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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1946
Page
2
Thirty nine people die when a four engine transatlantic airliner crashes into a rocky hillside near Stephenville Newfoundland in the worst disaster in commercial aviation history. Searchers report wreckage burned and twisted amid wilderness as recovery teams comb the site.
Secretary of State Byrnes told an American club luncheon in Paris that while serious differences exist among Allies over postwar peace, there is no immediate danger of war as Generalissimo Stalin stated. He urged balancing caution with action to avoid sowing seeds of future conflict and outlined plans for continued German occupation and a 40 year four power treaty to prevent Ruhr militarization. He noted engineers, not just infantry, are vital to monitor war potential during Germany's industrial recovery.
Atlanta story claims Japan built and tested an atomic bomb days before surrender and that Japanese scientists are prisoners in Moscow. The report, based on a Japanese officer interview, cites counter espionage chief in Korea and awaits full confirmation from U S authorities. Major General Groves said the claim is news to him.
Six year old Richard E. Adams son of Mrs Katherine Adams of 2228 Bowling Street SW Cedar Rapids suffered a possible skull fracture after running into the side of a car driven by George M Brown of 180 Thirty sixth Street SW near Bowling Street and Wilson Avenue SW about 5 30 p m Wednesday He was taken to Mercy hospital where his condition was listed as fair Brown said he was driving north when he passed a group of youngsters and the boy ran into the right rear fender of the vehicle an officer reported
Bernard M. Baruch, U. S. delegate to the U N atomic energy commission, says Wallace failed to correct errors in a July foreign policy letter on atomic control. Baruch warns the mistakes threaten negotiations and confuse the public, noting a memorandum outlining five factual errors. He says Wallace did not sign the corrected statement and that he plans further corrections.
The Iowa football team faces a crucial test against Michigan in Ann Arbor this Saturday. Tait Cummins, Gazette sports editor, will report the game, with Associated Press Wirephoto providing pictures.
The weather report warns of approaching cold weather as a major storm affecting Saskatchewan and the Dakotas heads toward the region. Cedar Rapids records 76 degrees mid afternoon with temperatures dropping from 74 in the early afternoon to 50s overnight amid cloudy skies and showers.
In Limoges France the squatter movement appeared on Thursday as twenty families moved into a military barracks already partly occupied by troops. The troops’ commander was instructed by the Communist mayor not to oppose the occupation.
AP dispatch from Washington reports former secretary of state Cordell Hull in critical condition at Bethesda Naval Hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage Monday. Hull, 74, was conscious but not paralyzed, with his night described as very poor as officials noted no rally in his health. President Truman sent a birthday note expressing concern and wishing recovery to Hull and his wife.
The Cedar Rapids city council voted to extend the 90 day trial of the new bus terminal for five more months until March 4. Public Safety Commissioner Gordon Hughes supported the extension to study winter weather effects on the loop terminal system.
Washington Chief John R. Steelman urged business and labor to ease price and wage demands to prevent a boom and bust economy. He called for public resistance to higher prices, saving, and self denial, and said price controls are key though anti inflation tools are limited. He noted real wages fell 8.5 percent from 1945 to 1946 and stressed higher output of finished goods as the cure.
Murry Dickson pitched two hitless innings until the ninth as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 8 4 at Ebbets Field to sweep the NL playoff series and advance to the World Series against the Boston Red Sox. Brooklyn scored in the first inning but the Cardinals answered with two in the second three in the fifth one in the seventh and two in the eighth. Brooklyn plated three in the ninth as Brecheen finished.
Paris reports the peace conference backed a French plan to return Trieste talks to the Big Four foreign ministers with guiding principles. The measure follows Anglo-American ideas, sets a UN council appointed governor and a popular assembly with limited powers, and keeps British and American troops in Trieste until withdrawal is decided.
The American Legion national convention in San Francisco rejected a proposal for a federal World War II veterans bonus. The legislation committee recommended refusal, despite strong support from younger veterans who testified to the committee.
Cedar Rapids city council discussed an anonymous objection to midget racing after a fatal crash at Ce Mar acres killing Harley Phillips of Bettendorf. The council decided the sport falls outside city jurisdiction since the track is privately owned.
An airliner from New York to Berlin crashes near Harmon Field after takeoff in low ceilings and rain. Fire and fuel explosions destroy the craft and forest. 28 adults and eight crew members die, with nine passengers bound for Berlin and three for Amsterdam, many Americans.
Forty Boys Town choir members and seven from the Eldora Iowa Training School for Boys with seven supervisors were treated to fried chicken and sundaes at Twin Towers cafe after a Coliseum performance. The guests, thanked by the chorale with a song, represented a rare outside outing for the Boys Town group. Father Francis Schmitt noted it was the first time the boys were invited to a free dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Jarras organized the event.
The house campaign expenditures committee ordered two special investigators to Kansas City to examine charges of fraud and excessive spending in the Missouri congressional district Democratic primary.
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