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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1948
Page
1
Truman Plans for Big Business Labor Push
President Truman aims to rally big business and labor to enact pledges on repeal of Taft Hartley price controls civil rights and anti inflation measures. Barkley said Congress will back civil rights and push inflation fighting steps, with rent control continuing after March 1 and new labor laws aiming to curb Communist influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Sen
Alben Barkley
D-Ky
Congress
Barkley
White House
Key West
Fla
Maurice J. A
Mr. Truman
Electont
Philip Murray
CIO
Labor
Department of Labor
Sam Rayburn
House
Barkley-Rayburn
Merhich
Oscar R. Ewing
Henry O. Talle
Bud Ryan
American Hotel Association
Death by own action leaves note claiming killer
Texarkana and University of Arkansas headlines swirl as H B Tennison, 18, Texarkana Ark, found dead in his room. A signed note claims he killed Betty Jo Booker Paul Martin Virgil Starks and attempted to kill Mrs Stark. Police seek motive and truth amid a string of later killings near the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville, Ark
University of Arkansas
Texarkana
H. B. “Doodie
Tennison
Ark
State Line
Bruce Crider
Betty Jo Booker
Paul Martin
Mr. Stark
Mrs. Stark
Ella Lea McGee
Edmond Watson
Crider
Richard Griffin
Polly Ann Moore
Virgil Starks
Memphis
Tito American Pact Reported
L Europeao reported a secret military treaty between Marshal Tito and the United States placing Yugoslavia's 36 army divisions with the West in any war against Russia. The unsigned piece cites sources in Rome who claimed to have seen premier De Gasperi and visited the foreign office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
L’europeo
Marshal Tito
United States
Yugoslavia
Russia
Istria
Alcide de Gasperi
Brioni Island
Adriatic Sea
Nassau County Republicans cancel lecture with Harry a ton
The Nassau County Federation of Republican Women postponed a November 17 talk on Our New Republican President and instead scheduled radio comedian Harry a ton to discuss It Pays To Ignorant at Mineola New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineola
N. Y
Nassau County Federation of Republican Women
Harry
Manila Police Sweep Rounds Up Nine Jaywalkers
Manila police arrest nine jaywalkers in an all-out offensive but the judge frees them instantly noting there is no law against jaywalking in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
White House Closed For Extensive Repairs
The White House will close immediately to sight seeing and social events for extensive repairs. President Truman, wife and daughter may move to Blair House. Architects warn repairs are necessary after a fire trap risk. Congress must approve a $1,650,000 remodeling bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Truman
Margaret
James Helm
Pennsylvania Avenue
Blair House
Helm
Congress
Reynolds
One of California Fires Now in Hand
Four hundred men fought to contain a Topanga canyon brush fire as a second blaze near Black Star canyon burned about 19 000 acres over two days. A 25 man patrol kept watch. damage exceeded 250 000 dollars with about 100 buildings affected. No orange groves burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Orange County
Topanga Canyon
Black Star Canyon
Silverado Canyon
Youth Confesses Killing Canadian Executive in Waldorf Hotel
Ralph Barrows, 19, from East Grand Rapids Michigan, admitted punching Colin Cameron MacKellar 56 at the Waldorf Astoria suite after meeting him in Times Square bars. MacKellar, a Dominion Textiles executive, died from abdominal bleeding after a skull fracture. A matchbook found at the scene and Barrows drinking confession led to his arrest in a West 45th Street cafe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Waldorf
Ralph Edward Barrows
Barrows
East Grand Rapids
Mich
Colin Cameron MacKellar
MacKellar
Swank
Waldorf-Astoria
West 45Th Street
Ruby Bartlett
Waldorff
Ralph
Times Square
Astor Bar
Ore
Montreal
Dominion Textiles, Ltd
Mason City Man Named President of Iowa Hotel Assn
Joseph R. Gillam of the Ead mar hotel in Mason City was elected president of the Iowa Hotel Association at the annual Cedar Rapids convention. Offiers include Charles H. Mitchell vice president George W. Davis treasurer Edward P. Burke and J C Mike Kennedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Joseph R. Gillam
Eadmar
Mason City
Iowa Hotel Association
Charles H. Mitchell
Iowana Hotel
Creston
George W. Davis
Jefferson Hotel
Iowa City
Edward P. Burke
Cherokee
J. C. “Mike” Kennedy
American Hotel Association
L. A. Bradley
State University of Iowa
Two Fugitives Caught Third Still at Large
Two of three prisoners who escaped the Anamosa reformatory were captured in Lincoln Nebraska on Friday night. Orval Gitchell and Charles Richardson were found asleep in a stolen car and confessed to stealing two vehicles during the flight. The third escapee John Bandy remains at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Lincoln
Neb
Foss Davis
John Bandy
Orval Gitchell
Charles Richardson
Ralph Beardsley
Reformatory
Dubuque
Henry Eichhorn
Bandy
Beardsley
Warden Davis
Gitchell
Richardson
Nebraska
Randy
Two Women Hit by Car in Drunk Driving Case
Harry Thomas Frebert, 51, of 1743 First Avenue SE pled guilty to drunk driving after his car struck a parked vehicle and hit two women, Mrs. Catherine Calahan and Mrs. Frank Calahan. Frebert was fined $300 with payments arranged. The Calahans were treated at Mercy hospital with non life threatening injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Harry Thomas Frebert
First Avenue SE
Udge
G. K. Thompson
Frebert
Y.W.C.A
Catherine Calahan
Rockford Road
Mercy Hospital
Frank Calahan
Calahan
Chester slaying spree ends with killer's suicide
A gunman opened fire in Chester killing seven bystanders and wounding four before turning the rifle on himself. Melvin Collins, 38, barricaded on a second floor, shot at police and pedestrians as state troops used tear gas. Collins died as officers closed in. Fred Casino, shot earlier, was found dead in a car with the killer. Police identified the detective killed during the confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Fred Casino
Melvin Collins
Exmore
Casino
Collins
Andrew J. Desmond, Jr
Forrestal Signals Exit From Truman Cabinet
Washington (UP) Defense Secretary Forrestal hinted he is leaving the cabinet as he met with President Truman amid cabinet reshuffle rumors. He told reporters the resignation has been on his desk since taking office and declined further comment, stating no need to repeat it. Also on the calling list were Secretary Sawyer and Secretary Lerner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense
Forrestal
Truman
Presidential Vote Totals From Nationwide Count
Nearly complete unofficial returns show Wallace with 1,109,025 votes and a total of 978,470 for other candidates as 130,293 of 135,855 polling places reported. The Washington AP dispatch notes continuing tallies across states with partial results still pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wallace
Os A
Slaying Hint Emerges in Four Bodies Off Florida
Miami Beach investigators linked four men found off the coast to possible murders. David Marmorstein and Jack Novick of New York were named as definite victims, with others unidentified. post mortems showed injuries before drowning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Miami Beach
Claude C. High
High
David Marmorstein
Jack Novick
New York
Marmorstein
Frank R. Lockwood
Lockwood
Biscayne Day
Novick
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