Soviets reject US plan on Palestine amid new demands
In Lake Success the Soviet Union rejected Washington's proposal for British administration in Palestine and pressed for British withdrawal by May 1 and a UN supervised transition within a year to two independent states. Tsarapkin urged an 111 nation UN under Security Council to oversee provisional governments and militia until stable elections.
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Lake Success
Russia
Palestine
Holy Land
Soviet Union
United Nations Security Council
Semen K. Tsarapkin
Assembly
United States
Britain
Tsarapkin
Security Council
Commission
Radio Stations KCRG KCRK Set for December Launch
KCRG AM and KCRK FM prepare to go on air in Cedar Rapids with KCRK testing by November 15 and full operation planned by early December. KCRK will broadcast on 96.9 with 48 000 watts, using Standard and Associated transcription libraries and Mutual network programs. KCRG on 1600 will feature 5 000 watts and extensive news service contracts with Cedar Rapids Radio Council collaboration.
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KCRG
Gazette
George C. Biggar
KCRK
Earle Nichols
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Mutual Broadcasting System
Mutual
Cedar Rapids
Information Please
Meet the Press
Kate Smith
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Martin Block
Standard
Associated
Duke Ellington
Skinny Ennis
the Pied Pipers
Jack Teagarden
Spike Jones
Carmen Cavallaro
Xavier Cugat
Eddie Howard
Charlie Spivak
Claude Thornhill
Elliot Lawrence
Martha Tilton
Cedar Rapids Radio Council
Daily Record notices and fines report from 1947
The Daily Record details multiple court actions including intoxication sentencing, reckless driving fines, and license issues. Also reported are numerous birth notices from Mercy and St Luke's hospitals, local obituary notices for Marengo North English Tipton Mt. Vernon, and police activity such as still alarms and stump burning calls across Cedar Rapids area.
Wallace Lees Leader of Italian Communists
Wallace Lees, who conferred for an hour with Palmiro Togliatti Sunday night, departed Rome for the United States on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Lees
Rome
Henry A. Wallace
Palmiro Togliatti
Italy
United States
Grinnell Announces Speakers for Institute of Affairs
Grinnell College announced Monday that Ely Culbertson Dr. V K Wellington Koo and Dorothy Thompson will be speakers for the Institute of Affairs event on November 29 and scheduled dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
INS
Ely Culbertson
V. K. Wellington Koo
Dorothy Thompson
Grinnell College
Institute of Inn Affairs
Cedar Rapids zoning clash over Sporman housing plan
Sporman seeks zoning relief for new apartments but faces opposition from Harland Bartholomew who urges against spot zoning and lower space per family. Plan Commission critiques Second avenue parking. A Madden letter proposes a large storage garage at 1271 Second Ave SE to ease parking, but Mrs Madden says they only want rezoning to sell the lot and deny building plans.
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Harland Bartholomew
Cedar Rapids
Sporman
Bartholomew
St. Louis
Second Avenue
B. H. Madden
Second Avenue SE
City Plan Commission
Madden
Thirteenth Street
Man from Lock Springs Surrenders in Cedar Rapids Case
Elmer Scott Whitt 20 of Lock Springs Missouri surrendered to Davis County authorities after fleeing a transport of two minor girls to Cedar Rapids. He was arrested by Detective Captain Frank Bukacek and returned by Sheriff Frank Sweany. Whitt claimed the girls had already returned home and that he and a companion parted in Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Scott Whitt
Lock Springs
Frank Bukacek
Davis County
Frank Sweany
Whitt
Cedar Rapids
Missouri
Divorce decree modified in favor of Van Velkinburg
Judge G K Thompson on Monday altered the March 1933 divorce decree granting Edward Van Velkinburg relief from paying support for his daughter after he filed a petition when his daughter married recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. K. Thompson
Edward van Velkinburg
van Velkinburg
Barbara Prchal seeks child support during divorce petition
Barbara Prchal filed a petition with the clerk of the district court seeking twenty five dollars monthly support for her two year old child during the pendency of the cause. She also filed a petition for divorce against Leonard Prchal on October 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Prchal
Disc
Prchal
Leonard Prchal
Will of Albie K. Horn Admitted to Probate
The will of Albie K. Horn who died August 14 was admitted to probate Monday. Clarence Rattman was appointed executor without bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albie K. Horn
Clarence Rattman
Hollywood Writers Slam House Red Probe Reception
A Civil Rights Congress reception in New York honored 19 subpoenaed Hollywood writers and actors as 12 of them attended among 400 guests. George Marshall said street fascists disrupted a Philadelphia rally. Dorothy Parker and Vincent Sheean condemned the committee as a vehicle of thought control and fascism.
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New York
House Committee On UN
Eisler
Hanns Eisler
George Marshall
Civil Rights Congress
Philadelphia
Progressive Citizens of America
Dorothy Parker
Hollywood
Vincent Sheean
House Committee
Congress
John Santo
CIO Transport Workers Union
Michael J. Obermeier
AFL
Des Moines Trucker Killed Near Ashton
SIBLEY AP Arnold W. Calvin 28 Des Moines died in a hospital after a truck driven with his brother crashed into a bridge abutment about two miles south of Ashton. Calvin suffered a compound skull fracture. His brother’s injuries were not confirmed but described as serious.
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Sibley
Arnold W. Calvin
Des Moines
Ashton
Calvin
F. B. O’leary
Homeless Wall Illustrates Why Government Expensive
Washington columnist Frederick C. Othman muses on a blue and green plaster wall in the National Press Building. He notes endless space reconfigurations by federal agencies as contractors install and replace walls, doors, and air systems, costing nearly $5,000 so far and illustrating government overreach.
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Washington
National Press Building
Long
Alien Property Custodian
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Harriman urges continued control of rails and exports
Commerce Secretary Harriman told Congress and President Truman to keep government controls on rail transportation and all US exports including steel coal and petroleum. He urged extending controls on imports, cited freight car shortages and a 50 000 vehicle drop in box car fleets, and warned decontrolling steel soon is unlikely.
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Washington
INS
Commerce
Harriman
Congress
United States
Truman
Man Injured When Tree Falls on Worker at Alburnett
Laverne Loss an employee of Charles Anthony Sawmill in Alburnett was injured when a tree he was sawing split and toppled pinning him. He was rushed by Ambulance Service to St Luke's Hospital. The accident occurred on Veil Andrews property, three miles northwest of Alburnett. Andrews witnessed the incident and helped free Loss. he believed Loss had a broken leg and other injuries.
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Laverne Loss
Charles Anthony
Alburnett
Loss
St. Luke’s Hoal
Veil Andrews
Andrews
Van Horne Priest Faces Drunk Driving Charge
The Rev. Thomas J. Norris, 69, of Van Horne appeared for arraignment in district court on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He was arrested near Cedar Rapids on highway 30 after an officer observed erratic driving and the car veered off the road into a ditch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Norris
van Horne
Father Norris
Lloyd Patterson
Cedar Rapids
Patterson
Traffic Slip Backfires On Business Transaction
In Austin Texas a local firm lost a $3000 deal when an out of town buyer received a pink parking ticket from the traffic bureau after he had placed an order. He canceled the transaction claiming the ticket ruined the chance to do business. The buyer said he would go to San Antonio where tickets are not given.
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Austin
Texas
San Antonio
Hope Leaves for London on Gift to Princess Elizabeth
Bob Hope flew to London to perform in a command appearance and to accept a leather-bound gold-embossed album of autographed pictures from the film industry as a wedding gift to Princess Elizabeth.
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Hollywood
Bob Hope
London
Princess Elizabeth
City Briefs Easter Week Activities and Notices
City briefs cover activities from Christmas figurine making to meetings of the Degree Work Travel chapter No. 49 R. A. M. at 6 30 p.m. Tuesday. A free pancake supper is set for Tuesday Nov. 4 with Legion members admitted by Legion card. Linn county Red Cross board meets at noon Thursday at the Y M C A to review 1948 budget estimates. Cub Pack Party attendees from Pack 26 and parents at Van Buren school. Rotary Concert features Wilson high school band in a noon program for 108 members at Roosevelt hotel. Navy discharge for George Womacka son of Mr and Mrs Frank Womacka. Mrs Arch Moel returns from St Luke s hospital. Engineering and land surveying exams announced for Des Moines December first through fourth. Navy trainee Robert D Wheeldon stationed at San Diego with family in Spokane and a brother Donald on Guam served in atomic tests fleet.
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Navy
Robert D. Wheeldon
U. S. Navy
San Diego
Calif
Ray Wheeldon
Spokane
Wash
Cedar Rapids
Donald
Guam
C of C to Elect Seven Directors By Mail Ballot
Seven directors for the 21 member Chamber of Commerce board will be elected by mail ballots going out Monday evening Polls close at 5 p m on November 11. Fourteen nominees are listed for posts to be vacated December 31 with terms of seven directors expiring. Retiring directors include Lester Chadima S E Coquillette Howard Green Ed E Hach George W Hearn Henry Kling and Herbert S Stamats.
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Chamber of Commerce Board
Lester Chadima
S. E. Coquillette
Howard Green
Ed E. Hach
George W. Hearn
Henry Kling
Herbert S. Stamats
Chamber
Milo Chehak
Security Laboratory
Keith W. Dunn
Century Engineering Corporation
Glenn OO. Fletcher
Rapids Chevrolet Company
E. R. Galvin
lLaPlant-Choate Manufacturing Company
J. C. Kennedy
Roosevelt Hotel
Fred Killen
Williams and Hunting Company
Allen Nash
Wilson and Company
John W. Beck
Louis P. Boudreaux
Harry Boyd
Arthur Collins
David W. Lehti
Craven Shuttleworth
Marvin Wright
Arthur Barlow
N. P. Craemer
Horace G. Hedges
Kenneth Lindsay
Ray H. Spielman
Ervin F. Stepanek
Herbert Killian
Young Men’s
Civic
Deaths Arlene Hall 1927 Cedar Rapids
Arlene Louise Hall aged 20 of 1627 First Street SW died in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a two month illness. Born near Solon October 12 1927 she lived in Cedar Rapids six years. Survived by parents James and Mrs Hall a brother Maynard of Cedar Rapids and grandparents Mr and Mrs Joseph Becika offf. Services at Brush chapel Wednesday at 2 pm officiated by Rev J O Simon burial Oak Hill cemetery Solon. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Arlene Louise Hall
First Street
Gazette
Wilson and Company
Cedar Rapids
Solon
James Hall
Maynard
Joseph M. Becika
Brush
Funeral services for William Ragan at Brady Mortuary
William Ragan aged 1018 Third Avenue SW will have funeral services at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Brady mortuary conducted by Rt. Rev. Msgr. D. J. Lenihan of St. Patrick's church. Burial follows in Mt. Calvary cemetery. He is survived by three daughters Vergil Wilson of St. Anthony Iowa Kathryn and Margaret of Cedar Rapids a son W F Ragan of Los Angeles two sisters one brother and four grandchildren.
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William Ragan
Third Avenue SW
Brady Mortuary
D. J. Lenihan
St. Patrick’s Church
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Vergil Wilson
St. Anthony
Kathryn
Margaret
Cedar Rapids
W. F. Ragan
Los Angeles
Services for Clifford W Strong Held at Fairfield Funeral Home
Services for Clifford W Strong of 121 Sixth Street Southwest will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hoskins Funeral Home Fairfield with the body moved there Monday from Rohn Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Evergreen Cemetery Fairfield. Strong belonged to Calvary Baptist Church Cedar Rapids.
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Clifford W. Strong
Sixth Street
Hoskins
Fairfield
Rohn
Services for Mrs Anna Werner Held at Beatty Chapel
Services for MrsAnna Werner of Blair’s Ferry road will be conducted at Beatty chapel at 2 p.m. Tuesday by Rev M C Early pastor of the Church of the Brethren of which she was a member. Burial in the Dunkard cemetery near Toddville. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Anna Werner
Henrietta Hein
Blair’s Ferry Road
Beatty Chapel
M. C. Early
Church of the Brethren
Dunkard
Toddville
Tories Fight Own Battles Warn U S Over Marshall Plan
Britain's leading Conservatives told visiting U S lawmakers to stay out of Britain's public ownership program. They argued Britain's socialism is Britain's business and the United States should not dictate or demand changes to the British economic system. Anthony Eden, famed Conservative, echoed the stance and urged noninterference.
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Washington
Britain
United States Congress
America
United States
Winston Churchill
Anthony Eden
Churchill
Swisher Man Fined on Reckless Driving Count
William Kopecky of Swisher was fined $100 and costs by Justice H R Churchill Monday on a reckless driving charge. He was arrested early Monday by the state highway patrol on Route 218 near the Dra port Inn for erratic driving.
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Earl Elliott
F Avenue NW
William Kocecky
Swisher
H. R. Churchill
William Kopecky
Justice H. R. Churchill
Kopecky
State Highway Patrol
Draport Inn
Walker named Acting FCC Chairman by Truman
Washington AP President Truman designated Paul A. Walker as acting chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Walker becomes chairman Charles R. Denny recently resigned, making Walker a FCC member and acting head awaiting permanent appointment.
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Paul Walker
FCC
Washington
Truman
Paul A. Walker
Federal Communications Commission
Walker
Charles R. Denny
Bishop Drumm Home Dedicated in Des Moines
The $160000 addition to the Bishop Drumm Home for the Aged was dedicated Sunday by Most Rev. Gerald T. Bergan Bishop of Des Moines highlighting the faith based community expansion and church leadership remarks.
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Des Moines
INS
Bishop Drumm Home For
Gerald T. Bergan
Ballot Defeat Laughed Off By Laborites
London reports Labour dismissed Saturday's municipal losses as a temporary setback. Conservatives gained 618 council seats while Labour shed 644. independents won 1 059 seats and Liberals 140. Churchill blamed shortages and urged new elections, Labour officials rejected a landslide claim.
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London
Labor Party
Winston Churchill
Conservative Party
Shepard’s Indian Disappears Again
The restless Indian of First Avenue, a property of I. J. Shepard, vanished from his home Saturday and later appeared on the Delta Delta Delta Kappa Delta and Alpha Xi Delta sorority house porch at 124 Center Point Road NE. He was found with a beer bottle on his head and a police court fine for firing a gun within city limits. Police hope Halloween and Coe college homecoming are over, ending the uprisings.
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First Avenue
Chance
Delta Delta Delta
Kappa Delta
Alpha Xi Delta
I. J. Shepard
Shepard
Center Point Road
Coe College
State Dept Firm On Ousted Group
Washington officials said 10 employees with secret duties were summarily fired on June 23 and will not be told the charges or reinstated. Undersecretary Lovett sent a letter to three prominent attorneys hired by seven of the ousted workers explaining appeals to the Civil Service Commission are possible but the specifics will not be disclosed.
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Washington
INS
State Department
Lovell
Paul A. Porter
OPA
Thurman Arnold
Abe Fortas
Interior
Lovett
Civil Service Commission
Commission
Truman Plan Faces Republican Opposition In Europe Aid
President Truman's plan to aid Europe amid domestic price checks draws GOP ire on multiple fronts. Council of Economic Advisers urges high taxes and anti inflation controls, while Rep Knutson pushes a $4 billion tax cut. Administration seeks $6-7 billion in next year global aid, with up to 60 percent possibly non repayable under Marshall plan. Capper warns US taxpayers bear the cost unless an acceptable sellable program is found.
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Washington
Truman
Europe
Council of Economic Advisers
Carroll Reece
Republican National Committee
Council
Rep
Knutson
R-Minn
Congress
House
Ways and Means
Capper
R-Kan
United States
Lippe Back in Iowa after Samoan marriage
Karl Paul Lippe 35 a marine veteran who wed a Samoan chief’s daughter and worked in a gypsum plant in Fort Dodge Iowa may bring his English speaking wife Malele and their daughter Elizabeth to join him when travel is possible The couple met during Lippe’s Samoa training for Tarawa and wartime rules blocked their earlier marriage Lippe returned to Iowa after a lengthy postwar period in Samoa
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Fort Dodge
Karl Paul Lippe
Marine Corps
Samoa
Iowa
Lippe
Saturday Evening Post
Malele
Elizabeth
Voelz Joins 1948 Slate for Secretary of State
R L Voelz a Minden based produce company operator told the Des Moines secretary of state's office in a letter on Monday that he will seek the Republican nomination for secretary of state in the 1948 June primaries. He is the second to announce. He asked about petition blanks and required signers. The office said 1813 signatures from 10 counties are needed. Papers available January 1.
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Des Moines
R. L. Voelz
Minden
Secretary of State
Voelz
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Marion
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Fred Clyde
First Avenue NW
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Tiall
Elmer Hunter
Rockford Road
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S Avenue
St. Luke’s
Frank Gorup
Second Avenue SW
Paul Little
Werner Avenue
L. G. Duncan
Vernon
A. C. Himmel
Elyroad
Joseph Omelik
Er Avenue
Ralph Eden
Eden
Evelyn Walraven
Colling Radio Company
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Palo
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Fourth Street
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Fifth Avenue
Donald A. Lloyd
Ellis Boulevard
Roy L. Highley
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Fourth Avenue
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Tipton
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Lapes
Florist
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