Japan marks constitution day with mass celebration
Tokyo marks the promulgation of the new Japanese constitution as a national double holiday on Meiji birthday. Emperor Hirohito will read the rescript at 11 a.m. and appear with the imperial family at 2 p.m. for a public greeting before the palace, with about 200000 people expected in the park. Allied leaders MacArthur and Atcheson praise the charter as a step toward democracy, while stressing Japan must choose its own path to democracy.
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Howard Handleman
Tokyo
Meiji
Japan
House of Peers
MacArthur
Diet
George Atcheson
Allied Control Council
S. MacMahon Ball
British Commonwealth
Control Council
Wyatt Reports Increases in Home Building
Hous ing Expeditor Wilson Wyatt forecasts victory in securing 65 million dollars to launch assembly line housing despite RFC resistance. He cites September housing gains of 25 percent over August with 79,500 cases ready for occupancy and 49,800 new permanent dwellings. Through nine months, 898,700 begun, 430,200 finished toward a 1,200,000 goal. Wyatt says he will direct RFC actions under the veterans emergency housing act. About 106,000 new homes in 1947 are at stake.
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Washington
Wilson Wyatt
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Wyatt
RFC
Repeal of Monies Tax Contemplated
The Iowa state tax study committee discussed repealing the monies and credits tax for individuals. Uneven enforcement and underassessment were cited as reasons for reconsideration. Estimates show over half the property subject to the tax escapes assessment with about 2.3 million dollars expected in revenue from many corporate sources still taxed.
Short of Newsprint Argus Leader Drops Ads for Week
Sioux Falls Daily Argus Leader says due to newsprint shortage it will carry no display advertising and curtain want ads sharply for one week starting today. The page one notice says news takes priority and the paper remains focused on printing the news.
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Daily Argus Leader
Argus- Leader
Milwaukee CIO plans citywide stoppage over Allis-Chalmers strike
Milwaukee area CIO United Auto Workers announced a citywide work stoppage to support strikers at Allis-Chalmers as authorities prepared for possible violence. Sheriff Hanley asked for 500 temporary deputies while election-day police patrols shifted to polling places. He warned of potential uncontrollable conditions at the plant on Tuesday. County officials and Governor Goodland traded back and forth over who must maintain order.
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CIO
United Automobile Workers
Allis- Chalmers
George Hanley
Milwanee
Hanley
Walter S. Goodland
Goodland
B 17 Overdue From Naples
An American Flying Fortress from Naples disappeared after a 1 50 a.m. Friday takeoff for London. Eight crewmen aboard. Last radio contact at Capodichino airport Naples. Weather along route included thunderstorms as army air force at Weisbaden alerted all European stations.
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Army Air Force
Weisbaden
European
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London
Army
Capodichino
LaFollette to Vote Republican in Wisconsin Election
Philip LaFollette former three term Progressive governor of Wisconsin announced he would vote the Republican ticket in Tuesday's election. He cited the Progressive party decision at Portage and issued a brief statement without further elaboration.
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Madison
Wis
Philip LaFollette
Wisconsin
Progressive Party
Portage
Ambitions of New Hatred Group Bared
Homer L. Loomis Jr leader of the Columbians walked from Atlanta jail boasting the white supremacist group will spread nationally to fight Negroes and Jews. He and others were jailed after a near riot. bail was set as Loomis described plans to seize control from neighborhood to national government.
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INS
Homer L. Loomis, Jr
Atlanta
Loomis
R. L. Whitman
A. M. Garner
New
the Columbians, Inc
New York
The
Atlanta Journal
Africa
Big Four to Hear Little Nations on Peace Voice
British Foreign Secretary Bevin said Belgium Netherlands and Luxembourg ministers urged to help draft the German peace treaty will be discussed by the Big Four in Paris and at their New York meeting. Molotov Byrnes and Bidault figure in the talks while Afghanistan Iceland and Sweden seek UN admission and a push to curb Security Council power surfaces in the debate.
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Ernest Bevin
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Paris
S. S. Aquitania
Bevin
George Bidault
Germany
James F. Byrnes
Washington
Viacheslav M. Molotov
United Nations General Assembly
Little Na
General Assembly
U.N
Afghanistan
Iceland
Sweden
Australia
Security Council
Paul Hasluck
Council
Denver Area Snowstorm Drastically Impacts Highways
Snow more than seven inches with strong winds cloaked the Denver region on Saturday. Motorists were urged to stay off roads except for emergencies as over 100 cars tangled in ditches between Denver and Berthoud Pass. Affected highways stretched from Cheyenne to Pueblo with widespread minor crashes and a temperature plunge to 27 in Denver and four above in Big Pines Wyoming.
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Highway Patrol
Berthoud Pass
Stapleton Airfield
Colorado
Cheyenne
Wyo
Pueblo
Continental Divide
Big Pines
Americans Hand Over 3 Germans for Trial
In Frankfurt three German defendants were handed over by U S authorities to France Poland and Czechoslovakia for trial. Czech authorities received Gen Paul Rieger former head of the German police in Bohemia Moravia charged with atrocities in 1942.
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France
Poland
Czechoslovakia
United States
Czech
Paul Rieger
Bohemia-Moravia
Mississippi Governor Thomas Bailey Dies in Jackson
Gov. Thomas L. Bailey of Mississippi died Saturday night at the executive mansion in Jackson at about 8 30 p.m. after an operation for malignancy of the spine. Fielding I. Wright becomes governor to complete Peacley's term ending in 1948.
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Miss
Thomas L. Bailey
Mississippi
H. F. Magee
Fielding I. Wright
Bridget Wandal Trial Moves to Jury Deliberations
The Bridget Wandal case goes to the jury after hours of closing arguments. The defense pleads for acquittal claiming mercy on a war bride, while the state presses for a first degree murder verdict.
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Bridget ‘Wandal
Phone strike ends in Taylorville settlement
O. E. Daggett district manager for Illinois Consolidated Tel Co announced a settlement Saturday night in Taylorville Illinois. Details of the accord were not disclosed and the terms remain unspecified six days after the strike began.
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Taylorville
O. E. Daggett
Illinois Consolidated Telecompany
Second Arrest Made in Theft of $832,000
A second man is jailed in the $832,000 embezzlement case tied to W Arthur Nickel at Mergenthaler Linotype. Isadore Rappaport 55 president of an optical firm faces grand larceny and conspiracy charges. Nickel's wife and daughter are under protective custody as the probe continues and two more suspects are sought.
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New York
Isadore Rappaport
W. Arthur Nickel
Mergenthaler Linotype Co
Rappeport
Nickel
Miami Beach
Rappaport
Miles McDonald
McDonald
Hyman Barshay
Brooklyn
Miami
Grace McDonald
Oberammergau Play on Hold Over Christ Role Conflict
Oberammergau villagers abandon plans to revive the Passion Play next year as the actor cast as Christ is held as a war prisoner. The red zone disruption and security concerns complicate the revival efforts in the Bavarian village.
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Oberammergau
Christ
Frankfurt
Car Crashes Through Guard Rail South of Cedar Rapids
Four Dubuque youths were injured when their car left highway 218 near North Liberty and rolled over three times. Driver Donald Ohlsen, 20, suffered skull fracture with possible internal injuries. Elizabeth Hoerner, 18, suffered a dislocated hip. Tom Nacos and Joyce Reittinger had cuts and bruises. A nurse and husband aided at the scene and traffic was kept moving. A second incident nearby had two passengers unharmed after a separate vehicle left the road and overturned near Cedar Rapids.
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Dubuque
North Liberty
Iowa City
University Hospital
Donald Ohlsen
Elizabeth G. Hoerner
James Gildroy
Harry Cloud
Cedar Rapids
Americans Ready To Cast Vote In Postwar Campaign
The 1946 general election campaign closes with Democrats fighting to hold Congress. Voters go to polls Tuesday nationwide except Maine on Sept. 9. Roosevelt’s death weakens the New Deal coalition while Republicans attack the Truman administration. Estimates place total votes between 34 and 40 million.
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New York
Congress
Maine
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Truman
Wallace
New Deal Democratic
Democratic National Committee
Robert E. Hannegan
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
New York State
Kin of Dominican Chief Slain by Florida Officer
In Bunnell Florida Deputy Sheriff Miller Teeter killed Jose Adrian Trujillo 20 nephew by adoption of the Dominican president in what a coroner jury ruled self defense Trujillo and Louis Henry Todd Jamaican were refused service at a cafe after a dispute Teeter said Trujillo drew a pistol and was shot through the chest witnesses detained Todd and Dominican Consul Noel called the incident a shock as Trujillo was en route to Miami from New York on army terminal leave.
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Bunnell
Fla
Jose Adrian Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Henry Wells
Miller Teeter
Murray Sams
Deland
Wells
Trujillo
Louis Henry Todd
Miami
Auto
Teeter
Todd
Jose M. Noel
New York
United States Army
Noel
Trujillo City
Political Sketches Preview of Tuesday Election Coverage
The Gazette previews the upcoming election with sketches of Governor Robert D. Stes and family on Page 1. It notes Linn County legislative candidates and Second District congressional candidates detailed on Page 10 in this section.
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Robert D. Stes
Linn County
Bus Routes Not Involved in Vote in Cedar Rapids
Voters confusion centers on whether to renew the City Lines bus franchise in Cedar Rapids for regular routes and a temporary loop terminal on Second SE. The council adopted an ordinance covering both and will decide on the terminal at the end of the current trial period.
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City Lines
Second SE
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