Marshall Seeks 597 Million Emergency Fund for Europe
Secretary of State Marshall asked Congress to provide 597 million dollars in emergency aid to France Italy and Austria through March 31 with an estimated 7.5 billion more needed in the 15 months ahead. He warned of real risks and stated only certain European nations can act in line with their traditions while China remains a concern and a China aid proposal is being prepared. He noted occupation costs in Germany Japan and Korea may require about 500 million through June 30.
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Washington
Marshall
Congress
France
Italy
Austria
Senate
House Foreign Committees
Europe
Western Europe
Russia
Britain
United States
Soviet Union
Germany
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Japan
Korea
Army
Army Department
Secretary of Defense
Forrestal
Royall
Conservation Board Fires 3 Executives in Iowa
DES MOINES AP The state conservation commission discharged three top officials after weeks of internal friction. W E Albert chief of the fish and game division W W Aitken superintendent of biology and Mahlon D Lewis superintendent of game were let go. The action followed a special committee survey ordered by Gov Blue and was announced after a Monday session.
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Des Moines
State Conservation Commission
W. E. Albert
Fish and Game Division
W. W. Aitken
Mahlon D. Lewis
Commission
Robert D. Blue
G. L. Ziemer
Division of Fish and Game
Ziemer
Zietmer
Albert
Iowa
Conservation Commission
The
Aitken
Lewis
Eastern Iowa To Provide At Least 4 Cars of Oats
The Friendship Train fund in Cedar Rapids nears four carloads of oatmeal with $11,343.71 in Cedar Rapids Red Cross records and additional gifts from Iowa parishes schools and regional clubs. The program expands as donations from Elkader Williamsburg Keystone and others push toward $16,000 for four cars. The Cedar Rapids ceremony at Union Station Thursday marks adding eastern Iowa cars to the train with officials and reporters aboard.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
A. T. Pleune
Friendship Train
Linn County Red Cross
Friendship Train Committee
Ray Spielman
Red Cross
Harry Dunlap
Iowa City Friendship Train Committee
J. M. Molloy
Immaculate Conception
Clayton County
Elkader
South Iowa County
Williamsburg
Keystone
Keystone American Legion Post
Cedar Rapids Union Station
Eastern Iowa
Pullman
U. S
Union Station
Spielman
F. K. Hahn
Ames
Rocky Mountain Area
Los Angeles
Oakland
Calif
Sacramento
Reno
Nev
Spencer
Boone
Kingsdown
Kan
Europe
David C. White
Ford County
Kansas
Snowy Cedar Rapids Warns Drivers on Slippery Roads
Police issue warnings as a brisk snowfall brings winter driving conditions to Cedar Rapids. More than two inches fall by 2:30 p.m. with temperatures near 28. Capt. L W Remington urges careful driving and pedestrians, noting increased stopping distances and clear windshields.
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Cedar Rapids
Police Safety Department
State Highway Commission
Denison
Pocahontas
Garner
Carroll
L. W. Remington
Police Traffic Division
Greece Aid Still Fails to Restore Stability, Truman Says
President Truman told Congress that Greece remains economically unstable despite 300 million dollars in emergency aid. He cited drought, guerilla disruptions, rising prices, and diverted funds to the military as factors hindering recovery, warning that continued marginal subsistence could foster totalitarian ideologies. Nine million dollars shifted to military support amid communist influence hampers Greece’s push to recover.
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Truman
Congress
Greece
America
Turkey
Mr. Truman
Hughes Tells Of Dealings With General Meyers Loan Offer
Washington D C dispatch reports Howard Hughes testified before the senate war investigating committee that Maj Gen Bennett Meyers sought a $200000 loan to buy liberty bonds on margin before Hughes Aircraft contract was approved. Hughes said Meyers offered no post war job and suggested he might become general manager of Hughes Aircraft. He described Meyers as a former critic later among his Washington friends and noted he left Meyers duties to his own judgment. He advised officers entertainment was needed to do business with the air forces and recalled Meyers as an ally at Wright Field. He ridiculed Meyers draft deferment and joked about Johnny Meyer's paternity suit from New York.
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Washington
INS
Howard Hughes
Bennett Meyers
Liberty
Air Force
Hughes
Senate War Investigating Committee
Meyers
Hughes Aircraft Company
Johnny Meyer
Gen. Meyers
Hughes Club
Wright Field
Jesse Jones
The
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Wrightfield
Army Air Forces
H. H. Arnold
A.A.F
Arnold
Ferguson
R-Mich
Johnny
New York
Commonwealth Seeks Dismissal of Federal Suit
Boss Hotels Company asks federal court to dismiss the Office of Housing Expeditor suit seeking to halt alleged rent overcharges. The company reiterates that the Commonwealth is not subject to rent control and denies that its 110 units are controlled housing.
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Cedar Rapids News
Commonwealth
Boss Hotels Company
Office of Housing
T. J. Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Boss Company
Office of Rent Control
Grand Jury Urged to Probe Cedar Rapids Fourth Street
Linn County Judge G K Thompe instructed a seven member grand jury to investigate traffic obstructing railroads on Cedar Rapids Fourth Street. The move marks the first time a grand jury is asked to curb a highway nuisance and could lead to indictments against railroads or their employees if proven neglectful.
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Cedar Rapids
G. K. Thompeson
Linn County Grand Jury
Fourth Street
Woman Robbed in Police Car Near Officers
Mrs. Fanny Westberry, 41, injured in a Sunday crash, was sitting in a police car when a thief opened the door and snatched her purse containing $20 and other valuables. Police say two officers were nearby as the crime occurred.
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Miami
Fanny Westberry
Mystery plague flaring in Iran near frontier
TEHRAN INS reports a pulmonary pestilence with 40 deaths and a new outbreak in western Iran. The disease has appeared over an 80 mile by 60 mile area near the frontier as officials work to identify and control it.
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Tehran
Ins
Iran
Blonde confession hoax lands Chicago woman in jail
A Michigan woman Mrs Kenneth McCleary 18 admitted falsely stabbing a man to police saying amnesia and marriage trouble drove her to confess. She claimed she wanted to see how officers would react to a pretty girl’s murder confession. No body was found and her sister Joan Barrett 19 exposed the ruse. Police planned a mental examination.
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Chicago
Central Police Station
Harold Enright
Joan Barrett
McCleary
Ferndale
Mich
Harry McCleary
Prowler Captured: Oak Park Mouse Surprises Police
Mrs. Charles R Higdon reports a prowler in the kitchen as two police squads arrive. Officers Willard Plante and Walter Harmon enter and switch on the light discovering the intruder is a red banded mouse.
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Chicago
INS
Charles R. Higdon
Oak Park
Willard Plante
Walter Harmon
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Associated Press
Glenn Marsh
Rockford
Ill
Marsh
Vernon Anderson
Rex Conn
Friendship Train Fund
Trinity Methodist Church
Solon Methodist Church
Coggon Presbyterian Church
Blairstown American Legion Post
Independence Rotary Club
Ogden
Green River
Rawlins
Laramie
Cheyenne
North Platte
Nebraska
Kearney
Grand Island
Fremont
Omaha
Hawkeye State
Council Bluffs
Clinton
Remington
Thompson
Gordon Hughes
William Remington
E. A. Prochaska
City Lines Buses
David El-derkin
Ralph Heaton
Fairfax
Foreman
Verne E. Pratt
Coggan
Frank Krob, Jr
Ely
Herbert H. Montillon
Foureteenth Street
Arthur Pearson
Springville
Harland Biggs
Walker
A. B. Nollsch
Marion
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