Columbus Navy Plane Lands After 11,237 Mile Flight
The Truculent Turtle, a navy patrol bomber, landed at Port Columbus at 11:28 a.m. CST completing a record non stop flight from Perth Australia covering 11,237 miles. The twin engined Lockheed Neptune P2V carried four crewmen and a baby kangaroo.
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Port Columbus
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Australia
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Washington
Chicago
Ship Tieup on Again in Ohio and Pittsburgh Strike
United Press reports the nation’s second maritime walkout and a Columbus transit strike crippling 300,000 residents. About 60,000 workers idle in Pittsburgh as power plant stoppages and hotel strikes compound losses near 125 million dollars. Negotiations continued in San Francisco New York and Washington while federal conciliators urged settlements.
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Columbus
Pittsburgh
CIO Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
New York Harbor
Washington
San Francisco
CIO Marine
CIO
New York
John J. Ryan
CIO United Transport Workers
Power Company
David L. Lawrence
Air Rafé
Seizure of Livestock Is Hinted
Washington AP reports a government seizure of all market-bound livestock as meat shortages widen. Secretary Anderson warned it is a real danger, with aims unclear whether to direct meat to regular channels or ensure hospitals and the armed services receive more. He also announced a monthly list of scarce commodities, keeping meat under price control while lifting ceilings on oats, canned fruits, fruit juices, and certain salmon and beverages.
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Washington
Secretary of
Anderson
Armed Services
New Mexico
Agriculture Department
OPA
U S Eyes Dardanelles Issue as Turmoil Concern
Washington officials led by Under secretary of State Acheson said the United States is actively interested in Russian demands on Turkey over control of the Dardanelles. He noted careful consideration of actions in response to Russia's second note while denying reports of a Turkish appeal for help. He also stated there is no evidence that Turkey has moved to full war readiness.
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Acheson
United States
Turkey
Dardanelles
Russia
I Club Men To See Iowa Purdue Pictures at Cedar Rapids
Iowa's 16 to 0 victory over Purdue will be shown at a Thursday noon "I" club meeting at the Montrose hotel Cedar Rapids. All members and prospective members may attend the gridiron luncheon with Glenn Devine of the Iowa athletic staff presenting the film. Reservations via Montrose dial 9111 by 10 am Thursday.
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Cedar Rapids News
Iowa
Purdue
Cedar Rapids
Montrose
I” Club
Dial
Glenn Devine
Iowa Athletic Staff
Cordell Hull Suffered Stroke Declared Stable
Washington dispatch reports former secretary of state Cordell Hull suffered a slight stroke Monday night. The navy said his condition was satisfactory, though friends said it was critical. Hull, who turns 75 on Wednesday, remains in a naval hospital after a September 12 checkup and rest. He has been in poor health since resigning from the cabinet in 1944.
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Cordell Hull
Navy
Hull
Naval Hospital
New York Family Flees Atom Bomb
PORT WASHINGTON New York UP six members of the Keenan family headed for Montana on Tuesday to escape atom bombs they fear will be dropped on the east coast. Keenan a 43 year old general contractor said he planned the exodus since Hiroshima. He and his wife and four children started the trek in an automobile and a truckload of belongings with his remark that someone has to get the movement going.
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N. Y
Keenan
Montana
William Keenan
Hiroshima
Million Pounds of Meat Found at Boston Plant
Boston AP report states 4,000,000 pounds of dressed meat were found in a large freezing plant by investigators ordered by Gov. Maurice J. Tobin to identify owners and check if any meat was withheld from consumers. Massachusetts police and health inspectors noted 2,000,000 pounds were Army property and 4,000,000 pounds privately owned. Tobin asked War Secretary Patterson to release 25 percent of Army allotment to aid hospitals. some hospitals fed horsemeat to patients last week.
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Maurice J. Tobin
Massachusetts
Tobin
Patterson
Army
Not Even Leg Fracture Keeps Man From Meat Return
Elliot Lucas, 58, a printing house messenger, was injured when struck by a car while carrying a meat package home. Despite a leg fracture, he urged police to ensure his wife gets the meat, and later took it to the hospital himself where a nurse notified his wife to collect the meat.
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Cleveland
Elliott Lucas
Messenger
Lucas
Business Men Flown to Chicago by Air for Appointments
Column recounts Cedar Rapids executives flew to Chicago in a light plane costing about $70,000 for business appointments. Describes flight path along the Mississippi and Rock River, aircraft owners like Hunter Flying Service and LaPlant Choate, and the airport as seen by a pilot. The writer riffs on city editors and aviation buzz, hinting at broader Cedar Rapids air activity.
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Greeks Lose Paris Ruling On Frontier
In Paris a peace conference commission voted to keep the pre war Greek Bulgarian frontier and reject Greece's demand for border rectifications. The military commission upheld Bulgarian demilitarization while the Balkans and Finland economic commission ordered Bulgaria to return looted Allied property. Only Greece supported moving the frontier north and the US urged demilitarization as the safer option.
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Kimon Diamantopoulos
Panhandle
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Military Commission
Jefferson Caffery
Soviet Fortification of Turkish Line Reported
ISTANBUL AP Tasvir reported that all residents over 60 in the Soviet zone along the Turkish frontier were evacuated into Russia and fortifications three miles behind the border were under construction. The report coincided with Turkey's stance on Soviet demands over the Dardanelles as Ankara showed signs of easing tension amid broad Turkish military activity.
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Turkey
Tasvir
Dardanelles
Argentina Meat Packing Industry Shuts Down
Buenos Aires AP reports Argentina's meat packing industry closed after eighteen day slowdown as workers and employers failed to agree on wages. The shutdown halts all meat exports.
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Buenos Aires
Ribbentrop Is Doomed and Hess Given Life
MERNBERG The international war crimes tribunal issued death by hanging to 12 Nazi leaders including Goering and Ribbentrop, with Hess and others given life or lighter terms. Russia protested acquittals of Schacht, Papen, and Fritsche, while High Court judges prepared to deliver sentences and possible clemency decisions.
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Hess
Russia
Lawrence
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Heavy frost hits outskirts. vegetables damaged near Cedar Rapids
Temperatures dropped to two degrees below freezing Tuesday morning in Cedar Rapids. Truck gardeners reported heavy frost damage to tomatoes and beans on the outskirts, with peppers, eggplant, and melon vines badly affected. Orchards remained largely unharmed. Greenhouses reported little to no frost damage. Des Moines forecast fair and warmer weather with highs near 65.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Chambers- Inskeep
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