House Fight Over Farm Funds Slashed 1948 Budget
Rep. Cannon denounced the trimmed 1948 agriculture appropriation as the worst bill sent to the house floor. He said 32 percent was cut from Truman requests and vowed Democratic opposition when the bill is debated next week. Rep. Gore warned Democrats will push the issue into 1948 elections if no reversal occurs.
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Washington
Rep
Cannon
D-Mo
Truman
House Appropriations Committee
Gore
D-Tenn
House
Appropriations Committee
Secretary Anderson denounces farm budget cuts and soil conservation fear
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson urged Congress to reject the House appropriations committee cuts decried as the false economy hurting farmers. He warned the move would undermine price supports and farm programs, noting 10 000 fewer department employees since 1940 and highlighting soil conservation as a chief concern.
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Washington
LLP
Anderson
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Department
Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Appropriations Committee
He Survives Two Tumbles into Mine Near Home
Pottsville Pennsylvania AP reports 16 year old Andrew Cooper rode home Friday night when his bicycle fell into an abandoned mine near his yard. He plunged 100 feet into a cave in then 200 feet more after the bike, scaling a wall before another fall to a ledge. Five hours later rescuers pulled him to the surface. He arrived at the hospital with shock and abrasions from the ordeal.
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Pottsville
Andrew Cooper
Firetrap Shut but Guests Sit Tight
Chicago residents at the Hubbard hotel refuse to evacuate after city orders closed the six story building for fire code violations. Police vow no eviction while 350 tenants, many older, struggle to find housing as inspectors report 49 violations and unsafe conditions including blocked basements and inoperative hoses.
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Chicago
William Read
Hubbard
Revere Hotel
Hamfest Draws 500 Amateurs to Cedar Rapids Hawkeye Downs
About five hundred amateur radio enthusiasts gathered by noon Saturday for the Tall corn Hamfest at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids two day event sponsored by Iowa City and Cedar Rapids clubs Attendees traveled up to 500 miles and included visitors from Costa Rica Sweden and other countries George Bailey of New York led a parade to the venue Bailey, head of the International Amateur Radio Union and president of the American Radio Relay League, praised the event as the best planned and best executed in two decades
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Costa Rica
Sweden
U.S
Hawkeye Downs
George Bailey
New York
Bailey
America
International Amateur Radio Union
Union of Radio Associaane Cee Eee
United Nations
American Radio Relay League
Oregon Crickets Sweep Toward Hermiston Alfalfa
In Pendleton, Oregon, Mormon crickets press toward Ordnance and Hermiston while scientists deploy chlordane dust and Umatilla Gilliam and Morrow counties rush supplies. About 1,000 sea gulls feast on crickets but may not stop the swarm as Gov. Earl Snell pledges air support. The pests bite, scratch, spit and croak as they advance.
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Pendleton
Ore
Great Salt Lake Valley
Hermiston
Oregon
Science
Umatilla
Gilliam
Morrow
Earl Snell
Oregon Trail
Van Peymbroeck to Return Home After 18 Years
Emil Van Peymbroeck, jailed for intoxication in Michigan, asks to be arrested to face desertion charges. A 16 year search by Calumet attorney Edward McCormack seeks child support arrears for his daughter. After 20 years of wandering, Van Peymbroeck plans to return home to his wife and child in Calumet, Michigan.
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Emil van Peymbroeck
Calumet
Mich
van Peymbroeck
Bernhardt Kraus
Michigan
Calumet, Mich
Edward McCormack
van Paden
McCormack
Mrs Truman’s Mother Weakens in Grandview
President Truman grew more anxious as his 94 year old mother Martha E. Truman weakened on Saturday. The president said she was growing a little weaker and abandoned plans to return to Washington for the present.
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Grandview, Mo
Truman
Martha E. Truman
Jinx Continues With Youth Drowned Tragedy
Washington report details a string of family deaths following a teen named David Nicholson, 17, who drowned during a swimming party after warning he would be fifth on a superstition list. His grandmother, stepmother, first cousin, and half brother all died in succession.
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Washington
David Nicholson
David
Solons Plan Special Subcommittee for Foreign Aid Scrutiny
The House Foreign Affairs Committee moves to form a special subcommittee to continuously review all State Department activities and conduct on the spot checks of foreign relief programs. Members said an announced plan could include delegation trips abroad to inspect relief efforts funded by America.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
State Department
Censor Study Voted At UN Despite Soviet Objection
United Nations subcommission on freedom of information and the press voted 9 to 1 to consider a proposal at the next international conference on freedom of information. The body also adopted a plan to protect accredited correspondents from arbitrary expulsion abroad, despite Soviet opposition.
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Geneva
Prague
United States
Y. M. Lomakin
Zechariah Chafee
Lomakin
Boy Contracts Malaria From Pacific Vampire Blood Transfusion
In Philadelphia Angela M. Perri reported a 7 month old boy contracted malaria via a blood transfusion from a Pacific war veteran. Health officials warn doctors and hospitals against accepting suspected malaria victims as donors.
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Philadelphia
Angela M. Perri
of Health Division of
Pressmen Strike Halts St. Louis Daily Papers
Union pressmen stopped printing for two St. Louis dailies, the Star-Times and Post-Dispatch, after demanding removal of a telegram quote in the Star-Times. Star-Times published 15,000 city edition copies before suspension. Post-Dispatch did not roll at all. Negotiations over staffing and edition sizes escalated tensions with Globe Democrat.
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ST. L
St. Louis
Star-Times
Post-Dispatch
George L. Berry
Berry
Elzey Roberts
Star- Times
Morning Globe Democrat
Nion Press
Globe-Democrat
Battle of Collegians Ends With Johns Hopkins Invaders
In Baltimore, Johns Hopkins students repelled 250 University of Maryland invaders using sticks stones fists and fire hoses. Eleven combatants were jailed for disorderly conduct after a 400 pound terrapin was seized from Maryland and hidden at Hopkins. Police from eight districts aided by 200 officers contained the fight lasting about ninety minutes with no injuries reported.
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
University of Maryland
Hopkins
Maryland
De Gasperi Recalled as Italy Premier‑designate
Alcide De Gasperi, who resigned as Italy’s prime minister 11 days ago, said he was asked to form a new government, his fourth since the war’s end.
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Rome
Alcide de Gas
Italy
Home for Dec 7 Hero Found in Utah After Six Years
Salt Lake City report notes Chief Petty Officer Peter Tomich died at Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941. Governor Herbert B Maw will adopt Tomich as a son and present a Congressional Medal to honor him, placing the award on a plaque honoring 88 men who died aboard the USS Utah.
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Salt Lake City
Peter Tomich
United States
Tomich
Navy
Herbert B. Maw
Fair Weather Hinted As Warmth Near In Forecast
The state experiences rain and fog in spots with cloudy skies this morning. Tonight the southern area may see more rain while Cedar Rapids and Iowa City report light mist and fog. Temperatures dipped to 47 overnight, rose to 53 by midmorning.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Mt. Vernon Man Is Plane Survivor
BALBOA Canal Zone AP five occupants parachuted from a Flying Fortress that caught fire over a Nicaraguan jungle Wednesday night Lt William C Rogers navigator Mt Vernon Iowa survived Rogers son of Mr and Mrs G H Rogers of Mt Vernon Iowa is among the survivors.
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Balboa
Canal Zone
William C. Rogers
Mt. Vernon
Iowa
Lt. Rogers Is
G. H. Rogers
Month-Old Son of Ray Spielman Dies
Raymond Thomas Spielman, month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Spielman of 738 Twenty-seventh Street NE, died at Mercy hospital at 10 a.m. Saturday after treatment for gastroenteritis and pneumonia. Surviving are the parents, two sisters Sheila and Linda, and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. John Miller and Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Spielman of Cedar Rapids. The body went to Brady mortuary for private funeral services at 4 p.m. in Cedar Memorial chapel with burial there.
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Cedar Rapids
Raymond Thomas Spielman
Ray Spielman
Twenty-seventh Street
Mercy Hospital
Sheila
Linda
John Miller
F. A. Spielman
Brady Mortuary
Cedar Memorial Chapel
J. E. de- Long
Cedar Mem
Mob abducts prisoner as pistol shot rings out in North Carolina
District Solicitor Ernest R. Tyler said a young Negro prisoner was seized from a jail by a white mob. Rosa Howell signed an affidavit claiming a pistol shot fired as the man fled, with state troopers ordered to intensify the search. Jail guard A W Edwards faced threats as three men demanded the keys.
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Jackson
N. C
Ernest R. Tyler
Tyler
Rosa Howell
Cherry
A. W. Edwards
Edwards
Bush
Negotiations Halt At LaPlant Choate Plant
Union management talks at LaPlant Choate Manufacturing Co ended Friday with no strike decision made. CIO Farm Equipment and Metal Workers said wage talks paused after a day-long session. J A Kremenak said locals trimmed wage demands from 15 to 7 cents with six holidays, proposing reopening in four months.
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Cedar Rapids News
LaPlant-Choate Manufacturing Company
CIO
Deat
J. A. Kremenak
Two Elks Robbery Suspects Nabbed
John C. Smith of Coral Gables and Eddie Jones of Kansas City were arrested in Fort Lauderdale Florida for the April 26 Elks club robbery. Police Chief Condon said officers had been seeking the men since Don Nelson confessed on May 10. The arrest occurred at 6 p.m. at Smith's home.
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Cedar Rapids
John C. Smith
Coral Gables
Fla
Eddie Jones
Kansas City
Fort Lauderdale
Condon
Don Nelson
Smith
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