Sailors Rescued After Five Day Marooning Off Newfoundland
British freighter Empire MacCallum began taking aboard survivors from the wrecked Langleecrag after a five day ordeal on Sacred Island near Newfoundland. One crew member died when the ships broke apart after five days of icy rain and towering waves. Rescue efforts involved the Empire MacCallum and other vessels near treacherous seas.
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Halifax
N.S
Empire MacCallum
Langleecrag
Sacred
Newfoundland
Empire M
Montreal
States Coast Guard
Evergreen
Canadian Mounted Police
Fourth Street Traffic Plan is Approved
Cedar Rapids adopts a Rock Island plan to ease Fourth street congestion by allowing only one train at a time on the Fourth street right of way between the north yards and Ninth avenue SE. Switching, signals, and train movements are adjusted with stationing of switchmen to speed entries and ensure clearance starting Monday at 6 30 am.
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Cedar Rapids News
Gordon Hughes
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
B. R. Dew
Hughes
Iowa City
Fred E. Kinney
Fourth Street
North Yards
Ninth Avenue SE
Tom Condon
Dew
Twelfth Avenue
Milwaukee and
Ilinois Central
Ninth Avenue
B Avenue
Crosstown
A and C Avenues
Third Avenue
Marshall in Blast at Red Propaganda
Secretary of State Marshall denounces Soviet propaganda as a threat to world stability. He rejects imperialistic aims in aiding Europe and urges a halt to Russia's expansion, speaking before London talks with Molotov and aiming to shape postwar peace.
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Associated Press
Marshall
Chicago
Russia
Martin Kennelly
John S. Knight
Adlai E. Stephenson
United States
United Nations
State Marshall
Europe
Big Four
London
Germany
Britain
Chicago Council On Foreign Relations
Chicago Chamber of Commerce
Molotov
Blum to head new French government amid crisis
Paris reports Léon Blum, veteran Socialist leader, has accepted a bid to head a new middle of the road government replacing Paul Ramadier as Communist led strikes threaten a general stoppage across France. Mollet predicts Blum’s appointment within 48 hours amid widening industrial action and a push for a third force government to calm clashes with De Gaulle.
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Paris
Leon Blum
Paul Ramadier
France
Guy Mollet
Socialist Party
Blum
Mollett
Charles de Gaulle
Communists
de Gaullists
Mollet
Ramadier
Paul Reynaud
Third Republic
General Confederation of Labor
Confederation
National Defense
Congress Panel Drops Truman Price Control Push
Washington reports the joint congressional economic committee will sidetrack price control and rationing from the anti inflation program and focus on other proposals. It plans hearings on restoration of credit controls, regulation of exchanges, export controls, livestock sales, and farm conservation, with possible limited rent control extension and continued export controls.
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Washington
Joint
Congressional Economic Committee
Truman
Othe
Rep
Wolcott
Mich
Joi
House Banking Committee
House
Congress
Taft
Agriculture Department
AFL
William G
Grand Hotel To Be Closed Fire Hazard Warned
Fire Chief E. P. Kohout labeled the Grand Hotel at 302 First Avenue NE a severe fire hazard and ordered it vacated. owner Philip Leibsohn said operator Frank Wood will terminate the lease by January 15, with a possible early exit by January 1. A 60 day notice followed from State Fire Marshal John Strohm demanding elimination of hazards or cessation of hotel operation.
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Cedar Rapids
Grand Hotel
First Avenue
E. P. Kohout
Philip Leibsohn
Frank Wood
Leibsohn
Kohout
John Strohm
Adrian Lubberden
Royal Hotel
Third Street
BOAC Flying Boat Crashes in Fog Near Newport
A British Overseas Airways Corporation flying boat crashed in fog near Newport Isle of Wight on Wednesday, killing one crew member and injuring three others. All four aboard were the sole occupants of the aircraft.
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Newport
Isle of Wight
British Overseas Airways Corporation
Bedsheets to repay Belgian town for 1944 aid
Winchester residents will donate 500 bedsheets Sunday to repay Hemroulle Belgium for helping U S soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge. Lt Col John Hanlon will gather sheets at the high school auditorium with Belgian Consul Albert Navez, as church bells across 10 steeples ring.
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Winchester
Mass
John Hanlon
Hemroulle
Belgium
Hanlon
Albert Navez
Rail unions start strike ballots amid contract talks
Distribution to 100000 Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engine men members began Wednesday, with two other unions ready to mail ballots. The moves signal possible contract negotiation breakdown in Chicago as Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Switchmen's Union of North America also prepare ballots.
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Cleveland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Senate approves foreign aid bill for France Italy Austria
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously approved the administration bill authorizing 597 million dollars in emergency relief for France Italy and Austria. The 13 to 0 vote included amendments permitting up to 25 percent of funds for foreign market purchases and clarifying no obligation to aid specified countries or guarantee commodity availability.
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Washington
The
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
France
Italy
Austria
Senate
Vandenberg
Rmich
State Department
United States
Thieves Steal Grave Markers in Tokyo City Scene
In Tokyo thieves sought fuel and took numerous wooden grave markers. Municipal authorities posted wooden signs warning of definite punishment from heaven, but the signs themselves were stolen along with the markers.
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Tokyo
Friends fulfill Chuckies Prayer at Sycamore
Charles Leighty six drowned last summer in a Minnesota lake. His friends started the Chuckie Leighty Memorial Fund to buy milk for children in Europe and Japan, sending heifers and goats abroad. More than $2,000 has been raised and spent so far, honoring the boy’s nightly prayer.
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Sycamore
Charles Leighty
Minnesota
Europe
Japan
Wayne Leighty
Chuckie
Chuckie Leighty
Court decision may block veteran life insurance dividends
The VA warns a Chicago appeals ruling could erase planned dividends on 19 million war veterans life policies. If upheld, beneficiaries over 30 would receive the face value plus 3 percent interest in 120 monthly installments for up to 10 years, then for life if living. The government plans an appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
U.S
Chicago
Justice Department
Supreme Court
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
National Service
H. W. Breining
National Service Life Insurance Fund
Court of Appeals At
Appeals Court
U N Acts To Modify Veto
The U N political committee urged a joint one year study by the General Assembly and Security Council to modify the veto power. The plan, backed by the United States, drew warnings from the Soviet Union that tampering would bring trouble. Voting was 36 to 6 with 11 abstentions. Chile voted No.
City returns fortune to Davenport recluse
William H. Davis, reclusive resident of Davenport, gets back 16425 dollars in cash and bonds unearthed from debris in his home last July. City officials recovered the fortune and restored it to the owner.
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Davenport
William H. Davis
Meyers Accused of Securing Big Job for Future Father-In-Law
Washington report says Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers allegedly helped place his future father-in-law, a bus driver, as production vice-president of Aviation Electric Corp earning $1,000 a month. B. H. Lamarre testified Meyers acted for R. A. Curnutt, who later joined the payroll, amid wartime probes.
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Washington (Lp
Bennett E. Meyers
Aviation Electric Corporation
B. H. Lamarre
Meyers
Senate
Air Force
Lamarre
R. A. Curnutt
Curnutt
Aviation Electric
Ila-Rae Curnutt
Junius W. Jones
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Jones
Ferguson
Man Slain as Fear Associate Seized in Lincoln Ill
Lincoln Illinois police hunted B H er an insurance agent from Princeton after his companion Wesley Rhody 40 was found shot to death Tuesday night near Lincoln The three hunters who found the body said Rhody had left town with Turner around 4 pm for Monmouth Alabama to conduct insurance business Rhody's wife Rose identified the trucking firm loan insurance matter The body was dragged about 70 feet by a car driven by the hunters who discovered it Dr Boyd Perry said Rhody was dead when struck and had died minutes earlier
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Lincoln, Ill
B. H. Er
Princeton
Wesley Rhody
Rhody
Lincoln
C. L. Kief
Temperature Rise Sparks Rain Forecast Affects Cedar Rapids
A slow temperature rise forced a weather forecast change from snow to rain. Showers or snow moved into the northwest state and extreme north portions by Wednesday morning, with the system expected to spread tonight or Thursday. Cedar Rapids logged 39 degrees at 2:30 PM, with a 29 degree low Tuesday and an expected 30 to 34 degree low Wednesday night. Colder weather was forecast for late Friday as national readings showed a one degree below zero low in Williston and 81 in Miami.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Raids
Williston
N. D
Miami
Divorce Bill Alleges Wife Took Leg to Scold Him
William O'Brien a 64 year old union secretary files in district court for cruelty saying his wife removed his artificial leg to stop him from leaving while she scolded him at length. Mrs O'Brien denies the claim stating it is not true.
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Washington
William O’brien
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