Tomato Hit on Senator Ball in Dewey Tour Incident
An overripe tomato hurled from the crowd struck Senator Ball as Dewey endorsed Ball’s bid for re election during a St Paul platform appearance. Dewey campaign trains and Pig never hit. Dewey aides said target unknown. Dewey assailed Truman's administration in Kansas City Missouri.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Senator Ball
R-Minn
Thomas E. Dewey
Ball
Senate
Dewey
Thye
Luther Youngdahl
Kansas City
Truman
Missouri
New York
Truman Urges Public Control of Atom Energy in Wisconsin Speech
President Truman in Milwaukee called for public control of atomic development for the benefit of all people while criticizing Dewey for private exploitation. He warned international control is needed and pledged to proceed with weapons research until then. He pressed six points on safety, sovereignty, and public welfare and outlined plans for a nationwide election eve broadcast.
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Dewey
Truman
George Allen
White House
Mr. Truman
Allen
Congress
Milwaukee
Harry S. Truman
Thomas B. Dewey
Milwaukee Baseball Park
Phoenix
Ariz
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Big City
Independence
Alben W. Barkley
Paducah
Atomic Energy Commission
Atomic Energy
Dewey Urges Louisville and Nashville Not to Discipline Engineer
Reports confirm Thomas E. Dewey asked the Louisville and Nashville Railroad to drop discipline action against Engineer Lee Tindle after he backed up the Dewey campaign train in Beau coup Illinois. The request follows national attention on the incident as crowds gathered near the rear platform.
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Kansas City
INS
Thomas E. Dewey
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Lee Tindle
Tindle
Dewey
Beaucoup
Ill
New Yorker
CAA Official Plunges From Hotel Window in Winona
Ed Ryder, Washington chief of the Civil Aeronautics Authority structure section, attending a Northwest crash hearing, plunged from a third floor hotel room window. He landed head first on a parked car, breaking its radiator ornament. Police said a note to a funeral director was found. doctors offered no recovery prediction.
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Winona
Minn
NorthwestAirlines
Ed Ryder
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Ryder
Cracks Found in Northwest Plane Before Fatal Crash
A Civil Aeronautics Board specialist testified that fatigue cracks were found in the right wing section of a Northwest Airlines Martin 2-0-2 that crashed near Winona on August 29, killing 37. A similar crack appeared in a second Martin 2-0-2 that followed and landed safely in Minneapolis.
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Winona, Minn
Civil Aeronautics Board
Northwest Airlines
Winona
Sydney Berman
CAB
Minneapolis
Widow rejects "Husband Wanted" ad as joke in St Louis
Mrs May Edgar, a gray haired widow in her fifties, said she received nearly 200 calls after a neighborhood paper ran "Husband wanted" with her telephone number. She dismissed the idea of seeking a husband and called it not a funny joke.
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ST. Louis
INS
May Edgar
Warning: Registration Deadline Approaching in Cedar Rapids
City Clerk Maude Krebs urged last minute voters to register before the November 2 election. With six and a half days left, residents who have not voted recently or changed addresses should visit her on the third floor of City Hall to sign up.
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Cedar Rapids
Maude Krebs
Miss. Krebs
Icity “Hall
Road and housing programs urged to stave off slump
Economist Arthur Upgren told the Chamber of Commerce Civic Bureau that extensive road building and expanded housing construction, plus city rebuilding, could sustain demand for two decades. He warned that inflation stems from business investment and war-era shifts, not consumer goods, and urged bankers to finance sound highway and city projects.
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Cedar Ranlids
ABC
Chamber of Commerce Civic Bureau
Arthur R. Upgrew
Minneapolis Star
University of Minnesota
America
Upgren
Economist
Colder Weather Forecast Shifts Weekend Outlook
The weather bureau reversed its forecast Friday, predicting weekend temperatures eight to 12 degrees below normal across the state. A low pressure system moving across Canada caused Thursday's warmer forecast to change, with Saturday expected to be cloudy and cooler and a chance of showers in some areas. Cedar Rapids reported 70 degrees at 230 p.m. Friday, with a high of 67 and a low of 38 earlier.
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Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Canada
Changes on Four City Bus Routes Effective Sunday
Cedar Rapids City Lines manager E A Prochaska announced route changes made last spring due to poor street conditions will take effect Sunday. The two westside routes and two eastside routes gain new paths ending at Johnson avenue Bever Park Memorial drive and Thirty-seventh street, with daily downtown return.
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Cedar Rapids
E A. Prochaska
Cedar Rapis City Lines
West Highlands
Fifteenth Street
B Avenue
Eighteenth Street
First Avenue
Johnson Avenue
Sixteenth Avenue
Wilson Avenue
Hamilton Street
Nineteenth Avenue
Hayes ‘Street
D Street
C Street
J Street
Wilson High School
Bever Park
Meadowbrook Drive
Memorial Drive
Bever Avenue
Bernstein conducts Israeli orchestra amid distant shelling
Leonard Bernstein led the Israeli orchestra in Jerusalem for the opening concert while distant shell explosions from the frontier area provided an ominous obbligato during the performance.
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Jerusalem
Leonard Bernstein
New York
Cedar Rapids firms meet Community Chest quotas
Twenty nine Cedar Rapids companies have met their Community Chest quotas, led by B D Silliman as general chairman. The list covers firms across sectors including manufacturing, banking, broadcasting, and utilities, marking the first official returns received. A follow up meeting is slated for Monday noon at the Montrose hotel.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Community Chest
B. D. Silliman
Silliman
Cedar, Rapids Engineering
Collins Radio
the Gazette
Iowa Electric Light and Power
Iowa- Illinois Gas and Electric
Iowa Manufacturing
May Drug
Penick and Ford
Peoples Bank and Trust
Quaker Oats
WMT
Crandic
Concrete
Guaranty Bank and Trust
Hargrave Construction
Luberger Furniture
National Oats
Sears-Roebuck
Wilder Grain
Barnard and Leas Manufacturing
James W. Bell, Company
Bever and Company
Cedar Rapids‘ Beverage
Honeymead
Johnson Gas
LeFebvre Corporation
Perpetual Savings’ and Loan
Roosevelt
Chest Drive
Montrose Hotel
Thompson To Hear Bennett Ouster Case
Des Moines Iowa district judge G K Thompson of Cedar Rapids was named to hear the ouster case against Des Moines Safety Commissioner M J Bennett. The move follows a long dispute with Assistant County Attorney Ed S Thayer, who faced acquittal on three charges and is not grounds for Bennett removal. The case centers on Bennett radio broadcasts and ongoing legal battles between Bennett and Thayer.
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Des Moines
INS
G K. Thompson
Cedar Rapids
W A. Smith
Iowa Supreme Court
M. J. Bennett
Ed S. Thayer
Jordan
Bennett
Bennetts
KSO
Thayer
Jack Wolfe
Escort Service By Detroit Cops Inaugurated
Detroit police launched an escort service aimed at deterring street crime especially for women and children traveling at night. Citizens request an escort through the nearest precinct. a patrol unit or officer may accompany them. Police Commissioner Toy stressed it is not a taxi service.
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Detroit
Police Department
Harry S. Toy
Soviet Union Refuses to Answer Berlin Crisis Questions
In Paris the Soviet delegation led by Andrei Vishinsky refused to respond to UN Security Council questions on the Berlin crisis. He denounced the questions as a trap and announced the Soviet position would not yield any information. The debate followed Western calls for detailed explanations from the Big Four.
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Paris
Russia
United Nations Security Council
Berlin
Andrei Vishinsky
Council
Vishinsky
Big Four
Juan A. Bramuglia
Argentina
United States
United Kingdom
France
U.ss.r
Germany
Bramuglia
Philip Jessup
Alexander Cadogan
Great Britain
Alexandre Parod
First Negro Attends University of Oklahoma Classes
G W McLaurin, a 54 year old Negro professor, became the first Black student to attend classes at the University of Oklahoma. He began graduate work in educational sociology but faced segregation, sitting in a 15 by 18 foot room connected to the regular classroom with a partly removed panel, allowing him to watch through a six foot doorway.
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Norman
Okla
G. W. McLaurin
University of Oklahoma
McLaurin
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