Bond Deal Airing at Senate Inquiry Involves Meyers
Maj. Gen. Bennett E Meyers testified before a Senate war investigating subcommittee that he and his wife netted about 90000 from a 4 million wartime bond purchase after consulting Treasury Secretary Morgenthau. He said Morgenthau told him he could not go wrong and claimed discussions with Marriner Eccles. The hearing also covered alleged loan offers from Howard Hughes and a disputed wartime offer, with Meyers denying accepting any loan.
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Washington
Bennett E. Meyers
Meyers
Marriner Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Morgenthau
Eccles
Aid Bill Raised if Fund Delayed
Secretary of State Marshall told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that the emergency aid estimate of 597 million dollars to Europe may need boosting if congressional action drags. He urged passage of the emergency program this month and the long range plan by March, noting Italy and France face exhaustion of funds by December. He cited total needs of about 2.657 billion for seven months and discussed opposed views from Senator Taft on Europe aid levels.
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Washington
Marshall
Europe
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Italy
France
China
Sen. Dworshak
Ridaho
United States
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations
Citizens Committee
Secretary of Commerce
Harriman
Cedar Rapids Chamber elects seven new directors
Seven Cedar Rapids leaders were elected by secret ballot to three year terms on the Chamber of Commerce board starting January 1, 1948. New directors are Milo Chehak Keith W Dunn Glenn O Fletcher J C Mike Kennedy E J Petranek Lumir Striesky and A L Woggenthaler. Ballots mailed November 3 were tallied November 3. The seven new directors join 14 holdovers to elect officers for 1948.
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Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce Board
Milo Chehak
Keith W. Dunn
Glenn O. Fletcher
J. C. “Mike” Kennedy
E. J Petranek
Lumir Striesky
A. L. Woggenthaler
Chamber
P. F. Keehn
L. J. Nilles
Howard Helscher
W. E. Maupin
O. J. Elsenbast
Nate Worcester
At 100 He Is Army Man in Armistice Day Parade
Long Beach details 100 year old Civil War veteran Charles Chappel is named honorary marshal of the Armistice Day parade. He declined an army vehicle from the navy preferring an army car or jeep, and the army then provided a jeep for the event.
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Long Beach
Charles Chappel
Chappel
Navy
Army
Truman to Tell Congress Foreign Aid and Prices
President Truman will address the special session of Congress Monday at 12 30 p m Central Standard Time. The White House announced the foreign aid and price message will be delivered in person in the House chamber.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
House
Eggless Thursday Called by City Food Committee
The Citiosss Food Committee asks for voluntary cooperation to conserve food on eggless Thursday to aid the United States in feeding undernourished people in western Europe.
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Citiosss Food Committee
United States
Europe
Naomi Doebel Elected Secretary of Real Estate Editors
Naomi Doebel real estate editor of The Cedar Rapids Gazette was elected secretary of the National Association of Real Estate Editors at its San Francisco convention. Other officers named include James K. Chandler presiding Lillard McGee treasurer Ernest Baum garth and John Kempson Charles Leyden. The Gazette page editor has previously served as a trustee and won national awards. A constitutional change will admit Canadian and Mexican editors to membership.
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Cedar Rapids News
Naomi Doebel
Cedar Rapids Gazette
National Association of Real Estate Editors
San Francisco
James K. Chandler
The
Cleveland Press
Lillard McGee
Commercial Appeal
Ernest A. Baumgarth
Detroit News
John W. Kempson
Newark, N. J. Evening News
Charles Leyden
Miami Daily News
Doebel
Gazette
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Association of Real Estate Editors
Canada
Mexico
United States
Incompatability Grounds Voided In West Virginia Divorce
West Virginia supreme court ruled incompatibility cannot ground a divorce by declaring marriage should not be treated as a quitable status. The ruling reversed a circuit court’s grant of Hallie L. Garbert’s divorce for cruel and inhuman treatment, stating the record shows unhappiness but not cruelty.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia Supreme Court
Hallie L. Garbert
July 11 Week Sets Democratic Convention in Philadelphia
Washington reports the 1948 Democratic national convention is fixed for the week starting Sunday July 11 in Philadelphia. The Republican convention in the same city begins three weeks earlier on Monday June 21, awaiting the party’s choice for the presidency.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Seven Cars of Oatmeal To Be Added in Cedar Rapids
Eastern Iowa Friendship Train committee led by Ray Spielman races to add seven carloads of oatmeal to the Cedar Rapids program with funds totaling 27,384.79 to date. Donations from CIO Packinghouse workers Monticello Lions Cedar Rapids Churches and others support the effort. The train arrives Cedar Rapids 8 p.m. Thursday with a Greene Square program and speakers.
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Cedar Rapids
Eastern Iowa Friendship Train Committee
Ray Spielman
Red Cross
Iowa City
Spielman
Paul E. Zimmer
Garrison Cooperative Creamery Association of
Garrison
Benton County
CIO
Monticello Lions Club
Cedar Rapids Council of Churches
Alburnett Methodist Church
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Quaker Oats
National Oats
Committee
Greene Square
Union Station
Pat Patterson
KCRG
V.F.W. Band
Associated Press
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Phil Minner
Harry C. Crowl
William Keenan
Fight erupts at Baptist general convention scene
In Amarillo the Baptist general convention faltered as Rev. William Frazer of Fort Worth argued against allowing Atlanta leader Dr Louis Newton to speak. An audience of 2,500 sang to drown out the dispute while at least 10 men carried Frazer out after a struggle.
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Amarillo
Baptist General Convention
Louis Newton
Atlanta
William Frazer
Fort Worth
Newton
Stalin
Wallace Bassett
Dallas
Frazer
Heim Memorial Services To Be Held Saturday
Cedar Rapids plans a public memorial on the Memorial building steps for Seaman Gerald L. Heim U S N and fallen war dead. The Rev Rodney C Gould will officiate at 2 30 p m with flags at half staff and church bells tolling. Heim’s casket leaves Kansas City for Cedar Rapids arriving 6 55 p m Thursday with pallbearers to follow at Linwood Cemetery salute.
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Heim
Cedar Rapids
Gerald L. Heim
Seaman Heim
U.S. S. Nevada
Rodney C. Gould
Kansas City
Hubert C. Cortes
CMC
Milwaukee
Naval Reserve
Linwood Cemetery
American Graves Registration Service Division
Hahn
Abe Pilkcer
W. W. Stolba
Beatty
Vanston Confesses in Wife Shooting Arraigned on Murder Charge
Orville Vanston 57 was arraigned before Judge G K Thompson on an assault with intent to commit murder charge after confessing to shooting his wife Golda 43 at the Pleasant Prairie school near Cedar Rapids as pupils fled. He was remanded to Linn county jail on an $8,000 bond with a preliminary information prepared but not filed by noon due to grand jury session.
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Gazette-Blumenshine
Orville Vanston
Golda
Pleasant Prairie School
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Vanston
Seth Hendryx
James Smith
G. K. Thompson
Linn
Thompson
St. Luke’s Hospital
Polk County
Fort Madison
State Penitentiary
Nebraska
Leaders Views on Issues and 1948 Candidates Poll
NEA columnist Peter Edson conducted a nationwide poll of 1500 top figures to gauge how leaders in government business and labor view major domestic and foreign issues in Congress special session and which candidates they favor for 1948. The first article appears on page 14 of today’s Gazette.
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NEA
Peter Edson
Gazette
Colder Weather Forecast Tonight With Snow Expected
The forecast calls for colder weather and more snow on Thursday after a brief warmer spell in Cedar Rapids. Snow begins in the southwest and spreads to the west and central areas Thursday night, with lows tonight from 10 to 15 in the north and 15 to 20 in the south. Cedar Rapids logged 26 degrees by 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, after a midnight low of 25, with Tuesday's low at 21 and high at 30. Grand Forks, North Dakota posted the coldest reading in the nation at zero this morning.
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Cedar Rapids
Grand Forks
N. D
Marseille Mayor Beaten by Reds
Commun ist led demonstrators burst into Marseille city hall and beat Mayor Carlini, elected on the De Gaullist ticket in the recent municipal elections, and several others.
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Marseille
Carlini
de Gaullist
Airlines Ground DC-6 Fleet After In-Flight Fires
Airlines operating Douglas DC-6 aircraft grounded after two in-flight fires within three weeks. Five U S carriers and Sabena suspend flights pending investigation into the cause of the incidents. Authorities aim to determine risk and ensure passenger safety across the industry.
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Washington
Sabena
United grounding DC-6 planes prompts Cedar Rapids schedule revisions
United Air Lines plans revised schedules after voluntary DC-6 grounding. No DC-6s serve Cedar Rapids arrivals, but grounded units have operated on connections from Omaha and Chicago to coasts. Plans to protect existing coast reservations are noted as safety checks continue.
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United Air Lines
Cedar Rapids
United
Omaha
Chicago
Gallup DC-6 fires raise near Utah crash parallels
Aviation experts probed a Gallup DC-6 fire seen as nearly parallel to last month’s Utah crash that killed 52. American Airlines Flight from San Francisco to New York landed amid flames beneath the fuselage after Captain Evan W. Chatfield guided a steep, smoke-filled descent. Passengers praised calm as the airplane skidded to a halt near the main runway with a belly blaze and a jagged exit hole.
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Gallup
N. M
Utah
American Airlines
San Francisco
New York
Evan W. Chatfield
Tulsa
C. R. Smith
American Airlines Board
Chatfield
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