Truman Returns to Washington Promises Unity and Hard Work
President Truman arrived in Washington amid a massive, cheering crowd and urged national cooperation to tackle major issues. He, with Vice President-elect Barkley, praised the electorate’s trust and pledged to work hard to complete key goals in the coming four years.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Lafayette Park
Executive Mansion
Alben W. Barkley
Barkley
Democratic Congress
Independence
Harry
Ten Airplanes Lost in Three Days Across Global Skies
AP dispatches report ten U S military and civilian aircraft losses over three days. Dead total reaches 37 with 49 missing, including B 29 crashes in England and Azores, B 17 near Eglin, naval bombers off Washington, Alaska patrol loss, and French Indo China transport missing.
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England
Azores
Eglin Air Force Base
Florida
Navy
of Washington
Aleutian
Pacific Alaska Airlines
Yakutat
Alaska
Annette Island
Paris
Indo-China
France
Far East
Four Die in Farmhouse Fire in Steubenville Area
Four members of two families were burned to death in an early Friday farmhouse blaze in Steubenville Ohio. A fifth person suffered serious burns in the same fire. The cause of the fire was under investigation.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Body of 13 year old found in vault near Fuller Park
In Chicago a 13 year old boy William Jervais was found dead in an underground vault housing electrical cables after a call from an unidentified boy to police guiding them to a lagoon near Fuller Park. His mother Clara Foote died after reporting him missing.
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Chicago
William Jervais
Clara Foote
Fuller Park
Maureen Shay
Police Complaint Department
Cooler Weekend Weather Forecast for Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids recorded .23 inches of rain Friday as rainfall spread across the state. The heaviest rainfall was 1.42 inches at Forteene night. Cloudy skies with occasional light rain are expected through Saturday with cooler weekend temperatures. The five day forecast calls for average highs near 55 and lows near 33. Slightly warmer temperatures are expected Tuesday with rainfall averaging under two tenths of an inch.
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Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
No Third Term Bee for Truman
Sources say President Truman is not pursuing a third term and is not seeking cabinet dismissals. He plans to let his four year record stand and will remain in Washington en route to the capital.
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Truman
Washington
Cowles urges new US foreign policy with mutual aid pacts
News paper publisher Gardner Cowles calls for a United Nations based mutual aid pact system to deter aggression and avert world war III. He advocates an American air corps superiority and a 50 year demilitarization pact with England France Belgium Holland and Russia to restart German industry. He also supports quick military alliances with England France and the Low Countries to defend allies if invaded.
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Coe College
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U. S
Byron S. Hollinshead
America
England
France
Belgium
Holland
Russia
Germany
Low Countries
Soviet Arms Corridor Rumors Link Israel to Czechoslovakia
Paris reports an American intelligence memo citing deserters from the Israeli air force who claim Russia supplied arms and planes to Israel via a Czechoslovakian air route to Palestine. Sworn statements suggest 200 or more aviators on the line. an American pilot deserter says pay was promised at $1000 monthly but received $100.
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Paris
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Palestine
We Were Never Polled Club Growing Rapidly
The We Were Never Polled club in McKeesport Pennsylvania saw its membership rise quickly after forming soon after the election. Members pledge to seek anyone who was not included in public opinion polls and invite respondents to join the crusade regardless of party.
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Mckeesport, Pa
McKeesport
Iowa Hotel Association Opens Three Day Convention in C R
More than two thirds of the expected 150 members registered at the Montrose hotel for the thirty sixth annual Iowa Hotel Association convention. President William Wallace opened the first business session at 10 30 a m with prayers and welcomes from Rev John K Moore and Mayor Frank K Hahn. Lectures by O A Clark Urban Powers and Harold Van Orman Jr followed plus a luncheon speech by Rev Andrew Kurth on Western Europe.
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Iowa Hotel Association
Montrose Hotel
William Wallace
Des Moines
John K. Moore
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Frank K. Hahn
O. A. Clark
Iowa
Board Ofvennors
Urban Powers Ofargo
N.D
Powers
American Hotel Association
Eleventh District
Andrew Kurth
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Harold van Orman, Jr
van Orman Hotels
Fort Wayne
Ind
Larry Smith
Milwaukee
Hotel Men of America
Fred J. Hughes
Design, Inc
Roosevelt Hotel
China appeals for more U S aid as civil war tightens
Communists mass near Nanking prompting U S evacuation orders for about 990 military dependents from the Shanghai Nanking area and warnings for 4 000 other Americans to depart. Premier Wong Wen hao urged President Truman for greater aid while US ships in Tsingtao protect nationals.
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China
Truman
United States
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Wong Wen-hao
Oscar E. Badger
United States West Pacific
Tsingtao
David G. Barr
Joint
United States Military Advisory Group
Badger
Shantung
United States Navy
Race Issue for Congress Negro in Line for Key Job
Washington AP reports a major race issue as Rep. William L. Dawson Illinois first district Chicago attorney and four term veteran appears set to head a major committee, likely becoming the first modern Negro to lead an important regular committee. The Ways and Means crew recommends assignments, then caucus and House approve. Dawson would join Rep. Adam Powell Jr. in the current Negro House membership. The expenditures committee oversees federal spending and executive departments.
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House
Congress
William L. Dawson
Illinois
Chicago
Dawson Actulty
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Dawson
Adam C. Powell, Jr
New York
American Labor Party
Labor Committee
Expenditures
Heavy Snowstorm Hits Black Hills in South Dakota
A severe snowstorm struck the northern Black Hills including Lead and Deadwood with drifts four to five feet and roads blocked in Lawrence county. Deer hunters were stranded but believed provisioned. no deaths reported.
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United Press
Black Hills
South Dakota
Lawrence County
Lead
Deadwood
Snow and Gale Sweep Nebraska From Northwest
Snow and gale force winds moved into Nebraska with 70 mph gusts at Sidney and 60 mph winds at Goodwin Kansas while three inches of snow fell in Sidney and northwest Nebraska experienced similar flurries.
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INS
Nebraska
Omaha Weather Bureau
Sidney
Goodwin
Kan
California Forest Fires Routed Hundreds From Homes
Two wildfires in Southern California scorched more than 16 000 brush acres. The Topanga canyon blaze amid Santa Monica mountains prompted evacuations of about 55 homes and up to 2 000 more residents prepared to flee. Inland Santa Ana fire raged on two 10 mile fronts with 1 000 firefighters fighting. no deaths reported and about 20 minor injuries.
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Silvia Park
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Trippett Ranch
Stocks Plunge as Market Faces Heavy Selling Pressure
Stocks fell sharply with many shares trading down four to seven dollars and some total losses reaching a low around thirteen. Investors blamed administration plans on taxes labor controls and housing as tick tape lags up to four minutes on rapid trading.
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United States
Pennsylvania
Middle West
Wall Street
Presidential Vote Count Report From Early Tuesday Totals
AP tally at 1 p.m. Friday from 127 532 of 135 864 units shows Truman with 23 077 445 votes Wallace with 0 and Thurmond with 935 226. total popular vote 46 190 144.
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Associated Press
Truman
Penciss
Eee Wallace
Thurmond
Gea Wankers
Ban on Mail Use By Polls Sought
Rep Simpson proposes a bill to bar presidential polls from use of the mails and extend the ban to senatorial and congressional polls. He argues polls create bandwagon psychology not in the country's best interest.
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Washington
Simpson
R-Ill
Congress
Rumored Cabinet Return for Ickes Under President Truman
Washington report says Harold L. Ickes, famed New Deal critic and outspoken official, is the subject of widespread speculation about a possible return to Truman's cabinet. Observers note his sharp tongue and history with the administration as factors in the chatter.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Truman
Thomas Elusive
Dewey
Eight Die as Mississippi Storms Rake Central North
Eight people were killed and at least 23 injured when storms ripped through central and northern Mississippi on Friday. The fatalities were reported from Jackson and surrounding counties as the weather system caused extensive damage. Local authorities and the Red Cross opened shelters and issued safety warnings.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Three inmates escape Anamosa reform school hospital ward
Three inmates from Anamosa reform school escaped Thursday night by sawed bars in the tuberculosis ward window. John Bandy, Orval Gitchell, and Charles Richardson fled after tying blankets to descend. Guards on duty later reported the escape. two guards’ names were withheld pending investigation.
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Reformatory
Reformatory Hospital
Foss Davis
Davis
BANDY
Collegians Threaten Effigy Burn of Danny Kaye in London
Vaudeville fans in London protest by planning to burn Danny Kaye in effigy during Guy Fawkes celebration. The Varsity Artists' Federation telegraphed the university tag society, calling the act insulting to Kaye. Kaye left London for Paris. no comment yet.
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Danny Kaye
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University Tag Society
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Paris
Parliament
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