Army budget slashed as House panel cuts defense funding
House appropriations committee approves a 475.8 million cut to the war department in the 1948 budget, arguing the funds remain ample for defense while trimming civilian staff and officer levels. Officials warn aircraft production could leave the U.S. with a second rate air force within years.
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Washington
War Patterson
House
War Departments
Defense
Pine
Truman
Bueau
Helesaers
Army
Interior Department
Agriculture Department
State-Justice-Commerce Departments
Navy
Patterson
United States
Survey Shows City Social Welfare Needs in Linn County
Cedar Rapids news notes a 1946 Linn county welfare total of 1,865,665 dollars or 2071 per capita. Carl Warmington of Madison led a briefing at the Council of Social Planning on a consultative self survey. One in three Cedar Rapids families used Chest agency services in 1946, with 12,500 total services for 8,580 families. Public agencies accounted for 63 percent of outlay, Chest agencies 13.5 percent, and non Chest agencies 23.5 percent. Private agency costs included Red Cross and hospital operations. The report excludes federal programs and Mercy hospital.
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Cedar Ranlds News
Linn County
Carl Warmington
Madison
Wis
Council of Social Planning
Roosevelt Hotel
Warmington
Madison Community Chest
Planning Council
Public Welfare Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Community Chest
Soldiers and Sailors
Red Cross
Children’s Home
St. Luke's Hospital
Planned Parenthood
Veterans Administration
Mercy Hospital
Vacation readers urged to notify Gazette of travel
The Gazette invites travelers to provide a vacation address and dates so the paper can be stopped at home, mailed to the destination, and restarted upon return. Circulation department handles the rest.
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the Gazette
Six Inches of Snow at Calmar
CALMAR The severest storm since the April 5 1945 sleet event struck Wednesday causing extensive damage to communications lines. The storm began at 2 p.m. and lasted all night depositing six inches of snow. Many trees were blown down leaving the town looking as if a tornado had swept through it.
Decorah Weather Toll: Frost, Snow, and Damage Reported
Decorah readings show Thursday morning temperature 40 degrees with 3.25 inches of snowfall and 1.25 moisture. No serious crop damage expected though some corn rotting. Electric service cut 5 pm Wednesday to 7 am Thursday. Many poles and wires down. about 17 cars stranded between here and Decorah.
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Decorah
Hatchery
Here
Snowfall in Elkader Reaches One Point Eight Inches
One and eight tenths inches of snow fell at Elkader Wednesday night and remained on the ground Thursday morning. Temperature dropped to 12.90 degrees Wednesday night.
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Elkader
Truman Returns to Washington After Missouri Visit
President Truman flies back to Washington aboard the Sacred Cow from Kansas City after a 12 day trip to see his ailing mother in Grandview Missouri. He is assured his mother's condition has improved.
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Washington
Truman
Capital
Grandview
National Airport
Kansas City
Memorial Day Weekend Shapes Cedar Rapids Business
Cedar Rapids employers brace for a three day Memorial Day weekend with many industrial plants real estate offices and federal buildings closing Thursday 5 pm through Monday. Post office courthouses and city halls will have limited operations while libraries and some retailers follow Saturday hours.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Federal
Army, Navy and Marine
Social Security
Internal Revenue
Federal Court Clerks
City Hall Force
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board
Quaker Oats
Collins Radio
LaPlant- Choate
Cherry-Burrell
National Oats
Iowa Manufacturing
Iowa Steel and Iron and Link Belt
Penick and Ford
Fruehauf
Wilson & Co
the Gazette
Gen Arthur MacArthur's 9 Year Old Son Fractures Arm
In Tokyo a nine year old boy, Arthur MacArthur, son of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, fractured his left arm during ice skating at an indoor rink. He was treated at a local facility and is reported in good condition.
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Tokyo
Gen. MacArthur
Arthur
G I s Panic Tokyo in New Version of Mars Broadcast
Two Los Angeles enlisted men Arthur Bartick and Arthur Thompson aired a Mars style radio spoof in Tokyo celebrating the fifth birthday of the armed forces radio. It caused telephone jams emergency calls and panic as listeners feared a sea serpent attack. MP units and police investigated and the station denied approval.
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Mars
Howard Handleman
Tokyo
INS
Los Angeles
United States Army
Orson Welles
Arthur Bartick
Arthur Thompson
United States
Bartick
Thompson
Dragon
Toyko Bay
Armed Forces
Yokohama
M.p.’S
Tokyo Bay
MacArthur
Army
49Th General Hospital
New York to Philadelphia Flight in Seven Minutes
Capt. E. Yeager flew the army’s P-84 jet from New York to Philadelphia in seven minutes and 11 seconds, covering 71 miles. He took off from Farmingdale Long Island and timed the crossing from over the Empire State Building to City Hall in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
E. Yeager
New York
Army
Yeager
Farmingdale
L. I
Empire State Building
City Hall
Conferees Reach Final Accord on Labor Statute
Washington AP reports congressional conferees agreed on a compromise labor bill. They scrapped a house provision excluding food processors from collective bargaining rights, sending the measure back to the house and senate for further action. Senator Taft said the controversial section was removed and the NLRB will interpret the issue.
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Washington
House
Senate
Taft
Ohio
National Labor Relations Board
Germans arrest wife of Goering in denazification move
Munich AP reports Dr Alfred Loritz Bavarian denazification minister announces the arrest of Frau Hermann Goering for Nazi party membership. He seeks a 10 year jail term for the former actress as she faces trial.
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Munich
Alfred Loritz
Hermann Goering
Senate approves voluntary plan for rent boosts
The Senate voted 48 to 26 to approve a voluntary 15 percent rent increase in cases where landlords and tenants agree on a new lease extending through 1948. The change, part of a rent control extension amendment by Len Hawkes, would lift federal rent controls on those units by Dec 31 1947. The chamber also greenlighted a move to lift controls monthly in at least 5 percent of areas and an Ellender amendment allowing evictions by public housing authorities if tenants exceed income limits.
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Washington
Senate
Len Hawkes
RN P
Frank Creedon
Sen
Ellender
Dla
Brown “believe it or not” wizard misses meeting
The Cooperative club in Durham planned a speech by Elzie R. Brown, famed as the “believe it or not wizard” who “never forgets.” The speaker failed to arrive, and Brown reportedly forgot.
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Durham
N. C
Cooperative Club
Elzie R. Brown
Brown
Man seeks 1500 dollars in damages for bites from his cat
Philadelphia court records show Myer Apfelbaum asking 1500 dollars in damages after his tame cat allegedly became ferocious and bit him when released from a basement by a neighborhood theater manager. He sues the theater owners, claiming the attack occurred during the incident.
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Philadelphia
Myer Apfelbaum
Apfelbaum
Fear Garden Crop Damage In North Iowa
A late May deep freeze and heavy rains caused crop and garden damage across northern and central Iowa. Temperatures plunged with lows from 23 to 34 as snow blanketed several towns and rivers rose in the south.Experts warned immediate damage assessment was limited with replanting possible for corn and soybeans in spots. Snow reports included Northwood 4 inches Estherville 2 Inwood Mason City 1 inch Ames ½ inch Pocahontas about 2 inches.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Town Falls
Weather Bureau
Cherokee
Spencer
Alta
Onawa
Inwood
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Northwood
Estherville
Mason City
Ames
Pocahontas
Agreement Reached in a Conference on Tax Cuts
House and Senate conferees signaled a quick final form for sweeping personal income tax reductions effective July 1. The compromise would grant a 20 percent cut for incomes up to 13,000 and 15 percent for the next slice to 303,000, with a 500 exemption for those 65 and older. If enacted, paydays in July would reflect the full 20 percent for many, while 1947 installments would face phased reductions. The plan awaits passage in both chambers and a possible presidential action. Senate votes edged toward approval despite two-thirds hurdle, with Iowa’s Wilson and Hickenlooper backing the measure.
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Washington
House
Senate
G.O.P
Goo.p
Wage Accord Reached At LaPlant Choate Plant
Management and CIO Local 116 signed a wage settlement after a day of talks. More than 700 workers receive a six cent hourly increase retroactive to April 15 plus six paid holidays. The deal halves between company five cent offer and union seven cent demand. The firm withheld final signing until the union withdraws a two million dollar portal to portal pay suit. meeting planned no wage reopen for one year.
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Cedar Rapids News
LaPlant-Choate Manufacturing Company
Portal
CIO Farm Equipment and Metal Workers Union
Christensen
LaPlant-Choate
Cedar Rapids
United Farm Equipment and
Metal Workers Union
CIO
Keith Churchill
la- Plant-Choate
International Union
No Tears No Condolences Draft Board 1 Dies in Cedar Rapids
Fred Remington reports the death of Cedar Rapids Draft Board No 1 on Thursday morning at its home after 10 am. The board served seven years aiding about 4200 men, with Chairman Arthur Huntington and Clerk Mrs Belle Bergen as close relatives. Burial planned in Des Moines storage vaults Friday.
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Third Avenue
Third Street SE
Draft Board No. 1
Cedar Rapids
Lal
Arthur Huntington
Belle Bergen
Des Moines
Personal touch suspect cashed 94.75 check at MeToo store
Detectives investigated a check passer linked to John Berry. A $94.75 check payable to Berry and signed by W. J. Wallen was cashed Friday at the MeToo store on B avenue NW. The National Bank of Waterloo and the 222 Second Avenue SE address tie to the incident, while 222 to 226 Second Avenue SE are occupied by others. Occupants deny knowledge of Berry. He handles finance problems his own way.
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Cedar Rapids News
MeToo
B Avenue NW
National Bank of Waterloo
John Berry
W. J. Wallen
Waller
Berry
Second Avenue SE
Personal Finance
Merchants National Bank
Cedar Rapids Clearing House
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