Oatmeal Train Delivers Aid as Friendship Drive Gathers Pace
Cedar Rapids volunteers fuel a seven carloads of oatmeal donation the largest single contribution since the Friendship Train left Los Angeles. Iowa's effort boosts Red Cross funds with total gifts near thirty one thousand dollars. European officials praise the gesture as a symbol of faith and friendship while organizers hope to extend the convoy toward New York and possibly run a second train in Europe.
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Gazette-Blumenshine
Iowa
Frank Nye
Chamber of Commerce
J. J. Viala
Chicago
Nicola Giulii
Drew Pearson
Cedar Rapids
Los Angeles
France
Italy
Washington
New York
Europe
Ee Aay
Jean Joseph
Ray Spielman
Red Cross
Friendship Fund
Otis Tuttle
Norway
Battle of Newark Harbor Postponed by Tide
Newark fights over the aging battleship New Mexico as tide shifts force postponement. Coast guard ships join harbor tugs to block entry while Newark officials threaten arrest and police aboard fireboats. Admiral Halsey declines to intervene. Major Murphy vows the harbor will not become a junkyard.
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Newark
Meseck Towing Company
New Mexico
Gravesend Bay
Brooklyn
Coast Guard
William “Bull
Halsey
Vincent J. Murphy
Elizabeth
N. J
Murphy
John B. Keenan
London
Keenan
City to pay final tribute to Seaman Gerald Heim
Cedar Rapids honors 18 year old Seaman Gerald Heim from Pearl Harbor with a large funeral procession. The Mayors war dead memorial committee coordinates plans as 50 uniformed naval personnel escort the body from Milwaukee station to Linwood Cemetery. A cadre of 30 organizations and veterans groups join the procession led by the Veterans of Foreign Wars color guard and a Navy firing squad.
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Cedar Rapids
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Hubert Conley
Abe Pilicer
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Women’s Relief Corps
Daughters of the American Revolution
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
American Legion Auxiliary
Red Cross
Salvation Army
U. S. Naval Reserve
Gold Star
Rod
Ney S. Gould
Navy
John Steyne
Seaman Heim
Esther Heim
Donald
Stassen To Compete In Nebraska Primary
Harold E. Stassen announced in Lincoln on Friday that he will contest the Nebraska primary, outlining plans for his campaign and timeline as he seeks votes from the state electorate.
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Stassen
Nebraska
Lincoln
Harold E. Stassen
Flags at half staff for Saturday funeral procession
All flags will be half staff Saturday. Units in the funeral parade must be in position by 2 p.m. Mayor Hahn opens services at 2:30 on the Memorial building steps. Church bells toll for 15 minutes. At 2:50 p.m. the cortege moves through downtown Cedar Rapids with planes overhead. Caisson procession pauses shoppers in stores.
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Hahn
Memorial Building
Cedar Rapids
Warren Tosses Hat in Ring for GOP Nomination
Governor Earl Warren of California declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination for president. He will not campaign outside California but would allow a California pledged delegation to present his name at the convention. He declined any interest in the vice presidency.
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Sacramento
Calif
Earl Warren
California
United States
Warren
Air Officer Probe Eyes Court Martial Over Stock Trading
Senate inquiry raises questions about Meyers and poker stakes as high as 3000 dollars. Maj. Gen. Junius W. Jones testifies Meyers held shares in seven aviation firms while serving as wartime procurement deputy. The Air Force refuses Meyers court martial request, prompting scrutiny of safeguards against fraud and corruption in wartime procurement.
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Washington
Bennett E. Meyers
Air Force
Senate
Junius W. Jones
Air Forces
Ferguson
R-Mich
Jones
Meyers
Air Force Procurement
Wrightfield
Dayton
War Department
Doctors Rescue Couple From 12000 Foot Ledge In Utah
Dr. Robert Dykes and his wife Marjorie survived five days on a frozen ledge in the Uinta mountains after his light plane crashed near South Burro peak. Rescued by woodsmen and rangers, they described near starvation, cold, and a risky Eskimo lamp attempt that produced dangerous carbon monoxide.
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Evanston
Wyo
Robert Dykes
Taft
Calif
Uinta Mountains
Utah
Marjorie
Wyoming
South Burro Peak
R. H. Dykes
Gazette's FM Station Goes On Air Sunday
Gazette's FM station KCRK at 96.9 FM will start broadcasting Sunday with a six hour debut from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Preliminary tests occur tonight and tomorrow. The Cedar Rapids outlet, first commercial FM station in the area, will run at 15 000 watts temporarily, later boosting to 48 000 watts, featuring a dedicatory service and music with news. Radio dealers offer FM sets and converters for standard receivers.
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Eday Rapids
the Gazette Company
KCRK
George C. Biggar
Cedar Rapids
Rain Forecast Shifts to Rain This Weekend in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids forecast changes from snow to rain tonight and Saturday with a temperature drop Saturday night. Friday 2:30 p m temperature reached 35 degrees, up from 32 degrees, which held from Thursday afternoon through Friday morning. Des Moines reported only a trace of rain as predicted snow failed to materialize. Low around 32 Friday night, high near 38 Saturday.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
British Rocket Station Explosion Kills German Expert
An explosion at Britain's rocket research station in Aylesbury on Friday killed Dr. Johannes Schmidt, head of a team of German experts brought to England after the war.
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Aylesbury
England
Britain
Johannes Schmidt
Mason City High School Girl Slam
Arlene Mott a 15 year old Mason City High School junior was found strangled beside Ver Helst’s car in an alley behind her home. Ver Helst an 18 year old classmate is being questioned by police. no charges filed.
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Mason City
Arlene Mott
R. E. Smiley
Charles van Helst
Harold E. Wolfe
Mott
Ver Helst
Arlene
Dr. Smiley
Mason City High School
Two Unions Reach Pact With Roads
In Chicago, the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors announced a national wage deal with major railroads for a 15.4 cent hourly increase retroactive to November 1, affecting about 200,000 operating employees. Negotiations began October 7, with 11 rules still under discussion and four agreed changes.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of
Order of
Brotherhoods
Monay
John J. Wagner Heads National Real Estate Institute
Cedar Rapids realtor John J. Wagner was elected president of the National Institute of Real Estate Brokers in San Francisco, becoming the first Cedar Rapids man to head a division of the national association. He has chaired the institute's editorial board and served as regional VP and on its board of governors. Otto Knudsen of Eagle Grove was elected vice president of the Iowa Real Estate Association and is involved with the Farm Brokers Institute.
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Cedar Rapids
John J. Wagner
National Institute of Real Estate Brokers
San Francisco
National Association of Real Estate Boards
National Association
Wagner
Brokers’ Institute
Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board
Iowa Real Estate Association
Otto Knudsen
Eagle Grove
Farm Brokers Institute
United Nations creates Korea commission over Soviet objections
In Flushing New York the United Nations General Assembly approved a special Korea commission by 43 to 0 with six abstentions. Russia and Slav states did not participate. The move overrides Soviet objections and implements the American proposal.
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Flushing
N.Y
United Nations General Assembly
U.N. Commission
Korea
Russia
Big French Gold Hoard Reported
Washington reports the French government seeks outside help as its people hide about 2 billion dollars in gold, with total hoarded assets in France and the United States reaching roughly 4.34 billion dollars, complicating the European aid program in Congress.
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Washington
Congress
United States
France
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