Peace plea from ill Cordell Hull on eve of 75th birthday
Former Secretary of State Cordell Hull, critically ill after a stroke at Bethesda Naval Hospital, issued an anniversary message urging world leaders to unite to avert a second war. He called on the United States Great Britain the Soviet Union China and France to work together for enduring peace and global well being.
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Robert F. Loftus
Washington
Cordell ‘Hull
Bethesda Naval ‘Hospital
Hull
United States
Great Britain
Soviet Union
China
France
U. S
United Nations
13 Million Pounds Of Meat Found In New York City
Mayor William O Dwyer announced a 24 hour surge by 225 police health and market inspectors uncovered 13312880 pounds of meat in cold storage plants railroad cars and slaughter houses. Poultry totaling 15946808 pounds was also found as part of the drive to relieve meat scarcity and guide recommendations.
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New York
William O’dwyer
O'Dwyer
Paint Price Increase Authorized by OPA
The OPA granted industry wide price increases on paint from four to 17 cents a gallon. It marks the first such rise since paint was placed under price controls. These increases will be passed on to consumers.
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Washington
OPA
Wen
Century Foresees Return to Capacity Operations in 1947
Century Engineering predicts full operating capacity in 1947 after acquiring a controlling interest in Automatic Control Engineers of Bedford Indiana. The firm aims to use about half of the output from Automatic Control and the rest for other big users. E J Lattner was elected president with Wilson Charbonneaux as executive VP and general manager and Keith W Dunn as secretary treasurer. Directors include Lattner Dunn Charbonneaux Thompson Newland.
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Cedar Rapids
Century Engineering Corporation
E. J. Lattner
Automatic Control Engineers, Inc
Bedford, Ind
Century Investment Corporation
Century Engineering
Indiana
Century
Bedford
Latiner
Wilson Charbonneaux
Keith W. Dunn
Lattner
Dunn
C. C. Thompson
Charbonneaux
Arthur Newland
Treasury reports three month surplus of 119 million
The treasury’s daily statement shows receipts for the first three months of the fiscal year exceeded expenditures by 119,306,258 dollars. The last three month surplus occurred December 31, 1930, when the surplus was 142,000,000 dollars.
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Washington
Treasury
B-29 Crashes Near Battle Mountain Kill All Aboard
Wen dover army air base officers announced a Superfortress crashed and burned Tuesday two miles southwest of Battle Mountain Nevada. All crew members were killed though exact numbers were unknown. The plane was on a training flight from Grand Island Nebraska to Fairfield-Suisun California. Names of victims will be released after kin notification.
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Wendover
Utah
Wendover Army Air Base
Battlemountain
Nev
Grand Island
Neb
Fairfield-Suisun Army Base
Fairfield
Calif
Silliman Forecasts Personal Crisis After Nurenberg Trials
Cedar Rapids attorney Bayne Freeland reports Silliman predicts some Nazi leaders may attempt suicide before hangings at Nurenberg. He cites Hans Frank as likely to act, and notes surprise at innocent verdicts for Franz von Papen and Hjalmar Schacht. Silliman recalls aiding custody of Schacht and Goering’s anger at verdicts.
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Bayne Freeland
B. D. Silliman
Cedar Rapids
Judge Advocate General's Department
Nuernberg
Hans Frank
Poland
International Tri- Silliman Bunal
Silliman
Hans Fritsche
Franz von Papen
Papen
Schacht
Noose
Dixon Hedges
Economics
Oberurseel
Germany
Uncensored Russia Report to Run in Gazette
A six installment special by John Strohm will begin Monday in The Gazette through NEA Service. Strohm, former Prairie Farmer editor and current American Agricultural Editors Association president, traveled in the Soviet Union and reports a down to earth view of how Russians work and live. He did not quote Soviet leaders and aims to present an unbiased, people’s story told by an American family man.
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Soviet Union
The
Gazette
NEA Service
John Strohm
Ilinois
Prairie Farmer
American Agricultural Editors Association
Stalin
Strahm
Forecast Cloudy Warmer Weather Thursday
Weather report notes Wednesday scene by the weatherboy with a 74 degree reading at 2 30 p m and expectations of warmer conditions. Forecast includes cloudy skies and southerly winds up to 30 mph by Thursday with temperatures varying through the day from 52 at 7 p m to 36 at 9 a m Wednesday.
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Redar Rapids
Chambers
Austria seeks extradition of Papen and Schirach for war crimes
Austria will demand that Franz von Papen and Baldur von Schirach be turned over within two months for trial on war crimes charges. Papen’s role in Austria’s absorption by the Third Reich and Schirach’s 20 year Nuernberg sentence are cited, with charges to involve the assassination of Engelbert Dollfuss and the 1934 Nazi revolt. Schirach faces charges for destruction in Vienna in April 1945 before liberation by the Russians.
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Vienna
Ministry of Justice
Austria
Franz von Papen
Baldur von Schirach
Papen
Third Reich
Schirach
Nuernberg
Engelbert Dolfuss
Former football player dodged draft with two teachers aid
Lloyd Irving Chavis, 33, a self styled poet and artist, pled guilty to violating the selective service act after living five years in hiding with support from his wife and his Ann Arbor girlfriend who worked as teachers. The FBI said the pair cost about 15000 dollars in his upkeep. He told agents his life as an artist outweighed military service and that the two women protected him from induction time at Pontiac and Ann Arbor.
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Hull
Detroit
Ann Arbor
Lloyd Irving Chavis
Theodore Levin
Chavis
FBI
Pontiac
Civilians Clothes Rule Extended for Off Duty Hours
The army and navy announced that officers and enlisted personnel may wear civilian clothes during off duty hours and those on furlough may also dress in civilian clothes. The policy is effective immediately but avoids rail and carrier discounts. Commanders may suspend the privilege if local conditions warrant.
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Washington
Army and Navy
Army
Navy
War dead repatriation delayed by material shortages
In Indianapolis AP report Col. James B. Colson of the army quartermaster corps told the National Funeral Directors association that the return of American war dead will be delayed until next summer due to a shortage of casket materials.
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Indianapolis
America
James B. Colson
Army Quartermaster Corps
National Funeral Directors Association
Boys Town Choir arrives in Cedar Rapids for concert
The Boys Town choir from Boys Town Nebraska arrived in Cedar Rapids for a Wednesday night concert at Memorial Coliseum at 8. The 40 youths embark on their first nation wide tour with stops as far as Portland Maine. They sing religious works by Schubert Brahms Strauss and Gershwin. The trip aims to spread their acclaimed choral sound and broaden the boys experience including hotel and cafe meals for many on their first extended trip.
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Boys Town
Cedar Rapids
Memorial Coliseum
Neb
Natation
Portland
Maine
Patterson in Plea Legion Aid Passage
The army presented a universal training plan to the American Legion in San Francisco as Secretary of War Patterson sought widespread support. The proposal envisions 1 million eligible youths yearly, with 726,000 for army ground and air forces and the rest for the navy, under civilian supervision and noncombat terms.
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Patterson
Legion Aid
Navy
Congress
War Department
No Early Increase in Supply of Newsprint
Washington based Price Administrator Paul Porter told American publishers there will be no near term increase in newsprint supply.
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Washington
Ins
Paul Porter
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