Friendship Train Heads to Cedar Rapids With Food For Europe
The Friendship Train leaves Council Bluffs this morning headed for Cedar Rapids at 8 o'clock tonight carrying 58 carloads of food from Omaha. Eastern Iowa donates seven carloads of rolled oats and Council Bluffs adds two thousand dollars for Washington. Dignitaries including French Ambassador Bonnet and Italy’s Giulii join Cedar Rapids program with Pearson.
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Cedar Rapids
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Tulare
S. D
Iowa
Chicago
Drew Pearson
France
Italy
America
Nicola Giulii
Los Angeles
Pearson
Boone
Ames
Marshalltown
Union Station
Greene Square
Bonnet
Priof
Robert Blue
Ray Spielman
Washington
Spencer
Solon Blasts Dictators in Chicago Construction Field
Chicago hearings before Rep. Owens and Rep. Gwinn accuse contractors associations and labor leaders of racketeering in the Chicago building trade. Gwinn says initiation fees of $1,000 exist, unions steer materials to non union labs and boycott pre fabricated goods. Owens vows to hand evidence to local authorities as officials contend labor costs dominate building prices.
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Chicago
Owens
R-I
New York
Rep. Gwinn
Rn.y
House
Gwinn
Uranium May Be Asked as Aid Payment
Washington hearings reveal the United States may seek uranium from Europe as partial payment for aid to support the American atomic program. Sen. Vandenberg demands top-level guidance, while Harriman cautions against aid to nations susceptible to Soviet influence.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Sen. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Interior
William E. Warne
State Department
William Phillips
Vandenberg
Phillips
Bloodshed in Naples as Communists clash with police
Rioting Communists in Naples attacked news stands and burned rightist papers as troops protected the city hall. Tear gas and clubs were used to disperse the crowd. injuries were reported, with more likely. The violence followed street clashes in Milan as Italy faced a tense winter political surge.
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Rome
Naples
Italy
Alcide de Gasperi
Milan
Marion seeks 100000 bond for centralized rural school
The Marion independent rural school district asks for a new 100000 bond to finance a centralized school half a mile north of Marion. The project, designed by Norman Hatton of Cedar Rapids, will serve 260 pupils through eighth grade, feature two main sections and a gymnasium, and consolidate 13 rural schools into one site on a nine acre tract purchased for 6200. Officials say costs escalate to 50-60 cents per cubic foot, with total levy rising about 2.15 mills to a $2.50 per $1000 valuation. The plan includes buses, a stage, basement kitchen lunchroom, and a dual-story classroom block.
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Marion News
Marion
Carl Wallace
Alfred Granger
Hatton
Walter Shupp
Township School Board
Floyd Emmons
Emmons
Ivan Gillmore
Charles Dukek
Clyde Simonsen
Rudy Novak
Six Die When Car Slams Into Bridge Culvert East Of Sumner
A car carrying seven people crashed into a culvert on a cement bridge along highway 93, one half mile east of Sumner, killing six instantly and critically injuring one. The victims were Virgil Trewin, Mabel Frahm, Donna Ehlert, Clarence Winning, Leonard Dietrich, Elsie Sorge, and Bernice Coleman. The crash occurred about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday while en route from Sumner to Hawkeye for a dance. An investigation by state highway patrol followed. the incident marked Iowa's worst single car accident of the year, raising the 1947 traffic death toll to 477.
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Sumner
Highway 93
Here
Fayette County
Fayette- Bremer
Hawkeye
Bremer County
J. R. Wood
James E. Whitmire
Crushed Rock
State Highway Patrol
Iowa
Britain Rejects Palestine Plan
London reports that Britain has rejected or refused substantial sharing in the Soviet American plan for partitioning Palestine. High government sources said Thursday.
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London
Britain
Palestine
Battle Line Formed as Dreadnaught Found at Newark
The 30,000-ton battleship New Mexico, decommissioned and adrift off Boston, drifted into Newark as coast guard planes and tug boats directed to its position. Mayor Murphy and Navy officials traded threats of a port blockade to halt scrapping plans, with Lipsett Inc. set to dismantle the vessel at Newark as part of a proposed $70 million port expansion.
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Newark
New Mexico
Coast Guard
Boston
New York City
Vincent J. Murphy
Navy
Kenney
Lipsett, Inc
New York
Murphy
Lipsett
Mystery Malady Nearly Killed Seven In Chimney Swift Case
In Kingfisher Oklahoma AP reports a mysterious illness that nearly killed seven people was diagnosed as carbon monoxide poisoning from chimney swift nests blocking furnace vents. Victims included Mrs. Howard Baldwin and her husband with rapid improvement after treatment.
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Kingfisher
Okla
Howard Baldwin
C. M. Hodgson
Hodgson
U S Woman Gets Bid To Elizabeths Party
Jeffersonville Indiana report notes Miss Clara Petter a 48 year old autograph collector received an invitation from Queen Mary to attend a St James Palace party for Princess Elizabeth two days before her wedding. Petter called the invitation a surprise and said she might not be able to attend. She had previously sought autographs from Queen Mary and corresponded with her. Petter also sent a blue silk handkerchief for Princess Elizabeth to wear at the wedding to Lieut Phillip Mountbatten.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Clara Petter
Queen Mary of England
St. James Palace
Princess Elizabeth
Miss Petter
Queen Mary
Ukraine Secures Seat on 1948 UN Security Council
At Flushing Meadows India withdrew its rival candidacy and helped Ukraine win a place on the 1948 United Nations Security Council. The plenary voted 35 for Ukraine and two for India amid the long delayed contest.
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Flushing Meadows
N. Y
INS
Russia
United Nations General Assembly
Ukraine
Security Council
India
Fairfax Girl Killed in Car Crash West of Swisher
A 14 year old Fairfax girl Evelyn Reyman died when a light Ford sedan carrying five students left a gravel road between Shueyville and Swisher. Other passengers Jenny Hanson Adeline Zach and Alvin Vondracek survived with injuries. The crash occurred a half mile west of highway 218. Zach had a fractured arm and was treated at St Luke's. Evelyn Reyman funeral planned at Bohemian Moravian Brethren church with burial near Ely.
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Fairfax
Shueyville High School
Swisher
Evelyn Reyman
Joseph Reyman
Arlene
Cedar Rapids
Leonard
Mary Jiroutek
Ely
Adeline Zach
Highway 218
Iowa Highway Patrol
Reyman
Zach
St. Luke’s Hospital
Bohemian Moravian Brethren Church
Ludvik Burian
Truhlar Cemetery
Brosh Chapel
Snow or Rain Forecast for Iowa This Week
Forecasts indicate snow or rain will spread across most of northern Iowa as winter returns. Cedar Rapids stays clear early but warms to near 32, with clouds forming by afternoon. Temperatures range from mid-teens to mid-twenties, while Grand Forks remains among the nation’s coldest spots at seven below zero.
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Cedar Rapids
Grand Forks
N. D
Marseille hit by general strike as dock and metal workers march
In Marseille the port was paralyzed by a general strike called by Communist led unions after city hall clashes. Mobile guards patrolled with tommy guns as army units arrived. Mayor Michel Carlini and aide Pierre Milani were injured, while 18 councilmen were treated for injuries as ships were empty and passengers escorted away.
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Marseille
France
General Confederation of Labor
Michel Carlini
Pierre Milani
Key City Taken By Chinese Reds
Chinese Communist troops captured Shihchiahuang the railway city, one of their most dramatic victories in months, gaining control of the gateway to Shanshi province known for cotton and coal.
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Peiping
Shihchiachuang
Shanshi
French Author Andre Gide Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
STOCKHOLM AP reports French author Andre Gide, 77, received the Nobel prize in literature. Gide has led French letters for four decades, described by his translator as a Communist against Stalin and a Christian against the church.
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Stockholm
Andre Gide
Gide
Dr. Schildt
Couple Survive 5 Days on Snowy Ridge After Crash
Evanston Wyoming dispatch reports California doctor Dr. Robert Dykes Jr and his wife survived five days stranded on a snow bound Utah mountain ridge after a crash. Ground and air rescue teams led by Sheriff Narra more and Ranger Wogensen moved toward Mountain View to reach them by truck, horseback or snowshoe. The couple were returning from Custer South Carolina to Taft California with a companion Les Barker when storm isolated them.
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Evanston
Wyo
INS
Uinta Mountains
California
Robert Dykes, Jr
Taft
Calif
Utah
Hillfield
Frank L. Narra
A. K. Wogensen
Mountain View
Narramore
Casper
Salt Lake City
Custer
S. C
Les Barker
Barker
Milwaukee Rail Chief Foresees Car Shortage Improvement
Milwaukee railroad president Charles H Buford said at a Montrose hotel luncheon that the freight car shortage should improve by next fall. He noted 8,200 new cars were put into service in the last two months as an inspection tour covered 1,500 miles through Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota South Dakota and Iowa.
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Cedar Rapids
America
Charles H. Buford
Milwaukee Railroad
Montrose Hotel
Milwaukee Inspection
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
South Dakota
Iowa
Buford
Aldo's Treasure Hunt Ends In Disappointment
Aldo buried 300 dollars in a metal container seven years ago in case of bank closure. He moved to Newport Rhode Island and forgot it. Returning, he dug up the container but found the money disintegrated into a moldy, unrecognizable mass. He plans to send it to the government to see what happens.
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Newton
Mass
Aldo Aldo
Aldo
Newport
R. I
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Leonard Dietrich
Elsie Sorge
Bernice Coleman
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