Farm Appropriations Slashed 32 Percent by House Panel
Washington AP The House appropriations committee cut the agriculture department budget by 322 percent for the coming year sending an 805 million dollar bill to the House floor. The panel deleted 383.4 million from Truman estimates, leaving 468.5 million less than this year’s spending. Secretary Anderson warned further cuts would harm essential farm services, while the committee pressed for selective reductions based on current and future needs citing farm asset gains since 1940.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Agriculture Department
House
Truman
Anderson
Agriculture Budget Cuts Highlight Farm Program Reductions
The Gazette farm page reports a dramatic budget tightening for the Agriculture Department. Savings rose from 4.2 billion to 8.3 billion, while farmers debts declined from 10 billion to 8.3 billion. Major cuts hit the Farmers Home Administration, soil conservation, crop insurance, and school lunch. Section 32 funds totaling 148 million were moved to the treasury general fund, with 32 money earmarked from customs duties. The committee cut farm tenant loans, reduced soil conservation payments, and eliminated a 200 million program for the 1948 crop year. Public relations staff faced a 26 percent cut and the school lunch grant fell from 75 million to 45 million.
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Farmers’ Home Administration
Old
Farm Security Administration
Soil Conservation Service
Agriculture Department
Treasury
General Fund
Guayule
White Friday keeps Cedar Rapids flag flying at 2 30 p m
Cedar Rapids reports four accidents in the 24 hours to Thursday midnight and, by 2 30 p m Friday, the white flag signaled a no accident day with safety lane inspections at police headquarters ongoing. 1 837 cars passed through the lane with 191 cleared as safe and 172 rejected.
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Cedar Rapids
L. W. Remington
Remington
Arizona
New Mexico
Big Aid Powers Given Marshall
President Truman issued an executive order placing all authority for the Greek Turkish aid act with Secretary of State George C. Marshall. The order directs U S missions to Greece and Turkey to operate under his guidance and calls for coordination with War and Navy departments to implement the act.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Secretary of
State Marshall
Marshall
Congress
Greece
Turkey
Secretary of State
Secretaries of War and Navy
Red Plane Will Travel 660 Miles Per Hour
Boston reporters quote John Foster Jr editor of a New York aviation trade magazine saying the Russians have a jet plane capable of 660 miles an hour, 40 faster than the official world record held by Britain. He notes the aircraft is based on a German model and that speeds above 600 mark a significant power increase.
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Boston
INS
John Foster, Jr
New York
Foster
Yugoslavs Blamed by U.N. Probers in Greek Trouble
A U.N. Balkan commission concluded Yugoslavia bore primary blame for supporting guerrilla warfare in Greece, with Albania and Bulgaria cited to a lesser degree. The panel also found that aiding armed bands breaching Balkan frontiers threatened peace, a finding approved by most nations except Russia and Poland. The vote followed on-the-spot Balkans investigations and came as the Security Council rejected a Russian bid to curtail the Balkan subcommission’s powers.
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Switzerland
United Nations Balkan Investigating Commission
Yugoslavia
Greece
Albania
Bulgaria
Balkan
Russia
Poland
United States
United Kingdom
France
China
Belgium
Australia
Colombia
Brazil
Syria
United Nations Security Council
Security Council
Balkans
U.N
Andrei Gromyko
Balkan Commission
Herschel Johnson
Camp Good Health Fund Receives 100 Donation
Louise Leibert Circle of King’s Daughters donates 100 to the Camp Good Health Fund for 1947. The fund lists total contributions of 2,024.45 and a remaining balance needed of 4,970.55 with Cedar Rapids Gazette details and local group acknowledgments.
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The
King's Daughters
Camp Good Health
Loulee
Leibert
Cedar Rapids Police Auxiliary
Women of the Moose
Cedar Rapids
Ccsuse
Albert B. Sidwell
Athene Club
Bonnay
Elizabeth Bourguin
Alice Bourquin
Camp Good Health Fund
the Gazette
Iowa
Actor Parks Is Bobby Soxers Man of Year
Hollywood AP notes Larry Parks named Bobby Soxers of America Man of the Year receiving a silver trophy. The honor follows past recipients Frank Sinatra Van Johnson and Glenn Ford and comes as the group, claiming 8000 members, recognizes Parks' rising stardom.
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Actor Parks
Bobby Soxers
Man of
Hollywood
Larry Parks
Bobby Soxers of America
Frank Sinatra
van Johnson
Glenn Ford
Romney Gets to 3 Years
Kenneth Romney a 65 year old former house sergeant at arms was sentenced to one to three years in federal prison for concealing a 143863 shortage in office accounts. Judge Holtzoff leniently noted the shortage spanned many years and mentioned John H. Smithwick as having some involvement but beyond the law due to the statute of limitations. Romney appealed the sentence and was released on 2500 bail pending appeal.
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Washington
Kenneth Romney
House
Alexander Holtzoff
John H. Smithwick
D-Fla
Georgia
Holtzoff
Romney
Smithwick
Fortress Crash Survivors Found Near Managua
Eight members of the Fortress aircraft crew of fifteen survived after bailing out when the plane crashed in Nicaragua during a flight from the Canal Zone to Kelly Field Texas. Morrison Field reported the wreckage located 75 miles north of Managua and noted initial radio message offered no details on survivor conditions.
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West Palm, Beach
Reich Food Hits All Time Low as Relief Predicted
In Germany's Ruhr towns crowds protested starvation banners while General Lucius D. Clay announced western Germany faced an all time low in food stocks. He credited fresh US food and farmers as reasons for an imminent improvement across British and American zones.
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Reich
Berlin
Ruhr
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
Clay
United States
Duesseldorf
Remscheid
Weekend Forecast Continues Cool Across Iowa
Weather bureau reports below normal temperatures for most of Iowa over the next five days with the southwest near normal. Expect under one tenth inch of rain and a shower risk early in the week. Cedar Rapids logged 0.36 inches of rain for May with cool readings, 68 at 2:30, 44 at dawn.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Chambers
Truman's Mother Getting No Better
President Truman’s mother remained very weak with no improvement after nearly two days. Doctors said there was no perceptible change, and the President might stay in Grandview indefinitely if the condition did not improve.
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Truman
Grandview, Mo
Cedar Rapids layoff wave hits great month
About 1,000 workers in Cedar Rapids were laid off this month with estimates rising toward 1,700 as major plants trim payroll. Fruehauf Trailer Co cut roughly 120 last week, Collins Radio about 300, and Quaker Cats and LaPlant Choate also reduced staff. IS ES notes lines stayed thin and many laid-off workers used vacation pay or returned home.
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Bayne Freeland
Cedar Rapids
Fruehauf Trailer Company
Collins Radio Company
Collins and Fruehauf Cats
Quaker Cats
LaPlant-Choate Manufacturing Company
Iowa State Employment Service
Collins
I.S.E.S
Herbert J. Eberhart
Woman Trapped in Well Two Days Cat To Blame
CHARLES CITY, In. A woman over 70, Mrs. Bert Dawley, was trapped in a well for two days until firefighters rescued her on Friday. The cat, which fell into the well, led Dawley to place a ladder for the animal but she became trapped instead. She was taken to a hospital with exposure but no serious injuries. the well contained no water.
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Charles City
INS
Bert Dawley
Dying Boy Receives Eagle Scout Badge at Bedside
Ronald Phillips a 15 year old Saginaw youth with a brain tumor received the Eagle badge in a bedside ceremony. Willard J. Nash pinned the badge as Ronald drooped in his pajama jacket. Doctors warned only days remain. Ronald had pursued 21 merit badges with his father’s help, while his mother drove him to observe nature to earn the final badge.
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Saginaw
Mich
Ronald Phillips
Willard J. Nash
Valley Trails Boy Scout Council
Ronald
First Baptist Church
Wilson Backs Democrats on Tax Bill Stay
Washington report notes Senator Wilson of Iowa would back the motion to delay the GOP tax bill, prompting Democrats to seek four Republican votes. The plan would cut income taxes 10.5 to 30 percent starting July 1, with several Republicans still undecided or absent.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
George
D-Ga
Wilson
Iowa
G.O.P
Morse
R-Ore
Aiken
R-Vt
Tobey
N. H
Langer
N. D
Mob Seizes Black Man From North Carolina Jail
In Jackson North Carolina a masked white mob abducted Godwin Buddy Bush, 24, from Northampton county jail early Friday after an alleged attempt to assault a white woman. Sheriff Stephenson led a posse that scoured the Roanoke River area but found no trace by noon. Jailers said Bush was unarmed and surrendered voluntarily. Officials worry a mob fatality may have occurred. Raleigh sources note such events are rare in the state.
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Bush
Margaret Allen Bryan
Edwards
Stephenson
Raleigh
North Carolina
H. J. Butcher
Pickens
S. C
Hawkeye Downs Approved for Grandstand Repairs
Cedar Rapids news notes extensive repairs to Hawkeye Downs grandstand will start Monday morning. C D Moore All Iowa Fair manager said a CPA permit was granted Friday. Work estimated at about 38000 dollars will be done by R W Rinderknecht Co. A fundraising campaign is underway led by A L Killian and Arthur Poe.
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Cedar Rapids News
Hawkeye Downs
C. D. Moore
Moore
Des Moines
CPA
R. W. Rinderknecht Company
General Contractors
National Hospital Month Promotes Nursing to Girls
The Gazette highlights Cedar Rapids nursing schools on its picture page to encourage young women to enter the nursing profession founded by Florence Nightingale. Nurses attention of the nation is focused on the profession during National Hospital Month.
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National Hospital
Florence Nightingale
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Hoentzel
Two Die and Two Injured in Iowa Car Wreck
Four Van Horne area youths were involved when a 1941 Buick left highway 218 eight miles south of here after a dance in Wellman. Dean Hoke 22 and Lloyd Furler 23 died. Richard Werner 35 remained in serious condition. Donald Bistline 20 lightly injured. Bistline driver fell asleep, car rolled into a ditch, authorities said.
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Iowa City
van Horne
Highway 218
Dean Hoke
Ole Hoke
Lloyd Furler
Emil Furler
Marengo
Richard Werner
Fred Werner
Donald Bistline
Charles Bistline
Werner
Bistline
University Hospital
Wellman
Hoke
Edward Cherveny
Mt. Auburn
Furler
Clarence
Veda Kanke
Van
Ike Demands End Of Army Bickering
In Rockford Illinois a War Department official said General Eisenhower has ordered an end to bickering among the regular army the national guard and the organized reserves. Major General Edward S Bres quoted Eisenhower urging unity and signaling the regular army must lead in coordinating efforts.
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Rockford
Ill
Eisenhower
National Guard
Edward S. Bres
War Department
Reserve
R.O.T.C
Reserve Officers Association
Hisenhower
Regular Army
Organized Reserve
Truman seeks one year extension of war power controls
President Truman urged Congress to extend for a year beyond June 30 the authority to restrict domestic use and export of tin fibers cordage antimony cinchona bark quinine fats oils rice and rice products nitrogen fertilizer and certain key industrial exports. He argues the extension is essential to preserve domestic control and support foreign policy as existing powers hinge on a 90 day wartime authority.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Trumans
Steeplejack Killed in Detroit Fall From Monastery Steeple
David John Britz aged 29, a steeplejack, died after falling 120 feet from the St Bonaventure monastery steeple while painting and repairing. He was at work when the accident occurred on Thursday.
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Detroit
David John Britz
St. Bonaventure
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