Sir Frederick Maurice Dies at 80 in Cambridge
British army leader Sir Frederick Maurice, 80, died in Cambridge. He served as director of operations for the imperial general staff from 1915 to 1918 and was at the center of the Maurice debate with Prime Minister Lloyd George after Belgian front disasters. He later became an educator and writer.
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Cambridge
England
Frederick Maurice
Maurice
Deaths Ednard Risk of Cedar Rapids Dies After Long Illness
Ednard Risk wife of Ferris Risk died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 5 p.m. Saturday after a long illness. Born July 24 1877 in Syria she came to the United States at 18. Pioneer Syrian settler family with five children and seven grandchildren. Survived by husband three daughters one son and three great grandchildren. Member of St George Syrian Orthodox church. Funeral at St George church with time to be announced. Friends may call Turner chapel after 1 p.m. Monday.
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Ednard
Ferris Risk
Center Point Road
Cedar Rapids
Syria
Risk
Karl Mike
Oelwein
George Haddad
Beckley
W. Va
A. V. Whittier
James G. Risk
St. George Syrian Orthodox Church
Turner Chapel
Services set for Andrew Petersen at Turner chapel
Funeral services for Andrew Petersen of 2447 Fifth avenue SE are slated for 3 30 p m Monday in Turner chapel with Rev J Richard Wagner pastor of First Congregational church officiating. Crescent lodge and Apollo Commandery will assist with burial at Cedar Memorial cemetery. Master Masons to meet at 3 p m Monday at the Masonic hall. Surviving besides those named in the obituary include son Nevin Nichols Cedar Rapids recreation supervisor and two sisters Mrs Frank Hall of Bellingham Minnesota and Mrs Mary Rasmussen of Elgin Illinois.
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Andrew Petersen
Fifth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
J. Richard Wagner
First Congregational Church
Petersen
Crescent Lodge
A. F
A. M
Apollo Commandery
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Nevin Nichols
Frank Hall
Bellingham
Minn
Mary Rasmussen
Elgin
Ill
Masonic Hall
Services for George F. Stewart Held at Turner Chapel
George F. Stewart longtime Cedar Rapids resident and owner of Stewart Maintenance Service died in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Services will be at Turner chapel at 1 30 p m Monday conducted by Rev F A Munneke of Daniels Park Presbyterian church. Burial will be in Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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George F. Stewart
Center Point Road
Stewart Maintenance Service Company
Cedar Rapids Hospital
Turner Chapel
F. A. Munneke
Daniels Park Presbyterian Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
More Copper and Brass to Defense Mix Adjusted
The government redirected a large share of copper and brass to defense use starting July 1. The National Production Authority set a 75 percent defense bound on output, leaving civilian manufacturers with 25 percent, while promising 60 percent of prewar copper for major civilian producers.
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Washington
Manly Fleischmann
NPA
Fleischmann
Iowa Woman Injured in Minor Traffic Accident
Three minor traffic accidents Saturday left one Iowa woman with slight injuries and led to charges for a motorist. Agnes Severson of McCallsburg sustained minor lacerations after a collision with Joseph Turner on Eighth Avenue and First Street SW. Turner faced charges for failing to keep his car under control. The incidents also involved Vernon Premley of Ladora and George Schaerer of East Amana, with a third collision between Charles Oldfield and T Sgt John Kenneth Bell of Florida on Johnson Avenue NW.
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Eighth Avenue
Firststreet
Agnes R. Severson
McCallsburg
Joseph L. Turner
Allview Drive
St. Luke’s Hospital
Severson
Vernon E. Premley
Ladora
George W. Schaerer
East Amana
First Avenue
Johnson Avenue NW
Charles R. Oldfield
Oakland Road
John Kenneth Bell
Florida
Two Cedar Rapids Girls Held By Dubuque Officials
Two Cedar Rapids girls aged 15 and 13 were taken into custody by Dubuque police after a Friday incident. They drove away in a car owned by Leo Clemens of Dubuque toward Chicago, were arrested in Hanover Illinois, and are on probation in Cedar Rapids. They will be handed to Linn County authorities.
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Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Ney
Senna
Chicago
Leo Clemens
Hanover
Illinois
Joseph Strub
Linn
Strub
Clemens
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3Rd Ave
C. F. Pierce
C Avenue NE
Cedar Rapids Council of Social Planning
Y.M.C.A
Rotary Club
A. M. Lippisch
Collins Radio Company
Poe
Rooseveltotel
Adjustment Board
Cedar Rapids Board of Adjustment
Court Cedar
Forester Hall
Nurses Club
Graduate Nurses Club
the Elks Club
Mary Klahn
Beulah Usher
Edna Watters
UAW
Decorah Boy
Florist
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Collins Radio
Iowa Manufacturing
LaPlant Choate
Quaker Oats
Universal Engineering
Daughters of Union Veterans
Sons of Union Veterans
Daughters of the American Revolution
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